• Western Digital's TV Live HD Media Player

    Western Digital's TV Live HD Media Player

    Techtree News Staff, Nov 12, 2009 1717 hrs IST

    Available for Rs. 10,500 (MSRP)

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Western Digital has introduced the WD TV Live HD media player that features network capability and Full-HD 1080p resolution. The new WD TV Live HD media player enables playing HD (high definition) videos stored on USB and network drives, as well as Internet content from popular websites on their HD television.

The network capability of the WD TV Live media player enables users to stream or transfer movies from PC or Mac computers or a network-attached storage device, such as WD's My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace network drives, to their HD TVs. The WD TV Live media player also allows users to stream content from YouTube, Flickr and Pandora.

Like the first-generation WD TV HD media player introduced last year, the WD TV Live media player connects directly to a users HD TV and plays almost any file stored on a connected USB drive.


Features of the player include:

     - Full-HD 1080p video playback and navigation with remote control and animated navigation menus
     - Plays a variety of file formats
     - Play videos, music and photos from the Internet and discover new music with Pandora Internet radio or listen to thousands of radio stations via Live365 Internet radio
     - Ethernet port for wired or Wi-Fi connection to access files anywhere on the network to play movies, music, and photos from any PC or drive on a home network
     - Turns a USB drive into an HD media player and plays content from most popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players
     - Two USB ports for seamless media playback from multiple USB drives and ability to access them simultaneously while a media library feature collects the content on all the drives into one list sorted by media type;
          - Picture Transfer Protocol support to show photos and movies directly from digital camera or video camera and or any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol;
         - HDMI 1.3 port, composite video and component video output for the highest quality HDTV or home theater;
     - SPDIF digital output that sends digital signals to your AV receiver for the best surround sound experience;

The WD TV Live Media Player is available through select distributors & retailers. The WD TV Live Media Player is backed by a one-year limited warranty, and is available for Rs. 10,500 (MSRP). 




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(6) Comments
B Das
,Guwahati, on May 12, 2010 05:07 PM
Where do I buy this product in India
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Vidit bansal
,Delhi, on Dec 11, 2009 07:10 PM
Overpriced but worth the comfort ... I tell you as an owner and an HD movie freak... The YouTube feature is amzing ... Wish it had a web browser to add to it's ultimacy.
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Jay
,Mumbai, on Nov 25, 2009 12:31 PM
Supremely Overpriced.....in US its available for roughly Rs 6500
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Ajay Nayak
,Thane, on Nov 22, 2009 04:09 PM
Although it supports a heel lot of formats, it is overpriced.... Its better to convert video on PC and watch it on TV... Deal would have been better if they would have given astorage capacity of atleast 80GB..
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charlie
,singapore, on Nov 15, 2009 06:19 AM
does it support rmvb, avi and mkv files?
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Mohammed younus
,hyd, on Nov 13, 2009 01:12 AM
too much price.... for that price this is absolutely useless...
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