Western Digital USB 2.0 Wi-Fi 1080p TV Live Streaming Media Player (Refurbished) + $15 Vudu Movie Credit $62.50 + Free Shipping

Quote from JMUFly : As a fellow BP125 owner, the thing that bugs me is how slow it is to respond. That said, I have a HTPC, so I don't plan to buy anything else. All that said, it kinda sounds like you answered your own question: you already have the LG, your LG plays everything you throw at it, you have all the apps you need covered, and you don't want to sell your LG...

Yeah, and if somebody can confirm that the WDTV Live doesn't play HD audio formats, it'd be the nail in the coffin.

The only downside, in my mind, to the LG is that it doesn't have network capabilities. So everything is played off an external HD (I also noticed the LG didn't recognize a 2TB externally powered HDD).

With the WDTVL, I could just play stuff through my network.

Quote from redsrule2500 : If you ever potentially may get a slingbox, get the WD TV

speaking of slingbox does it let me watch movies anywhere? from a friend house, a trip to the other side of the country as long as I'm on a network? would a Roku 2 Xs do the same for a WD TV?

I have a number of these boxes (WD, ACRyan, even an old Zyxel), but now prefer my Android stick computer over all of them. For a similar cost (after adding in a wireless keyboard or mouse since there is no remote, or a slightly higher cost if I use my lenovo), I have apps that work as well as or better than these for everything a WD Live can do, with the confidence that they are kept up to date and I am always getting more.

My wife misses the remote, but other than that I can't think of a thing I am missing. What are people finding useful about these over the Android sticks?

I only have the WD live and i tried the cinematube a year back and returned it. The WD live has an excellent app for remote which i use from my iphone and there is a web remote also.. I did find the UI to be a little slower though.

The url is : http://192.168.1.108/wdtvlive/remote/

Replace that ip with your device ip address.

Caution/Warning/Advantage?

I ordered one of these and it was not "factory reset" when I got it. It still had the pervious person's NetFlix account on it and Pandora stations.

Quote from jamex : Caution/Warning/Advantage? I ordered one of these and it was not "factory reset" when I got it. It still had the pervious person's NetFlix account on it and Pandora stations.

To me thats an advantage... and thats not my fault and so no one could come after me..

The only sad news is that it did not happen to me. Both units i got were in a sealed envelope and almost brand new but in a cardboard box.

If anyone is on the fence, just do it! This thing is awesome. I have 3 (1 refurb, which is as a good as the 2 new). It plays literally everything I throw at it. And room for 2 flash drives. Just excellent! I even have an app that streams from the WDTV to my ipad and iPhone. This is esp handy for kids.

Quote from stgermaine : If anyone is on the fence, just do it! This thing is awesome. I have 3 (1 refurb, which is as a good as the 2 new). It plays literally everything I throw at it. And room for 2 flash drives. Just excellent! I even have an app that streams from the WDTV to my ipad and iPhone. This is esp handy for kids.

Wats the name of the app.. So that it will help me also?

I tried to play some VLC file from my pc via dlna and i tried enough to the extend that i gave up.

Quote from twinklestar007 : Wats the name of the app.. So that it will help me also? I tried to play some VLC file from my pc via dlna and i tried enough to the extend that i gave up.

I hear you. I first went with File Browser (paid for it, even) and it was very buggy, so I tried File Explorer (free), which worked beautifully.

FREE FileExplorer: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/f...82524?mt=8
$5 FileBrowser: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/f...38545?mt=8
(itunes is not loading for me, so links may not work)

I did figure out that if I just rebooted the WDTV, Filebrowser worked fine. So either one, really. The ipad/iphone has a video player (I think it's called AirPlay) built in for the actual streaming and the file apps above connect you to the WDTV so you can locate the file.

I'm pretty sure you can only play mp4 files for video, so you may have to convert some of your files.

Also, come to think of it, WDTV has an iphone remote control app that is awesome. I love it as I always have my phone nearby but somehow the remote always disappears. Plus phone lights up at night so I can see the buttons!

Quote from KiraOfTheSky : speaking of slingbox does it let me watch movies anywhere? from a friend house, a trip to the other side of the country as long as I'm on a network? would a Roku 2 Xs do the same for a WD TV?

Have a slingbox and this unit. Can confirm that the slingbox works perfect. I've even used it with a 3G router. The lower the bandwidth the worse the picture.



As a comment my refurbished unit has non working RCA outputs. Not a deal breaker for me but had me wondering if it worked when I tested on a Tv with no HDMI.

If you are near office depot.. you can order a new one for $70.00.... with their current 30%off coupon on their website,,

Reps plz... This is my first post where i have had this big response. (though i really donno wat to do with the reps)

Quote from TheEdge : I didn't see anything about it being able to handle the lossless HD audio formats such as Dolby True HD. "Audio Formats Supported: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS" Can anybody comment if it can or not?

Quote from TheEdge : Yeah, and if somebody can confirm that the WDTV Live doesn't play HD audio formats, it'd be the nail in the coffin. The only downside, in my mind, to the LG is that it doesn't have network capabilities. So everything is played off an external HD (I also noticed the LG didn't recognize a 2TB externally powered HDD). With the WDTVL, I could just play stuff through my network.

I can probably answer this question later tonight as I am getting ready to setup a receiver in the bedroom again.

Should I bother buying a warranty from Squaretrade for this?