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| Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player | 
 enlarge | Buy New: $109.99
Buy New/Used from $109.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 42 reviews)
Sales Rank: 126
Category: CE
Publisher: Western Digital
Studio: Western Digital
Brand: Western Digital
Label: Western Digital
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 7.2 x 3.3
MPN: WDAVN00BN
Model: WDAVN00BN
UPC: 718037734774
EAN: 0718037734774
ASIN: B001JZFQU4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Thumbnail and list views - Browse your content by filename or by thumbnails of photos, album covers and movie cover art. | | • | Media Library - This unique feature lets you view all your media by media type in one menu regardless of its location in folders or drives. You can view content by categories such as genre, album, artist and date. / Search - Search by genre, title, artist, filename and partial filename | | • | Create custom slide shows with a variety of transitions and background music | | • | Movie viewing - Fast forward, rewind, pause, zoom, and pan; View subtitles - Search by filename, partial filename, most recently viewed and date | | • | Music - Fast forward, rewind, pause, shuffle, repeat; Supported USB Device file systems: FAT-32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling) |
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Product Description
Combined with a My Passport portable drive (sold separately), this player is the most convenient way to play HD movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution slideshows of your family photos on your TV. Also works with popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices.
Designed for My Passport, works with many other USB storage devices - Play content from most popular USB drives,and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Full HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p - Experience the spectacular picture quality of HD video and crystal clear sound clarity of digital audio. Use the included remote control to navigate through your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated HD menus. Collect without limits - There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space. Access two USB drives simultaneously - Two USB ports on the player let you connect two USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Media Library feature aggregates the content on both drives into one list sorted by media type. HDMI and composite video connections - The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA) outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets. Hassle-free playback of HD movies, home videos, digital music, and photos on your TV
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 Almost Perfect January 6, 2009
Just needs to add support for some 6 channel audio encodes used in HD video, ac3 etc.
Would also be nice if it could transfer files from usb1 & usb2 so you could use a thumb drive to add files to a connected external drive.
Plays most everything I throw at it (have had to re-encode some audio).
If you have a lot of media files, the WD HD is a must.
Excellent Device! January 6, 2009
After my Iomega 500GB Multimedia Driver died on me I decided to shop for something more reliable I was surfing and found out about the WD TV HD Media Player since I already have a 1 TB WD External drive I thought I'd buy this device to connect it thorough and watch my stuff on my Plasma everything worked fine video, sound, picture quality are excellent it even played some files that didn't work with my previous Iomega device the remote control is comfortable and works fine even from distance the reason why I'm giving it 4 stars not 5 is because when I turn off the WD TV HD Media Player my external WD External drive stays on! This device is better used with an external notebook hard drive, anyhow I think it's a good device and I recommend it I also hope that my review is helpful.
Best media player for the money January 5, 2009
First of all, this product works almost flawlessly out of the box. It played every avi, divx, xvid, mpeg, and iso I had stored on my Mybook 500gig. The only issue had was turning the power off during playback. This causes the unit to lock in the off position and you must unplug to reset. It plays 720P video with ease. Digital AC3 sound is also a plus. I also love the menu structure and how simple it was to navigate.
To those having issues, I must suggest the following actions:
- Learn how to rip with proper software
- Read the website and make sure you stick to a supported format
- Go to the website and download the firmware update
- Try to be a little less nitpicky with a $100 video player
Store Multiple Format video's and play on a HD TV 1080p January 4, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It simply works. If you know how to back up your DVD's ;) and convert them to any format then this is the device for you. I mainly wanted this thing because its easier store multiple movies in a portable HD, than search for discs. At first I was looking at Lacies LaCinema but the price was way too steep, and I liked the interface of the menu screen better on the WD's Media Player. Another feature that also sold me to this unit was Western Digitals updates on "firmware". Another review commented on being not being able to return to an area on the movie where you might have left off. You can now with the newer firmware update. Just to make sure I tried it... I was watching Fan Four, stopped it and started to play Eagle Eye... stopped that movie and went back to Fan Four. A pop up then asks you if you would like to "resume playback", so it works...very nice feature.
The unit comes with ripping software so you can transfer your DVD's to your "own" external hard drive. I opp to go ahead and buy the WD's Portable Essentials Hard Drive, which is a Fat 32 format with a 5400rpm HD. I was kinda worried about the rpm, but it works perfectly and I can hook it up to a Windows or Mac no problem to transfer files. I honestly did not like the sync software thats a built in feature because I like to do things manually, so I don't use it. To me its bloatware! :OBlah!!!
Other things I don't like about the unit. You are totally dependent on the remote, so if it breaks your screwed, and you can't control the unit without it because there are no controls on the unit itself! Scary!!! I almost want to see if you can buy another remote from Western Digitals Website.
One other thing I learned about the unit, if you buy movies off of iTunes you "WON'T" be able to play their movies, or music on this unit! So all I can say is you have to know what your doing to make it work!!!
Overall I am very pleased with my purchase and hope it lasts for a long time! Oh did I mention it has component & HDMI ports and can upconvert to 1080p! I'm not 100% sure but I read some where it can play Blu-Ray format. OH... and its small so it wont take up too much space, and its easy to connect to your TV! I give it 4 stars and would recommend anyone to buy this thing.
 audio problems with some video files January 1, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had high hopes for this machine but I had to return it. With the TiVo files that I converted to mpeg, I was getting no audio at all. Strange thing was the mpeg2 files that I recorded on my computer played fine. I also had difficulty playing vob files. The video and the audio were way out of sync.
Maybe the next firmware upgrade will resolve these problems.
Jim
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