Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player

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

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great device!
I think it’s a great product. Easy to install and to use. There only two things that I think should be improved: On settings menu, you should be able to change the color of the subtitles (it could be fixed throught a future firmware, I guess), and the second thing: the 2 USB ports are too far apart from each other: both should be only in the back of the device. My external HD needs 2 USB to work, and with the standard dual USB cable I cann’t connect both at the same time (I solved this using a USB extension cable).

Apart that, it’s a great product, and solve the problem of need to bring the laptop to the room every time I want to see a movie or picture.

4 Stars my review
i got this in order to download movies etc and watch them on my tv. it works great, i wish the menus function was better, i watch a lot of tv series and it doesn’t tell me which episodes I have already viewed, so sometimes i end up starting and episode and realizing I have already watched it, sometimes its kinda slow in response to pressing buttons (play or enter)… but this might be lag on my external HD ( not sure )

4 Stars Both Good and Not So Good Features
I own a number of media devices from Neuros OSD Media Center (6011000) to the Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player so I have a good idea of what features I like on media players.

Here’s some pros and cons for this one:

1. Two USB ports for attaching external hard drives which is good, but no internal or neatly connected (like the Seagate FreeAgent Theatre) external storage.

2 The WD TV Media Player does not have a networking capability– apparently there is a more recent version that does can be networked.

3. The interface is the equal of any of the other media players and it also plays MKV files. This is a very rare feature. MKV files are a nuisance to transcode. It also plays VOB files. (Dependent of course on no DRM being in place.) The WD TV Media will not play iTunes