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Western Digital Player
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12-13-2009, 05:40 AM
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Western Digital Player
Does anyone know what the difference is from the new player? to any NMT?
They are much cheaper. I have an istar now and might upgrade My Home Theatre Room TV: SAMSUNG HL-S6187W AVR: YAMAHA RX-V730 MAIN: PSB T45 CENTRE: PSB ALPHA C1 REAR: PARADIGM TITAN v.3 LFE: SONY SA-WM500 Components PCH A110 Scientific Atlantic 8300 PVR Microsoft XBOX 360 Sony Playstation 3 |
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12-13-2009, 05:42 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
they dont do any of the HD audio formats like dts-hd. they dont do internal harddrives. And I have herd bad things about the UI and trying to access shares.
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12-13-2009, 05:50 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
Awesome, thanks for the fast response.
My mom bought one and it does have a much quicker browers for viewing folders, although I didn't get a chance to play with it much. I was impressed how quickly it worked out of the box. My Home Theatre Room TV: SAMSUNG HL-S6187W AVR: YAMAHA RX-V730 MAIN: PSB T45 CENTRE: PSB ALPHA C1 REAR: PARADIGM TITAN v.3 LFE: SONY SA-WM500 Components PCH A110 Scientific Atlantic 8300 PVR Microsoft XBOX 360 Sony Playstation 3 |
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12-13-2009, 05:52 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
Actually, that's not entirely true. The WDTV Live will bitstream HD audio even though it doesn't claim to do so in the specs. I had one for a week or two while I was waiting for my C-200.
C-200 + WD Scorpio Blue 500GB Seek first to understand, then to be understood. |
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12-13-2009, 05:56 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
(12-13-2009 05:52 AM)NodNarb012 Wrote: Actually, that's not entirely true. The WDTV Live will bitstream HD audio even though it doesn't claim to do so in the specs. I had one for a week or two while I was waiting for my C-200. thanks for that info. Does it do both true-hd and dts-hd? So i know for my information. I have herd the hacked firmware for the wdtv makes it 1000 times better though. |
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12-13-2009, 06:05 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
(12-13-2009 05:56 AM)halfelite Wrote: thanks for that info. Does it do both true-hd and dts-hd? So i know for my information. I know it definitely did TrueHD and DD+ but I'm a little fuzzy on DTS-HD; it may have improperly passed the DTS core instead of the full DTS-HD stream. I can't remember for sure, so don't quote me on that. C-200 + WD Scorpio Blue 500GB Seek first to understand, then to be understood. |
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12-13-2009, 08:08 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
Wow, i thought all these things got bricked with the last firmware update.
The WDTV Live compares to the A110. If yo do get one, you may want to run hacked firmware on it. I do not know if it will run all the cool things you find here though like jukeboxes and skins. PCH A-200 16GB USB -> HDMI -> Samsung LN46A650 | A200 -> Toslink -> Logitech Z-5500 (Harmony 700) PCH C-200 8GB USB -> HDMI -> Sharp LC46D64U (Harmony 550) Eversion/Whisper skin (custom MOD) + WHS V1 (15TB Q6600/4GB RAM ) -> Mediasonic HR82-SU3S2 (Backup) D-Link DNS 323 for sale |
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12-13-2009, 08:42 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
The WDTV unlike the Istar is NOT an NMT.
Whilst the WDTV is cheap we will always get these type of questions. The WDTV is a comparative player to the other cheapy players like the xtreamer but has the Sigma chip as opposed to the Realtek one. Sigma chips are better. Here are some of the many other threads including this summary from a WDTV owner:- http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...light=WDTV http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...light=wdtv http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...light=WDTV Remember this is NOT a general AV forum, if you want comparisons go to general AV sites such as AVForums.co.uk or AVSForums.com Don't know if they have DVD or DVD ISO playback yet, or DTS decoding but like I say OK for a cheap backup or for the kids bedroom. A400: SSD+SD Card(Apps), HDMI A300: USB(Apps), HDMI C200: USB(Apps), BD SH-B083L(SB01), HDMI CAT6 Wired Network: TV TX-P42G20, HP ProCurve 1400-8G, Netgear GS-608/605, Synology CS407 |
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12-13-2009, 10:03 AM
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RE: Western Digital Player
No ISO Playback on the WDTV
end of story |
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