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sonicentropy on 08/12/2011 - 11:14 dicksmith.com.au (418 clicks)
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Model #: Catalogue #: GM1002
WD TV Live Streaming Media Player, Wi-Fi 1080p

URL: http://dicksmith.com.au/product/GM1002/?utm_source=edm&utm_m…

The best of the Internet on your HDTV: Stream hit movies, catch up on TV shows, stay connected to your social network, and watch highlights from the biggest games of the season. Don't settle for online entertainment on your small computer screen. With the WD TV Live streaming media player, you can enjoy it all on your HDTV.

Your media collection belongs on the big screen: Enjoy your media library, home videos, vacation slideshows, and favourite songs on your HDTV and sound system in your living room. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular picture quality of Full-HD 1080p.

Play virtually any media file format: The WD TV Live streaming media player supports a wide variety of the most popular files including MKV, MP4, XVID, AVI, WMV, and MOV video formats. Get the freedom to enjoy your media now, in virtually any file format.

Ready, set up, stream: So easy to set up, you'll be up and running in minutes. The WD TV Live streaming media player connects to your high-speed Internet connection wirelessly, no PC required. Or use the Ethernet port to connect to your wired home network.

High-performance, streaming-ready Wi-Fi: Includes the latest wireless technology– extended-range Wireless-N– giving you the speed you need to stream HD.

Play media from any source: Stream videos, music, and photos from your USB drive, network drive, and any PC or Mac computer in your home. Our media library collects the content from all the drives, so finding the perfect video, song, or photo to view is easier than ever.

Show photos and movies directly from your digital camera or camcorder: Connect your camcorder or digital camera directly to the media centre and instantly view or archive HD video and photos without a PC. Works with any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol.

Bring the arcade to your HDTV: Swap gems with Rockswap, try your luck with Texas Hold'Em, or test your math skills with Sudoku. WD TV Live brings casual games to your big screen TV.

Stay updated with RSS feeds: Stay posted on your favourite bloggers and websites and stream the latest audio and video with timely RSS feeds. You can also add specific feeds to your dashboard to be shown as tickers so you never miss a thing.

Programmable remote: Use the included programmable remote control to make your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated navigation menus. Customise buttons for quick and easy access to your favourite music, photos, videos or menu choices.

Use your keyboard for easy searching and updating: Use the on-screen keyboard or attach your wired or wireless USB keyboard for easy text input. Perfect for searching videos on YouTube or updating your status on Facebook.

Automatic play: Select your favourite song, movie, or photo slideshow to automatically play when the device is turned on. Perfect for living art on your HDTV or for digital signage.

HDMI and composite video output: The HDMI port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theatre. Additional composite (RCA outputs) ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets.

SPDIF digital output: The optical audio output sends digital signals to your AV receiver for the best surround sound experience.

Ultra-compact design: Cool and quiet, this compact system integrates perfectly into your entertainment centre.

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  • sonicentropy on 08/12/2011 - 11:16
    +2

    Ten bucks more than what I paid from amazon, but this has local power adapter & Warranty

  • excite on 08/12/2011 - 11:18

    can it play rmvb?

    • sonicentropy on 08/12/2011 - 11:25
      +1

      From the WD website "RMVB videos from Real Media are not supported. You will need to use conversion software to convert them to a supported format."

    • Elijha on 08/12/2011 - 13:04

      Can I just ask - without trying to troll - but where do you have real media video from? Last time I had video in this format was about 10 years ago when small videos were downloaded from the net (prior to you tube getting huge) or emailed (we all saw the monkey sniffing its finger right?).
      These days it's mpg, avi, swf(video) or maybe mkv or wmv.

      Is their a source you get video from in this format? IF not and its just a few older video wouldn't you just re-encode them and move on? I just keep seeing people ask if media players play this format, and it has me confused.

      • Blugok on 08/12/2011 - 13:37
        +2

        AFAIK, rmvb format is still popular in some Asia countries
        Source wise, I don't have a clue. Perhaps torrent?

      • wonderland on 08/12/2011 - 13:40

        yup i download 90% of my tv series in rmvb format, it saves a lot of download data than avi or mkv formats without sacrifice much quality.

        • sonicentropy on 08/12/2011 - 14:34

          my roommate has a thing for korean soap operas and a lot of it is rmvb but it trancodes on my HTPC to her PS3

  • jakentta on 08/12/2011 - 11:24

    I had this player for a week, but took it back. It kept failing trying build it's media library, scanning files over the network from a 2TB shared drive. It would try and do it for some time, then jam the whole player. After a restart it would claim that the share is read-only which wasn't the case) or that the access credentials were wrong . Also, it seemed to have trouble adjusting it's output refresh rate based on the videos frame rate. The auto setting is there, but it didn't work very reliably. I really wanted to like it as I understood it is one of the best media players out there, but was disappointed.

    • johndoe123 on 08/12/2011 - 11:32

      so, would you recommend to others?

      • jakentta on 08/12/2011 - 11:39

        The interface and remote were nice and playback quality too once on the right refresh rate. So, if you don't care about the media library function, or possibly use just an external hard drive instead of a network share it should be good. The frame rate issue might be just because of certain files (but Aldi Medion HD media player does change it's output rate correctly with the same files). If you can live with those two things, then yes. And I don't really know of any better player.

  • excite on 08/12/2011 - 11:38

    I like the built-in Wifi and online support from this unit, currently I have an Astone player with USB Wifi dongle, but the wireless connection is sometimes not stable and it is looking ugly with the USB Wifi dongle plug in.

  • sonicentropy on 08/12/2011 - 11:41
    +1

    Firmware update is recommended.
    http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdfWDTV_Live_G…

  • YYY on 08/12/2011 - 11:45

    Can we order and pick up in store in this deal? Thanks

  • peterlong1952 on 08/12/2011 - 11:46

    Whoopeee. Today and tomorrow are staff 10% discount days. Should get this for $119 - $11.90 = $107.10.

  • troyww on 08/12/2011 - 12:09
    +1

    http://dicksmith.com.au/offer/paypalfreedelivery
    Free delivery from DSE when paying by Paypal .

  • gupt.rak on 08/12/2011 - 12:19

    This is not WDTV, but something that can turn my laptop into a media player ..any experience with this product?

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Q-Waves-Wireless-USB-HDMI-Extender/d…

    • jakentta on 08/12/2011 - 12:33

      Looks interesting, but it does not seem to have any sort of remote control. Just says "control everything from your laptop", which kinda makes it pointless for it to be wireless, if you need to have the laptop near yourself anyway.

      • gupt.rak on 08/12/2011 - 13:28

        I guess windows media remote can be used for navigating through the file or bluetooth/wireless keyboard and mouse.

        The big advantage i see using this is full internet experience on TV which none of the media player offers at this stage. So essentially you can buy an old Duo core 2 laptop and use it as a media player with full laptop functionality on your TV. The laptop can be hidden in your tv cabinet with only the remote control/keyboard sensor sticking out.

        To me it's quite neat.

  • Black Hole on 08/12/2011 - 12:24

    Should I get this or Boxee Box?

    • jakentta on 08/12/2011 - 12:29
      +1

      I have been thinking about that too. But I have tried the Boxee software on my laptop and I am not completely convinced about it either. You can get the Box from eBay for less than $200 though and the remote's supposedly quite good.

      • sonicentropy on 08/12/2011 - 12:35

        Boxee community is quit large and the is a fair bit of stuff you can ad to the box, interface is really nice. But does take a deeper level of understanding to get the most out of it, like collecting and managing your own meta data. The wd is just plug and play it handles everything for you. Interface is nice much like XBMC in easy of use. Firmware as it stands still has some minor issues but I am confident WD will iron most of these out. I am using this as a secondary media player for upstairs I have a HTPC downstairs running Windows Media center 7 and XBMC. if I was to buy one as my primary box my preference would be a Xtreamer Ultra then a Boxee then this.
        http://xtreamer.net/downloads/xtreamer-ultra.aspx

      • Elijha on 08/12/2011 - 13:07

        does the WD actually show meta data for the video .. or just a list of the file names. I'm swinging to Boxee as I thought it dynamically found your movie info and showed cover images etc. - WD doesn't do this does it?

        • Baa on 08/12/2011 - 13:48
          +1

          WD does this automatically.

          I actually did it the first time on my comp using this - http://wdtvhubgen.codeplex.com/ - it was a bit quicker than waiting for it to scan through the box. Once I had all the data I wanted I let it do all the new stuff itself.

        • sonicentropy on 08/12/2011 - 13:58

          you can add moviesheets (MOD) if you want to make the most of your meta data.
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVZ23bfUnfY

        • Elijha on 08/12/2011 - 20:33

          I have to reply to myself here (couldn't reply to the child posts of this post?)

          When I looked into this new model earlier I saw many comments about how the firmware was based on the 1TB Live Hub player (same interface) and how the mods for the previous versions probably won't work. And not much hope for this version as the 1TB player hadn't been moded yet [differing chipsets]

          So has anyone got modded firmware for this? the movie sheets ref'd by sonicentrophy look exactly what I want - but if this isn't available as a default then I might as well keep using my TV to scroll through a file list.

        • Baa on 08/12/2011 - 21:47

          The moviesheets don't have exactly the same layout but look very similar, plot length seems a bit longer in that video but could just be the source used.

          No custom firmware yet and it may not happen on these ones due to software reasons (haven't researched too much so you will prob have to google it)

  • drjoe27 on 08/12/2011 - 12:47

    peterlong1952 - Staff discount days can we loop into that as well somehow? I would love to get further 10% as well!

    • peterlong1952 on 08/12/2011 - 13:02

      Sorry, only available to Woolworth employees.

  • Da Cummo on 08/12/2011 - 13:25

    I have two of these units, unlike Jakentta I have only postivie feedback from them, I have seen some people say they have difficulties however if you update the firmware I have had no issues.
    My kids have one in the room for there shows and one in the lounge room for the family.
    It plays all the video formats I require and is a great music player….the price is okay but you can do better at JB-HIFI haggle….we got out for $98

  • Baa on 08/12/2011 - 13:26
    +2

    These are pretty amazing, can highly recommend after using my PS3 as a media server for a couple of years this does everything an better.

    A friend of mine picked one up from Officeworks in East Vic Park WA for $100.70 but this may just have been pure luck (as the guy price matched Amazon) here is the receipt if anybody is game - http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/6590/externalimagesmedia2…

    • Elijha on 08/12/2011 - 22:07

      After a little deliberation I went to the OW @ East Vic Park and tried for the same price - they wouldn't have it. But they did price match the DSE price -5% (which had gone inactive during my time in the store) which is what I really went in expecting to get.

      On another note … the staff member I first spoke to (I simply asked what the price was since it isn't even marked on the shelf) said 'I could get a good deal on those - had I done my research?' I said I had and he said he had to go check what price he could go to (I hadn't even discussed a price match) he wandered off then came back with another staff member to the next isle talking about stock and price matching then disappeared 5 min later he gave me a wave as he left the store via the front door and I am just standing their.

  • happy9tennis on 08/12/2011 - 14:48

    not a bad price….OfficeWorks is selling $149 i think….

  • atlas on 08/12/2011 - 17:44

    Just price matched 2 from Officeworks =)

  • drjoe27 on 08/12/2011 - 19:21

    Just bought one - Not sure how much we will use it but I hope it is easy to set up as I want to watch the Queen documentaries from IView on HDTV

    • Elijha on 08/12/2011 - 22:31

      Don't think it does iView … does it?

  • Elijha on 08/12/2011 - 22:44

    Hey guys … my roommate just got back from uni and ordered one from DSE - I got one today from OW as a price match we only really need to one (guess we have been looking around at this for a while and both jumped).

    How can we cancel the DSE order? I can log in and see the order, and in the main menu it shows Cancel Orders. But clicking on it show the order as 'processing' and no option to cancel. The support line is closed now, and I guess I'm thinking by the time I get up tomorrow it could be shipping (WA vs Eastern Standard Time). Do you guys know if it can be cancel, how long it takes to ship or if it does ship can it be returned for a refund at the local store?

    • Elijha on 09/12/2011 - 09:47

      Ok Canceled by phone today which was easy enough. They even have the option of refusing delivery and it goes back to them and the order would have been canceled and refunded.

  • YYY on 09/12/2011 - 18:43
    +1

    Seems like OW has now lower their price to match DS one. http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dat…
    Must be too many people price match at OW yesterday.

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