Comments on: Western Digital intros the WD TV HD Media Player http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/03/western-digital-intros-the-wd-tv-hd-media-player/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:02:40 -0500 hourly 1 By: boyinthebarrel http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/03/western-digital-intros-the-wd-tv-hd-media-player/comment-page-1/#comment-1103588 boyinthebarrel Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:49:41 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=51714#comment-1103588 do they make one with component outputs instead of composite? do they make one with component outputs instead of composite?

]]> By: brianbuys http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/03/western-digital-intros-the-wd-tv-hd-media-player/comment-page-1/#comment-1059445 brianbuys Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:23:35 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=51714#comment-1059445 Update! The MG-M2TV is a turning out to be a great player! Looks like Mediagate just released a Korean language firmware too for the MG-M2TV. found the link on xpcgear.com http://www.xpcgear.com/mediagate-mg-m2tv-korean-rmvb-player-hdmi.html Update! The MG-M2TV is a turning out to be a great player! Looks like Mediagate just released a Korean language firmware too for the MG-M2TV. found the link on xpcgear.com http://www.xpcgear.com/mediagate-mg-m2tv-korean-rmvb-player-hdmi.html

]]> By: brianbuys http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/03/western-digital-intros-the-wd-tv-hd-media-player/comment-page-1/#comment-1052677 brianbuys Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:12:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=51714#comment-1052677 It's true this is a very good player for the money though it does have buggy issues as many have reported. Too bad western digital has not released a firmware version yet to fix these problems. once they do this will be a hard to beat player since it can do ALMOST everything you would want it to do. Seems there are two types now: with and w/o hard drive. those with HDD like the Mediagate or Popcorn hour are a good choice. those w/o hard drives like the WD TV, IOMEGA Screenplay are good too but you have to attach some sort of external usb storage anyway. So choose wisely. If you are looking for something that may be better than the WD TV, search for this: "Mediagate MG-M2TV". this is the newest player from Mediagate which can do everything the WD TV can but actually supports more formats like RMVB (real video) for many Asian videos. so this is one item i'm really looking forward to. hoping the reviews are good on this one. It’s true this is a very good player for the money though it does have buggy issues as many have reported. Too bad western digital has not released a firmware version yet to fix these problems. once they do this will be a hard to beat player since it can do ALMOST everything you would want it to do. Seems there are two types now: with and w/o hard drive. those with HDD like the Mediagate or Popcorn hour are a good choice. those w/o hard drives like the WD TV, IOMEGA Screenplay are good too but you have to attach some sort of external usb storage anyway. So choose wisely. If you are looking for something that may be better than the WD TV, search for this: “Mediagate MG-M2TV”. this is the newest player from Mediagate which can do everything the WD TV can but actually supports more formats like RMVB (real video) for many Asian videos. so this is one item i’m really looking forward to. hoping the reviews are good on this one.

]]> By: Jack http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/03/western-digital-intros-the-wd-tv-hd-media-player/comment-page-1/#comment-962980 Jack Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:10:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=51714#comment-962980 The problem is with the drives, there should be a config program to keep them from switching to low power. The problem is with the drives, there should be a config program to keep them from switching to low power.

]]> By: CrunchGear » Archive » Review: Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/03/western-digital-intros-the-wd-tv-hd-media-player/comment-page-1/#comment-959254 CrunchGear » Archive » Review: Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:18:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=51714#comment-959254 [...] Fall afternoon, Western Digital announced the WD HD TV Media Player. It promised to play high definition video over HDMI and optical audio, up to 1080p, all for about [...] [...] Fall afternoon, Western Digital announced the WD HD TV Media Player. It promised to play high definition video over HDMI and optical audio, up to 1080p, all for about [...]

]]> By: Phil http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/03/western-digital-intros-the-wd-tv-hd-media-player/comment-page-1/#comment-944939 Phil Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:28:25 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=51714#comment-944939 I wonder if it will work well with their MyBook external drives. I have 2 1TB MyBooks which I use in rotation on my iStarHD 1.3 media player. Otherwise very good, the MyBook's love to hibernate. That causes problems because the iStar seems to have trouble waking them so I occasionally have to coldstart the system. (I'm using the eSATA interfaces.) Maybe the WD box won't have that problem. I wonder if it will work well with their MyBook external drives.

I have 2 1TB MyBooks which I use in rotation on my iStarHD 1.3 media player. Otherwise very good, the MyBook’s love to hibernate. That causes problems because the iStar seems to have trouble waking them so I occasionally have to coldstart the system. (I’m using the eSATA interfaces.)

Maybe the WD box won’t have that problem.

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