Western Digital’s handy little digital streaming box is cheaper than I’ve ever seen it before at Officeworks right now; a measly $99 will net you one. It doesn’t handle absolutely every format out there, but it’s unobtrusive and for the most part just works.[Officeworks via OzBargain]
Ollie
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:25 PM…not many people USE every format out there. The only problems I’ve had with mine are occasional freezing when it’s been left on and not used for a few days, quickly solved but a quick power off/on.
It works absolutely stunningly, as I have a hard drive attached to it I actually use it as my media server, rather than streaming off a PC/NAS, it runs flawlessly playing on the TV even while someone is accessing the hard drive across the network.
Josh
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:33 PMThese are the greatest… i cant recommend them enough!
They still get updates which actually bring added functionality. Works seamlessly with a D-Link wireless G usb stick hanging out of it and streams HD from my WD Sharespace NAS… good times
Jordaan Mylonas
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 1:07 PMIt’s looking like CatchOfTheDay.com.au will be selling these for $49 on Tuesday.
Namarrgon
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 7:17 PMOr not. Seems unlikely that it’ll be one of the six deals that gets picked.
Roland
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 1:41 PMIn all seriousness… the formats it can’t play aren’t really worth making note of anyway. They really are few and far between…
I love mine to bits!! :)
Gabbo
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 2:04 PMLooks like JB is having a sale too
Western Digital TV-Live $50 Thommwtown JB Hi-Fi [Vic]
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/53579
feral
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 2:37 PMLove mine too will grab another from Catch on tuesday ;)
spk
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 2:37 PMIt supports mkv x264. What other formats does one need?
Liam Johnson
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 3:08 PMI have a question about these, do they have any internal storage at all? Or do the just serve it up?
lulz
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 3:39 PMThe original model I have is still going strong, though it can’t handle any mkv glitches, but changing the container to Transport Stream gets around that. And the original cant output DTS to stereo, which is annoying.
warcroft
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 6:56 PMIve had one of these for quite some time now. They are fantastic machines!
Get an external drive that doesnt need an additional power supply.
warcroft
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 6:58 PMAlso, forget about Apple TV or T-box or any of those others. If you download tv shows and movies the WDTV Live is the perfect device for you!
It plays full 1080p and, besides Flash movies, Ive never had a problem with it not playing anything.
jeremy
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 11:35 AMoccasional problems with audio sync when rewinding/pausing mkv. Other than that perfect – you can set the output resolution to what ever you want, and its scaler is very nice – much recomended to owners of older TVs and projectors – it will even convert HD to old interlace, which can be very handy if you travel with it and encounter older TVs. Oh, and you can plug two drives in at once and it copes fine with NTFS. recomended, but get the latest firmware.