(I posted this same message on the WDTVForum (http://wdtvforum.com/main/index.php?topic=2458.0))

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This is my first post here [on this topic] and like many of you, this is my intro to the WDTV family.
I just received my Live 30 minutes ago from Bestbuy and it is still sitting in the box.

Between this forum, AVSForum's many threads, the WDTV Wiki on WetPaint and B-Rad's unboxing and subsequent work, there are so many sources with so many posts it is hard to keep straight and figure out where to begin...

I come from using a HTPC and having the flexibility to use Boxee/Hulu (basically many content sources), and want to make sure that I am not missing anything once i transition to the WDTV.

I was wondering if there is a beginners guide anywhere that lets people like me know where to begin, what the homebrew really offers (in layman terms) and how i can optimize my experience.

If anyone has any guidance, please post it here, or point me to the right direction.
I apologize if this has been answered before, but as mentioned above, there is so much out there that I may have missed it.

Thanks in advance.
AHC11

You can start by plugging it in.;)

and reading the manual that is in the cd.

thanks for the one-line responses.
i am pretty competent with technology, so i am more referring to steps to take to best extend the functionality of the LIVE.

examples: what the unofficial firmware offers and how to implement PlayOn or TVersity so I can stream Hulu.

This combined with any other lessons learned, shortcuts, recommendations, etc from long-time users of the WDTV would help those of us who are new here, jump in and make a really big splash.

thanks

I have tried both alyon and TVersity. Both show up in the media servers of WD TV Live.

I am currently using Playon to view online contentmainly because I am new to media servers and could not figure out how to configure TVersity. That, and because I found more channel plugins for Playon that I did for TVersity.

I have had a WD TV (both of them) for a wile now and I can maybe answer some of your questions, if I knew what those questions were.