Western Digital - WD TV Live Media Player (WDTV2)

soudmaijer · 08-20-09, 06:42 AM

The WD TV Live Media Player, a.k.a WDTV2, is up for pre-order in a few Dutch webshops! The price is fair I think, +/- 115 euro!

You can find the link to the webshops here: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/24504...ia-player.html

Release date: 10? September 2009

The WD TV™ Live HD Media Player from Western Digital has everything you need to play your HD media collection and the fun stuff you find on the web in brilliant HD 1080p on your big screen HDTV. Because it supports a wide variety of file types, you can instantly enjoy all your home digital media, regardless of the file format. Plus you get direct access to a huge selection of video, photos, and music from popular internet sites like YouTube, Flickr, Live 365, and Pandora (U.S. only) right from the beautifully easy WDTV navigation screen. The WD TV Live HD media player is exceptionally easy to use so anyone in the family can do it and, because it’s networked, you can easily access media from any PC in the home.

sinker442 · 08-20-09, 07:22 AM

Can you give a link?
Do they have a date?

YukonJack · 08-20-09, 07:57 AM

Awesome. Pandora! I wonder if you could point it to Shoutcast as well? I am seriously considering this upgrade, I love my current WDTV, and I just installed a Netgear homeplug (4 port) at the entertainment center.

YukonJack · 08-20-09, 08:08 AM

BTW, looks like its about 135 bux preorder over at MacMall

http://www.macmall.com/ttsvr/p/Weste...cb#pdpOverview

Kevenz · 08-20-09, 06:43 PM

it seems to use the exact same UI/processor as the original.

so it's wd tv 1.5 not wdtv 2

whiteboy714 · 08-20-09, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevenz

it seems to use the exact same UI/processor as the original.

so it's wd tv 1.5 not wdtv 2

Hey they got the two most wanted things, network and dts. But if it still has the same issues with HD + subs thats pretty weak. And I've never had an issue with mine but obviously some people do.

daphatty · 08-21-09, 01:19 AM

Neither one of those links take you to anything WDTV 2 related. I don't think this is what you think it is. Even the picture the OP embedded is of the WDTV 1.

mytbyte · 08-21-09, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevenz

it seems to use the exact same UI/processor as the original.

Hmm, how can you tell...???

anyway, the hypothesis around here is that the processor on the current WDTV is weak and that another processor would be better/faster...that's wishful thinking...other/newer processors add support for control of additional hardware and some more embedded functions...but not much more power per se: they're about the same power for general applications the Sigma in WDTV is...the really big breakthrough would be if mkv extracting were hardware-embedded in the chip which requires licensing and support from Corecodec since they own the container now...what WDTV2 actually needs is more memory and perhaps a tad smarter programming...in the end, what do you care what's inside if it gets the job done...

betaboy · 08-21-09, 04:08 AM

We are the ones that helped create the Matroska container from the beginning... and sure we (CoreCodec) owns the trademarks, and copyrights, but there is NO cost for licensing and Matroska and it will always be free to use in any product.

We just want to see AVI die ;-)

mytbyte · 08-21-09, 04:39 AM

Are you for real?

anyway, no one mentioned cost...but there shoud be SOME approval or support from YOU

right???

a big jerk · 08-21-09, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betaboy

We are the ones that helped create the Matroska container from the beginning... and sure we (CoreCodec) owns the trademarks, and copyrights, but there is NO cost for licensing and Matroska and it will always be free to use in any product.

We just want to see AVI die ;-)

I love you.

betaboy · 08-21-09, 11:10 AM

$0 cost = Free = implement at no cost in any software of hardware product.... Sure we have 'Sponsors' no diff then Mozilla, XMPP, etc. but those have not been announced yet.

Did I say we want AVI to die yet? ;-)

lmaolmao · 08-21-09, 11:18 AM

they got my money for WDTV they certainly aren't getting it for this. I think theres a fair few people who felt that the WDTV was undersupported and abandoned far too quickly.

mytbyte · 08-21-09, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betaboy

Did I say we want AVI to die yet? ;-)

I thought it was dead already

Kevenz · 08-21-09, 10:05 PM

avi doesn't mean much these days..... it's just an extension.

nobody use real uncompressed avi since 1990.

whiteboy714 · 08-21-09, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betaboy

We are the ones that helped create the Matroska container from the beginning... and sure we (CoreCodec) owns the trademarks, and copyrights, but there is NO cost for licensing and Matroska and it will always be free to use in any product.

We just want to see AVI die ;-)

Hey thanks for your great product man!!!!!

theWalkinator · 08-22-09, 12:13 AM

Still no support for rm and rmvb, disappointed.

mytbyte · 08-22-09, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevenz

avi doesn't mean much these days..... it's just an extension.

nobody use real uncompressed avi since 1990.

That's actually not quite true: it's widely used as an export format for doing special effects on video footage in external applications so as not to lose quality through multiple compression...

AVI is not "just an extension", it's a container format, just as mkv is, but with far less flexibility and features...

zoro · 08-22-09, 02:00 PM

$100 or below, i'll check

zoro · 08-22-09, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YukonJack

BTW, looks like its about 135 bux preorder over at MacMall

http://www.macmall.com/ttsvr/p/Weste...cb#pdpOverview

nothing @ link

YukonJack · 08-22-09, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoro

nothing @ link

Yeah, I guess they must have pulled it or something. It no longer shows up on their search engine either.

joshjoshlol · 08-22-09, 03:56 PM

much as i loved my original WDTV, i could never see myself upgrading boxes and slapping down $130 if we're getting roughly the same machine processor power-wise but with small and unnecessary things like audio boosts and networking capabilities that i won't use anyways.

i really wish scottwd or guywd would swoop in and ease our worries by being more candid with what this machine has to offer beyond bells and whistles; they used to be more transparent and forthcoming with the WDTV fanbase and that was something that i highly respected with WD... though i can imagine that with all the bile and vitriol that the users here spew out, it's not surprising that they've not really shown themselves.

YukonJack · 08-22-09, 07:33 PM

They probably feel burned by trying to be transparent and then facing people who cannot be pleased. Afrsa may never be happy with WD given his/her past experiences with their product and what he believed he should have been given as a customer. In the end, they are a business and while they want most people to be happy, they know they cannot make everyone happy.

I wish people who cannot be made happy just post their dissatisfaction and then move on with their lives. This incessant harping is killing these forums.

zerozed · 08-22-09, 09:24 PM

i'm sure some of you guys feel like you have a legit beef with WD for regarding the WDTV, but personally I love mine. I haven't had any major issues with mine. I've got a crap-ton of films with a number of codecs & formats that the device has handled well. For a first-generation type product I've been pretty impressed. All that said--the WDTV Live might not be as good a box as others on the market. I'll wait till it's out to figure out which one to buy.

Here's the current link to the WDTV Live at MacMall:
LINK

zoro · 08-23-09, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerozed

i'm sure some of you guys feel like you have a legit beef with WD for regarding the WDTV, but personally I love mine. I haven't had any major issues with mine. I've got a crap-ton of films with a number of codecs & formats that the device has handled well. For a first-generation type product I've been pretty impressed. All that said--the WDTV Live might not be as good a box as others on the market. I'll wait till it's out to figure out which one to buy.

Here's the current link to the WDTV Live at MacMall:
LINK

no details, no specs!

YukonJack · 08-23-09, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoro

no details, no specs!

OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!!!

Clearly it was taken off the Macmall site. It was there earlier but has now vanished.

Greg

markrubin · 08-24-09, 06:07 AM

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whiteboy714 · 08-24-09, 11:54 AM

Hmmm I wonder who it was.

I'm sure we'll see the wdtv2 very soon, and get some better details.

mytbyte · 08-24-09, 02:12 PM

I don't know...If it's not on WD site, it doesn't exist...yet...logical, no?

ormanton · 08-28-09, 02:59 AM

no it is not. read this one and find restock date

komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=493316

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YukonJack Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 72	They probably feel burned by trying to be transparent and then facing people who cannot be pleased. Afrsa may never be happy with WD given his/her past experiences with their product and what he believed he should have been given as a customer. In the end, they are a business and while they want most people to be happy, they know they cannot make everyone happy. I wish people who cannot be made happy just post their dissatisfaction and then move on with their lives. This incessant harping is killing these forums.

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zerozed Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 37	i'm sure some of you guys feel like you have a legit beef with WD for regarding the WDTV, but personally I love mine. I haven't had any major issues with mine. I've got a crap-ton of films with a number of codecs & formats that the device has handled well. For a first-generation type product I've been pretty impressed. All that said--the WDTV Live might not be as good a box as others on the market. I'll wait till it's out to figure out which one to buy. Here's the current link to the WDTV Live at MacMall: LINK Last edited by zerozed; 08-23-09 at 01:08 AM..

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