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WD TV Live
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WD TV Live

25 Oct 2011
Overall rating 8.5/10

The WD TV Live is a compact media player that plays full HD video and has built-in Wi-Fi for easy streaming of media content from your PC to your large-screen HDTV.

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Design:
8.5
Performance:
8.5
Features:
9
Value:
8
THE GOOD
Good looking + easy to use GUI
Built-in Wi-Fi
Good variety of internet services
Great video playback support
Audio lip sync adjustment
THE BAD
Rubbery remote control buttons
Does not play RMVB files
No memory card reader

Product Specification

Storage External only (USB drive, network drive, digital camera, camcorder, PC and Mac)
Image Format Support
  • JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
  • Compressed RGB JPEG formats only and progressive JPEG up to 2048x2048
  • Single layer TIFF files only
  • Uncompressed BMP only
Video Format Support
  • Video Formats: MPEG2 MP@HL up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30 or 1280x720p60 resolution; MPEG4.2 ASP@L5 up to 1280x720p30 resolution and no support for global motion compensation; WMV9/VC-1 MP@HL up to 1280x720p60 or 1920x1080p24 resolution. VC-1 AP@L3 up to 1920x1080i30, 1920x1080p24 or 1280x720p60 resolution; H.264 BP@L3 up to 720x480p30 or 720x576p25 resolution; H.264 MP@L4.1 and HP@4.1 up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30, or 1280x720p60 resolution
  • File Formats: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9, FLV (h.264)
Audio Format Support MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
I/O Ports Ethernet, 2 x USB 2.0, HDMI, Composite A/V, S/PDIF optical audio
Wireless Connectivity & Standards Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Remote Control Yes
Other features
  • Subtitle Support: SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI
  • Enjoy Internet entertainment on the TV
Power 100-240 VAC, 50-60Hz
Dimensions 30 x 100 x 125mm
Weight 190g

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