WDTV LIVE some feedback from owners please

[ps burley]

I am considering a WDTV live but have some questions:-

1. Has anyone used the WDTV live wireless and if so what model would I need and how reliable is the wireless connection. I had a ROKU and it failed more often than it worked.

2. Can you EASILY create music playlists of songs from different music CD's?

3. How easy is YOUTUBE to use and can it sync with your favorites set up on a pc?

4. How does WDTV compare to something like an apple tv?

Thanks in advance guys!

[Broadsword]

Originally Posted by ps burley

I am considering a WDTV live but have some questions:-

1. Has anyone used the WDTV live wireless and if so what model would I need and how reliable is the wireless connection. I had a ROKU and it failed more often than it worked.

2. Can you EASILY create music playlists of songs from different music CD's?

3. How easy is YOUTUBE to use and can it sync with your favorites set up on a pc?

4. How does WDTV compare to something like an apple tv?

Thanks in advance guys!

Posting the same post over and over again won't get you your answer any quicker.

[ps burley]

then what do you have to do to get an answer !!!!

I am asking a question to a forum full of users - isnt that what the forum is for ?

Not being funny but its not helping me at the moment thats why I have asked a couple of times....better suggestion?

[lumos]

I am not sure that you noticed but I did answer as many parts of your question as I felt qualified to do yesterday evening.

Don't hesitate to ask if you want me to do anything specific to help.

Ian

[Broadsword]

Originally Posted by ps burley

then what do you have to do to get an answer !!!!

I am asking a question to a forum full of users - isnt that what the forum is for ?

Not being funny but its not helping me at the moment thats why I have asked a couple of times....better suggestion?

Maybe nobody knows?

[Ice Tea]

Originally Posted by Broadsword

Posting the same post over and over again won't get you your answer any quicker.

He got you to answer instead of being ignored

[lumos]

Sorry,
One further thing that I forgot to mention,the Apple TV has a max output of 1080i or 720p, whereas WD Live is 1080p at 24/25/50/60. The biggest problem with Apple TV is that you are really limited to content that you buy from iTunes (albeit via AppleTV). The problem for me is what to do with a vast DVD, HD-DVD and BluRay collection. Thus I am using the WD Live.

Ian

P.S. Youtube favourites seems to be fully implemented according to the manual.

Ian

[bigsby]

To be honest I haven't messed about with it too much to try to get it working, but when I log into my youtube account via the WDTV live it doesn't give me access to any of my videos or favourites.

[rwh13384]

Originally Posted by ps burley

I am considering a WDTV live but have some questions:-

1. Has anyone used the WDTV live wireless and if so what model would I need and how reliable is the wireless connection. I had a ROKU and it failed more often than it worked.

2. Can you EASILY create music playlists of songs from different music CD's?

3. How easy is YOUTUBE to use and can it sync with your favorites set up on a pc?

4. How does WDTV compare to something like an apple tv?

Thanks in advance guys!

I can only answer question 1, if you are using standard wireless i.e. wireless g/54mbps, it will not be able to stream 720p and upwards, very well, if at all.

If you can hard wire, either directly to the router or via homeplugs, the speed difference will be very noticeable.

You can only make the WDTV Live wireless by adding a wireless usb dongle, but as I said before, hard wiring is the best and fastest option.

[thesims]

can this player downmix?

Has anyone had any problem " Lags " while playing any movies files?

What other online content other than youtube this product features?

[Subliminal Aura]

Originally Posted by ps burley

3. How easy is YOUTUBE to use and can it sync with your favorites set up on a pc?

Your favourites are maintained by youtube ... The WDTV Live can access them easily, you can also add favourites from the WDTV itself

Everything works fine except one disappointing flaw ... There is no provision for viewing your subscriptions which imho should be a fundamental.

[ps burley]

Thanks guys (Lumos)...I think the one thing thats not clear to me is MP3 playback....on apple TV you have Itunes playlists ie several tracks from different albums...how do you do this with WDTV live??? how do I easily create a playlist of MP3.s can someone talk me through it please...also if I cant hard wire whats the best option wireless n USB or ethernet homeplugs..(never heard of them but assume they use mains as the network...are they expensive?

thanks guys

[lumos]

Originally Posted by ps burley

Thanks guys (Lumos)...I think the one thing thats not clear to me is MP3 playback....on apple TV you have Itunes playlists ie several tracks from different albums...how do you do this with WDTV live??? how do I easily create a playlist of MP3.s can someone talk me through it please...also if I cant hard wire whats the best option wireless n USB or ethernet homeplugs..(never heard of them but assume they use mains as the network...are they expensive?

thanks guys

Looking at the manual it does say that it supports .PLS playlists for MP3 music. You navigate to the playlist and select it.

I have used a bunch of Devolo homeplug networking connections and for simple implementations they can work reliabley but very slowly (and these are the 200Mb/s units). I had so many problems with them occasionally deciding to get DNS from a different PC in the network and causing connectivity mayhem. I eventually cracked and ripped them out and got the cable guys in to add a further 8 hardwired points. They are not particularly low cost either, so at this stage I would probably go for really good wireless with high quality antennas.

Ian