I had the original WDTV Live and it was rubbish.
Constant problems, crashes and long outstanding bugs that WD never got
around to fixing despite being listed at the very top of their community
voice submission lists (which they completely ignored).
It may be that the newer versions are better but my experiences with the
WDTV live put me off even considering another WD media player for the
foreseeable future.
Instead I bought a Boxee Box which has been magnificent.
It still crashes rarely, but the sheer power and flexibility of this
little box is awesome. Network, Wireless N WiFi, SDHC slot, USB slots
all built in. Wireless remote with a fairly usable keyboard on the
back. Plays pretty much any format flawlessly up to 1080p via HDMI.
Optical S/PDIF, Composite Audio.
Networking via SMB, NFS, UNnp - I use mediatomb on an Unbuntu box
downstairs to store media.
There's a huge range of downloadable Apps - everything from news
sources, RSS feeds, Mashable, Revision 3, youtube, TED tv, streaming
from online file storage sites, online radio, image slideshows via
flickr etc, Video on Demand channels, social networking stuff.
Boxee certainly isn't without its faults but is the best retail media
player (by far) that I've personally tried.
http://www.boxee.tv/
On 01/04/12 12:30, Nick Rout wrote:
I've heard that they are good. media pc with xbmc = better, but more expensive.
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Chris Hellyar<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi folks...
Trivia question of sorts... Our trusty Dlink media player died last week
during the lightening storm, and I need to look a new one before I get
lynched by the kids.
I skipped though the manual on the Western Digital site and it mentions NFS
shares.
Just wondering if anyone is using one and how easily it all went?
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