| If you are looking for more bang for your buck | | | | adapter for the WD TV Live is the Linksys Range |
| then the Western Digital WD TV Live | | | | Plus Wireless USB Compact Adapter that will let |
| Network-ready HD Media Player | | | | you connect to your existing home or business |
| WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN has some of the best | | | | wireless network. Either wired or wireless this |
| features and capabilities on the market. The WD | | | | digital media player has it's competition cut out for |
| TV live is a very popular digital media player, and | | | | it. It is very similar to the Patriot Box Office HD |
| is highly rated by its owners for ease of use and | | | | and the HDX1000 Network Media Tank, but it |
| functionality. WD TV Live added some key | | | | doesn't offer the feature of adding your own |
| upgrades from the previous release from | | | | internal hard drive to the media player itself. If this |
| Western Digital, the WD TV. This player is | | | | isn't a concern then the WD TV Live is really a |
| network ready, provides video playback up to | | | | fantastic media player. It offers the latest and |
| 1080p TrueHD and digital sound though the media | | | | greatest including 1080p true high definition |
| player optical output or the HDMI output. One of | | | | through HDMI and Dolby Digital and DTS Encoders. |
| the biggest improvements were to the menu | | | | Here are the goods, on the WD TV Live: |
| system for selecting your media. | | | | Includes HDMI 1.3 port, Supporting up to True HD |
| Western Digital WD TV Live Network-Ready HD | | | | 1080p |
| The WD TV Live digital media player is a media | | | | Connect external hard drives directly or connect |
| streamer that allows you to stream your video, | | | | to your network to view movies, photos, and |
| music, and photos to your high definition TV and | | | | music |
| play your audio via your home theater system. | | | | USB port for USB drives |
| This player does not come with an internal hard | | | | Audio formats: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, |
| drive, but rather must be connected to a USB | | | | AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, |
| mass storage device or network containing your | | | | DTS |
| media files. The recommended storage drive is | | | | Video file formats: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), |
| the Western Digital My Book Essential USB 2.0 | | | | MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, |
| Desktop External Hard Drive (1 Terabyte -1TB | | | | MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, |
| Model) which will provide ample room to store lots | | | | AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, |
| of movies, photos, and music. As it comes from | | | | WMV9 |
| the manufacturer, the WD Live HD is a hard | | | | Photo formats: JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG |
| wired network ready media streamer. There is | | | | Connections: Video: HDMI v1.3 (up to 1080p), |
| nothing to prevent you from going wireless also | | | | Composite Video Out; Audio: S/PDIF Optical Digital |
| with a USB wireless dongle. A popular wireless | | | | Audio, Other: 10/100 Ethernet. |