ok after a few tries. it stayed as HDMI finally. I think i was too slow in pressing the OK button. the manual says I have 15 seconds.

when i first plug it in, i use HDMI and i wasnt getting any signal at all. after reading the manual, found that it is default to Composite, so I need to hook up a Composite cable to see anything. Then from Composite, I set it to HDMI and I need to quickly press my TV's remote to switch to HDMI in, by the time I do that, its probably too late for me to press OK. Its just stupid that a 15 seconds time frame is given. I wish it is auto detect everything. Just like the stupid PS3, everytime a different thing is plug in, you need to go thru the setting again.

The Menu is just a tad slow for me. I wish it is faster

Now I need to find some HD material....
My Russian Institute seems to be able to play fine....kekekeke...

This post has been edited by DigitalKL: Dec 15 2008, 01:31 AM

those of u tat paid the deposit during PC Fair.. when r u going to collect the player? the salesperson only told me end-of-year..

From day one, I hooked it up using HDMI cable. No problem at all. The other outputs are still 'virgin' Yeah, the menu is rather slow in response. I set my WDTV to output at 720p rez.

My WD My Book 1TB will not be able to scan and detect by the device, but once i plug in another USB thumbdrive on another USB port, it started to detect, strange...anybody know what wrong??

Also, most of my MKV file play with no sound at all, what should i select at the SOUND setting page? set it to Stereo or Digital? or need optical only can hear the sound??

When you switch on the WDTV and the external hdd, you need to wait for a while for it to scan the whole hdd.

If your .mkv file uses DTS sound, then you will experience no sound, unless your AVR got DTS decoding.

Not forgetting using digital connection for it (coaxial, optical or HDMI)

Hmm....is this player able to support chinese subtitles?
BTW, when playing HD content do you guys see lag like what happened on most PC system during HD playback?

what kind of lag on pc? Playback on pc is smooth.

The thing is when i plug in my WD My book, the USB symbol in front of the WDTV doesnt light up at all, no matter how i unplug the USB cable, off the HD also the same, but when i plug in USB thumbdrive, it will be ok and i can see the HD scanning status on the menu...is it bcoz my WD My book is formatted in NTFS??

ic, so i need to set to digital, stereo is for RCA connection then. i think even for AC3 sound, i experience no sound also..

One more thing..i using the HDMI cable that connect to my PS3, when connect to my WDTV, my LCD TV said "Mode not Supported", but when i plug another HDMI cable from my DVD player, it is ok...strange..

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Added on December 15, 2008, 9:51 amno lag at all, but when u fast forward it more than x18, u might experience some hang...

embedded sub on mkv can be display, separate sub file for mkv hvnt try yet

This post has been edited by JayC75: Dec 15 2008, 09:51 AM

Just in case, you turn on the power for WD Mybook after plugging into USB port?

does it make any different? just wonder... even when i off it, and on it again, WDTV cant detect also...

Switch off your Media library feature in WDTV.

I assume your Mybook works when connecting to pc? If so, USb connection is working ok.

Nothing to do with FAT/NTFS. So far, you are only person whose harddisk cannot work. Even usb hub also works.

er... i tot this WD has no internal audio decoding for both DD n DTS?
u practically need an amp with optical or hdmi input to fully play most current mkvs

after google around, i also suspect is the Media Library feature causing my problem, will try again tonite.

Yes, when connect to PC work.

Also quite disappointed that u need an AVR in order to hear DTS and DD, as i don hv an AVR, which mean most of my mkv movies play with no sound. since i bought this unit for my bro and he has an AVR, so not an issue for me, but if u wan to move around this unit, then u will hv problem play mkv with sound (DTS & DD).

Yeah, everyone should take this into consideration before buying. If you own an AV receiver or plan to buy one, you're good to go. If not, you won't hear the audio for those MKVs with DTS (or Dolby Digital too?) when connect the audio directly to the TV. Looks like it doesn't have internal decoding for those audio codec.

tun, there is a reason why its price that cheap

hi, anyone try to connect USB DVD-ROM drive? thinking to use my external laptop DVD drive to read my movie collection, possible or not?

If no amp, then just switch to stereo.

if u switch to stereo, there is no internal decoding, how to produce out the sound?

stereo is only for RCA connection lah.

There is a solution to this which i read from other forum, i.e. convert those DTS movie to m2ts format, or use Popcorn MKV audio convert.