until now, anybody get their WD TV ?
i wan to ask, if i use 2.5" external drive, this player enough power to run the hdd ? i guess 3.5" sure cannot and must use power adapter to run the hdd, but how about 2.5" ?

if cant, how u gonna play media contents?
they even suggest use WD Media Passport...that is 2.5" hdd


Chow

You can ask corez, he's the first person in this forum as far as i can see who ordered it from Amazon US 3 days ago. He'll be able to answer your question as soon as he got it.

Corez, please share with us..

2.5" should be ok... WD passport same as other portable HDD too, just need a single USB to power. If not enough, they have the 2nd usb connector for you to power up the 2.5" HDD too...
3.5" for sure need external power...

but this player cant play rmvb file....sigh
now 2.5" WD passport just need single usb enuf.

anybody joining corez after this...?

i'm eyeing on hd media player (for h264 playback) long time ago already namely sarotech & dvico brands; unfortunately they are unaffordable to me... with this hd player @ rm400++ (minus all bell-and-whistle that are not so crucial to me), the price is unbeatable

^ i agree.. can't wait for it to arrive here. or shld i ask my fren in SG to buy? can't resist the urge..

i think should wait for local distributor since simgapore have it already. warranty easy ma

im sorry but RMVB is uglyyyyy....

sarotech got seller here edi AFAIK.
i bring dvico b4...but no one wants

if the warranty is same like their HDD, no matter where u bought still can send yourself


Chow

BATA: cancel ur hdx 1000 bulk and do this lah ~

cant lor...i got no line at WD products...and usually here WD cheaper
and HDX have few additional futures that WD HD player dont have

Chow

what extra feature hdx got beside wdtv ?

among them is network support and internal HDD
so u can take contents directly from your PC or NAS without having to constantly transfer your external hdds


Chow

This post has been edited by bata: Nov 17 2008, 12:29 AM

Alluminium casing some more... he he he nice

seem like this WDTV box remote having problem at below thread...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....1080840&page=16

WDTV review

http://maddhat.com/?p=31

Man...should have got myself a Full HD plasma

Anyway...I read through the Madhat review....what does the guy mean by:

"Next, I tried a 1080p x264 file, also in an MKV container, this time with DTS audio. The video bitrate was around 15mbps, and I honestly expected many dropped frames. However, I was proven wrong, as the file played back with no issues at all.

Then he said

I tried playing an MKV file containing MPEG2 video and AC3 audio, and it did not play. While that’s not a traditional container for those codecs, it still should have played."

Can someone enlighten me...AI'm still new to this HD stuff..



This post has been edited by azbro: Nov 17 2008, 06:53 PM

Looks like it only play a few type of format as mkv has a few version of coding also

Probably it can only handle x264 codec in mkv files instead of others..so far from what I see the in forum, some people been complaining that it couldn't play certain anime encodes, considering that fansubs don't have specific standards for video encodes unlike scene groups..