this speaker doesnt come cheap, more than RM1k my friend.

there are TVB series available in DVD format...originals that is.

cycom Lowyat selling for RM399....saw few stocks on display....

yup, home theater

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Added on January 14, 2009, 2:12 pmin the spec it can decode DD, DTS and THX.. connect the optical out of the WD TV to optical in of the speaker and it will decode it for you.. not a cheap device but if you compare with other normal HT, the capability is better in term of audio decoding.. my HT can only decode DD through fiber optic and it cost me 1.5k..

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Added on January 14, 2009, 2:14 pmlowyat sell rm1599.. is there any other pc product that has this feature but better in price..

This post has been edited by fizzy15: Jan 14 2009, 02:15 PM

Edifier S530D come with optical & coaxial input, but cant decode DD and DTS...

Altec Lansing also got those THX speaker, but again more than RM1k....

how to purchase from there ?

Err..TVB dramas in original DVD in MPEG-2 are not RMVB and i don't think they are Widescreen either. You should download some HD RMVB and see for yourself..in widescreen LCD TV. You won't see anything like it on ASTRO.

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Added on January 14, 2009, 4:46 pmJust buy a HTIB if budget constraint. Loads of goodies going around RM 1K price.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Jan 14 2009, 04:46 PM

no access to astro. and i can only play rmvb on the pc....no intention to get a 3rd media player just for rmvb.

at least this player reads chinese , my popcorn onli display funny char . boot up also faster
but funny thing happen when the movie name in english , arrange sequence is fine but change back the name to chinese , all ber selerak

dont have experience with WDTV......i am currently using a TVIX and an Abigs. chinese characters display flawlessly.

no wonder you mention the RMVB looks bad... playback on PC.. (that was my opinion too until I got a RMVB player)

This post has been edited by ar188: Jan 14 2009, 07:58 PM

First off before I start I am sorry I cannot compare picture quality of the wd with other machines. I didn’t realize the wd did not have component connections when I went to set it up at a friends place. But I did test on normal video out.

Ok now lets begin the first thing that strike me about this wd machine is how god damn small it is. So small that is so cute.
Updated the machine with the latest firmware using the usb key. Fast detect of the usb key and installation was straight forward lasting less than 5 minutes.

Went through the menu systems.. quick access using the tiny remote.

Ok I brought along my trusty dvico 6500a as the hard drive machine.. Plug it in to the usb port of the wd machine.. WD took like 10minutes to detect it , could it be because of the one terabyte worth of media files in my dvico?? Will test it on a passport drive when I get it later for him.

After detection went through the menu system again to look for files to play. OK this is what I don’t like of the wd machine.. the files selection is totally fugly . irritating by itself. If your movies folder have more than 300 files , god speed with you to find the files u want to watch.. don’t know what wd was thinking when designing this. U have a maximum of 12 huge icons per page(I guess u can put pictures for each files, but I don’t know how, and if u have 1000 files it will be crazy just to put a photo for each files) scrolling each icon will show u the name of the file.. u want more just keep on scrolling up or down .. and a new page will appear.. trust me its very irritating..but lukily its fast not like the hdx1000 which has a delay (but hdx1000 files system show names which is nice)

I don’t know whether its me (didn’t read manual) or just wd plain stupidity. The greatest peeve I have on this machine is the search function. Its non existence, WTF man … I click the search button on the remote to find my favourite scenes (like battlestar galactic season 3 episode exodus part 2, the scene where galactica jump into the skies above) and the bloody thing doesn’t do anything. Just a bloody stop sign appears. Don’t tell me I need to fast forward 16x to find a scene thats 1 hour ahead. Could it be I need to use a wd external drive??

Picture quality test from normal video out. I will try to do PQ on hdmi next time, but for now this little wd machine has quite outstanding PQ. I couldn’t test "v for vendetta" as the wd machine cannot play any 1080p vc1 files. But the rest of the 1080p play with without a hitch so far. Again because of the stupid wd search function not working I cannot test more into the film or critical intense scenes for stuttering. Only the start of each movie. Only one tp files had problem playing.

(will try to update with more info the next time)

So to sum it up WD hd media player is highly recommended machine for the price range. Of course u get what u paid for, like missing convenience and missing extra functions like the big boys. But i am sure most people can live without those. Now for the biggy, actually i did mention that if i had the choice between the hdx1000 or this wd machine i will definitely choose the latter. But now I can honestly say that I prefer the WD HD media player more than the HDX1000/popcorn (until hdx1000 fix their dts downmix which they have been promising for what seem years) because it just works…


Like
Small casing
Cheap cheap cheap
PQ up to par with the big boys (normal video out review)

Dislike
File menu listing
No dts downmix
No search function
No bookmark

Update 1:

ok file menu listing got better thanks to input from members at lyn (lance, jayz75)...
according to them there a few steps to improve search and listing functions
u can actually go into the settings menu and change big folder listing to filename listing.. way cool!!!
for fast forward, when fast forwarding, press NEXT, it will jump by 10min interval.(exact quote)
excellent tips..

Update 2:

the wd cannot play flac??
Queen live in Montreal 1080p using flac for sound ..
AUDiO..........: English 2.0, FLAC from 24 bits 48khz PCM
English 5.1, 1536 kbit/s DTS core from 24 bits 96khz DTS HD
English 2.0, 128 kbit/s AC3 commentary with Brian May and Roger Taylor
works for video but no sound comes out . (dvico played this file without problem)..
MKV chapter selection for video playback for MKV with chapter support was on this file(hit the chapter icon.. and the list of song will come out to choose from) .... and that feature the dvico 6500a doesn't have ...
Detection of external hard drive 1tb as mention before has greatly decrease ... less than 5 minutes... its fast that its not distraction or a factor in the enjoyment of the wd player...

Update 3

Tested with hdmi already and i can say the colors and contrast is pretty good on par with the dvico 6500a, most of the 1080p (except vc-1 which was unplayable) played beautifully without any problems.
WD HD media player is not able to play flac even with optical out.
After much testing and setting up of the machine i am quite impress with its ease of use and quickness, its so much better than the hdx1000 players i experience before.
But i did notice that the Western digital external hardrive passport series, when you off the machine, the hard drive does not turn itself off. I am sure WD it will be fix in the next firmware upgrade.

Update 4

It seems u do not need the optical to pass through dts or dd. The HDMI cable is also able to do it if you have the right avr.

click for pictures:

you have to go there yourself to get one....mind you, although they do retailing, but main business is still distribution, so don't expect they serve us like a king.

ya, abit kns there is not jump to / search function in wdtv, i need use 16x fwd to the scene i wan~
but rm 360... i can't ask too much, isn't it.

rm360? where u buy ?

andyz, u on ur own

* fast fast cabut

Thanks. That makes sense. Maybe i will just use composite for that tv.

Today, i hooked up a 1TB seagate HDD to the WDTV thru a docking station. I encountered some issues of blank screen. The audio would come on (hooked up to amp thru toslink) but no picture at all on the TV (thru HDMI). And the WDTV appears to hang and does not respond to the remote. If I switch off and turn it on again, and try playing back the same file, it would work (sometimes). I tried out many files, and it appears to randomly played some and not others. I have not had any issue with the previous WD 500GB HDD before. So my guess the issue is with the seagate HDD itself. I looked at the jumper settings and it had a jumper pin in it. The note says that with the jumper pin, the drive speed is 1.5GB/s and without it, it is 3GB/s. Does anyone use seagate HDD and is able to advice if i should remove the pin and it will help solve the issue. Thanks.

don't come in here and give smartass comment because we do not feed fags here.

fagg0t spammer.

I removed the jumper block but i still have the issue. Really need help here. Thanks

[quote=andyz,Jan 14 2009, 08:13 PM]
First off before I start I am sorry I cannot compare picture quality of the wd with other machines. I didn’t realize the wd did not have component connections when I went to set it up at a friends place. But I did test on normal video out.

Ok now lets begin the first thing that strike me about this wd machine is how god damn small it is. So small that is so cute.
Updated the machine with the latest firmware using the usb key. Fast detect of the usb key and installation was straight forward lasting less than 5 minutes.

Went through the menu systems.. quick access using the tiny remote.

Ok I brought along my trusty dvico 6500a as the hard drive machine.. Plug it in to the usb port of the wd machine.. WD took like 10minutes to detect it , could it be because of the one terabyte worth of media files in my dvico?? Will test it on a passport drive when I get it later for him.

After detection went through the menu system again to look for files to play. OK this is what I don’t like of the wd machine.. the files selection is totally fugly . irritating by itself. If your movies folder have more than 300 files , god speed with you to find the files u want to watch.. don’t know what wd was thinking when designing this. U have a maximum of 12 huge icons per page(I guess u can put pictures for each files, but I don’t know how, and if u have 1000 files it will be crazy just to put a photo for each files) scrolling each icon will show u the name of the file.. u want more just keep on scrolling up or down .. and a new page will appear.. trust me its very irritating..but lukily its fast not like the hdx1000 which has a delay (but hdx1000 files system show names which is nice)

I don’t know whether its me (didn’t read manual) or just wd plain stupidity. The greatest peeve I have on this machine is the search function. Its non existence, WTF man … I click the search button on the remote to find my favourite scenes (like battlestar galactic season 3 episode exodus part 2, the scene where galactica jump into the skies above) and the bloody thing doesn’t do anything. Just a bloody stop sign appears. Don’t tell me I need to fast forward 16x to find a scene thats 1 hour ahead. Could it be I need to use a wd external drive??

Picture quality test from normal video out. I will try to do PQ on hdmi next time, but for now this little wd machine has quite outstanding PQ. I couldn’t test "v for vendetta" as the wd machine cannot play any 1080p vc1 files. But the rest of the 1080p play with without a hitch so far. Again because of the stupid wd search function not working I cannot test more into the film or critical intense scenes for stuttering. Only the start of each movie. Only one tp files had problem playing.

(will try to update with more info the next time)

So to sum it up WD hdtv is highly recommended machine for the price range. Of course u get what u paid for, like missing convenience and missing extra functions like the big boys. But i am sure most people can live without those.

Like
Small casing
Cheap cheap cheap
PQ up to par with the big boys (normal video out review)

Dislike
File menu listing
No dts downmix
No search function
No bookmark



U can go into the setting page to change it to listing menu to list the fiename instead of big folder, so u can browse ur file faster.
Yup, 1TB take at least 5min to get detected, but i not sure whether is everythime need to take so long or not....
for fast forward, when fast forwarding, press NEXT, it will jump by 10min interval.