So anyone bought the RM499 deal yet? First hand review?
Western Digital TV™ HD Media Player, Full HD 1080p Player @MSRP USD129.99
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 Nov 25 2008, 11:17 AM
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Nov 25 2008, 02:20 PM
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Cheaper than RM499? Can't wait for actual reviews of mkv and bluray files performance. QUOTE(corez @ Nov 25 2008, 11:47 AM) Arrived at Vpost today. Hopefully will get this thing early next week. Will be used extensively for playing MKV files.  |
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Nov 25 2008, 05:39 PM
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Got mosaic-free versions?!
Thought always fixed mosaic. Each movie got 2 versions?  QUOTE(rthj @ Nov 25 2008, 04:51 PM) i got them in ifo and iso......free of annoying mosaics.....which always need to use own imagination...wakakakakaka Added on November 25, 2008, 5:39 pm How much? Which shop? QUOTE(Meowman @ Nov 25 2008, 05:11 PM) Woo hoo !!!! This post has been edited by laowai: Nov 25 2008, 05:39 PM My WD TV came in yesterday. A bunch of us band together to order from a shop in 1U. The stock arrived yesterday. 10 were ordered by the shop and we took 8 of the unit. This morning they passed me my unit and now I ponteng cabut awal to test my unit. Hooking up my MyBook now and will let you guys know of the result. |
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Nov 26 2008, 09:37 AM
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You use HDMI for audio? Using amp for sound? QUOTE(DigitalTech @ Nov 26 2008, 09:07 AM) Tested, some mkv files. It seems like there are some files I played without sound. There's a message show at the begining "Audio Digital". Does this mean that I have to plug in optical to listen? Your HDD is external 3.5"?QUOTE(DigitalTech @ Nov 26 2008, 09:07 AM) 1 drawback I realise is when I switched off wd tv, it does not automatically switch off the hdd. I need to manual switch it off. |
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Nov 26 2008, 10:09 AM
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You never reply if you using amp for sound or tv/monitor. I'm guessing no amp, otherwise dts can be decoded. QUOTE(DigitalTech @ Nov 26 2008, 10:02 AM) Yes i use HDMI for both video and audio. Some mkv files run with no prob, but some without sound and the msg shows "Audio: Digital 1". I suspect that I need to connect optical for audio for these file types. Correct me if i am wrong. I am using WD my book 500GB external hdd. |
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Nov 26 2008, 10:57 AM
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Have to beg, borrow or steal from those who have lor.
Or upgrade broadband speed or use whatever techniques discussed all over here in LY |
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Nov 27 2008, 10:17 AM
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Looking at the pdf file, did you set the audio as DIGITAL or STEREO?
Also, if the sound is DTS, you need an amp/receiver to decode. Your plasma can only have sound for other than DTS now. What home theater you referring to? Why not hdmi WDTV to hometheater to plasma (instead of WDTV to plasma to hometheater)? QUOTE(DigitalTech @ Nov 27 2008, 10:04 AM) I still have issues playing some mkv files. Some files still don't have sound at all. My connection is as follows: HDMI from WD tv to Plasma. Plasma audio out via rca cable to home theatre. Is the connection considered not digital? Does some mkv files required digital audio in order to have sound? |
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Nov 27 2008, 11:05 AM
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Looks like the WDTV cannot downsample DTS to stereo.
Maybe optical cable is your hope. |
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Nov 27 2008, 12:02 PM
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Great !!
Will he test with rips or full BD files? Can't wait for result. Also would like to hear which usb device he's using. Worried now, seeing that some cannot work. |
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Nov 27 2008, 03:59 PM
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If optical cable solve your problem, you don't need HDMI sound anymore anyway
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Nov 27 2008, 04:52 PM
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I think the difference is not the enclosure, but the type of HDD inside. Enclosure may provide steady voltage and cooling only.
The HDD has to have proper buffer and rpm. Maybe partition will help too. QUOTE(azbro @ Nov 27 2008, 04:37 PM) Thats what i tell people before they buy large capacity USB thumbdrives...on the computer itsOK, but if you use it for other than computer to play video files, it will start jerking. Wanna buy, buy branded and fast reading type |
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Dec 1 2008, 09:25 AM
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From what I've read, all can be detected, even usb hub with memory cards.
QUOTE(beebee @ Dec 1 2008, 08:43 AM) Added on December 1, 2008, 8:54 amAnd btw my Western Digital 3.5" 640g hdd in a buffalo casing is not recognised while my external 2.5" maxtor hdd can be read |
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Dec 1 2008, 11:10 AM
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For no sound problem, it's already mentioned before.
DTS can only be heard via AVR/amp with dts decoder or using optical cable. It's something to do with licensing if DTS is to be downmixed to DD. |
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Dec 1 2008, 03:38 PM
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Is this really 1080?
Looks more like 800p ?!? QUOTE(metalgrindsolid @ Dec 1 2008, 11:30 AM) WALL_E 1080p Bitrate: 9,671 Kbps Nominal Bitrate: 10.2 Mbps Width: 1920 x Height: 800 x ReFrames: 4 Frames = 6,144,000 Result: Playback smoothly |
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Dec 1 2008, 03:51 PM
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I'm assuming either your HT cannot decode DTS or you didn't set audio settings to digital.
QUOTE(DigitalTech @ Dec 1 2008, 02:55 PM) Bro, i am connecting via optical to my HT. still no sound. |
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Dec 1 2008, 05:30 PM
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Or easier to just search for and download srt from net. |
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Dec 2 2008, 10:15 AM
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No need HDMI to listen to DTS, just get any DTS amp with optical input, cost maybe less than RM1k.
QUOTE(beebee @ Dec 2 2008, 08:29 AM) hi guys, is there any entry level with hdmi in/out which is not too expensive? Wanna fulkly utilise the WD TV with the dts decode. |
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Dec 2 2008, 01:39 PM
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I believe it's the NMT limitations or the codecs.
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Dec 12 2008, 09:22 AM
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Why need to format WD book via dos? Can't work on windows or partitioning software? |
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Dec 12 2008, 09:27 AM
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Which booth is this?
 CW is selling RM380 QUOTE(DigitalTech @ Dec 12 2008, 09:21 AM) Maxtor Basic 1TB going for RM299 only in PC fair. |
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