Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player - a HTPC replacement??

[SBT]

Re: WDTV Pre-release 1.03.01

1.03.01 (21 Oct) got released before 1.03 (9 Nov)? How is it possible? 'm confused, which one to update to!

WD TV Product Update

What's New?

Prerelease 1.03.01 (includes all previously released updates)

Resolved Issues:

Resolved the language displayed as OFF when English was selected
Resolved the Contains button displayed as "ContainsWWW" in the search function
Resolved MKV audio which was out of sync with the video
Resolved slow rendering of Greek subtitles in Greek character encoding mode
Resolved disappearance of Korean subtitle during video playback
Resolved missing characters from the Greek subtitle font
Resolved playback issues with VC-1 codec in an MKV container
Resolved gain being applied to audio output that resulted in signal clipping
Resolved playlists playing audio tracks in alphabetical order by playing them in track order
Resolved the appearance of tracks in alphabetical order by displaying them in track order
Resolved the spacing issue seen in Korean subtitles during video playback
New features:

Added support for video playlists functions which were limited to music files only
Added support for the drive lock function on the new My Passport and My Book external storage devices

 

[madbullram]

Re: WDTV Pre-release 1.03.01

1.03.01 (21 Oct) got released before 1.03 (9 Nov)? How is it possible? 'm confused, which one to update to!

1.03.1 is a pre-release BETA version, 1.03 is a Stable version, go ahead with 1.03

 

[aventhu]

Any workarounds for the segment or next button problem?

 

[madbullram]

for .vob files, press the play button. If you do that WD TV will automatically play the next .vob in sequence.

 

[diplomat]

Dear Madbullram.
Pl let me know whether u got the WDTV model with DTS capability from Delta or the old one initially only with dolby digital and normal HDMI ??
The website now shows the model WDTV with DTS downmix capability and even HDMI 1.3. I mean is this unit not for India or yet to come in the market?
Hope u got my problem....
pl reply with details
thanks in advance

 

[madbullram]

I got the old version it has DTS passthrough. The new version WD TV Live has DTS downmix.

 

[dolfin]

Dear Madbullram.
Pl let me know whether u got the WDTV model with DTS capability from Delta or the old one initially only with dolby digital and normal HDMI ??
The website now shows the model WDTV with DTS downmix capability and even HDMI 1.3. I mean is this unit not for India or yet to come in the market?
Hope u got my problem....
pl reply with details
thanks in advance

Hi diplomat,

Could not get previous reference of this post but if you would like to know about WDTV with DTS capability (We may call it WD Ver. 2) then I may help you.

This new unit is very recently introduced by Western Digital even later than WD TV Live. From outside it resembles old WDTV but it is very different than that. In fact, its more close to WDTV Live than old WDTV. It uses the same processor of Sigma (8655) that is being used in Live. It also has HDMI 1.3 means it "can" bitstream HD audio. In nutshell its WDTV Live minus its network capability.

This unit is available for $99 or so in US. So basically a VFM solution. Availability is mostly low. Even previously introduced WDTV Live is not yet available in India so this unit is out of question. It would make sense to buy WD V2 over older WD due to its faster processor & HD audio capability. Also EOL (end-of-life) of old WD is near & company may not support firmware updates for long time.

 

[aneelr]

Hi diplomat,

Could not get previous reference of this post but if you would like to know about WDTV with DTS capability (We may call it WD Ver. 2) then I may help you.

This new unit is very recently introduced by Western Digital even later than WD TV Live. From outside it resembles old WDTV but it is very different than that. In fact, its more close to WDTV Live than old WDTV. It uses the same processor of Sigma (8655) that is being used in Live. It also has HDMI 1.3 means it "can" bitstream HD audio. In nutshell its WDTV Live minus its network capability.

This unit is available for $99 or so in US. So basically a VFM solution. Availability is mostly low. Even previously introduced WDTV Live is not yet available in India so this unit is out of question. It would make sense to buy WD V2 over older WD due to its faster processor & HD audio capability. Also EOL (end-of-life) of old WD is near & company may not support firmware updates for long time.

Hi,

you own a WDTV Live/v.2 right?........ have you tested HD audio bitstream capabilities?(i.e both DTS-HD-MA and DD-TrueHD audios) Any info on that....


thanks.

 

[diplomat]

thank you all for your kind response in this regard. i am really looking for the version 2 (online price of $129 on web) and may be we in INDIA have to wait a long for the same. pl update if any of hfv member is able to get hand on it along with price and source.
regards to all

 

[danccc]

thank you all for your kind response in this regard. i am really looking for the version 2 (online price of $129 on web) and may be we in INDIA have to wait a long for the same. pl update if any of hfv member is able to get hand on it along with price and source.
regards to all

Try 20north.com and you can pay in INR and get it shipped to you in India. They have some specials running this week.

 

[dolfin]

Hi,

you own a WDTV Live/v.2 right?........ have you tested HD audio bitstream capabilities?(i.e both DTS-HD-MA and DD-TrueHD audios) Any info on that....


thanks.

Yes, I have WDTV Live... received 2-3 days back from 20north.

I do not have receiver capable of accepting HD audio streams. Anyways I tried playing samples clips of TrueHD and DTS-HD MA. THD clip does not output audio, but DTS-MA is played with sound.

It might mean that the unit is bitstreaming THD (hence no sound) put passing only core of DTS-MA. For proper verification I need a receiver capable of accepting HD audio.. help is welcome from anybody in Mumbai...

 

[spirovious]

. Anyways I tried playing samples clips of TrueHD and DTS-HD MA. THD clip does not output audio, but DTS-MA is played with sound.

where did you get HD-aud sample clip?
I m looking for same to test my HTPC.

 

[aneelr]

where did you get HD-aud sample clip?
I m looking for same to test my HTPC.

Hi,

here are some sample's which are legal download's.....

High Definition Trailers (HD) - Demo World

If you want to test more better stuffs,
check out

2009 Samsung TV Demonstration Blu-Ray Disc Vol.1

very good to test HD-MA, illegal download available on net


cheers

 

[dolfin]

where did you get HD-aud sample clip?
I m looking for same to test my HTPC.

Dolby True HD

Remuxed by Ts4Np (60MB):
Download Ts4Np_Kung.Fu.Panda.Blu-ray.REMUX.H264.1080P.TrueHD.DD51_cut.M2TS from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

Remuxed by TsRemux (60MB):
Download TsRemux_Kung.Fu.Panda.Blu-ray.REMUX.H264.1080P.TrueHD.DD51_cut.M2TS from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

DTS-HD Master Audio

Original sample (100MB)
Download Wanted.2008.Blu-ray.REMUX.H264.1080P.DTS-HD.TSSplit.ts from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

Remuxed by TsMuxer (101MB)
Download _tsMuxeR__Wanted.2008.Blu-ray.REMUX.H264.1080P.DTS-HD.TSSplit.m2ts from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

 

[spirovious]

HDDVD demo-

techPowerUp! :: Download HD-DVD Demo 1080p VC-1 DDPlus 5.1

http://www.highdefforum.com/high-definition-movies-video-clips/6537-official-hd-video-clip-list.html

 

[illusion]

What are these crappy updates for. I seriously am doubting whether WD is gonna release any nice features from the wishlist with future firmwares. Sad state of affairs really !

 

[spirovious]

Yesterday I saw a media box from compaq in showroom.
It was 1ft(H) X 6 in(W) X 1ft (D) around with DVD-rw in built(vertical)
Just ask abt & found that its not MP,but complete PC built with Atom processor.
Price was 16k with LCD screen free.Sorry I did not enquire more as I was rushing.But still a good news for HTPC builders.

 

[illusion]

Hi Needed some advice here.


I need more storage and I am not reallysure whether I should buy those external hdd's anymore . There has been many a case where the external casing fails of the HDD with the HDD being perfectly ok in the inside/ Breaking open the case and extracting the HDD voids your warranty. Hence I was thinking of going for an HDD Docking Station spmething like this :-

Amazon.com: Thermaltake BlacX Duet USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST0014U: Electronics

and adding Internal HDD's as and when required. This way it works out to be cheaper as well as occupies lesser desk space. What say all ?


Edit: Also I wonder whether the dock will be recognized by wd tv !!

 

[spirovious]

I have WD 500GB blue HDD & ZIPPYS sata casing.Its working perfect.
So we can use HD internal OR ext as reqd.
New WD500 GB green is better with 32MB cash & produce very less heat.

 

[illusion]

I have WD 500GB blue HDD & ZIPPYS sata casing.Its working perfect.
So we can use HD internal OR ext as reqd.
New WD500 GB green is better with 32MB cash & produce very less heat.

Me too plan to go for the WD 1 TB green or the 1.5 TB green. Somehow I really dont trust the 1 TB drives because of its high failiure rate but I have heard the new WD green drives are more reliable than before and have a comprastively lower failure rate..