#WD MEDIACENTER SOFTWARE#
The WD TV comes with some software that you can use to convert files if necessary.
#WD MEDIACENTER MOVIE#
WMV file that I had created using Movie Maker on a Windows PC. The only video file that would not play for me was a really old. I thought for sure it wouldn’t play on the WD TV either, but I was wrong. The WD TV impressed me after I had downloaded an AVI video that wouldn’t play on my MSI Wind and wouldn’t play on my iMac using VLC, without VLC having to reindex it. If you have low resolution video, it won’t look the best on a large TV. Of course it will really depend on the video itself. Video quality using HDMI is great to my eyes. I much prefer downloading the file, copying it to a USB stick, plugging the stick in the WD TV, sitting down and watching it. This is something I had to do all the time with the AppleTV in order to play video that I’d downloaded from the internets. The best part for me is that no time consuming file conversions are needed. Save your videos on a USB device, plug it into the WD TV, scroll through the list of files, press play on the remote and away you go. I have to say that I think the WD TV does this easier than any device I’ve tried so far. Photo and music modes are nice additions, but my main use for a device like this is to easily view my video content on my TV. You can choose music based on Artist, Genre and Album.
Even the album art will display on the screen while music is playing. In Music mode, you can easily play your tunes. You can view the images in slide show mode and even have music playing in the background.
#WD MEDIACENTER FULL#
You can click on an image to see it in full screen. In Photo mode, you can view images on the attached USB devices by thumbnails or a list of file names. You can scroll up and down to choose the main function (Photos, Video, Music, Settings) and then side to side to pick options for that specific mode. They will charge you $25-$30 for one, which is robbery when you can buy the same thing from NewEgg for less than $10.Īfter you connect the WD TV to your television and power it on with the remote, you’ll be presented with a simple user interface. Tip: Don’t go to Walmart, Target, Best Buy or other local stores to buy an HDMI cable. The only bad thing is that you’ll have to go out and buy your own HDMI cable. While this works fine, you can get MUCH better video quality by using an HDMI cable (if your TV has that capability). A composite A/V cable is included in the package, that you can use to connect to your TV. Setting up the WD TV with your TV is a snap. The software in the WD TV reads both drives and creates one list of all the content. The cool thing is that you don’t have to specify which USB drive you want to view content from. I tested the WD TV with my 32GB Kingston flash drive and a WD Passport drive. There’s a little stand included specifically for the Passport drive, so that you can set it next to the player. Instead, it has two USB ports in which you can plug in thumb drives or even WD’s own USB Passport drive. The WD TV doesn’t include its own hard drive like some players (AppleTV, MVIX). A small remote control with real buttons is also included along with the batteries to power it.
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