- invisiblexninjas (Aurora, Colorado, USA)
I got this media player elsewhere locally, before Amazon dropped their
price. Anyway, the GUI is fine. It's easily navigable, not cluttered at
all, presented in a beautiful package, and certainly easy to read. All
pluses there. The first videos I attempted to play were 720p mkv files
over wireless network (on a 1TB HDD connected to my computer in the
basement via USB). After taking a few seconds to gather the first few
pictures from the USB--> wireless connected storage device, the WDTV
Live streamed the videos seamlessly! I even paused one for like 8
minutes while making dinner, and it resumed with no noticeable glitches,
artifacts, or rendering/buffering. The second (and only other) file
type I attempted to play was a 1080p TS file I had recorded from my
cable box. This took a little bit longer between hitting play and seeing
video on the screen, but time was minimal. I want to say no more than 4
or 5 seconds. Again, it had to pull the video from the HDD to the
computer via USB, and then again from the computer to the media player
over the wireless G network. This video also played flawlessly! No
artifacting, no rendering/buffering/, no audio sync issues or dropped
frames. It plays video from hella far away on the network beautifully,
and resumes from pause just as well! I only have 2 cons listed below:
Click To See The Price => Price
Click To See Where To Buy => Where to Buy ?
-The out-of-box immediate software update took EONS! I was waiting for the newest firmware to download for almost 30 minutes.
-The remote control has highly raised rubber buttons that cannot be
pressed in fast succession, or must be pressed a little bit harder in
order to get signal sent. It's annoying, but I'm sure I'll get used to
it. (Also, on this note, there are privately developed remote control
apps for both Android and iOS in their respective app stores which may
be an alternative for myself or some of you)
In conclusion, the
new interface is exactly what I was expecting (if not better) after
seeing last years release of the GUI on the hub. This player plays
absolutely everything! It even plays items from peripherals on computers
2 floors down in my house wirelessly with very little wait time or
visible effort. The price point is fantastic, and the product does not
disappoint.
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