Gadgetory

okay so today on my video blog we're gonna be having a look at the WD TV live and basically the only difference between the WD TV live and the original WD TV is that this one comes with networking support so what that means is you're going to be able to plug it in via ethernet cable and stream media over the network so let's have a look at the supported formats you've got your normal stuff here so it's supporting all of your avi formats all of the important stuff which would be things like MKV and windows media all that good stuff now they've added a couple other things first of all you have support for DTS 2.0 digital output and I think you can probably see all of the other pertinent logos here we're not going to look too closely at this let's get the unit pulled out here so their marketing basically says yeah you can turn any USB Drive into an HD media player that includes hard drive so let's break the seals here and get this unboxing underway so inside the box we will find a fairly similar package I'm guessing to what we saw with the original WD TV which I did open at some point but I didn't actually do an unboxing video on so first of all here are the contact numbers for your warranty so that's bright orange so you can't possibly miss it that's really good okay so then the WD TV live media player so this is your QuickStart guide so it unfolds into about a poster size piece of paper here shows you all the accessories that comes with and how to plug in for standard definition versus high definition also what not to do okay so that's pretty straightforward and see what's on the back is a bunch of FCC kind of nonsense but nobody will ever read but it's got to be there so then we have the WD d WD TV live CD insert into computer cd-rom drive so that's should be pretty easy to do this is the discovery software so that's how the WD TV media player is gonna actually find your software now here we have the remote which is almost identical to or might be identical to the remote included with the original WD TV it's a fairly basic remote but it's got all the functionality that you absolutely need it's powered by a couple of triple-a batteries so make sure that you oh man I can't believe that guy's starting his car he's like about a hundred meters away from me I swear right now that thing is so loud I hope he doesn't drive past ok let's get the WD TV itself oh let's just break the seal there so it's a very very small unit as per the original one now this is a hardware solution so you're not doing any kind of emulated junk this has got a real HD decoding chipset on it here's your first USB port so this is the conveniently located one on the side so you'd throw like a USB Drive or a hard drive or whatever in there if you want to use it on the fly now in the back you can plug something in permanently and that's a much better solution if you have something you're gonna keep attached to it all the time here's your HDMI out as well as your optical audio out and here not present on the original WD TV is your Ethernet port here we've got a vo and here is our high-def RGB here's the power plug and then let's have a look at the other side you can see there's actually some ventilation ports here that's gonna be quite important for making sure that the chipset stays nice and cool so there's the unit itself now let's have a look at the accessory as it comes with so first of all you get some new leader triple-a batteries to go with your remote that's great then you get the power plug so let's get this out of the box here and it comes with some other piece of paper in it asian power that's that's kind of ominous oh no sorry my bad asian power devices Inc so read the safety instructions you might want to do that so it's just a regular wall wart and it plugs into the back of the unit where we saw four cables that are included the first cable we see here is the composite out so this is just that plugs into the jack on the back here the a/v out one don't use the RGB out for that one there we go and then for our other output option really realistically you should be using the HDMI out if you're buying this unit anyway this is an HD device yes you can use it for standard def but it's a little bit overkill for that and I mean that said it's pretty reasonably priced so there's not much cheaper so there is your component out so thank you for checking out my video blog on the WD TV live