Is WD TV any good?
The Good. The WD TV plays back pretty much any file format you can throw at it, including MKV, AVI, and MP4 video. Huge HD video files played smoothly without any hiccups. Its native app selection includes 80 choices, such as YouTube, Hulu Plus, Spotify, and Pandora.
How does WD TV Live work?
It can read files off USB drives attached to its front or rear USB 2.0 ports, and it can stream video from network locations once you plug it in to an Ethernet port on a router or set it up directly on a wireless network (it has built-in Wi-Fi).
Can you update WD media player?
Download the latest firmware update compressed file for your WD TV Live Plus HD media player. Connect the USB drive to the WD TV Live Plus Media Player’s USB port. Press HOME, and then select the Settings bar. Select the firmware upgrade icon, and then press ENTER.
How big is the WD TV play?
The WD TV Play is a petite plastic box measuring 1 by 4.1 by 4.1 inches (HWD) and weighing just 4.9 ounces, making it only slightly bigger than the tiny Roku 3 and Apple TV. Around back, there’s a USB port for local storage, along with an Ethernet port and composite video, HDMI, and digital audio outputs.
Does WD TV play cut cord-cutting?
Western Digital’s latest low-cost media hub, the WD TV Play, dabbles in many cord-cutting areas, but doesn’t lead in any of them. PCMag editors select and review products independently.
Should you buy the WD TV live or WD TV play?
If you have a lot of downloaded or ripped content, you should turn to the $100 WD TV Live or $200 WD TV Live Hub, depending on whether or not you already own a big external hard drive. Those models play an even wider range of video formats than the WD TV Play does, including maintaining the menu layouts of ripped DVDs.
Is WD TV play bigger than Apple TV and Roku?
But it can’t quite measure up to the competition. The WD TV Play is a petite plastic box measuring 1 by 4.1 by 4.1 inches (HWD) and weighing just 4.9 ounces, making it only slightly bigger than the tiny Roku 3 and Apple TV.