WD Live TV 2011 model experience

Have been using WD Live TV 2011 for couple of months now. Here is a brief review.


Box and product views showing various ports and also included remote are as below (courtesy WD product website)

List of various ports 


Ethernet, USB 2.0, HDMI, Composite A/V, Wi-Fi, Optical audio out



File Formats Supported
Video - AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9, FLV (h.264)
Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
Audio - MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Playlist - PLS, M3U, WPL
Subtitle - SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI





Key points/ feedback -

a) Plays almost all formats of videos and pictures including mkv files. 

b) Full HD output works well through HDMI (note - HDMI cable is not included in the box)

c)Internet services works well with inbuilt WiFi or wired Ethernet (will depend on quality and speed of your connection of course). 

d) There is no full browser for generic internet browsing. 

e) You can connect any USB keyboard for entering data/selection etc. 

f) You can use as network storage device by hooking up an external storage through USB ports. 

g) Some of the Applications/Services like facebook, youtube, picasa, Flickr and many Internet radio services work well but some are blocked in India as they are country specific e.g. Netflix does not work with Indian IP addresses.

h) Power adaptor included is 110-220V so can be used in any country.


i) There is also an iOS (Apple iPhone/Ipod) app that can be used as a remote control through your WiFi network. I have it installed on my iPod touch and it works really well including search etc. for which you can make entries through onscreen keyboard.

Overall a good, well built product.

Here are pictures of Internet services applications which are there in firmware 1.06.04