WD TV HD Media Player

[Computerized]

Hi all

- Do you download movies, TV shows and or video files from the internet?
- Do you record videos using your digital camera or camcorders with your friends and family?

most of us do it, and also so many people downloading videos from P2P programs such as ( T0rrents, 3mule, K@zz@ ...etc). also most of us want to watch them on TV instead of their laptops, cams, computers ..etc.

In this topic I will discuss about one of the solutions that will help you to watch your TV or home theater of you have it.

1st Product I'm going to talk about is:
( WD TV HD Media PLayer)
Prices:
Carrefour = 29KD ( not sure )
Eurika = 45KD

-This is one of the cheapest and best solutions that can play 90% of the video formats existing in the world.

- It does not contain hard disk inside, All you need is to bring any External USB hard drive and hook it into this device.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2008/11/11-10-08-wd_wd_tv.jpg


http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9R2czlR5ELs/SRD3n859keI/AAAAAAAAACo/8ftD4PnjKTU/s400/wd_tv_hd_media_player.jpg

here is some features and specs:

Audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC, FLAC, Dolby Digital, AIF/AIFF, MKA


Video: MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264),
MTS, TP, TS

Photo: JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG

Playlist: PLS, M3U, WPL

Subtitle: SRT (UTF-8), SMI, SUB, ASS, SSA

Inputs and Outputs ports:
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x Optical
- Composite A/V

[starks_Q8y]

مشكور على المعلومه

[Sorrow Killer]

Umm, Ive just now bought a Home theater thank god it has 1/2 of those features [i just want it 2 support mkv 4 HD >.<

[Soul-Seeker-]

elplaystation tegdar etshaghel feeha any movie in ur computer:P

[Computerized]

Umm, Ive just now bought a Home theater thank god it has 1/2 of those features [i just want it 2 support mkv 4 HD >.< Yeah I tried to play MKV files my self and it run them smooth as hell.

For .mkv files, i guess you know that some of them ripped with high quality sound like DTS and something like that, to run it on WD-TV-HD on the TV, you have to connect the sound cable either using HDMI or Optical cable, otherwise it will only play the video without audio.


elplaystation tegdar etshaghel feeha any movie in ur computer:P

Yeah everyone does know that the PS3 plays Downloaded multimedia files. but does it play .mkv files without transforming or scaling it frm the network or converting them to another extension?. does it play .avi video files larger than 3GB?. can you import subtitle to the movie that you are playing?

the answer will be for my questions is ( NO ) if you are using the XMB of the PS3, but it will be yes if you are using Linux (yellow Dog, Ubuntu) in the PS3.

The only advantage that the PS3 can and the WD-TV-HD cannot play or run is the copyrighted downloadable movies like from (iTunes, Amazon, ...etc)

[Q8-Gamer]

wow ... nice khaled

it's very cheap u know .. i want to ask about upscaling throu HDMI

i have an onkyo amplifire which can upscale the signal from 1.3 HDMI

so the HDMI in this one Is 1.3 ?

[III Yousef III]

ahh... I really need this one!! yesterday i got a LCD tv from eurkea.. if I only knew that thing was there :P .. I would have bought it for sure!

oo anothar Q... a79la bl `3anim.. oo eureka akeed a79la?!?!

ee oo lget wa7d bl `3anim AD 3an multimedia player Iomega this is the link... http://store.iomega.com/section?SID=b429b3ad3ccd6a97b4bb4a8f284ee983c34:47 60&secid=40419

im not good in comparing gadgets together .. but which one shoul i get... though the iOmega thing is 74Kd...

im goin there today .. so help me out guys...

forgot to add that the iomega has an built in HD :)

[il3ali]

Thanks Man..... Gonna do it right now

[yoyo616]

Walla khosh ^ ^ bss i use a cheeper way :grin: awa9il my laptop to the Tv , wa7d 7ag il picture oo wa7d 7ag the sound, both wires ib 1.75 KD :tongue:

[III Yousef III]

i got the WD HD TV .. 7ada ok walla .. oo really high quality .. got it for 33 KD bl `3anim.. la7gao tara ga3da t5al9 bser3a!

[Computerized]

33 KD is not bad price, i bought it from Amazon + shipping cost me 40 KD

[mohammedq8]

im thinking of buying this bas a have some questions..
how do the .mkv files look on it? do they look as good as blu ray movies?
and can i use the hdmi to connect it to my tv and use composite cables ( red and white wires) to connect to my surround system?

[Sorrow Killer]

Well 2day I checked alghanim about it they sell it for 42KD if any one is interested

[Computerized]

im thinking of buying this bas a have some questions..
how do the .mkv files look on it? do they look as good as blu ray movies?
and can i use the hdmi to connect it to my tv and use composite cables ( red and white wires) to connect to my surround system?

Actually i did not tried this option as i don't have surround sound system. but i guess yes you can, there is an option in the audio settings.

and regarding the .mkv files, to play them with HQ video and Audio you have to connect them through the HDMI and you will get the quality of the files it self.

Don't forget it has an Optical that you can use for audio instead of using composite cables.

[mohammedq8]

Actually i did not tried this option as i don't have surround sound system. but i guess yes you can, there is an option in the audio settings.

and regarding the .mkv files, to play them with HQ video and Audio you have to connect them through the HDMI and you will get the quality of the files it self.

Don't forget it has an Optical that you can use for audio instead of using composite cables.

yes but the problem is that my surround system does not have optical only composite. And is this really worth it? because i have my computer connected to my tv but the problem is when i try to play .mkv files it is laggy and the video and audio are out of sync so does the WD media player play the .mkv files normally without any slow downs?

[Computerized]

I havent tried .mkv through HDMI yet, but i tried them through composite and they work super fine. but if the .mkv file ripped with (DTS, DD5.1, ...ect) or any HQ audio it will not play the sound through composites, it will only play them with the HDMI or Optical sound.

If you are looking to upgrade your Audio appliance, there is couple appliances in Eurika ive seen and they support Optical and HDMI, and they cost around 120KD - 200KD and their brand is YAMAHA.

[.aghyad]

wow this is awesome im gonna get one for sure! thanks for posting man
but one thing im afraid of, if i get it and then Sony release a patch for PS3 which supports the .mkv files and other formats that don't work on PS3 right now..so it would be a waste..
what do you think?

[Fishy_80]

wow this is awesome im gonna get one for sure! thanks for posting man
but one thing im afraid of, if i get it and then Sony release a patch for PS3 which supports the .mkv files and other formats that don't work on PS3 right now..so it would be a waste..
what do you think?

just install Linux ubuntu inside ur PS3 it will turn ur PS3 into a computer ^ - ^

[.aghyad]

just install Linux ubuntu inside ur PS3 it will turn ur PS3 into a computer ^ - ^

well madri but i like to seperate stuff, my computer from PS3 haha madri laish im kinda weird :tongue:
but anyhow is this device really worth it? or should i wait for some patch to come out?

[Computerized]

waiting for patch = waste your time.

you can run .mkv files in your TV only in several ways and some of them are:

1- to turn your PC into Media server and connect your PC to it and run them from the PS3

2- to get WD TV HD and copy your .mkv files to an external HDD and plug it into the WD TV HD and run it on the TV


3- There is a company called ( TVIX ) or ( DVICO ) they sell a network device that can run .mkv but they are costly starting from 100KD and above. i'll write a review about it

4- There is also a several devices same as Dvico but the companies who made it is a low budget or Chinese and it will not be stable. and i personally don't recommend them.

[SaTisFieR]

Wallah i connected an external WD hardisk to my ps3 and play all my movies on it. That's why a Ps3 is a mother of all consoles .. Period

[.aghyad]

waiting for patch = waste your time.

you can run .mkv files in your TV only in several ways and some of them are:

1- to turn your PC into Media server and connect your PC to it and run them from the PS3

2- to get WD TV HD and copy your .mkv files to an external HDD and plug it into the WD TV HD and run it on the TV


3- There is a company called ( TVIX ) or ( DVICO ) they sell a network device that can run .mkv but they are costly starting from 100KD and above. i'll write a review about it

4- There is also a several devices same as Dvico but the companies who made it is a low budget or Chinese and it will not be stable. and i personally don't recommend them.


well then i should get it
thanks man

[III Yousef III]

i treid viewing mkv files .. oo 7adhom good! really best out there ..

[DeNgO]

this now priced @ 35 kd in al ghanim got 1 on that price

[TIDA007]

امممم شكلي بروح الغانم اشوف اذا موجود ولا لأ لأن مالقيته بكارفور

[III Yousef III]

ana 5atheta mn 9fat el ghanim.. ele 3ala 4th ring road

[mohammedq8]

i just bought this yesterday and im loving it! its so simple and easy to use and mkv files look AMAZING on it. i highly reccommend this to anyone who has a large multimedia library and wants everything to be in one place.. wallah u wont b dissapointed!

[III Yousef III]

guys if some of u facing problem with addind subs to an mkv file .. ( subs doesnt show) try updating the WD HD tv from wd.com .. worked with me

[Q8-Gamer]

does it support arabic subtitle ?

[Computerized]

it doesnt matter what is the language of the subtitle, the main thing is the subtitle extension for example (XXXXXX.srt, XXXXXX.smi, XXXXXX.sub, XXXXXX.ass, XXXXXX.ssa)

( XXXXXX --> the file name )

[Q8-Gamer]

للأسف يا خالد

طلع مايدعم الترجمه العربية

:sad:

[Q80Warlock]

I flashed mine with a hacked firmware, now I can connect a USB DVD-ROM or Network card :)

There is a new mini-version now sold, but I heard it doesn't support MKV but supports Real Player !!

[Computerized]

yeah i saw the mini one , but still this one much better

[III Yousef III]

I own this WD HDTV but had problems downloading its update on the main site,

anyone had these issues before?