At ignition, the fan responsible for cooling the hard drive 1 TB (930 GB real) turns rather quickly, but quiet after a few minutes and eventually be forgotten. Less than a minute after pressing ON, the case appears on the network devices of the PC on which it is connected by Ethernet. We can also access its configuration page via a web browser, like modems (192.168.1.xxx the page, with the password "admin"). It contains information (filling of the disc), a page to remotely control the product (through a clickable remote image) and various other things not necessarily all important!
Ethernet, talk about ... To transfer a file, do not hurry: on average, 6.5 MB / s on a large file (video), 6 MB / s on average (in OGG music format) 4 MB / s on small (photos). If transferred from a connected external hard drive on the housing, it goes a little faster, but it is not overwhelming (8 or 9 MB / s). One would think that Western Digital would connect the device to a computer eSata, or at least as a simple USB external drive; Nay! For us the snail rates.
Apart from this defect (still important to me), the rest deserves praise, starting with the number of supported formats.
Subtitles activated or deactivated via a dedicated button on the remote control, they are encapsulated in the file (MKV) or separated (ASS, SRT, SSA, etc.). The language can be changed on the fly as well. The ISO format is read without concern. DTS and Dolby Digital (except TrueHD) are directly transcoded in stereo. The scaling? Correct and soft (a little more to the pretty vague as to the accuracy slightly pixelated. I do not hate).
Once plugged into the TV, the box shows a large writing menu, responsive, beautiful and intuitive. Navigation is easy, especially as the remote is rather well thought.
In short, few negative things to say about him.
