Perfect media player to play your local files and network

The WD TV Live is a handy multimedia box cut for playback of local content, networked and streaming. I am the User for over a year almost every day. It is very compact: dune pokey size (10 x 12.5 x 3 cm) and of a lightweight (190 g), there is virtually no heating even during the summer heat. There is no noise: only léventuel external hard drive will sound.
It connects to the network either via Ethernet cable or via WiFi internet connection (standard N). Configuration is easy and wifi support WPS and WPA2-PSK + AES encryption.
The HDMI cable is not included and must be purchased separately. The remote control is convenient and lightweight. The buttons are big enough and respond well. You can also control the WD TV Live via LAN from the WD TV Remote app is available via a free app on Android and Apple's official stores, or via a web browser.

He read local files (from the devices physically connected to its 2 USB ports), shared on the local network type "Linux or Windows network shares" and DLNA servers. It also supports a lot of internet streaming services like YouTube, Netflix or Spotify. It supports devices with NTFS (Windows) FAT, FAT32, HFS + and type of network sharing Windows SMB / CIFS and NFS Linux.

It supports most audio, video, photos, playlists and subtitles.
Videos: He reads all videos without any jerks, including Full HD 1080p.
The supported video formats are: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1 / 2/4), MPG / MPEG 1, VOB, MKV Matroska (with management of subtitles and multitrack audio, h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1 / 2/4, VC-1), TS / TP / M2T and M2TS (MPEG1 / 2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4 / MOV (MPEG4, H.264), M2TS, ASF, WMV9, FLV (h.264), GMO, QUICKTIME (3G2, 3GP, MOV and MPEG 4), ASF, MMV, DAT (VCD / SVCD), DAT (CDXA), DVR-MS (ASF), VBS, M1S and M2P.
He can read RIP DVD (MPEG PS / TS MPEG) File Format and ISO and partially RIP Bluray (ISO MPEG-TS - multitrack menus and advanced features are not supported for linstant-). Jai eg able to read the first episode of the first Bluray Friends (no following to access) and all episodes of Bluray Chuck Season 1 (in random order).
Audio supported formats: MP3, WAV, PCM, LPCM, WMA, WMA PRO, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF / AIFF, OGG Vorbis, AC3, APE (Monkey's Audio), MP2, MOD, MKA, Dolby Digital (2 channel ), Dolby Digital Plus, DTS HD and DolbyTrue
Supported Picture formats: JPG (normal / progressive), GIF (not animated), TIF / TIFF, BMP and PNG.
The Subtitles: SMI, SRT, SSA, SUB (SubViewer SubViewer 1 and 2), TXT (MicroDVD, SubRip, SubViewer 1 SubViewer 2), AAS, VOBSUB (with IDX) and PGS.
You can adjust the position, size, color and coding of subtitles (for subtitles SSA / SRT / SSA and not for PGS, SUB / IDX and VOBSUB).
The WD TV Live allows full navigation in the videos: fast forward, rewind, pause, zoom, pan, activation subtitles, changes in the same subtitle track for MKV and change the available audio tracks.

The various audio and video outputs:
- Digital output HDMI 720p or 1080p
- Digital S / PDIF optical audio output via: multi channel surround
- Analog Output Composite (requires supplied RCA adapter) - 480i / 576i.

Internet Services: AccuWeather.com: local and international weather, Ace Trax Movies, AOL HD, Comedy Time, Creepster.TV, Dailymotion, Deezer, Euronews, Facebook, Flickr, Flixster, Flingo by Launchpad, Live365, MLB.TV, MyTV, Pandora, Netflix, Picasa, Red Bull TV, SEC Digital Network, Shoutcast Radio, SnagFilms, Spotify, TuneIn, Vimeo, WatchMojo, XOSCollegeSport, YuppTV, YouTube and RSS (these are poorly integrated).
Live TV: SingPlayer
The Games: Funspot, PlayJam

Even if it is not (yet) available in France, I was able to test Netflix: the quality and fluidity of videos are bluffing especially as Super HD (1080). It touches the very perfection in terms of navigation and content choices.

This is a great box that my amazed by his ability to play the majority of media files and daccéder to a large number of online services. It has some bugs but lon meets infrequently. This box can read files through the local network and no real restrictions. If you do not wash and you still looking for a perfect case to read all your files anywhere in your home, go buy the WD TV Live.