Overview of the media player WD TV Live

Today we got into the hands of Western Digital media player called the WD TV Live. This product is a device for playback of video, music, and view photos computer, removable media, and the Internet with the ability to connect both via Ethernet, or via Wi-Fi.

Separately say about the packaging makes no sense, because no features were found in it. Much more interesting is its contents.

The standard WD TV Live includes step by step instructions for connecting and configuring a media player (by the way, the statement is made truly it is clear why people, for the first time faced with such a technique, will be spared the time of bluntness and mental suffering in the style of "what is this do"). Also in the box predictably found himself a media player to connect to mains power adapter, AV cable and remote control.

The first thing you should notice is the lack of an HDMI cable included, so if you plan to connect the media player through this interface, then take care of the purchase of an HDMI cable in advance. This is not a disadvantage, since the inclusion of such a cable in the box would affect the price, and people who already have an HDMI cable, obviously do not want to pay for what they have and so there.

Now on the remote control. When its not too modern form in hand, he is very comfortable, and basic navigation and control buttons are quite elaborately.

Turning to the main, that is, to the very player. The case is made of matte black plastic. Generally TV Live looks quite strict and high-tech and perfectly fit into the interior next to the HD panel.

The bottom of the player is equipped with special grooves for mounting the unit on the wall.

The front panel features only one USB 2.0 port for fast and easy connection of a portable hard drive or other storage. The remaining ports are hidden at the rear. There is one more USB 2.0, HDMI, AV, Ethernet port and optical audio output.

And now, in fact, about how to use the media player. In our case, the TV Live has been connected to the TV via HDMI, and to communicate with the Internet use Wi-Fi router. If Wi-Fi is not present, it will be obvious option to connect via Ethernet.

So, when you connect the player to your TV and press the power button on the front of us appears the language selection menu. Russian language showed up, and thus to the development of the interface problems should arise. However, the interface itself is made clear as possible, and clearly, so that even a child can understand it.

Next you need to connect the media player to the Internet. If the connection is established by Wi-Fi, it is necessary to select the desired network from the list and enter the password (if any).

After that, the main menu of the player appears in front of us. All menus are the most clear and unified internal structure with each other. For example, by selecting the Video section, the screen displays a list of the sources that are available for viewing, including present removable storage, shared network folders, media servers that are within the network, as well as interactive service Internet. Similarly arranged menu for music, pictures and other files.

Services section contains the default 15 services through which you can view and listen to different content. For example, the service YouTube Videos opens the familiar catalog of the categories of videos, broken down by different parameters.

If you do not want to watch, you can turn to gaming services and pass the time by one of the fascinating toys.

Lately it has become quite popular to turn their mobile gadgets to other devices controls. Such a feature is implemented here. If, for whatever reasons, to use a standard remote control you do not want, you can put a special application WD TV Remote, available for on iOS devices (App Store) And Android (Google Play Store). The app is free and will be able to turn your smart phone and tablet into a full remote control. The only requirement for this is a remote location in the same local network.

Total

WD TV Live will certainly be able to find its place in any home. Through a combination of the ability to play all popular video and audio formats both from local sources, and with a variety of resources and services on the Internet, the media player is a perfect home center entertainment. Not always view movies and videos on the computer can be called convenient and comfortable, and with like a media player connected to a widescreen TV, the evening screenings will be much nicer.