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Title: Looking for an HD media player (advice and help wanted)
Post by: Teen Wolf Blitzer on December 17, 2010, 11:39:24 AM

Basically I want to be able to play my master .m2t files from my camcorder captures on my nice tv.  Not sure if this route would work or would I better off playing it on the pc and wirelessly sending it to my tv?  Thoughts?

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-WDAVN00BN-Media-Player/dp/B001JZFQU4

This one apparently will play m2t files even though I don't see it in the specs.  The reviews say it does.  Plus it plays flac which is cool.

Thoughts?  Experiences?  Let em fly.

Title: Re: Looking for an HD media player (advice and help wanted)
Post by: OFOTD on December 17, 2010, 01:03:14 PM

The one you listed is v1 of that product.  Last year's model if you will.  Good product but with lots of little head scratchers though.  Many threads on avs about it.  Recertified models are going for $50.

The new model is $36 cheaper than your link and has more functionality.  It's official name is the Western Digital WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136593&cm_re=Western_Digital_WD_TV_HD-_-22-136-593-_-Product

Here are the supported formats on the stock firmware:

Media Formats:
- 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
- JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG
- MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS

Playlist – PLS, M3U, WPL

Subtitle – SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI

For $99 its a pretty damn good deal.

Title: Re: Looking for an HD media player (advice and help wanted)
Post by: spyder9 on December 26, 2010, 02:55:00 PM

The only issue I know of with the WD:  does not play gapless.  That was a deal-kill for me.  May not matter for some, so besides that, the WD looks good so far.