Reasonably good deal on the Western Digital 1TB TV Live Hub media player.
Comes to $226 after Officeworks price match.
Edit: Harris Technology price has gone up to $331.
1TB WD TV Live Hub $238 ($226 after Price Match)
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This file format must be very popular that's what it isn't supported…
Downloading RMVB files. Fail.
RMVB is soooo 1990s, memories of cheap asian bootleg vcds still haunt me….
I thought it was long forgotten on my head but now you mentioned it ;;)
Anything associated with RealNetworks : fail
Great device but I have 2 gripes.
Copy speed is disappointing, it really doesn't take advantage of the 1Gbe connection as the cpu is quite slow. Copy speeds (over network) max at around 16MB/s and USB is slightly faster.
Netflix is NOT possible unless you buy a North American version. The chip does not have the correct DRM. There are services like Quickster (iirc) available.
All in all, great media center and would recommend if you didnt need to copy +20GB at a time, or need netflix.
Hi Totalfrenzy - quick question. I have netflix and use a us VPN… are you saying that the US version of the WD hub has an inbuilt VPN client so that you don't need to use your computer to stream it? cheers
I wouldn't know. I'm guessing you'd have to route it through a PC. I was just a bit disappointing to find that my Aus version doesn't work with Netflix :(
Netflix only available in US and UK, so if you not using VPN service (vpn strong, unblockus) you won't be able to watch it. Nothing to do with the hardware (chip).
@cuek
Are you saying you have a WD Live Hub, bought in Australia (Sigma 8655 Chipset), that is capable of using netflix (Through a VPN)?
If so, please tell me how to do it.
The North American chipset is the Sigma 8654 which contains the necessary DRM for netflix.
More information here: http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Hub-General/cannot-fi…
Supposely this also has Cinavia protection as well like ps3
That and the fact that it can't be wdlxtv'ed make me steer well clear. One of the older ones has been my seedbox for the better part of a year now.
just checked a min ago on the HT site.. has the price gone back up to $331?
These things are cabbage
Mooff kebbage??? :p
johndoe123 on 18/01/2012 - 20:01 Comment score below threshold.