Western Digital TV Live Plus HD Media Player WDBABX0000NBK-NESN

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  • Full-HD video playback and navigation – up to 1080p
  • Stream Netflix and other online media
  • Play almost any type of media file
  • Access media anywhere on your home network
  • Supports DVD Navigation

Product Description
Play media from your home network and the Internet on your big screen TV. Plus, enjoy access to your Netflix unlimited membership and other premium content. Don’t confine your movies, music, and photos to your small computer screen. Experience them as big as life on your TV in Full-HD 1080p with WD TV Live Plus HD media player. Read more Reviews


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5 Responses to “Western Digital TV Live Plus HD Media Player WDBABX0000NBK-NESN”

  1. O. Prusak says:
    June 26, 2010 at 4:56 am

    I just got the WD TV Live Plus and I have to say that I’ve finally found the perfect media streamer (for now).

    I’ve had the WD TV Live (not plus version) for about 5 months and it’s served me well, streaming up just about every type of movie file that I’ve ever encountered. When I purchased the non-plus version, the only two features that I really wanted that it was missing was NetFlix support and full DVD menu support.

    Yes, I am a bummered that my existing non-plus version can’t support NetFlix, but I very well knew that what I purchased it.

    Please Note: Most of the non-plus version marketing material says that it doesn’t support full DVD menu navigation, but WD just came out with a firmware update that DOES add DVD menu support – Kuddos to WD for listening to their customers and giving them what they want.

    Regarding the NetFlix support, the PLUS version has a different chip inside of it that is required for NetFlix support (something about copy protection). The non-plus version does not have the required chip in order to support NetFlix so if you read some rants about WD trying to !@#$% their customers, it’s probably non-plus owners who feel cheated that they have to buy a new product to get NetFlix support.

    I understand their frustration, but the truth of the matter is that there is nothing WD can do in order to get the non-plus to support NetFlix.

    On the other hand, they *have* just added DVD menu support to the non-plus version, so anyone who says that they stop supporting the older products doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

    To the point of the review, the NetFlix supports both queue playing (when you already have stuff added to your play now queue) AND browsing.

    This is my first NetFlix player (other than my PC) so I can’t really compare it to other NetFlix players. I know the Xbox also supports browsing, but I think that most other stand alone players do not support browsing.

    The activation process was surprisingly easy (I just went to the NetFlix site and entered a code the Plus gave me).

    Regarding HD content, I’m not 100% sure if the Plus supports this, but last night I was viewing some 30 rock episodes and it looked *really* good, better than viewing a DVD.

    When starting to view a NetFlix video, it took about 15-20 seconds from when I clicked on play to when the video started playing. I don’t know if this is good or bad. No streaming issues once it started playing. My device is connected directly to my router.

    I also played around with the new MediaFly feature. Never heard of it before. Basically it aggregates some audio and video podcasts by topic. I saw some CNN and NPR content which is cool.

    Overall I’d say this is the best media streamer ->currently< - on the market.

    I emphasize currently as I REALLY wanted to get a POPBOX, which sounds like a better option (at least on paper), but it still isn’t out and I got tired of waiting for it to be released.

    Lastly, I know I didn’t cover other aspects of the PLUS, but other than NetFlix support (and I think MediaFly support) the plus and non-plus devices are identical so go read some non-plus reviews for more info :)

    [UPDATE June 21]

    A few people correctly mentioned that the DVD menu support for the non plus version isn’t officially out yet since it’s still in beta.

    You can see the entire thread of people who have download the beta version and successfully played DVDs with menus on the non-plus version here:

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    Rating: 5 / 5

  2. Tommy Dee says:
    June 26, 2010 at 5:13 am

    I have a WD Live, but upgraded to get Netflix, the only difference between the live and the live plus is the netflix option, Western Digital are always updating products and firmware, it is no more different than for example Microsoft updating Windows all the time, I had a small problem with my live recently regarding video files, Western Digital Customer Service/Tech Support were 100% both in emailing me and calling me, to resolve the problem, in the end we tried the advance RMA and my replacement was shipped 2 day Air and I did not need to return the original, until I was happy with the replacement, now that is great customer service and for $26.95 you can get the WD extra warrinty when you register the live, giving 3 years warrinty in total, so I say WD is a great Company, has great products and stands behind their customer’s
    Rating: 5 / 5

  3. SharpBarb says:
    June 26, 2010 at 7:58 am

    This product is identical to the WDTV Live, except that it has Netflix support. So you can refer to the reviews for that product and get a fairly accurate representation of this product.

    Regarding the WDTV Live (and most likely the plus version as well), there are indeed several bugs that should have been worked out by now. WD takes a long time to release a firmware update to address these issues and they always end up introducing new bugs. Most of these issues will not affect the majority of users.

    Folks are upset about the PLUS version (myself included) because WD strung customers along for months about Netflix support. Then, after months of thinking the non-plus version might one day get Netflix support, they state that the non-plus version will never get Netflix and a couple weeks later they release the plus version.

    All that being said, I still believe that this little box is a good product. It works great the majority of the time. If I had to do it over again, I would still purchase this unit. For the price I don’t think you will find a better box.

    Rating: 4 / 5

  4. Gary Richberger says:
    June 26, 2010 at 9:42 am

    we ordered for my family. but when we stop it to go away it dose not resume back like its suppose too. sound stutters. we have tried to live with it.we had to stop it couple of times due to not playing correctly. tested it on a PC with no problems. its got some bugs in the firmware and Codec
    Rating: 1 / 5

  5. Cb says:
    June 26, 2010 at 11:51 am

    there is WMV 9, 8, 7, 6 ,5,4 and it only supports WMV8. so if you try to play the earlier WMV codecs it wont play it. its got a lot of BUGS. LOADED With BUGS.the rating droped really fast and the only thing it can do is play netflix. its waste of money. if you got the wdtv live just switch it & return it back to the store. who care about WD TV LIVE.,,,, b-rad is a website that makes custom firmware for the player. but even after I put the Custom firmware it did not fix my bugs. Fast forwarding . sound Sputters and,watching into the middle of the movie the sound disappears.I tested it on the computer to see if it would happen there and it play perfects.so WD TV LIVE Plus is Bugged by the company
    Rating: 1 / 5

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