


#Wdtv hd media player 1080p#
The WD TV Live media player features powerful media processing, which enables playback in Full-HD 1080p resolution.
#Wdtv hd media player portable#
Like the popular first-generation WD TV HD media player introduced last autumn, the WD TV Live media player connects directly to a users’ HD TV and plays almost any file stored on a connected USB drive such as My Passport™ portable drive. The WD TV Live HD media player is the newest member in the family of WD TV media players by WD, which make moving digital content from a computer to playing it on a big screen TV simply plug-and-play.
#Wdtv hd media player Pc#
But consumers’ digital content is often relegated to the relatively small screen on their PC or Mac computers. According to Parks Associates, the sales of connected consumer electronics devices, such as connected TVs and digital media adapters, is expected to more than double from 57 million units in 2009 to 115 million units in 2013 (Home Networks for Consumer Electronics 2009).Ĭonsumers are investing millions of dollars in HD TVs, with HD televisions representing more than 50 percent of TVs sold in the U.S., according to Parks Associates (Home Networks for Consumer Electronics 2009). In addition, an increasing number of consumers are looking for seamless access to their personal media, as well as to Internet media. According to research firm Parks Associates, the average consumer had 123 GB of videos, photos, and music in 2009 which will grow to 1.3 TB by 2013 (Digital Lifestyles: 2009 Outlook). The HD onscreen menu brings together all of the users’ available media in an elegant and simple-to-navigate interface.Ĭonsumers are amassing large libraries of digital videos, photos and music on their computers. The WD TV Live media player also allows users to stream rich content from YouTube™ and Flickr®. The network capability of the WD TV Live media player enables users to stream or transfer movies from PC or Mac® computers or a network-attached storage device such as WD’s My Book® World Edition™ and WD ShareSpace network drives to their HD TVs. Building on the success of the WD TV HD media player, the WD TV Live HD media player offers a new, more responsive interface to help consumers enjoy a world of digital content in their living room, without a computer. The new WD TV Live HD media player makes it easy for anyone to play HD (high definition) videos stored on USB and network drives, as well as Internet content from popular Web sites, on the biggest screen in their home - their HD television. WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced the WD TV Live HD media player featuring network capability and Full-HD 1080p resolution. Hot on the heels of other media devices, Western Digital have just announced a new one:
