Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player

Combined with a My Passport portable drive (sold separately), this player is the most convenient way to play HD movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution slideshows of your family photos on your TV. Also works with popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Designed for My Passport, works with many other USB storage devices - Play content from most popular USB drives,and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Full HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p - Experience the spectacular picture quality of HD video and crystal clear sound clarity of digital audio. Use the included remote control to navigate through your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated HD menus. Collect without limits - There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space. Access two USB drives simultaneously - Two USB ports on the player let you connect two USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Media Library feature aggregates the content on both drives into one list sorted by media type. HDMI and composite video connections - The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA) outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets. Hassle-free playback of HD movies, home videos, digital music, and photos on your TV.

Technical Details :
* Thumbnail and list views - Browse your content by filename or by thumbnails of photos, album covers and movie cover art.
* Media Library - This unique feature lets you view all your media by media type in one menu regardless of its location in folders or drives. You can view content by categories such as genre, album, artist and date. / Search - Search by genre, title, artist, file name and partial file name.
* Create custom slide shows with a variety of transitions and background music.
* Movie viewing - Fast forward, rewind, pause, zoom, and pan; View subtitles - Search by filename, partial filename, most recently viewed and date.
* Music - Fast forward, rewind, pause, shuffle, repeat; Supported USB Device file systems: FAT-32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling).



FEATURES :
- Designed for My Passport, works with many other USB storage devices.
- Full HD video playback and navigation.
- Collect without limits : There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space.
- Advanced navigation :
* Thumbnail and list views : Browse your content by filename or by thumbnails of photos, album covers and movie cover art.
* Media Library : This unique feature lets you view all your media by media type in one menu regardless of its location in folders or drives. You can view your content by categories such as genre, album, artist, date.
* Search : Search by genre, title, artist, filename, partial filename and most recently viewed.
- Photo viewing :
* Create custom slide shows with a variety of transitions and background music.
* Zoom and pan.
- Movie viewing :
* Fast forward, rewind, pause, zoom, and pan.
* View subtitles.
- Music playback :
* Fast forward, rewind, pause, shuffle, repeat.
- Access two USB drives simultaneously.
- HDMI and composite video connections.
- Includes free media conversion software.

PROS :
1) HDMI output at 1080p.
2) Unicode support is flawless.
3) It remembers where you left off in a movie so you don't have to start from beginning.
4) BEAUTIFUL and easy to use interface that is similar to PS3's cross-media bar.
5) Solidly constructed remote control and overall superior build quality.
6) Wide selection of languages for the interface, not just the usual Fre/nch, Spanish, and English.

CONS :
1) Inability to decode DTS audio.
2) External hard drive does not power down when device is off.
3) Higher bit rate 1080p MKV files are unwatchable due to screen artifacting and other visual problems.