Western Digital WD TV Reviews

The Western Digital WDTV ($110 as of March 5, 2009) marks the hard-drive maker's first foray into the field of media players, but the move makes sense as an extension of the company's existing hard-disk products. The WDTV box lets your HDTV play media ...

HDMI, 1080p support Straightforward menu design

Slow menu interface No automatic sync software

Overall, if you want to skip the home networking approach and connect a media-filled hard drive up to your television, the WDTV is a good bet. Full 1080p support and HDMI connectivity makes it an especially viable option for home-theater users

A certain class of people have long wanted to easily download and play files on their massive flat-panel TVs. This powerful special interest group is responsible for many of the technological innovations that drive our modern economy. They are ...

Displays video content in up to 1080p. Optical audio-out lets you jack into the hi-fi with optimal sound quality. Makes it easy to force guests to watch your unedited vacation footage by slurping movies off the family videocam. Menus easy to navigate ...

No RAW files. Comes only with composite cables. Tendency to choke on .wmv files. Thumbs down to the engineer who decided the WDTV didn't have to talk with your computer or card reader. Seriously, how hard would it have been to throw an ethernet jack ...

Western Digital's WD TV is simply the most accomplished, most affordable media player we've ever seen.