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If you have a lower budget for your media player, then the Western Digital WD TV Live HD Media Player (WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN) is a great value for the price, and it still comes jam packed with all of the popular functions and features of the more expensive players out on the market. Because of its functionality and ease of use, the WD TV Live is very popular among digital media player owners. Release in October 2009, Western Digital made some great upgrades from the previous version, the WD TV. Now, the WD TV Live HD Media Streamer can support video playback up to 1080p TrueHD and supports Dolby Digital sound through the optical audio output or the HDMI output. The menu systems have also been upgraded in the new WD TV Live model making it easier to navigate to your media.

Western Digital WD TV Live Network-Ready HD Media Player

Priced: $119.99 USD

The WD TV Live digital media player is a media streamer that allows you to stream your video, music, and photos to your high definition TV and play your audio via your home theater system. This player does not come with an internal hard drive, but rather must be connected to a USB mass storage device or network containing your media files. The recommended storage drive is the Western Digital My Book Essential USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (1 Terabyte -1TB Model) which will provide ample room to store lots of movies, photos, and music. As it comes from the manufacturer, the WD TV Live is a hard wired network ready media streamer. There is nothing to prevent you from going wireless also with a USB wireless dongle. A popular wireless adapter for the WD TV Live is the Linksys Range Plus Wireless USB Compact Adapter that will let you connect to your existing home or business wireless network.

Whether you choose to go wireless or leave your WD TV Live HD wired to your system, this digital media player is in the running with some really good competition. The WD Live is very similar to both the Patriot Box Office HD and the HDX1000 NMT, but unlike both of these players, the WD does not offer the option of adding an internal hard disk. If you are not interested in adding your own hard drive, then the WD TV Live HD is an awesome media player. It still comes with all the latest features including 1080p video output through HDMI and also comes with Dolby Digital and DTS. Here are the specs on the WD TV Live:

* HDMI 1.3 port (Supports 1080p TrueHD)

* Connect external hard drives directly or connect to your network to view movies, photos, and music

* USB Port

* Audio formats: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS

* Videos Formats: MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), WMV9, M2TS, MPG/MPEG, VOB AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG 1/2/4) MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1) TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1)

Photo formats: GIF, TIF/TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG

* Connections: Video: Composite Video Out, HDMI v1.3 (up to 1080p); Audio: S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio, Other: 10/100 Ethernet.

* Remote Control.

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