--- product_id: 19622073 title: "WD TV HD Media Player" brand: "western digital" price: "Β£3.16" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/19622073-wd-tv-hd-media-player store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # 2GB Storage 1080p Resolution HDMI Connectivity WD TV HD Media Player **Brand:** western digital **Price:** Β£3.16 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🎬 Elevate Your Viewing Experience! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** WD TV HD Media Player by western digital - **How much does it cost?** Β£3.16 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/19622073-wd-tv-hd-media-player) ## Best For - western digital enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted western digital brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Ultimate Control:** Fast forward, rewind, and pause your favorite movies and music. - β€’ **Seamless Media Browsing:** Easily navigate your media with thumbnail and list views. - β€’ **Versatile Compatibility:** Supports FAT-32, NTFS, and HFS+ file systems. - β€’ **Customizable Slide Shows:** Create stunning slide shows with transitions and music. - β€’ **Portable Entertainment Hub:** Lightweight design for on-the-go media enjoyment. ## Overview The WD TV HD Media Player is a compact and versatile media hub that allows you to effortlessly browse, view, and enjoy your favorite movies and music in stunning 1080p resolution. With features like customizable slide shows and broad file system support, it’s the perfect companion for any entertainment setup. ## Description The WDTV HD Media Player is full HD 1080p video playback and is an ultra-compact, USB 2.0 device that attaches to an entertainment unit through a variety of audio/video interfaces and supports playback of major audio, video, and image file formats. It supports high-definition video playback of up to 1080p through an HDMI connection or standard definition for TVs with lower capabilities. It includes remote control, composit AV cable, AC adapter and quick install guide. (Brown Box, Product is Recertified) Review: Can't beat it for the price! - I researched this item quite a bit before pulling the trigger. I read many, many reviews, factored in cost, considered the "good" as well as the "bad" - along with other media players - and found this to be the best of what's available. After using it for a couple of weeks now there is nothing that has changed my opinion. I had been using my notebook to view my videos and listen to my music. The WDTV makes this a much more pleasant, and controllable experience. I use it with a WD 500GB Passport connected to a 46" Sony Bravia LCD HDTV via HDMI which is then connected to my Panasonic 1000w Surround Sound system using the standard dual RCA audio out jacks. Granted, nothing is ever really "perfect", and the WDTV has a few shortcomings as have been noted in previous reviews. The menu structure could use some work, but is wholly functional as it is. Certainly something that could be remedied through a firmware update should WD choose to do so. The lack of external controls on the case means you need to take care of that remote! The remote is simple and comfortable to use, but I finally programmed its functions into my learning remote and put the WD remote away for safe keeping. The picture and sound it creates are quite good. I have not viewed any hi-def material yet, but judging from the quality of standard def I doubt there would be any disappointments in that regard. I have a lot of my video (movies, etc.) ripped to 320x240 (saves space) for my Ipod Touch 2G (mp4 format), and the picture quality from the WDTV is what I would expect from that format - entirely suitable. Some material that is in a higher pixel format is understandably better. I was pleased enough with it to give my opinions through this review. One interesting thing I found is that although it will not play protected m4v movies purchased through itunes, it will play non-protected m4v's - I watched some podcasts I downloaded - I was pleasantly surprised to find that it would play the music albums downloaded from itunes, in protected m4a format I assume. It's really great to have my music library available at my fingertips this way! Although it supports a number of different video formats, I have found some files that it cannot play even though they are in the proper formats; AVI WMV MPG, etc. This is simply due to the variations in encoding formats. If you're into digital video you should already be familar with transcoding formats, so that is just more of the same. Not everything you get off the Internet, or even have previously created yourself, is going to be ready to "Plug and Play" in this device, or any other. Not a real issue. There is software supplied for this purpose, although I have not had to use it yet. Out of about 1200 or so videos it will take a bit of time to find them all! Overall, it does what it's supposed to, and does it well enough to make my cable box start to feel a little lonely! UPDATE: The Hi-Def video clips that come on the supplied disc look phenomenal! The same difference I noticed when first watching hi-def channels on my cable box. I had begun ripping my movies in AppleTv format (640x480 mp4) and the clarity was much improved. I then began ripping to AVI in 640x480 and found the same high quality. The switch to AVI was because I noticed that the few AVI's that I had did not "skip" after fast forwarding or rewind as most of my mp4's do. VOB's also don't skip. Playing VOB's does give a true DVD picture, but the files are much larger - 4 GB's or so. I find a 1 GB mp4 or AVI gives a very acceptable picture in a minimum of space. The Arcsoft conversion software that comes with the unit is a bit tedious as it converts in real-time, recording the video as it plays it into the new format. A bit too slow for me. I don't find that a negative since they do GIVE you conversion software! Nothing has changed my opinion of this little wonder. It will even play recordings made in Windows Media Center, which I use when I can to record movies and TV shows since I can't get them out of my cable box DVR without recording them to a DVD then ripping them. Being able to just copy over the Media Center recordings to my Passport and play them on the WDTV is a gift in itself! Review: Best media player - I've thought of building my own media player. After researching for barebones pc, it can easily cost $550 and above. Finally, I decided to look for a media player. I found this one with the right price, and it is HDTV too. It is a small box that easily sits next to all my other equipments (note: it has a picture clearly says do not put it on other video/audio equipments for fear of overheating). This player works really well. It plays all my MP4 in HD. AVIs that are in lower resolution plays well too. I tried playing MKV files, which are in HD. However, it doesn't play the whole "container". I played the anime files that contains translation. It plays video, audio but not the translated text. I like for the fact that it takes whatever USB drives that I attach to it. It can easily switch between the 2 USB ports. The remote that comes with it is responsive, albeit a little slow. I don't consider it a deal breaker. There are 2 negatives I've seen so far. When I try to locate the video files, I need to read the filenames on the bottom screen. It would be nice for the player to automatically generate thumbnails from the video files, like the JPGs. The other negative is that you have to control everything from the remote. There is nothing to push on the box itself. I've multiple remotes in my living room and I can tell you that the remotes have legs and they run off and hide. If I lose this remote (I have 3 young kids), I do not know how to operate the player. Otherwise, this is a great product and I highly recommend it. June 17, 2009 Addendum to my previous review Western Digital released a firmware update 1.1.07 which resolved some of my negatives I noted above. The update includes ability to show thumbnails of the movies using JPG saved in the same storage unit. For example: Movie.avi will show thumbnail of the movie if Movie.jpg exists. Showing the thumbnail is slow though, which I'm OK with. Another update is to play MKV files with subtitles. I have yet to test this to give my feedback. I've seen a lot of criticism of this player being slow and not able to play movie files correctly. I am totally satisfied with this player because of its flexibility. If you can sit down on a sofa to watch a movie, you are not in a hurry to do anything else. The responsiveness of the player is not an issue. I purchased a car inverter that enables me to plug in this player in my car dvd player using the Aux input. Instead of lugging 80 DVDs for my kids, not I just need this small player. This is the best product I ever bought. ## Features - Thumbnail and list views - Browse your content by filename or by thumbnails of photos, album covers and movie cover art - This unique feature lets you view all your media by media type in one menu regardless of its location in folders or drives - Create custom slide shows with a variety of transitions and background music - Movie viewing - Fast forward, rewind, pause, zoom, and pan - Music - Fast forward, rewind, pause, shuffle, repeat; Supported USB Device file systems: FAT-32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B001JZFQU4 | | Brand | Western Digital | | Color | Brown | | Compatible Devices | Television | | Connectivity Technology | HDMI, USB | | Connector Type | HDMI | | Controller Type | Remote Control | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 486 Reviews | | Form Factor | TV Box | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00718037734774 | | Item Weight | 1.7 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Western Digital | | Memory Storage Capacity | 2 GB | | Mfr Part Number | WDAVN00BN | | Model Name | WDAVN00BN | | Model Number | WDAVN00BN | | Other Special Features of the Product | Portable | | Resolution | 1080p | | Special Feature | Portable | | Supported Internet Services | iTunes | | UPC | 718037734774 | | Video Codec | H_264 | | Video Output Resolution | 1920x1080 Pixels | | Warranty Description | 1 year warranty | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Western Digital - **Color:** Brown - **Connectivity Technology:** HDMI, USB - **Connector Type:** HDMI - **Controller Type:** Remote Control - **Form Factor:** TV Box - **Model Name:** WDAVN00BN - **Resolution:** 1080p - **Special Feature:** Portable - **Supported Internet Services:** iTunes ## Images ![WD TV HD Media Player - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81AvDfrw5yL.jpg) ![WD TV HD Media Player - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Zvs-KvhJL.jpg) ![WD TV HD Media Player - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71jsUWjd1dL.jpg) ![WD TV HD Media Player - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61goM-fi7DL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: I had an asus o'play until its' remote died. now i have nothing. does this unit work without the remote, and if it does i'll buy one.** A: As far as I know, no it does not. And the remote is small and fairly easy to lose track of. **Q: Why in the world is this selling for $300+?** A: when I bought mine that was the going price. I have bought a lower-priced model sense and I prefer this one **Q: What is the memory for this system? If a buy the streaming media players, are they able to play my files from an external?** A: I would not recommend this one as this is an old model, I would recommend to get a newer model, there is one with no internal memory which I have and use to watch media from my external drives, it comes with internal wifi and services such as netflix (additional signup required) among others. **Q: will it play from Seagate 4TB backup plus ext hd?** A: The problem I found with this is that most TVs only have 2T memory,,, and regardless how big your ext HD is,, the TV will crash after reaching it's 2T limit. So your max ext HD memory has to be 2T.... Box works fine though ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can't beat it for the price! *by S***R on May 19, 2009* I researched this item quite a bit before pulling the trigger. I read many, many reviews, factored in cost, considered the "good" as well as the "bad" - along with other media players - and found this to be the best of what's available. After using it for a couple of weeks now there is nothing that has changed my opinion. I had been using my notebook to view my videos and listen to my music. The WDTV makes this a much more pleasant, and controllable experience. I use it with a WD 500GB Passport connected to a 46" Sony Bravia LCD HDTV via HDMI which is then connected to my Panasonic 1000w Surround Sound system using the standard dual RCA audio out jacks. Granted, nothing is ever really "perfect", and the WDTV has a few shortcomings as have been noted in previous reviews. The menu structure could use some work, but is wholly functional as it is. Certainly something that could be remedied through a firmware update should WD choose to do so. The lack of external controls on the case means you need to take care of that remote! The remote is simple and comfortable to use, but I finally programmed its functions into my learning remote and put the WD remote away for safe keeping. The picture and sound it creates are quite good. I have not viewed any hi-def material yet, but judging from the quality of standard def I doubt there would be any disappointments in that regard. I have a lot of my video (movies, etc.) ripped to 320x240 (saves space) for my Ipod Touch 2G (mp4 format), and the picture quality from the WDTV is what I would expect from that format - entirely suitable. Some material that is in a higher pixel format is understandably better. I was pleased enough with it to give my opinions through this review. One interesting thing I found is that although it will not play protected m4v movies purchased through itunes, it will play non-protected m4v's - I watched some podcasts I downloaded - I was pleasantly surprised to find that it would play the music albums downloaded from itunes, in protected m4a format I assume. It's really great to have my music library available at my fingertips this way! Although it supports a number of different video formats, I have found some files that it cannot play even though they are in the proper formats; AVI WMV MPG, etc. This is simply due to the variations in encoding formats. If you're into digital video you should already be familar with transcoding formats, so that is just more of the same. Not everything you get off the Internet, or even have previously created yourself, is going to be ready to "Plug and Play" in this device, or any other. Not a real issue. There is software supplied for this purpose, although I have not had to use it yet. Out of about 1200 or so videos it will take a bit of time to find them all! Overall, it does what it's supposed to, and does it well enough to make my cable box start to feel a little lonely! UPDATE: The Hi-Def video clips that come on the supplied disc look phenomenal! The same difference I noticed when first watching hi-def channels on my cable box. I had begun ripping my movies in AppleTv format (640x480 mp4) and the clarity was much improved. I then began ripping to AVI in 640x480 and found the same high quality. The switch to AVI was because I noticed that the few AVI's that I had did not "skip" after fast forwarding or rewind as most of my mp4's do. VOB's also don't skip. Playing VOB's does give a true DVD picture, but the files are much larger - 4 GB's or so. I find a 1 GB mp4 or AVI gives a very acceptable picture in a minimum of space. The Arcsoft conversion software that comes with the unit is a bit tedious as it converts in real-time, recording the video as it plays it into the new format. A bit too slow for me. I don't find that a negative since they do GIVE you conversion software! Nothing has changed my opinion of this little wonder. It will even play recordings made in Windows Media Center, which I use when I can to record movies and TV shows since I can't get them out of my cable box DVR without recording them to a DVD then ripping them. Being able to just copy over the Media Center recordings to my Passport and play them on the WDTV is a gift in itself! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best media player *by C***C on April 16, 2009* I've thought of building my own media player. After researching for barebones pc, it can easily cost $550 and above. Finally, I decided to look for a media player. I found this one with the right price, and it is HDTV too. It is a small box that easily sits next to all my other equipments (note: it has a picture clearly says do not put it on other video/audio equipments for fear of overheating). This player works really well. It plays all my MP4 in HD. AVIs that are in lower resolution plays well too. I tried playing MKV files, which are in HD. However, it doesn't play the whole "container". I played the anime files that contains translation. It plays video, audio but not the translated text. I like for the fact that it takes whatever USB drives that I attach to it. It can easily switch between the 2 USB ports. The remote that comes with it is responsive, albeit a little slow. I don't consider it a deal breaker. There are 2 negatives I've seen so far. When I try to locate the video files, I need to read the filenames on the bottom screen. It would be nice for the player to automatically generate thumbnails from the video files, like the JPGs. The other negative is that you have to control everything from the remote. There is nothing to push on the box itself. I've multiple remotes in my living room and I can tell you that the remotes have legs and they run off and hide. If I lose this remote (I have 3 young kids), I do not know how to operate the player. Otherwise, this is a great product and I highly recommend it. June 17, 2009 Addendum to my previous review Western Digital released a firmware update 1.1.07 which resolved some of my negatives I noted above. The update includes ability to show thumbnails of the movies using JPG saved in the same storage unit. For example: Movie.avi will show thumbnail of the movie if Movie.jpg exists. Showing the thumbnail is slow though, which I'm OK with. Another update is to play MKV files with subtitles. I have yet to test this to give my feedback. I've seen a lot of criticism of this player being slow and not able to play movie files correctly. I am totally satisfied with this player because of its flexibility. If you can sit down on a sofa to watch a movie, you are not in a hurry to do anything else. The responsiveness of the player is not an issue. I purchased a car inverter that enables me to plug in this player in my car dvd player using the Aux input. Instead of lugging 80 DVDs for my kids, not I just need this small player. This is the best product I ever bought. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ AWESOME MKV FILE PLAYER *by M***Y on January 22, 2009* I OWN AN IPOD, PSP, ZEN VISION W AND A PS3, AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN'T TOUCHED ANYONE ONE OF THESE BABIES SINCE I GOT MY WD HD. I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY MY MKV FILES THROUGH MY HDTV UNTIL I BOUGHT THIS PLAYER. REASONS WHY I LOVE MY WD HD TV MEDIA; 1. IT CAN SUPPORT LARGE 720P & 1080P HD MKV FILES (USING AN HDMI CABLE). NOTE: I FORMATTED MY EXTERNAL HD TO NTFS (FROM FAT32) SO THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD INDIVIDUAL FILES >4 GB . AND YES, THIS PLAYER READS IT. JUST GOOGLE A TUTORIAL FOR STEPS ON HOW TO FORMAT. IT IS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING SUBTITLE IF YOU NAME THE SUBTITLE FILE EXACTLY AS YOUR MKV FILE. WITH THE LATEST FIRMWARE UPDATE (VERSION 1.01.02), THE SUBTITLE NOW STAYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN (USED TO APPEAR HIGHER WHICH WAS ANNOYING). VIDEO RESOLUTION OF BOTH 720P AND 1080P FILES IS UNBELIEVABLY CLEAR AND CRISP ON MY SAMSUNG 120 HZ LCD TV!!! 2. IT CAN READ AVI & MP4 FILE SUBTITLES WITHOUT CONVERTING IT TO ANOTHER FORMAT (I WATCH FOREIGN MOVIES BIG TIME), WHICH MY PS3 CANNOT DO. 3. IT PLAYS VIDEO FILES (I HAVE ONLY PLAYED MKV, MP4, AVI, DIVX, MPEG-2/VOB FILES SO FAR) WITH DTS, AC3 OR 5.1 SURROUND SOUND THROUGH MY A/V RECEIVER. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR A THING FROM YOUR TV SPEAKERS WHEN YOU PLAY MKV FILES WITH DTS AUDIO OPTION (A CON FOR SOME), UNLESS YOU CONNECT THIS THING TO A RECEIVER. MY RECEIVER HAS NO HDMI CONNECTION, HOWEVER, PROBLEM SOLVED BY CONNECTING THE WD HD TV UNIT TO THE RECEIVER USING A TOSLINK OPTICAL/DIGITAL CABLE. 4. IT CAN PLAY MY WMA/MP3/MP4 AUDIO FILES. THE SOUND IS CRISPER THAN EVER, WHEN I SWITCHED TO TOSLINK DIGITAL CABLE (NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS CABLE BEFORE, 'COZ I HAVE LOTS OF RCA CABLE). TRULY A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN SOUND CLARITY WITH THIS CABLE TYPE. NO NEED FOR THIS CABLE I GUESS, IF YOU OWN A NEWER RECEIVER WITH HDMI PLUGS. BUT THEN, IF YOU ONLY HAVE 1 HDMI PLUG, THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION. 5. I AM NOW ABLE TO ARCHIVE MY SIZEABLE CONCERT DVD COLLECTION AND PLAY THESE WITHOUT SCRATCHING MY ORIGINAL DVDs. AND YES, EVEN MY "CONCERT FOR GEORGE" AND "DAVID FOSTER AND FRIENDS" DVDs WHICH ARE ABOUT 6.5 GB EACH IN SIZE(UNCOMPRESSED), WOULD PLAY FLAWLESSLY. I USED DVDSHRINK AND TWEAKED THE VIDEO SETTINGS WHERE IT WOULD NOT COMPRESS THE DVD FILE AND CHUNK THE FILES SEPARATELY IN 1GB SIZE. THIS ALLOWED ME TO PLAY THE WHOLE FILE CONTINUOUSLY. AGAIN, FORMATTING THE EXTERNAL HD TO NTFS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 6. TWO USB CONNECTIONS. 7. THE PRICE TAG OF COURSE!!! $99.99 IS WELL WORTH IT, CONSIDERING WHAT THIS PLAYER CAN DO FOR ME. WHAT DON'T I LIKE ABOUT THE WD HD TV MEDIA PLAYER? 1. MY EXTERNAL HD WON'T TURN OFF WHEN I TURN UNIT OFF. I HAVE TO GET UP, ZONKED AND ALL AT NIGHT, TO UNPLUG OR TURN MY SURGE PROTECTOR OFF. 2. NO CONTROL BUTTONS ON THE UNIT. EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED BY REMOTE CONTROL. 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