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Western Digital WDBPUF0000NBK-EESN Mediabox, Flash Hard Drive SIGMA DESIGNS 700 MHz ARM SGX520

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Connectivity technology USB
Connector type HDMI
Special feature Miracast
Supported Internet services Pandora, Vudu, Facebook, YouTube
Controller type Remote Control
Form factor TV Box
Item weight 190 Grams
Compatible devices Smartphone
Memory storage capacity 2 GB

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3.9 out of 5 stars
892 global ratings

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Customers like the quality, ease of use, and audio quality of the standalone streaming media player. They mention it plays well, is a great piece of electronics, and easy to set up. Some are also happy with the audio quality. However, some are disappointed with the app quality. Opinions differ on playability, lag, and streaming capability.

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71 customers mention ‘Plays well’56 positive15 negative

Customers like the standalone streaming media player. They mention it works fine for watching all their films on hard drive, and the functionality is great. Some say it streams Slingplayer fine.

"...performed, and have to say that, if all you want is to play your own digital library, without an internet streamer facility, these perform better..." Read more

"...It streams Slingplayer fine, usually on HD quality setting, but it loses connection about every 3 minutes!!? Any idea why this happens?..." Read more

"...Perfection. It played everything i have thrown at it. All sorts of files and sizes. It can play 30gb bluray video without any buffering...." Read more

"...It has so far played every single file I have thrown at it where the Roku 3 HD failed...." Read more

59 customers mention ‘Quality’59 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the standalone streaming media player. They mention it's a great piece of electronics, well-engineered, and easy to set up. Some say the engineering is OK, but the software is not. Overall, customers are happy with the product's quality.

"...If all you want is an internet media streamer, the WDTV is pretty good, but not necessarily the best, as there are other devices which can do the..." Read more

"...It plays back video perfectly so the core reason to buy this is flawless and pleasing." Read more

"...However, let me start with the good points. The player is nice and looks well-made...." Read more

"Great Little Box I have had this for just over a week now and it plays everything ive thrown at it...." Read more

36 customers mention ‘Ease of use’29 positive7 negative

Customers find the standalone streaming media player easy to use. They mention it's simple, cheap, and charming. Customers also appreciate the nice interface and minimal fuss. They say it makes life a lot easier and is unobtrusive.

"...library to your TV, this is hard to beat, being, in my view, very NAS-friendly...." Read more

"...After turning the media player off and on again it worked. Setting up was painless and pretty quick...." Read more

"...I am not disappointed with the results. Easy set up in minutes and then downloaded the latest version of the software...." Read more

"...The setup for WD TV was as easy as pie, and the menu system is great...." Read more

18 customers mention ‘Audio quality’18 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the audio quality of the product. They mention it's good with lossless audio files, excellent for streaming films or music from their NAS drive, or computer from another room, and the sound quality cannot be bettered. Some say the music is easily accessible and the photos mesmerize themselves and their guests.

"...Music playback was also flawless. Good work WD. Problems and Suggestions 1...." Read more

"Its all good, picture, sound, interface, streaming, file types played etc. Except for the following points. -..." Read more

"Excellent for streaming films or music from my NAS drive, or computer from another room...." Read more

"...I only want it to to play music. The music player is ok, but a bit unstable...." Read more

32 customers mention ‘Playability’20 positive12 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the playability of the product. Some mention it plays all the files on their hard drive, while others say it fails to boot properly and none of their files will play.

"...Perfection. It played everything i have thrown at it. All sorts of files and sizes. It can play 30gb bluray video without any buffering...." Read more

"...about 50% of the time, it has FAILED to boot properly and NONE of your files will play, the network is not recognised though you can STILL select..." Read more

"...We now view photo's from donkeys years ago easily and play our home movies from years back too with ease. Hope this helps - Colin." Read more

"...It opens JPG files as well! I have not tried with camera RAW (I doubt it!) and PNG (probably will work) though...." Read more

24 customers mention ‘Lag’8 positive16 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the lag of the standalone streaming media player. Some mention it's better than the WD TV, with much less lag. Others say it's a little slow to respond sometimes, the hardware could be faster, and the remote control response should be faster. Additionally, some say the navigation of the menus becomes unbearably slow and takes a long time to compile their library.

"...The hardware could be faster to make menus and thumbnails/info load quicker and perhaps concentrate on including the community more when it comes to..." Read more

"...streamer facility, these perform better than the WD TV, with much less of the lag that other WDTV reviewers have commented upon, and at half the..." Read more

"...Additionally, the respond to remote control should be faster. It can be annoying sometimes, especially when typing on the on-screen keyboard...." Read more

"...On the downside, it can be enormously slow from click on the file to actually playing it. Sometimes 15 minutes has passed by...." Read more

16 customers mention ‘Streaming capability’11 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the streaming capability of the product. Some mention it's a great way to stream your media to your TV, while others say it doesn't have Netflix and doesn't have ITV player or 4OD.

"...for me, the major selling point was the fact it was great for streaming locally stored media...." Read more

"...Has lots of the regular internet channels Youtube, BBC i-player etc. No netflix, but that was not an issue for me as i get that from another source...." Read more

"...With also easy to stream from online such as YouTube Netflix etc..." Read more

"...As others have said, this does not have Netflix, which, for some might be a deal breaker. However, I can access Netflix, etc...." Read more

13 customers mention ‘App quality’0 positive13 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the app quality of the product. They mention it has a lack of apps, is useless, and the software is appallingly bad. Some say the number of apps is limited and can be a little obscure. Overall, customers are dissatisfiered with the quality of the product.

"...I feel the software could be better designed and made to feel more fluid and eye catching...." Read more

"...that this is a box of almost usable parts connected by poorly written 'glue software' rendering the box useless in a domestic environment for..." Read more

"...Lack of apps, but who cares, get an android stick if that's what you're after... This is maybe the best for accessing your own files, with great..." Read more

"...It's just lazy coding and very frustrating. A plea to Western Digital. Attention to detail - get your software right...." Read more

Top reviews from United Kingdom

elkay
5.0 out of 5 stars WD TV Media Player, with WiFi Direct
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2014
Verified Purchase
This WD TV Media Player is the latest iteration of the WD TV, following on from the 'Play' and 'Live' models. I recently purchased a pricey Sony Bravia smart tv, with high expectations of streaming all the media from my NAS. However, although the TV part of it is superb, it is a huge diappointment on the networking front, being extremely fussy about what it accepted. In frustration, I bought this relatively cheap WD TV, and what a revelation it has proven to be.

Setting up was quick, easy and totally without any fuss. The WD TV has coped well with just about every format I have thrown at it (and I have a huge assortment on my NAS, collected over very many years). The quality of images projected is excellent, with 1080-resolution videos especially coming across crisp and bright. A big bonus, for me anyway, is that this unit has WiFi-Direct, which, strangely enough, does not seem to be advertised (I don't know if this is a new feature which was not previously included in the earlier versions). What this means is that it can wirelessly mirror WiDi or WiFi Direct equiped devices. Connecting my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro is a doddle, achieved with much less fuss and delay than I have ever been able to do with any other equipment. Again, the image quality is excellent. Just make sure that WiFi Direct is set to 'On' in the settings.

As others have said, this does not have Netflix, which, for some might be a deal breaker. However, I can access Netflix, etc. any number of ways (via TV, BluRay recorder, laptop, etc.), so this is not a big deal. I see this device more as a media player than as an internet media streamer. Accordingly, if you're vacillating between different devices, you need to consider what your priorities are. If all you want is an internet media streamer, the WDTV is pretty good, but not necessarily the best, as there are other devices which can do the job equally well, if not better, and at a lower price. However, if, like me, your main objective is to stream your own digital library to your TV, this is hard to beat, being, in my view, very NAS-friendly. For sheer quality and versatility, this beats other devices like Apple TV, Netgear Push2TV, Roku, and smart TVs hands down (all of which I have owned and used before). For those who have given poor reviews, I have to say that I have not experienced any of their woes, and can only conclude that they have had the misfortune of receiving faulty units or corrupted software. A note of caution for would be buyers, there are earlier versions of the WD TV still on sale, so, if you wish to ensure that you get this latest model, the model number to look out for is WDBPUF0000NBK.

Update 25/3/2015:
I recently purchased a couple of Sumvision Cyclone Micro 4 media players as gifts for relatives, and had the opportunity to test and evaluate these. I was very impressed with the way these performed, and have to say that, if all you want is to play your own digital library, without an internet streamer facility, these perform better than the WD TV, with much less of the lag that other WDTV reviewers have commented upon, and at half the price of the WDTV.
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junkenstein
3.0 out of 5 stars It streams Slingplayer fine, usually on HD quality setting, but loses internet connection every 3 minutes :-((
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2015
Verified Purchase
I bought this product to use with my Slingplayer account in the USA. I have about a 10mg download speed in the house & it's wired via LAN into the hub. It streams Slingplayer fine, usually on HD quality setting, but it loses connection about every 3 minutes!!? Any idea why this happens? All other channels (BBC iplayer etc) work fine, but I only really want to use the Slingplayer app... Is there a firmware upgrade or is it just my broadband speed or hub kicking it off? Please help.... My Slingplayer account streams fine throug my iPad but I want to free that up & use the WD TV....
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Cobra
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Media Player that could be so much better
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2015
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To start off my review i'd like to explain my reasoning for purchasing this media player. I'm looking for a way for my family to watch media without the need of a computer, through primarily a usb hard drive of 1TB which is also a Western Digital product. I'm not using this device for streaming from youtube and other similar apps that are installed already. If anyone is after Netflix or Amazon prime streaming, then please look elsewhere as this device doesn't have the ability to do that.

Getting Started
When you rip open the box you'll be presented with the media player itself, remote control + batteries, power cable (British), composite cables and manual. If you require to connect via HDMI then you'll need to purchase this separately. I personally opted to buy the suitable BlueRigger cable that was recommended by Amazon at the time of purchase. Personally i would of liked a HDMI cable included for this price range and perhaps removing the composite cable if WD needed to cut the costs from doing so.

Set Up and booting
Upon first powering it up my tv was unable to recognise any signal. After turning the media player off and on again it worked. Setting up was painless and pretty quick. You just enter the time zone, wifi information and you're pretty much done. After i connected a usb stick to the device i was asked if i wanted to updated the firmware, of which i did. All in all it was fast and wasn't as deathly as a windows update on a PC. I then proceeded to add a background wallpaper of Spider-Man. All very simple. On average it does just over a minute for it to boot up, though this shouldn't be a problem unless you happen to be 140 years old and watching the seconds tick by!

Remote Control
This works as you would expect. It feels nice in the hand thanks to the moulding on the back of it. As long as you point the remote control directly at the media player you should find no fault. This remote control has flown onto the floor from many daring heights over the few weeks and it's still alive and kicking. If this is ever to fail, i know that it can be controlled via smartphone if required but i would like to hope that replacement remote controls are available somewhere.

Software
Not super responsive, but passable. I expect i would get disheartened if i was having to type a lot through the remote control (if youtube was my main desire, it would be a very big issue). I feel the software could be better designed and made to feel more fluid and eye catching. I'm also a user of XBMC and that has a lot of eye catching stuff going on and presents media beautifully. I'd like to see WD invest in creating visuals that all media collections deserve. I tend to use 'list' view since the media player works faster that way. Youtube app works ok, if a bit slow. I have not tested this much but i hear there are memory errors if you use some of these web services like BBCI Player. Personally i haven't got these errors as of yet nor heard complaints from my family. All in all, i think WD Media Player is trying to do to much with a slow, sluggish performance. Use for playing back local files instead which is its main strength, You cannot add apps or anything yourself, WD decide what apps are available for viewing.

The Media player has some other features like FTP abilities, but these were all unused and i imagine for the average consumer these options won't be used. It's nice to have the feature available however.

Playback
Perfection. It played everything i have thrown at it. All sorts of files and sizes. It can play 30gb bluray video without any buffering. If you happen to have a large collection of high quality video, you'll not be disappointed. I literally cannot fault it... this is what makes the media player worth it and far better than the competition. Music playback was also flawless. Good work WD.

Problems and Suggestions
1. While having screensaver turned on, if i change to a different HDMI port or watch TV instead.. upon returning the tv would not recognise the WD Media player. I'd have to reset it for it to work. I turned off the screensaver and all was fine so it's worth keeping that in mind.

2. Removed the hard drive so i can add more videos and upon reconnecting i get an error saying no storage device is found. The storage device is most certainly connected properly and the hard drive is fine, it was working just a minute ago on the media player. This has happened countless times and i feel this is where WD Media Player gets very temperamental. For example, it refuses to read a hard drive that i have just updated from my computer. So i disconnect it from the WD media player and then reconnect it to my computer. Computer recognises hard drive and then i disconnect hard drive from computer and reconnect to Wd media box, without doing anything at all... Then it works. I feel that this could be fixed and made more friendly and reliable, if not in a firmware update then perhaps in the next upgrade of WD Media player later this year (if one is released). Once the Media Player recognises the hard drive, it'll recognise it always even when turning the device off. Only time issues occur is when you disconnect it. To check to see if i was disconnecting it wrong, i have tried every method imaginable and still found the same issue, This is the biggest reason my family complain about.

3. Not as much a problem, but on the remote control i'd of liked an 'i' button that easily shows information about the file and what is being watched.

4. What makes XBMC strong is the ability for the community to customise their experience and find add-ons and themes. WD shouldn't be scared of allowing this to happen, for it will only add attraction to the serious media crowd which then would give more options to the casual viewer just wanting something pretty, powerful and practical. If WD has some fears of this more open platform approach they could at least review themes and stuff created by the users then decide if they want to add it or not through updates. More choice in stylish options is far more important than adding streaming services that are slow and done by other machines and smart tvs much quicker and more efficiently. More memory within the media player would help a lot.

5. I select 1080p, but whenever the box is turned off and turned back on again it goes back to 720p default. This is very frustrating and probably an easily fixable issue via firmware.

Final Words
I brought this to play back high quality mkv, avi and mp4 through a connected 1tb WD hard drive (my passport). Wd Media Player did this flawlessly and i am very happy with that. What lets the system down is a tendency to be sluggish in response to controls. The hardware could be faster to make menus and thumbnails/info load quicker and perhaps concentrate on including the community more when it comes to customisation. Other than the other problems i've listed, we're very near to the perfect media player. It plays back video perfectly so the core reason to buy this is flawless and pleasing.
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Duane U.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Value on a refurbished unit
Reviewed in the United States on 12 September 2016
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Unit works fine. Seller was quick to respond to my concerns for missing accessories.
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senormailman
4.0 out of 5 stars having netflix would have been nice but i guess it will have to do
Reviewed in India on 10 June 2016
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hmm. having netflix would have been nice but i guess it will have to do. It plays about 98 % of all my videos and I have quite a lot ( about 200 to 300 of them or maybe more). only once in a while a video cannot be played because it can't be read by the player, so that acceptable.
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Christian Ott
5.0 out of 5 stars bewusst, gebrauchtes gerät erworben...
Reviewed in Germany on 1 June 2015
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...nach langem suchen habe ich für das schlafzimmer im obergeschoss einen mediaplayer gesucht. keinen für €200.-- oder mehr, sondern was einfaches, günstiges. nach ein paar fehlkäufen, die auf android basis laufen und dem lenovo beacon habe ich mich dann doch für den wd tv entschieden. schon alleine deswegen, weil ich sehr viel festplatten und clouds von der firma habe und damit mehr als zufrieden bin. dazu aber gleich mehr.
die rezesionen sind entweder bähhh oder super! dazwischen findet man nicht viel. ich war neugierig, ob es wirklich an dem gerät liegt oder an den benutzern, die es verwenden. aus diesem grund habe ich mir ein günstiges, gebrauchtes modell aus dem marketplace gekauft, in der hoffnung, es ist eines, welches retour gegangen ist, weil es nicht funktioniert hat. es war halt nicht mehr original verpackt und auch die folie vom gerät war bereits ab, ich vermute wie bei wd üblich war eine dran und es ist auch immerwieder schön ein neues gerät zu bekommen und diese abzuziehen, aber für eine kostenersparnis von €30.-- (1/3 des Preises) war ich bereit auf diesen moment zu verzichten.
heute bekommen ausgepackt und angeschlossen. UND JA! es dauert, bis das gerät hochgefahren ist. zwar jetzt nicht eine ewigkeit, aber 2 minuten können schon vergehen. im vergleich zu meiner boxee box aber nicht wirklich viel länger.
UND NEIN! es ist kein HDMI - kabel dabei. habe ich übersehen oder überlesen, aber es befindet sich keines im lieferumfang.
jetzt kurz zu meiner technischen ausstattung - vom gerät ausgehend.
dieses verbindet sich über einen gigabit-ethernet-wlanadapter mit dem router im erdgeschoss. über einen gemanagten switch greift der player dann auf die mycloud von wd mit den filmen zu. in summe habe ich 3 clouds. eine daten, eine mirror und eine movie/mp3 cloud. die filme und serien liegen in dem shared folder der movie cloud. trotz dieses weges sind die daten sehr schnell geladen, incl. covers.
mit der integrierten fernbedienung meinen wunschfilm ausgewählt und gestartet. etwa 5 sekunden vergehen bis der film losgeht.
alles kein problem. ich habe es mit einfachen filmen mit niedriger bitrate und filmen mit hoher bitrate versucht (Interstellar mit 17GB).
laufen alle ohne probleme. auch vor und zurückspulen stellt kein problem dar. ob die datenmenge für eine iso reicht, weiss ich nicht.
brauch ich auch nicht, dafür habe ich die originale blu ray im erdgeschoss.

also ich konnte bis jetzt kein einziges problem erkennen. nichts von dem, was die negativen rezesionen bestätigen würde.
wie gehabt, bin ich mit den wd produkten sehr zufrieden.

sollte sich da noch etwas ändern, folgt selbstverständlich ein update.
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PoyPoy
5.0 out of 5 stars Vraiment top
Reviewed in France on 25 January 2015
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Bonjour a tous,

Juste un commentaire pour parler de ce petit boitier qui est vraiment très intéressant. Je cherchais une alternative afin de pouvoir visualiser l'ensemble de mes vidéos perso (caméscope numérique Full HD + GoPro Full HD) et surtout un élément pouvant les diffuser sur ma TV Sony. Le WD TV est parfait pour mon utilisation, couplé a un disque dur USB, il est détecté directement sur mon réseau, je peux tranquillement transférer mes vidéos et en profiter directement sur ma TV. La qualité de mon réseau ne me permettant pas de faire du streaming en FULL HD depuis mes ordinateurs, le WD TV est le parfait maillon manquant pour cela.
En plus effectivement la prise par défaut est une prise Anglaise mais l'adaptateur FR est fourni dans la boite. Il suffit de changer l'embout pour qu'il soit compatible avec les prises en France.
Je vous conseille donc ce petit boitier qui rempli parfaitement son rôle.
Je l'ai testé sans problèmes en MP4, en MKV, en AVI, même sur de gros fichiers, il ne bronche pas. Pas de saccades. Les menus sont un peu long à la détente mais une fois paramétré correctement ce n'est pas gênant.

Je vous le recommande vivement surtout que son prix est imbattable à performances équivalentes.
En plus la qualité WD est là, les firmware sont mis à jour régulierement.
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Odisseo
5.0 out of 5 stars Eccellente
Reviewed in Italy on 14 November 2014
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Il dispositivo funziona e si configura senza particolari difficoltà. All'avvio ti chiede la lingua, poi rileva i segnali Wifi e ti chiede di selezionare il tuo e poi di inserire la relativa password. Fatto questo, si collega alla rete e inizia ad aggiornare il firmware fino a portarlo all'ultima versione. In tutto impiega una mezz'ora.

Completata l'installazione del firmware si riavvia e lì ho avuto quale problemino. Cercando di accedere a Youtube il dispositivo si riavviava da solo durante il caricamento della pagina. L'ho spento per un po', poi quando l'ho riacceso funzionava tutto alla perfezione e ho passato la serata a guardarmi video su Youtube senza alcun intoppo.

Il giorno successivo mi sono dedicato all'uso del dispositivo per visualizzare film salvati su hardisk. I menu sono intuitivi e configurabili in modi diversi, trovi facilmente il file video che t'interessa, premi OK e dopo pochi secondi parte il film.

Qui l'esperienza è andata assolutamente bene. Una volta configurata la risoluzione video (mettetela a 1080p 60Hz se avete un bello schermo grande che la supporta) tutto funziona in maniera fluida e il 99% dei formati video/audio si aprono senza problemi. L'unico che non funziona è il formato video H.265 per il quale servono dispositivi con più di un processore (quindi non ci sarà mai nessun aggiornamento firmware che permetterà a questo dispositivo di aprirli). Al momento non mi pare una lacuna degna di nota data la rarità di diffusione di questo formato.

Molto carina è la possibilità di scaricare dalla rete le locandine dei film e telefilm che avete sul vostro hardisk, in modo di visualizzare nel menù, con tanto di riassunto della trama del film e recensioni varie. Tutto di facile accesso tramite il vostro telecomando (per altro molto sensibile). Carina anche la funzione di configurazione del telecomando, che permette di assegnare comandi anche complessi da associare alla pressione di un singolo tasto.

Il massimo della goduria è collegare alla USB posteriore un bel hardisk capiente (ne trovate da 2 TB a poco prezzo anche qui su Amazon) e poi inviare i file multimediai che scaricate dal PC (o dal Tablet) via wifi direttamente sull'hardisk.

Se invece avete in mente un utilizzo più per lo streaming, che sia da Youtube o da Netlfix o da altri, allora cercare altri dispositivi. Troverete cose più adatte e performanti, e a prezzi più bassi.
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