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Bringing your digital life to the big screen is how Western Digital describes its WD TV Live Hub, and we’d be hard pushed to disagree. The drive is well specified with HDMI, composite and component video out. It has two USB ports, one on the front and...
Great user interface; small; well specified; integration with iOS apps; 1TB hard disk...
No wireless connection built in...
We really like the Live Hub, it brings together a decent set of online services, and shares well between all your Macs while giving you access to your media on your TV. Though some may not like the limitation to wired networking as standard out of the box...
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The WD TV Live Hub is one of the few media players that can rival the Apple TV for ease of use. It has a 1TB hard drive built into it for storing your music, photos and video files and automatically showed up as a network drive on our office iMac, so w...
Includes 1TB hard disk; easy to set up; attractive interface...
Expensive; film rental options only available in the US...
Our only complaint was that it didn't display the album artwork from our iTunes songs...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2013-11-02 03:28:22
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Media player clients that sit beneath your television and pick up content from network devices such as NAS drives are nothing new. But with its WD TV Live Hub Media Center, Western Digital has pushed things a little further. It's a smaller piece of ki...
It does a lot, with very little fuss...
When the internal hard disk is loaded, it can be hard work to keep everything organised.
A good value, compact media hub, whose small size belies its power...
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Getting a streamer that plays your computer media on your TV is great, but leaving your computer on so the content is always accessible is far less palatable.Adding network storage is a great way to go, but buying a NAS and streamer at the same time ca...
Good picture performance, versatile design, hard disk included...
Sounds a little soft, no easy streaming built-in...
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Product Code: PN467349 The WD TV Live Hub is a media-streaming set-top box, able to play music and video from its internal 1TB drive, or from other PCs and NAS in the home, or from online media services such as YouTube The media streamer hits keep co...
Overall, the WD TV Live Hub shapes up as a versatile and (with the exception of the problem of accessing network shares) user-friendly media streamer and storage device, both for streaming media to a connected HDTV and serving it throughout the home...
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Combining the best of both worlds, Western Digital combines a network media player and a media server into one handy little box. With a TB of hard drive space, the WD TV Live Hub boasts some unparalleled quality that includes FULL HD, ensuring that you...
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Between music files, camcorder recordings and perfect legal TV and DVD backups, the average person has quite an extensive collection of digital media. While some will probably already have a dedicated (and expensive) device in place, the rest of us nee...
A solid media streamer that ticks a lot of the right boxes.The WD TV Live Hub boasts a wide array of supported file formats, most notably FLAC and MKV...
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Western Digital's (WD) TV Live Hub is a Full HD media streamer with plenty of features, a relatively simple interface, and support for all popular file types, as well as some no-so-popular ones (.ogm anyone?) The heart of the TV Live Hub is a 1TB hard...
Built-in 1TB drive, analog and digital video outputs, small footprint, clean and easy to use interface, good file format support...
Remote control could be better, online features need refining...
The WD TV Live Hub media streamer is a good unit overall, and very versatile. You can stream content to it from your computers, or you can store content on its internal hard drive and stream that to other devices. It works on both old TVs and new ones and...
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techradar.com Updated:
2013-11-02 03:28:50
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Western Digital's latest, the WD TV Live Hub, may be slimmer than its predecessors, but it leaves a far more impressive footprint. Despite being only twice the size of an Apple TV, it includes a 1TB hard drive and multiple other extras. With USB ports...
Good file support, Plenty of storage, Online content, Can be used as a NAS drive...
Better online content would be welcome...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2013-11-02 03:29:06
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Internet services are now to be found on pretty much all media centres, even entry level products. Nevertheless, such services are almost always no more than gadgets. You tend to open them just once and never use them again as they are often too poorly...
Good quality interface: customizable, technically and graphically a success, Easy to create a video or audio jukebox, Good quality Internet services, Multimedia compatability almost every format supported, Network connectivity well handled / Good quality build and design...
Video jukebox doesn't work for TV series, Audio tag retrieval from the Internet not working yet, No Picasa, External music album covers not recognised...
This is a media centre stuffed with features and with a particularly good interface. With just a little more work from Western when it brings out the updates, it will improve even further. In the meantime, the WD TV Live Hub has the merit of being easy...
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Western Digital’s WD TV has always been one of the better streaming media players. It has an attractive graphical interface, supports an extensive range of audio and video file formats, and – with no internal hard disk – proved much cheaper than disk-b...
The poor documentation and dodgy firmware are only minor blemishes on an otherwise efficient and attractive media player. The AppleTV might still hold the award for best interface, but the Live Hub’s support for a wider range of file formats makes it...
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We’re big fans of Western Digital’s media players. The WD TV and WD TV Live have both won awards from us for their diminutive designs, slick interfaces and wide format support. With little reason to mess with a great product, Western Digital has instea...
The built-in hard disk might not be ideal for everyone, but either way it’s still an incredible media player, with gorgeous menus and a sleek appearance...
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In October we reviewed the second generation Apple TV . It was beautiful, intuitive and ultimately restrictive beyond use to all but the most dedicated iTunes supporter. Today sees the brand spanking new Western Digital WD TV Live Hub set before us and it...
Huge range of compatible codecs, Large 1GB storage, Compatible with 3D...
No built-in WiFi, UI not an Apple TV-beater, No card reader...
On paper the WD TV Live Hub appears to be the complete opposite of the new Apple TV and so it proves - both in good ways and bad. The good are fundamental deal makers: comprehensive codec support (if no more extensive than previous WD TVs), extended funct...
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Although it shares a name with the WD TV Live, the Live Hub takes things to a whole different level. This really is a consumer media player done right. It's easy to use in spite of its broad feature set, it has a beautiful interface, library features...
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Western Digital (WD) has for years been known as one of the main players in the data storage business, and has recently moved into the digital TV market with its WD TV HD Plus offering, aimed to compete against Apple TV and the like.While its previous...
The WD TV Live Hub is an excellent solution if you want to centralise the tons of media content available today. It supports a massive amount of file types, meaning playback is almost always assured. As with any TV box though, video quality itself will...
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I've always been a bit of a fan of the Western Digital media boxes, but I never had a chance to actually use one in hand. The specifications always looked good and the device on a whole looked sleek.Sitting at the top of the WD TV line-up is the Live Hub...
I've always been a bit of a fan of the Western Digital media boxes, but I never had a chance to actually use one in hand. The specifications always looked good and the device on a whole looked sleek. Sitting at the top of the WD TV line-up is the...
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Let's be brutally honest here. This product is targeted at PC users who have massive libraries of digital video and audio stored on their computers. It's highly likely that the majority of this content is not legally procured. It's not the only product...
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Here's the next new thing from Western Digital, the WD TV Live Hub. We reviewed the WD TV Live last year and we gave it a 7.5 out of 10. Now, the WD TV Live Hub includes a 1TB hard drive to store your movies, pictures and movies on, so you can move it fro...
Plays nearly every format, great interface, connectivity...
No WiFi, No iTunes Support, No AirPlay...
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The WD TV Live Hub is the top of the line media player from Western Digital. This Full HD-capable media player is a compromise between power and affordability. The device we evaluated has an internal capacity of one terabyte, recognizes just about all med...
The WDTV Live Hub has gone a long way from other media players in terms of user interface. You wouldn't mind leaving it on so that it will be the first thing you'd see when you turn on your TV. The ability to customize it is something most media players d...
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Transferring files from the computer to the media center was a tedious process with the first-generation media players sold in the market a few years ago. We barely touched the media player my dad brought home because it was such a hassle to transfer file...
1TB memory, Supports almost all audio and video formats, Internet enabled...
Slow transfer of files, No built in WiFi...
The WD Live hub is the ultimate media player for movie buffs. You won't miss another show ever again...
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Personal media players give you the flexibility to play all your digital media on any screen. It is very appealing for those of us who have built up a collection of videos, images and music on our computer(s) or external hard drives. Media players have go...
Slick and easy user interface, Customizable UI, Preloaded with widgets and internet services...
Lack of support for RMVB and FLV, Difficult to change preinstalled HDD, No WiFi connectivity, Pricey...
So to Conclude…The design of the WD TV Live Hub, though typical of such media devices, is relatively slim and its black design will fit in well with most of your home A/V equipment. If we were to take a look at its functions; the Live Hub is a capable med...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
2016-11-24 12:48:58
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I’ve always been a big fan of Media Centers- largely due to my love of movies and television. Traditionally, I would build a Media Center PC to my exact needs but small and light boxes have become so powerful that it’s easier to simply buy one than bui...
Gorgeous User Interface, Simple to setup, Plays all kinds of videos...
No builtin WiFi, no HDMI cable included...
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