The consensus seems to be for the high price compared ot similar devices (example Asus O!play which is about 25% less and does more) WD TV LIVE is more or less the purchase of no0bs who don't do their research.

Barry (above me) stop trolling. First there are multiple issues with 1080 on the WD, you just need to check WD's own forums since they themselves claim to be working on several 1080 issues they can replicate as well as many networkinf problems not existing on other players.

Second, no one is "Moaning" aobut the lack of YoutTube HD, it was brought up by the second commentor (proably you form the diction) who said the reviewer was wrong and it had Youtub HD. NO the reviewer was CORRECT -- in fact YouTube open playback was removed killing HD. All the WD firmware updates have been to remove features, starting with the very first update which caused spdif out of sync on mp4, which is still a problem since WD apparently did not pay for all the codec licenses.

WD is also the only company making these streamers to not pay the small fee for dvd menus, which are the biggest user requested fix, so you get no dvd menus or chapter movement.

Come on people. I have the earlier version of this and HD content is at 1080p and is perfect. You get what you pay for and this is cheap compared to other similar devices. For me the options are:

1) use a 16GB usb stick to put content on
2) buy a supported wireless dongle
3) buy a powerline adapter and use the plug as a network connection ( I actually have a powerline network in my house and its worth every penny).

To all the people moaning about youtube HD content not showing. is that such a downer, if you sit in front of your tv and watch youtube, something wrong.

To that person who seems unable to read, and to back up his responder, yes - it does support 1080p, no problems at all. It plays magnificently on my LG50PS7000.

Secondly, with regards HD WMV files and WMA Pro audio... I'm not saying it DOES support it, but I've owned the box for quite some time now and I have never, ever noticed the fact because I've never, ever needed it. Listing it as a huge major is therefore a bit iffy.

No MyFaceTube HD?? Oh no!

Who the hell sits down in front of the telly to browse through youtube clips?

Lastly, I agree with the others with regards internal storage. Don't want it. I stream everything over the network (100Mbps... what on earth were you doing testing on 10Mbps?? Is it 1996 or something?) and 10GB+ 1080p files play without any issues whatsoever, so not sure what you were up to.

I had one for 1 month Keep Freezing Erroring Middle of the Movie. I was Playing MKV it would not play unless i playied there tverity. I replace with a Netbook win 7 system now i am happy. F- for WD live

Don't forget to turn your clock one hour ahead this weekend. Daylight saving time begins 2 a.m. Sunday.

So watching & then, Total Recall, where'd my hour go. its' rough Life. Nowadays Standard time is Here 4 months & 1 week anos. DSt until 7Nov since 2007.

Should public wait to get Hour Back, Perhaps.

Yep, there's no access to HD YouTube - even Western Digital confirms it on their support pages for the WD TV Live.

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5346&p_created=1266013872&p_sid=EtUs6IWj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9OTUsOTUmcF9wcm9kcz0yMDgsMjk5JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0yLjI5OSZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9Mg!!&p_li=&p_topview=1

This sucks and looks like it's down to the latest firmware, me thinks WD got their wrist slapped and had to take it away.

Why would you want internal storage?
It has no problem powering my external 500 GB 2.5" USB drive. How would internal storage be more useful or flexible?

@ fine print. Only the WD TV Mini is limited to 1080i, read the specs.
"- H.264 MP@L4.1 and HP@4.1 up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30, or 1280x720p60 resolution. "

Note: 1920x1080p24

This unit does support 1080p:

Note:
- MPEG2 MP@HL up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30 or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- MPEG4.2 ASP@L5 up to 1280x720p30 resolution and no support for global motion compensation.
- WMV9/VC-1 MP@HL up to 1280x720p60 or 1920x1080p24 resolution. VC-1 AP@L3 up to 1920x1080i30, 1920x1080p24 or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- H.264 BP@L3 up to 720x480p30 or 720x576p25 resolution.
- H.264 MP@L4.1 and HP@4.1 up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30, or 1280x720p60 resolution.

it is 1080, but 1080i, not 1080p. I'll hold of for juts a little while until they decided to make a proper device that can utilize my TV.

Wow! Did you spend a whole 5 minutes playing with the device before spending another 1 minute to write the article?

There is an option to prefer HD Youtube content, if available, in the settings.

WD also has a list of tested wireless USB adapters on their homepage, I believe in the FAQ section.

I picked up a Linksys 11N USB adapter for mine and it works great for streaming from my media center's shared folders.

I have one of these units and for the price, you can't beat it.

I prefer not having on board storage as that a) racks up the price (I paid £93 for mine as opposed to the £120 mentioned in the article) and b) introduces a potential point of failure (and if the drive fails, that means sending the entire unit away).