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"Home made Blu-Ray DVR"
4.5 starson by cpthook26Pros: Recognizes most media files to include Mpeg-4 & M2TS(Blu-Ray). DTS and DD also supported. Definitely offers a cheaper alternative to cable/sat company administered DVR's with a larger HD attached. A must for Home Theater enthusiasts.
Cons: Unless you have a LAN bandwidth extender attached, you cannot stream HD, Internet or even DVD without issues. I had to add a powerline wireless extender in order to wireless stream files successfully! Mini remote is not too efficient!
Summary: All in all a great value for Blu-Ray pirates who need a disc-less folder system capable of backing up large numbers of HD movies(30 or more with a 1.5TB HD attached).
WDHD Live..$119 + $120 for a decent sized HD, definitely a cheaper alternative to insanely priced standalone Blu-Ray players/Recorders.
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This device had no problem playing hi-def divx avi's thru the ethernet connection thru a router to my upstairs PC's external usb drive. I once tried streaming hi-def wirelessly with bad results.
As for the remote, well it is much better than my previous XBOX360 setup! I think it's quite useable.
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