WD TV HD Media Player user reviews (winter 2009)

Cons ? No built in Hard Drive
? Have to physically move the external hard drive back and forth from you computer to your Home Theater System to download movies
? Stays warm in standby mode
? No HDMI Cable included
? Small remote contol on February 1, 2009 by dalemi  | Read full review

Cons - cumbersome organization of files
- not continuous playing of sound files on April 14, 2009 by truling  | Read full review

Cons 1) No proper product promotion and manual
2) Does not use the playlist in HD recorded movies. Each movie clip need to be played separately.
3) The unit I brought required firmware upgrade to play ".mts" files (the file format in AVCHD cameras). on February 12, 2009 by Athiappan  | Read full review

Cons Spent more time tracking down this media player in the store then setting up the device. It's not well know. on April 20, 2009 by Birdman7  | Read full review

Cons "Networking capabilities" waay overated--I'm very confident making this statement. on March 31, 2009 by Dirk7r7  | Read full review

Cons I bought this to display slideshow photos to friends and relatives. The unit is supposed to be able to display pics at 3 second intervals but it won't. It takes between 7 and 14 seconds. This is unacceptable and WD was not helpful. on April 13, 2009 by Mr_joe_user  | Read full review

Cons - JPG picture viewer is very slow
- tracks not listed in order in mp3 albums
- icons are all the same - doesnt show first frame in movies etc. on April 8, 2009 by Pauliex  | Read full review

Cons Can be quirky at times, needs to be restarted. on April 3, 2009 by DarkTrade  | Read full review

Cons none right now on April 1, 2009 by rottlvr2  | Read full review

Cons This device does just what it says. It is easy to use and has no defects. on February 16, 2009 by drewchips  | Read full review

Cons I had trouble getting the media player to recognize the local USB storage device (WD), but when it did, I found that it would only play a portion of the movie then pause and load up more information. I have no idea why this happens. on April 16, 2013 by htgauthier  | Read full review

Cons -slooooow - always seemed to be overloaded
-cheesy interface
-FF, RW, & Pause slow to respond to input & imprecise
-file management options never worked properly
-after 6 months it stopped recognizing my WD hard drive. After trying solutions sugge on May 23, 2011 by WittyHandle  | Read full review

Cons It seems to prefer being connected (wired) to devices over working wirelessly. Had to spend extra $ to make it work wirelessly.
The 1 we bought quit working after a week, we took it back.
Couldn't get it to work with my MacBookPro wirelessly. on April 22, 2011 by imanione  | Read full review

Cons Using mkv's, mp3 and mv4 you will see video stutter or jerkiness. Most video's you may not noticed but if there is burst of video data it has to process then you see stutter. Usually when camera pans on scenery or an abundant pixel changes. on October 13, 2010 by sonclave  | Read full review

Cons - at risk of overheating, unit does not comes with a cooling fan
- no on device controls
- able to handle different media files formats with flaw (no audio in some case)
- interface need some work, picture quality is so so
- performance issues on September 28, 2010 by ultrahle  | Read full review

Cons We decided for a wireless and started looking for a Wireless N router. Luckily, a friend mentioned that router should be in the approval list of WD or it won?t work. It does not have an inbuilt adapter too. on June 11, 2010 by andrewcnet1  | Read full review

Cons Doesn't play neither my TIFF picture-files nor my AVI video-files - even thougt both formats are listed on the box. Apparently it only play some kinds of these files. Unfortunately this is what I bougth it for, so I feel a bit cheated. on June 8, 2010 by Jesperben  | Read full review

Cons Doesn't read all media formats, so you need to be careful when you save files. on March 31, 2010 by gbanchini  | Read full review

Cons USB ALSWAYS ON.
take care, the 2 usb ports remains ON after you power off the device. I have 2 external and broken hard drives due the fact is always on.
and the device becomes a little warm after a while, even off. on March 10, 2010 by tafernando  | Read full review