On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Phill Coxon <[email protected]> wrote: > I had the original WDTV Live and it was rubbish. > > Constant problems, crashes and long outstanding bugs that WD never got > around to fixing despite being listed at the very top of their community > voice submission lists (which they completely ignored). > > It may be that the newer versions are better but my experiences with the > WDTV live put me off even considering another WD media player for the > foreseeable future. > > Instead I bought a Boxee Box which has been magnificent. > > It still crashes rarely, but the sheer power and flexibility of this little > box is awesome. Network, Wireless N WiFi, SDHC slot, USB slots all built > in. Wireless remote with a fairly usable keyboard on the back. Plays > pretty much any format flawlessly up to 1080p via HDMI. Optical S/PDIF, > Composite Audio. > > Networking via SMB, NFS, UNnp - I use mediatomb on an Unbuntu box downstairs > to store media. > > There's a huge range of downloadable Apps - everything from news sources, > RSS feeds, Mashable, Revision 3, youtube, TED tv, streaming from online file > storage sites, online radio, image slideshows via flickr etc, Video on > Demand channels, social networking stuff. > > Boxee certainly isn't without its faults but is the best retail media player > (by far) that I've personally tried. > > http://www.boxee.tv/ >
yes I have heard that it is good. pricespy lists at about $330 so about double a WD, but would be worth it IMHO. Still prefer a media PC for the flexibility and openness it gives me (nVidia drivers aside) _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
