Western Digital WDBMBA0000NBK-HESN Reviews & Tests

Expert review by : Gordon Kelly (trustedreviews.com)

Western Digital WD TV Play

An excellent value media player, but compromises have been made.

Attractive, intuitive UI ; Wide range of integrated streaming services ; Very cheap

No support for DTS audio ; Poor navigation for local media ; Remote has questionable layout

That said getting the WD TV Play up and running is nigh on foolproof, which means getting to your content is only minutes away.

Mar, 2014

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Expert review by : Ian Morris (pocket-lint.com)

Western Digital WD TV Play review

With smart TVs becoming more popular, those with older sets they don't want to replace might want to look for something to add media playback features and online content from a separate box. When the WD TV Play arrived, we didn't really know what it...

Tiny, lower power use, cheap, great picture quality, good range of useful apps, USB input, built-in wireless, plays pretty much everything

A bit slow to navigate menus, bug sometimes crashes device and needs restart to recover

When the WD TV Play arrived, we didn't really know what it was going to do better than any other device. In fact, it turned out to be better than almost anything else we've used as a media player. It didn't encounter files it couldn't play via DLNA,...

Nov, 2013

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Expert review by (macworld.co.uk)

Western Digital WD TV Play review: Streaming media player

AppleTV rival gets a facelift for both hardware and software

Jun, 2013

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Expert review by : SmallNetBuilder (smallnetbuilder.com)

WD TV Play Reviewed

Easy setup, Supports any TV (HDMI and AV outputs), Supports lots of local media types, Smartphone remote apps for iOS and Android, Plays local media from USB and DLNA servers

Relatively small number of apps that can't be user expanded, Does not support playback from network shares

Inexpensive streamer with wide format support for local playback

Mar, 2013

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Expert review by : Legit Reviews (legitreviews.com)

Western Digital WD TV Play Media Player Review

Feb, 2013

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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Western Digital WD TV Play

Nice small bit of kit. Connects to home network with no problems. Streams movies, music, photos, etc from my home NAS with no problem.

Cant find how to put more apps on. Not sure if you can. Think you may have to wait for WD to put more on with updates. Arrived with European instead of UK mains adapter. Sorted out. !

Feb, 2014

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

Tal

I bought this one after using the first WDTV for 3 years.The Apps are working flawlessly, Netflix has never ran faster on any device of mine and it played any format I have till now.It's fast, stable, has good radio signal and very very compact. I...

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)