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Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player

Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player
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alaScore 85

156 reviews

Nov, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 156 reviews of Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the portability and performance. The size and price are also mentioned favorably, but the connectivity and durability get negative reviews. There are some mixed opinions about the reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 47 user reviews of Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the portability and size. The performance and price also get good opinions, but there are some less positive views about the reliability.

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74% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Ardjuna Seghers (trustedreviews.com)

Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player

 

Western Digital gives its famed media player the 'mini' treatment.

As already mentioned the remote remains mostly unchanged, with the exception that its finish has also - sensibly - transitioned from glossy to matt. It uses two AAA batteries so those who care about the environment can use rechargeable ones. It's solid...

Feb, 2011
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Expert review by (gadgetheaven.co.uk)

Western Digital WD TV Mini Media Player

 

Western Digital first introduced the WD TV HD media player which was an instance hit among home entertainment owners. The WD company has now introduced the WD TV mini media player which is smaller and less expensive.

May, 2012
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Expert review by : James Hutchinson (goodgearguide.com.au)

Western Digital WD TV Mini media player

 

Western Digital's WD TV Mini is a small and versatile media player

Support for a wide range of codecs and multiple file systems, attractive and responsive interface

No HDMI or 1080p playback, no H.264 or MKV file format support, photo browser can be difficult to navigate

The WD TV Mini media player will work with almost any video, music or photo file you throw at it. Minor criticisms aside, this tiny black box is the perfect companion to older televisions or those with a spare component port.

Sep, 2009
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Consumer review (play.com)

Good media player but cheaper are available

 

I bought this thinking it would play HD files via component. It doesn't. Any HD files you may download will not be recognised and its says resolution too big. It will upscale standard definition files to 1080i, but the quality isn't that great compared...

Mar, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Awful to the eenth power

 

IT NEVER WORKS and WASTES THE USERS' TIME & NRG!

I gave it a 1 because I have to make AT Least that designation. This piece of junk worked for a few tries, and now I spend more time rebooting it and resetting it and praying that it will stop rolling so I don't feel like such an idiot for buying the...

never works

Mar, 2013
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great product

 

Loved this product. Am disappointed it's discontinued.

Easy to get started ; Played almost every format I owned (see below for con) ; Menus worked really well ; Good price

Would not work with some of the more advanced hard drives, but worked fine on most of those available when I purchased the product ; Would not play Hi Def formats (but once the video was reformatted down, played fine)

Mar, 2011
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

WD mini tv media player

 

i could just barely read the screen in its black/white flickering goodness. I scrolled around and found the settings option, then found the resolution setting and then clicked on Y PB Pr (green red blue cable hook up for hd) and it gave me the option...

FREAKING AMAZING as i use to simply hook up my laptop to my tv and play media from that ; Easy to use that my mom can use it which is why i got it. She cant use my laptop very well (newegg censored me)

Did not work right out of the box due to it being set to PAL instead of NTFS (needed for north America region technology and movies) witch gave it a flickering picture in black and white. It wasn't a Hertz problem, just a resolution problem

Mar, 2011
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Worked great, for a month

 

I was never notified by phone or email that I wouldn't be getting another one of these from Newegg, nor was I offered a similar product as a replacement, I had to find out after it was too late and they had refunded my account.

Played the format I use most, small

Worked for one month, one day powered it up and the color was black and white with no sound, returned for an RMA replacement but it was discontinued

Jan, 2011
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great overall, but can have it's quarks

 

It's small, and kinda cute.

Plays alot of formats so easily

Can be finicky with some 'files' off the internets. But, then again could be problems with associated with those 'files

Dec, 2010
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Doesn't play mp4

 

I tried about a dozen different mp4 codecs and this wouldn't play ANY of them. After searching through the support forum for WD, I found that this is a common complaint for this item and WD has not been helpful in resolving it. I was about ready to...

Easy to set up. Easy menu

Won't play mp4

Dec, 2010
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