Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player

I just bought the box, full of hope after such a good review.

1st impressions are still good. Box is really small and stylish. I am pleasantly surprised that it accepts USB sticks in place of a hard drive. Interface is user friendly.

2nd impressions are not that good. I tried to watch a HD video file encoded with mkv. The box reads the video fine but, big dissapointment, does not support the audio file (DTS HD)...

I now try to watch a divx file with audio encoded in AC-3 (it is supposed to be the same as Dolby-Digital). Another disappointment, audio is not decoded even though the box is supposed to decode Dolby-Digital.

I go to online support and see that neither DTS HD nor AC-3 are supported by the box.

Big let down. What's the point of decoding HD video files if it does not support the HD audio files that go with it?

Note: I updated the box with latest firmware (april 09) so updating firmware does not solve problem.

Box seems perfect to enjoy divx but useless to decode HD video files. I though I bought a future-proof product. WRONG.

Hi, I have few questions:
1. Does this player have a fan? If yes, how loud is it when on full performance?
2. If I upload the last update, does it include all previous updates? Or do I have to upload all released updates?
3. Does it support for example Czech, Slovak subtitles (does it support the special characters)?
4. Is it possible to synchronize the subtitles with the movie? (forward/backward)
Thanks

The WD TV was another purchase instigated by a very positive TR review. I was not disappointed. Having spent a bit too much in media players playing the "early adopter", I confess this is the first media player with a high WAF that has entered our home. It does what it says in the box, I don't need to decompress my FLAC archives to listen to my library and delivers 1080 content without a complaint.
(My former media players: Conceptronic Grab'n'GO 3.5", limited format support and dreadful UI; Emtec MovieCube with DVR, networking, better format support and larger HDD, average, sluggish UI).