I only had mine for about a week before this update bricked it. But yes, I think it's a great device for the price ($130ish CAD). I was using a PS3 to stream stuff from an ubuntu/mediatomb NAS before, but there's no native support for.mkv files. You can unpackage an mkv, demux and transcode if necessary, then remux into a standard mpg/mp4 to get PS3 to play it, but I found this to be too much of a hassle.

Like rayhan314, the WDTV has played every crazy file I've thrown at it. It's small, it's quiet, and it takes about one minute to setup (setup = plug into hdmi, plug in power, plug in ethernet, done). It also supports streaming files directly from a samba or cifs share, eliminating the need for a upnp av server like TVersity or mediatomb. Complaints: navigation through long lists of files is done a page at a time rather than the nice smooth scrolling you may be used to if you use XBMC (on whatever device) or a PS3.

Seeking from within a file is. It features only 1x,2x,4x,8x,16x fast forward and rewind. No popcornhour-style seek to 40% through by pressing '4'. No awesome PS3-style seek with thumbnails. Lastly, the internal DAC isn't fantastic.

I play.flac files for audio and these are natively handled (had to transcode on-the-fly using 2pcm for PS3 to handle these, and that removed support for seeking and even pausing). However, they sounded better on the PS3 which has a pretty solid internal DAC iirc.

This answer explains about how to update the firmware on a WD TV HD Media Player (Gen 1 and Gen 2).END Current Firmware for the WD TV HD Media Player. WD TV HD (WDBABF / WDBABG - Gen 2).

WD TV HD (WDAVx00 - Gen 1) Please, follow the steps below for updating your or:. Download the appropriate firmware for your WD TV HD (Gen 2 or Gen 1). Open the firmware update.ZIP file and extract the files (.BIN and.VER on the Gen 1 model,.BIN,.VER, and.FFF on the Gen 2 model) to a USB drive's main directory. Turn the WD TV on and connect your USB drive. When you connect the USB drive, the WD TV should take you straight to a screen that says New Firmware Found, and it should be highlighted. Simply press Enter.

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Note: If the WD TV does not find a valid firmware, you will go to the normal WD TV Menu. Also, you will not find any firmware update option in the menu.

You will be prompted to perform the firmware update. Select OK and press ENTER. This will restart the system.

After restarting, the system automatically enters firmware update mode. Once the update process is completed, the HD media player will restart again. Important:. Both files must be directly on the drive, and not in a folder.

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Do not rename either of the files. The WD TV should recognize the files immediately. If not, then double check the above points, and make sure that you have firmware that's newer than what you currently have on the WD TV. The firmware update can take up to 15 minutes.