WD TV

[kawal]

just got a full HD TV two weeks ago. though my original plan was to purchase a PS3 afterwards, i realized that (1) i wont have that much time for gaming because of work and (2) PS3 wont be able to play MKV's which i have a lot of; so i wont be able to enjoy my TV's hardcore resolution capabilities after all.

so i say no more PS3 and got this instead,





http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=734

this plays your media files (music, mpeg's, avi's, hi-def MKV's, and the usual format that you'd play on VLC or KM player). media player gets files from your HDD via USB. then you connect your TV through RCA or better yet your HD TV through HDMI. for audio freaks like me, an optical cable is available so i'm able to connect audio to my component system, which happens to be an Onkyo AV receiver to my Acoustimass 10 puppies.  

so gusto ko ngayon malaman kung may mga hi-def buddies jan na gumagamit rin ng WD TV.

[marzi]

^sell me your Onkyo! 

[kawal]

echepeche! sa tatay ko yun. papatayin ako nun kapag binenta ko yun. (happy father's day daddy!)

[marzi]

^awww...lintek kasing samsung bundled ht-z210 ambilis masira..after 1 year kung kelan katatapos lang ng free parts and labor warranty biglang may bibigay na component at mag "protect" mode na.

oh well, back to topic..

ganyan din sana plan ko noon. pero naisip ko mas madami akong formats na ma-play kung mag assemble na lang ako htpc kaya ayun, nagbuo na lang ako.

[DarkHorse]

i dont own one..pero nahihiram ko..sa utol ko...tamang tama to..me mga questions ako bout hd players e..kasi..dahil yung audio processor ko e walang digital out...some movies na .mkv e walang sound.,.dahil nga digital ang encoded na sound...so dahil sa HDMI lng din ako nagkakasound which is sa tv lang lumalabas...ok n rin sana..kaya lng mostly ng madadownload mo si digital..di sya tutunog..so my question is...wala bng player na parang magdedecode ng sound nya ..na kung digital sya eh ilalabas nya sa normal na jack ..or sumthing like that?..kasi i plan on buying din..pero sayang nmn kasi yung kukuning kong mga fiiles e kung di rin lang tutunog..sayang diba...yun..that is my issue...enlighten me...hehe...

[kawal]

^i never have that problem, whether optical cable ang gamit ko papunta sa audio receiver, or audio via HDMI papunta sa TV. di ko magets yung sinasabi mo na pag digital ay hindi tutunog. paki-explain further.

[marzi]

^wala ka talagang ganun problem dahil kung naka optical out ka papuntang onkyo receiver eh may onboard decoder ang onkyo nyo.. So lahat ng audio processing ay sagot na ng onkyo.. Ang sagot sa problema ni Darkhorse eh yung creative na 5.1 channel speaker system na dolby certified.. Ang mahal nun, huling tingin ko eh nasa 15k pa sya.. Pero sulit na sulit naka optical connection din.. Mas maganda siguro kung i-convert nya na lang muna sa isang simpleng format like .avi yung files na naka ac3 o mp3 yung sound..may mga option naman to convert to a high quality avi eh so parang wAla ding mababawas sa quality ng video..

[kawal]

marzi, kahit WDTV lang derecho sa TV via HDMI wala namang problema. i'm thinking na file or audio format ang problema. (hula lang)

[marzi]

im thinking din na most mkvs are uncompressed(video-wise and audio-wise)..so theres a possibility na pag dumaan ang uncompressed sound(malaking file size yun) eh hindi na kinakaya ng ordinary audio jack..if Darkhorse is using a pc to play his mkv files and the pc is connected to a 2.1 channel speaker system, gagana yun dahil:

1. the mkv player(softwares like klite code pack, etc) he installed on his pc has a built-in sound decoding system

or

2. his sound card has a software that would decode whatever format of sound the file has and would convert it to an output that would be supported by his speakers

ngayon, sa kaso ng pag connect ng wdtv via hdmi - kung ikakabit mo sa tv, yes gagana yun. remember that 1 hdmi cable has the capability to transfer up to 10gbs of data per second(latest spec). so if you have uncompressed mkv files na may uncompressed audio din, yakang yaka yan.sobra pa nga eh  pero pangit talaga sound quality pagdating sa tv dahil most mkv files have a default setting of 5.1 channel audio..you really need a decoder that would compress the files to something smaller..masyado kasing ma-treble yung audio..left and right channels lang naman meron ang hdtv di ba?

[DarkHorse]

@ marzi...

hdtv din gamit ko..same as kay kawal...problem is i think...me mga files like u said na dolby digital..and meron ac3 ata nga yun...kasi sa HDTV..iilaw yung LED pag digital yung sound...kawal shud know that...so pag umilaw na yung digital..sa malamang..digital yung audio ng say. .mkv files na yr playing....wen it happens...it means na sa iptical out lng dadaan yung audio ng file...and ive tried and tested it na...di dadaan yung audio sa hdmi pag ganun ang encoding ng file...in yr case cguro..most ng downloaded files mo e .mkv na not digital yung sound kaya yung audio dumadaan sa hdmi cable mo....or u better cguro na i double check mo most ng files mo kung anu yung gumagana lng sa hdmi...as to converting the .mkv files to avi...parang di ko trip...if gnun lng ang case...edi magburn n lng ako to a dvdr ng avi files kasi nababasa nmn avi sa normal dvd player e...kaya nga ko ng .mkv para HD yung viewing experience ko diba?..hehe...

[kawal]

^yes, most ng mga files ko is MKV. i'll look for an ac3 and we'll see.

[qroon]

Can it play Real's rmvb?

[kawal]

^hindi yata.

[turiguiliano]

just got a full HD TV two weeks ago. though my original plan was to purchase a PS3 afterwards, i realized that (1) i wont have that much time for gaming because of work and (2) PS3 wont be able to play MKV's which i have a lot of; so i wont be able to enjoy my TV's hardcore resolution capabilities after all.

so i say no more PS3 and got this instead,





http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=734

this plays your media files (music, mpeg's, avi's, hi-def MKV's, and the usual format that you'd play on VLC or KM player). media player gets files from your HDD via USB. then you connect your TV through RCA or better yet your HD TV through HDMI. for audio freaks like me, an optical cable is available so i'm able to connect audio to my component system, which happens to be an Onkyo AV receiver to my Acoustimass 10 puppies.  

so gusto ko ngayon malaman kung may mga hi-def buddies jan na gumagamit rin ng WD TV.

Interesting. Some questions though:
1. So you just DL the movies/videos then plug your USB/HDD?
2. How much does it cost?
3. Would you still go back to DVD's/Blurays?

[marzi]

Interesting. Some questions though:
1. So you just DL the movies/videos then plug your USB/HDD?
2. How much does it cost?
3. Would you still go back to DVD's/Blurays?

1. yes. as long as the format of the video you downloaded is supported by the player(WD TV).
2. wala pang 9k. last time i checked, Php 5,999. but thats the old model i saw on 2008. not sure kung may bago.
3. it depends. if youre still a sucker for shiny discs then yes, bibili ka pa rin ng dvd and bluray player. but if you are satisfied with the performance of this gadget, hindi na. with that said, Kawal, care to give our fellow forumite Turi a demo? 

ako, matagal ko din tinignan yan as option. pero since hardcore pc ako, i went for a full htpc setup. it costed me around 12k to build one and so far wala pa naman akong nakikitang downsides.

[turiguiliano]

1. yes. as long as the format of the video you downloaded is supported by the player(WD TV).
2. wala pang 9k. last time i checked, Php 5,999. but thats the old model i saw on 2008. not sure kung may bago.
3. it depends. if youre still a sucker for shiny discs then yes, bibili ka pa rin ng dvd and bluray player. but if you are satisfied with the performance of this gadget, hindi na. with that said, Kawal, care to give our fellow forumite Turi a demo? 

ako, matagal ko din tinignan yan as option. pero since hardcore pc ako, i went for a full htpc setup. it costed me around 12k to build one and so far wala pa naman akong nakikitang downsides.

Thanks!

(b) yes please. lol.

[kawal]

answers:
1. the usual files - avi, mpeg, and matroska(mkv) most importantly.
2. yung WDTV 4.6k ko nabili. yung WDTV Live ay nasa 6k.
3. yung DVD player naman eh medyo generic naman yan eh. ika nga "must-have" yan. though you may opt for a DVD player that uses HDMI na. yung blu-ray naman, dahil mahal ang discs eh hindi pa siguro practical sa ngayon. besides, you can get an almost-the-same quality with a 1080p MKV file running through the WDTV.

(b) iniisip ko pa kung paano ko made-demo. 

[marzi]

you may also want to consider this "tasty" option -

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

you can download torrents directly with this device. pede rin wifi. runs on a Linux based OS. and you got moooooore support for different file types with this one.

yun nga lang, doble o halos triple ang price nito 

[turiguiliano]

you may also want to consider this "tasty" option -

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

you can download torrents directly with this device. pede rin wifi. runs on a Linux based OS. and you got moooooore support for different file types with this one.

yun nga lang, doble o halos triple ang price nito 

Thanks! OT: did you get the sms from my friend? Regarding your schedule? lol

[marzi]

Nga pala,google nyo na Lang "mediA tank".may iba pang brands sa net na pede nyo din try.

OT: yup I got the message. Baka next week na yun hehe wish me luck!

[turiguiliano]

Nga pala,google nyo na Lang "mediA tank".may iba pang brands sa net na pede nyo din try.

OT: yup I got the message. Baka next week na yun hehe wish me luck!

luck!

[marzi]

luck!

another OT: mukang malabo na yung re-scheduling na pinag usapan namin..wala pa rin ako contact sa kanya til now eh..baka pag nauna yung sa bacoor kunin ko na yun..