WD TV capability

[jayantadak]

Hi,

I wanted to know about the mediaplayer WDTV's capability, as to the SW and PQ.

I am thinking of storing a few classics on an external hard disc, thereby connecting to LCD via the WDTV media player. A few queries:

Will I be able to play blue ray content if stored on the Hard disc.

Would I be able to hook the system to my A/V system which comprises of a standard 5.1 set up (Amp is Denon 1604, Tower speakers with a sub). I assume that the DVD player is bypassed in the above scenario.

How would you rate sound quality and picture quality through WDTV media player as compared to a conventional DVD with 5.1/DTS encoding. Does a lot more is desired from the media player set-up. Or are they on par.

Pl let me know

Regards, JAYANT.

 

[venkatcr]

Will I be able to play blue ray content if stored on the Hard disc.

As long as the ripped version of the Blu-Ray is stored in one of the formats supported by WDTV, it can play it.

Would I be able to hook the system to my A/V system which comprises of a standard 5.1 set up (Amp is Denon 1604, Tower speakers with a sub). I assume that the DVD player is bypassed in the above scenario.

WDTV has all the standard connections of a DVD Player. You can certainly hook it to your AV system.

How would you rate sound quality and picture quality through WDTV media player as compared to a conventional DVD with 5.1/DTS encoding. Does a lot more is desired from the media player set-up. Or are they on par.

Depends upon a number of things. Ripping, compression format used, quality of original DVD, etc. Most rips of DVDs are in 720P format and decent enough. But an upscaling DVD Player will always show a better image and deliver better sound. Some of the BR rips go upto FullHD and DTS sound. These end up being 8 to 25 GB in size.

Cheers

 

[dmk]

hi,



how would you rate sound quality and picture quality through wdtv media player as compared to a conventional dvd with 5.1/dts encoding. Does a lot more is desired from the media player set-up. Or are they on par.

Pl let me know

regards, jayant.

wdtv will NOT enhance or decrease the soound from source you should have good reciever connect through hdmi you can get it
what ever you throw to wdtv it will reflect. Pq and sq both.