Author Topic: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player  (Read 20830 times)

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2010, 12:49:49 AM »
hm... I've done some study and it seems that it doesn't really matter what brand but what chipset they use...

Differences of Chipset:

1. F10 Chipset
Advantage: support all kind of formats, cost cheaper
Disadvantage: theoretically unable cope file size more than 15GB, average output quality
Recommend: Basic Multimedia Playback

2. AMLogic Chipset
Advantage: support all kind of formats (except full HD VC-1), cost cheaper, low power consumption, good output quality
Disadvantage: theoretically unable cope file size more than 20GB, cant support VC-1
Recommend: Satisfiable Multimedia Playback

3. Realtek Chipset
Advantage: support all kind of formats, able to cope file size more than 20GB, good output quality
Disadvantage: output sound quality lower than Sigma Chipset, device will slightly hot than F10 and AMLogic Chipsets
Recommend: Excellent Multimedia Playback

4. Sigma Chipset
Advantage: support all kind of formats (except Real Media), able to cope file size more than 20GB, excellent output quality
Disadvantage: cost higher, can't support Real Media
Recommend: Extreme Multimedia Playback for Multimedia Enthusiast

To check on the type of media player using which type of chipset.... - http://www.iboum.com/


thanks for the reply... ciao.....

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #31 on: December 10, 2010, 08:23:44 AM »
Remember firmware updates are still 'brand' dependent
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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #32 on: December 11, 2010, 12:04:28 AM »
true. Hence getting AC Ryan or WD would be a bit more appropriate and still Kworld does seems to regularly update it's ROM... *sigh*...  too many to choose...

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #33 on: December 11, 2010, 04:29:31 AM »
that's why u need to do some homeworks so that you wont waste $$$ buying the player and regret later... :)

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #34 on: December 11, 2010, 04:04:47 PM »
I went and made an impulse buy today. Managed to wrangle a price of A$93 for a WD TV Live. Heh.

Liking it so far. Will be watching Inception on it tonight with the missus. :)

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #35 on: December 27, 2010, 03:15:15 PM »
As a side note: I just found out the WD TV Live plays image files like .ISO and .IMG. So pleased with it! :D