Author Topic: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player  (Read 20769 times)

Offline junglemelon

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Which is the better media player?
Can anyone give some technical comparisons between
the two? Both seem to be priced at RM 399.
Any other preferences or recommendations?
Where can one get these at Kota Kinabalu, Miri
or Kuala Lumpur.

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 12:08:09 PM »
WDTV Live for sure. You can get it off many sellers in Lowyat.net. I use one myself and have had no issues with it and regularly stream HD content from my homeserver to it.

The Seagate Freeagent Theater has problems playing HD content.
http://www.cnet.com.au/seagate-freeagent-theater-339296639.htm

Compare it with:
http://www.cnet.com.au/western-digital-wd-tv-live-339299876.htm

Also this comparison:
http://wdtvforum.com/main/index.php?topic=4409.0

In short, the FAT (FreeAgent Theatre) is butt ugly, and a far inferior product than the WDTV Live.
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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2010, 12:13:36 PM »
Also WD does release good firmware updates :D
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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 03:15:39 PM »
So WDTV is the choice.
Looks very promising indeed
and thanks for all the tips.

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2010, 03:36:55 PM »
Anybody have an Apple TV? It has wireless N. The WD does not. My router is pretty far from my TV and this place is a rental, so no funny rewiring for me.

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2010, 05:32:01 PM »
Apple TV does not really support a ton of formats. If I'm not mistaken, it only accepts formats that can go into Itunes? I don't think it can do 1080p either.

WDTV Live actually supports wireless if u plug a wireless usb adapter into its back.

I know you're an Apple fan and all but ... just doesn't make sense considering its higher price point and smaller feature set even with the N factored in.
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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2010, 05:38:51 PM »
Apple TV is an obsolete product that is getting 'refreshed' soon by Apple.  If you google reviews of Apple TV the consensus is pretty much to avoid it at all costs :)

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2010, 07:02:09 PM »
Interesting! Not shilling for Apple though, don't get me wrong. I'm highly critical of the 4 and Antennagate, was just looking at the featureset of the Apple TV and was impressed. N and 160 GB HDD built in. Am currently playing my stuff using my 360, but a bit sien having to move files back and forth between PC and 360 using a USB drive.

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2010, 04:08:08 AM »
PS3 + awesome streaming software (PS3 Media Server) is my setup :) Haven't bothered with anything else since switching from the hell that was TVersity to PS3MS.

If you're not streaming HD to your TV, Reuben's suggestion of getting a USB wireless N dongle will probably work pretty well?

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2010, 08:16:47 AM »
WDTV Live rules absolutely; plays just about whatever shit you chuck at it!  ;D

Just be aware that if you're still unfortunate enough to have an older CRT TV that only supports up to 480i, and plan on using the component connections, it won't work.

Latest firmware updates are here: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdfwdtv_live

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2010, 04:44:02 PM »
it still doesnt support RMVB right?

guess ill just stick to WDTV and skip the LIVE currently.

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2010, 05:29:58 PM »
Yeah i don't think wdTV supports rmvb. The WD Tv Mini does (strange eh?) ^_^

Main advantage of LIVE is the LAN cable and DTS audio support.
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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2010, 11:38:56 AM »
erm, what on earth is still worth grabbing that's on rmvb? please don't say porn.

Btw, I feel I need to point out that the wdtv live absolutely fucking fails when it comes to playing back several mp4 files I have that were encoded at 30fps; audio playback becomes totally unsynced to the video. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2010, 11:07:25 PM »
MP4 has issues randomly across the board - I've downloaded some that transcode/play/stream well and others with the exact same encoding parameters which completely fail (sync, blank screen, crashed server, etc.).  I'm not sure what causes it, but will someday test out different decoders/encoders and see if can be narrowed down to something useful. 


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Re: Western Digital WDTV Live Vs Seagate Freeagent Theatre+Player
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2010, 02:44:07 PM »
em... dun support mkv ...