Can you plug an HD Antenna into the back with a USB dongle &amp; watch local over-the-air channels? Can it see/browse video files on a network NAS?
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Can you plug an HD Antenna into the back with a USB dongle & watch local over-the-air channels? - I have not tried it, but I don't believe so. Can it see/browse video files on a network NAS? - Yes. It was able to see my SaMBa share without any problems and play the videos there.
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So I can hook up my basic cable directly from the wall and record what I normally see? Without the cable card? Can I record OTA HD channels with the proper antenae?
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No you can't, but you can plug a roku into the HDMI and plug the USB drive into it and watch it that way
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I use this unit only for DVD play back. The antenna needs a newer type of air HDTV hook in unit and I so seldom am in an area where I can't get cable hook-up I just haven't tried other options. gary c
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On issue #1, I don't know about O-Play and Brite Tube (am interested in knowing the answer myself); but I can confirm that WD-TV Live does indeed expose any connected USB disks as a nas drive for computers on your network.
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To my dismay, UPnP AV does not interoperate with DLNA. While I was able to view some folders (the TV does discover my NAS) and few image files, the Audio (mp3) and video files were not found by the TV.I tried installing Samsung software on my computer, it seem the media files are expected to be physically on the computer (and not as a mapped drive to the NAS). Additionally, the computer is expected to be 'wired' to the network (and not be wireless).Obviously there are workarounds. But I would prefer either Samsung supports UPnP AV or my NAS device supports DLNA.
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I haven't tried this but as long as your PC is setup for video sharing, it should work. I can see my home network when setting up the dongle.
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I have this player, and yes, it does support DLNA.. I am able to stream videos from my computer to the unit over my home network easily. I also have a hdhomerun, but I have not tried linking to that device w/ the kdlinks, so can't help you there...
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I have used a LAN(ethernet) cable from the WD MY Cloud to my laptop LAN port or my Roku3 LAN port with no problems.I can see my video, foto and music files on my Roku and I can read and write files from my laptop!At fisrt I always used it trough my router wired or wireless but now can use it direct connect via LAN cable!
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It work just like old time with TV Antenna. As soon as you turn it on, it will scan those Digital channel exist from your area and remember it. The best of this BOX is you can watch your VIDEO files or picture from USB or you can record your TV program many hours and watch later.
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It can play videos from SD Card and USB. It doesn't have built in UPnP so you would have to use another device to stream. I personally use a PlayStation 3 or Chrome cast.
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This device cannot be put on a network on it's own. You would need to connect it to a Media Server on your network (Ex:PC, Mac, Roku....). You will need appropriate apps on your device to stream content from the Seagate though the Media Server on to your device.
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With the most recent update, I can now access music on my Western Digital My Cloud. So yes, it will stream from certain NAS drives. Check first with Bose to see which are compatible as not all are.
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I do exactly this with a Synology NAS. There are a few caveats with the library but I can watch or listen to my library on 2 Apple TVs and audio with some Airport Expresses. Should work the same with this.
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The software is not very good, how the files are displayed on the TV is not very good either. The software locks up if you have too many shared folders or too many files. Fast forward does not appear to work. I live with the limitations because I don't have to buy a media server just yet. Check Sagetv for a real media streamer, i hear they work well.No NAS yet, but a usb external disk should work just like a usb flash drive.Like Raybert says, it's not ready. But it is free.
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The WD TV Live is now available at Best Buy! I ordered one on Sunday and picked it up at the store yesterday. The good news is that you can put a USB N dongle on this and you've got a wireless networked player! I used a cheap AirLink 101 AWLL6070 150Mbps 802.11n Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter, which cost me $15. This is fantastic news for all of us who wanted WD to have built-in wireless.
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I have an over the air antenna and a cable attached to it. So Yes it receives the over the air HD antenna signals in 1080i. I have had just the antenna split into both inputs and also the cable split into both inputs so you don't need 2 antennas. I liked it better with 2 antennas because in your area half your channels could come from the west and the other from the N. so with 2 antennas you could get them all and then you media Center software will do the rest automatically switching tuners for the channel you requested. I brought this up because the newer smaller silicon dust tuner called the "dual" only does one input and splits it internally. They also have a few more boxes that have other limitations you may be confusing this one with them. My main experience is with a windows 7 machine hooked to it. but I have had a Ubuntu laptop on the network and it could see the channel feeds too, so I assume it is the hardware decoding it and not the software.