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WD\u00ae UNVEILS WD TV\u2122 LIVE HD MEDIA PLAYER WITH NETWORK CAPABILITY AND ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Consumers Can Stream HD Content from USB Drives, Network Drives and Popular Internet Sites to Their Big Screen TVs
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\nSydney Australia \u2013 Oct. 27, 2009<\/strong> \u2013 WD\u00ae, the world\u2019s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced the WD TV Live HD media player featuring network capability and Full-HD 1080p resolution. The new WD TV Live HD media player makes it easy for anyone to play HD (high definition) videos stored on USB and network drives, as well as Internet content from popular Web sites, on the biggest screen in their home — their HD television. Building on the success of the WD TV HD media player, the WD TV Live HD media player offers a new, more responsive interface to help consumers enjoy a world of digital content in their living room, without a computer.
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\nThe network capability of the WD TV Live media player enables users to stream or transfer movies from PC or Mac\u00ae computers or a network-attached storage device such as WD\u2019s My Book\u00ae World Edition\u2122 and WD ShareSpace network drives to their HD TVs. The WD TV Live media player also allows users to stream rich content from YouTube\u2122, Flickr\u00ae and Pandora\u00ae. The HD onscreen menu brings together all of the users\u2019 available media in an elegant and simple-to-navigate interface.\u00a0
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\nConsumers are amassing large libraries of digital videos, photos and music on their computers. According to research firm Parks Associates, the average consumer had 123 GB of videos, photos, and music in 2009 which will grow to 1.3 TB by 2013 (Digital Lifestyles: 2009 Outlook). In addition, an increasing number of consumers are looking for seamless access to their personal media, as well as to Internet media. According to Parks Associates, the sales of connected consumer electronics devices, such as connected TVs and digital media adapters, is expected to more than double from 57 million units in 2009 to 115 million units in 2013 (Home Networks for Consumer Electronics 2009).
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\nConsumers are investing millions of dollars in HD TVs, with HD televisions representing more than 50 percent of TVs sold in the U.S., according to Parks Associates (Home Networks for Consumer Electronics 2009). But consumers\u2019 digital content is often relegated to the relatively small screen on their PC or Mac computers. The WD TV Live HD media player is the newest member in the family of WD TV media players by WD, which make moving digital content from a computer to playing it on a big screen TV simply plug-and-play.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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\nLike the popular first-generation WD TV HD media player introduced last fall, the WD TV Live media player connects directly to a users\u2019 HD TV and plays almost any file stored on a connected USB drive such as My Passport\u2122 portable drive. The WD TV Live media player features powerful media processing, which enables playback in Full-HD 1080p resolution. WD TV Live media player also will play movies and photos stored on other popular USB devices such as digital camcorders and digital cameras.\u00a0\u00a0
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\n\u201cThe media enthusiast community has embraced the first WD TV HD media player and given us tremendous feedback,\u201d said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD\u2019s branded products group. \u201cWith the new WD TV Live media player we\u2019re giving them what they asked for — network connectivity and Internet-content streaming capabilities — and offering them a simple way to enjoy all of their digital media and enjoy it on their HD TVs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

WD TV Live HD Media Player
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Features of the WD TV Live HD Media Player include:<\/span><\/p>\n