The iplayer firmware for the wd tv live

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Hi im new here and a bit lost so hopefully someone can help me…

I saw recently in the press that the wd tv live has got iplayer added so i went out and bought 3 of them for the house.

however ive done the online firmware upgrade and it says its at the latest version now but there is no iplayer…

is there a difference between the wd tv live and the wd tv live streaming ?

have i been sold 3 obsolete duds? shouls i take these back and ask for the wd tv live streaming?

or is the iplayer firmware coming to the wd tv live as well…

Thanks…

Rob

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The answer to your question is Yes, there is a difference between the Live and Live Streaming which has iPlayer (if you are in the UK).

There is a picture of the live streaming here:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330

You should take them back, its very unlikely that the iPlayer will be added to the old Live.

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thanks for the info. looks like ive bought £300 worth of lemons.

ah well…

I dont think they will take them back as they are unboxed and used.

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Please tell me you didnt pay £100 each for used obselete boxes. The new improved ones are only £79.99 brand new from dabs.com delivered!

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89 quid from comet at christmas…

anyway ive since bought one of the new ones and it seems to work fine.

however i seem to have a problem with iplayer, when its plugged in to my 50" tv.

IVe only got a 2mb internet connection. On a laptop, and PC, iplayer works fine through the webpage. If i plug the new WD into a 20" tv, iplayer works fine, but if i plug it into a 50" tv, it buffers badly and only plays a couple of seconds at a time.

Does the iplayer app somehow detect the resolution of the TV and try to stream a higher quality picture? Is there a way of turning this off? Its kind of annoying having to switch TVs every time i want to watch iplayer.