DLNA only? Wow

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It’s embarassing that this player cannot support ordinary network shares.  I have a patriot box office (mega old) and a patriot box alpine (which is a terrible, terrible device) and they can both support plain old network shares.

But for this I have to use a homegroup or install some dlna server bloatware garbage?  Embarassing.  I’m very seriously considering returning this device to amazon and recommending against your products in the future.

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Instead of threatening to diss this new Play unit at Amazon because you bought an inappropriate product, perhaps you should have researched things better and bought either of the other two WD media players that will do what you wanted this one to do.   This product is placed at the bottom of the product line for a reason, so what do you expect!

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You’re saying it’s harder or, essentially more expensive, for WD to make a product that can read from a normal network share (circa 2006 ), than it is to use DLNA?

And, again, I have two products MANY years older that do this just fine.

That is illogical.

Edit: I assume you know the other boxes are being EOL’d and they fudged usb storage support among other things in that release.

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Look, the Play was obviously introduced to meet a PRICE POINT ($70) so since it COSTS LESS than the other models, it stands to reason it ought to DO LESS, and it does.

>>>  You’re saying it’s harder or, essentially more expensive, for WD to make a product that can read from a normal network share (circa 2006 ), than it is to use DLNA?

I never said anything like this.  See my comment at top – that says it all.

>>>  And, again, I have two products MANY years older that do this just fine.

I do too – two WD Live Plus players.that cost more than the Play and do more, too. 

>>>  That is illogical.

Logical or illlogical, what does it matter?  As stated the product was brought out to meet a price point; exactly like the iPad Mini was.  It’s for people who want an iPad, but don’t want to “spend all that money” for the standard model.

>>>> Edit: I assume you know the other boxes are being EOL’d and they fudged usb storage support among other things in that release.

Know nothing about this, so give us a URL we can click on to find out about this development.

Suggestion:  If you are unhappy with your purchase of the Play, get a refund and buy the unit that will meet your needs. 

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mk262 wrote:
I’m very seriously considering returning this device to amazon and recommending against your products in the future.

That’s rich coming from somone who can’t be bothered to read the specs properly.

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Personally I’m coming to the opinion that network shares on my WD TV Live just doesn’t work that well, even more so in a multi WD TV environment.

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That was my problem as well till I named each differently and provided “static” IPs. Now accessing shares is a breeze.

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