WDTV Live Streaming or Hub Player?

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live Streaming
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I’m thinking of upgrading my Live and Plus units to the new versions.  Should I go Live Streaming or Live Hub? And why?

I ask since I read preveiously that aside from the 1 TB drive there are other differences between the two players.  I want to know why one is better than the other.

Note:  I do not need the 1 TB space on the Hub.  And do not intend to use that drive, only the player.

I mainly use my players for Pandora, Streaming VOB files (with DVD menu support) and Netflix.

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Based on users reviews I would go for the Hub.

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I would say that as you don’t need a hard drive then I would go for the Live Streaming player. Its the latest player and therefore more likely to be supported for longer.

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Don’t buy the hub if you don’t need the storage, it’s a waste of money. The smp is the newer version anyway.

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Thanks for the input.  But, other than the hardware differences.  What are the diffs between the firmwares on Hub vs. SMP?  I can’t figure out why WD maintains two versions.  And why some owners report the Hub to have more stable firmware.