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WDTV Live Unresponsive to Remote

I’ve almost had enough of this thing.

A couple of days ago I started it up and the remote was really, really slow and then became unresponsive.  I’ve tried unplugging the power, HDMI cable, etc.  but no good.

How could WD release something so full of bugs.

This product is more than 5 years old and hasn’t been sold in going on four years.

You’re saying that, after 4 years, a new bug shows up that makes it slow?

I have 4 WDTV Live SMPs in my home… 

The latest firmware version is shocking… the reaction of the WDTV Live SMP to the remote becomes very flaky and unreliable… multiple button pushes required on the remote for each action…

This has been seen on 3 WDTVs SMPs and 4 remotes…   my “un-updated” WDTV Live SMP running an old firmware version remains reliable with all remotes… 

Terrible performance of Remote Control Version: 2.02.32

Working Remote Version Number: 1.14.09

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