How does it perform streaming videos?
191781
Slow, get a tablet instead, neither my wife or I use them anymore. Both use in love with the speed and capabilities of our iPads.
191782
It's OK. But my recommendation will be upgrading the ram memory. If you add more RAM will be fine
1501706
Honestly, Robert, I've been using it for system backups/restores. I haven't tried it for streaming.
933599
Yes it does. However, I have noticed some latency (almost like online buffering) when using it even with locally stored videos.
661078
No it doesn't. Since I don't use it to watch streamed movies, it wasn't one of my desires. It is a very nice computer though. Just takes a little getting used to windows 8.1.
500453
The device does not have a browser and the unit does not have Amazon as one of it's streaming video options. So, you cannot stream video from Amazon. However, it does have a usb port on the front of the unit that will allow you to play anything that is plugged into it. So, there are ways to save the video to a flash drive and then plug the flash drive into the usb port on the wd live. That's what I do.
1148161
I personally bought a tablet just so I could view Netflix and YouTube on my tablet. I'm terribly sorry for the late response but in short, yes it does. However, since it is a quadcore it specializes in 3D gaming and multitasking. Seeing as streaming is a single task, I would recommend a dual core unless you are like myself and like to have open your paper as well as iFunny :) and a browser at the same time.
1373421
I bought mine about a month and a half ago and haven't had it not play anything so I think it does. I do netflix, youtube, stream hulu, and other videos from network sites like abc, nbc, mtv etc. It is full windows 8 so should do everything a PC would.
1049199
I've streamed Netflix and YouTube plenty of times with no problems. I've also sent the stream to an external monitor with no problems.
1859267
I have had this device for over a year now. Pretty much any website will load on the built in chrome web browser. Certain websites like ABC and Hulu block video streaming to this device due to some sort of licensing conflict. The web browsing tends to be a little bit slower and clunky compared to a laptop or desktop computer, but the device is very convenient. As long as you have a fast internet connection (anything better than DSL) streaming video will work great. If the device ever freezes or crashes you can press "control" + "alt" + "delete" to restart it.
2112174
Just got this in the mail recently and I have to say that it is excellent in terms of its ability to play internet video (though for some reason it takes the LQ stream on youtube on occasion), and does well with paid streaming services - it does not have support for videos on NAS or USB
1385712
No, it does't. Video streaming is done via a cable to a zone(it has three), or you can stream from pc, phone, tablet to the receiver via network or USB port.
1805022
It plays HD video from YouTube. The picture looks compressed some, looking similar to the HD video that you would get from Amazon VOD or Qriocity VOD.
106666
The software includes an app shop where you can install various media servers. If you install one of these, like Plex, then it will do transcoding on the box. I share directly off the server, so I had to code all my videos to .mp4 before I could stream to my client, this can be cumbersome. As for 1080p, you can share any resolution, themain factor that will affect this is your network throughput.
1286280
I do not have connected to any video streaming just audio. I would say yes if you have a pure gigabit router and Internet pipe. The switch lights show yellow if you do not have the gig pipe and green if you do.HTH
2225389
Yes it does run latest codecs and container formats but I have seen my (completely stock) freeze and had to be power cycled after and oddly encoded avi which I never found out what The actual video format was. Anyways I use it daily to play videos from all over and it runs great. Works exceptionally well with a plex server and Vimu or just the plex app. Vimu is better for local content in my opinion while plex app is great for ice films and 1 channel like xbmc which I don't believe runs on this box yet.
1035344
Ive had it for over 6months. I really like it. It streams hulu..Netflix and more. Only downfall is that it won't stream certain video types directly from the wed.
61314
It can play videos from SD Card and USB. It doesn't have built in UPnP so you would have to use another device to stream. I personally use a PlayStation 3 or Chrome cast.