Does it only play WD external hard drive?
224704
No, any brand USB drive up to the maximum size it can handle (I don't remember exactly, but I think it goes up to 1TB?). I use a variety of usb thumb drives in it all the time, as well as larger drives (both WD and non-WD). It's a spiffy little machine and has handled every video format I've thrown at it so far :-) Hope this helps.
543517
The manual says it only supports playback of pictures from USB devices, though it lists the supported file types as JPG, DIVX, and MP3. I have never tried playing anything from a USB drive on this device, and don't know if firmware updates might have changed what is described in the manual.
1346696
No, it's intended as a desktop drive, meaning the external power supply is needed. But it's worth checking out LaCie's portable HDs. I have a 250GB Porsche-designed one that's been a workhorse for years.
832100
Yes - I've got it playing just fine off a 320Gb WD Scorpio blue (5400rpm drive) in an enclosure. Takes about 10s to read the folders and start playing which is nice (pay attention Pioneer! slow load times are frustrating).
1855230
No, it does not. That surprised me. I then bought an external DVD R/W to use with it.
2189302
Yes it does. I'm using WD Black 4TB drives in mine, and it has worked flawlessly since I set it up three months ago.
507602
I have not personally tried a external hdd, I do know a xbox controller works, a keyboard and a mouse work, make sure the external hdd has its own power source as I tried using speakers and it fried my s3, and small usb flash drives also work,
1467436
Yes. You'll have to go to the WD website to get.instructions on how to format it using Disk Utility. Not hard, but not plug and play.Hope this helps. Cheers,Steve
1309292
I've never bought this external hard drive, but I bought a different one (from Western Digital), and I had to buy a case for it. So, I'm guessing it doesn't.
1869328
I'm pretty certain it does. I used to plug an external hard drive into it and play movies from there but I don't really remember what types of files they were. It should say in the manual somewhere though, and usually those manuals are available online for free.
735847
It recognizes and will play content off my 3TB Western Digital drive. YMMV, however, as the manual says it is works with drives UP to 2TB.
1373314
It will play multiple types of disks (CD, DVD, Multi-region) if that is what you mean. It only has a capacity for one disk.
265327
It used to. But after January 2, 2012, WD has a 2 year warranty instead of 3
227090
yes. and the fast forward and reverse issue that stopped the file playing was fixed in firmware version update 1.01.01 http://www.wdc.com/en/products/wdtv/releasenotes/WDTVreleasenotes.pdf
658735
Yes, you can connect an external hard drive. It plays many types of media formats, mkv, avi, mp4, wmv, flv. though it isn't the greatest for flv. It does not have a netflix app.
853759
It does not which is disappointing, but it is still worth it, and it supports all the other services. Hulu Netflix, Vudu ect. I don't why Amazon won't work with WD to get on these devices. It can't be a lack of DRM, all the other services work, AND it can play from SMB (Windows Shares), NFS shares, plays the vast majority of media files and formats. It is easy to use, that it makes the cable company's cable box seem complicated.
1792015
No, it plays only CDs, but it plays them very well. I would highly recommend this!