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  • 21 October 2011 12:10

WD® LAUNCHES NEW WIRELESS STREAMING MEDIA PLAYER

New WD TV® Live™ Delivers Premium Entertainment Experience with Quality Internet Services and Personal Videos, Photos and Music Streaming Wirelessly to your TV


Sydney, Australia: 19 Oct, 2011 – Western Digital®, the world’s leader in external storage solutions and maker of the popular WD TV® media player family, today introduced the next generation of its WD TV Live™ streaming media player, an easy to use Wi-Fi™ enabled media player. The new streaming media player easily connects to the Internet wirelessly or through an Ethernet connection, with the high performance 802.11n wireless connectivity supporting even the most demanding high definition video applications.

WD TV Live features WD’s newest intuitive user interface that delivers quality Internet content from video services to Internet radio and social networking from companies like YouTube®, Facebook®, Picassa® Web Albums and TuneIn Radio®, directly to your TV in Full-HD 1080p resolution. WD TV Live also includes Fun Spot Games, a casual gaming service that offers everything from arcade and card games to puzzles, strategy and quizzes, including Sudoku, Black Jack and Poker. Adding to the WD TV family’s current content offerings, WD TV Live will now include the Dailymotion video service. The new service offers quality video content from users, independent content creators and premium partners, including high-quality and HD video. 

In addition to premium Internet content, WD TV Live allows users to enjoy personal media such as photos, video and music on their home entertainment systems by supporting a wide range of file formats for streaming content from any connected USB drive like the WD My Passport®  and My Book product families, digital camcorder or camera, network drive such as the My Book® Live personal cloud storage, and any networked PC or Mac® computer in the home.

 “WD is committed to providing our customers with a premium entertainment experience that includes seamless streaming of personal media and the best of the Internet directly to the highest quality screen and sound system in the home,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president and general manager for WD’s Branded Products and Consumer Electronics groups. “By marrying advanced features of the new wireless WD TV Live with quality content from service providers, we are excited to deliver on that commitment.” 

Pricing and Availability
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Product Name: WD TV Live
RRP: AU $179
Online Store Australia:
http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdau/en_AU/home
Australia Distributors: Synnex Australia, Simms International
Retailers: Officeworks, JB HI-FI, Dick Smith Electronics, Harvey Norman
Website: 
www.westerndigital.com
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/wdaust

About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users' data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and home entertainment products. 

WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's website (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.

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Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, WD TV, and My Book are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; WD TV Live, WD TV Live Hub, and My Book Live are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your product was purchased. Please visit our web site at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of the specific countries in these regions. As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.

Western Digital, WD, the WD logo and My Passport are registered trademarks; WD Nomad is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies. Limited warranty applies to WD Nomad case only, not the product inside. See WD's limited warranty terms and conditions at http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp?custtype=end&lang=en for details. 

EDITOR’S NOTES: 
Western Digital product photos:
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/company/branding/digitalphotos.asp#
Product Spec Sheets:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/?id=282&type=49

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