Editing Western Digital Media Center

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The '''Media Center''', branded by [[Western Digital]], is a 7,200-[[Revolutions per minute|rpm]] [[hard drive]] (either 160[[Gigabyte|GB]] or 250GB), combined with a reader of [[CompactFlash]] Type I and II, [[Microdrive]], [[Memory Stick]], Memory Stick Pro, [[MultiMediaCard]], [[Secure Digital]], and [[SmartMedia]] media. It can use either [[FireWire]] or [[USB]] to interface with a [[personal computer]] (Farrance, 2004).

Although branded as a [[Home theater PC|Media Center]] this product is not a traditional media center and is nothing but a storage device and cannot actually play any media to a TV or Monitor. It must be plugged into a computer using the appropriate software to play any media.

==Current products ==

The product is now called [[WD TV]], and supports Netflix, Pandora, and other services. The upgraded version, the WD TV Hub Live, supports [[Mediafly]], [[Pandora (service)|Pandora]], YouTube, [[Blockbuster (retailer)|Blockbuster]], and Netflix. It comes with a 1 terabyte internal hard drive and can sync media using a "watched folders" paradigm from either a Mac or a PC. It does not support wi-fi natively, but this can be remedied by purchasing an adapter.

[[Seagate Technology|Seagate]], [[Viewsonic]] and [[Iomega]]  have similar media hard drives that can be plugged into a TV. They generally support Netflix, but few other services. The [[Roku]] has a USB port on one of its models, which can be used with an external hard drive.

The WD TV Hub Live does syncing, which makes it a [[DLNA]]-compliant [[media extender]], as well as a hard drive and streaming device. The WD Live doesn't have this feature.

==See also==
*[[Comparison of set-top boxes]]

== References ==
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*Farrance, R. (2004). Storage options merge into one box. Retrieved January 14, 2003 from http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114272,tk,dn011304X,00.asp
* http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20020790-17.html?tag=mncol;6n

==External links==


{{Western Digital}}

[[Category:Hard disk drives]]
[[Category:Western Digital products]]