Consumer Reports ranks media players

[emathis]

The September Consumer Reports ranks the best media players and the winner is the WD TV Play. The Roku 3 came in a far second. They ranked them equal in picture quality and features, but the WD beat the Roku in ease of use, setup and connectivity.
I own both and I agree that the WD is better at playing home media, and it is cheaper. But I use the the Roku everyday and the WD is gathering dust.

 

[Teehar]

The September Consumer Reports ranks the best media players and the winner is the WD TV Play. The Roku 3 came in a far second. They ranked them equal in picture quality and features, but the WD beat the Roku in ease of use, setup and connectivity.
I own both and I agree that the WD is better at playing home media, and it is cheaper. But I use the the Roku everyday and the WD is gathering dust.

Got a link?I gave the wdtv live plus to my daughter as a Christmas gift,use a Patriot media player for network shares,and roku for online streaming.The roku has much more content than wdtv,as to ease of use,I don't see how it could get any easier than the roku.

 

[KAB]

I would classify the WD as Barely In The Game.

 

[navychop]

Got a link?I gave the wdtv live plus to my daughter as a Christmas gift,use a Patriot media player for network shares,and roku for online streaming.The roku has much more content than wdtv,as to ease of use,I don't see how it could get any easier than the roku.

Page 45 of the September issue. Very thin article, as most of their stuff has become. I'll look online (I sub to online also) and see if there's more there.

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[yourbeliefs]

Page 45 of the September issue. Very thin article, as most of their stuff has become. I'll look online (I sub to online also) and see if there's more there.

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Here's a link


Basically the reason that WDTV won was because it had more native media file streaming options and a few more apps from what I can tell.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I do like the WDTV because it allows me to watch my Slingboxes on it.

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[navychop]

There's more online, but their words and their ratings don't match up, IMHO. At least it tells you more details online.

 

[Teehar]

To me,content is king,therefore,roku beats wdtv play.Wdtv has fallen behind in getting licenses with many of the big players.