New WD TV player

[Yotch]

Here is some information about the new WD TV player. It now supports Miracast but no Netflix or Amazon Instant.
http://gigaom.com/2014/05/27/wd-tv-personal-edition/
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/multimedia-voip/multimedia-voip-news/32425-wds-tv-family-grows-again
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1270

 

[Chevron]

No Netflix. No buy.

 

[isie]

No Netflix. No buy.

yep without Netflix it's like a blunt pencil

 

[hellfire]

Totally weird. Why leave it off?

 

[isie]

Totally weird. Why leave it off?

wonder if its for Markets where netflix isn't Officially available?

 

[hellfire]

wonder if its for Markets where netflix isn't Officially available?

Doesn't matter. Their firmware can either hide it depending on region (like it currently does for the BBC iPlayer and hulu apps) or it just doesn't connect without a subscription and ip check

 

[isie]

Doesn't matter. Their firmware can either hide it depending on region (like it currently does for the BBC iPlayer and hulu apps) or it just doesn't connect without a subscription and ip check

wonder if its for Markets where netflix isn't Officially available, and they want to hard code it so you can't use Proxys to downlaod region specific apps