[the_maassk]

Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

I recently acquired a WD HD TV Media Player from Amazon.

Why is this happening? I have updated the firmware to 1.02.07 and recently to 1.03 as well. The problem still persists. Any answers?

Could be a faulty HDMI cable. Can't think of anything else. BTW, I too ordered the WDTV Live version a few days ago. Should be getting it in a week. Am planning to flash it with the B-RAD firmware. Do you have any experience with it?

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

...Whenever I switch on the WD player and put my TV input mode on HDMI, many a times, the TV display still shows 'No Signal'. ....

It might be due to the sequence in which you turn on your devices.

Starting with both off, turn on the WDTV, wait 5sec, then turn on the TV.

If that doesnt work, do it the other way around, ie TV first, wait 5sec, then WDTV.

cya
R

[vnabhi]

Guys,
I am glad to inform you all that I've got my WD Media player today---my pal got one for himself too---cost us 100 USD each approx. The HDMI cost another 25 USD.
I've also bought today a Seagate 1TB external hard drive for Rs 4800.
Currently I am copying HD movies onto the drive.

Will update my viewing experience tomorrow.

[vnabhi]

All right, here is my update:

It is an absolute pleasure watching HD content on the Panny Plasma linked to the WD Player. At last I am glad that I'm putting the TV's capabilities to full use----till now it was like buying a Beemer and never gettting a chance to drive beyond 2nd gear!

I was exploring the settings and I have a question for WD gurus:

The video resolution is set to 'Auto', and there are several options for 480, 780 and 1080. What should I set it to for optimum output on my 42" Panny PV8?

Thanks

[the_maassk]

Originally Posted by vnabhi

All right, here is my update:

It is an absolute pleasure watching HD content on the Panny Plasma linked to the WD Player. At last I am glad that I'm putting the TV's capabilities to full use----till now it was like buying a Beemer and never gettting a chance to drive beyond 2nd gear!

I was exploring the settings and I have a question for WD gurus:

The video resolution is set to 'Auto', and there are several options for 480, 780 and 1080. What should I set it to for optimum output on my 42" Panny PV8?

Thanks

1080p of course! This will let the WD box do the upscaling. I has a fairly capable hardware to do that.

[vnabhi]

Originally Posted by the_maassk

1080p of course! This will let the WD box do the upscaling. I has a fairly capable hardware to do that.

Thanks for the instant response. Will try it out.

[anurag_p80]

Venu, set it to the native resolution of your video file. 720p/ 1080p (will be given in file name). Since the Panny is capable of 720p, the TV will downscale to 720 even if you provide it a 1080p signal. Also reformat the HDD to NTFS to get rid of the 4GB file size limit which is there for FAT32. Happy watching!!!

[vnabhi]

Originally Posted by anurag_p80

Venu, set it to the native resolution of your video file. 720p/ 1080p (will be given in file name). Since the Panny is capable of 720p, the TV will downscale to 720 even if you provide it a 1080p signal. Also reformat the HDD to NTFS to get rid of the 4GB file size limit which is there for FAT32. Happy watching!!!

Thanks Anurag. Makes sense! It is already set to NFTS on the ext hard drive.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by anurag_p80

Venu, set it to the native resolution of your video file.

I agree.

Theres no point in having the WDTV upscale to 1080p and then having the tv downscale to whatever its native resolution is. (1024x768 i think?)

May as well have the WDTV play it at the video file's native resolution and let the TV do the required scaling just once.

cya
R

[vnabhi]

Originally Posted by Rehaan

I agree.

Theres no point in having the WDTV upscale to 1080p and then having the tv downscale to whatever its native resolution is. (1024x768 i think?)

May as well have the WDTV play it at the video file's native resolution and let the TV do the required scaling just once.

cya
R

Gotcha, thanks! Another issue I've been facing is that there is no sound at all on some 720p movies---a bit of digging into the options menu revealed that they are only in digital sound format.
The WD player supports two sound formats---either stereo or digital. But the manual says digital sound can be heard only while using a Toslink cable.
So probably the error was made while downloading the movies---the person must have chosen 'digital' sound format. As a result I am sunk with such movies, but luckily all movies are not in that format and therefore I still get to enjoy sound on some movies.

Cheers!

[Fillmore]

Originally Posted by vnabhi

Gotcha, thanks! Another issue I've been facing is that there is no sound at all on some 720p movies---a bit of digging into the options menu revealed that they are only in digital sound format.
The WD player supports two sound formats---either stereo or digital. But the manual says digital sound can be heard only while using a Toslink cable.
So probably the error was made while downloading the movies---the person must have chosen 'digital' sound format. As a result I am sunk with such movies, but luckily all movies are not in that format and therefore I still get to enjoy sound on some movies.

Cheers!

I assume you have connected your WD via an optical cable for the audio.
I have a PCH (Popcorn Hour) and irrespective of the format, i.e. even if there is no 5.1 digital audio in the video it passes it through the optical cable (Regular sound 2 channel).

I guess its only a matter of missing codec's. Once you patch the codecs it should work fine. Try applying the latest WD firmware.

-Fillmore

[shuvc]

Originally Posted by vnabhi

Gotcha, thanks! Another issue I've been facing is that there is no sound at all on some 720p movies---a bit of digging into the options menu revealed that they are only in digital sound format.
The WD player supports two sound formats---either stereo or digital. But the manual says digital sound can be heard only while using a Toslink cable.
So probably the error was made while downloading the movies---the person must have chosen 'digital' sound format. As a result I am sunk with such movies, but luckily all movies are not in that format and therefore I still get to enjoy sound on some movies.

Cheers!

If you connect your WD TV to a receiver with a digital optical cable and select audio option as 'Digital' then the decoding is done by the receiver.
If you have connected it to the amp using the analog audio cables (red/white) and selected 'Stereo', then WD TV is doing the decoding.

In your case, I suspect you are having problems with movies that have DTS audio. WD TV cannot decode DTS and pass an analog signal. it can do so for Dolby Digital. If the file has DTS, then the only way to get audio is to use the digital out and have a DTS capable receiver decode the audio tracks.

[vnabhi]

Originally Posted by Fillmore

I assume you have connected your WD via an optical cable for the audio.
I have a PCH (Popcorn Hour) and irrespective of the format, i.e. even if there is no 5.1 digital audio in the video it passes it through the optical cable (Regular sound 2 channel).

I guess its only a matter of missing codec's. Once you patch the codecs it should work fine. Try applying the latest WD firmware.

-Fillmore

Thanks Filmore, but I don't have a toslink cable, but am using a HDMI cable between the WD Player and the Plasma. Neither my Panny Pv8 nor my Home Theatre System has a slot for a Toslink/ Fibre Optic cable.

[vnabhi]

@shuvc--Sorry for the delayed response---my posts are just not getting posted since yesterday.
I think you are correct regarding DTS. So it looks like I need to go in for a Toslink cable and a DTS capable
receiver. Do you know of any products with these features?
My pal's Bose Home Theatre however, does have a receiver for the Toslink cable. My Panasonic Home Theater system
unfortuately does not have one.

[Samurai]

Your Home Theatre System means your A/V Receiver I suppose. I don't recall ever seeing an A/V Receiver without digital input. I only use the digital out, therefore trouble with sound at all.