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Pros & Cons
Pros
Wd photo app automatically uploads any photos and videos you shot. One downside is that the mycloud software does not display thumbnails.
Bought 2 of this. Uploaded to one of this hd. Hd. Here is a tip for anyone interested.
It's easier than plugging in a usb thumb drive, copying files to it, unplugging it. Download the software and data streams seamlessly between computer and network drive. Set mine up with different folders.
Cons
Western digital's website shows that it is outside of the three year warranty, but it is tied to the manufacture date (april of 2011). Worked for 2 years and then drive failed. Product is unreliable.
The cpu on this device is a powerpc archetype, so unless you have an ancient macintosh laying around, you can't compile externally. Because it lacks usb or esata, it's also pretty much impossibly to recover if something breaks. Use a usb external driv... Read More
The speed to write to this drive is horrendous! Drive frozen. Very weak processor leads to sluggish performance when trying to browse the contents of the drive or restore files. Absolutely zero tabs to perform a backup. Never depend on this device for... Read More
What a disappointment. First, the ui is terrible and if you aren't computer savvy you will have a tough time. Anyways, just don't buy this piece of junk.
Using chrome lets you see your dashboard but the interface is unbelievably slow. Problem is, it's slow. Just horrifically slow. Worse even, the speeds are horrendous.
Highlights
Quality
I am very happy with this drive and will be buying another one shortly.
It stays cool, holds all of my movies and tv shows, transfers very well with the internet.
It does behave weirdly with the date created/modified info when files are copied to the drive though.
Shipping
Shipping was in a timely manner and with out any problems.
This is simple, fast and reliable, and above all works.
Competitiveness
A great lil 1tb nas drive for backing up all the computers in the house wirelessly or serving videos for the kids to watch.
I have used y mybooklive 2tb nas drive for over 2 years now.
Absolutely love this, can access all of my media from anywhere in the world via phone or internet connection, incridible price
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The 5 year model is my book live that you can login to remotely and has an app for phones
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Bad reviews are based upon people with unreasonable expectations
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I dont know of any drive at this price that can stream hd movies
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You need a dedicated pc for that
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It might be that the slow issues are related to using an usb interface
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But hangs sometimes and having connection issues
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At least these dont have a binding arbitration agreement in the eula which wd tries to force on you with the myclouds
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I stream movies off it to my tvs in the house
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