If WD ever makes them again, the news will be plastered all over this forum…. I would check with the warranty terms. Buying an oversees model, or an oversees vendor may make seriously complicate the warranty process if not void it completely.
The WDTV is no longer a viable option for popular streaming services and its capabilities for streaming your own media are very limited. The latest models are mostly the same older hardware with no speed or memory improvements and have no support for Netflix or Amazon Prime. The result is a very slow and often frustrating experience navigating libraries of movies with a very cumbersome interface. It can be modified but nothing will make it smooth and snappy.
I reverted manually but the services no longer work. Trying to access them times out returns error messages from the service saying that the device is unsupported and to contact the manufacturer. In many cases the device just locks up requiring a reboot.
As a set-top media streamer it is marginally functional but does not have support for newer changes to mkv or newer codecs. Additionally it seems that some support has been downgraded. Movies which used to play smoothly now stutter or fail to load. Many larger HD movies with low compression play so poorly that they are unwatchable.
The best option now, for people with the time and capability, is to build your own HTPC with support for all media types and preferred streaming services. The WDTV is no longer a viable option for having access to everything in one easy package. Roku does not support the. I have had no problems with mkv files on my current WDTV players which are 3 years old. Even though they indicated it was out of stock, I placed an order and got one with 1 week.
Still I would have liked WD to be manufacturing newer models of this device rather than discontinuing them. I fully understand. The WDTV has just become too cumbersome and sluggish to deal with anymore. Unfortunately for me it no longer plays about half of the movies I have on my system though a year ago it did just fine.
It seems as though Netflix and other shave put pressure on them to offer streaming services and minimize the ability to play local content. Similar competing boxes were bought up and then never brought back to market. If my WDLive boxes die then I will be forced to build my own dedicated HTPC and switch to Kodi which has a good menu system for viewing files and playing subtitled movies.
Kodi is what I plan to use also. Agree, this does seem a bit weird since they are not selling them today. Until smoke emanates from either, I will be good to go for a while. I even have a new Live Streaming player still in sealed box if I need to break into it.
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