New Firmware - Version 1.04.18_B for the WD TV Live Plus (2/3/11) [ Edited ]

[Bill_S]

WD is happy to announce our latest firmware update for the WD TV Live Plus Media Player.  

• For the firmware update and release notes please check out the WD TV Live Plus Product Update page.
• For instructions on how to do either an automatic or manual update, please refer to Answer ID 5343: How to update the firmware on a WD TV Live HD Media Player.

Please post your experiences in this thread.

[PixelPower]

If you already have the previous 1.04.17_B release installed, is there any benefit / need to install this re-release?

In other words, is this pretty much the same functionally?

[Bill_S]

Sorry, my mistake. A typo.

[horizons1]

Whoopie, all they did was make the beta permanent.  How about fixing all the stuff that is still broken with .17 and .18, like shuffle?

[Scandy]

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bill_s wrote:

Sorry, my mistake. A typo.

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I am not sure what you mean by this. What exactly is the typo. Is this a new 'official' release? Is it exactly the same as the 1.04.17 Beta?

If nothing else has changed, and nothing else has been fixed, then what is the point of posting all of the same problems that have existed since 1.04.10 in this thread again? The WD Engineers can use the thread that we already have made detailing all of the problems with the player.

Summary of WD Problems

It is nice that they fixed the two problems mentioned on the product update page, but personally, I can not believe that WD has released another firmware update without fixing the VOB stuttering issues. Who ever heard of a media player that can't play a DVD?

[PixelPower]

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Scandy wrote:

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bill_s wrote:

Sorry, my mistake. A typo.

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I am not sure what you mean by this. What exactly is the typo. Is this a new 'official' release? Is it exactly the same as the 1.04.17 Beta?

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He originally typed 1.04.17_B (the release that got pulled) instead of 1.04.18_B.

The results from the 1.04.18_B Beta release must have been deemed promising enough to make it a Stable release.

[Scandy]

Thanks PixelPower. So is this release exactly the same as the 1.04.18 Beta?

[PixelPower]

If they're using the same number, it'll be the same firmware.  

Or at least, I hope so, cos otherwise it would just be confusing.  

[hcmcmurtry]

This new update still hasn't fixed the stutter when i play VOB files shared from my computer. About 3 versions ago there was no stutter. I have seen a lot of complaints on this board about this problem but it seems that WD has no intent to fix this. I'm stuck with a device that doesn't do what it should be doing and no support from WD to make it better. Definitely won't recommend WD for support, ability to execute, customer satisfaction, timeliness of response,...

[blueribb]

1.04.18_B has been out for a while. This is 1.04.18 without the B (beta) right ?

Same file, just renamed. ?