Network Media Player With Storage

WD’s My Book Live home network drive allows you to consolidate your media in one central location for everyone on your wired or wireless network to access and enjoy. Automatically back up your PC and Mac computers to one safe place and stream your media to your entertainment center.

Size: 3 TB Color: Charcoal Brand: Western Digital Model: WDBACG0030HCH-NESN Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 5.50" h x 2.00" w x 6.60" l, 3.40 pounds Hard Disk: 3TB Networking: Ethernet 1000 Mb-s Centralize and share media on your home network Back up all your PC and Mac computers View your photo collection with your iPhone Stream media to your entertainment center

My Book® Live™ Personal Cloud Storage - Shared storage for computers, tablets, and smartphones. Connect this powerful drive to your wireless router for shared storage on your home network that you can access within and outside the home. Share files with Mac computers and PCs, stream media to your television through your DLNA™-enabled devices, and access files remotely with the WD 2go app and website. Create your own personal cloud. Access your files at home or away with your Mac®, PC, smartphone and iPad®. Stream videos, music, and photos to your connected TV, game console or media player. Centralized storage and wireless backup. Connect the drive to your wireless router to provide shared storage and wireless backup for all the PC and Mac computers on your home network. Brawn and brains for all your applications. A built-in, high-powered CPU gives you the horsepower you need for the most demanding applications. Stream media seamlessly and transfer files without skipping a beat. Features at a glance Storage and backup for PC and Mac computers Remote access and apps for your mobile devices Stream media to your entertainment center Built-in 800 MHz CPU for uncompromising speed 3-year limited warranty Your media and files on your own personal cloud - Create your own personal cloud, without the monthly fees and mysterious location of your data. Store your media and files on the drive and access them securely over the Internet with any PC or Mac computer. Or, use WD's mobile apps for easy access with your tablet or smartphone. It's like having up to 3 TB of extra storage for your mobile device. Now streaming to your HDTV - Watch your daughter's birthday party video or show off your vacation slideshow on your TV. The built-in media server streams music, photos and movies to any DLNA-certified multimedia device such as a WD TV Live network media player, Blu-ray Disc™ player, Xbox 360®, PlayStation® 3, and connected TV. DLNA 1.5 & UPnP™ certified. Shared storage for all your computers - Now you can store your entire family's movies, music, photos, and important files to one place for everyone in the home to share. Just plug the drive into your wireless router so that you can store and access files with any PC or Mac computer in your home. Automatic, wireless backup for all your computers - Protect your precious memories and wirelessly back up all the PC and Mac computers on your network to one reliable location. Windows users can use the included WD SmartWare software and every time you save something, it's instantly backed up. Mac users can utilize all the features of Apple® Time Machine™ backup software to protect their data. Speed without compromise - Built with an 800 MHz CPU for maximum performance to power all your applications from streaming to remote access. Designed around the most recent advances in Ethernet chip technology, this product delivers best-in-class read speeds faster than traditional USB 2.0 drives. Serve up your music with iTunes® - The drive includes iTunes server support so you can centralize your music and video collection and stream it to any Mac or PC with iTunes. Easy to set up, easy to find on your network- Set up is a snap. In just a few minutes, you're up and running. Mac, Windows® 7, and Windows Vista® computers will automatically find your My Book Live drive in seconds. If you're running Windows XP, our simple discovery software makes it easy to set up the drive. Ideal for Storing your digital media collection on your wired or wireless network Sharing videos, music, and photos with all the computers on your network Backing up data from all the PCs and Mac computers in your home Viewing photos and files with your iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®, or Android™ smartphone Streaming media to your Blu-ray Disc™ players, game consoles, media players, or other DNLA/UPnP devices on your home network What's in the box Network drive, Ethernet cable, AC power adapter, Installation and software CD, Quick Install Guide. Compatibility Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista, Windows 7 Mac OS® X Leopard or Snow Leopard DLNA/UPnP enabled devices For more great WD products, visit the Western Digital Store at Amazon.com   Network Storage Comparison Chart My Book Live My Book World Edition II WD ShareSpace Shared storage for computers, tablets, and smartphones. Double-safe backup and storage for all the computers on your network. Centralized storage with plenty of capacity to go around.   Interface Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet   Capacity range 1 TB - 3 TB 2 TB - 6 TB 2 TB - 8 TB   High performance 100 MB/s reads       WD SmartWare       Compatible with Apple® Time Machine®   Network connection   Mac ready   PC ready   Automatic backup   WD Photos photo viewer app   WD 2go file viewer app       Remote access   Capacity gauge     User serviceable     RAID enabled   RAID 0/1 RAID 0/1/5/10

Customer most helpful reviews 83 of 90 people found the following review helpful. Sonos works fine .. Thomas B Goodloe Yesterday I bought one of these units to use as a drive Network Attached Storage for my Sonos music system. This device is perfect for the installation and exceeded my expectations. The setting for this machine is a snap. Sonos and my PC recognized zero problems. The transfer unit is about 70MB / s which is enough for my purposes. Also (and an important source for the Sonos), this device after inactivity and yet you can set how long wait before you go down (do not see any other unit in this price range that will do this). In addition, this unit is preformatted with NTFS file system to format it is not necessary, as with most external drives. Having a NAS unit with potential is excellent, because you need less hardware to the drive available for Sonos. Finally, because the unit on / off switch, do not worry if you lose power you have running again (as with the old Linksys NSLU2) The only reason I do not give it to five stars is because The "get over the web" part of the functions is misleading. What you can expect is that this device is available via the web by some form of logging and without the need for a PC easier. Unfortunately, these things must all this equipment available on the web. The WD will activate this "MioNet" seems dated and shabby, not to mention a price. If you leave your computer for you is acceptable, I recommend downloading the Opera browser and use their "Unite" service that many of the same services as MioNet, but for * free *. Overall, a strong buy and a beautiful product. If you want a Sonos system and your music available, so this is the device you need. 72 of 80 people found this review were reliable and quick with Richard C. Drew These units are one of the "important" for the modern home entertainment center or home networks. It can perform various tasks - from the backup transmission media. If you have a network, and just want a common location to store files, this will do. Need for a streaming media server for your new TV or a networked media player? Ditto. Automatic backup of your network? Check. I use to store pictures and video. Because digital photographs are only virtual (no more negative for safety!) Backups are a necessity. I keep several backups that photography is a hobby and a job. I also have media streaming devices connected to my TV, and can display images, video and audio sample of web and network devices. This device is shown in the list of network devices and is a few clicks to move to the desired media. Streaming works perfectly. All you need is in the package. A short network cable, AC adapter, network drives, and an installation CD installation is simple and straightforward. Bring power and network cable, contact your PC, drop-in installation CD and follow the instructions. You can not just plug in and go - you have to run the installation CD. This is not just a drive - it's also a mini file server. You need to set permissions and user accounts. The first installer did was check for an update. One was available, so I let it install. It lasted about 25 minutes. This step can be skipped, but there is always a good idea to install updates. After it was finished I have a few accounts - quickly and easily. You can use the private storage accounts, the public, and choose who has access to the accounts. So little Billy can not see things his sister, or an employee can have a private and public storage area. Very useful and well executed. Also included is a backup software - PC, Mac and network auto-configuration. I have not installed the software I used in the past and prefer the manual backup. Case: If you know the WD products, you will notice that all look the same. Them.