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WD TV Live Plus: Western Digital's Latest Media Player Reviewedby Cameron Butterfield on 7/29/2010 1:00 AM EST
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gigahertz20 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI own a WD TV Live and a Popcorn Hour A-110, both are pretty good but the Popcorn Hour has played back everything fine whereas the WD TV Live has refused to play back certain media, mostly movies with dual audio tracks. I have to use MP4Muxer to delete one of the the audio tracks, after that it will play back fine.
If I do upgrade/buy another media player in the future, it will probably be another Popcorn Hour, but I want to wait since I don't like their current line of players. I've read reviews on the newer Popcorn Hour A-200 and people complain of fan noise and the casing is just a piece of plastic, not metal like the older A-110 that I have, which is nice since the metal casing acts like a heat sink.
I was looking forward to the Boxee Box despite its ugly form factor, but then I've read that it will only be capable of 10 Mbits/sec 1080p HD decodes. So forget the usual 20 – 30 Mbps H264 rips on the Boxee Box.
It seems like the Boxee box is just a fancy Xbmc box that may play most SD and 720p material, internet streaming channels etc, and a very limited portion of 1080p re-encodes if max bitrates are limited to 10Mbps.
To bad Microsoft and Sony can't make their game consoles true media players that can handle any format, then we wouldn't need to mess around with buying a media player. Reply
sucram03 - Saturday, July 31, 2010 - linkThe information you provide is very informative, thanks for that.
However, I would remind people not to start comparing the WD TV Live to the WD TV Live Plus. My understanding is that the underlying hardware components that decode are the same, except for the added chip that allows for Netflix viewing. However, this appears to not be the case.
I've had multiple anime shows with dual (and triple)-audio (in MKV containers) play perfectly fine with this WDTV Live Plus. Also, I'm waiting for a hopeful release of B.rad's firmware which is only good for the WD TV & WD TV Live at the moment. This would allow for moviesheet display with a nice looking interface and library over a network share, which is something the WD TV's cannot do (currently they only build a library if the connection is local).
Interesting info on the Boxee box. I had/returned the popbox due to the horrendous firmware and slow GUI response. It was absolutely the worst purchase I've made in years.
I might suggest you look into putting B.rad's firmware on your WDTV Live, and see if that helps any of the issues you had experienced. Of course, YMMV, but most people do seem to like the firmware. Reply
gigahertz20 - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkThanks for the info, the problems regarding dual audio tracks has happened in mp4 files. For example the latest one was a movie with the specs below, my WD TV Live just refused to play it.
Video Information:
Format: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
Video Bitrate: 3011
Framerate: 23.97fps
Display aspect ratio: 1.86
Encoder: x264
Resolution: 1280x688
Audio Information:
Format: mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC
Audio #1: 384kb/s 48000 Hz 6-channel
Audio #2: 128kb/s 48000 Hz 2-channel
Subs: None Reply
ganeshts - Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - linkgigahertz20,
Does this happen with all MP4 files having multiple audio tracks? We have quite a few test files with multiple audio, but unfortunately, none in the MP4 container.
Can you upload a sample for us to check out / add to the test suite?
Ganesh Reply
skinsman - Friday, September 03, 2010 - linkI ran across this comment while googling for WDTV Live mp4a problems. I've found there is a definite issue with mp4a multi-channel AAC audio - lots of people report no audio output. Dual audio tracks usually works fine from what I've seen, I don't think that's the issue you're hitting. On the other hand maybe you're seeing a different issue to the usual mp4a one - does your WDTV Live refuse to play the file at all, or are you seeing video but no audio? Reply
temporalillusion - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkGreat article, and look forward to more like this. There's a ton of these things out there and it's hard to know which one is good beyond just looking at the codec list.
Do the Popbox next! :D Reply
gigahertz20 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThe Popbox is crap, just look at the reviews on Amazon....ouch, it wasn't ready at all to be put out there for customers. Maybe months from now after a bunch of updated firmwares are issued, it will be decent.
http://www.amazon.com/popbox-Syabas-PopBox-Media-P... Reply
temporalillusion - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkAh bummer, that's too bad. Thanks for the info, appreciated. Reply
jigglywiggly - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThese things are ALL stupid. You can get a new 360 for 150-200$ (arcade obv) AND, just run a tversity media server for all the content your 360 cannot play. Then just sit back, and let the 360 run... it has way way way stronger hardware than any of these things. Reply
beginner99 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkyeah lol what formats cann the xbox 360play? xvid, avi? that's about. Any content worth watching on a large tv in most cases aint gonna be any of these. Unoffical standard is mkv (h.264, dts or AC3). transcoding will always lower quality. Can the xbox360 play 1080p? I doubt it. Reply
Anubis - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThe 360 or PS3 combined with Tversity or PS3 Media Server can transcode ANYTHING, even real media Reply
beginner99 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkYour PC is transcoding so that the ps3/xbox can read it. With wd tv live you do not need to transcode at all. Transcoding isn't exactly ideal especial for HD content. will probably use quite a bit of cpu juice. Reply
Alexstarfire - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI think anyone looking into these is probably going to have a computer that's up to par for that purpose though. I might actually look into getting a used 360 for that purpose. Reply
BigDH01 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkCan the 360 playback full bit rate blu-ray rips? What about audio? DTS support at all? I haven't tried TVersity or WMC lately from my 360, but last time I did I was extremely disappointed.
The 360 is great as long as your needs fit into that little world. As far as I know, TVersity simply converts your videos on-the-fly into the confines of the above limitations. Because of this reason, I use the WD TV Live to stream my media and am much happier as a result.
It'd be nice if MS tried to optimize the 360 at all for media playback, but dreaming for that is like dreaming for Softsled. Reply
saiga6360 - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkOR they have NAS devices that do not have the CPU power to do transcoding. Not that they should. What's the point of a streaming device if you have to transcode? Reply
nonmiraj - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkEven using TVersity with the 360 you're storing and playing movies through your computer and then streaming them. Streaming HD movies, that's a "Stupid" / awful idea, anyone that suggests that isn't streaming HD movies. And forget it if you're ever planning on fast forwarding, rewinding or pausing doing that.
Get a media player like this WD and do it right. Reply
gigahertz20 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkWirelessly streaming HD movies (4-15GB mkvs h.264 codec) using TVersity to your Xbox 360 sucks, just does not work. I messed around with TVersity at a friends house using my laptop to stream a few movies to his Xbox 360 and it just did not work that well. Maybe if you have a built in wired network it would work fine, but not wireless. Reply
Anubis - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkpretty sure streaming 1080p over wireless doesn't work for anything, even if everything is N based it still has issues, PS3 has the same issue as 360 does with it. Wired works fine for both. Reply
beginner99 - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkfor normal mkv's it woprks on n. I do it. but on a 5 ghz seperate network for streaming only. Reply
anachreon - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThe idea that an xbox 360 is a replacement for any of these devices is absolutely laughable. Reply
EarthwormJim - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThe size is nice, but I don't see how this can really compare to the ~$200 ion systems you can get/build. Sure it's cheap, but it's so much more limited than a full computer. Reply
kmmatney - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkIt's much easier to use than a full computer, and has a remote control. My wife can use this as easily as a DVD player. I looked into getting an ION system, but was going to be $250 for the cheapest system (book size), whereas the WD Live was $109 when I bought mine. It works great - has played everything I've tried. It also has excellent zooming features. Reply
Phynaz - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThis.
An easy to use appliance that doesn't require any effort on the users part as far as education. Reply
greenguy - Sunday, August 29, 2010 - linkExactly. I have a WD TV live, and it has been awesome. It uses next to no power, and plays pretty much everything (other than Thomas the Tank Engine) we have thrown at it. Very impressed, very easy to use. Reply
wdtvblogger - Saturday, August 07, 2010 - linkIt has a great iPhone application that acts a remote control (http://www.wdtvremote.com) - much easier than the hardware remote control. It also allows extra features on your WDTV such as playing SHOUTcast radio... Reply
EarthwormJim - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI forgot to add, I do thoroughly enjoy reviews like this though. Even if the product is crummy, bring on more!! Reply
beginner99 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkSo this thing is like identical to the non-plus version which I own. The wmapro thing is a non-issue. It's almost never used and there is a converter available online to mkv which is pretty sweet (=works and is fast).
The issue I have is mainly the network problems. If you intend to use it in a network, well prepare for issues. I use it wireless. Bandwith is no problem but connection just drops now and then. see wd forum. it's a common issue. supposedly also happens in wired mode. It' s not really reproducable. Sometimes ti just works, sometimes it drops several times during a movie.
The limited youtube content can also be an issue because what often is blocked are offical music videos and trailers. Eg. the things you would actually want to watch on the tv. Fun stuff, normally in crappy quality, I usually get to by links when browsing on my pc. For me this is not a killer, I bought it for streaming but after a short look at the youtube feature I never used it again. Reply
kmmatney - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThis website lets you create thumbnails for movies to make browsing through the folders more interesting. It creates a file with the same name as your movie, which the WD Live knows to use as a thumbnail for the movie
This is good for doing a few movies at a time. There is also a thumbnail generator for auto-generating thumbnails for a whole movie collection:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Othe... Reply
nubie - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI notice you did image quality tests on 1080 output, what if you are using a native 720p screen, such as a projector?
Do these caveats still apply? I would assume less so because the down-conversion should happen after the de-interlacing.
Excellent review, this thing is on the short list of simple gadgets for HD video that the Luddites in the family can operate (and not break doing so.) Reply
probedb - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI'd be interested in a review of the Play!ON as it appears to be a much better player.
I'm also surprised so little attention is paid to deinterlacing in these devices. I rip my DVDs to MKV without compression meaning the streamer must deinterlace so surely it wouldn't hurt for a manufacturer to a good quality one with maybe some ABT chipsets in there? Reply
Decaff - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI definately second this.
Most of the commentaries I've seen around point to the PlayON being a far better player, though some people claim the WDTV to be better, but doesn't back it up.
Also, the Popcorn boxes are often regarded as being superior (probably due to the higher pricetag), but I haven't seen any solid confirmation of it anywhere.
So keep up the good work. I'm loving these articles. Reply
jo-82 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkWhy would i want to let my normal machine run all the time? If i use a USB-attached one i have the mess auf more Cables and an additional device.
Dear WD: Put a 2,5" Drivebay (Hotswappable would be nice) inside and we have a deal. Especially as a Device for Parents und and Friends... Reply
probedb - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkSome of us have these things called fileservers or NAS boxes. If you want an internal drive why are you even looking at this as that's not what it's for??? Reply
dvinnen - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThese type devices are geared toward people who have media servers (i currently use a 7 year old machine running linux and a ton of storage and it works great). Also to get you to purchase a WD external HD.
Internal storage wouldn't work unless they added NAS functionality to it. Hot swapping drives to put media on it and bring it back to the player just sounds like a bad idea. Reply
saiga6360 - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkDid you happen to see the price tag? You want something like, you will have to pay more for like a Popcorn Hour or a Dune. Reply
Finite Loop - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI had been looking for the WD TV Live, but it was sold out everywhere and nobody had any backorders for it. I went with the AC Ryan Playon HD mini.
It would have been nice if the article discussed playback over the LAN connection. The AC Ryan performs well over its (100Mb) LAN connection except for 1080p content where fast action scenes may exhibit block-effects. The only content the AC Ryan doesn't seem to play (whether from LAN or USB) is stereoscopic video which causes the player to freeze.
I was hoping this WD "Plus" version would have a gigabit connection. Without gigabit, the increase in price in comparison to the previous version doesn't seem to be justified. Additionally, the AC Ryan comes with an HDMI cable which I would have had to purchase separately had I gone with a WD TV Live model.
It's interesting the article mentions the chip(s) in the WD TV Live Plus however a comparison with chips used in other devices would be appreciated. Why does this device require 1Gigabyte of memory while the AC Ryan mini operates with only 128MB? What's the difference between the video decoding chip in this player and other players? Reply
cbutters - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkYou can get the WD TV Live Plus for 119 at newegg with a free 8GB thumb drive.
I'm not entirely sure that gigabit is an important feature here, with bluray video streams maxing out at 40mbps and averaging less than 30, there seems to be little benefit of increasing the 100mbps connection to 1000 as the bandwidth would go unused. However this is something that we hope to examine further in future articles. Reply
Saltbread - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI'm assuming that the Core 100 refers to the Asrock product reviewed before and the column should actually be labled Live Plus or something like that. My apologies if I am incorrect. Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThis has been fixed. Thanks for pointing out. Reply
ned14 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThese low end media boxes mainly come with one of two chipsets: Sigma and Realtek with the former being more expensive. The problem isn't the hardware, it's more the manufacturer supplied firmware where the Sigma one is good, whereas the Realtek one was written by incompetent chimpanzees. Anyone who has used both types of box will know exactly what I mean.
There is a brand new third option though - the Amlogic chipset. Its firmware is spartan, but due to its simplicity is seems to "just work" and it looks better than the Realtek's but not as good as the Sigma. The specs of the Amlogic I bought is detailed here at http://www.iboum.com/pr/nation2.php.
My first problem with the WDTV Live, as with anything costing more than US$70, is that for that price it really ought to have an internal drive bay so you don't have to faff around with external USB drive solutions. My second problem is with anything costing more than US$100 when for less or even not much more you can pick up a second hand P3 based quiet computer off ebay or a second hand games console both of which are far better media playing solutions. After all, Boxee and/or XBMC can be downloaded and installed on most things, so a DIY solution is often better here.
The only remaining argument is that these boxes are small and easily transportable e.g. to a friend's house in a way that PCs and game consoles are not. And here's my third problem with these boxes: top end smartphones are increasingly able to serve content either through HDMI or DNLA or both, and you can't beat a phone for portability.
Now if you can pick up a tiny light box for US$70 AND it has an internal drive bay AND it can play off of a DNLA server such as a phone - e.g. the Amlogic box I bought - then you might be on to something because it can act as a simple TV driver for media living elsewhere while still having the flexibility to act as a cheap NAS box too if desired. And what few bugs it has in its firmware have been fixed quickly as they seem to be operating a quarterly firmware release schedule. Personally I have been pleasantly surprised considering the price.
Oh, and it plays RMVB just fine. I have a huge collection of South Park in RMVB, and while they're a little blocky on my 1080p TV due to the low bitrate that is hardly the player's fault!
Niall Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkNiall,
Have you tried playing Blu-Ray backups in MKV or M2TS formats on the Amlogic chipset? I believe the Amlogic chipset uses IP from Chips & Media, and that IP is just not powerful enough to decode Blu-Ray spec encodes (high bitrates). Admittedly, the last time I did research on this was 6 months back.
That said, we will try to get hold of such devices for review here provided they have a presence in the US. One of the Realtek streamers is up next :) Reply
Decaff - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkCare to announce which Realtek streamer that is? Reply
ganeshts - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkThe only one supporting Netflix :) No guarantees when it is going to appear though :P Reply
tech6 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkAnother great home theater review - keep them coming. AT is one of the very few sites that actually does any meaningful testing of HT devices beyond taking them out of the box and switching them on. Reply
EddyKilowatt - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkAgree. The tech-blog scene needs more *reporters* and fewer *stenographers*.
I've read several reviews of the WD Live family, and this is pretty much the first time I've seen the Video Quality issues mentioned, at least in any objective way.
I'll be picking up one of these gadgets in a few months, but sure hope they'll fix the networking bugs as I'll mostly be streaming from a Windows Home Server. Reply
Mumrik - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - link"For those who value low power consumption this device certainly fits the bill, consuming almost 8 times less power than an HTPC at idle and 5 times less power at load."
That kind of expression really does make no sense at all when you talking about using LESS. One time less would be zero - are you talking about 1/8 and 1/5 of the power? Reply
SlyNine - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkAnd yet, our amazing human mind made perfect sense out of it. Also it didn't detract from the article at all.
But I guess technically you are correct. Reply
Ninjahedge - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI have an older model. I primarily use it when going down to the shore.
It is TINY and fits easily into a backpack. the only problem being file storage. Getting the external HD, power cord and other things can be a real PITA.
But that may also be a thing of the past as SD gets cheaper. Carrying a few 32's and an adapter may make bringing Anime and the like much easier.
The only problems I have with the older one was lack of network connectability. It is all USB. Having something that can be hooked up to a router and stream whatever you have (along with custom subs) is a godsend.
I am just pissed that most of these guys came along AFTER I made my $700 Shuttle box a year or two back!
I have not read the full atricle yet, but I am guessing the Pandora Playing is just their Pay service (like Slimline?)
Has Logitech jumped on this bandwagon? Can we get comparitive reviews soon? Can you mow my lawn?
;) Reply
puckalicious - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI noticed the test suite contains only 1 test for DVD playback, and only from an ISO file. What about DVD video_ts folders on a hard drive? Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkpuckalacious, We will add this in the next version of the test suite:
1. DVD folder playback
2. Blu-Ray folder playback
Thanks for your suggestions. Reply
bah12 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkBut does it work? Or did you not try at all? Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkCameron will try them out and update by today evening :) Reply
bah12 - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkGood deal thanks! Ripped my collection a few years back (old Media Center HTPC + MyMovies). MyMovies DB got corrupted so it basically just sits there. Waiting for an inexpensive streamer and some sort of software to catalog the movies. Easier to just grab the DVD off the shelf. Pity really, because it was a lot of work.
Hoping something like this would do the trick, it would be nice to see the cataloging options. My project was a few years back, and getting the meta data (album art, genre ..) was a pain. Has it progressed enough today so that it can do it off of folder name? Or better yet even track sampling like .mp3's do when they auto get the album info. Reply
cbutters - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkThis test that was suggested is now updated in the article. Reply
AgeOfPanic - Sunday, August 01, 2010 - linkDoes Blu-Ray folder playback also mean that you can hookup an external Blu-Ray player (e.g. the ones that you can buy for a laptop) and browse through the folders of a Blu-ray disk? Reply
ganeshts - Sunday, August 01, 2010 - linkThis is usually not possible on most devices because AACS is unsupported in these type of devices (sub-$200). You need Blu Ray players such as C-200 or the Dune Prime for folder playback on attached Blu Ray drives. Reply
pjladyfox - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkYou guys get major kudos from this girly geek and prove why Anantech is the first place I usually come to for reviews followed by everyone else. This has got to be, by far, the most detailed and comprehensive testing suite I've EVER seen regarding NMT's and media streamers. Now I'm dying to see a roundup from you guys, using this testing suite, to see how the other boxes stack up. ^_^
To other review sites: THIS is how you not only build a testing suite but review a NMT and media streamer. Reply
JNo - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkHi great review - love the detail on the compatibility and also video quality - that's rare.
I would urge you guys to google then get and review the Xtreamer. It's made and sold directly by a Korean company but is really great value and powerful. It has a very active user community, some of whom who work directly with the manufacturers on the new firmware updates.
As for streaming - I'm all for it... in theory. Apart from being rubbish at understanding and setting up networks, I won't even consider wireless streaming of hd content with all the problems I keep reading about. And whilst wired network streaming is a lot better, it can still have issues and relies on your computer being on for this to occur (noise, power etc) - and not all of us are dedicated enough to have a home NAS system.
I simply put a 500Gb 2.5" HDD in my xtreamer which, while costly initially, allows me just to transfer films and tv shows to it knowing that I, or my wife, will be able to watch them stutter free whenever, whether or not the computer is on. Once you've got a bit of a collection on it, the streaming thing becomes irrelevant. Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkJNo, Thanks for your suggestion.
Xtreamer has been on our sights for quite some time now. We are taking steps to see whether we can test it out, but no guarantees :) Reply
docent - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkmy one year old ASUS HDP-R1 can play DVD menus from ISO files, what's interesting it can even play menus from BD - functionality that is still not supported on WD media players. WD TV Live Plus is an inferior products - Asus HDP-R1 or newer model HDP-R3 ( with embedded WI-FI ) are much better Reply
Methusela - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkHey, something you probably want to add is that WD's support of the WDTV line of products is _legendarily_ bad. Please check the network media tank and streaming forums at AVS, at wdtvforums.com, or at wdtvforum.com for verification of the following information. Here's what WD does to its userbase:
1) Releases product. Claims they will support it with significant bug fixes and additional, user-requested features.
2) Releases 2-5 firmware updates over the course of the product's 6-10 month lifespan. Often, these sparse firmware releases come with huge problems (like bricking your device), and they almost never address the bugs that the retail device shipped with, nor do they add the functionality that the WD representatives (Scott, Tim, et al) claim would be added when masquerading as "support" on user forums such as those mentioned above.
3) Release new product at a higher price point with almost identical specifications and some of the user requested features of the last generation product, but all of the same bugs.
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 to infinity.
I know, this sounds a lot like many of the technology corporations around these days, but that doesn't mean you should put up with it. And, this isn't simply a case of sour grapes. Go read those forums and see for yourself how many problems there are and how WD continually fails to address them.
Anandtech should note these issues in a legitimate review of the device because, though it's reasonably inexpensive, the WDTV product lineup is not supported by its manufacturer and, thus, in light of its other shortcomings, is very difficult to recommend. Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkMethusela,
We will add a section on customer support / community firmware dev support for future media streamer reviews.
However, note that files which are problematic for WDTV Live Plus are included in the media streamer test suite. The score is around 57%, and if some other streamer gets more, we will obviously recommend that. Unfortunately, this is the first media streamer which has been put through the test suite, so we didn't provide any 'recommendations' as such. Reply
vision33r - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkThe 2 consoles would've been the perfect setup as media players but MS and Sony decided to cripple their abilities and the only way to get them to play anything today is to use PCs and stream media to them.
What a joke. So you've paid $150+ and still need a PC to transcode media.
These little boxes such as the WDTV Live+, Popcorn Hour, and Seagate Freeagent + all does it with ease and they use so little power compare to a Xbox/PS3 setup pumping hot air into the room. Reply
Finite Loop - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkWhile the AC Ryan plays most content very well, I've noticed some documentaries don't come out well with the AC Ryan.
I have 3 seasons of the History channel's "The Universe" and most people agree that the encodings are rather poor (see Amazon reviews on this).
I normally playback using a computer running Linux with an 8800GT connected with a 37" TV's HDMI connector. Playback (of The Universe) becomes acceptable if I apply Yadif (2x) and crop to 16:9 (using VLC player).
When I playback the Universe using the AC Ryan, I can't get an acceptable picture. Something bad goes on with interlacing and I'm not sure if the TV is applying it's own deinterlace filter but the picture is simply not as nice as when playing from VLC. I'm not noticing any interlacing so I assume that somewhere there's a bad/cheap deinterlace filter being applied. Additionally, the AC Ryan seems to stumble on the aspect ratio. If I "Zoom to width" then sections of the left and right of the picture are cut off. Changing the output mode to the TV doesn't help.
The AC Ryan is otherwise perfect for most other content and matches the quality I get from the 8800GT (which is used together with vdpau in mplayer for HD content).
These media streamers are at least much better than DLNA which is a very bad joke. I'd still prefer a media streamer over a separate computer. The AC Ryan is nice and small, generates no noticeable heat, plays most content fine and I already have ethernet running to every TV and a file server in the basement which is on 24x7x365, so a drive bay is not necessary.
I can even run MIPS compiled binaries on the AC Ryan. Reply
Drag0nFire - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkWhy wasn't the WTV format given more weight? This means I can't stream anything I record in my Win7 Media Center, unless I transcode first! It seems like this would be very important for home theater use. Reply
scJohn - Friday, July 30, 2010 - linkWTV is pretty much a proprietary container from Microsoft. There are some commercial software that can read the container and transcode to a new container that the WD Live HD Plus can play.
I use an external USB drive to hold my recorded TV shows to play on my WD Live HD. I use the program: WTVConverter.exe included in Windows 7, to rip the WTV file(s) to DVRMS files. Since this is just a rip and not a transcode the process only takes a couple of minutes per file. Since I have to copy files from my HDD to a USB drive any way .... I just tell WTVConvert to output the ripped file to my USB drive. Reply
ravib123 - Saturday, July 31, 2010 - linkI generally shy away from the WD external hard drive enclosures ... they usually overheat the drives leaving them to die just inside or outside of the 3 year warranty period. (I've lost 5 drives of different generations like this).
I am using an ARGOSY media player hard drive, and aside from it not having netflix there is no issue with it. Plays all the formats I've thrown at it with dual audio and subs, dvd isos, oggs, etc. Plus plays others streaming off my network available shares if needed.
Not sure on the longevity of the system yet as it is my first hdd based media player. Reply
skipperpma - Saturday, July 31, 2010 - linkSuper excited about this product. I have been backing up my dvd's to hd for a while, and when this was going to be perfect! -
The first movie played fine. The second wouldn't play at all. Went back to the first, and it wouldn't play. I power cycled the unit, and it played a different move fine. Stopped and tried another, and again it wouldn't play.
I also got random drop outs on sound and picture freezing.
I'll be returning it..
:( Reply
Krichek - Saturday, July 31, 2010 - linkNot sure if it matters to most or not or even if an * should be placed in the original article, but for what it is worth. Both the WDTV Live Plus and the previous WDTV will play .wtv files when you use the "play to" function in Windows 7. Reply
Decaff - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkThe "play to" function automatically transcodes the stream into another format if the DLNA devices you're playing to doesn't support the original format. So basically, you can "play to" almost anything that has DLNA, Windows will make sure the format comes to fit in someway. Reply
adamsteinberg - Saturday, July 31, 2010 - linkI'd like to see which files you actually used -- it'd be good to have as a reference for the rest of us. Reply
ganeshts - Sunday, August 01, 2010 - linkMost of the streams in the test suite are available with a search on Google (such as the infamous bird scene clip from Planet Earth / NMT DVD5 Test Disc contents) . Some of them are copyrighted, and can't be made publicly available.
Instead of releasing files selectively, we think it would be better to avoid releasing the any part of the suite to the public. That said, media streamer vendors can and do get access to the files if they find that their units are unable to playback a particular stream in our review process. Reply
jmunjr - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkDid they improve on the WD Live's lousy network support? There was no cataloging of media via the network, only on loccal drives connected to USB. What's the point of network support if finding media requires manually navigating the network shares? STUPID.
Also playing any music off the network is pointless as well as you have to manually navigate and it is impossible to even shuffle music effectively without putting it all into one folder with no subfolders. STUPID. Reply
SlyNine - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkAs I said in my post. I agree and this is important for people trying to serve multiple rooms. Or people that are not computer illiterate.
Jmunjr, I would try out twonky. It makes things alot easier. Reply
jmunjr - Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - linkSorry if I missed that part of the article.
Twonky looks promising. Thanks. Reply
SlyNine - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkI bought the WDLive for the living room. I bought Twonky to make it easier to use. The most important thing is ease of use if I'm going to deploy them threw out the house. I don't want people bugging me about how to use it.
Really it all comes down to being able to map network shares and have the player build a library. So the next person only has a simple menu, Video, Music.
So if you could take the to talk about ease of use, I'd really appreciate that.
Also any media server recommendations would be great. Reply
ProDigit - Monday, August 02, 2010 - linkHah!
The thing I had hoped to see was a built in TV decoder, and it does not even have it!
Why even bother with the 'TV' in the product's name, when the only thing it can do is connect to LCD or Plasma screens via HDMI?
I mean, if it really was a TV media box, the least it should have had was a TV and radio tuner (both digital and analog) to make it somewhat interesting!
So far it seems nothing more than a harddrive with a low quality graphics card attached to it...
I'm happy they invent things like this, but that's not fully what the average customer needs!
Especially not when LCD's are becoming cheap, and you can buy a 28" LCD screen for under 300, and connect it to a TV tuner AND a pc at the same time.
In other words as a media player it succeeds, but not to replace a home theater!
People living in studio's would really want this TV decoder function added to the HD playback ability of this device, in ONE device.
One thing that's bothering me the most is the amount of remotes that are on an average livingroom table. One for the TV, one for the VCR, one for the DVD, one for the blueray, and one for the sattelite or cable signal decoder.
They could have made all this in one device, leaving you with one USB port for the blueray drive to watch blueray or DVD videos, one remote for the LCD and one for this device. Reply
Modelworks - Sunday, August 08, 2010 - linkThe WD boxes and most others use a chipset originally designed for DVR , IPTV, and set top boxes for cable and satellite service. When they were designed they were designed with specific codecs and industry standards. Do not expect them to play every combination of video that exist because the ones that will not play on the box are not following the specification. One thing that a pc allows users to do is update codecs. Often those updates are not to fix problems in the codec but to allow the codec to play content that has been encoded using options that are not part of the specification. People like to try pushing codecs and often that leads to files not playing except for those that have the same version codec as the encoder.
If you like to play with codec settings and use files that do then a pc is the only option. If you stick to established specifications then the sigma based players are as good as anything.
De-interlacing is not a strong part of the sigma chipsets and little attention is given to it in the sdk. Part of the reason for this is it was designed with playing back content that is already de-interlaced. Only Mpeg2 is given some real attention and the file has to be in the DVD specified format .
If WMAPRO is important for you , you can visit this site to get the custom firmware that adds support for it.
DTS/Dolby support varies with players. Just depends on if they wanted to play the licensing fees or not . All the current sigma chipset can decode the format fine. Reply
IcetomLT - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - linkVery good review!. I think now Anandtech developed best testing for media players!
Just one ask - is it possible to include HQV PAL 1.4a DVD tests (for SD signal). Because, now your HQV test shows only player's performance for NTSC type signal in HD resolution and doesn't show how good upscaling engine is used in player and if it supports PAL cadences. Reply
kojak40 - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - linkI have a question. Can I see the attached storage connected the the we live TV box on my computer. I want to be able to send files to the hard drive from my computer and or android phone. If I can't do that it's a deal breaker for me. Reply


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"AND AS MUCH AS SOME HAVE DISCOUNTED THE Wii U ALREADY AND THINK THE NEW LAUNCHES OF THE CONSOLES FROM SONY AND MICROSOFT WILL MAKE THE Wii U IRRELEVANT, Raines knows better than to count Nintendo out. "This industry has a lot of cynicism and people love to say stuff isn't going to work, but we think the Wii U is a real console that's been disappointing for a couple months,..."
EDIT: some hardcore Wii U supporters wanted the full quote
I wonder how different/similar it will be from PS4. I think with the open, developer focused approach Sony is taking, Microsoft may have to open up. Indies do not like MS...
That Durango, he's so hot right now!
The quote below makes me excited to see what they've got in store, can't wait!
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In Greek mythology, Hermus (Greek: Ἕρμος) is a name attributed to multiple characters.
River godEdit
Hermus is the god of the river Hermus (modern Gediz river) located in the Aegean region of Lydia (modern Turkey). Like most of the river-gods, he is the son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the father of the Lydian nymphs.[1][2]
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Hermus was a nobleman of Athens and a companion of Theseus. When Theseus founded the city of Pythopolis, he left Hermus there. A place in Pythopolis called the House of Hermes was named after him, incorrectly changing the name to that of a god.[4]
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Arrow, Season 2 Scoop From Katie Cassidy09/12/2013
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New, Arrow scoop from the E online! Watch With Kristen Spoiler chat, September 12th, 2013 Post.
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"I feel like it's season one times ten," Katie Cassidy teases of season two. "I feel like every episode has been so big and I literally did not think when we shot the first season it would get bigger I would just figure it would get smaller. Literally they have taken season two and just have expanded it bigger and it's just amazing! Expect the unexpected and just know it's darker." So not only is she gorgeous, but Cassidy knows how to tease her show. Sometimes God gives with two hands, y'all.
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BAGHDAD - Militants have battled Iraqi security forces for control of a strategic northern town, prompting half the area's population to flee, as Washington considers drone strikes against jihadist fighters leading the charge.
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Today is Earth Day, so in honor of that, I thought I would share a few easy ways to save money every day by consuming less energy and producing less waste. These are very easy and inexpensive changes to make, and once you incorporate them into your daily routine, you will probably ask yourself why you never did them before!
5 easy ways to save money and the environment
1. Reusable shopping bags. My wife and I recently switched to reusable shopping bags for our grocery shopping, and we both love them! They only cost about a buck per bag, but each bag holds more groceries than a plastic bag, they don't fall over in the trunk, and they will last several years. The best part is that there are no more plastic bags cluttering our house or the landfills. I highly recommend these!
- Where to purchase reusable shopping bags: Check your local grocery store or discount outlet.
- Estimated cost: $1 and up
2. Rechargeable batteries. Chances are you have a few items around your house that require batteries. If you have children, you probably need more batteries than you thought you would! Unfortunately, batteries are expensive and toxic. They need to be disposed of properly instead of thrown into the regular trash, but that is a hassle that most people won't be bothered with. Rechargeable batteries are less expensive over the long run and will last several years and hundreds of charges when used properly.
- Where to purchase rechargeable batteries: All-Battery.com probably has the widest selection of rechargeable batteries on the web, including batteries for home use, cell phones, laptops, radios, and more.
- Estimated cost: Varies by battery
3. Reusable water bottles. My wife and I purchased stainless steel Klean Kanteen water bottles several months back. Bottled water is a huge drain on our resources and are grossly overpriced. Reusable water bottles use fewer resources, save you money, are a healthier option than reusing plastic water bottles (most leak chemicals) and prevent pollution. Here are some tips on how to choose a safe reusable water bottle.
- Where to purchase a reusable water bottle: You can find them at many sporting goods stores, Amazon, and other stores
- Estimated cost: $5 and up
4. CFLs. Compact fluorescent light bulbs use 25% of the energy of standard incandescent bulbs and usually last 5 years or more. They are a little pricey up front, but generally pay for themselves in less than a year. The savings after that is a bonus!
- Where to buy CFLs: Grocery store, hardware store, Wal-Mart, etc.
- Estimated cost: $2 and up
5. Use a programmable thermostat. My wife and I set our thermostat to function only when we are home so we don't needlessly heat or cool an empty house. My wife and I use a programmable thermostat and it has helped us save a lot of money by reducing our air conditioning costs and cutting our heating costs.
- Where to buy a programmable thermostat: Hardware store, Wal-Mart, Amazon, and more.
- Estimated cost: $25 and up
More GREEN ways to save money:
- Green Ways to Save Money.
- 12 Daily Activities to Save Mother Earth and Money.
- Get Your Green On–13 Energy (and Money) Saving Gadgets.
- The Good Human a blog about Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green.
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Full Name: John Lucas III
Current Team: N/A
Born: Nov 21, 1982 (34 years old)
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
Nationality: United States
Height: 5-11 (180cm) Weight: 166 (75kg)
Hand: Right
Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent
Current Agent: Bernie Lee
Draft Entry: 2005 NBA Draft
Drafted: Undrafted
Pre-Draft Team: Oklahoma State (Sr)
High School: Bellaire High School [Bellaire, Texas]
John Lucas News
Wolves Waive John Lucas III
John Lucas III appeared in just five games for Minnesota.
Wolves Sign Toure' Murry, John Lucas III To Camp Deals
The Wolves have Ricky Rubio, Kris Dunn and Tyus Jones at point guard.
Heat Considering Dorell Wright, Briante Weber, John Lucas III
Miami would like to sign one established player and one developmental player.
76ers' Young Players Support Idea Of Adding Veterans
Chuck Hayes and John Lucas III recently met with Brett Brown.
John Lucas III Working Out With Heat
John Lucas III finished last season with the Pistons after playing in China.
Pistons Sign John Lucas III For Remainder Of Season
The Pistons are signing John Lucas III to a deal for the remainder of the season.
Pistons Sign John Lucas III To 2nd 10-Day Contract
John Lucas III has averaged 4.8 points, 4.0 assists and 12.8 minutes in six games with Detroit.
Pistons Plan To Sign John Lucas III To 10-Day Contract
John Lucas III has played this season with Fujian in China.
John Lucas To Sign In China
John Lucas has reportedly pulled out of a workout with the Lakers.
John Lucas III Receives Interest In NBA, China; Hoping For Stable Decision On Next Team
John Lucas III received interest from the Thunder, Pacers and Grizzlies.
Wizards May Sign John Lucas III
John Lucas III would give the Wizards veteran depth in the backcourt.
Cavaliers Acquire Bogans From Celtics For Lucas, Murphy, Thomas, Powell, Draft Picks
The Cavaliers have aquired Keith Bogans from the Celtics in exchange for John Lucas III, Erik Murphy, Malcolm Thomas, Dwight Powell and two future second round picks.
Cavaliers Acquire Three Non-Guaranteed Contracts From Jazz
The Jazz will trade John Lucas, Malcolm Thomas and Erik Murphy to the Cavaliers for Carrick Felix, a future second round pick and $1 million.
John Lucas III Agrees To Deal With Jazz
John Lucas spent last season with the Raptors.
Wizards Targeting Maynor, Udrih, Lucas As Point Guard Options
The Wizards will seek out Eric Maynor, Beno Udrih and John Lucas III as backup point guard options in free agency.
Raptors Decline Option On John Lucas III
John Lucas III was a favorite of Dwane Casey and a good locker room guy as the Raptors' third point guard.
Lucas Confident Rose Could Return As Strong As Peterson
When Derrick Rose does come back, John Lucas III is confident in the 2011 NBA MVP being a better all-around player with elevated athleticism.
Sources: Raptors Can Accept Bargnani-Boozer Deal Whenever They Choose
The Bulls would like to avoid paying tax, especially if Derrick Rose is not able to play this season.
Lucas: Derrick Rose Remains In Good Spirits During Rehab
John Lucas III has been in touch with Derrick Rose at least every other day this summer.
Raptors In Serious Negotiations With John Lucas III
John Lucas III would give Toronto depth at the point guard position behind Kyle Lowry and Jose Calderon.
Heat Interested In John Lucas III
The Heat have been in contact with John Lucas III, according to sources.
Lucas Scores 60 To Durant's 41 At Baruch College
Kevin Durant scored 41 points in a 146-143 overtime win for Nike Pro City at Baruch College on Tuesday.
Bulls Sign Jannero Pargo, Lucas
The pair are expected to provide injury insurance and depth in practices.
Bulls Waive John Lucas III
John Lucas III appeared in just two games for the Bulls.
Bulls Sign John Lucas III
The Bulls announced on Friday the signing of free agent guard John Lucas III.
Bulls Waive Lucas, Weaver And Powell
The Chicago Bulls announced on Thursday that the team has requested waivers on guards John Lucas III, Kyle Weaver, and forward Roger Powell.
Bulls Invite Lucas III To Camp
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Universal Avionics has landed a deal with Hawker Beechcraft to provide flat-panel glass display and flight management system upgrades in the Hawker 700B. The retrofit package will replace existing flight and engine analog instruments with Universal's UNS-1Fw FMS units, EFI-890R flat-panel displays and application server units (ASU) linked to UCDT-III electronic-flight-bag displays.
A 22-week initial installation program began at the end of June at Hawker Beechcraft's Chester, England facility to identify potential installation hurdles in the Hawker model, first introduced in the late 1970s.
Formerly known as Raytheon Aircraft Services Ltd. before the sale of Raytheon Aircraft to outside investors, the UK Hawker Beechcraft service center also houses the manufacturer's international sales headquarters, which will be partly responsible for marketing the cockpit upgrade to Hawker 700B operators.
Universal has found success in the retrofit market after entering the cockpit upgrade arena in a big way in 2002 with an STC program for the Falcon 50.
Since then, the Tucson, Ariz. avionics maker has brought its EFI-890R display package to more than a dozen business jet and turboprop models, more recently through Stevens Aviation's Learjet 30-series upgrade program called Lear4Ever.
Universal's Vision 1 synthetic-vision system– the first to be certified in a Part 25 airplane–is the only of its kind offered for retrofit into large business jets, and that's a big part of the allure of the EFI-890R system for those who are considering it.
The technology allows the pilot to see a computer-generated rendering of the terrain ahead of the airplane on the PFD while the EFI-890R's nav display provides a view of the aircraft, flight plan and terrain from a position situated behind, above and to the right of the aircraft.
Another draw for operators mulling cockpit upgrade choices is Universal's line of satnav-capable flight management systems.
The FAA has issued a Part 25 STC for the FMSs to enable WAAS and SBAS (wide area and space-based augmentation systems) on Bombardier Challenger 600s, 601s and 601-3Rs. The product line includes the UNS-1Lw, UNS-1Ew, UNS-1Espw and UNS-1Fw, all of which are now available for business, commercial and regional aircraft, according to the company. In addition to being capable of Lnav/Vnav (lateral navigation with vertical guidance) approaches, the FMSs can be used to fly the new LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches in properly approved airplanes.


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Financial details have now been worked out if the city of Elk River decides to proceed with the purchase of Bailey Point for a park.
An independent appraiser has set the value of the 23-acre parcel at $99,150.
If the city gets a grant and agrees to proceed with the purchase, the city would pay $59,871 and the grant would cover $39,279.
The Elk River City Council agreed to the funding scenario after a discussion Aug. 1.
Bailey Point is located west of downtown Elk River, at the confluence of the Elk and Mississippi rivers.
The city doesn't know yet if it will get the grant for Bailey Point. But the City Council considered a financing option now to clear up a problem that has made the city ineligible for state and federal park grants.
The problem was inadvertently created by the construction of the Elk River Boys & Girls Club years ago at Lions Park.
The city had received state grants for Lions Park, which required the city to retain all lands within the park boundaries for outdoor recreation.
The city inadvertently violated the grant agreements when it allowed the Boys & Girls Club to build its facility in Lions Park.
The club converts approximately 12,870 square feet of park land to non-recreation use, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). To remedy that, the city must acquire replacement park land worth at least as much as the converted land at Lions Park, which is valued at $20,592.
Until the city does this, it is not eligible to receive a grant for Bailey Point or other state or federal park grants, according to Interim City Administrator Bob Thistle.
Under the funding scenario agreed to by the City Council, part of the Bailey Point purchase would be used to replace the converted land at Lions Park.
Without that arrangement, the city would be eligible for a 50 percent matching grant for Bailey Point, or $49,575. But by using $20,592 of the appraised value of Bailey Point to mitigate the Lions Park issue, the remaining appraised value of $78,558 would be eligible for a 50 percent grant of $39,279, according to the DNR. That's how the funding scenario was determined that would have the city paying $59,871 of the cost of Bailey Point.
If the Bailey Point grant falls through or the city decides not to buy the land, the city will have to come up with another way to take care of the Lions Park issue.
Financial details worked out if Bailey Point purchase goes ahead
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I was really hoping to like these two as out of all the teams, they were the ones I liked the most pre-show. But their (mostly Jaime's) true emotions have come out, and they're not very respectful. I still like them a little bit as my pre-show opinions have been known to withstand, but they've been pushing it lately.
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Greetings from the city of lost wages! I'm in Las Vegas attending the Money 2020 Expo. Rich is the irony that the future of money is to be found in the city that is totally unhinged from reality! It's to the hyper-oxygenated air of faux-gilded palaces and concrete pyramids that mere mortals come to escape financial reality and allow the travails of life to fall away. This is where we can dream of jackpots and shiny toys, where anyone can run the tables and walk away with $1M for a $20 wager. It is in Vegas that HelloWallet meets Goodbye Wallet.
So what is the point of Money2020? This is about the future of money. My first thought on reading the conference title "2020" was: "is this about where money will be in 8 years?" But then I quickly realized after reading the conference agenda that placing a time horizon on the future being contemplated this week is irrelevant to the purpose. 2020 is about clarity of vision. Of course we all escape to Vegas to see clearly! Ensconced in this temple of luxury, I join this gathering of financial and technology wizards who are ready to imagine the money eco-system of the future.
It's hard to believe that it was not even 60 years ago that workers in San Francisco and Fresno came home from work one day to find in their mailboxes envelopes with little plastic cards courtesy of Bank of America. So began an epic tale that transformed the meaning of credit in the lives of ordinary Americans. From the northern CA hills that brought us gold, we now had an abundance of plastic and a quenchless thirst to drink from the fountain of the American Dream. Aided and abetted by a banking industry looking for new avenues of growth, a nation of savers was converted into a mass of credit hungry consumers. The gluttony was underway and would continue pretty much unabated until 2008 when the combination of negative savings rates and a credit fed housing bubble culminated in the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Let's get back to Money2020. How clearly can we see today in light of what happened yesterday? Have we learned from our past mistakes? What is the course being charted by these money savants? Is there something revolutionary going on here in Vegas or is this really about looking for the next card trick? To be sure, there is some really cool stuff going on here. The bells and whistles of money transactions and consumer payments and investment management are all getting an upgrade in our emerging mobile world. Plastic is losing ground to digital. The wallet stuffed thick with credit and debit cards, photos of the kids, and 3 months of receipts, is giving way to wafer thin silicon. No doubt, there is a convenience and organizational simplicity that is a good outcome from all this creativity. But sadly, I must confess that Money2020 is just another stop on the money eco-system evolutionary journey that charts the history of how we spend money. From precious metal to currency to plastic and now to bytes, the topic of the conversation is no different today than it was 60 years ago. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow the quest to make it easier for consumers to part with their hard earned money continues. And in the city of lost wages, the future is now!
At HelloWallet, we believe there is a different future. We believe that dreams become reality not based on a gamble, but based on a belief that how you interact with your money is about making choices that are informed and conflict-free. Our focus is not on the instant gratification of a commercial transaction, but the empowerment that comes with a clear vision of how you spend your money today and what it means to be on the path to achieving a more financially secure tomorrow. This is our 2020.
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Hello Rosalind,
here in Rome there is the Irish College that orgenizes catholic ceremonies you can contact them here http://www.irishcollege.org/
maybe they can help.
Hi Rosalind,
My fiance and I are getting married in Rome October 2, 2009 (we are from New York). We are getting married at Santa Maria in Trastevere. We are currently going through the process of getting our civil paperwork ready for the church wedding. There are 2 ways to do this:
1) Do a civil ceremony in your home country (where do you live?) and have a Church Ceremony in Italy
2) Do a church Ceremony and Civil Ceremony together (church ceremonies are considered civil in Italy).
The 1st choice means your registered wedding date and your church date will not be the same. But it is cheaper. For all churches in Italy it is about 300 Euro to get married.
The second choice is more paperwork and more running around. We have hired someone to help us with this through our wedding planner which is costing us (with all the fees) about $500 plus the church "donation". You have to be in Rome about 3-4 days prior to your wedding. If you live in the US then I can give you more detailed information. Ultimately what made us choose this process was the fact that our wedding date would be the same civil or religious.
Hope that info helps. If you have more questions I'd be happy to help! Its a fun process so enjoy it! You are getting married in a beautiful place...we are so excited!
Hi Liya!
We are for sure enjoying the experience and it is a lot of fun! We are just nervous about making everything fall into place without us being there to have a more "hands on" way of getting it all together...if that makes sense. I couldn't be more excited to be getting married in Rome, it has a lot of meaning to my fiance and I! Your wedding is quickly approaching! You must be so happy! Trastevere is my favorite area in Rome, your wedding will be so beautiful :)
We live in Chicago, so any more advice you have will for sure be helpful! The last quote we received from a wedding planner in Rome was about 3,000 Euro for a church ceremony and we thought this was a little bit of a high price. We are looking for something simple and inexpensive but it is important to me to have a religious ceremony because of my Catholic upbringing (the groom is Catholic as well) We would be interested in knowing if you could refer us to the planner(s) that you are working with? We have thought about being married in Chicago prior to arriving in Rome but we would like to have only one wedding ceremony.
Did the planner that you are working with give you a list of churches that he or she works with or did you decide on a church on your own? Has it been difficult having everything arranged for your ceremony in Santa Maria?
Another concern of ours is having music there, has your planner been helpful with finding songs or a quartet to play during your ceremony?
I look forward to hearing back from you and thank you so much for the information that you have provided!
~Rosalind :)
Hi! You and I are in similar situations as Rome means a lot to my fiance as well!
As far as the quotes you are getting from the wedding planners that seems about right. We actually know someone through our family who is an American and now lives in Genoa, Italy and just so happens to be an Italian wedding planner. She has been very good and extremely helpful. The process in Italy is much different than in the states so personally, to save yourself some aggravation I do recommend a wedding planner. That is unless you or your fiance have contacts in Italy who can help. Nothing has been that difficult for us because Laura, our wedding planner, has walked us through everything. If you choose a planner its good to consider a few things:
1) Do you want someone who lives in Rome? They have personal contacts and may know the area better.
2) Do you want to go with a bigger company or a small company of 1-2 people? There are pro's and con's to both.
3) Is price your deciding factor? Price and expertise do not always go hand in hand...
If you are having a lot of people coming to your wedding you really may want to consider using someone. To answer some of your questions, yes I have music. String trio at the church, jazz band at the cocktail, DJ during meal and dancing after.
I probably have much more to offer you as far as information. I am happy to have you email me and I can send you whatever you need. My email is my screen name with @aol.com. I would also be happy to send my web page over email as well :)!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Hi. I just wanted to add my opinion. I am American, but I live in Rome. I am getting married here in about three weeks and we chose to have a civil service. The process is confusing...and I am here to attend to all the details! I could not imagine doing all of this from the US, so even though I did not use any kind of wedding planner, I would definitely recommend it if you are in another country.
Churches do cost about 300 euros but many people give a donation much larger than that. I really don't know much about the fees because our civil service is free because I have my residency in Rome.
There are probably 400 churches in Rome...so there are a lot to chose from.
Let me know if I can provide anymore information.
Hi everyone,
We are a couple of Italian photographers located in Rome. (http://www.fotografiematrimoni.it/inglese/Contacts_Italian_Wedding_Photographers_Rome_Italy.html)
We usually works with foreign for yours weddings (my colleague is mother tongue English)
In Rome the church most used for weddings abroad is Santa Susanna (http://www.romeartlover.it/Vasi148.htm).
For a civil ceremony, the place are: Sala Rossa in Campidoglio and Complesso Vignola Mattei.
Our website contains some information on places where you can get married in Rome. The link is:
Hope this may be of help.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details.
Luca Panvini
Hi, I got married in Rome on the 9th of July. I had a catholic ceremony in St Isidores. It's an Irish monstary and the church is beautiful and small. It has gardens that you can have pics taken in. It really is a lovely place. The girl there is really helpful and sorted music flowers photographer and recommend places for receptions. I highly recommend this place. I have attached a pic of the inside of the church from our wedding. If I can be of any help please let me know.
Hi Orla
I am getting married in St Isidores Sept 2011. Have you any more pictures of the building and ceremony??
Sorry i have not checked this email in ages. If you send me your email address I will send you some.
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Upfront disclaimer: stress is my big issue. I have most everything about my life pretty well dialed in, but I just don't handle stress the way I probably should (or the way I tell other people they should).
Most people have the vague notion that meditation is good, usually in a psychological, somehow "not physical" manner. It reduces stress [1]. It's relaxing [2]. Well, these emotional mindstates have physical or neurological corollaries. You aren't "just stressed," as if stress is some concept floating there independent of physiology. Chemicals and hormones induce these states, and meditation can affect their secretion and production.
There's also compelling evidence for the negating effect of meditation on certain marks of aging. This study [3] found that, when compared to controls, trained Buddhist meditators had enhanced cortical thickness. Older meditation [4] experts displayed the most dramatic differences, suggesting that "meditation might offset age-related cortical thinning." A new study digs even deeper [5]. Subjects spent three months at a meditation retreat under the tutelage of a Buddhist scholar. It was a particularly intensive retreat – participants attended two group meditative sessions and spent six hours in individual practice, daily. Control subjects were matched for age, sex, education, ethnicity, and meditation experience but did no actual meditating for the duration of the study.
Researchers were looking at telomerase levels. Telomeres are chains of DNA sitting at the end of chromosomes. They act like built up genetic material for cell division. As the cell divides, the telomeres shorten. If the telomeres grow too short, the cell cannot divide and eventually dies. This is the inevitable result of time passage, or aging. Telomerase is an enzyme that rebuilds and even lengthens telomeres, and its deficit has been linked to age related degradation. In addition to displaying greater psychological health, reduced stress, a better outlook on life, decreased neuroticism, and "perceived control" over one's life [6], meditation subjects had significantly increased levels of telomerase activity in their white blood cells – about 1/3 more than the control group.
Statistical modeling shows that the increase in telomerase activity was most strongly linked with decreased neuroticism (racing, stressful thought patterns) and increased perceived control (calm, measured outlook on life). Simply put, meditation gives you greater control over your thoughts, and being in control of your mind seems to result in increased telomerase activity and – potentially – longer, stronger, better-fortified telomeres that can hold off the aging process a bit longer.
If current hunter-gatherers are anything to go on, our ancestors probably had plenty of free time to play, relax, ruminate, and simply be [7]. I'm speculating, but it could be said that their daily existences were largely spent in what we would recognize as the "meditative" state. I don't think they were necessarily formally meditating, but they simply had far less BS to deal with. And isn't that what modern meditation tries to obviate? Today, people go on meditation retreats to restore balance, to get away from it all, to escape the endless internal ramblings that are our modern brains. Meditation is likely a Neolithic tool forged in response to the unnaturally abundant stressors we face in modern society. I happen to think it's one of the better ones, along with butter, barbells, and computers. Now, knowing all this, do I personally find time to actively meditate? Nope. Gotta work on that one…
The Twinkie Guy
This has been covered to death. Stephan covered it [8]. Richard [9] and Don [10] both did, too. There's not much to add, but I'll throw my two cents in.
– The guy did this for three months. Try doing it for life and see where it gets you. Even if the results were maintained for years, keeping the calories low and eating Twinkies for life would be torturous. Hell, during the Irish potato famine, people lived on seaweed and shoe leather for months at a time (carbs and fiber). I'm sure they lost weight, too. Doesn't mean that's the secret.
– When you're on a mission to prove something (and boost your academic reputation and perhaps garner a bit of extra funding), doing the impossible becomes a whole lot easier. It's human to rise to the occasion. He had the weight of media scrutiny and the desire to prove a point snapping at his heels; the hunger and cravings were secondary to that, and temporary. There was an end in sight. The unemployed single father with life's boot tripping him up at every turn might not be able to resist his body's cry for more calories and more Twinkies. And he won't have things nicely and neatly wrapped up after three months, with plenty of media coverage.
Let me know what you think in the comment board. Do you find time to meditate? Are you ditching Primal to go Twinkie? Thanks for reading, everyone.


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ASK A QUESTION I need help translating "I miss him so much"
I need help translating "I miss him so much" and "I love him so much" in spanish. Thanks.
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Lo extraño mucho
Lo amo mucho
Would "Lo quiero mucho" also be correct'
Perfectly correct, even better.
In Spain the best choices:
"Le echo mucho de menos"
"Le/lo quiero mucho"
Sorry, what is not correct'
Even better:
Lo echo de menos
Lo quiero mucho
"Le" is common in Spain, but its used is not advice instead of "la", "los" or "las", so it is better to avoid it.
Evelio, lo quiero mucho=I love him so much , as asked by the poster.
"Le" is so common that is acceptable when refering to a male direct object, as in this discussion. In fact, it is replacing "lo" to the point that sounds better.
Le quiero mucho = Lo quiero mucho
Yes, it isn't. I thought that it was clear so I didn't make the difference. Sorry, if it's confusing.
I mean in Spain
Tú nota
3/10 (three out of ten)
Se exstrano mucho . ( i miss him so much) or Te exstrano mucho. (i miss you so much) and Te amo mucho (i love u so much) Se amo mucho ( i love him so much).
HTH, Alicia
Hi Lazarus
I would have said "le echo de menos a él". Are you saying this is not normally used or is it incorrect'
I miss him so much=( Lo estraño mucho) or (lo echo de menos mucho)
I love him so much=( lo amo mucho)


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Cohen Square
To reach Cohen Square, take Route 18 north to Interstate 195 west. Exit at 12A, Faunce Corner Road. Traveling south on Faunce Corner Road, the monument is on the right across from Firestone Tire, at the intersection of Hixville Road. This is between the second and third set of lights after the exit.
At the intersection of Faunce Corner and Hixville Roads just north of Dartmouth Mall in Dartmouth is a square dedicated to Army Pvt. Gary Martin Cohen. A native of North Dartmouth, Cohen was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Cohen. He was killed in the Vietnam conflict in March of 1971, a few days before his tour of duty was to end. The memorial was sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans New Bedford Post 154 and dedicated on Sunday April 30,1975 . The following individuals were in charge of dedication arrangements: Post Commander Louis Alpert, Milton Nisson, David Dratch Elliott Feinstein, Samuel Rusitzky, Harvey Shuster, Dr. Myer Halpren and Dr. Eli Nochimow.
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