WEBVTT 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:08.719 why you might ask because and I'll stop doing that the wdtv live is a network 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:12.880 media player and the WD Live Wire is a way to more easily Network your house 00:00:10.559 --> 00:00:16.480 now if you want to know what this is I'll say in a nutshell this is power 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:20.240 line Ethernet if you already know what power line Ethernet is you probably 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:24.920 don't need to keep watching unless you really want to know the specifics of the 00:00:22.279 --> 00:00:29.320 WD Live Wire so if you don't know what Powerline Ethernet is then stay tuned 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:32.480 and I'm going to explain the whole thing so first of all this is a powerline AV 00:00:31.119 --> 00:00:37.960 Network kit so that means you've got up to 200 megabit perss uh data transfer 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:43.160 speeds so you can stream HD you can connect up to eight devices so two 00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:47.520 adapters by four ports very cool on the side we see some more 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:52.120 information aha so they're comparing power line versus wi-fi it is faster and 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:55.840 more reliable yeah I'm with them on that one it is immune to interference it is 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:59.440 easy to install and they are both protected by encryption so you've got 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:03.199 two adapters with a total of four ports so that means can connect up to seven 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:06.920 devices and your router all protected with 128bit encryption create high-speed 00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:11.600 internet connection anywhere in your home without running wires between rooms 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:15.119 yes that is the beauty of power line so what you do with a power line network 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:17.960 adapter and I'm actually maybe I'll even do like a quick practical demonstration 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:23.759 of this okay we've got an installation CD 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:30.280 which I can't imagine there'd be any use for then we have a technical support 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:35.960 limited warranty guide we have we have WD Live Wire a quick start 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:40.399 guide so step one plug 00:01:37.960 --> 00:01:46.360 in step two you Inn aha the CD is just a user 00:01:43.880 --> 00:01:52.600 manual yeah that's what I figured Okay so we've got a couple of gigabit 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.600 Ethernet cables we have one Live 00:01:53.520 --> 00:02:01.159 Wire all right there we go four ports on there as well as a sync button which 00:01:59.479 --> 00:02:04.399 I've never actually had to use with any modern power line kit there's an onoff 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:07.880 switch in case you want to turn off your network and there is an important little 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:11.080 bit of instructions you never plug a power line kit into a power bar it can 00:02:09.679 --> 00:02:15.640 cause interference you want to plug it directly into the wall although I have 00:02:12.959 --> 00:02:18.599 seen them work through Power Bars before I mean for the best results though you 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:22.360 always want to plug them directly into the wall and power line does have some 00:02:20.519 --> 00:02:27.879 other limitations as well you do need to be uh some houses have sort of uh half 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:30.519 of the circuits are on one half and half of the circuits are on the other half 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:35.760 and they can't communicate between each other but even if you've got two power 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:38.879 um like two wall plugs that are on separate circuits as long as they're 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:42.560 sort of within that same grouping they'll be able to communicate with each 00:02:40.239 --> 00:02:46.680 other so I don't know what wd's done to overcome that uh some of the biggest 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:52.519 problems with power line tend to be uh incompatibility with network adapters or 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:54.840 incompatibility with routers um but with 00:02:52.519 --> 00:02:58.200 a product from WD I would be surprised to see any of those issues and I will 00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:04.200 test it out a little bit uh hopefully over the well my battery died just in 00:03:00.480 --> 00:03:05.840 time for me to suggest testing it so off 00:03:04.200 --> 00:03:10.360 camera I've gone and hooked up the Live Wire so I've uh got it running you can 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:13.400 see there's the uh four Ethernet ports on the back of the unit so I've just 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:17.400 plugged into any random one and then I have a wire running to a wall outlet 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:22.840 here in my computer room and going into my gigabit 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:27.000 switch okay and we're going to test its 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:27.000 capabilities by going all the way 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:32.159 downstairs okay High 00:03:32.239 --> 00:03:40.879 rocket okay here we go here's my cat 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:48.200 tree so we're way down to the living room where we will find a TV which is 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:51.920 connected to a media PC which is 00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:53.599 connected to a WD Live Wire okay and oh 00:03:51.920 --> 00:03:58.680 I actually made a mistake and I plugged it in through a power bar but 00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:04.519 um in my testing it worked anyway so we're going to fire up Big Buck Bunny 00:04:00.959 --> 00:04:04.519 which is a 1080p video 00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:08.079 clip a free 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:17.879 one and we're going to demonstrate that it plays 1080p video just 00:04:23.880 --> 00:04:31.280 nicely you don't really have to watch the rest of this video because it's just 00:04:27.479 --> 00:04:31.280 going to be Big Buck Bunny 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:40.120 here maybe we can skip around to somewhere where there's slightly faster 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:41.250 action so the uh bit rate might be a 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:49.120 little bit 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:54.360 higher anyway Flawless playback on 1080 00:04:52.160 --> 00:05:00.000 piece because it is a 200 megabit per second connection um unlike most power 00:04:57.280 --> 00:05:03.919 line kits these days which are uh about 100 megabit per second the 200 megabit 00:05:01.880 --> 00:05:08.440 per second ones are quite a bit more expensive in most cases but you can see 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:13.039 that it does give you the capability to run full HD 00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:20.120 video over power line and I'd imagine we would even get 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:24.160 slightly better performance if we were 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:26.560 using the uh the live wire directly 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:30.240 plugged into the wall you can see skipping around in the video isn't 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:33.240 giving us too much success here but that's okay all right why don't we 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:36.880 actually go do a file transfer now so why don't we take that 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:39.400 file and just copy it right to the desktop 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:51.720 here yeah I guess that's about in line with my 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:51.720 expectations um