1 00:00:00,719 --> 00:00:07,279 This is the My Book Live and it is a member of Western Digital's Live series 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:12,240 of products. So Live, as far as I can tell, has to do with networking. So this 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:18,240 is a home network drive that is a NAS and this particular one is a one TBTE 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:20,320 drive. So that means up to 120 HD videos 5 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:25,760 and there's some kind of asterisk there. Uh 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:27,119 250,000 MP3s or 200,000 photos. Gigabit 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:34,320 Ethernet connects to your home network. And this is the cool thing about this guy. Look at that. up to 100 megabytes 8 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:39,120 per second performance. Now, there's all kinds of mainstream NAS available on the 9 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:45,440 market these days, but the reality of it is in my experience testing them. They 10 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:47,039 can be gigabit or 1000 or 10 Gbit. I 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:53,199 don't care what connectivity they have on the back. The processor inside the 12 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:55,520 NAS enclosure just isn't fast enough to 13 00:00:53,199 --> 00:00:59,359 deliver the kind of thoroughut that the hard drive inside is capable of. So, 14 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:04,879 what Western Digital's done with this product is they've taken the bottleneck 15 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,880 out of the processor inside the box and 16 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:10,640 they're giving you almost the full performance of that drive over your 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,439 network. So, that means that when you're pulling files off of this drive, we 18 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:19,280 don't need to see this cuz we're going to open the box. When you're fulling pulling files off of this drive, it's 19 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:23,439 going to perform almost the same as an internal drive in your system. Pretty 20 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:26,960 cool, huh? So, you can centralize all of your storage. That goes for pretty much 21 00:01:24,799 --> 00:01:30,560 any NAS. It comes with Western Digital software to back up your computers, 22 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:35,280 including uh Apple Time Machine compatibility. You can access your files 23 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:39,759 anywhere, including viewing stored photos with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod 24 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:43,680 touch. And you can also stream media throughout your home, including to the 25 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:49,360 WDTV Live. And I'll actually be doing a video shortly about that particular 26 00:01:46,159 --> 00:01:50,720 topic on my NCIX tech tips channel. It's 27 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:56,560 compatible with pretty much everything under the sun. XP Vista Windows 7OS 28 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:59,439 Leopard and Snow Leopard. It has some 29 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:04,640 contents inside. And this is cool. I You know what? I know everyone but me has 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:09,280 probably seen this already, but I just got a smartphone. So, I'm going to go 31 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:14,800 ahead and uh check this out. So, hold on. Give me a minute. There we go. So, 32 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:17,200 I'm going to go ahead and look at that. 33 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:23,520 There we go. It turns green. And then it pulls up a web page and I can read all 34 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:28,480 about the MyBook Live. So cool. So, uh, yeah, I think that's a neat feature that 35 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:31,680 the box comes with the QR code on it. 36 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:34,760 Like I said, I just got a smartphone. Go 37 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:37,519 easy on me. You know, I'm behind in the 38 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:43,440 times. So, let's see all the stuff that comes with this little guy. We got the 39 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:48,640 drive, we got the cable, we got the box. Don't look at the box. Who cares about 40 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,599 the box? All right. Then we got uh you 41 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:57,440 know what? Here, let's look at the accessories first. We got a pretty pretty cool looking gigabit Ethernet 42 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:59,440 cable with like shiny rims on the side. 43 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:04,239 So, yeah, looks like a nice high quality cable. Then we have a power adapter. So, 44 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:08,720 this particular power adapter is 0.5 amps max at 12 volts. So, you can go 45 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,959 ahead and assume this guy is not going to pull a whole lot of power from your wall. Here's the software CD, which is 46 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:17,519 going to walk you through all the configuration steps. has the WD 47 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,959 Smartware for Windows, free remote access service, setup wizard. Don't 48 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,800 throw this away unless you download the latest off the WD site, which I'm not 49 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:27,840 sure if they have. And I believe that CD even prompts you to download the latest 50 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:32,400 ones, although I could be wrong about that. Here's your quick start guide, 51 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:39,440 which is fairly straightforward. Plug in, put in CD, follow the steps. Yeah, 52 00:03:36,959 --> 00:03:42,799 that easy. All right. Next, we have technical support and limited warranty 53 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:46,640 guide. It's all black and white text. Very boring. Not going to look too 54 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:53,360 closely at that. And then finally, we have the MyBook Live 55 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:55,120 itself. So, inside is a 1 TB hard drive. 56 00:03:53,360 --> 00:04:00,239 And outside is a pretty slick looking little enclosure. So, we have an activity LED right here. Very, very 57 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:04,159 small, but that ensures that it's not going to be intrusive. We have a nice 58 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:09,599 little shiny WD logo right there on the bottom. We have some non-slippy rubber 59 00:04:06,879 --> 00:04:13,040 feet. And we also have, if I can get the right angle and get you guys to be able 60 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,880 to see, we have ventilation holes. So you can actually see right through 61 00:04:14,159 --> 00:04:21,040 there. This whole unit is simply cooled by convection. So it means that the warm 62 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:24,080 hard drive inside, and that is warm. It doesn't get hot because of all the air 63 00:04:22,479 --> 00:04:28,160 flow going through it. The warm hard drive inside heats up the air around it, 64 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:32,320 which causes the warm air naturally to rise out the top where we also have 65 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:36,240 ventilation holes. And then it's going to pull in new fresh air from the bottom 66 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:40,479 where you can see we've actually got a gap under the drive when the rubber feet 67 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:45,040 are on the table. So that's where the air flow is going to come from. Very 68 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:48,720 simple but very very effective. On the back we have a Kensington lock just in 69 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:52,880 case you have this on display in a store for example and you don't want somebody 70 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:57,040 to steal it. We have DC power in as well as our gigabit Ethernet connectivity. 71 00:04:54,880 --> 00:05:02,880 You've got a hard reset switch here as well as a label of my book live. Now, if 72 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:09,520 I can figure this out, I'd love to be able to show you guys how to 73 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:11,280 uh I think there's a way to actually 74 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:15,919 open it. I can't remember how. Anyway, that was my unboxing and first look at 75 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:20,240 the WD MyBook Live. I have already actually done some testing on this drive 76 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:24,320 and it is fast. That's why I was so excited about this. I had more than one, 77 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:28,080 so I unboxed one on my own before I unboxed one with all of you. Don't 78 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:31,199 forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips and thank you for watching.