WEBVTT 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 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 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 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:20.320 drive. So that means up to 120 HD videos 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:25.760 and there's some kind of asterisk there. Uh 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:27.119 250,000 MP3s or 200,000 photos. Gigabit 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 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:39.120 per second performance. Now, there's all kinds of mainstream NAS available on the 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:45.440 market these days, but the reality of it is in my experience testing them. They 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:47.039 can be gigabit or 1000 or 10 Gbit. I 00:00:45.440 --> 00:00:53.199 don't care what connectivity they have on the back. The processor inside the 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:55.520 NAS enclosure just isn't fast enough to 00:00:53.199 --> 00:00:59.359 deliver the kind of thoroughut that the hard drive inside is capable of. So, 00:00:57.680 --> 00:01:04.879 what Western Digital's done with this product is they've taken the bottleneck 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:06.880 out of the processor inside the box and 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:10.640 they're giving you almost the full performance of that drive over your 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:13.439 network. So, that means that when you're pulling files off of this drive, we 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 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:23.439 going to perform almost the same as an internal drive in your system. Pretty 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:26.960 cool, huh? So, you can centralize all of your storage. That goes for pretty much 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:30.560 any NAS. It comes with Western Digital software to back up your computers, 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:35.280 including uh Apple Time Machine compatibility. You can access your files 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:39.759 anywhere, including viewing stored photos with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:43.680 touch. And you can also stream media throughout your home, including to the 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:49.360 WDTV Live. And I'll actually be doing a video shortly about that particular 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:50.720 topic on my NCIX tech tips channel. It's 00:01:49.360 --> 00:01:56.560 compatible with pretty much everything under the sun. XP Vista Windows 7OS 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:59.439 Leopard and Snow Leopard. It has some 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:04.640 contents inside. And this is cool. I You know what? I know everyone but me has 00:02:02.320 --> 00:02:09.280 probably seen this already, but I just got a smartphone. So, I'm going to go 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, 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:17.200 I'm going to go ahead and look at that. 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 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 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:31.680 the box comes with the QR code on it. 00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:34.760 Like I said, I just got a smartphone. Go 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:37.519 easy on me. You know, I'm behind in the 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 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 00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:49.599 the box? All right. Then we got uh you 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 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:59.440 cable with like shiny rims on the side. 00:02:57.440 --> 00:03:04.239 So, yeah, looks like a nice high quality cable. Then we have a power adapter. So, 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:08.720 this particular power adapter is 0.5 amps max at 12 volts. So, you can go 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 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:17.519 going to walk you through all the configuration steps. has the WD 00:03:15.440 --> 00:03:20.959 Smartware for Windows, free remote access service, setup wizard. Don't 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.800 throw this away unless you download the latest off the WD site, which I'm not 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:27.840 sure if they have. And I believe that CD even prompts you to download the latest 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:32.400 ones, although I could be wrong about that. Here's your quick start guide, 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:39.440 which is fairly straightforward. Plug in, put in CD, follow the steps. Yeah, 00:03:36.959 --> 00:03:42.799 that easy. All right. Next, we have technical support and limited warranty 00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:46.640 guide. It's all black and white text. Very boring. Not going to look too 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:53.360 closely at that. And then finally, we have the MyBook Live 00:03:49.720 --> 00:03:55.120 itself. So, inside is a 1 TB hard drive. 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 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:04.159 small, but that ensures that it's not going to be intrusive. We have a nice 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:09.599 little shiny WD logo right there on the bottom. We have some non-slippy rubber 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 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:16.880 to see, we have ventilation holes. So you can actually see right through 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:21.040 there. This whole unit is simply cooled by convection. So it means that the warm 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 00:04:22.479 --> 00:04:28.160 flow going through it. The warm hard drive inside heats up the air around it, 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:32.320 which causes the warm air naturally to rise out the top where we also have 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:36.240 ventilation holes. And then it's going to pull in new fresh air from the bottom 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 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 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:48.720 simple but very very effective. On the back we have a Kensington lock just in 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 00:04:50.080 --> 00:04:57.040 to steal it. We have DC power in as well as our gigabit Ethernet connectivity. 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 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 00:05:06.440 --> 00:05:11.280 uh I think there's a way to actually 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:15.919 open it. I can't remember how. Anyway, that was my unboxing and first look at 00:05:13.520 --> 00:05:20.240 the WD MyBook Live. I have already actually done some testing on this drive 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:24.320 and it is fast. That's why I was so excited about this. 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