I have about 300 movies, how fast is the interface when navigating the library?
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I have tons of movies on my removable hard drives (copies of the original purchased i made DVDs, no pirated ones) once the initial index is made. (first time hard drive is plugged into the unit). there is a long pause while it indexes the drive. once that is done. it goes through the list the same if you have 3 files or 300. hope this helps.
1765577
Once the system is loaded (connecting to the network), it's pretty fast and excellent display where you can also attach a movie poster to the video or movie which pops up as you're scrolling through the directory. Really nice screen interface and you can add your own background pix.
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Interesting question - I cannot imagine scrolling through 300 of anything on a computer or a TV screen - Scrolling is fairly quick but 300 would be a bit much - It would be best if you categorized them by type or grouped them by sections of the alphabet, etc. - organize them so that the groups are 25 to 50 titles. You then scroll to the appropriate folder, then by alpha title within the folder. It would be very quick that way. In terms of pure scrolling speed - it is faster than you can read - basically you can get the "general" idea of where you are alphabetically in the list and that is about it until you slow down. Interesting question - I cannot imagine scrolling through 300 of anything on a computer or a TV screen - Scrolling is fairly quick but 300 would be a bit much - It would be best if you categorized them by type or grouped them by sections of the alphabet, etc. - organize them so that the groups are 25 to 50 titles. You then scroll to the appropriate folder, then by alpha title within the folder. It would be very quick that way. In terms of pure scrolling speed - it is faster than you can read - basically you can get the "general" idea of where you are alphabetically in the list and... » Read More Interesting question - I cannot imagine scrolling through 300 of anything on a computer or a TV screen - Scrolling is fairly quick but 300 would be a bit much - It would be best if you categorized them by type or grouped them by sections of the alphabet, etc. - organize them so that the groups are 25 to 50 titles. You then scroll to the appropriate folder, then by alpha title within the folder. It would be very quick that way. In terms of pure scrolling speed - it is faster than you can read - basically you can get the "general" idea of where you are alphabetically in the list and that is about it until you slow down. « Show Less
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Navigating the library doesn't take too long, but the initial loading when you first turn on the unit does take about a minute to load up. When you first hit the power button on the remote, the WD-Live logo shows up, it loads the network, then the screen goes blank for a few seconds, then the logo comes back up, and it finishes loading. Once that is done, the navigation is pretty fast. Although, the media is displayed and scrolls horizontally, instead of vertically. Meaning you use the side arrows or page advance arrows instead of up and down, which took a bit to get used to for me.
366566
I have about 23gb in music, and closing in on 100gb in movies. I have the 80gb Video iPod. If you're like me, you're gonna wanna wait for at least the 128gb iPod
1906933
The song loading time is actually quite good, even when switching to different artists. The only slow part, is when you initially select USB as the input. It takes close to 10 seconds to actually load my 8gb flash drive. But after that it's fairly fast. I have not yet played any videos from the USB input, but I wouldn't expect it to be any different from songs.
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http://www.creative.com/products/mp3/zenxfi/?pageLink=sdcard8 gigs should be plenty ~8-9 movies depending on quality
1297178
The drive seems to be protected against taking any other content, and there's no way to move content from the drive to a friendlier one where purchased movies (from any source) could be stored.. Tell me if I'm wrong. Basically, the bulk of the drive is wasted space.
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I don't know. I use a seagate movie player to access my movies. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
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Don't know. I tried to use the program. but it is not too friendly, so I am using my old program to make movies.
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Yes, it does take a while to load when you insert a new device (USB or memory card), especially when your device's capacity is large. So going to "options" to select files might be a better way.
1522217
Did you check that wi-fi has a decent signal strength? Do movies play without issue?
2119803
I am not one for very long movies. Most of what I own is 90 minutes or less. I will estimate that copying my short movies took lees than 8 minutes, so a longer one might that take 12 - 15 minutes. Hope this helps.
2267733
Sorry, I don't know. It seems fast enough. But since I use it for Time Machine it doesn't matter very much. You can ask LaCie.
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All in specs on the page. Up to 16x writing speed on BD-R media! Write up to 50 Gbytes on one BD-R DL disc QuickPlay - Movies are ready faster Backwards compatible with DVD and CD media Not a BDXL player or burner
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I know I can play any DVD on 1/4 fast forward and still hear the dialogue. Very useful for watching Les Miserables ;) Multi-disc resume? Do you mean that the player "bookmarks" the last scene viewed even if you've loaded and watched 3 or 4 more movies afterwards? If so, then, yes.
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Stacy suggest you go to the company website. They have a question and answer section. I think the only problem anyone had with it was trying to copy movies between thumb drives and DVDs.
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Sounds like a USB 2.0 speed. I get that same score on my USB 2.0 port on my Dell Monitor. When I use my Sony All in One USB 3.0 I get very fast speeds that copy 4 HD movies to a 32gb drive in about 4 minutes. It used to take 70 minutes.
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None. Its an interesting question though. Considering you cannot playback movies on the device directly, unless you stored audio files there isn't a need for one.
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You don't need a USB 3.0 flash drive, you should be able to use a USB 2.0 flash drive and the speed should be fast enough to watch all movies directly off the flash drive. USB 2.0 is capable of 280 Mbit/sec (35 Mbyte/sec). Most HD movies don't exceed that bitrate, and standard definition video is significantly lower than that. Remember: USB 3.0 media will only work with other USB 3.0 devices, but USB 2.0 media will work with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices.