Testseek.co.uk have collected 81 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book Live WDBACG and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book Live WDBACG.
January 2011
(80%)
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The editors liked
Sleek and quiet
Easy to setup
Remote app access works well
Stylish
Fast
Plenty of storage space
Easy to set up
WD Photos iPhone app included
Good transfer speeds over gigabit Ethernet
Stylish design
UPnP and DNLA media streaming
A fast
Affordable and easy-to-use network drive
Useful companion iOS apps
Works with Time Machine and acts as an iTunes server
The editors didn't like
No USB port
Single drive reduces protection against disk failure
Easy to use, affordable, smartphone and tablet support
JPEGs only with apps
In use, the drive works very well - at home, it easily mounts onto your computer and you can use it like any other hard drive, with pretty fast read and write times of data, while away from home, it's easy to connect and access data.
Abstract: Western Digital is a brand known for setting standards in terms of external storage drives. From MyBook, over Elements, right to the Passport series, this manufacturer’s external disks have been much appreciated globally. A few years ago, WD boldly ste...
For those of you who may be new to the concept of network attached storage or have a modest collection of media that you wish to make available to a host of network-enabled devices, the My Book Live is a great way to get one's feet wet. It's limited by it...
The Western Digital My Book Live fits the market segment for buyers who want network accessible media, but don't want to go through the hassle of setting up an entire NAS. Even though it doesn't offer internal RAID, the My Book Live still allows users...
The unit is fanless (lots of ventilation slots all around the unit). Except for the occasional hard drive noise, the unit is quiet. When idle, the My Book Live consumed 8W. Upon entering the sleep mode, it dropped down to 4.2W. During periods of heavy net...
No USB or FireWire ports, Remote access app only supports JPEG files
The My Book Live is an incredibly easy to use network-attached storage device. If you’ve got a fast Internet connection or Ethernet hook-up, the My Book Live is an inexpensive and attractive choice for anyone who doesn’t want to deal with the office-g...
This Western Digital drive makes it easy to test the NAS waters, offering gobs of storage, great performance, and Internet access for not much cash. ...
The Western Digital My Book Live NAS server is easy to use, fast, and affordable. It also comes with mobile applications to share photos on the go
The WD My Book Live's hard drive can't be serviced by users, and there's no USB port to add more storage. The device lacks common features found in many NAS servers, and its MioNet remote access solution is nearly useless
The Western Digital MyBook Live is a fast, plug-and-play, simple-to-use home NAS server that unfortunately lacks features and has a subpar remote-access solution.
