The new WD TV Live HD media player makes it easy for anyone to play HD videos stored on USB and network drives, as well as Internet content from popular websites, on their own HD television in the comfort of their homes.

• Building on the success of the WD TV HD media player, the WD TV Live HD media player offers a new, more responsive interface to help consumers enjoy a world of digital content in their living room, without a computer;

• The network capability of the WD TV Live media player enables users to stream or transfer movies from PC or Mac computers or a network-attached storage device such as WD’s My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace network drives to their HD TVs;

• The WD TV Live media player also allows users to stream rich content from YouTube and Flickr;

• According to research firm Parks Associates, the average consumer had 123GB of videos, photos and music in 2009 which will grow to 1.3 TB by 2013;

• Also according to Parks Associates, the sales of connected consumer electronics devices, such as connected TVs and digital media adapters, is expected to more than double from 57 million units in 2009 to 115 million units in 2013.