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Testseek.com have collected 88 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book Live Duo WDBVHT and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book Live Duo WDBVHT.
Award: Highest Rated March 2012
March 2012
 
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The editors liked

  • Easy to set up.  Double protection.  2 size options.  Small
  • Supports RAID1 and Spanned Drives
  • Very easy to setup
  • Works out of the box
  • Decent gigabit transfer speeds
  • Includes USB port to expand on internal storage
  • Easy to use and simple configuration
  • Great software bundle and third party integration with DropBox
  • Added USB3 hub is a nice feature
  • Affordable network storage
  • Fast streaming
  • Inexpensive
  • Attractive design
  • Fast file read times
  • Broad Mac
  • PC
  • And consumer device support. Works with Time Machine
  • DLNA devices
  • You name it. An affordable way to add lots of RAIDprotected storage for backup
  • Media serving
  • Or both. Solid performance. USB port available should you wish to expand stor
  • Gigabut Ethernet. Comprehensive feature set. Easy to set up. Large storage capacity.

The editors didn't like

  • Transferring large files can be slow.  Can't be connected over USB to computer
  • No on/off button
  • Warranty could be longer
  • No USB 3.0 or eSATA ports
  • No USB 3.0 or eSATA
  • Files uploaded via iPhone app get renamed. Still no social networking hooks for autouploading photos or videos. Costly at 0 (the 2TB version was 0 last year)
  • Though that may have more to do with the constantly fluctuating cost of storage drives than anyt
  • Could be more intuitive to manage.

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  Published: 2014-07-18, Author: Ganesh , review by: anandtech.com

  • The unit does not support hot-swapping drives (unlike the 2big Thunderbolt 2). After dismounting, a new WD Red drive of the same capacity was inserted. At this juncture, WD provides us two ways to rebuild RAID - either by pressing the reset button on the ...

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  Published: 2014-07-02, Author: Lyle , review by: storagereview.com

  • Easy to use and simple configuration, Great software bundle and third party integration with DropBox, Added USB3 hub is a nice feature
  • Warranty could be longer
  • The WD My Book Duo USB 3.0 provides office and home users with a flexible and reliable desktop storage solution that's easy to set up and comes bundled with nice value-add software. WD MyBook Duo USB 3.0 at AmazonDiscuss This StoryGA_googleFillSlot("sr_ar...

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  Published: 2012-06-20, review by: maclife.com

  • Gigabut Ethernet. Comprehensive feature set. Easy to set up. Large storage capacity.
  • Could be more intuitive to manage.

 
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  Published: 2012-04-12, Author: Larry , review by: runaroundtech.com

  • Easy to set up.  Double protection.  2 size options.  Small
  • Transferring large files can be slow.  Can't be connected over USB to computer

 
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  Published: 2012-04-02, review by: techreviewsource.com

  • Inexpensive, Attractive design, Fast file read times
  • No USB 3.0 or eSATA

 
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  Published: 2012-03-27, review by: pcworld.com_techhive.com

  • Affordable network storage, Fast streaming
  • No USB 3.0 or eSATA ports
  • This two-bay box offers a lot of capacity for the buck and streams large files very well, but features are otherwise limited....

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  Published: 2012-02-15, review by: wired.com

  • Broad Mac, PC, and consumer device support. Works with Time Machine, DLNA devices, you name it. An affordable way to add lots of RAIDprotected storage for backup, media serving, or both. Solid performance. USB port available should you wish to expand stor
  • Files uploaded via iPhone app get renamed. Still no social networking hooks for autouploading photos or videos. Costly at 0 (the 2TB version was 0 last year), though that may have more to do with the constantly fluctuating cost of storage drives than anyt

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  Published: 2012-01-13, Author: Kevin , review by: storagereview.com

  • Supports RAID1 and Spanned Drives, Very easy to setup, works out of the box, Decent gigabit transfer speeds, Includes USB port to expand on internal storage
  • No on/off button
  • The WD My Book Live Duo takes a really good device and makes it better on all counts. With personal cloud being all the rage, the Duo delivers on all counts and expands on storage capabilities with RAID1. It's dead simple to set up and use, and with the n...

 
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  Published: 2013-12-03, Author: Lindsay , review by: apcmag.com

  • Easy to use, good remote access, low power draw
  • Small Android glitches, USB 2.0 only, expensive

 
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  Published: 2012-08-29, Author: John , review by: bit.com.au

  • The WD Mybook Live Duo can be seen as a beginner NAS device, with fairly simple software and configuration paired with user replaceable hard drives.OverallSpecs$799 AUD(pricing info)...

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