Testseek.com 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
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The editors liked
Virtually silent
Low Power consumption
Improved performance
Great performance
Capacious single-drive model
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
Easy to use
Affordable
Smartphone and tablet support
The editors didn't like
Doesn't provide 100 MB/s reads
No USB ports
No NAS backup features
No USB or FireWire ports
Remote access app only supports JPEG files
No dual-drive redundancy
No USB port
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 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.
It's no secret that Western Digital has jumped on the "cloud" bandwagon, releasing their first line-up of network routers, the MyNet series. With the proven success of the My Book from WD, it was only a matter of time before they would take the next s...
Simple remote file access, Easy to install and use
iPhone app could be better, No USB port, Android app didn't work on our phone
The WD My Book Live is more than a typical network storage device; it can also be used to share your locally-stored files through the Internet. Anything stored on the drive can be accessed remotely from other computers, or even from a smartphone, and the...
A fast, affordable and easy-to-use network drive; useful companion iOS apps; works with Time Machine and acts as an iTunes server
No WiFi, RAID, or USB ports, $169 (1TB); $269 (2TB); $319 (3TB)
That’s not to say that the My Book Live is perfect. There are no USB ports, so you can’t plug in another USB drive to add more storage, and it lacks the RAID capabilities of the Iomega and Freecom drives, so if you need those specific features then you...
Abstract: The WD MyBook Live lets you store 120 Videos, 250,000 songs (as if anyone actually has that many!) or 200,000 photos. Pretty amazing.The box comes stocked with a software CD for Windows and Mac, one page easy set up guide, technical support and warranty g...
Abstract: Western Digital’s My Book Live is effectively a cross between a full-blown NAS device and an external hard drive. It’s a simple looking affair, book-shaped (hence the name) with a single status-LED on the front.Physical setup is exceedingly simple – pl...
Published: 2013-11-28, Author: David , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: The Western Digital My Book series of products has been around for quite some time, evolving from a standard USB connected external drive through to the more complex NAS solutions that we now see today. The My Book Live, fits neatly somewhere in the middl...
