advantages of WDXLTV over newer "Live" player?

[mcf57]

I have a WDTV Gen1 player (USB only) that has been flashed with WDXLTV custom firmware. It works good and in the past, I had it networked to my home network with a USB to ethernet adapter. I haven't really used it in a while and recently got their newest WDTV "Live" player that basically includes a lot of streaming & networking features already built into the unit; Netflix, Pandora, DLNA, UPnP, Vudu, etc.

Is there really any other big advantages of my older WDXLTV flashed Gen1 player over these newer WD players? If so, what?

[recliq]

1. Are you talking about WDTV Live (only ethernet) or the newer WDTV Live Streaming (ethernet + WiFi)? I guess the later one because WDTV Live doesn't support Netflix (that would be WDTV Live Plus).
2. Read the changelog or the wiki to get an idea what WDLXTV adds to WDTV Live (Plus) compared to official firmware. For WDTV Live Streaming (aka Gen3) we just started porting WDLXTV to this device, once finished we hope to bring all the WDLXTV features to this device as well.

[mcf57]

Yea, I am referring to a WDTV Live Streaming (ethernet + WiFi) player. My other WDTV device is the 1st generation and normally is USB only. Doesn't have any kind of network port and/or wireless ability. Just two USB ports. I was able to get it networked with WDXLTV firmware & a USB/ethernet adapter, but that was it. Sounds like there is no real advantage of this 1st gen unit (w/ WDXLTV) over a new WDTV "live" streaming player.

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