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
(80%)
81 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
-
0 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
80010081
The editors liked
Simple remote file access
Easy to install and use
A fast
Affordable and easy-to-use network drive
Useful companion iOS apps
Works with Time Machine and acts as an iTunes server
Twonky Media Server included
Read/write speeds are great for a device of this size
Pretty user interface
Twonky Media Server included. Read/write speeds are great for a device of this size. Pretty user interface
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.
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...
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
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 ma...
