WD Launches WD TV Live Hub, Full-HD 1080p Media Player With 1 TB Storage

Western Digital has launched WD TV Live Hub media center (or media player as you familiar with) for Malaysian market 2 days ago. This is full HD media player that also equipped with 1 TB built-in network hard drive. There are long list of what this player can do, from streaming media files to different type of devices such as TV, Blue Ray disk, Xbox 360, Playstation, iPad, iPhone up to Facebook integration that let you upload movies/photos, view wall/feed and etc. Apart from that, photo sharing via Flickr and music streaming such as Pandora is also supported. One feature available in WD TV Live Hub but no service offered here is the ability to stream movies from Netflix. The retail price is set at RM 749. More of that is available on the press release below.

Press Release

WD’s NEW HD MEDIA CENTER STREAMS POPULAR MOVIES AND THE BROADEST RANGE OF PERSONAL CONTENT

WD TV® Live Hub^™ Media Center with 1 TB Storage Allows Users to Centralize Video, Music and Photos and Play Full-HD 1080p Video on HD TVs Throughout the Home

Kuala Lumpur – 30 November 2010 – Western Digital^® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions and maker of the popular WD TV media player family, today introduced the WD TV® Live Hub^™ media center (photo), a Full-HD 1080p media player with a 1 terabyte (TB) built-in network hard drive that gives users the freedom to play all their personal media on any screen in the home. The WD TV Live Hub media center brings new experiences to the WD TV family, including instantly renting or purchasing the newest releases through Blockbuster On Demand® service, as well as interacting with personal Facebook® communities.

The WD TV Live Hub media center plays a wide variety of media file types, including popular Full-HD 1080p video formats such as .mkv, .mp4 and .mov. The integrated, compact and quiet 1 TB hard drive enables users to centralize their digital media from multiple sources for smooth, glitch-free playback of even the highest resolution videos. Digital media can be easily transferred to the internal drive from shared folders on PCs and Mac®s on the network or directly from external hard drives, thumb drives, camcorders or cameras connected via one of the two USB ports. Users also can stream videos from home network drives with a DLNA/UPnP™ server such as the recently announced My Book® Live™ home network drive.

The WD TV Live Hub media center also is a media server: HD video, music and photos can be streamed from the onboard hard drive to any DLNA/UPnP-compatible TV or multimedia device, anywhere in the connected home, including the WD TV Live HD media player, connected TVs, Blu-ray Disc^™ players, Xbox 360^®, and PlayStation^® 3 game consoles. Users also can stream content from their WD TV Live Hub media center to iPads™, iPhones® or Android™ smartphones using third-party applications.

The WD TV Live Hub media center offers unique Facebook integration, which lets users upload photos and videos, share their status, view their wall and get the latest newsfeed from their network of friends – all on the big screen TV. In addition, the WD TV Live Hub media center provides viewing of Netflix® for movie streaming, YouTube^™ for user-generated videos and Flickr^® for photo sharing, as well as listening to Pandora^®, a personalized Internet radio service. Additional content includes local and international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com^®, and MediaFly^® daily video podcasts from CNN^®, NBC^®, MTV^® and ESPN^® [1].

The customizable WD TV Live Hub media center’s user interface enables personalization of screen backgrounds and user interface themes, as well as setting of favorites and content ratings. Standard wired or wireless USB keyboards can be used for simpler text input for activities such as searches of local content and YouTube and Facebook interaction.

“The WD TV Live Hub media center lets users create a personalized media jukebox that brings your entire personal content collection and the best of Internet content to the biggest screen in the house,” said Craig Davis, Director, Sales & Marketing, Branded Product Group, Western Digital Asia Pacific Region.. “With the WD TV Live Hub media center, consumers can take their home entertainment experience to the next level, streaming personal content to multiple rooms at the same time, so they can play a Netflix video on their HDTV screen in the family room, while sharing vacation slideshows on the computer in their home office.”

Other key features of the WD TV Live Hub media center include:

Compatibility with virtually all TV sets thanks to an HDMI 1.4, composite video and component video output;
Automatic sync of shared digital media folders from PCs and Macs on the network with the internal hard drive to provide easy playback of new content.
Customizable user interface and programmable remote;
Ultra-compact design that easily fits into almost any entertainment center;
Two USB ports that allow seamless media playback from USB drives, camcorders and digital cameras;
WiFi-readiness (with adapter); and
A 1-year limited warranty

The full set of features and list of file compatibility is available on WD’s web site.

Capacity and Compatibility
The WD TV Live Hub media center is available in 1 TB (terabyte) storage capacity and supports a large variety of the most popular file formats, including HD camcorder video formats. It is also compatible with Windows® 7, including the Windows 7 Play To feature, and any DLNA/UPnP-enabled device.

Price and Availability

The WD TV Live Hub media center is available worldwide (Netflix, Blockbuster and Pandora services are available only in the U.S.) and is distributed by Achieva Technology Sdn Bhd, Amber Action Sdn Bhd and SiS Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. MSRP for the WD TV Live Hub media center is RM 749.00.

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Western Digital Announces Q1 Revenue of US$2.4 Billion

Western Digital has reported a revenue of US$2.4 billion, hard-drive unit shipments of 50.7 million and net income of US$197 million, or US$0.84 per share for its first fiscal quarter ended Oct. 1, 2010. In the year-ago quarter, the company reported revenue of US$2.2 billion, shipped 44.1 million hard drives, and reported net income and earnings per share of US$288 million and US$1.25, respectively.

Please refer to the Press Release attached for further information on this announcement.

Press Release

WD ANNOUNCES Q1 REVENUE OF US$2.4 BILLION ANDNET INCOME OF US$197 MILLION, OR US$0.84 PER SHARE

Revenue Up 9 Percent, Hard Drive Shipments Up 15 Percent, From Year-ago Quarter,US$390 Million Cash Generated from Operations
Kuala Lumpur – 28 October 2010 — Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today reported revenueof US$2.4 billion, hard-drive unit shipments of 50.7 million and net income of US$197 million, orUS$0.84 per share for its first fiscal quarter ended Oct. 1, 2010. In the year-ago quarter, the companyreported revenue of US$2.2 billion, shipped 44.1 million hard drives, and reported net income andearnings per share of US$288 million and US$1.25, respectively.

“In a quarter characterized by aggressive industry pricing, we remained solidly profitable, grewrevenues and unit shipments year-over-year, and generated US$390 million in cash from operations,”said John Coyne, president and chief executive officer. “Our low-cost business model and strongbalance sheet enable us to weather the seasonality and cycles of the hard drive industry such as weexperienced during the last two quarters.
“We will continue to focus on quality, reliability, availability and profitable growth to maintain ourindustry leadership,” said Coyne. “We remain excited about the significant opportunities being createdby the unabated growth in digital content in the home and workplace.”

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WD now shipping the World’s Largest Capacity SATA Hard Drives

Western Digital has released WD Caviar Green 3TB SATA Hard Drive. As the latest addition to its WD Caviar Green family of SATA hard drive, the new hard drives deliver up to a massive 3 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity on a single drive. WD is leading the industry in capacity for SATA hard drives by utilizing 750 GB-per-platter areal density and Advanced Format (AF) technology.

WD Caviar Green drives are an eco-friendly storage solution with WD GreenPower Technology™, which reduces power consumption by enabling lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and decreases acoustical noise for quiet operation. The WD Caviar Green 2.5 TB and 3 TB hard drives are designed for use as secondary external storage and next-generation PC storage in 64 bit-based systems.

Press Release

WD® NOW SHIPPING THE WORLD’S LARGEST CAPACITY SATA HARD DRIVES

WD Caviar® Green™ 3 TB Hard Drives Support the Continuing Demand for Increased Capacity in External Storage and Advanced PC Applications

Kuala Lumpur – 21 October 2010 — WD® (NYSE: WDC) today announced that the company is shipping the world’s largest capacity SATA hard drive. As the latest addition to its WD Caviar® Green™ family of SATA hard drives (photo), the new hard drives deliver up to a massive 3 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity on a single drive. WD is leading the industry in capacity for SATA hard drives by utilizing 750 GB-per-platter areal density and Advanced Format (AF) technology.

Drives with capacities in excess of 2.19 TB currently present barriers for PC hardware, firmware and software. To satisfy the new set of requirements of which users must be aware to successfully integrate larger capacity drives, WD is bundling its WD Caviar Green 2.5 and 3 TB hard drives with an Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)-compliant Host Bus Adapter (HBA), which will enable the operating system to use a known driver with correct support for large capacity drives. For more information on solving the 2.19 TB drive barrier, please see the WD information sheet at http://products.wdc.com/largecapacitydrives.

“WD remains a leader of hard drive capacity and low power innovation. With our WD Caviar Green drives, we enable energy-conscious customers to build systems with the highest capacities that deliver the optimal balance of system performance, ensured reliability and energy conservation,” said Margaret Koh, WD Sales Director, Asia South. “Customers will be able to take advantage of this breakthrough capacity point now for secondary external storage in legacy 32-bit systems that run on Microsoft® Vista® or Windows® 7 platforms.”

Price and Availability

WD Caviar Green 2.5 TB hard drives (model number WD25EZRSDTL) and 3 TB hard drives (model number WD30EZRSDTL) are available now in Malaysia at select resellers and are distributed by Achieva Technology Sdn Bhd, Eternal Asia (M) Sdn Bhd, EZY Infotech (M) Sdn Bhd, Genuine C & C (M) Sdn Bhd and Servex (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. MSRP for the WD Caviar Green 2.5 TB hard drive is RM 599 and the 3 TB hard drive is RM 749. WD Caviar Green hard drives are covered by a three-year limited warranty. More information about WD Caviar Green hard drives may be found on the company’s website at http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=866.

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WD My Book Essential And My Passpord Essential Now With USB 3.0

WD is now delivering USB 3.0 and 3 Terabytes with its new external hard drive product lines. The latest My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE and My Book Essential will now come in a variety of capacities and offer lightning fast USB 3.0 connectivity. Highest industry capacity is also another key feature for the My Book Essential, which is now available in 3 TB capacity, in addition to 1 and 2 TB capacities.

My Passport Essential is available for about RM 249. My Passport Essential SE drives is available for RM 369 for 750 GB and RM 449 for 1 TB capacity. My Book Essential drives price ranges from RM 349 to RM 669.

Press Release

WD® DELIVERS USB 3.0 and 3 TERABYTES WITH ITS NEW EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PRODUCT LINES

Blazing-fast USB 3.0 Connectivity Now Available with My Book® and My Passport® External Hard Drives

Kuala Lumpur – 11 October 2010 – WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its new My Passport® Essential™ portable hard drive (photo), My
Passport® Essential™ SE portable hard drive (photo), and My Book® Essential external hard drive (photo). All three drive families come in a variety of capacities and offer lightning-fast USB 3.0
connectivity1. Highest industry capacity is another key feature for the My Book Essential, which is now available in 3 TB capacity, in addition to 1 and 2 TB capacities. Equipped with WD SmartWare™
visual backup software for automatic, continuous backup, these drives provide users the extra space they need to store or back up all of their digital memories, such as high-resolution photos and videos,
along with music and other critical files, all in one place.

The drives not only take advantage of the latest blazing-fast USB 3.0 technology, but are also fully compatible with USB 2.0 connections for those who have yet to upgrade their computers to USB 3.0.
When connected to a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port, consumers can transfer data at speeds up to 5 Gb/s. At that rate, a two-hour HD video will transfer in as little as three minutes. The same two-hour video
would take approximately 13 minutes to transfer on a USB 2.0 port2.

My Passport Essential, still WD’s smallest portable drive, is available in a 500 GB capacity and comes in five fun colors – Midnight Black, Cool Silver, Real Red, Pacific Blue and Arctic White.
My Passport Essential SE portable hard drives are available in 750 GB and 1 TB capacities and come in stylish black, silver, metallic blue and metallic red colors. The pocket-sized My Passport
portable hard drives are powered directly through the USB cable; no separate power supply is needed3.

WD® Delivers USB 3.0 And 3 Terabytes With Its New External Hard Drive Product Lines

My Book Essential, the world’s number-one selling hard drive, also impresses with its small footprint, sleek design and high-capacity storage ranging from 1 TB up to a massive 3 TB4. The drive
is compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, and uses WD SmartWare visual backup software.

“With more and more devices like the iPod touch®, iPhone®4 and other smartphones adding video-
capable cameras, digital video is becoming ubiquitous. Most homes already have thousands of photos
and music files, increasing the need for storage around the house. Having the extra capacity to store
these files and move them around quickly is becoming a big issue for many consumers around the
world,” said Craig Davis, Director, Sales & Marketing, Branded Product Group, Western Digital
Asia Pacific Region. “WD’s newest line of My Book and My Passport external hard drives features
the latest USB 3.0 connection technology, which more than triples the speed to transfer media
files, but still works with today’s USB 2.0 ports. In addition, consumers can take advantage of the
highest capacity available on external hard drives with the new 3 TB My Book Essential drive.”

Features:
My Book Essential external hard drives, My Passport Essential and My Passport Essential SE portable
hard drives feature:

Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 interfaces;
Up to 3x faster transfer rates when compared to USB 2.0;
WD SmartWare software for automatic, continuous backup;
Password protection for privacy; and,
Planet-friendly packaging from recycled materials which can, in turn, also be recycled.

Capacity and Compatibility:
The My Passport Essential portable hard drive is available in 500 GB capacity. The My Passport Essential SE portable hard drive is available in 750 GB and 1 TB capacities. The My Book Essential
external hard drive is available in 1 TB, 1.5 TB, 2 TB and 3 TB capacities. The drives are formatted NTFS for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7. These drives require reformatting for Mac®
OS® X Leopard® or Snow Leopard®.

WD® Delivers USB 3.0 And 3 Terabytes With Its New External Hard Drive Product Lines

Price and Availability
My Passport Essential portable hard drives and My Book Essential external hard drives offer a 3-year limited warranty in Malaysia and are distributed by Amble Action Sdn Bhd, Achieva Technology
Sdn Bhd and SiS Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd. MSRP for My Passport Essential is RM 249. MSRP for My Passport Essential SE drives is RM 369 for 750 GB and RM 449 for 1 TB capacity. MSRP for My
Book Essential drives ranges from RM 349 to RM 669.

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Western Digital Release My Passport Essential Limited Edition Designs

This is the same WD Passport Essential that you’re familiar with, with one notable different. The external looks. Yes, the design on the external case is what differentiate if from the regular model. It is limited edition drives, and if you the kind of people that appreciate art that comes with technology, this is yours with only RM249. You get in return 500GB portable hardrive with creatively designed case.

Press release

NEW MY PASSPORT® ESSENTIAL™ LIMITED EDITION DESIGNS PORTABLE DRIVES PERSONALIZE STORAGE WITH SIGNATURE STYLES

For Students by Students: WD® Collaborates with Design Students at California State University, Long Beach to Make External Hard Drives Fashionable

Kuala Lumpur – 7 September 2010 – WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its new 500 GB My Passport® Essential™ limited edition designs portable hard drives Consumers can choose from two unique designs that appeal to a wide variety of personal styles, ranging from outdoor enthusiasts to urban trendsetters.

Designed by students at California State University, Long Beach’s Industrial Design program, the drives are available in two styles for Malaysia: Black Hole and Cityscape. The decorative patterns are especially geared for students who want to express their individual style while choosing a reliable, ultra-portable place to store their media and back up their valuable work.

The drives are Windows® compatible and include WD SmartWare™ software, which provides a simple, visual method for backup using a single-screen view of the drive’s contents.

“The contents of individuals’ portable storage contain all the ways they express themselves – music, images, and videos – and tell a story about who they are,” said Craig Davis, Director, Sales & Marketing, Branded Product Group, Western Digital Asia Pacific Region. “Expressing individual style is important. That’s why we teamed up with California State University, Long Beach design students, who have their finger on the latest fashion trends.”

My Passport Essential limited edition designs portable drives also feature user-selected password protection combined with 256-bit hardware-based encryption. Typically found only on much more expensive drive systems, the encryption acts as a virtual padlock to keep users’ data private.

Price and Availability
The new My Passport Essential limited edition designs are offered in 500 GB and have a 3-year limited warranty. The My Passport Essential limited edition designs are distributed by Amble Action Sdn Bhd. MSRP for the 500 GB My Passport Essential limited edition designs is RM 249.

My Passport Essential Limited Edition Designs
The new WD My Passport Essential limited edition designs portable hard drives feature:
• Two unique designs available in Malaysia that let consumers express their individuality;
• 256-bit hardware encryption for peace of mind knowing that data is protected from unauthorized access;
• USB 2.0 interface that powers the drive directly from the USB port on a user’s computer (no separate power supply is needed);
• Planet-friendly packaging derived from recycled materials to minimize waste;
• Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs; and,
• A 3-year limited warranty.

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