Western Digital gives local market a taste of My Book Live

MANILA, Philippines - Western Digital (WD), the global leader in external storage solutions, recently showcased to the local media the capabilities of its My Book Live, the company’s latest home network drive that gives consumers the fastest storage of and access to their content among consumer-grade network drives and provides a seamless set-up for centralizing a home’s digital media.

The My Book Live home network drive provides users with an easy and secure way to consolidate their favorite movies, popular music, and personal photos in one location while providing convenient access to digital content from multimedia devices in the connected home.

Leveraging on the latest processor technology, this latest product from Western Digital delivers transfer speeds up to 100 MBps, or more than 3x the speed of traditional USB 2.0 drives and at least double the speeds of other network drives in its class.

The My Book Live home network drive’s built-in media server also makes it a fast and simple solution for those who wish to view their videos, music and images on any Mac or PC connected to the home network and stream digital media to a television set through a DLNA-certified multimedia device such as WD TV Live HD media player, Blu-ray Disc player.

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Users can also play music and videos stored on their drive in iTunes, as well as view their digital photos on their iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with the swipe of a finger through the included WD Photos application.

Users can also securely access and share all the content and files stored on the My Book Live from any Internet-connected PC or Mac using WD’s free remote access service.

“With the introduction of My Book Live in the Philippines, modern Filipino families and home owners are now presented with the perfect opportunity to centralize all their digital content in one location through a network-attached storage system like My Book Live. This product now allows them to enjoy all their digital content on any of their digital devices like PCs TVs or through their smartphones, whether they are at home or not,” said Noel Timbol, business development manager of Western Digital Philippines.

Among the My Book Live home network drive’s features include seamless video streaming with a built-in DLNA media server, automatic backup with WD SmartWare software for Windows, Apple Time Machine compatibility, and Gigabit Ethernet technology for speeds faster than USB 2.0 drives. It’s easy to set up to make it ready in a matter of minutes.

My Book Live home network drive is available in 1 TB, 2 TB and 3 TB capacities and is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard, as well as DLNA/UPnP enabled devices.

The My Book Live home network drive has a three-year limited warranty and is now available at select Philippine retailers and distributors with a suggested retail price of P7,900 for 1 TB (WDBACG0010HCH-SESN), P10,800 for 2 TB (WDBACG0020HCH-SESN) and P14,150 for 3 TB (WDBACG0030HCH-SESN).