Yeah that is a good point. Given its got more compute power as well I suppose theres no free lunch :) - the thing probably consumes more electricity (and as you pointed out, generates heat).
It does seem to support WOL with the custom firmware though which might make it support on/off on demand.
I still would not trade my NSLU2 for anything, but this looks like a curious alternative if my slug eventually dies. Its handy having a box multi-task as a TV player and a webserver/bit-
-H
--- In nslu2-linux@
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> I own both an (unslunged) NSLU2 and a WDTV Live, which I haven't tried hacking yet.
>
> The WDTV Live can get pretty hot, I have some doubts about having it on 7x24.
>
> Regards, from Argentina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "vickorvik" <vickorvik@.
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:52:01
> To: <nslu2-linux@
> Subject: [nslu2-linux] Re: NSLU2 vs WDTV Live
>
> hello from spain
>
> this is a really interesting thing!
>
> anyone?
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@
> >
> > I own a WDTV and would be interested in using it as a Slug-like box.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing, Harsh!
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I just got myself a WDTV live and to my utter surprise, this also seems like a pretty hackable little 'puter. Its roughly the same size as the NSLU2, except has much more processing power and memory (http://b-rad.
> > >
> > > Was surprised to also see this: http://ipkg.
> > >
> > > Which comes to my question - has anyone on this forum attempted custom firmware mods on this device and compared them with the NSLU2? Any plusses and minuses observed?
> > >
> > > -H
> > >
> > >
> > > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.
> > >
> >
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