Western Digital has managed to keep itself pretty busy over the past couple of months, the company rolling out quite a lot of interesting receptacles for one's data, the latest addition to its lineup of storage solutions being the My Book Live home network drive, designed to centralize in a very user-friendly manner the wealth of content typically available on any home network.

My Book Live home network drive's built-in media server makes it a fast, simple solution for users who wish to view 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 Plus HD media player, Blu-ray Disc player, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 game console.

People who opt for WD's latest offering 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.

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

My Book Live home network drive has a MSRP of $169.99 USD for 1 TB and $229.99 USD for 2 TB, which are fairly affordable, all things considered.