Before you start this tutorial, it is very important that you backup OSD folder first before proceeding to upload changed files. You will read how to in this tutorial. This is because the WD won’t boot if there’s an error in one of the xml files in the OSD directory. If so, just restore backup [...]

Download original images
Edit images with photoshop or any other software and save. (try not to increase file size)
Copy both welcome_background_bg.jpg and screen_saver.png to an USB drive
Start WD TV with WDLxTV firmware 0.5.2 or above with USB drive connected

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Some of you might have missed it but since version 0.5.1 of b-rad’s WDLxTV firmware it is very easy to change the background image and screensaver. How cool is that! Notes from the changelog:
* Custom background and screen saver images can be supplied at boot
* requires welcome_background_bg.jpg (maxsize=524288) or
screen_saver.png to exist on a device attached [...]