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| Western Digital Elements Play 2 TB HD Media Player |
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Western Digital started the whole media player craze with their ground-breaking WD TV HD media player. They have since introduced variants of the media play, like the WD TV Mini, WD TV Live, WD TV Live Plus and the newly-launched WD TV Live Hub. To this mix, Western Digital has also introduced what they call a "multimedia drive". Basically, a multimedia drive is a media player with a built-in hard disk drive. Their first multimedia drive launched is the Western Digital Elements Play,which boasts of the following features :
The Western Digital Elements Play media player comes with either a 1 TB or 2 TB hard disk drive built-in. In this review, we will be testing the 2 TB version - the Western Digital Elements Play 2 TB Multimedia Drive (WDBACC0020HBK). Let's find out how well this player performs! For more details, read our Comprehensive Review! To discuss about this review, head over to the forum thread! |
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| Model |
• WDBACC0020HBK |
| Built-In Hard Disk Drive |
• Western Digital Caviar Green AFT (WD20EARS) |
Drive Storage Capacity |
• 2,000,398 MB |
Drive Spindle Speed |
• Fixed, Between 5400-7200 RPM |
Drive Buffer |
• 64 MB SDRAM |
Internal Data Transfer Rate |
• 110 MB/s (sustained, maximum) |
Maximum I/O Transfer Rate |
• 3.0 Gbits/s |
Power Consumption |
• 24 W (Maximum) |
Input Interface |
• USB 2.0 |
Output Interfaces |
• HDMI |
Video Formats Supported |
• AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4) |
Audio Formats Supported |
• MP3 (up to 320 kbps) |
Picture Formats Supported |
• JPEG |
Playlist Formats Supported |
• PLS |
Subtitle Formats Supported |
• SRT |
USB Storage File Systems Supported |
• NTFS |
Maximum Height |
• 41 mm |
Maximum Depth |
• 225 mm |
Maximum Width |
• 149 mm |
Weight |
• 1.05 kg |
Power Requirements |
• 12.0 V ± 10% @ 2.0 A |
Ambient Temperature |
• 5 °C to 35 °C
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System Compatibility |
• Formatted NTFS for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 |
Kit Contents |
• Elements Play multimedia drive |
Warranty |
• 3 Years Limited Warranty (APAC) |
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