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WDTV Elements Play
The first WDTV to feature an internal HDD is an unusual machine. You would think that Western Digital would simply add a hard drive to the WDTV Live and be done with it, but no, nothing that simple here. Unlike the reatively powerful Live products, the Elements Play uses a slower and less powerful Amlogic chipset.

The Elements Play is more akin to the original WDTV in that it has no networking capabilities. HD Audio support is limited to Dolby Digital. The only USB port is 1* USB Slave, so no attaching an external drive either. Format support is unusual for a WDTV in that it supports RMVB.

The Elements Play has been conceived as an enhanced drive enclosure. As such it is fine, but as a standalone Media Player it is lacking.

Launch Date: August 2010 639 days ago Approx Price: $180 - €160 - £110  US$190 User Ranking: 280 /460. #Votes: Very Low   ?  info  Country: USA Chipset Family: Amlogic 8626H (2009)   ?  info  Chipset Model: 8626H @ 400Mhz Storage: Internal HDD(*1) Network: No Network  ?  info  Size: 225*149*41mm (1.37L)   Fan: No Video Outputs: HDMI 1 Composite Audio Outputs: Stereo Analog TOSLINK Digital DVD ISO: Yes (original menus) Blu-Ray ISO: Yes. Simple (BD-Lite) Web Services: None / No info  ?  info  On-Demand (USA): None / No info On-Demand (UK): None / No info On-Demand (Other): None / No info HD Audio:  DTS Dmix TrueHD Dmix DTS-HD MA Dmix DTS Pass TrueHD Pass DTS-HD MA Pass    ?  info

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Product Discussion Leave a Comment Show:   Sort: Newest first Oldest first   ? There are 2 comments b Dissi – France August 21, 2011 - 08:53 Very slow with h264 compression. When starting a H264 compressed file, it takes like 8 secs to play. Seemless play is not really possible. The audio track desynchronises while playing h264 movies. It looks like the chipset is not powerful enough for h264. vortex – Tallinn September 19, 2010 - 08:42 Should be AmLogic 8626H Chipset.... Leave a Comment * Your name * Your email address (will not be published) Your location Remember me ? Subscribe: No All comments ? Replies to my comment ? ? Powered by TalkBack 1

Firmware Updates Detailed Specification Brand WDTV Model Elements Play Release Date August 2010 Brand Country USA Mean World Price US$ 190 Price $ US 180 Price € 160 Price £ 110 Multi-format Rating 2 On-Demand Rating 0 iboum Rating 2 Max Resolution 1080p [Full-HD] Chipset Manufacturer Amlogic Chipset Family Amlogic 8626H (2009) Chipset Model 8626H Chipset Mhz 400 Memory Operating System User Interface Internal HDD 3.5" SATA HDD Num 1 USB (Host) USB (Slave) 1 USB Version SD eSATA Other Storage File Systems FAT, NTFS, HFS+ UPnP N/A DLNA Network Protocols N/A Wired Network Wireless Network HDMI 1 Component Video Composite Video 1 HDMI Version 1.4 Audio/Video Other Stereo L/R Audio 1 S/PDIF TOSLink 1 S/PDIF Coaxial AV Recording AV Inputs Video Formats (Codecs) AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB/ISO, MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), TS/TP/M2TS (MPEG 1/2/4, AVC), FLV (D1 resolution only), RM or RMVB 8/9/10 Video Extensions (Containers) Audio Formats (Codecs) MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, OGG, APE Audio Extensions (Containers) Image Formats JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG Subtitle Formats SRT, SSA, SUB, SMI, MKS, TXT 3D SBS 3D Top Bottom 3D Frame Packing No 3D Frame Sequential No Blu-Ray 3D No DVD ISO Yes (original menus) Blu-Ray ISO Yes. Simple (BD-Lite) Dolby Digital Downmix Yes Dolby Digital Passthrough Yes Dolby Digital Plus Downmix Dolby Digital Plus Passthrough Dolby TrueHD Downmix Dolby TrueHD Passthrough DTS Downmix DTS Passthrough DTS-HD HR Downmix DTS-HD HR Passthrough DTS-HD MA Downmix DTS-HD MA Passthrough Internet Radio Web Services On-Demand USA On-Demand UK On-Demand Other Bittorrent Web Browser Browser Detail Flash DVB-T DVB-T2 Fan No Front LCD No Power AC Input Voltage 100-240 VAC. AC Input Frequency 50-60 Hz Power Usage Standby W (mm) 225 D (mm) 149 H (mm) 41 Volume (litre) 1.37 Weight (kg) 1.05 W (inches) 8.9 D (inches) 5.9 H (inches) 1.6 Weight (lb) 2.31 Added to iboum 2010-08-10