Western Digital 2TB Elements Play Multimedia Drive - Now Just £99.99 Delivered @ Dabs!
Seems cheap as it includes a 2TB Hard Drive!
The WD Elements Play multimedia drive is an easy, affordable way to supersize your movies and photos on your big-screen TV and play your music collection on your home entertainment center. Save your media collection on the multimedia drive, then simply connect the drive to your TV and you're ready to enjoy all your digital media in Full-HD 1080p resolution.
Easy, intuitive user interface - Simple, intuitive and beautiful, the user interface provides the following navigation options:
DVD navigation with complete menu navigation, chapter listings, special features, and subtitles
Photo slideshow with unique transitions and music on your HDTV
Supports photo thumbnails, video cover art and music album art
Music playlist support for PLS, M3U, WPL file types
Preview your video during navigation
Multi-language subtitle support for video playback
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480p, 1080p, 720p, 1080i
Supported Still Images Formats
BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
Supported Audio Formats
WAV, WMA, AAC, PCM, MP3, FLAC, AC-3, LPCM, OGG, MKA, APE (Monkey's Audio)
Video Playback Formats
MPEG-4, XviD, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, FLV, MOV, AVI, RM, VOB, RMVB, x264, TS, M2TS, ISO, MPEG-4 AVC, H.264, MKV
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Edited By: GNKelly07 on Jul 10, 2012 22:37: pic
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=400
Compare this with the Live which supports DTS and DTS Downsampling.
If DTS support and DTS Downsampling (e.g. you get sound in stero off a DTS track when playing sound over the TV speakers Vs AV AMP) is important to you then it may be a deal breaker
Heat anyways as this is a good price for 2TB disk and a media player.
This is the newer version that has DTS, Dabs site even mentions it supports DTS 2.0 digital audio.
MKV support is listed and the unit has HDMI, And as Jangoninja reports DTS is supported. So yes it will play movies (MKVs) over HDMI with DTS and other audio support! This will get hot...
Ordering now...
Edited By: frownbreaker on Jul 11, 2012 12:19
Yes according to DABs the v2 units. Search DTS in the link provided by the OP and search DTS and on the DABS page is says DTS v2.0 support. No mention of down sampling but I assume this is included.to downsample DTS into Stereo for playback on TVs and devices with HDMI in but no DTS decoder.
http://www.dabs.com/products/western-digital-2tb-elements-play-multimedia-drive-8558.html
Quote:
"Full- HD 1080p resolution - Experience spectacular Full-HD video picture quality and crystal-clear DTS 2.0 digital audio. The HDMI port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater."
The former suggests down sampling support so we should be fine.
Edited By: frownbreaker on Jul 11, 2012 15:10
I think the lack of network support might be an issue. To load content the unit and its PSU need to be moved and the USB connection made to a PC. Sure you can connect a laptop to this unit and load content that way.
That said this is not much more than a 2TB HD and the media player is very good.
That said I went for the WDTV Live for £69 on Amazon. This plus a SATA dock will do for me. Will cost be more than the built in 2TB but loading content via a SATA dock and carrying the disk over works for me.
Very good price for WD TV Live (with a few features omitted) + 2TB HD in AIO box. With 2TB HD prices still high as now this is a bargain if you don't mind the missing features. 2TB of content will take a while to transfer in one session if the socket is USB 2.0.
Wished this had some sort of docking port for easy exchange of 2.5"/3.5" HD. Nobody like to dismantle just to fit a bigger 3TB/4TB HD. WD could be onto a absolute winner if it did.
It's crazy that WD don't always list their products properly between each generations like V1, V2, V3, etc.
For £100 delivered it's a steal
I've taken the plunge and ordered one as I was looking for something exactly like this with plenty of storage (should be > 400 DVDs)
Plus don't forget 2% Quidco
PS: Actually, I'm almost tempted to buy a 2nd unit for storing my CD collection (some of it at least)
Edited By: nlackjane on Jul 20, 2012 01:34
You get a fully functioning NAS with a WD 2tb disk inside. Link it to your PS3, Xbox 360, DNLA TV or Squeezecenter.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/zyxel-nsa310-2tb-nas-drive-129-99-ebuyer-poss-2-quidco-1269767