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shardian:
I want one of these pretty bad. Just can't bring myself to dedicate $100 of my amazon gift cards to it when I really need other things.
SavannahLion:
I've been eyeing stuff like this. Nice that it supports MKV, I came across my first MKV file just last week (go figure).
What's with the MKV format though? It's a nice format, but it's a bit of a nightmare managing the format, ie if I want to burn the video to DVD to send to my technologically inept mother.
edit:
Looks like there's a couple of homebrew communities that sprung up around this device. I'm too lazy to read through the 77 pages of posts to see if these guys actually created any custom firmware for this. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1100062
massive88:
It still doesn't have network capability right?
I just cant fathom having to manually move files over constantly. I guess if you have a stagnant set of video files it would be great, but I want to access things off my NAS that I download regularly. A popcorn hour looks like a far better product for me.
CCM:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on June 17, 2009, 12:40:38 pm ---
What's with the MKV format though? It's a nice format, but it's a bit of a nightmare managing the format, ie if I want to burn the video to DVD to send to my technologically inept mother.
--- End quote ---
I use mkv2vob to convert my MKV files for streaming to my PS3. You could use this to easily get your MKV files to a DVD format for burning...
http://www.mkv2vob.com/
Generic Eric:
--- Quote from: massive88 on June 17, 2009, 02:18:02 pm ---It still doesn't have network capability right?
I just cant fathom having to manually move files over constantly. I guess if you have a stagnant set of video files it would be great, but I want to access things off my NAS that I download regularly. A popcorn hour looks like a far better product for me.
--- End quote ---
Not out of the box, you have to use an unofficial firmware and use your own USB to ethernet, or USB to wireless adapter.
So even though its only $99, you have to had some more stuff on your own. I also read that you may need a 2GB or less thumbdrive to use one of the unofficial firmwares.
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