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#1
blueradio - Posted 12:16 pm PDT 08/28/09 (15 Posts)
Does it support external dvdrom?
#2
mhottie - Posted 12:30 pm PDT 08/28/09 (364 Posts)
Why is it so hard to include an ETHERNET port on these things!?
#3
thematrix - Posted 12:39 pm PDT 08/28/09 (116 Posts)
I bought this player 2 weeks ago.
Pros: easy to set-up. it delivers very picture. This has a preview screen which WD doesn't.
Cons: the remote control is suck. The fan is loud that your neighbor could hear.
Pros: easy to set-up. it delivers very picture. This has a preview screen which WD doesn't.
Cons: the remote control is suck. The fan is loud that your neighbor could hear.
#4
mendaliv - Posted 12:41 pm PDT 08/28/09 (325 Posts)
This would have been great 5 years ago when it was worth the trouble to download things. Basically this is only useful to the person who watches a LOT of foreign TV series. And the RMVB is important to people who download a lot of Asian soap operas as the format is for some strange reason popular over there.
But #2 does hit on a critical point: the lack of ethernet severely limits this unit, and as it most likely runs embedded Linux, adding ethernet probably wouldn't cost the manufacturers much more than a kernel patch and web interface.
But #2 does hit on a critical point: the lack of ethernet severely limits this unit, and as it most likely runs embedded Linux, adding ethernet probably wouldn't cost the manufacturers much more than a kernel patch and web interface.
#5
cheapskate123 - Posted 12:43 pm PDT 08/28/09 (35 Posts)
don't waste your money just get a wd media player
#6
mendaliv - Posted 1:06 pm PDT 08/28/09 (325 Posts)
#5 has a goodish point; WD TV is about the same price. WD TV doesn't have RMVB though, which is pretty important if you watch much Asian television... lots of things come only in RMVB.
#7
blueradio - Posted 1:06 pm PDT 08/28/09 (15 Posts)
Why don't get a laptop with video output.
#8
rich00o - Posted 1:34 pm PDT 08/28/09 (105 Posts)
hmm i guess RMVB is not good enough for HD
#9
middesk - Posted 4:02 pm PDT 08/28/09 (23 Posts)
#10
revenant - Posted 4:41 pm PDT 08/28/09 (205 Posts)
yeah.. that mvix pretty much kicks this and the wd in the pants.
#11
techsupport - Posted 5:22 pm PDT 08/28/09 (2588 Posts)
I got the kingwin one with ethernet at $70AR. Whatever it doesn't play mencoder converts into a playable format. It also records if you install a drive.
#12
superd00d3 - Posted 5:44 pm PDT 08/28/09 (2475 Posts)
| revenant wrote: |
| yeah.. that mvix pretty much kicks this and the wd in the pants. |
Where in the pants?
#13
revenant - Posted 7:36 pm PDT 08/28/09 (205 Posts)
right on the ass patch 
#14
Fibrizox - Posted 7:48 pm PDT 08/28/09 (27 Posts)
wish it played mkv, why those player never handle mkv and rmvb together, always one or the other
#15
Fibrizox - Posted 7:52 pm PDT 08/28/09 (27 Posts)
ok, MVix Ultio just suht my mouth, WOW its awesome, i need to buy one for christmas (or better, have my brother to give me one as a gift je)
#16
rellikeht - Posted 8:17 pm PDT 08/28/09 (156 Posts)
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#14 the AC Ryan PlayOn!HD plays both mkv and rmvb and just about everything else:
http://www.playonhd.com/en/#info
http://www.gizmodaddy.com/storefront/products.php?product=C-Ryan-PlayOn!HD-Media-Player
#17
Elpee - Posted 6:57 am PDT 08/29/09 (1028 Posts)
Finally, I still like my Popcorn Hour C-200. Yes, you get what you pay for.
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