:confused:What is your best media player and why?
1-Picture Quality
2-Sound
3-Frame Rate
4-Network (LAN or WIFI)
5-And more!!!!!!

i would like to know the best media player in the Market Right now.

Thanks to everybody for their ANSWER!!!!!!

:confused:What is your best media player and why?
1-Picture Quality
2-Sound
3-Frame Rate
4-Network (LAN or WIFI)
5-And more!!!!!!

i would like to know the best media player in the Market Right now.

Thanks to everybody for their ANSWER!!!!!!

Please note that there is already a thread ''Current Best Media Player'' on this topic which may answer your questions.

an HTPC would be the best.

the new Popcorn C-200 sounds promising.

new Dune 3.0 later this year.

all the other players pretty much all use the same chipset so...

My WDTV. It's hackable and does a lot of things other than playing movie and music.

My WDTV. It's hackable and does a lot of things other than playing movie and music.

It can be hacked now? I just ordered one yesterday...

what about the Xtreamer?
Has anybody try it?

What is your best media player and why?

Well... if you go to WD TV: (from 99€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - No DTS Downmix
3-Frame Rate - Can't do 1080p 23,976 flawlessly.
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - none! Only hacking but if it breaks your device, you can kiss you warranty goodbye!
5-And more!!!!!! - Nothing more... well... pretty menus.

Well... if you go to Egreat M34a: (from 139€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - It has DTS Downmix
3-Frame Rate - Can do 1080p 23,976 flawlessly!
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - Yes!
5-And more!!!!!! - Autodect framerate, can read heavy 1080p movies, good support so far...

Well... if you go to Xtreamer/AC Ryan PlayonHD (from 119€ up/from 150€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - It has DTS Downmix
3-Frame Rate - Can't do 1080p 24Hz
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - Yes!
5-And more!!!!!! - Can read 1080p movies up to 8 reframes, you can put a hard disk inside the player, good support so far... but still a "green" product

Well... if you go to HTPC ION: (from 199€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - It has DTS Downmix and more...
3-Frame Rate - Can do 1080p 24Hz.
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - Yes! Giga...
5-And more!!!!!! - Can read 1080p movies up to 16 reframes without a sweat, full browser, games, good support by XBMC... hey.. its a PC, you can do whatever you want with it!

;)

Thank you Afrsa.
So the Egreat M34a and the HTPC ION are the best so Far.
have you look into the new Popcorn Hour C-200?

Is the ION even available in a pre-built system or do you have to build it yourself. That 199 cost you list--does that include an OS or just the price of the motherboard/chip?

What is your best media player and why?

Well... if you go to WD TV: (from 99€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - No DTS Downmix
3-Frame Rate - Can't do 1080p 23,976 flawlessly.
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - none! Only hacking but if it breaks your device, you can kiss you warranty goodbye!
5-And more!!!!!! - Nothing more... well... pretty menus.

Well... if you go to Egreat M34a: (from 139€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - It has DTS Downmix
3-Frame Rate - Can do 1080p 23,976 flawlessly!
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - Yes!
5-And more!!!!!! - Autodect framerate, can read heavy 1080p movies, good support so far...

Well... if you go to Xtreamer/AC Ryan PlayonHD (from 119€ up/from 150€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - It has DTS Downmix
3-Frame Rate - Can't do 1080p 24Hz
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - Yes!
5-And more!!!!!! - Can read 1080p movies up to 8 reframes, you can put a hard disk inside the player, good support so far... but still a "green" product

Well... if you go to HTPC ION: (from 199€ up)

1-Picture Quality - Good
2-Sound - It has DTS Downmix and more...
3-Frame Rate - Can do 1080p 24Hz.
4-Network (LAN or WIFI) - Yes! Giga...
5-And more!!!!!! - Can read 1080p movies up to 16 reframes without a sweat, full browser, games, good support by XBMC... hey.. its a PC, you can do whatever you want with it!

;)
There is an option in the Setup Menu on the AC Ryan PlayOn!HD to select 1080p 24Hz.

What about Egreat EG-M31B? Can it play all of the heavy 1080p movies?

Thank you Afrsa.
So the Egreat M34a and the HTPC ION are the best so Far.
have you look into the new Popcorn Hour C-200?

No... by the cost of the popcorn you can buy a ION... then you can configure it yourself... no need for waiting for firmware that could never come..

Is the ION even available in a pre-built system or do you have to build it yourself. That 199 cost you list--does that include an OS or just the price of the motherboard/chip?

The pakard bell ION (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/packard-bell-nvidia-ion-nettop,7912.html) is pointed to 199€ with windows XP. However, for you to have full hardware aceleration with ION in movies, you need to install Linux! There is the XBMC Live that can ease the process... but you still have to configure it yourself.

EDIT: It seems that XBMC is able to play movies with external player... so you can choose (with a simple hack) Windows Media Player Classic and have full hardware decode in Windows! In next XBMC you will be able to choose directly inside XBMC, the external players... for exemple PowerDVD for BRay playback! This is getting better and better! :D

There is an option in the Setup Menu on the AC Ryan PlayOn!HD to select 1080p 24Hz.

I read somewhere that that option is not working properly yet.... but I can be wrong...

What about Egreat EG-M31B? Can it play all of the heavy 1080p movies?

Yes... all Egreat share the same base firmware... and they can play more demanding 1080p movies until a certain point.

The only platform that could read the Killa Sample was ION! But Killa Sample is just a bad encode... but is good to see if your player is prepared to read most of the files out there...

thanks afrsa!
you have change my mind,i was thinking of getting the xtreamer,now i think i goto hold on a little bit to to see whats is really good b4 i spend my money.

Last Question?

If i was to buy a media player now (Today) Which one should i go for?

Ps:Already own WDTV
And i dont want HTPC

Any help?


Thanks!

Last Question?

If i was to buy a media player now (Today) Which one should i go for?

Ps:Already own WDTV
And i dont want HTPC

Any help?


Thanks!
ps3 slim lol;)

What about a Popcorn Hour A110? I need it to just stream the movie collection I already have to my basement/home theater. I just got a 110 for 160 bucks off ebay, it should be able to stream DVDs well.....right?

i have notice on this side AVS forum there is no leader like( AVS Blu-ray Disc Reviews =Ralph Potts )who takes his time to give reviews on Bluray movies,everybody come out and say what they want.

what we need in this forum is
1-Recommended media player
2-stats
3-what is capable of
4-pros and cons

Thaks!

Egreat M34A
eGreat EG-M33A
eGreat M32B
HDX1000
eGreat M31B
Xtreamer
Popcorn Hour C-200

Can some tell me which one should i buy?
Thanks

I would say Popcorn Hour C-200 seems to be the best at this moment!

Why?

All the webservices it has.

Egreat M34A
eGreat EG-M33A
eGreat M32B
HDX1000
eGreat M31B
Xtreamer
Popcorn Hour C-200

Can some tell me which one should i buy?
Thanks

Only you know the answer to that question! Do some research and see what features you want, any of the above players will play the most common media.

David

Can someone please tell me what is the release (date and year) on these product?

AcRyan Playon HD
Egreat M34A
eGreat EG-M33A
eGreat M32B
HDX1000
eGreat M31B
Xtreamer
Popcorn Hour C-200

Thanks!

it is hard to say "best".

It is matter for your expectations of the device you wish to buy and the amount of extra cash in your pocket.

Whatever the case maybe, in my humble opinion, the xtreamer is as of today the best value for money.

It can play all , it has very active community, it is cheaper than other, it is truly multilingual and the most important thing : if you buy now you will get special price for their NAS so actually you will be able to get both media player and NAS for the price of only an alternative media player.

Check the xtreamer forums, to get an idea as to their roadmap also. It is very promising indeed.

I got the PCH and Tvix. Once i got the Xtreamer i dont think i will look back. It seems i am not the only one.

The C-200 is more expensive. maybe it has several key points that makes him "better". The total overall C-200 solution is 4 times more expensive. If you are into tweaking and have in mind 300-400 expense in mind i will consider an HTPC rather than the c-200. If you are into saving few dollars and still being able to play all, i will recommend the xtreamer.

other than that, all other option seems to me little oldish.

thanks!

There are really only two types of streamers in the current generation. NMT and non-NMT.

All the NMT devices Popcorn Hour, Egreat) run the same software, so the only real difference is the physical layout of the device. The C200 is the only one that is measurably different than the others, due to having a newer, faster processor and the ability to install a blu ray drive. The NMT platform has been around the longest and has the most 3rd party developer support.

All non-NMT devices (Xtreamer, Mvix Ultio, ACRyan, etc) are pretty much the same. They will all play most media files, all have very basic UIs, and all cost $100-$200. There are a few minor points of differentiation, but they are generally features that most people don't need or use. Unless you have some very specific requirements for your streamer, you can pretty much pick one of these at random and you should be fine.