POPCORN HOUR A-400 is coming soon - Page 24

Awsome, thanks, i think i will take the chance and try the A-400, would you know if i could use any wifi dongle?

I don't see anything listed on the wiki A-400 compatibility list yet.

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/index.php/A-400_Compatibility_Lists

Maybe there is something on the A-300 Wiki list.

Edit:

They list some WiFi dongles for the A-300. Maybe those will work on the A-400

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/index.php/A-300_Compatibility_Lists#USB_Dongle_WIFI

Only get the dongle from popcorn hour, there list is very limited only cover about 5 dongles that all have to be running the same chipset.

Please, don't assume. That's how rumors get started. Its taken me years to build my unraid server up to where it is at now. And it certainly doesn't just have bluray videos on it either. You assume too much.

What rumors would be started?

Comparing this to Sonos is like comparing apples to oranges, you just cant do it....Youre comparing a device thats mainly for just audio to one that plays a multitude of media...you are also talking about a device that has been on the market for much longer so of course its more stable.....Since this is your 1st media streamer welcome to the club, but this is pretty status quo for the market (what we are seeing)...

All media player companies would love to have stable firmware form the get go, BUT they would never be able to replicate very single file type or enviornment that their customer base has. I dont think Ive seen a player yet that has not had some sort of issue out the gate once it gets out into the wild..They true test is how quickly they fix the problems and how many problems may stick around due to things out of their control (aka sigma problems which they have little control over)......Ill give it to PCH they are pushing out firmware fixes much faster than a number of media player companies, and are actively trying to fix things which is good...With the wide knowledgeable user base hopefully they can get some of the problems pinpointed to get fixes out sooner.....I also hope they are prioritizing (which it looks like they are) and while not leaving the others by the wayside, focusing on the big bugs....Some companies have tended to get lost in the flood of complaints instead of trying to put out fires one by one....

Do you A-400 owners have problems when watching 3d isos and movies in general direct from a usb hard drive? No network

lol, too late, it has already hit the tabloids and Access Hollywood

Personally I prefer not to compress b/c (1) for me it wastes time (2) I don't want to spend extra money to buy a blu ray to then water down the quality and (2) it is as future proof as you can get keeping things lossless. Anyhow. we should probably kill this talk since it has nothing to do with the A400


Next up for me to test with.

Any guys testing 3D Blu Rays see a way to switch between 3D and 2D while watching the film? With the Mede8er I could easily switch bringing up the bD Lite menu during the movie, I don't see an option with the A400 (with the exception of going directly into the settings)

Nope,check my post earlyer.

Yes, I still get audio dropouts playing a3D ISO locally of an eSata drive.

already mention in pch forums theres bug in dts-hd, and issues with streaming.

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=64207
http://www.networkedmediatank.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=126

you need to be realistic, @rui pedro the A400 at present time as issues that need to be solved, mention that theres no issues is wrong you are misguiding potential buyers.


also theres a user reporting this , and some of you can try it....

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=64048

know issues posted by @werner

and if you really interested to no whats this player is all about , start reading the popcorn forum.de

http://www.popcornforum.de/forumdisplay.php?fid=91

even the popcorn moderators recommend the med600x3d

http://www.popcornforum.de/showthread.php?tid=19029&page=5

Edited by canton160 - 12/3/12 at 7:42am

i have the PCH A-400.....all i can say is DO NOT buy it......it is a major POS!!!!!!! firmware is a joke......out of my 600 bluray iso`s it plays 4 so far with out skipping or locking up......it takes up to 1 min. to skip chapters......same movie on my dune smart d1 takes about 2 secs.......very very dissopointed with this player........once again PCH is forcing the public to beta test.....i should of known better.....waiting on the dune hd ase 3d to be released so i can dump this POS!!!

......lose......the annoying................dots.............!

i didnt realize this forum was on grammer!!!

Well what seems trivial to some is too much of a PIA for me, and thankfully I was able to cancel my A-400 order and I'll wait until it becomes a more stable product.

At some point though I would love to listen to my live concert BD's & FLAC music without cranking on the PJ like the NMJ navigator allows.

I happen to like .......dots!

The dune players with the dune remote controllers (ios,android,linux,windows,osx) have allowed that for some time now

"Grammer" aside, I'm thinking that I'll be of the same mindset when all is said and done.

Isnt this coming from the guy who refused to say the micca played 3d iso at wrong fps until he jumped on the mede8er wagon? You are not the most reliable source either.
And thoughs not expecting bugs why buy bleeding edge technology you know there will be bugs always even more so in this type of market

So now you are railing against someone who has no issues? I dont get it. So what if he doesnt have problems, there are many people who do, this is justt like the TV forums where if someone doesnt have issues "they are doing it wrong"...While I understand making a voice for the current issues, there is no need to discount those that dont....

Canton160,seems u bashing again and not me just noticed that
Some people have errors but atm for me like in previous posts i have none.
I cant be the realistic you want which is to say the med3d is better which it isnt,so has you can see in my posts earlyer my unit works fine.

Noticed that also,he maybe sells med6 on some store lol

The problem is that you're playing files that have been remuxed, removing the DTS-HD audio and lowering the video bitrate from the originals. It's simply not a complete test. Saying that your unit works fine may be true in your case, but overall it's misleading to people that don't know the difference.

I'd be happy to share the same files with you that I shared with halfelite so you can see what I'm talking about.

When Dune announced that the DUNE PRO was coming back in 2011, one of the editors for anandtech contacted sigma and asked about it, at the time sigma said 8910 SDK would not be ready for use until Q3 2012 if they stuck to that deadline it means syabas did not have a working sdk until about 2-3 months ago. And I know up until launch they were still getting a new sdk from sigma weekly, the A400 is about as bleeding edge as you can get in this market so its no surprise there is bugs. The bigger surprise is all the people that complain about it. Then say I bought so and so players at launch also and hated it until firmwares made it better. I myself dont mind it I have stable players for everday use and then i have my set of not stable that I use for trying to make stable and find work arounds its more of a hobby for me.

And no need to get on someone when it works, Everyone has different needs, Never take someones word that a player works just by him saying it works for me, ask how it works for them, he has posted the files he plays so if people read they could see hey it works for that guys setup and I use it the same way.

The bolded x1000 there is no need to qualiffy someones experience, to say its "incomplete" or "wrong" is innacurate initself. We can see from the posts ont eh forums that there are many different file types being played and types that people want to get working, not to mention the multitude of different sets ups they are playing these files from. If someone says it does work for them look at previous posts (if they ahve made any) and see what they havent had any issues playing....If they are having issues, take a look at what they are having issues playing and deermine if YOU would have issues in your current set up.......

Although I do agree with your sentiments the problem I feel Syabas has gotten in to is from the popularity of their PCH. When A1xx came out a small group of users had it, understood it was a cutting edge device, knew to expect issues, etc... With the popularity of the PCH line though, now you have a more "general" audience taking interest in, who have no idea what the issues could be. They simply see the nice PCH advertising and can't imagine (or have no experience with) buying something that is technically not ready for consumption. I know better, and similar to you, I did not get the A400 to be my every day player at first, I have other stable players for that. As much as I understand this and I hope most other potential/current owners know this as well (and this is the reason why I have been voicing concern/caution prior to launch as I felt too many people were expressing unrealistic expectations), I don't want to use it as an excuse for Syabas releasing a sub par player.

The problem is that hes played files with HD audio:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1427748/popcorn-hour-a-400-is-coming-soon/600#post_22644918

just becasue his initial example was from re-encoded mkvs doesnt mean thats all hes playing......He listed a few of the other files hes played as well.....

I agree but I think we make our own mess, We live in a world were people buy the latest and greatest just to have it, Sigma knows this, PCH knows this, Every media company out there knows it. If you make it out the door first you will have a huge amount of sales going out just for people wanting the latest and greatest im sure there is somewhat of a return rate but i bet the number of sales out weighs the returns, And then you look what is the drawback if they can make it stable before dune launches a 3d player, Then they already have the advantage of going out the door first and then having a stable player at the time someone else launches there first player. Its a business strategy that does not work out in the consumers favor but its one the consumers have helped build.

I would say most media player companies do not have enough capital to sit on a player till its stable enough for the consumer, They need money coming in.

TRUE-HD works, I've verified this as well. DTS-HD does not.