I currently have a Popcorn Hour C200 which connects to a network share with my collection of (mostly) movies. I use YAMJ as front end, and am quite happy with the setup.
I'd like to add a second media player in a different room in the house and trying to decide what to do. There are (as many others are aware) issues with Sybase's support of the Popbox. Its price is quite attractive compared to the C200, but various comments and reviews make me very hesitant, not to mention the fact that I don't believe it can interface with YAMJ.
I'm looking for suggestions on what to buy. I really like the YAMJ interface, and so does my wife. I'm open to other devices as well, be it from Western Digital, ASUS, or any others out there.
It must have ethernet (optionally WIFI), but definitely networkable and able to connect to a windows/Samba share. Must do 1080p, and most common video formats/containers (mkv, mp4, DVD rips, etc). I think most of these features are standards these days, but its the interface that concerns me the most. We will mostly use this for accessing TV shows and movies stored on the network drive. I really don't want to have to scroll through the equivalent of Windows Explorer looking at folder titles to choose an episode or movie to watch. Something that can organize our collection into genres, alphabetical order, etc with or without posters and descriptions would be nice. Best would be if it could just work with YAMJ, even if I had to maintain two different indexes.
I'm not opposed to buying another C200, but there are a lot of less expensive options out there, unfortunately most of the reviews I've seen don't go into the details on the interface that I want.
Thanks
I'd like to add a second media player in a different room in the house and trying to decide what to do. There are (as many others are aware) issues with Sybase's support of the Popbox. Its price is quite attractive compared to the C200, but various comments and reviews make me very hesitant, not to mention the fact that I don't believe it can interface with YAMJ.
I'm looking for suggestions on what to buy. I really like the YAMJ interface, and so does my wife. I'm open to other devices as well, be it from Western Digital, ASUS, or any others out there.
It must have ethernet (optionally WIFI), but definitely networkable and able to connect to a windows/Samba share. Must do 1080p, and most common video formats/containers (mkv, mp4, DVD rips, etc). I think most of these features are standards these days, but its the interface that concerns me the most. We will mostly use this for accessing TV shows and movies stored on the network drive. I really don't want to have to scroll through the equivalent of Windows Explorer looking at folder titles to choose an episode or movie to watch. Something that can organize our collection into genres, alphabetical order, etc with or without posters and descriptions would be nice. Best would be if it could just work with YAMJ, even if I had to maintain two different indexes.
I'm not opposed to buying another C200, but there are a lot of less expensive options out there, unfortunately most of the reviews I've seen don't go into the details on the interface that I want.
Thanks
