Multimedia player now attached to my HT

[3db]

I bought this little toy at a boxing day sale for $130 Cdn taxes in. It contains a 1 Terabyte drive.. seems to work really well and I have it integrated already with my Harmony remote.

ScreenPlay Media Player | Iomega ScreenPlay MX2 HD Media Player

 

[agarwalro]

Other than the great deal, was there reasons for choosing this one over other options?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

As I get it's essentially running same os as boxee box.
It doesn't support HD audio codec, however for this price it is good value if hd audio is not a requirement

 

[3db]

As I get it's essentially running same os as boxee box.
It doesn't support HD audio codec, however for this price it is good value if hd audio is not a requirement

It run Dolby Digital Plus..but not the DTS Master....hmm maybe I'll return it.

 

[sholling]

here are some ideas.

AnandTech - 2011 Media Streamer Roundup : Netgear NTV550, A.C.Ryan PlayOn!HD2 and the Boxee Box

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

here are some ideas.

AnandTech - 2011 Media Streamer Roundup : Netgear NTV550, A.C.Ryan PlayOn!HD2 and the Boxee Box

Hmm,according to this Boxee box support BD ISOs and HD audio ???
I got the feeling i got the wrong product [ not to mention much better interface + netflix support and more frequent updates)

 

[3db]

I may still keep this unit. Its a spare hard drive but has no networking capability. EMC makes this product and EMC also make SAN products so that is a big plus in my book for terms of reliability.

If I find a non apple device that allows Netflix and a few of the other streaming services here in Canada, then I'll buy one of those units connecting the existing media unit to the PC and streaming wirelessly from the PC to the new device.

 

[sholling]

Hmm,according to this Boxee box support BD ISOs and HD audio ???
I got the feeling i got the wrong product [ not to mention much better interface + netflix support and more frequent updates)

Read deeper - Boxee Down-samples HD FLACs. Just get yourself a Roku to go with that Netgear. Honestly I hated the Boxee interface but then I like simple and clean and not convoluted.

If I find a non apple device that allows Netflix and a few of the other streaming services here in Canada, then I'll buy one of those units connecting the existing media unit to the PC and streaming wirelessly from the PC to the new device.

I like the two-box Roku 2/Netgear NeoTV 550 solution. Nothing touches the Roku for Internet streaming and the NeoTV 550 is the only thing I've found that supports BD ISOs supports 5.1 channel DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD lossless audio, 24bit/192khz 5.1 channel FLACs, and reads network file systems. But it's not perfect and CES may bring something new. I'm not married to any brand or product line and while very happy for now I'll switch when there is better and cheaper.

Of course I'm not in Canada and can't speak to what's available there.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Read deeper Boxee - down-samples HD FLACs. Just get yourself a Roku to go with that Netgear. Honestly I hated the Boxee interface but then I like simple and clean and not convoluted.

to be honest I don't do hd flacs and boxee gui is miles better than netgear

That said, Netgear gets the job done

 

[sholling]

boxee gui is miles better than netgear

Different tastes is all.

Hopefully there will be a Boxee Box 2.0 with HD FLAC support and the latest video chipset that knocks my socks off.