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wi-fi cost?
Throw in some cheap wi-fi and this will be perfect for a media streamer in a remote area in the home with no cable or internet hookup!!
Based on the newly revised website, Popbox's wireless will be done via a USB dongle included in the 149.99 kit.
www.popbox.com/features.php#specs
www.popbox.com/features.php#specs
sweet!! only $20 more for wireless-N!! very cool Syabas! I run most things hard wired for fast loading and stability, but in a remote location in the house the wireless would be perfect! especially the faster, longer range N variety...
The Wi Fi edition will be 150 according to this video:
revision3.com/tzdaily/ces-popbox
revision3.com/tzdaily/ces-popbox
Ya, I need an in-depth review before committing money to this... the menu format and caching might harm my collection more than help it...
I was pretty interested in this box until I saw the giant ads in the Engadget video. That pretty much killed it for me.
I'm a lot more worried about the IMDB metadata killing it because I have so many videos. Does anyone have experience with this metadata (movie posters and movie descriptions) negatively impacting this kind of experience? I was under the impression the popcorn hour would still be much faster because of this....
It depends on whether or not the metadata is cached locally. If it isn't cached then it isn't going to work well for large collections.
YAMJ on Popcorn Hour downloads all the metadata and builds static HTML/XML menus so it is very quick to browse your collection, no matter the size (although the initial metadata download will be quite slow). It would be crazy if the Popbox didn't use that strategy and cache the metadata. Of course, having garish ads that take up 20% of the screen is also crazy and apparently they are doing that.
YAMJ on Popcorn Hour downloads all the metadata and builds static HTML/XML menus so it is very quick to browse your collection, no matter the size (although the initial metadata download will be quite slow). It would be crazy if the Popbox didn't use that strategy and cache the metadata. Of course, having garish ads that take up 20% of the screen is also crazy and apparently they are doing that.
