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coologuy1957 September 28, 2009

What won't it play???

What have you found won't play on here???

For me the only thing is ogg video.... Its not that big of a deal since I only have a few movies in .ogm format though... This thing eats up every other video though!!

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deinfinityx 2009-09-28 22:37:54

With the new one coming out, i just might get one now. All i have seen lately is settop boxs, digital media viewers and the like. The seagate one is interesting as well but this one is probably the most popular.

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coologuy1957 2009-09-28 22:48:11

I can't really see any reason to get the new model though, the C-200, unless you want to add a blu-ray drive... Other than that, it costs $85 more and has a bright blue LCD screen which I think would just be annoying while you were watching stuff.... I don't think it features any other improvements of the A-110....

Also, the A-100 is not being offered on the site any more, but if you can find it second hand, it is pretty identical to the A-110 except for a few items...

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deinfinityx 2009-09-28 23:09:52

Yeah right now its a toss up between the A-100/110 or the Seagate media player gdgt.com/seagate/freeagent/theaterplus-hd/, which is cheaper new then the popcorn hour. I will have to see what every one says about the seagate and do a little digging to see what it plays.

Musketeer 2009-09-29 00:34:53

Spot on coolguy. I initially got super excited about the C200. But then I realised it would stream my videos exactly the same as my existing Popcornhour. So what reason would I have to get one? I already have a BluRay player, so I don't need that aspect. The new unit does give you a gigabit ethernet connection, but seeing as 1080p streams just fine on the existing 100mb model, I'm not sure what advantage that would provide. Plus I kinda like that the older model is so small and tidy, the new one looks much bigger.

But if you don't already have one, sure the C200 could be a nice addition to your home entertainment system.

All that said, even if it makes no sense, the gadget freak in me still wants it a little bit, so its staying on my want list :p

coologuy1957 2009-09-29 14:15:54

ya, thanks for the kudos man! I wish they would just put out some more updates and make some other cool gadgets because that C-200 is a bust in my book! If you plan it right, the original models can just disappear in your media center! And they are non-existent on the electric bill as well... Like you, I was stoked it finally had gigabit until I realized the fast-ethernet connection it did have was more than adequate. Oh well...

Musketeer 2009-09-29 15:27:13

Yeah, sadly the firmware updates seem to have stopped/slowed now that they've been busy working to get the C200 released. Really hope this doesn't mean they have abandoned further dev on A100/A110 firnware.

coologuy1957 2009-09-29 21:20:28

I wouldn't say the updates have slowed yet.. I charted out the firmware release dates for the A-110 and it looks like this:

________2008_____2009____________

month 8 9 11 2 4 6

so they release an update every 2 months on average... if they don't release an update in october though, I would begin to worry too....

Musketeer 2009-09-29 00:28:21

If there's one thing you can say about the Popcornhour, its that it supports an INSANE amount of video/audio formats. I have found it seems to play just about anything.

I like how the popcornhour plays the raw files output from my Sony HD camcorder. Even PC's often have problems doing that until I go and track down the appropriate software or codecs. Yet my Popcorn does it out-of-the-box :)

This one time though (no, it wasn't at band camp ;) ), I ripped some TV eps from DVD using an app I'd never used before and the popcornhour had picture but no sound. I never worked out what the problem was. But I never used that software again (I've forgotten its name now).

So I guess I can't say I've had a 100% success rate with compatibility, but easily 95%.

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TypeEE 2009-09-29 13:27:29

I heard it won't play RMVB, it ignored the asian market.

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nemix 2009-09-29 22:19:57

I'm looking for feedback from some users have own this unit. Specifically how well it handles HD ripped formats such as 720p or 1080p x264 or mkv 720 or 1080, both locally from the unit or streamed over hardwire ethernet. I'm about ready to pull the trigger on this purchase if I can confirm all of the above play with no issue.

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nemix 2009-11-11 20:01:25

is there any streaming advantage of the new c200 over the a110?

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coologuy1957 2009-11-11 20:19:18

From reading about the two players on their website and other sites, there doesn't seem to be any difference streaming wise.... The C-200 does have a slightly faster processor and gigabit ethernet, so streams might start a shade faster. But streaming was already very fast to begin with...

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MrChris 2009-11-12 14:40:22

Hoping to pick one of these up soon. Looks awesome.

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