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- Ease of use No comments
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Detailed review
Media: This thing has literally played every file format that I personally have thrown at it. Additionally I run PlayOn through it and play all my internet media as well. Not sure what you would discount this on media for.
Video: Only reason I gave this a 4 is that I don't really play that much high quality video on the thing. But really it runs over HDMI and I would imagine it would play any quality of video you push through the pipe.
Audio: To me this is going to be based on the audio system the thing is hooked up to. My system at the house is pretty sweet and I have not had any issues. I am giving it a 4 only because im not 100% sure if surround sound works as I have stopped trying to see if it working lol.
Ease of use: Well the screens are pretty straight forward you can't really make a TV UI that is easier. My wife uses this thing with no complaints. In fact she would rather use the remote that comes with the device than my universal that I try to force her to use...by hiding the one it came with :).
Design and form factor: Its small and looks sexy in my setup enough said for me.
CONS: I bought this thing as a media streaming NAS drive because it boasts a gigE port, and it DOES have a gigE port. The only thing is that the CPU on the box will only allow it to hit speeds that are about 2x that of 100MB connections rather than gigE. Still super fast and you can stream like nobody's business. Just in my opinion throw an asterisk on the box saying something to the fact for us tech guys. I was pretty upset about it initially, but now that I have had the box for like 6 months it really isn't a big deal. I would suggest this box for anyone looking to get away from the cable/satellite grips.
Video: Only reason I gave this a 4 is that I don't really play that much high quality video on the thing. But really it runs over HDMI and I would imagine it would play any quality of video you push through the pipe.
Audio: To me this is going to be based on the audio system the thing is hooked up to. My system at the house is pretty sweet and I have not had any issues. I am giving it a 4 only because im not 100% sure if surround sound works as I have stopped trying to see if it working lol.
Ease of use: Well the screens are pretty straight forward you can't really make a TV UI that is easier. My wife uses this thing with no complaints. In fact she would rather use the remote that comes with the device than my universal that I try to force her to use...by hiding the one it came with :).
Design and form factor: Its small and looks sexy in my setup enough said for me.
CONS: I bought this thing as a media streaming NAS drive because it boasts a gigE port, and it DOES have a gigE port. The only thing is that the CPU on the box will only allow it to hit speeds that are about 2x that of 100MB connections rather than gigE. Still super fast and you can stream like nobody's business. Just in my opinion throw an asterisk on the box saying something to the fact for us tech guys. I was pretty upset about it initially, but now that I have had the box for like 6 months it really isn't a big deal. I would suggest this box for anyone looking to get away from the cable/satellite grips.
good review!
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