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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 1:49p

Iomega ScreenPlay has the same functionality. Plenty of deals for the same price.

To bard8910's point, if you don't already have a spare external drive, it makes sense to buy a single unit with both the drive and the media converter. Here is a 500 gig version on the Zone for $50 more.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 1:54p

great player, b4 I use xbmc on the g1 xbox for all SD stuff rmvb, xvid, now with the HD mkv I use this one, 500gb passport hook up, great player.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:30p

PapaGayo said:
The portable external drive (2.5 inch harddrives) does not have powersource.. It uses power from the usb drive...

Ok, I see. My ext. HD is 3.5" and it needs its own power source.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:38p

kre0380 said:I read on some forums that the max hard drive size you can hook up to this is 320GB. Is that true?

No it's not. I hooked it up to my 1TB. Running on original firmware


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:44p

Someone asked if it support rmvb, does any one know? Thx


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:46p

bard8910 said:I am not sure what I am missing. What I currently do is I connect my external hard drive to the dvd player with USB/DivX(I have this oneText) . Whats the difference?

let me telling you that phillips dvd/usb/divx no match with WD TV media player. Phillip only play standard definition contents while WD play all format including bluray ISO. Now you telling what you missing if you watch movies in regular DVD vs bluray?
Popcorn hour is same league of WD but cost $100 more.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:48p

No rmvb support.


alert mods    
   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:49p

too bad, I have a lot rmvb clips


alert mods    
   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:50p

too bad I have a lot rmvb clips


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:54p

i looked at the iomega screen play -
it doesn't support FLAC and there is no digital audio out

i also looked at the popcorn hour and that doesn't suppprt FLAC that i could see either.

so i think WD is first to market one of these media players that supprts FLAC
i asked their tech suppport if they plan to suppprt gapless FLAC in the future.
perhaps if a few more folks ask the same question they will seriously condider it....

here's an easy way to ask them the question...
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=xF*GKLnj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzcsMzcmcF9wcm9kcz0yMDgsMjQ2JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0yLjI0NiZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_srch=1


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 2:57p

no EPP. +handling+tax-3%DFS = $98


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 3:03p

FYI, Iomega screen play DOES NOT play HD contents like (mkv, h264). It only upscaling to 1080i(mean upconverting SD to 1080i, so your quality still in standard definition).


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 4:19p

way2go said:let me telling you that phillips dvd/usb/divx no match with WD TV media player. Phillip only play standard definition contents while WD play all format including bluray ISO.

Can you confirm blu-ray ISO? I know it does DVD ISO, but I've seen specific reviews that say is does NOT do Blu-ray ISO. I skimmed through the AVS forum thread and no body mentioned being able to use Blu-ray ISOs.

http://maddhat.com/?p=31


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 5:01p

I don't own it but from description I'd guess that it play full HD contents your dvd is like mine just upscale the picture not actually play HiDef content. My Phillips actually crap out @ 640x480 VGA.

HiDef are resolutions of 1080i, 720p, 1080p. Upscale take 480p and translate it to 1080i/p.

 

bard8910 said:SteveDusa said:bard8910 said:I am not sure what I am missing. What I currently do is I connect my external hard drive to the dvd player with USB/DivX(I have this oneText) . Whats the difference?

This one supports way more formats and codecs.
Ok I guess.. My setup seems to work fine for my needs. I have a 300 GB HDD attached to it and serves the purpose.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 5:19p

Great unit, I've bought 2 of these in the about 2-3 months ago. Both work great. Play pretty much everything. Sometimes it will play 1080P choppy, but that's one out of 5 movies.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 7:32p

Does anyone has suggestion for a wireless media player? I cannot run wires from my desktop to stereo, too far. Don't want to keep hauling ext drives back and forth. Thanks.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 7:39p

I have 2 blueray ISOs and they play fine. Though the embedded subtitles can't be called up.
By the way, I also tested several external hard drives. Largest I have is 1.5 TB and it works great.

One word of advice, don't load the hard drive with other junks or the scan time will be slower.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 8:38p

How about XVid support?

Thanks.

Jaydeep


alert mods    
   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 8:39p

Yep, blueray iso play fine for me as well. This is definitely a top notch piece of hardware. The only issue would be incompatibility with DTS audio, which you could easily convert to AC3 using the audio decoder from popcorn hour.


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   posted: Jan. 12, 2009 @ 8:53p

For those using this with a harmony remote, what do you catigorize this devise as when setting it up with the harmony software? DVD?, MP3 Player? I can't seem to get the settings thru their software?


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