ASUS HDP-R1 brings new HD experience to viewers in the living room. Simply connect your O!Play HD Media Player via HDMI to instantly enjoy the vivid and vibrant videos right on your big screen.
The ASUS O!Play is specially designed to have the a wide compatibility of playback for your digital media library. Whether your movies High Definition movies are encoded in H.264 for full 1080p video or FLAC for the highest fidelity in audio, O!Play can play them seamlessly.
With the built-in eSATA, USB and Ethernet LAN ports, you can sit back and enjoy your favorite movies or music through portable storage devices (eSATA or USB) or via the network.
Without O!Play, you would have to convert your files to DVD or various formats in order to be played by your DVD players. With O!Play, it simplifies media enjoyment by playing formats such as RMVB, H.264 and MPEG1/2/4 without file conversion; saving you time and hassle.
Key Features
* Perfect upgrade for your HDTV or home theater setup * Enjoy your favorite movies and music without needing to convert the format * Seamless full HD 1080p support via HDMI output * Wide array of format compatibility (H.264, RMVB, MPEG1/2/3/4, FLAC and more) * Simple and fast plug-and-play connectivity (eSATA, USB 2.0) * High speed Ethernet LAN connection onboard for easy network streaming * Compact design making it must-have addition to your ultimate home theater system * Instant music playing with dedicated Music Shuffle remote button * Bitstream or decode Dolby Digital and DTS Surround
Warranty ASUS 1 Year Limited North American Warranty ASUS O!Play HDP-R1 comes with 1 year limited warranty within North America. Please visit Support.ASUS.com for more details on ASUS multimedia warranty policy.
What's in the Box # ASUS O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player # Composite (RCA) Audio/Video Cable # Remote Control (2x AAA Batteries Included) # Power Adapter # Quick Starter Guide # Complete User Manual (CD)
System Requirements: # Hard drive (eSATA or USB) or USB storage device with supported video or audio content stored on it # Standard or high definition television with HDMI or composite video connections (HDMI cable not included) # Optional: A/V receiver with HDMI or S/PDIF connections for better audio enjoyment # Optional: LAN network with RJ-45 cable for streaming by LAN port
# Inputs: DC Power In 1xUSB 2.0 Port 1xUSB 2.0 / eSATA Combo Port RJ-45 LAN Port
# Outputs: Composite Video Composite Audio L/R S/PDIF Out HDMI 1.3
# LAN Networking: TCP/IP (DHCP or Static IP Address) 10/100Mbps Wired LAN
# Dimensions: 7.12 x 4.93 x 1.88 inches (W x D x H)
# Weight: 0.92 lbs
# Power Power Source: 12V DC, 2A, 24W Power Adapter Power Consumption: < 10W Operating Temperature: 41- 95 degrees F
# Formats not supported: Does not support protected premium content such as movies or music from the iTunes® Store, Cinema Now, Movielink®, Amazon Unbox™, and Vongo®.
This is HD (support MKV). The WD box does not really support HD formats and doesn't do upconvert.
As a comparison, you can get on eBay a "NBOX" that is equivalent to the WD player for under $30 shipped.
I'm looking at something similar to this ASUS O!Play player on eBay for ~$60 shipped. However, it is from China. This is from a USA seller with warranty and return policy...
You might mention in your title or at least the post that this is from Buy.com . Then those who are in the area of "tax for some" will know that tax does apply.
VertigoLabs
Member
posted: Jan. 11, 2010 @ 12:42p
Ok. I own one of these and LOVE it. I have it networked with my pc so i have 3TB of content to stream to it. Plays every file format ive thrown at it, has some nice small features like you can turn the volume up and down w the remote. All in all its been great ..... a few drawbacks.... Its not fun to network it with windows 7 you have to change some registry settings. Also you will need to flash it to the newest firmware. Once you get it up and running its great.
AND green for op i paid 10$ more than this from da egg.
I use mine a lot. The interface is decent, but there are some clunky aspects. From reading the forums about this player, you think they rushed this product to market to get out a player out there that has more features than the Western Digital Player. I'm left expecting that they will issue further firmware updates, but its not guaranteed. The 89.00 price is the same price I paid two months, not that special of a price, but something that was well worth purchasing.
Dwynne said: You might mention in your title or at least the post that this is from Buy.com . Then those who are in the area of "tax for some" will know that tax does apply.
available on Amazon for 89.99. Free shipping for prime.
Thank you. I also put the Amazon link as well but this is also marked "Sold by Buy.com". Don't know if you need to pay sales tax or not for CA customers.
stevie123 said: This is HD (support MKV). The WD box does not really support HD formats and doesn't do upconvert.
As a comparison, you can get on eBay a "NBOX" that is equivalent to the WD player for under $30 shipped.
I'm looking at something similar to this ASUS O!Play player on eBay for ~$60 shipped. However, it is from China. This is from a USA seller with warranty and return policy...
NBOX is 720p where WD 1080p. WD seems to support many more formats and you have the fun of getting new firmware every now and then, kind of keeps you busy and makes you feel life is moving (although FW does that too.). NBOX is not equivalent to WD's player and the newer one support networking out of the box.
davneil said: stevie123 said: This is HD (support MKV). The WD box does not really support HD formats and doesn't do upconvert.
As a comparison, you can get on eBay a "NBOX" that is equivalent to the WD player for under $30 shipped.
I'm looking at something similar to this ASUS O!Play player on eBay for ~$60 shipped. However, it is from China. This is from a USA seller with warranty and return policy...
NBOX is 720p where WD 1080p. WD seems to support many more formats and you have the fun of getting new firmware every now and then, kind of keeps you busy and makes you feel life is moving (although FW does that too.). NBOX is not equivalent to WD's player and the newer one support networking out of the box.
In that case, the WD player is more common in North America. I won't know which one works better.... I still like the $60 ones from eBay better because its cheaper and it allows you to actually put a 3.5" HD SATA HD into it for storage.
1. better remote (really, no kidding) 2. bitTorrent built in (3 dl at a time, not as powerful as PC, but great feature) 3. for $17 (shipped) get AirLink nano wireless N adapter and make it an wireless N Mediastreamer. 4. responsive support at http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1175776
don't get me wrong, i owned O!Play for 2 weeks but found this one instead. (both OPlay and CinemaTube use Realtek chipsets)
my personal ranking for the recent bunch is
1. CinemaTube $117 ($99 + $17 wireless N) 2. O!Play $89 (has ethernet, don't know about wireless dongle support) 3. WD TV Live $119 (no *rm, *rmvb support) 4. WD TV $99 (have seem lower) (no *rm, *rmvb support) 5. WD TV Mini $59 (has *rm support, no network, no 1080p)
OP's got good deal for $89(shipped) if O!Play is what you want. (i paid $99 when i first got it last yr)
I have the original WD HD Media player. All I want is something to be able to get on my network to stream from my HTPC's library. Is this ASUS a better option? Can it do everything my original WD HD player can?
g0dMAn said: I have the original WD HD Media player. All I want is something to be able to get on my network to stream from my HTPC's library. Is this ASUS a better option? Can it do everything my original WD HD player can?
I'm not sure if it is called streaming, but it is easy for the ASUS o!Play player to connect to the other computers on a home network, and play the media from from them. I can not compare it to any other media player, but it works well on this one.
FrogsJumpHigher said: g0dMAn said: I have the original WD HD Media player. All I want is something to be able to get on my network to stream from my HTPC's library. Is this ASUS a better option? Can it do everything my original WD HD player can?
I'm not sure if it is called streaming, but it is easy for the ASUS o!Play player to connect to the other computers on a home network, and play the media from from them. I can not compare it to any other media player, but it works well on this one. Have you played 1080p movies with DTS over the network or over wireless N? I'd rather do Wireless N, but might be able to run a network cable as well...
tranpkp
Shopaholic Member
posted: Jan. 11, 2010 @ 2:37p
I have/had the WDTV live hdtv player. It was gifted and contemplating replacing or trying new one. the wdtv is a nice little box. after using other media player for years, the wdtv has a very clunky interface and terrible remote. is this any better, ultimately playing anything under the sun in nice but combing through even 1gb of files vs TBs is pretty annoying via LAN on wdtv, the library features only work from usb drives, very very cumbersome.
can it play multi-part rar files while downloading the first part - start as long as the bitrate < the bandwidth?
tempted
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 11, 2010 @ 2:41p
stevie123 said: This is HD (support MKV). The WD box does not really support HD formats and doesn't do upconvert. As a comparison, you can get on eBay a "NBOX" that is equivalent to the WD player for under $30 shipped. I'm looking at something similar to this ASUS O!Play player on eBay for ~$60 shipped. However, it is from China. This is from a USA seller with warranty and return policy...
Do you have a reference for that HD equivalent in the asian market (HK or JP), I get to travel there soon and it would be easy to pick one up then... Last time I went to HK there were tons of players there I had never heard about...
1. better remote (really, no kidding) 2. bitTorrent built in (3 dl at a time, not as powerful as PC, but great feature) 3. for $17 (shipped) get AirLink nano wireless N adapter and make it an wireless N Mediastreamer. 4. responsive support at http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1175776
don't get me wrong, i owned O!Play for 2 weeks but found this one instead. (both OPlay and CinemaTube use Realtek chipsets)
my personal ranking for the recent bunch is
1. CinemaTube $117 ($99 + $17 wireless N) 2. O!Play $89 (has ethernet, don't know about wireless dongle support) 3. WD TV Live $119 (no *rm, *rmvb support) 4. WD TV $99 (have seem lower) (no *rm, *rmvb support) 5. WD TV Mini $59 (has *rm support, no network, no 1080p)
OP's got good deal for $89(shipped) if O!Play is what you want. (i paid $99 when i first got it last yr)
lucky I read this thread entirely before I posted. Almost mirrored your post.
Brite-View is way better than the competition in this market. Even look at the remote control differences. Looks like Asus was appealing to the senior citizens of the world with their cheap remote.
mail4calvin said: 1. CinemaTube $117 ($99 + $17 wireless N) 2. O!Play $89 (has ethernet, don't know about wireless dongle support) 3. WD TV Live $119 (no *rm, *rmvb support) 4. WD TV $99 (have seem lower) (no *rm, *rmvb support) 5. WD TV Mini $59 (has *rm support, no network, no 1080p) No ranking on the Patriot Box Office?
mail4calvin said: my personal ranking for the recent bunch is
1. CinemaTube $117 ($99 + $17 wireless N) 2. O!Play $89 (has ethernet, don't know about wireless dongle support) 3. WD TV Live $119 (no *rm, *rmvb support) 4. WD TV $99 (have seem lower) (no *rm, *rmvb support) 5. WD TV Mini $59 (has *rm support, no network, no 1080p)
OP's got good deal for $89(shipped) if O!Play is what you want. (i paid $99 when i first got it last yr)
Which of these is the best to play DVD backups - either .ISO or .VOB? Any that show and work the DVD menus just like a DVD? Have been pretty happy with PS3 + DNS-323 w/ 2TB for streaming needs so far - MKV and DVD streaming are the only things I need; DVD more than MKV. Any suggestions?
kevins7189 said: i'm kinda holding out to see what this baby prices out at. http://www.boxee.tv/box I really want the asus or wd hd version, but want to hold out for this because I really like boxee interface and features. Boxee is technically a HTPC Box with Boxee Software. You can install the Software on any PC or Apple TV also. What's interesting is the Social Media feature. Wonder if you could link it to your Facebook or Twitter Account. Shouldn't be a problem for D-link(company behind the Boxee Hardware). It will hard to beat "if" it comes with a built-in browser and under $200.
Also note that the Asus O'Play has no component video output while the WDTV Live and CinemaTube do. I'm going with the CinemaTube for now (used to own a WDTV Live which couldn't play dvd menus) but will seriously consider the $129 PopBox when that comes out http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426722-269.html It's made by the same people as Popcorn Hour which is the best supported Network Media Tank out there (but costs over $200.)
Also there's a new PCI-E mini card coming out that can do hardware 1080p video like these boxes which will make Atom based HTPC's much more affordable in the near future.
wildbottom said: kevins7189 said: i'm kinda holding out to see what this baby prices out at. http://www.boxee.tv/box I really want the asus or wd hd version, but want to hold out for this because I really like boxee interface and features. Boxee is technically a HTPC Box with Boxee Software. You can install the Software on any PC or Apple TV also. What's interesting is the Social Media feature. Wonder if you could link it to your Facebook or Twitter Account. Shouldn't be a problem for D-link(company behind the Boxee Hardware). It will hard to beat "if" it comes with a built-in browser and under $200.
Boxee no longer supports hulu and unless there is a good hack out for the boxee box when it comes out, it's pretty far inferior to a real HTPC which can run the hulu desktop application.
us said: Brite-View is way better than the competition in this market. Even look at the remote control differences. Looks similar to the remote on the Patriot Box Office. Patriot has 3 USB ports and capable adding internal drive.
g0dMAn said: FrogsJumpHigher said: g0dMAn said: I have the original WD HD Media player. All I want is something to be able to get on my network to stream from my HTPC's library. Is this ASUS a better option? Can it do everything my original WD HD player can?
I'm not sure if it is called streaming, but it is easy for the ASUS o!Play player to connect to the other computers on a home network, and play the media from from them. I can not compare it to any other media player, but it works well on this one. Have you played 1080p movies with DTS over the network or over wireless N? I'd rather do Wireless N, but might be able to run a network cable as well...
I haven't. It is great to have network support but it would be Huge to have a wireless N option. I'm just not that aggressive of a user to get it figured out. The forum say that there is a ASUS version (not available in the US yet) that has built in wireless N support.
rishi76 said: mail4calvin said: my personal ranking for the recent bunch is
1. CinemaTube $117 ($99 + $17 wireless N) 2. O!Play $89 (has ethernet, don't know about wireless dongle support) 3. WD TV Live $119 (no *rm, *rmvb support) 4. WD TV $99 (have seem lower) (no *rm, *rmvb support) 5. WD TV Mini $59 (has *rm support, no network, no 1080p)
OP's got good deal for $89(shipped) if O!Play is what you want. (i paid $99 when i first got it last yr)
Which of these is the best to play DVD backups - either .ISO or .VOB? Any that show and work the DVD menus just like a DVD? Have been pretty happy with PS3 + DNS-323 w/ 2TB for streaming needs so far - MKV and DVD streaming are the only things I need; DVD more than MKV. Any suggestions?
1. CinemaTube plays .iso with full dvd menus or .vob. They are still working on blu-ray ISO support but it should be coming. 2. O!Play don't know 345 WDTV doesn't play dvd menus at all
SuperMxyz said: Boxee no longer supports hulu and unless there is a good hack out for the boxee box when it comes out, it's pretty far inferior to a real HTPC which can run the hulu desktop application. Sounds like Hulu is banding with someone bigger or just want to be by itself. Find Hulu App for PC/Mac/Linux: Here
Popcorn Hour is still king but it's > $215 vs. $100 for these little boxes. What's kept me from getting a popcorn hour is the fairly poor PlayOn support, while some of these cheaper boxes work better (for hulu/Netflix/adult swim/cbs/etc/etc internet streaming.) I mentioned the new Popbox which is popcorn hour's upcoming entry to this market segment. With its open development platform I expect to see some decent internet streaming add-ons, hopefully including hulu.
wdyusb said: WD TV LIVE does support DTS, but not WD TV.
Actually there are TWO version of the WD TV. The original version will do DTS pass-through, but not internal decoding. The "New" WD TV LINK is based on the WD Live hardware (without networking) and DOES do DTS Decoding.
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