Dear All,

For those to bought this magnificent piece of gadget, please share your experiences here. There is not much information available online but for those interested to get one the important specifications are as follows :

VIDEO


H264, MPEG1/2/4 Divx, XVid - 1080p
RM/RMVB - 720p
TS, MKV, TP, AVI, M2TS, VOB, DAT, MPG, MPEG, MOV

AUDIO

MP3, WMA
MPEG1,MPEG2 LAYER I/II, AAC,HE-AAC, AC-3, M4A


VIDEO OUTPUT

HDMI 1.3 720P/1080P SELECTABLE
Y/PB/PR 720P

AUDIO OUTPUT

DIGITAL OUTPUT COAXIAL
OPTICAL

ANALOG STEREO L R

USB - SUPPORT FOR THUMB DRIVE/ MOBILE HARD DISK FROM 20GB TO 500GB


Current Market Price is Approx RM 400.00

I first saw this at ALL IT Digital Mall, Section 14 a few weeks back. Pricing then was RM459 I think.

While I liked the fact that it is able to play AVI and RMBV formats, I was not impressed with how it looked (the casing)

Yes the casing looks crappy but it has a touch sensitive buttons in front in blue colour, if there is any consolation.
What made me take notice was it had HD playback for both RMVB/AVI/MOV/MKV which WDTV cannot do at this moment
Also the HDMI Cable is supplied with the unit. ( HDMI cable is not cheap by the way)
Most places are able to offer at a discounted price of RM 399.00

I actually awaiting the arrival of Asus' O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player http://www.asus.com/News.aspx?N_ID=wUbKQ3nv6gSQaey2

could at least show the picturelah...now have to google...but google cannot find the one that supports mkv..

I got tired of waiting for the asus oplay. This media player is priced just right for my budget.

richard apparently the xtremer surpasses the oplay in capability and uses a more advance chipset.. (found in their website FAQ)

Yes, I have noticed. Alas, holding off til after the upcoming KLIAV show. See if there's anything interesting there or not. It's gonna be a major "overhaul" for me since I will need to change my router (an old Gigabyte .11g draft), set up a NAS, etc. Fortunately, PC Fair is end of the month too

Very hard to find an affordble MKV player that support FLAC and APE audio. Xtreamer not yet here

cos 1st and foremost these MKV players are designed with video playback priority first .. rather than just being wireless audio streamers.
(and no one muxes APE and FLAC into their Movie audio tracks)

got picture aaah bos?

with Clamul 1080p, i cannot play with some of the MKV files. Is there any firmware to upgrade?

Yup... I would go for a media player with future firmware upgrade as it will definitely solve some of the player problem from time to time.... My RCA L8H does not have firmware upgrade... crap!

HDMI cables are very cheap.
30 bucks can get a good one already

The cheapest mkv and bdmv player I can find right now is from egreat. Bought it for RM 580 from a forummer. It uses the same sigma chip is DVICO. Does anyone know what chip this media player uses?

I'm guessing it's the realtek since it can go RMVB 720p and also MKV 1080p

egreat use sigma chip. It's not rmvb, but bdmv (blu-ray struture file). So far only xtreamer can play rmvb too. Just put an order today at RM 620 with free wifi dongle.

Make sure the media player you are buyng can play all kinds of MKV files. The Clamul i bought could not. I already consulted their technical. He told me that he will come back to me very soon.

that mkv that can't be played... what's the audio in it? might be DTS....

Sorry my bad, egreat does not play rmvb

This post has been edited by elmer: Jul 23 2009, 05:09 PM