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

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

Yes, I am also facing problems with MKV files. Do remember MKV is a just a container like AVI. Inside the container might have the movie encoded in codecs not supported by the media box.

I recently tested a MKV file with x264 720p video and audio DTS. Video came out clearly but no audio. I am now using coaxial cable to connect to my amplifier. I will buy an optical cable to see if it solves this problem as my amplifier also has optical inputs.


Anther thing is I feel a lot of us here have over expectations on the media box. Do remember it is a standalone media box with many firmwares inside to decode the various files formats available today. There is bound to be formats that cannot be decoded fully.

Let's put it this way. For only RM 399, I also was disappointed but not heart broken. I would say for me, this media box is a transition until I can afford to get a proper Media PC with HDMI with surround outputs.

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Added on July 18, 2009, 6:57 amGuys,

I use Gspot codec appliance to check the information for my AVI files. Does anyone know is there any application to check for MKV files. I dont think Gspot can read MKV files

This post has been edited by kadett: Jul 18 2009, 06:57 AM

Thanks for the info.
Btw does anyone know where to get cheap fiber optic audio cable. The one i found in the electrical store are all selling high end ones. Anyway how much will the cheap ones be ?

I got a fiber optic cable. Tried it and still no sound. Apparently the Coaxial & optical Output gives the same result.
Consulted the manual and realised that it does not say anywhere that it supports DTS. However it supports AC-3. There is no point flaming the Clamul MovieBox as the manual did not say anything about DTS support.

My best solution is to just convert audio part of the MKV file from DTS to AC-3 sound. Tried on one MKV file with DTS audio file it is works.

You might be right here. I just realised my Amp can't decode DTS via coaxial or fiber optic (old amp is quite old) so I couldn't test that part.

Nevertheless, a bit of conversion did the trick. Might be troublesome but not all MKV files are encoded with DTS. Just look for the AC3 ones