Not exactly premium. That title goes to Dvico TViX . Not the underperform part but the price.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 10 2009, 10:53 PM

Nevermind lah, slow and steady better than afterwards no firmware support

The internal HD formatted with hidden partitions by AC Ryan POHD will provide the buffers needed for all other HD playback. So just need to format once using POHD (the internal one) and no need to do the same for external HD.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 11 2009, 10:43 AM

It will erase everything. One solution is format a new HD with POHD and then copy all the movies from the old HD to the new HD. Then use the old HD as external USB for extra storage.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 11 2009, 10:44 AM

"need to buffer or else dun play smoothly".

The above is too dramatic a statement I don't think I implied that

My take is, it will play smoothly most of the time , but the buffers will perhaps help in certain circumstances when playing 'taxing' files.

This is Beta or official release?

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 13 2009, 12:32 PM

I couldn't find this at AC Ryan's website. I think I will wait for feedback first because it's a bit tricky reverting back once updated. Mine is still 1402 firmware. Thanks.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 13 2009, 01:14 PM

Updated to 2233 firmwware.

1) First thing I noticed was some video modes are screwed.

Was previously using 1402 firmware, there was no problem with 720P 60Hz (Don't have FullHD display yet). Now with 2233 using 720P 60Hz gives me a 'flattened' pic with washed out colours and contrast. 480P 60Hz also the same although I don't use it. *(Aspect Ratio is set at 16:9).

2) Adjusting the screen size function absolutely doesn't do anything. Don't know why they put that feature in, if it doesn't do anything.

3) My old playlist becomes "invalid file" or something like that after upgrade. Deleted them and recreated them now OK already. Not an issue here.

4) Subtitles which was previously all ok at default settings , now some of them becomes really huge. Have to adjust them individually to smaller size. More work to do espc if you have a lot of files with this problem.

5) Last time when resume a movie after stopping can still resume with the previously chosen Audio and subtitles (I think) , but now when resume it goes back to default audio only.

Just a brief testing I did only. Haven't played around further. I dread what I might find further . Can't revert back to original firmware as it would require reformatting the HD

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 14 2009, 12:40 PM

No lah, just used the player to delete then recreate playlist again, no problems. Straight forward, no need to use PC.

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Added on November 14, 2009, 10:36 pmDon't so shock lah. When upgrade to ver 2233, it's using new SDK ver2 so can't revert to old firmware without reformatting.



This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 14 2009, 10:36 PM

I think BDISO got support, but not fully support. Someone said no scene selection etc. I don't have ISO to test though.

Look at post No. 1563, item 10.

10) Add BD-ISO playback (more BD-ISO functions in development)


This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 14 2009, 11:12 PM

Sooner or later need to install new firmware because of the extras . If need to revert back can install new blank HD and then revert to old firmware (I think). After that transfer the 1.5TB contents to new HD.

Ya, where's True-HD? .

Anyway only last week I upgraded to ver 2233 thinking it was odfficial release. Had some issues then. Among other things, even simple screen saver got screwed

Now so fast ver 2388 Wonder what other issues I am gonna find

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 20 2009, 07:28 PM

Once I have downloaded will upgrade and let you know.

Update
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Upgraded. Process went without errors.

But after it restarted , when I checked the firmware info, it's still the same 2233. That means nothing was upgraded.

2nd update
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Silly me. I mistakenly updated with the same firmware 2233. Upgraded with 2388 for sure this time. It appears to have updated successfully. Ver shows 2388.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 20 2009, 08:03 PM

Doesn't appear to be any different from 2233. But at least screen saver working properly now

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Added on November 20, 2009, 8:54 pmIt's quite an exciting adventure upgrading

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 20 2009, 08:54 PM

Still negotiating for license

If that happens, from this become this

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 20 2009, 11:19 PM

They want 'Coffee Bean kopi lui'.

After being bombarded by complaints about fw 2388 here's a reply posted at the forums by Eugene of AC Ryan POHD :-

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Guys, I have taken note of the matters being raised over here (referring to POHD forum) and I will provide some answers when I'm back to my desk on Monday. However, please bear with me at the moment cos I'm currently involved in an exhibition over in Singapore so I may not be replying much next week.

Some answers I would be able to provide now.

Subtitles
The previous firmware has been improved time and again on the subtitles colour, spacing, positoning, etc but all these had been "reset" with the new SDK. We need more time to adjust and fine-tune all these back to what we used to love. At the present moment in this firmware release, we have managed to improve on the colour depth of SRT subtitles.

HDMI handshake issues with certain LCD TV brands, especially Sony
This is an issue that doesn't seem to be resolved time and again even with the support from Realtek on this. Every firmware release we did seems to solve some but bring back some other's problem again. While Playon!HD isn't the only model affected, we have also seen some users seeking support from Sony which are given a firmware for their TV model to resolve the problem. Of course, we'll try to sort this out on our side if possible.

HD audio
The current upset has already been noted and we will sort this out with Realtek.

SPDIF RAW
Audio not playing (using optical) unless preview is started will be taken as a bug fix.

BT/SAMBA unable to install
Depending on your previous firmware version, you may need to reinstall the extension package again. Should the system auto installation fails, please download the package from our Playon!HD website (support tab) and try installing them off the root directory of your flash drive.
http://www.acryan.com/downloads/PV73100 ... ackage.zip

Other matters
Firmware unable to update with the error on screen, please contact me directly for a solution via eugene@acryan.com

Last of all, please have a nice weekend and do keep the bugs report coming for us to improve on them. For us to better sort out the bugs, please have them posted in our Technical Issues & Support section.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 21 2009, 11:25 PM

Are you talking about transferring files from the external HD to the Internal HD? The 'right' button plays an important part.

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Added on November 22, 2009, 5:56 pmSure, the POHD can downmix DTS to 2 channel for your TV. Just connect the HDMI cable (included in package) from the POHD to the TV and set the audio output to HDMI on the POHD setup option. No need for other cables.

Without the HD, some selllers from Lowyat.net selling for about RM630/-.

Main Local distributor is :-

http://www.boxbuilder.com.my/

But you must buy from their resellers. Look at their list.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 22 2009, 06:15 PM

If your Sis like to watch those Chinese serials , they are commonly in RMVB format. The WDTV Live can't play those files.