new playon hd user reporting in!

so far very satisfied, even tho the UI suck.
stream transformers ROTF 720p from my pc without any lag at all. nice~

This post has been edited by tarm: Sep 27 2009, 12:34 PM

c-zone already out of stock (as updated on their twitter). so hurry guys

just add scooticus in your twitter to follow czone latest offerings and news

wah botak sudah angry la

My short review of ACRyan PlayON HD (POHD), and comparison with new released WDTV Live.

My setup:

ACRyan PlayOn HD connected to my Panna 32in via HDMI, and audio to Creative DDTS-100 via Optical. Use Creative Gigaworks 500 5.1 speaker

Using stock Realtek UI (as seen in Asus Oplay!), this player can play every movie throw into it. Since im only have 5.1 speaker setup, my only concerned audio output format is Dolby Digital and DTS, so Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD is not really my requirement (pls correct me if i'm wrong), and I also didn't have any BD backup or rip in my collection. and since my TV only support up to 720p (1080i doesn't really count), so all my video collection is only up to 720p resolution (save some space!)

So far everything works so well except for the archaic UI. All movie are tested streaming from my networked PC, and no single shuttering or lag happens. Truth to be told, this player makes me to appreciate the beauty of high definition movie, even tho b4 this use my PC to experience it, but the "feel" is different.

then come along WDTV Live. This player touted to have superior PQ than realtek-based player, and can play high reframe video file easily. Plus the UI is far better (which is important bcoz my wife is not as geek as me). So test time!

WDTV Live connected to my Panna 32in via HDMI, and audio to Creative DDTS-100 via Optical. Use Creative Gigaworks 500 5.1 speaker

all movie tested is using AC3 audio codec for 5.1 output, and while all movie correctly identified as Dolby Digital on my ACRyan PlayOn HD, some of these movies can only been outputted by WDTV Live to 2 channel, which is kinda disappointing. PQ for 720p more less same as ACRyan, but on SD video files (I tested Friends), the upscaled SD video on WDTV Live is far inferior than ACRyan's; the blockiness is very obvious, jerky edges all around and the color is too vibrant.

And while watching Friends (which is quite small on file size) halfway, the WDTV Live halt the playback because loosing the network connection, while im yet to experience the same problem on ACRyan (which i owned more than two weeks and all file streamed beautifully).

Youtube support is spot on (WDTV Live), while the support of the internet video is coming soon on ACRyan in upcoming firmware update.

On my judgement, ACryan is far better player than WDTV Live (which also based on previous version of WDTV support by WD itself (which is sporadic at best)).

p/s: sorry for the bad english, pretty sleepy now.

This post has been edited by tarm: Oct 22 2009, 12:18 AM

welcome

The preview can be disabled on setup, so its more faster to open the movie without the preview.

another thing i forgot to note, ACRyan can easily see all my shared folder on my PC (which is is only 4 folders), while WDTV Live can only see 3 folders out of 4. bugs in firmware i guess, based on complains in WDTV forums regarding network issues on WDTV Live

This post has been edited by tarm: Oct 22 2009, 12:31 AM

surely can:

Setup > Misc > Movie Preview

new firmware for PoHD with support for NFS, Youtube, Picasa, News Feed, DTS HD MA pass through, new menu for Downloads (Bittorrent) and lots of bug fixes will be out within 7 days. confirmed by Chris (ACRyan staff) on their forum.

yeay!

so far not yet, realtek still hasn't released the code to enable it, but its going to be there soon.

from what i've heard there will be two confirmed new firmware releases before end of the year; one within this 7 days and another one with some or major UI changes plus some other new features.

I think if u read my comparison between wdtv live and acryan, i also got complains on wdtv part.

not every player is perfect.