If your TV is 1080p go for WDTV cos Sigma PQ is better especially on 1080p.

this one gonna place upstairs or downstairs?

if u dun want to put internal HDD inside the player go for WDTV live..

u can read post #128 by anfieldude on his test on sigma based media player..

happy hunting...

this one gonna place upstairs or downstairs?

if u dun want to put internal HDD inside the player go for WDTV live..

u can read post #128 by anfieldude on his test on sigma based media player..

happy hunting...

Wonder if we can get commission from Western Digital?

this one will put upstairs coz can downmix dts without avr. i dont need internal hdd. all my hdd external. that's why i narrow down to wdtv live or acryan mini. both about same price. the difference is only chipset. so u also think sigma chipset on wdtv live better than acryan realtek? malas nak baca post just need a quick opinion

After reading this I have no hesitation in getting wdtv live instead of acryan mini

Anyone knows Apacer AL460 using what chipset?  price is not expensive though

bro, get those Sigma chip players...Realtek is a bit fussy with 1080p mkv...trust me...I know..

Guys,

Don't have times to do a complete write up so I will summarize the results u can see in the attachment. As promised, I checked from a processing point of view if there are any alterations when the media player is sent test patterns in terms of calibration.

The reference files are as they are named and a reference. They were from a PS3 using AVSHD709 test patterns (meter :EyeOne Pro)

The Sigma (8655 chipset) files are results obtained thru a media player that uses the Sigma chipset also using the AVSHD709 test patterns.

Greyscale:
No major differences. The brightness and contrast are essentially unchanged. The sharpness is neutral no additional sharpening added by the processor.
Good results

Gamut (Flagged)
On flagged HD content, there are no differences. Good results.

Gamut (Unflagged)
On any HD content that is not flagged as HD, major problems. All colours, hue, saturation and luminance are clearly out. This is a problem only if the media u are playing is unflagged. So if u suddenly run a video, that has very bright greens, cyans and the reds look weird, it means the content was unflagged and the chipset used the wrong colourspace to do the conversion. HD shd be decoded in Rec709 but the Sigma chipset seems to use Rec601 and still mess up the stuff.

Moral of the story:
If u r using a Sigma chipset media player, u're in good shape if ur content is flagged correctly. Else there might be some problems. The plus is that if it is correctly flagged, it is not altering the picture in any way that is bad. This has been a problem even with older Sigma chipset, they just never fixed it.

I will write more when I have the time and if there are questions.

If someone loans me a Realtek chipset media player I will do the same.

tq. yeah my tv capable of that. anybody second that recommendation?

Any test for Realtek 1073 ??

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Added on March 15, 2010, 12:12 pm

Is it really better? Is the difference significant? If yes I might probably consider to change to WDTV live

acryan mini really cheap now only 415 at digital mall

bro, get those Sigma chip players...Realtek is a bit fussy with 1080p mkv...trust me...I know..

How fussy is it? but I'm able to play >15 mb bit rate mkv movies without any problem wor....