Nop. Time seek is for those who like the certain scene and can straight away go to that period to show their friend or others purpose can instantly to that preferable scene. Don't you think if you like to show the movies 2012 where the aircraft carrier got carried by the tsunami and smash into the whitehouse by pressing fast forward each time you show to your friend or you like this scene a bit tedious?
Here are some pros for POHD:

- supports internal HDD up to 2TB
- supports DVD menu navigation: this is a great feature
- can jump to a specific time in a movie
- has a zoom feature that is configurable in 5% increments, up to 300%; you can set width and height with different zoom factor to adjust aspect ratio.
- has a nice support forum and their moderators are helpful and willful to assist you
- configurable subtitles (color, position, size)
- professional remote with volume buttons (more buttons = more difficult to use, but more functions available with a press of a button)
- hdmi cable included

Cheers

Don't get me wrong, the POHD is a great media player. In the end I prefer the WDTV Live because it does what it does best that is play all my mkv(including those high reframes mkv) and offer sharper picture quality. Also the menu is much more simple therefore easier to operate by my wife and kids.

WD don't have time seek.. So, consider it as a disadvantage cause it is really important.

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Added on February 20, 2010, 3:06 pmIm watching 1080p Transformer 2 using WDTV Live few days ago. Play until 22 min the movie just hang and it can't pass through. I try several time ON and OFF but still the same problem accured. I don't give up and try the same file with my laptop using Divx Player, notice that on frame 22min, there is a fast flicker appear on the movie and the movie still continue playing. This seems that WDTV is unable to pass through with just a very tiny bad sector in the mkv file. The worse case is that, WDTV don't have time seek which I cant watch the rest of the Transformer 2. Hence, now I know time seek is really important features.

This post has been edited by ukuan: Feb 20 2010, 03:06 PM

You have a good point there, but that really isn't a flaw in the WDTV Live. The bad mkv is the problem here, and being able to play it on the PC is because PC is a very much more powerful machine that cost at least 2 times more.

I guess he wasn't making a point about flaw in WDTV Live or comparing it to a PC. He was just trying to stress how important the Timeseek feature is which the WDTV Live doesn't have.

You are absolutely right! This is one of the usage of time seek. For concert in mkv format, it becomes rather important because we want to watch that particular song, we can go there instantly, no need to fast forward everytime.

Btw, HD RMVB format in HK TV Series is getting more and more, so, this is another advantage for Mum and Dad, I believe.

Can you guys share where to download the latest HK drama HD RMVB?

Most of the concerts mkv i have have chapter search for eg Eagles farewell tour, Celine Dion, and Hitman David Foster all have chapter search. You can also add chapters to all the mkv.

Also a rmvb player is easily available for less than Rm80...that is what i do for my wife, put one unit in the bedroom for her.

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Added on February 21, 2010, 1:18 pmI think you can go to ppstream and download it with IDM.

This post has been edited by lightning69: Feb 21 2010, 01:18 PM

ppstream is in chinese language any sites in english please?

haluu
im now a proud owner of POHD
a2 ryan? sempoi

I did mention HD RMVB, yr RM80 cannot play this format. Of course, u may say no need the hd rmvb since normal rmvb is more then enough for you.

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Added on February 21, 2010, 10:25 pmHi Aariz, you are welcome to join the family.

This post has been edited by BoxBuilder: Feb 21 2010, 10:25 PM

greetings...
new owner of POHD here

i know spoon fed is literally the correct term for what i am bout to ask but been clicking the tutorials and did google it (and i still dont understand what samba is or yamj)and but what those plugins for? and since it support bt downloads was wondering if does support direct download (rs /mu) ?
any links or just a tone down version explanation is really and greatly appreciated

btw anyone using belkin wifi adapter on it read somewhere it only could work on certain chipset... even xtreamer's.

thanks..

Getting AC Ryan Mini later, any recommendation where to get is cheap? Digital mall or Low yat? I'm an ex WDTV owner, not live. I'm not satisfy with my WDTV performance actually when playing movies like 2012 and Transformers ROTF running in full HD with subtitles ON. Those too much of movements action scene will lags. Without subtitle is smooth.

To make it short, Samba is the network file protocol that allows you to read files from a Windows PC via network.
And YAMJ (Yet Another Movie Jukebox) allows you to browse movies on the POHD by their covers/arts rather than file names.
Yes, I'm waiting eagerly for this for POHD mini!
It makes POHD so much more fun to have.

You can get POHD mini from:
Digital Mall, P.J. at JL Supercom 2nd Flr Kiosk or Aoneplus
Low Yat Plaza at C-Zone or Viewnet.
SRP is RM489.00. Good luck guys.

there's a new pohd with built in tv (analogue n digital) tuners and recording function to be launched next month

http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2010/02/08/ac-r...-media-players/

But the price for this is not cheap i guess. Hmm...recording function is not a requirement for me as well. Unless i really need to record movies from 8TV or NTV7 la.... Thanks for the info guys!

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Added on February 22, 2010, 4:46 pmAny playonhd owners here experience any problem with DTS-HD/Dolby True HD passthrough? Can it really be done or I still need to wait for next firmware? Since the new batch supports DTS downmix.

This post has been edited by kitsune-fox: Feb 22 2010, 04:46 PM

It should be based on the realtek 1283 chipset, if not mistaken.

May I ask the elites if most of them are legal or not? Please don't answer this or at least lie about the answer

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Added on February 22, 2010, 5:24 pmPaid & legal version?

This post has been edited by matthewctj: Feb 22 2010, 05:24 PM

DTS-HD downmix to analog or down to DTS 5.1 is ok, no pass thru. Until now, Dolby True HD still cannot work.

Cheers.