Impartially speaking, I say the latest F/W update its actually OK..unless your high expectation is like "responsive at lightning speed". Its useable and not all that disappointing is all I can say. The 1st new SDK firmware was a huge disappointment as many found out. They improved it later.
I think people complained everyday at their forum because they think they should have got much better performance (with f/w) considering the retail value for the player and investment in a brand player thats supported by a western world company.
Yes, I tend to agree that I should have got more value and exceptional performance for the money invested in Malaysian Ringgit (could be someone's half to one month's salary).
For the above reasons and all that have happened its ended up a product that doesn't live to high expectations. I could wish this player have a socketed CPU for future upgrade or swap, but I think no-one is interested in manufacturing players like PC architecture, just doesn't happen. Multimedia cpu is also speed and performance limited, therefore firmware improvements for features will also be limited. Just have to buy new model when the time comes. Thats how things work.

yes .... do look at others. i have the hd and mini with the hd running gui2.0. it was a big disappointment, after waiting for so long the new fw is super laggy even with scanning and clear history turn on. i'm switching back to the older fw.

i have 2TB WD Essential 3.5" for my AC Ryan mini, i didin't face any problem, bro why you asking the question? Someone told you they having problem?    

i m surprised you have this lagging problem if you turn scanning off and clear history on.
both my pohd and mini are older ones, both work ok with gui2.0. no lagging once the settings done that way.

hi... i have the POHD mini 2 and tried upgrading the firmware yesterday.. unfortunately, the upgrade just stops after the progress bar reaches 75%.. i left it for about an hour and still is not moving.. the thing i did next was to disconnect it from the power source (turned it off).. i have downloaded the other firmware versions but all are having the same issue... either stops when it reach 75% or worse right after 50%...

Safe-mode flashing procedure (Recommended)
1. Copy install.img to the root directory of a USB flash drive and connect it to any USB host port of the
unit.
2. Switch off the main power to the unit.
3. Press and hold on to the power button on the front panel of the unit.
4. Switch on the main power.
5. Release the power button when the firmware update starts flashing on your display in a moment and
will automatically reboot when update is completed.
**Do not power off the unit during the flashing process!**

Thats why I implied earlier, different peoples perception and expectation of different GUI responsiveness and "lag".
For example, I find browsing through the menu system of my LG LCD TV much slower than the other older Panasonic TV (obviously with less frills or less fancy graphical interface and more to the objective and purpose). I think I recall reading the 1st version of GUI 2.0 used high bit graphics and the speed suffered. The then scaled down the graphics to improve things. Menu system of ACRyan with more menu features and fancy graphics surely slow down response speed. The CPU was made with limitations of the day. More things to compute, it just slows down more...need I say more?

Thats why I implied earlier, different peoples perception and expectation of different GUI responsiveness and "lag".
For example, I find browsing through the menu system of my LG LCD TV much slower than the other older Panasonic TV (obviously with less frills or less fancy graphical interface and more to the objective and purpose). I think I recall reading the 1st version of GUI 2.0 used high bit graphics and the speed suffered. The then scaled down the graphics to improve things. Menu system of ACRyan with more menu features and fancy graphics surely slow down response speed. The CPU was made with limitations of the day. More things to compute, it just slows down more...need I say more?

i don't have sky high expectation and i can forgive the player taking 30sec to boot up but i think it is laggy if you stop a movie and press home screen only having to wait 10-15sec before you can select another menu. i won't mind if acryan drop the eye candy a notch just to make sure the speed is acceptable. i am not the only one complaining, my friend with essential = laggy, my sis with hd2 also laggy, my hd + mini also laggy .......ofcos the acryan is still very usable and i do like it's ability to play everything well but then again it is not a cheap player to begin with. i am still hoping the next firmware will address the speed.

for me ... the lagging still acceptable... i choose the movie and put down the remote control... after 2 hours watching then i operate the remote control again...
maybe some people not watching movie... they just press play button and stop... then go back to main menu... then play movie again... stop... main menu... file manager... power off... then on power again... bla bla bla....   aiyooo... what for???

The coming firmware, within 2 - 3 weeks, will improve the booting time.

i have a POHD mini , after i update to the latest firmware (v7.4.3.r3966), the bottom usb port can't detect my 320G external HDD, but no problem with the upper port.

And both port works well with other thumbdrive. ???
Jukebox not workings with the index file anymore. (which i generate with the iTViXiE2Playon!HD.- use to work with previour version)
Any Pro can Help? Please

calling boxbuilder or anyone who can help. tq in advance!

i just connected unifi wired (not wireless) to the pohd1 with gui2.0.

i got internet radio shoutcast to work for once, then lost it.
i got youtube page showing the static pics but can't get the videos to show.
i got to the bit torrent page but it show only "download" but no neighbor web as described in the old manual, can't find the page to key in links to download and monitor stuff.

my settings wrong, I'm sure. so far, i have done:
. activated wired lan, ip address shown
. under ftp, keyed in the username and password of the network
. "on" for bt, samba

what did i miss? appreciate some assistance. thanks a lot.

Hi there, your POHD PV73100 is using which firmware now?

3.10 Web Management
The player has its own web management that can also be use to see the content of your hard
disk, adding torrent and more. To use this feature the Media player must be connected to the
same network as your PC via Wired Ethernet Cable or Wireless USB Dongle, you can access
the Web Management through your PC web browser.
Step 1, Go to the player Setup browse for Network and turn ON BT and Samba services
Step 2, Check your player IP Address, Go to the player Setup select Misc.
Step 3, Browse for Network info then press OK, your IP Address will show.
Step 4, Open your computer web explorer (IE, Opera, Firefox) and Key-in
http://IPaddress:1024 (ex. http://192.xxx.xx.x:1024), after keying press enter and it will display
the player Web Management.3.10.1 Knowing more about Web Management
REMOTE
You can control the player via the Neighbor Web Remote.
Browser
Playback Buttons (please disregard Record Button)
Number shortcutsFILE TRANSMISSION
Devices
You can either select internal hard drive or external USB that is connected to the player.
You can upload and download the file from your player internal disk.
- For Uploading, please choose any media file from any destination and click Upload. The
selected file will be uploaded to the player internal disk.
- For downloading, select a file from the player internal disk or right click on it.
Bit Torrent
You can use the player Neighbor Web function to add a torrent file.
Step 1, Open a web browser from your PC and browse for any torrent sites.
Step 2, Select/Choose the file you wanted to download on the Torrent site and save it
anywhere on your PC. The file must have (.torrent) as extension.Step 3, On Neighbor Web select Add New torrent.
Step 4, Select choose and browse for the torrent file (.torrent) you previously saved. Click
YES and it will add and download the torrent file.
After adding, the window will go back to the main Bit torrent page and you can see the added
file is starting to download. Please be reminded that the downloading speed will depend on
the Seeds, Peers and the speed of your service provider.Neighbor Web BitTorrent Setting
Here you can customized the settings of the BT client, you can alter Upload and download
rate, seed time and the number of downloads.

i don't have sky high expectation and i can forgive the player taking 30sec to boot up but i think it is laggy if you stop a movie and press home screen only having to wait 10-15sec before you can select another menu. i won't mind if acryan drop the eye candy a notch just to make sure the speed is acceptable. i am not the only one complaining, my friend with essential = laggy, my sis with hd2 also laggy, my hd + mini also laggy .......ofcos the acryan is still very usable and i do like it's ability to play everything well but then again it is not a cheap player to begin with. i am still hoping the next firmware will address the speed.

Hi there, your POHD PV73100 is using which firmware now?

. shoutcast still not working... when try to "station" download, message "fail" appears. any tip?

Guys just want to ask, if my mkv movie has DTS will it play at my TV without any Amp?

miraculously, shoutcast worked. no idea what happened...
500 radio stations worldwide to listen to.