latest acryan firmware for 73100 was stable already?

Well, it depends. Mostly is stable. But some user will test until kao kao lat and still no satisfy. For us, it can play most of HD video and audio, it is fantastic already.

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Added on April 11, 2012, 11:04 amYour requirement a bit strange. Until now, only TViX S1 can play at 2X with sound and subtitle. Other players cannot.

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Added on April 11, 2012, 11:07 amHi, All range of AC Ryan price will be slashed down a lot started from April. As for Veolo, it is RM599.00 now. We will have a booth at PC Fair at Hall 5, No. 515. Pls follow us at our facebook to follow the latest info. Thanks.

This post has been edited by BoxBuilder: Apr 11 2012, 11:07 AM

Hi I am interested in the AC Ryan PlayOn Mini but I noticed that the price is a bit higher compared to say the WDTV series. Why is it so and what's the advantage of the PlayOn Mini against WDTV?
Thanks!

if old avr, no hdmi port, no choice... dtshdma will be downgraded to just dts which is ok!

mini2 can handle dtshdma, dolbytruehd, even the later models of the mini can.
old pohd, can't...

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Added on April 12, 2012, 4:10 pmi've been using this latest version for many weeks now.
except for a couple of minor issues, all is good.

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Added on April 12, 2012, 4:11 pm
now, my hands getting itchy....


This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 12 2012, 04:11 PM

is AC Veolo good ? any experienced user ?

hi all ac ryan users/fans

i just bought the new A.C Ryan PlayOn!HD Essential player yesterday. And was curious to check the website about this player and saw the Wireless-N USB Dongle Drivers for Windows. What is it? Here is the website link

http://www.acryan.com/support/ACR-PV73500/ <Press n Select Drivers>

that is for you to download and upgrade the latest firmware. comes with instructions.
since you bought new, best to get used to the unit first, check what firwmare you have in there - there is an option for you to see.
if out of date, should upgrade. from the webpage, essential has 3 releases, so just check if you have the latest or need to upgrade.
a word of caution - some prefer not to upgrade too quickly since the latest firmware may be better to them, used to the old one...

i have sad.
I have a 42GB of Transformers 3 - TDOFM
But my AC Ryan is telling me that they cant play the interactive menu due to the profile not supported. Will there be support for full BD menu in the future? Or it is limited by the realtek chipset ability?

It's limitation of realtek chipset. Only Sigma chipset support full blu-ray menu at the moment.

Hi, i'm thinking to buy a media player for my theater room, i hv one philip & sony blue ray player but some of the MKV file & Flac file not supported. Could you pls advise me which ac ryan model is good for me? the media player will connect to my pioneer amplifier (HDMI) & output to my optoma HD20, i wish i still can hv the 5.1 sound effect.....Thank you very much!

hi guys,

i need media player that support most of video format + internal HDD + bitorrent + can play/streaming from network storage + transfer file between the PC to the player with budget below 700.


currently in my list
- AC Ryan PlayOn HD2 ( got everything i need, but not sure about the transfer file though)
- AC Ryan PlayOn Veolo ( this 1 got builtin HDD storage or not?, seem quite small)

any opinion about this list?

if got other brand, please suggest/pm me. thanks

Me too planning to buy new media player that can also act as internet tv

Planning to get a media player at first, but as far as I know, it can't support any DTS/Dolby 5.1 and 7.1 surround, and this should be the reason why people still support blurays.....anybody has any idea on how I can actually enjoy the movies with media player without compromising on the surround quality?

7.1 - i am not sure becos i never tried.

dolby/dts 5.1 - think all mdeida players support it, except the cheapest ones. check the specs on the specs on box, always listed there.

acyran - mini2, pohd2 support even dolby truehd and dts hd master audio - assuming yr avr and files are in order.

veleo - supports only normal dolby/dts, it will just downgrade any trudehd/hdma to normal dolby/dts.

enjoy!

err, just to clarify something, because I'm a noob with media players....Playon!HD2 specification shows that

Dolby Digital AC3 5.1 (passthrough & downmix to stereo)
Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 (passthrough)
Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (passthrough & downmix to stereo)
DTS Digital Surround 5.1 (passthrough & downmix to stereo)

Does it mean that it'll convert the original surround to stereo output? i.e. from 5.1/7.1 to 2.1 stereo surround system output?

recently i brough ac ryan HD mini 2 , i plan to get a PC speaker to boost up the sound.
is it recommend to plug into media player?

plan to get Edifier S330D because it have Coaxial and optical inputs.

i not sure how the performace if plug to media player? or any recomendation?

Cable play important role regarding this matter.

For composite A/V Cable (normally white, red and yellow color), player will downmix all surround sound to stereo.

For SPDIF optical cable and HDMI cable, either player decode the audio and send it as PCM to AVR (amplifier) or passthrough audio signal to AVR (amplifier) and make amplifier to decode codec.

There are limitation in passthrough mode using SPDIF optical cable, ONLY Dolby Digital and DTS sound can be bypassed to amplifier. Due to bandwidth requirement, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA can be bypassed through HDMI cable.

I not sure currently you connect your player to LCD/LED/plasma TV or computer monitor. I think it should a bit better than TV speaker or monitor speaker since S330D included subwoofer (how much better? I don't know because I don't have S330D). But you still can't fully enjoy the surround sound since S330D is 2.1 system only.

This post has been edited by pc-ox: Apr 18 2012, 11:04 AM

i connect my POHD2 into my LCD, plan to buy Edifier S530D for my new POHD2, but i saw this post in lowyat said no sound if put into optical output.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1974057/all

what speaker is compatible to POHD2 for optical output? i dont have plan for 5.1 speaker because of mess of wire.

as per comments in that thread, some multimedia audio equipment can't support dolby/dts.
the only option left is the L-R audio, i.e. just stereo which should be ok since you're going for 2.0 or 2.1, right?

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Added on April 18, 2012, 6:57 pm
righto!

the inclarity arises sometimes due to some assumptions we make about the use of cables, avr and the actual media files.

to my knowledge:

1. dtshdma/dolbytruehd can only be achieved using hdmi via avrs that have hmdi input.
2. tvs all come with stereo only, all dts/dolby/hd audio issues are irrelevant, just mixed to stereo
3. old avrs w/o hdmi can't handle dtshdma/dolbytruehd, will just deliver dts/dolby using digital audio (coaxial or toslink, both will work).

assuming file is good, avr has hdmi input, acryan audio pass-thru set, for 5.1 audio setup:
4. acryan pohd and veleo can't deliver dtshdma/dolby but will downgrade to just dts/dolby.
5. acryan mini (at least the later ones), mini2, pohd2, essential, all will deliver dtshdma/dolbytruehd

above is my experience. if i'm missing something, pls correct me. tq!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 18 2012, 06:58 PM

I concur your statement. cause i am using, optical cable from mini2 to avr. and the display only indicate DTS / DD eventhough i am playing a TRUEHD audio.

But I would like to ask one question.

Why is it that when i play DTS the sound is sharper and louder compare to dolby digital ?
In dolby digital, the conversation is so soft and when the action comes in, the sounds become so loud.
In DTS i dont have this issue.