You can try your luck but I am sure my resellers will offer you a very good price, don't worry. But make sure it is from Box Builder ya then I can scratch your back when ever u need help.

Bro, enlight me which model should I go for?

Kind of new in this Media Player

See if you will find my input useful...

I have both POHD and POHDmini. I first bought the POHD with a 1.5TB built in HDD. Very satisfied, Then I realised I keep unplugging and plugging TV1-PC-TV2-TV1! I have yet to do the wireless or NAS thing which I know little about...

I then decided to buy a Mini too since the price was good and an ext 2TB was very good priced too - so that I swap around less.

I also have a portable 500GB HDD now to transfer files from PC, from frens, etc. The file copy feature in the POHD and mini is very useful since a PC will not be required.

In summary, if you will not be keeping a lot of files, better go for the Mini + portable HDD. If you plan to keep lots of files, then a POHD w/built in HDD + portable HDD will be best. A matter of $ too!

Bear in mind the best files are >10GB so a 500 GB HDD can only store 40-50 of them.

If that's the case, might as well I go for mini since I only use external Hdd.
Can the mini support 2.5" hdd of 1TB or 2TB++ near future?
I always get the 2.5" version rather then 3.5" is so bulky

Mini can support 2.5" or 3.5", no problem. Playback, no noticeable difference.
The 2.5" is handy since it does not require ext power, but is limited to 500GB (1TB is costly now); file transfer is slower.
The 3.5" needs ext power but is economical, say RM400/2TB = 20sen per GB.

The mini is half the size and weighs 1/4 of the regular (w/HDD inside).

Good, I'm gearing up to lowyat tomorrow. Can't wait ti get the mini version. If all my .mkv file cannot play, I know who to kill LOLOLO

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Added on November 18, 2010, 10:41 pmNow Samsung 2TB is about RM290, WD RM310 and Hitachi RM355. We tested 500GB 2.5" with mini and it is ok but never test 1TB (price still high). Due to extra power needed compare to 500GB. So, I suggest Doreamon test first.

This post has been edited by BoxBuilder: Nov 18 2010, 10:45 PM

You will like it. Assuming your TV is FullHD, 480p mkv is better than normal TV and some DVDs; 720p mkv equivalent to Astro BYond 1080i; 1080p mkv is superb, as good as a BluRay disc.
Just make you do the settings properly!

Enjoy!

Now, I'm logging off to watch my shows.

if you have problem in playing the MKV file (i.e. no picture, sound only) then refer to this http://www.acryan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=7907

1080p mkv never as good as original bd bro. superb yes but as good as....no

sifus need your help. i got the ac ryan (yay!) but i am unable to get the wireless to work (boo!)..
I have the official AC Ryan dongle.. I am just not sure what am not doing right here.. I can see my network SSID, and when I go through all selection of network + security key it will start testing (for quite a long while) but then will come back and show that no ip could be found and dhcp is not ready.. any ideas ?

Try changing the wireless channel on your wireless router. Some other wireless channels may work better and more stable.(eventhough you may not have problems with your PC wireless)

MKV which around 25gb should be as good as blueray...

it's not about the size of mkv file bro.....it's the video transfer rate

Honestly, as far as the video is concerned, I can only give BD the benefit of doubt as I can't really tell the difference most of the time for 1080p. Only when I compared them with AVATAR could I notice a slight superiority with the BD.

As for audio, BD wins for sure with DTS HD-MA.

Some people say some movies esp older ones are really only 720p on BD so they are not superior to the corresponding media files. Do you agree with this?

nope. i believed what my eyes see. bd still the best in every way compared to mkv

Aiya, I tested yesterday lor my 1 TB 2.5" Hdd external, cannot lor. Howlah now (In my dream LOL)
Dammmm it, now only 7.10am another 11 more hours to go to get mini ACRyan

Keke, I always go for 1080p .mkv . My 1TB hdd almost full already. Have to get new one soon cause my supplier call me up already saying there 100 more movies available. Aiya I die lah. If each movies 15GB if 100 = 1.5TB
Jush hope ACRyan don't disappoint me today If not I claim all my traveling fare to BoxBuilder here keke

Thanks a lot bro

Bro, what u expectlah. All free stuff sure cannot compete with the master copy . To me, .mkv file is good enough. The way I see it, not much different also lol. .mkv files rock

Yes, but the difference is very miniscule...

Between VCD and DVD=Waaahhh! Pixelly block to decent pictures.
Between DVD and BD/M=WAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! From smooth picture to detail picture until can see pimple on the face!
Between HD and BD = Urmmm...yeah...looks a bit nicer, but you need at least 40" TV and above to see the difference.

And it all also depends on the encoding on the file...low bit-rate 2GB files at 720p will of course looks inferior to high-bit rate 10GB files at 1080p.

I have tried doing that (changing wireless channels) still no help. Any idea how should I go about getting my wireless connectivity with the playonHD ? I am at wits end figuring this out ??

im just making statement bcoz our friend says mkv as good as bd which i dont agree. i have no complaint against mkv and i hv a lot of them

winning is winning. doesnt matter if u win by an inch or a mile....

u know who says that?