That's why it's always best to keep the firmware updated. You now have a longer sequence but don't worry, it'll be worth it in the end.

Ok, I just joined POHD2mini family today....Still thinking if I should flash the ROM since there were so many complains here

So far, it's working great with the Feb2011 ROM

enjoy! i'm been running it for 1.5yrs now, love every minute of it.
last 2 days, had 4hr37min of Red Cilff. Even in just 720p and DTS, it's such a blast.
Very few things in life are that beautiful at such a cost!

i still not very understand why first update the r3875 then downgrade back r3582? got special reason to do so?

If you checked the release dates on POHD's website, r3582 is newer than r3875.

r3582 - Firmware v7.3.3.r3582
r3875 - Firmware v7.06.r3875


This post has been edited by OKLY: May 22 2011, 03:37 AM

thanks box builder ........ luckily POHD1 is not outdated yet

thanks for telling..
as i go the link u give me , the firmware log latest got the YAMJ together. so now this YAMJ is stable to use?

Haha I celebrated too early.
Today actually my mini2 crashes a few times whicle watching photos. Initially i dont plan to upate the firmware since there were so many complains here. But cannot tahan already and just updated the latest ROM. Hope it resolve the issues.
Other than the crashes that pisses me off, it's a great player interms of build quality, video and audio quality. I had it hook up to my DTS amp, 42in Plasma, and 1 Tb HDD.



update: just flash with new ROM. Works fine with no more crashing so far. Loving it....

This post has been edited by stinky: May 22 2011, 11:00 PM

hi box builder I have another question. can I use my current internal hdd which was formatted using POHD 1 (during that time was fw 3582) in POHD 2 ? will POHD 2 require that internal HDD to be formatted again due to new GUI 2.0 / firmware ?

Cannot my friend, bcoz both using different chipset. I know u will but no choice bcoz of chipset. So, pls copy out all your contents and format the hard disk using HD2 and than copy back all the contents using USB3.0. But better buy new HDD to format by HD2 and previous one use as external.

just to check cn the pohd1 take on the new gui from pohd2?

Hi, I am new to this media player. Look like AC ryan is better than other in term of spec... Would like to get this for my home theater system. I got few questions, hope any sifus here can help...
1. This is Sigma chipset?
2. Where can I buy this?
3. Is the firmware frequently updated?
4. How much is it?

Thanks

Well, I can say that A.C. Ryan is a bang for bucks player if you're not looking for something higher-end like the Dune players. A.C. Ryan still does its job as a HD media player very well.

1) For Playon!HD players, it's based on the Realtek 1185DD+ Chipset.
2) At authorized dealers. You can contact BoxBuilder for a list of dealers near you.
3) Can say that the firmware is up-to-date with relevant major fixes and improvements.
4) Playon!HD 2 is RM599 while the Playon!HD Mini 2 is RM499.

I wonder why no people interested on Sigma chipset... it is because it does not support RMVB?

Well, that's one of the main reason as far as I know since a lot of the users would like to watch their MKV movies and also dramas which are quite common in RMVB format thus settling for a Realtek chipset player is pretty normal.

One of an issue on Realtek compare to Sigma is the Audio and Video do not sync properly.... Wondering if this issue will happen on this HD2 or not...

So far my A.C. Ryan player does not have this issue. Probably those who experience those problems are related to the file they are playing instead.

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This post has been edited by The Wonder: May 26 2011, 09:26 PM

why like that one ......

anyway my friend has decided to buy POHD 2 and I need to copy my 2TB HDD to his HDD. box builder can you let me know how fast is the transfer speed if I connect the 2-bay toaster (I got it at $9 from you ) to POHD 2 ? my old PC is USB 2.0 and to copy 2TB files is really sloooooooow.

So far I didn't face the issues with my HiMedia HD200A and Eaget M9 which's R1055DD+ and R1283DD+ based chipset. So, I guess the sync problem is more the problem during the conversion.

I know I'm mentioning it on A.CRyan thread but I guess it should be alright as A.C.Ryan is having a good support, which should be able to clear your doubts on the realtek chipset based media player.