What's you Setup 1 Video settings in your POHD setup menu? HDMI Auto  or HDMI 1080i / 1080P ? If it's auto try changing to fixed resolution or vise versa, see if it helps.

DVD Menu is for displaying the DVD Menu when you are playing a DVD movie (same Menu you see when playing a DVD Disc in a DVD player). (Provided you have copied or ripped the whole DVD contents intact to your HDD).

The DVD option that you were referring to in the Browser screen  is for you to connect an external USB DVD drive to play DVD discs. You have to select that option instead of USB option when you want to play a DVD disc.


As for your HDMI problem, Why not just try the other modes as well 1080i/720P etc. since you are already at it. After that try connecting to another HDMI port on your TV. You might also want to try adjusting your TV options or maybe even try a differnt FW version.

It's meant for those computer External DVD USB drives, the kind you plug in your laptop using USB power.

I think the AC Ryan DVR can only record through composite cable (the Yellow/white/red cable). Tell your friend don't get his hopes high . Ask him to check with the seller first.

i dled 2 mkv movie but unable to play on it. only got sound and subtitle.
i clicked on the info button at the remote, the movie column shown unknown.
but it play perfectly with my pc /laptop .
found my answer to the above question. but i got bigger problem now.
i tried to update the firmware as stated to support the mkv files, but the screen didnt move after 30 mins.
decided to power it off, now it hang at the opening screen with the acryan word with no blue light from the power button.
cant find any hard reset button. anyone can help?
totally frustrated with this player. if need to send for repair, i probably will jump ship to save the hassle.

Bro, enlight me which model should I go for?

Kind of new in this Media Player 

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 

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 

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

Bit the bullet today and got the POHD from LY. Just no budget to buy Wifi adapter and HDD...that one next month lor...
Playing around with it now. PQ is much better than the facility at the LCD TV.

My main purpose was actually to use this box as a hifi music jukebox and it'll be connected to my stereo hifi system. In the near future, I intend to buy a few terrabytes of HDD and rip a great number of my CD albums uncompressed into the HDD.

Question2. From what time to time best we update our player? How to do that?
I am very happy with a.c.ryan. Very easy and user friendly hehe

Ok, forgot to ask this questions. We have 2 usb ports. Can the usb port support external dvd?

Thanks bro. Ooo, didn't realized the previous given feedback before. This media is getting better and better. Maybe, I drop by this few days to lowyat and consider to get the Big version. This going to be fun  .

But I prefer the 2.5' external version. As for the big version, 2TB can ngam nicely right? What about 3TB or 4TB later part. better get the biggest posible to sumbat all the nice movies LOL   

looking for a home theater system.
should I connect direct from the acryan playon or from the TV.
by the way my tv is toshiba 47zv series.
anyone?
tq

Since the mention of "heat dissipation",
My thoughts about the POHD.
1. Cheap skate generic aluminum heat sink for the Realtek Processor, it could have been better with fan. Maybe like Coolermaster Ice something..whatever. I actually opened the heat sink to see how well they installed the heat sink paste and I was shocked that it was bare minimal paste, and the heat sink or chip wasn't entirely flat. It was like one sided contact and this isn't good. What I did was bring out my left over "branded" heat sink paste (better quality and designed for CPU's), cleaned out the old paste, buttered up new paste and re installed the heat sink. I'm now assuming it'll do a better job in CPU cooling. BTW, forgot to say, the HS clip was not exactly straight and resulted with a slightly angled heat sink position. Careful bending of the clip and voila the HS is now PROPERLY and PERFECTLY INSTALLED. Hope I didn't void the warranty. There's NO problem so far for many hours. This is elementary stuff, no more complicated than installing your Intel or AMD CPU heat sink.
2. I'm a bit skeptical about installing an internal HDD. I'm thinking its still far safer to have an external HDD, THATS WHY I BOUGHT AN EXTERNAL ONE TODAY!. Why? One should carefully choose a HDD that doesn't suck current for breakfast, energy savings ones are highly recommended like WD Green types? (unsure). We live in hot country, and compacting another heat source in the form of a HDD may just make matters worse here. WD Raptor performance isn't crucial for POHD streaming. A cooler operating HDD will do just fine. Green again?
3. Whilst shopping today, it occured to me on some notebook coolers that may serve a purpose for POHD cooling. Yup..if I've got extra money, I'll consider it someday.

You can try find some dongle that use Realtek wifi chip, RTL8191, 8192 and its variants. Asus USB N10 is one of them and used with success.
Its not difficult, just plug in and connect/configure like your PC to wireless.

we pay so little and expect to get a monster to replace all functions perform by a PC.
I am really happy now, even with all this handicaps consider the price I paid.