Anyone getting the Acer RevoView? How is it? Thanks.

Aspire RevoView RV100 (AX.T1C0W.004)
RM349 (I am not selling)

- Easy media exchange via a swappable 3.5" HDD
- Extensive support for various digital formats including mkv, rmvb, mpeg,
mov & avi
- Direct access to online media eg YouTube™, Flickr and Picasa™

- the HDD bay is not hot swappable



Its look like using RTD1073DD


Some online link:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/0,39029426,49305797,00.htm
http://pc.it168.com/a2010/0611/1065/000001065195_1.shtml

This post has been edited by mitodna: Jul 8 2010, 09:41 PM

wow..so cheap...they should have added a hot swappable bluray drive in it for Rm649 so that ppl no need to buy the Dune for Rm1500..haha

This post has been edited by azbro: Jul 8 2010, 09:28 PM

what chipset is it? no spec info yet?

isnt that a RTD1073DD latest chip? coz i saw a + sign there

Where to buy..

Apparently, it does not support DivX, which I find to be a strange omission on Acer's part.

where to get this ?

Should be retailing in major Acer branded store. Yeah, read at somewhere it omit DIVX files, properly due to licensing issue.

mp4 support or not?

Yes

Source

No divx mean not worth to buy la.. some of my movie still in divx/xvid.

Anyone using this yet? need inputs from u guys.

yes..input please

Would be interesting to find out whether it supports :

1) 1280*720 RMVB - most RMVB players in the market only supports 800*600

2) Decoding DTS in MKV files

sure can play dts right

bought for my friend 3 weeks ago.the pic quality n sound is good.
i think it decodes dts and dd.manage to use it for 3 days watching hd mkv files but never realize that it doesn't support divx.

too bad Acer never bothers to put this on its website

It does. It is listed under Consumer PC, just click RV100
RV100

I am kind of interested initially, because now I have a Acer HOme Server thingy, which I think will complement this product. But It lacks internet radio channels..

Does it able to bitstream HD audio?

does it support like Bluray origin file M2TS or REMUX file?
as im downloading Transformer 2 over 40GB can running ?

It is using the Realtek 1073 chip which can play m2ts.. just a matter of can it display full BD ISO menu only

I bgt it 2 weeks ago. Able to connect to ext HD Buffalo 1TB and play downloaded movies and video clips. Played with no hitch. However internet only has Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Weather, Picasa and Flickr icons only. Could not connect to Youtube. Called Acer CS and after 3 calls on different days they called me today and said that youtube is not available. The online media is only given as example. Seriously I think this is misrepresentation. They said maybe it will be available later and to check with firmware update.......

If it doesn't support Divx, what kind of file it won't be able to play?

Mkv surely can play rite, if 1080 mkv lag or not

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* Compact, attractive design
* The Aspire RV100 sports a compact design and elegant matte-black finish that blends stylishly with any modern environment. The large power button glows with an attractive blue light for easy operation even in the dark, while rear and side ports allow easy connection to surround sound speaker systems and TVs. And with the handy remote control, the Aspire RV100 is convenient to use from afar.



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* Unbelievably easy to use!
* The Aspire RV100 connects directly to your TV, so there's no need for complex settings to enjoy your digital media. Simply download or create content and store it in your HDD1, or directly plug in USB devices or memory cards. The HDD is removable, so you can also swap HDDs from any 2010 Aspire M Series PC just by sliding them out. Connect the Aspire RV100 to your TV, and enjoy all your high-definition content in an instant! Use the friendly UI to access, browse and play your media files.

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* Full HD and online enjoyment
* The HDMI™ port enables high-definition 1080p video and music playback. And to complete your media enjoyment, hook up to the Internet to view Flickr and Picasa™ photo slideshows.



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* Footnote
* 1Optional. The removable 3.5" HDD is also available on 2010 Aspire M Series desktop PCs. Please make sure the system is turned off before removing the HDD.

Aspire RevoView RV100


Aspire RevoView RV100 ; Full HD media player with HDMI, S/PDIF. storage card, 3.5" HDD bay & USB 2.0 ; Enjoy full HD movies, songs, videos and recorded TV programs using your living-room TV ; Easy media exchange via a swappable 3.5" HDD ; Intuitive User Interface ; Extensive support for various digital formats including mkv, rmvb, mpeg, mov & avi ; Direct access to online media eg YouTube™, Flickr and Picasa™ ; FOC HDMI cable (inside the box)
Part NumberAX.T1C0W.004
Storage media supported

* Optional swappable internal hard disk:
o 3.5" SATA / SATA 3 Gb/s hard disk up to 2 TB
* External USB hard disk
* Memory cards
* USB flash drives
* Network drive (Samba / UPnP)

Card reader

* Multi-in-1 card reader, supporting:
o MultiMediaCard™ (MMC)
o Secure Digital™ (SD) Card
o xD-Picture Card™ (xD)
o Memory Stick™ / Memory Stick PRO™

USB 2.0 host controller

* USB 2.0 interface
* USB mass storage devices (hard disk drives, flash drives)

Networking

* LAN: Fast Ethernet, auto negotiation
* USB mass storage devices (hard disk drives, flash drives)

Video formats supported

* AVI / MKV / TS / TP / TRP / M2TS / MPG / MP4 / MOV / M4V / VOB / ISO / IFO / DAT / WMV / ASF / RM / RMVB / 1080i / 1080p

Video codecs supported

* MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 / MPEG-4 SP/ASP/AVC (H.264) / XviD / WMV9 (VC-1) / RealVideo 8/9/10 (up to 720P)

Video output supported

* PAL / NTSC / 480p / 576p / 720p / 1080i 50Hz / 1080i 60Hz / 1080p 50Hz / 1080p 60Hz

Audio formats supported

* MP3 / MP2 / WMA / AAC / FLAC / WAV / OGG Vorbis / PCM / LPCM / MS-ADPCM / LC-AAC / HE-AAC / COOK / RA-Lossless

Audio output supported

* Multi-channel stereo
* Dolby® Digital 2.1
* Dolby® Digital 5.1 (pass-through and down-mix to stereo)
* Dolby® Digital Plus (pass-through)
* DTS (pass-through & down-mix to stereo)

Image formats supported

* HD JPEG / BMP / GIF / TIF / PNG

Subtitle formats Supported

* SRT, SMI, SSA, IDX/SUB, SUB

Character sets supported (needed for text subtitles)

* Unicode (UTF-8), BIG5 (Traditional Chinese), Central/Eastern/Western/Southern Europe

Dimensions

* 220 (L) x 205 (W) x 48 (H) mm

Weight

* 1921.6 g (without HDD)
* 2608.6 g (with HDD)

AC adapter

* 12 V 2 A (24 W)

System compliance

* CE, FCC, C-Tick, BSMI, PCT, VCCI, CCC, , MET

Certification

* HDMI™ 1.3a, DLNA, Dolby®, DTS

Accessories

* Remote control
* LAN cable
* Power cord
* A/V cable
* YPbPr cable
* HDMI™ cable*
o *Specifications vary depending on model

i really don't understand about downmix.does it mean that i will downmix to stereo only through hdmi n will passthrough the DTS 5.1 through optic cable?can anyone clarified it for me pls.tq.

This post has been edited by sean_gtech: Sep 18 2010, 04:42 PM

is this player using Realtek chipset 1073DD or 1073C+?

really don't know about the chipset this plater is using bro.

how about the compatibility with hd files

juz curious... can this played most of the China video format out there..

from my experience,it plays 720p flawlessly w/o hicup.the sound is solid too.the problem i'm having right now with this player is it downmix DTS/DD
to stereo.i prefer the signal to passthrough to my avr so i can enjoy 5.1 sound.btw.the chipste is 1073dd.

This post has been edited by sean_gtech: Sep 19 2010, 12:19 AM

How about 1080 movies

it support 1080hd movie file but never had a chance to try it yet.

This post has been edited by sean_gtech: Sep 19 2010, 02:53 PM

if compared wit WD which is better in term of compatibility?

Anybody tried with 1080 movies

Came across a review HERE .

This post has been edited by peter32: Sep 23 2010, 07:06 PM

* Multi-channel stereo
* Dolby® Digital 2.1
* Dolby® Digital 5.1 (pass-through and down-mix to stereo)
* Dolby® Digital Plus (pass-through)
* DTS (pass-through & down-mix to stereo)


That means it can passthrough Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1 using optical or Coaxial. You need to look for some option in their setup to enable SPDIF passthrough.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Sep 24 2010, 02:38 AM

hi, how much you got yours? Did it include the wireless USB? Thanks.

nope...in other country i think they incl it.rm320.

@ N dongle (RTL8191SU) only RM40... for realtek 1073 player.

problem settle.can pass DTS/DD through hdmi.just found the setting icon below the screen....hehehe

This post has been edited by sean_gtech: Sep 27 2010, 01:41 AM

bought it last week. here are my 2 cents.

- it auto indexes all music or movie files. so, you cannot hide movies/music you dun wanna displayed.
- it automatically plays the movie when you browse the movie list, kind of slows down the scrolling
- when u plug in the thumbdrive, it only sees media files. i tried to copy .srt file over, but it doesnt see it.
- quality is OK
- it hangs n rebooted a few times while i was playing w/ it.
- i thought it runs samba on it, no, u cannot treat it as a file server. i thought it runs linux, that's the reason why i bought it. wondering how to get a copy of the firmware to look at it.

overall, i am a bit regret buying this. sigh... too new, not many reviews from others. nonetheless, i am enjoying watching movies on it.

where can i buy acer revoview in KL?
does it come together with usb wifi?

can i copy and paste files from my pc directly to this revoview, like a hdd on a network?

you can connect it to ur pc as an external hdd. but, you cannot copy over the network.

no usb wifi dongle. wanna buy over my unit?

apparently, alot buyers wanna dispose their units after using it......

Heh, a friend of mine actually gave his away after 1 week

what device i can drag and drop over network? lazy to bring the device around my hse...

You mean stream direct from NAS or your "main" PC? Plenty of choices out there, ACRyan, XStreamer, Dune.....just need to have network feature, kao tim

Hdpro much better than this

several things I dislike:
- remote control - can't display time lapse or left
- GUI
- no network copy

What are the suggestions for:
- samba/nfs server
- xbmc frontend
- linux based

Have you tried it out with the new firmware? Last I checked there was a ver1.00.04 release on 6th Oct 2010 and was wondering what changes have they made.

As for the other things:

I think the RV100 IS linux based because after checking out the firmware release (mentioned above) it uses the same update methods as in the Asus O!Play and the Seagate Freeagent Theatre. Unpacking the firmware update I can see yaffs2 being used as the flash operation and vmlinux.

So maybe there's hope in future for alternative firmwares .....

I think network copy was not implemented because this model was introduced to be paired with Win7 built-in feature "Play To Device" so there's no need to copy to the playback device, just right-click on file and choose play-to rv100 ... but I could be wrong

Anyways, if sell how much ?

how about the subtitle rendering?
does it have thin or thick black outline?
the font smooth or blocky?

subtitle is ok, no problem.

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Added on October 15, 2010, 11:54 pmwill try to upgrade the fw.

i guess this prod isn't launched in US yet. Hopefully it will be soon, so that we can get more hackers to play with it.

I am just hoping for someone to come up with something that just uses XBMC instead of writing their own. XBMC is just so great. This acer's UI sux big time. But the price is cheap, so not too much complain.

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Added on October 16, 2010, 12:01 pmwhere did u find the 1.00.04 fw? i tried to update, but said no new fw. still on 1.00.02 on mine.

This post has been edited by fenture: Oct 16 2010, 12:01 PM

I found the firmware download at the Acer (www.acer.com.my) website whilst I was updating the firmware on my laptop. Its under service & support -> Download Driver -> Desktop -> Aspire -> Revoview100 -> BIOS

Its a 30MB+ download ... hoping it changes some things and updates the features to make it more worthwhile cos the default firmware is under-utilising the Realtek chip

1920 × 1080 mkv is play fine with usb external hdd.

i didn't hv hdd inside, but i using a network share with my pc. can save money and transfer time ().

i just update to 1.00.04 fw but not c any different.

and also what u guys means not support divx? it is divx extension file or the codec?? cause divx codec and xvid codec is working fine.
maybe try change the extension into .avi

Hi,

Have anyone tried installing an internal HDD? I tried using the usb cable to connect it to my pc (windows xp and 7) and both OS won't recognise the HDD. The HDD is WD Caviar SE16. I use the same HDD and connect it via external usb external HDD and it works.

Any helps?

Thanks!

I connect it to my win 7 using the USB. You need to use the mini USB at the back not the USB ports at the side. It can detect my NTFS drive that I installed into the RV100.

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Added on December 26, 2010, 2:23 pmThe only issue that I face currently is the DivX movie audio not sync after watching for a while.

This post has been edited by Rubikian: Dec 26 2010, 02:23 PM

I have this. Its pretty good and looks well also. But only problem is that I don't know why I can't get access to YouTube.

How much rite now

I bought it for RM359 without hard drive. From PCDepot.

yeah .....support Mkv & M2ts Blu-ray File

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Added on April 11, 2011, 9:23 pmYeah, i have tested with many m2ts movie ....running great !

This post has been edited by alwin cSk: Apr 11 2011, 09:23 PM