Hi all,

First of all, i do read some of the threads, so HT police dont shot me LOL.

I wanna get a good media player to play downloaded HD movies and maybe some BD quality movies too. with so many formats, player, and etc etc, i dont know what to get.Makes me more confused.There some china ones like Eaget which i see quite ok specs but i dont know how good it is. what i'll do is download to my ext drive and plug in to the media player. i dont need built in hard drive or wireless streaming etc.

Is WDTV good enough or Ac Ryan? Budget less than 600 new or used better can save some ca$$h!!!

Thanks in advance.

Since you do not intend to stream via network (wired or otherwise) and don't want built in HDD features, there are alot of choices out there. The questions that remain would be, do you need BDISO, audio pass through or ability to play RMVB format. Lastly, do you mind "non-branded"?

Looking at it, you seem inclined towards a WDTV which should fulfill most of your needs. Alot of the bros here have already moved on to more canggih boxes. Maybe some of them may have a used unit lying around idle which they are willing to part to you

Well non branded sometimes lets us down but not to say thats its no good.

Whats the canggih boxes youre using and how much?

after upgrade to the laterst firmw, my wdtv Live cannot play certain mkvs..quite dissapointed thou...so dont choose wdtv, think to jumpship to AcRyan..

Is that so? if u jumpship,sell me cheap cheap laaa...LOL

I think at this point in time the Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ is the best deal. rm239 @ viewnet, level3 Lowyat, rm329 most other places I've seen.




I'd recommend also Yangxi M3 which I have one unit




This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Aug 31 2010, 05:06 PM

how much is ur yangxi....
seagate player at viewnet prices until when

oh please click on the link for the Yangxi price. I bought at 210 it's come down since then

as for the Viewnet price, I dunno. perhaps you can call and ask them

how about ur experience with the yangxi..is it same as wdtv or ac ryan

Is wdtv good enough? Not really. I owned a WDTV Live, the one that has networking feature. Bought it at RM300. If I were to buy another mediaplayer at that price I would pick this
>>> http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=24854128

comparing WDTV LIVE and AC RYAN POHD:

if u want to stream using a wifi dongle, WDTV has better compatibililty compared to AC Ryan.. wdtv price is cheaper in that aspect

but if u wanna play rmvb, get an ac ryan

Any HD PLAYER can support BD-ISO/BDMV with great price? First time want to try it...

go for xtreamer pro i think

Thanks bro...will looking for it...

Consider HDPro from yangxi, a good product

just want to add somemore


go for samsung media player 2.0 which build in on Samsung LCD TV model C530/550

from my list of movies, it support 9 frames format mkv and 100% can play all my mkv movies

I don't think we can carry our tv as portable..

And can C530/550 support BD-ISO?

Oh boy. now i dunno which to buy LOL

yep, quite confusing. i'm looking to get one for my bro-in-law with an AV amp, with the following needs:

1. RMVB playback
2. The usual 1080p MKV playback
3. DTS-MA / Dolby TrueHD bitstreaming, for MKV's with these tracks
4. BD.ISO with menu is nice to have, but not terribly important as he has a blu-ray player already
5. at least 2.5" internal drive bay << nice to have, but not terribly important
6. big black remote << he wasn't too impressed by my WDTV's small remote

any recommendations? *sellers are welcome to PM me as well if they have anything that supports the above

This post has been edited by ADJ: Sep 3 2010, 09:58 AM

take Ac Ryan la bro, don't pening2