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

wanna add a question, MKV formats can only output via hdmi?
i have some mkv files that i wanted to play on a CRT TV once in awhile during get togethers

Nope necessary, the output depend on the media player. Some media player have the RCA connection - red, white and yellow output for old CRT.

so provided the player hv rca output mkv 1080p files can play still?

but it will be downscale to 480i/480p/576i/576p whichever the highest res ur CRT TV support

if u planning to use CRT only, then better stick to those *.avi media files would be sufficient. U can save those precious HDD space...

This post has been edited by zerorulez: Sep 4 2010, 11:31 PM

i'm getting wdtv.

and ur reason...may i know..?

what is the cheapest price for wdtv now....heard that new chipset will be coming...no stock clearance ka?

viewnet RM269

viewnet seagate theater rm239 rite..
how about wdtv not live one

http://images.lowyat.net/pricelist/viewnet.pdf

have a look

that's not the latest - the latest list shows Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ at 239

Why wdtv while they are so many good ones? Even Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ is so much better?

239 quite competitive...maybe better get the seagate one

Go for that one if you're not planning to stream files thru LAN
also they got some nice OSD/moviesheets template for wdtv1

Beside price, why is Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ so much better than WDTV Live?

yeah. why?

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Added on September 6, 2010, 11:09 pmthese things getting cheaper by the day.

This post has been edited by anchovies93: Sep 6 2010, 11:09 PM

You can always downgrade to the older firmware. btw, did you upgrade to the beta firmware or the full release? I know wdtv live last firmware was Release 1.02.21 dated (3/30/10) and was working perfectly with all mkv.

Try the brad custom firmware. Its so much better and it even support moviesheet.

1. Seagate Freeagent
2. Yangxi HDPRO
3. Xtreamer Pro

Which one is ok..?
Currently using 40" Full HD LCD...
As I know Seagate is the cheapest among 3...


This post has been edited by Ivan Sac: Nov 8 2010, 11:11 PM

LOL....i forgot to close this thread. anyway, while at it, between the three media player let the pros answer.myself still using wdtv 1st gen. Dunno if by now can already play dts(sound) without avr.???????????

anyone have any update?

i'm looking at the eaget M6 and Yangxi HDPRO+
still dunno which to get...

How much is the Eaget M6??
Currently Im looking at Yangxi and Xtreamer..

RM 350 here

share with u guys

Anyone here can give me an idea on this matter :

I need is a media player that can support :-

1.Samsung series 5 till 9 LED (Be getting it soon) <----- which one is good?
2. .Mkv (Majority in my external 2.5" 1TB)
3.DTS (Most file inclusive this sound format)
4. . srt (Subtitle format - some .mkv don't have English Subtitle)
5.Razer Mako 2.1 Desktop Audio System

It will be a great help if someone here could help me straight to the point without mambo jambo lol. All people comment me here and there give me gibberish (language I don't understand lol). I just a simple guy that wants to enjoy good pic quality and sound. That all hehehe

Thank in advance you guys =)

This post has been edited by doremon: Nov 11 2010, 10:02 PM

State your budget as well bro..
Itz easier for others to give suggestion..

Thanks Ivan Sac, u very kind. But that does not mean I will join Chelsea (Joking)

1.Samsung series 5 till 9 LED 42" MAX (Be getting it soon) <----- which one is good? (RM5k max)
2. .Mkv (Majority in my external 2.5" 1TB) Got it
3.DTS (Most file inclusive this sound format)
4. . srt (Subtitle format - some .mkv don't have English Subtitle)
5.Razer Mako 2.1 Desktop Audio System (Budget RM900)

As for the player, my budget is RM1.5k below. Prefer simple player hehe

am moving on to media player with dts as thats what wdtv 1st gen lacks of.

With that budget I think you can go for Dune Base,which have BluRay Optical Drive and support external HD as well..
You may refer to this thread
Dune Base

dune base no optical drive. dune prime has. if u already have bdp then the base will do.

My place here a lot PC shop is selling the Noontec v9 - http://www.noontec.com/En/Products/MovieHo...1442412903.html

Is it good?










This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 13 2010, 10:59 AM

Realtek 1073C+ chipset. if price over RM400 .. already overprice ! (huge profit)

because nowdays chipset price fall down ~.

If u like the "brand" you can donate them.