Hi, about the build-in browser, how good is it? Does it able to run flash multimedia, online movie stream like youtube for exampleor ? What's your experience so far.

The only gripe i have on this HD600A is it is still using USB2.0... otherwise it fits most of my requirement ie. LAN/DLNA/NAS support, frequent fw support, brower. etc..

..k..tks.
but i read from the net on one of the new 1185 chipset product egreat R1-II .. some features listed are :

Display Adobe Flash 6.7.8*.
HTML 5.0 webpage browser is compatible*.
Display Adobe Flash 6.7.8*.
Manual control by Iphone mobile phone*.
Support Clouds storage.
Support IMS RSS..etc.

Quite interesting !

It looks like it will be a clear winner to buy a standard LED + 1185 chipset based media player , then to buy a high-end Internet Enabled LED ..

..err wonder...i saw youtube, picasa, yahoo widget ... Is Facebook available too?

ouch..not good as I want this Yahoo Fianance in fact... why taken it out??

i'm certainly looking forward to owning one soon bro lordsbm!

just got myself a HD600A from CCS221...
the remote is certainly a class above all the china brands remote that I've seen so far..comparable to my philips 5605's remote lol..

good to have a pool of users here to share our experience! enjoying my first movie now : Avatar.. ;0

I got the same message 'cannot play this file' in Youtube and several other online movie IMS.. i'm using standard fw., learning now how to upgrade the fm via usb soon!

Tks..lordsbm.
I would also like to find out where do you get the DIY fw? I presume this forum site is the official release.. (http://bbs.himedia-tech.cn/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=66&page=1)

no worries, will do a due diligent b4 any action..

btw..since this player is internet enabled, how can we get the media player to display movie's poster, rating, or a short description from IMDB , like how XBMC does it..?

Any clue? or it has to be a product enhancement request ?

hi lordsbm, are u using NAS at home serve as a media server to pump movies to HD600a? If so, which NAS are u using? care to share some experience in setting up NAS-> HD600a , coz I'm in that route now trying to think which NAS to acquire (dlink 323/320, or Buffolor Duo Pro..) and their easiness to hook up to the 600a..

repost..

my intention is not using the HD600A as NAS but rather connect HD600A to a NAS (ie. buffalor Duo Pro or Dlink 323/320) thru the ethernet port in HD600A.. So, it is something like NAS->internet switch->HD600A ...
So, I'm wondering which NAS product has the easiest setup to hook up with HD600A..

tks for that info! Once my 2TB HDD is filled up then it will be time for me to look for a NAS then..

I concur with lordsbm that PPS failure to play in HD600A has got to do with the firmware... PPS can be run from my PC at home, but failed in HD600A , both using the same ISP.

However, Youku is running fine, i could stream the internet movies very well from my 6MB Maxis Ftth.

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Added on May 12, 2011, 11:41 amsir, is his a DIY version or the official's ?

This post has been edited by numbertwo: May 12 2011, 11:41 AM

ok..time for me to flash the player first time ever after getting the unit!

unfortunately Himedia support site is lacking the responsiveness... Nevertheless they are making great progress in terms of fw fixes...for this I will give them a thumbs up...

I shall try my wireless mouse m215 later after upgrading to 1.0.2.3 , hopefully the logitech support is not only limited to MK250..

edited : I hope himedia will get the online upgrade option available soon, since this is a internet enabled media player there isn't any reason not to provide this nice and hasslefree feature... WD Live has that so do many other branded media players...

rgrds

This post has been edited by numbertwo: May 14 2011, 01:14 PM

Hi ,

i did the upgrade without pressing the button behind.. the method that requires pressing the button is for 'hard-upgrade' , something like that as I read from himedia site..

I did the following steps:
1. copy install.img into a USB drive, in the root path ..
2. plug into the USB drive (assuming the player is OFF now)
3. Switch on the player
4. go to the Setup-Options-Upgrade.
5. Wait for installation to complete, the player will reboot by itself after upgrade completion..

A good software developer will ensure if things stop in the middle the upgrade process shall revert back to the previous version... it is about software programming control and logic thinking..

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Added on May 14, 2011, 2:59 pmHi, there is my setting currently and I'm playing 720p currently.... yet to try the 1080p/i, I'll post my experience once I get this tested..

Network @ home:

1. LED TV connects to Router via cat5e.
1.1 HD600A connects to Router via cat5e. HD600A -> HDMI -> LED TV
2. Laptop (Win 7 Home - 64 bits) connects to Router via Wifi. Task Manager shows at high speed 117Mbps. Make sure the folder in your laptop is 'shared' to the same workgroup as the HD600A's..
3. Movie size 1168MB mkv/H.264/1280x720 25fps - Streaming to HD600A

No lags so far...

edited: forgot about HD600A's connection....added now in 1.1

This post has been edited by numbertwo: May 14 2011, 03:18 PM

the highest format media files I have are 1080i... I guess I need to torrent a bd.iso or m2ts sooner to carry the test...

noted with thanks..will try the subsequent update using the 'forced' method...

I've lost hope on getting firmware upgrade from TV manufacturer, LG and Philips are not good in that..both the LEDs that I bot haven't got any fw upgrade so far... hence I lost hope on the capability of TV playing media files and decided to go for a standalone media player...

ohh..btw..both Upnp and Network options found my media files in my laptop... I hopeful that NAS will do as well...coz I'm planning to get a NAS soon!