Hello everyone, sorry for my english but i'm living in a small island where we use to speak french.
Curently i've got a bdps370 and a WDTV first generation. I'm very happy with the sony exept ntfs. But the WDTV is geting older and the specifications of the 600A are interesting. My biggest problem with WDTV is the menu non recognition for dvd and the fact that i can't skeep chapter in mkv's. The other problem is that the sound through optical is very flat and without life. The picture is a litle smoother too.
My question for 600A owners is : How about picture quality on dvd Folder or ISO and mkv compared to the WDTV ?.
What about the sound quality with analog output ?
And via coax or optical outputs ?
I've seen that we can create audio playlist with the remote, and network doesn't interest me. What is really important for me is PICTURE QUALITY AND A GOOD SOUND via coaxial output.(Good sound via analog would be a plus but i'm dreaming).

Merci beaucoup for your answers.

Hello,my post wasn't in the good section. So I've got a 600A. When i skip from a chapter to another one on a mkv, it's not the good frame that is displayed. it is 1 or 2 secondes later than the good timecode of the chapter. I've got the good picture on the computer or on my blu ray player.
Have you got the same problem ?
When a mkv with 23.976 fps is playing and i display info with the remote, it says : 23.98 fps. on another one it says 23.97 fps. Is this player really 23.976 compatible ?.
Another problem is that the player don't want to play m3u playlists. Is there a way to make a music playlist on the pc that can be played by the 600A ?.
It takes so much time to make the playlist with the remote and most of the time the player doesn't answer when i want to save the playlist : so many minutes lost for nothing.
It's the first player that i have that can't play m3u playlists.
We are in 2011 and when a music is playing we cannot see the cover art. Is this serious ? even the cheapest player can do that.
No tag for flac ?.

On the second image we can see the covert art of the song that is playing at the left of the screen.
This picture come from HIMEDIA promo for HD600a. Can someone tell me how to display these covert art ?
On my 600a the square on the left of the screen is always empty when music is playing.
All audio player on windows show the embed cover art in my mp3's or flac, but nothing is displayed on the 600a.
So the picture above is a fake ?
Do they use photoshop to put the cover art on the square in this promo picture ?
Is there a special software to integrate the picture in the tag, or a special name to rename the covert art in the folder ?

Hello I've just bought a Q3 and I'm coming from an HD600a. So I've got a few issues.
I'm using the "MEDIA CENTER" in the Q3 for my music and films. I'm connected to a twonky media server.
- Chapters in mkv's doesn't work.
- Can't find a noise reduction : activate/not in the menu.
- Pictures are a little bluried when i'm watching pics.
- We cannot disabled picture transition in a slideshow.
- When I'm in Upnp mode and i'm browsing my music folder, i can not go over folder 200. Ive got 552 folders in my foreign music folder. If i click on a folder wich is after 200, it goes back to home upnp screen.
- I've just tried to play a dvd folder with the MEDIA CENTER : NO SOUND !!!!!!!!!
. All of this were perfect with the 600A.
The good
- DTS HD master in "media center" playback.
- really Good sound with analogic outpouts.

Could anyone tell me if they have the same problem when browsing in upnp mode in a folder with more than 200 folders ?.
Chapters in mkv is a real issue for me.
Chapters works in xmbc but not dts hd master.
Where is the sound with DVD Folder ?

This post has been edited by papangue974: Apr 13 2015, 12:24 AM

when i've bought the himedia Q3 to replace the 600A, i thought that i would find the same functions but with a better image quality. In fact picture quality is really better, but everything else are deceptions. The MAJOR problem is the media center :
Via USB :
* In 2015 there is still no cover art when listening to music. it's basic but it's not working here.
* when viewing pictures, it's bluried(the 600A is really crisp), it's not your camera, it's the Q3.
* Sometimes there is no sound when watching movie : you must switch off the Q3 than switch it on.

Via UPNP : BIG BIG BIG DECEPTION !!!!!!!!!
* No chapters support in mkv. The "next" button will open the next movie.
* IMPOSSIBLE to switch audio or subtitles in movies !!!!.
* IMPOSSIBLE to navigate in a folder with more than 200 sub folders : it will return to "HOME" after the 200 th.

So Himedia before a new Box, make a new firmware where we could navigate in a folder with more than 200 sub folders, skipp chapters in movies, switch audio an subtitles via upnp and add support of cover art for music via usb. picture quality in media center is a shame.

All these problems wasen't here in the 600A. The only thing that was missing was a better image quality.

Hello everyone,
I've got a HIMEDIA Q3 Quad core with the 1.0.7 firmware. I've downloaded the 1.0.9 firmware called update.zip. I've copied it on a USB key And choosen local upgrade : It tells me " No Upgrade File". Have I done something wrong or it's not the way to upgrade ?

Hello and thank you for your help. The update file was completly downloaded. I've chosen the right drive, but the box doesn't recognised the "update" file. If i try to upgrade online it says : "great you have the latest box" but it's still the 1.0.7 firmware. The Q3 is driven me mad, I've had the 600A for years, no problem. I've tried to put the "update" on different usb stick, still impossible to upgrade the firmware. Don't know what to do!!!!!!!!.

when i click on "About" on my Q3 it is written : HMD-1.0.7 2015-01-13.095327. I've downloaded several times the Q3 1.0.9 firmware, thinking it was incomplete. But my box don't want to upgrade. It says " no upgrade file". Is there a link where i couls download a working firmware for my Q3 ?

when I click on "About" on "settings" menu it says : Model Number : Q3四核.2002. I'm living in a french island, but i don't know wich model is mine.

Hello everyone. Yesterday, after 2 years of attempt to upgrade my Q3 quadcore model, i've been able to find one update that was working for my himedia. the firmware is called : update_qualcore_Q3.zip. But it's a 2015 firmware. My Q3 is a chinese model i supposed cause " update_qualcore_Q3_en.zip " does not work for me. My biggest problem with my Q3 is the fact that i cannot change audio stream and subtitle in the media center when i'm in UPNP mode. Everything is OK by USB. The media center is where i've got the best image quality. Kodi is not as good mostly with 720p video. Is there a firmware after mine(HMD-1.0.9 2015-06-16) wich solve this probleme ?. Or is there a link that is working where i could download the lastest firmware for my Q3 ?(chinese version). Thanks. My seller has never answered me for a new firmware.

This post has been edited by papangue974: Jan 27 2017, 03:58 PM

Thanks a lot dwRK, i've been able to upgrade to 3.0.2 firmware with this site. But the problem is still there : It's impossible to choose the audio language and the subtitles in movies in the "media center" when i'm in UPNP mode. There is also the fact that it's impossible to navigate in a folder containing more than 200 subfolders. when i choose folder n° 201, the players exit the "media center".
Can somebody tell me me if with the new himedia they can change the audio of a movie in UPNP mode in the media center ?.
With the 600a it was working perfectly.