Re: £99 HDMI HD Media Player Bargain!?

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well it's only £99 at Amazon - twice as much elsewhere.  The
shortfalls
I mention are frustrating because they could be addressed without the
device costing very much more.  The ifo/iso one in particular is just a
software issue, and judging by the forums Netgear realise they have
messed up, and are working towards new firmware (how long it will be is
anyone's guess, though).

As for HD playback, if you're going to the trouble of making a box that
can output at 1080p, it would seem sensible to make sure it can handle
the bitrate.  The extra horsepower would put the price up of course, but
it would still be very reasonably priced.

Mal



Kenneth Watt wrote:

> > I've done a bit more reading around, and unfortunately it looks
like
> > this device has too many shortcomings to be useful.
>
> For £99 did you really expect much else?
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> K.
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