RE: HD media player - consensus on the best?

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the idea of the Popbox is a non-hackable ready to go device.

I've gone for an A-200 as it has all functionality of the C-200 bar the
slot
for a bluray drive.

The C200 basic GUI is much better than the A-100/110 - obviously no cover
art etc. out of the box, but it list views etc. are quick



Dean.



-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gale
Sent: 31 March 2010 16:58
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HD media player - consensus on the best?

Thanks Dean,

I did read a bit about the new look UI on the Popcorn - seems to have been
a
long time coming and looks a little way off yet - few months??? C200 might
be the next step - how about the popbox, have you any thoughts on that or
is
it a cut down version technically?

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Dean Barrett
> Sent: 31 March 2010 16:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HD media player - consensus on the best?
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> Still liking my Popcornhours - A100 just keeps going though I'm using
> YAMJ and Aeon interface which is a bit of work to setup but once done
> works great.
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> C200 is great - because they both point to the same share it shows
> Aeon interface too, but only need to do one lot of media importing.
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> Obviously C200 is not long away from getting the new Flash based GUI's
> so things should pretty up real soon.
>
> I've ordered an A200 to complete my Popcorn family.
>
> Plus now that Popcorn have now opened up the web interface the C200
> integrated lovely with Control4 :)
>
> Oh Mark - there's another review there - Control4/XMBC/Popcorn Hour in
> harmony together...
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> Dean.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 31 March 2010 15:57
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: [ukha_d] HD media player - consensus on the best?
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> I guess this is impossible as everyone has their own thoughts and
> experiences on this and there are a LOT out there - but, is there a
> consensus on which hardware media players would be at the top of the
> list for quality, features and most of all UI usability?
>
> I currently have a popcorn hour (the slightly older one), which is
> great for playback except the UI sucks big time.
>
> Needs to be an off the shelf, hardware solution i.e. not Myth etc.
>
> So, any recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
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> Paul.
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