Popcorn hour devices are nice too. I have the A100 and am getting ready to
pick up another one the A200. what makes them nice is that when you add an
internal hdd or external usb hdd. you can just use them as nas devices on
your network instead of having to drag that usb drive back to your computer
just to copy more video files to them.
I love the power in these things and they play just about any file I through
at them.
ymmv,
-Francisco
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On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
> Bino,
>
> The best I can say is to read the 'one star' reviews of this device on
> Amazon. There are 25 reviews, 6 of them are 1 star. The reason you read
> them is to see if the complaint is petty 'user interface is lame' or if it
> might be serious 'when it resumes it plays back at rapid speed'. This way
> you can tell what you're about to get and if you can live with it. I don't
> think I've ever learned anything from a 5 star review, unless all of them
> are, then you have a winner!
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 7/8/2010 1:11 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:
>
>> Hey guys, so I guess I'm getting persnickety in my "old-age" (I use that
>> term loosely, k? :P).
>>
>>
>>
>> But dealing with computers and tech stuff all the time has meant that I
>> have little patience for futzing around with stuff and wanting to tweak
>> things and mess with all the details and whatnot-I mean I still do it when
>> needed, but I don't go out and look for it, and avoid it if I can...
>>
>>
>>
>> So I'm not so into building the PC-I'll just buy it all ready to go and
>> hope it has as few problems as possible (there are still always some that
>> need work).
>>
>>
>> Similarly, while I could build a HTPC for my HT to play any video files
>> (for missed TV shows and all that), I'd like to avoid that as much as
>> possible, as long as I can get something that'll do the job with minimal
>> fuss. Sadly, I've lacked the ability to do this (play PC video files
>> easily), and have to manually connect my laptop via VGA to my Samsung 60"
>> DLP whenever I want to play files of stuff I've missed, so it's a bit of a
>> PITA...
>>
>>
>>
>> But then I came across this:
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MVZ60I/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk
>>
>>
>>
>> The WD TV Live Plus! The reviews are really great for something this
>> simple, and it sounds like it'll play just about any format of video file
>> from my PC w/o me having to futz with dl'ing codecs and all that (and even
>> plays .iso files directly with DVD menus too!).
>>
>>
>>
>> So is this the device I want-the one "true" device?! :P I figure a few
>> other people here must've looked into things like this, especially to keep
>> it simple for wives/GFs. ;) I keep hearing the "POPCORN" mentioned in the
>> reviews, but apparently it's vaporware. And at $120 shipped from Amazon in
>> 2 days (I have Prime), I'm ready to pull the trigger, but figured I'd check
>> with the collective for thoughts first...
>>
>>
>> So any opinions, thoughts, shares regarding this device and the
>> state-of-the-art in this area (or recommendations for better devices) are
>> much appreciated. Thanks all!
>>
>>
>>
>> BINO
>>
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