Best Media Player

Heisenberg1

I was wondering what would be the best media player to buy with

a budget of around 150e i see peats are doing an Iomega 1Tb for
150e anybody know if its any use??.. Any help would be great.

JesseCuster

My brother has an Iomega 500Gb which he is very happy with.

My advice is stay away from anthing made by Emtec - my "Movie Cube" has just stopped working for no apparent reason!

mink_man

windows

blackbetty69

itunes

Voodu Child

luzon wrote: »

I was wondering what would be the best media player to buy with

a budget of around 150e i see peats are doing an Iomega 1Tb for
150e anybody know if its any use??.. Any help would be great.

The WD TV is a popular choice in the <€100 range. It plays most formats, has HDMI and optical out, and is very simple to use. Spend the rest of your budget on an external USB drive (either 2.5" or 3.5", whichever you prefer) and away you go.

Theres a lot of generic Media Boxes around at the moment, and to be honest most of them are an unknown quantity. Most of them only support old formats like MPEG-4 Part 2 (Xvid/DivX), MPEG-2 etc.

chrism2007

i have the same question but i need a hard drive built in.

its gonna be a present for my 4 young sisters. all less than 10

so the remote needs to be fairly easy.

i was gonna just load it up with kids films / cartoons and give it to them

doesnt need network capabilities or anything. doesnt even need great connections

just has to be easy to use

Spinnaker

Just like Chris. . . need one fat box of media under the TV with a simple remote control and user interface. Oh and old AV outputs SCART etc (i know! i know ! spare room CRT TV). Recommendations anyone ?

clancyoo7

luzon wrote: »

I was wondering what would be the best media player to buy with

a budget of around 150e i see peats are doing an Iomega 1Tb for
150e anybody know if its any use??.. Any help would be great.

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_5&products_id=105082

subway

asus oplay. fantastic device. got one for my brother as an xmas present.
only one i am aware of that supports DTS downmixing
played everything i had to throw at it.

avaialble on komplett for 88eu and theres a 250 gig usb drive on ebuyer for 40 so your sorted for 128

FredH3as

The xtreamer is a good option

rolion

These boxes have HDMI connex,but are unable to play HD movies...aka mkv files !!
What good to get only for SD movies !

Get somethig that actually plays HD not only having HDMI connections but also capable of playing 'old good' mkv files !!

FredH3as

rolion wrote: »

These boxes have HDMI connex,but are unable to play HD movies...aka mkv files !!
What good to get only for SD movies !

Get somethig that actually plays HD not only having HDMI connections but also capable of playing 'old good' mkv files !!

WRONG!

From xtreamer site


mkv is supported @ 1080P!

subway

rolion wrote: »

These boxes have HDMI connex,but are unable to play HD movies...aka mkv files !!
What good to get only for SD movies !

Get somethig that actually plays HD not only having HDMI connections but also capable of playing 'old good' mkv files !!

dont post if you dont know what your talking about...

Arnold Layne

clancyoo7 wrote: »

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_5&products_id=105082

The Dane-Elec Media Players are also available in Easons. Prices are simialr when you include P&P.

On another note, what is the story with buying from 7 Day Shop now, can you be charged extra by customs as the Channel Islands are outside the EU?

docentore

Spinnaker wrote: »

Just like Chris. . . need one fat box of media under the TV with a simple remote control and user interface. Oh and old AV outputs SCART etc (i know! i know ! spare room CRT TV). Recommendations anyone ?

old xbox with xbmc will do suit you best. can be picked for less then 20quid + new bigger hard drive

rolion

subway wrote: »

dont post if you dont know what your talking about...

xtreamer looks ok,the previous as well...is very important to play mkv files as this is the format that u can use from "underground".

And if the guys needs a box only for SD,then any of them will do it tbh ! ! But why not do a future proof purchase and get a decent one,cause they can't be upgraded at a later stage..


Check the previous posting time and see a small difference in posting/editing !
rgds

Acoustic

Voodu Child wrote: »

The WD TV is a popular choice in the <€100 range. It plays most formats, has HDMI and optical out, and is very simple to use. Spend the rest of your budget on an external USB drive (either 2.5" or 3.5", whichever you prefer) and away you go.

Theres a lot of generic Media Boxes around at the moment, and to be honest most of them are an unknown quantity. Most of them only support old formats like MPEG-4 Part 2 (Xvid/DivX), MPEG-2 etc.

+1

i have one with a wd 500gb external passport drive and its fecking savage , take it anywhere and use it , im converting all my old dvds into 700mb avi's so i'll always have them there

sfag

have had good experience with the imoega screenplay 500gb and 1tb. HD is built in. small and portable.

have had bad with the imoega screenplay pro - needed other manufacturers firmware before it would play xvid and divx.

turly

Sumvision Cyclone MKV Media Player Version 2 - MKV, DIVX, ISO, RMVB, 1080P, network

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/188647 64 quid sterling (not inc shipping to Ireland)

Make sure it's V2 - V1 didn't do DTS downmixing and Network Services (YouTube etc)

That's 20-30 quid cheaper than the WD Live and Asus O!Play.

AVForums.com thread here.

Disclaimer: I don't have this, but I reckon it's a lot better than the previous-gen iStar HD Popcorn-Hour clone I have...