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Android media players?

  • 04-04-2012 6:20pm
    #1
    seanp_25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 230 ✭✭


    Any thoughts on this Cotton Candy device?
    http://www.gizmag.com/fxi-cotton-candy/20548/

    I was looking for something which has HDMI output and will play 720p videos from a USB drive (or from a network drive with WiFi would be a bonus).

    Starting looking at the latest Popcorn Hour but it seems very big and expensive, when something like this looks like it will do what I'm looking for. It will probably do YouTube as well it's Android based.

    Surely there will be a lot more devices along the lines of the Cotton Candy later this year and in 2013 (another one like it here, but with less features: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/always-innovating-hdmi-dongle-android-tv-video/ )

    Do they have a serious disadvantage compared with Popcorn Hour-type devices that I'm missing?


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  • #2
    multimate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭multimate


    seanp_25 wrote: »
    Any thoughts on this Cotton Candy device?
    http://www.gizmag.com/fxi-cotton-candy/20548/

    I was looking for something which has HDMI output and will play 720p videos from a USB drive (or from a network drive with WiFi would be a bonus).

    Starting looking at the latest Popcorn Hour but it seems very big and expensive, when something like this looks like it will do what I'm looking for. It will probably do YouTube as well it's Android based.

    Surely there will be a lot more devices along the lines of the Cotton Candy later this year and in 2013 (another one like it here, but with less features: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/always-innovating-hdmi-dongle-android-tv-video/ )

    Do they have a serious disadvantage compared with Popcorn Hour-type devices that I'm missing?

    my friend has one and says its very good. i think they'll b releasing new versions in q3/4 2012?


  • #3
    seanp_25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 230 ✭✭seanp_25


    multimate wrote: »
    my friend has one and says its very good. i think they'll b releasing new versions in q3/4 2012?

    He has a small Android based media player? Do you know which one?


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