iBood - Popcorn Hour A400 - €200

Mountjoy Mugger

About 100 cheaper than usual. I suppose most have got their own favourite by now.

http://www.ibood.com/ie/en/

vicwatson

Wouldn't it be great if ibood and the likes actually explained WHAT THIS DOES !!!?

Brand: Popcorn Hour
Type: A-400
3D media player
Maximum resolution: 1080p
Audio / Video Outputs: Stereo analog audio, component video, composite video, HDCP 1.2 content protection, HDMI v1.3a, S-Video, S / PDIF Optical Digital Audio, S / PDIF Coaxial Digital Audio
OSD: English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Supported video codecs: DivX, XviD, MKV, WMV9, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, H.264, VC-1
Video Containers: MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V), MPEG1 / 2 PS (M2P, MPG), MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV), MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
Supported audio codecs: Dolby Digital, DTS, FLAC, LPCM, MP1, MP2, MP3, Vorbis, WMA, WMA Pro, MPEG-4 AAC-LC, MPEG-4 HE-AAC, MPEG-4 BSAC
Containters Audio: AAC, M4A, MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA), WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG
Audio pass through: DTS, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus
Picture formats: BMP, POISON, JPEG, PNG
Other formats: ISO, IFO, AVCHD navigation, Simple BD navigation
Subtitles: MicroDVD, SRT, SSA, SUB, SUB / IDX
Memory: 512MB DDR2 DRAM, 256MB NAND Flash
Chipset: Sigma Designs SMP8647
Connectivity: Bonjour, UPnP SSDP, UPnP AV, Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player NSS, SMB, NFS, BitTorrent P2P, NAS access: SMB, NFS, FTP
Interface: 1x USB 2.0 host at the back 1x USB 2.0 host at the front
Network: 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Wireless LAN (WLAN) Optional
Power: 12V DC, 3A
Hard Drive Bay: 2.5 "or 3.5"
Bus hard disk (internal): SATA-300
In the box: AC Adapter with socket, HDMI cable, eSATA cable, USB 3.0 slave cable, remote control (batteries included), Quick Start Guide
Warranty: 2 years
The expected shipping date of this product is 3 September 2013

brokenarms

vicwatson wrote: »

Wouldn't it be great if ibood and the likes actually explained WHAT THIS DOES !!!?

Brand: Popcorn Hour
Type: A-400
3D media player
Maximum resolution: 1080p
Audio / Video Outputs: Stereo analog audio, component video, composite video, HDCP 1.2 content protection, HDMI v1.3a, S-Video, S / PDIF Optical Digital Audio, S / PDIF Coaxial Digital Audio
OSD: English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Supported video codecs: DivX, XviD, MKV, WMV9, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, H.264, VC-1
Video Containers: MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V), MPEG1 / 2 PS (M2P, MPG), MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV), MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
Supported audio codecs: Dolby Digital, DTS, FLAC, LPCM, MP1, MP2, MP3, Vorbis, WMA, WMA Pro, MPEG-4 AAC-LC, MPEG-4 HE-AAC, MPEG-4 BSAC
Containters Audio: AAC, M4A, MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA), WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG
Audio pass through: DTS, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus
Picture formats: BMP, POISON, JPEG, PNG
Other formats: ISO, IFO, AVCHD navigation, Simple BD navigation
Subtitles: MicroDVD, SRT, SSA, SUB, SUB / IDX
Memory: 512MB DDR2 DRAM, 256MB NAND Flash
Chipset: Sigma Designs SMP8647
Connectivity: Bonjour, UPnP SSDP, UPnP AV, Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player NSS, SMB, NFS, BitTorrent P2P, NAS access: SMB, NFS, FTP
Interface: 1x USB 2.0 host at the back 1x USB 2.0 host at the front
Network: 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Wireless LAN (WLAN) Optional
Power: 12V DC, 3A
Hard Drive Bay: 2.5 "or 3.5"
Bus hard disk (internal): SATA-300
In the box: AC Adapter with socket, HDMI cable, eSATA cable, USB 3.0 slave cable, remote control (batteries included), Quick Start Guide
Warranty: 2 years
The expected shipping date of this product is 3 September 2013

Its what it says it is.
Pricy though.

sweetie

More information
The Popcorn Hour A-400 is the first 3D media player that works with the brand new 8911 SMP processor from Sigma Designs. This clocked at 800 MHz dual-core processor, supports the Popcorn Hour A-400 including H.264 Multiview Coding (MVC), Blu-Ray 3D, 3D MKV and almost all 2D video formats. Older footage and images of poor quality due to the VPX Video Engine polished and sent in the highest possible quality of the Popcorn Hour A-400 to your Full HD television. Through the network you can easily access all your downloaded movies and series play, but a hard drive mounted in the Popcorn Hour A-400 is also possible. On the side of the Popcorn Hour A-400 is namely an opening so in no time a hard drive in shifts. You can then packed up over the network or from a USB stick or external hard drive with video files. You can easily navigate through the library of the Popcorn Hour A-400 with your iPad. Here you have only the NMJ Navigator app for iOS needed. You can even use your iPad as a 2nd screen. So you always enjoy high quality movies and series!

drunkmonkey

It's about the cost of 3 years usa neflix subscription, do you really need to have all your movies on a drive anymore?

beauf

drunkmonkey wrote: »

It's about the cost of 3 years usa neflix subscription, do you really need to have all your movies on a drive anymore?

That would depend on your broadband....

griffdaddy

Just get an android mini pc for a fraction of the price

eringobragh

griffdaddy wrote: »

Just get an android mini pc for a fraction of the price

or a raspberry pi

nxbyveromdwjpg

I like the wifi element but it doesnt seem to come with an internal hard drive.

Am I right in thinking you'd need to buy a drive as well? F*ck that

slegs

Raspberry PI with XBMC connecting to a NAS drive is better most other Media Centre Solutions for < 33% price (and i have tried most of them). And XBMC is open source software improving everyday.

PI with XBMC has never failed to play a format for me..

beauf

I think the day of Popcorn boxes is gone tbh. If you do use a disk something like a Pi, does much the same job. Or a smart TV if you have one. Doesn't need any media boxes. My TV seems to have an issue with subtitles in MKV's though. How is the PI with XBMC with subtitles in mkvs?

slegs

beauf wrote: »

I think the day of Popcorn boxes is gone tbh. If you do use a disk something like a Pi, does much the same job. Or a smart TV if you have one. Doesn't need any media boxes. My TV seems to have an issue with subtitles in MKV's though. How is the PI with XBMC with subtitles in mkvs?

Perfect - takes all the known subtitle formats

slave1

drunkmonkey wrote: »

...do you really need to have all your movies on a drive anymore?

Oh yeah, 19TB in my HTPC and counting, 20gig+ HD files add up