Comments on: Popcorn Hour Media Player

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PopcornHour vs ASRock ION 330 - iSTORYA.NET — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:53:48 +0000

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By: HDX 1000 Networked Media Tank Player | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:29:35 +0000

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By: Popcorn Hour

Popcorn Hour — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:24:44 +0000

You can surf the web using your popcorn hour using the remote control or USB keyboard

By: Datafeilen

Datafeilen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:08:06 +0000

If you think EEE box can do the same job as popcorn hour you’re wrong. Popcorn hour is a mediastreamer not a low powered pc with low specs. I’ll say they can be used together. Buy both and use Swisscenter or any other good frontend on the EEE box and stream it to the popcorn hour. In that way you use the best of two worlds. EEE box can’t show HD video, popcorn hour can..With popcorn hour you can’t surf the web from your TV, with EEE box you can.

By: Disappointment

Disappointment — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:23:52 +0000

I’d be wary of purchasing the Popcorn Hour. Mine arrived today and it’s apparently D.O.A. It really seems to be a Mickey Mouse outfit running the show.

Judging from posts on the NMT forum, I don’t think I’m the only one stuck with a piece of junk. Once I pay for all the shipping and the restocking fee, I’ll be out over $100.

You’ve been warned.

By: geljean

geljean — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:03:51 +0000

Caveat: popcornHour won’t read 2.5″ USB HDDs. I strongly recommend EEE box instead. EEE box being a full-blown PC (with sleek small-form factor), you’ll be more than assured of all digital media playability with undeniably better performance and not much difference price-wise.

By: beeps

beeps — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:15:01 +0000

CooL Gadget!

By: pdvd

pdvd — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:48 +0000

checkout this list of MKV’s at
http://forums.trendmotion.com/forums.asp?ForumId=11&TopicId=158

By: J

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:39:09 +0000

where’s the popcorn?

By: Apple TV: 40GB of pure TV fun! | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:43:28 +0000

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By: yuga

yuga — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:23:07 +0000

@jon, if you looks at the pics, the innards of the Popcorn Hour are basically the dedicated video decoder and a slot of an IDE drive. I reckon it will be the HDD that will contribute to heat coming out of the device.

By: jon

jon — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:03:09 +0000

any experiences with regards to heat? compared to a portable hdd player (MG something yung brand), based on my experience, goes really really hot after watching 1 to 3 movies. any feedback from those who already got this gadget? thanks

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:25:09 +0000

I think this gadget is a must for anyone with an HDTV and a broadband internet connection! Especially with the high costs of those HD/BlueRay Players and Discs. More importantly, it can play the MKV container format used by most HD videos today.

I don’t think size is really an issue since it is meant as a dedicated media center/NAS connected to a LAN rather than a portable player. But compared to the dvd players today it’s only about half the size. I haven’t really had problems speed-wise with the menus… maybe it’s just me but in my opinion it isn’t turtle-slow or lighting-fast smooth either.

By: vance

vance — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:04:38 +0000

Yup, that is I meant.. When they “demoed” the thing its sluggish.. it will give a headache.. that is the only down part of popcorn. Hopefully they release a new firmware to make it faster. Sayang eh.

By: yuga

yuga — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:30:45 +0000

I think what they meant about it being slow is when navigation between menus. The video playback is superb and clear, IMO.

By: Neocrep

Neocrep — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:27:19 +0000

Is it really slow? Hmmm… I/O issue on harddrive? Probably when downloading and watching movie at the same time on a 1TB drive?

By: ziGGy

ziGGy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:03:43 +0000

For me, it’s not slow and bulky. You can update the firmware regularly. It’s very handy. it only measures (length)10.5″ by (width) 5.4″ w/ thickness of about 1.3″ only. so far, i had no problems using it. very user friendly & the best value for money. all thumbs up!

By: Lyle, RN

Lyle, RN — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:28:57 +0000

Interesting. I might get one of these if the price is right.