[prestonyuen]

Sorry for the late preview guys. Here it is:

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[HopkinsProgramming]

This looks neat! Let us know how it goes!

[TL6MT]

Nice Preston - let us know how it is. Is it network capable?

[chconline]

It's not, but it's only $60 USD. It should be a very simple embedded Linux based system, equipped with 2 USB host ports along with a media card reader -- so basically it is a no-frills HD capable media player. Should offer excellent value for what you get; and for most users it should be quite a viable solution especially if you don't have an advanced home network like me.

From the website, the interface looks fairly acceptable too.

[prestonyuen]

TL6MT, on 01 August 2010 - 06:26 PM, said:

Nice Preston - let us know how it is. Is it network capable?

I wish it was, but then again, I got a bunch of movies, and streaming it to my PS3 doesn't seem like such a good idea. I'll most likely be getting an additional external HDD to store all that and have it connected to the MPLAY-HD.

[chconline]

It should also work with SD cards, USB flash drives, etc. You get 2 USB 2.0 host ports, and digital outputs include HDMI, and both TOSLINK interfaces, which is pretty darn good for a $60 device.

Also:

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The MPLAY-HD is a true next generation digital video device with broad video/audio codec and file format support at up to 1080p and 40-80mbps. The following is a brief summary, please see the Specifications tab for full details:
- Video Files: MKV, AVI, MP4, MOV, XVID, TS, M2TS, RM, RMVB, DAT, MPG, MPEG, VOB
- Video Codecs: H.264/AVC BP/MP/HiP L4.1,MPEG1/2/4, DivX/Xvid, Real Video
- Audio Files: MP3, WMA, WAV, RM, OGG, AAC, M4A, FLAC, APE
- Audio Codecs: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AAC, FLAC, APE, PCM, DTS, AC3, RA, AMR
- Photo Files: JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF
- Subtitle: SUB, ASS, SRT, SSA, SMI, IDX+SUB
- Other: DVD VIDEO_TS with menu

[shc-boomer]

Looks like this supports all the common codecs and formats, this will certainly make for an interesting review.

[prestonyuen]

Guess that'll be more work on my side to make this good.

[chconline]

Well, at least you don't need to benchmark its network performance, haha.

[shc-boomer]

chconline, on 03 August 2010 - 07:15 AM, said:

Well, at least you don't need to benchmark its network performance, haha.

Yes, I am pretty sure the network feature would also be quite slow at this price point.

[TL6MT]

chconline, on 01 August 2010 - 08:09 PM, said:

It's not, but it's only $60 USD. It should be a very simple embedded Linux based system, equipped with 2 USB host ports along with a media card reader -- so basically it is a no-frills HD capable media player. Should offer excellent value for what you get; and for most users it should be quite a viable solution especially if you don't have an advanced home network like me.

From the website, the interface looks fairly acceptable too.

Oh, I see - but $60 compared to $100 for everything else.

[shift]

TL6MT, on 04 August 2010 - 12:14 PM, said:

Oh, I see - but $60 compared to $100 for everything else.

The ASUS O!Play was on sale @ NCIX for 69.99 after MIR last week. Should be interesting how this "no-frills" media player performs. Aesthetically it doesn't look all that bad though.

[prestonyuen]

Speaking of aesthetics, here's a picture that I will be using:

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[TL6MT]

Is it just me or is it really stretched?
edit: Never mind clicked for original. Actually Preston just do this:

This post has been edited by TL6MT: 06 August 2010 - 12:42 PM

[shc-boomer]

That photo looks great, makes me feel like the only staff member without an DSLR...

[prestonyuen]

So... I have come to a road block in my reviews Micca has apparently stalled me from doing any work on their media players. The MPLAY-HD has stalled at the update screen, while the MPLAY has a blacked out screeen on me Talking about luck eh?

[chconline]

Ehh? I will follow up on that tomorrow; got your email haha.

[TL6MT]

It got bricked on firmware update?

[Big Bang]

prestonyuen, on 07 August 2010 - 11:29 PM, said:

So... I have come to a road block in my reviews Micca has apparently stalled me from doing any work on their media players. The MPLAY-HD has stalled at the update screen, while the MPLAY has a blacked out screeen on me Talking about luck eh?

They just died?

[prestonyuen]

Micca wanted me to review the products with the latest firmware.

Whenever I try to update the MPLAY-HD, freezes at the update screen. First time around, I thought that it would take a while to update, so I left it on for 4-5 hours straight, but it was still sitting at less than 5%. So then I wondered if I had done something wrong myself, so I consulted my manual for instructions, but that didn't help that much, if at all. Google-ing it doesn't help either.

MPLAY "was" working fine until it was about 50% into installation of the firmware. Then my screen went black. I thought it was my TV because it already had some slight issues, but later found out that something inside the MPLAY must have blown. I've checked the wires that connected it to my TV, but that wasn't the case.