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HDD media player

  • 07-11-2006 11:13am
    #1
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,115 ✭✭✭✭


    anyone got experience of this:
    http://tinyurl.com/ybzzkc
    of similar products

    getting a bit fed up of burning divx's onto CD so I can watch them on my TV - looking for an easier solution.


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  • #2
    DinoBot
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭DinoBot


    loyatemu wrote:
    anyone got experience of this:
    http://tinyurl.com/ybzzkc
    of similar products

    getting a bit fed up of burning divx's onto CD so I can watch them on my TV - looking for an easier solution.

    I bought about 3 different type hard-drive players. They are great, no more burning DVD's completly upgradable, USB2 downloads. And small enough to bring with you if your going travelling to just plug it in and you have all your movies. Great for the kids :-)

    But I also got one similiar to the one on ebay. Not that good. Alot of ghosting on the screen.

    I got this one, and is by far the best :-) But a little expensive. 150 euros without harddrive. But worth every penny. Has 5.1 surround sound output so it connects to your 5.1 system. Sound and picture is top notch!!! They are the future. I cant belive people are still burning DVD's :-)

    http://www.iamm.co.kr/eng/product/ntd25/ntd25.php


  • #3
    bertisevil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭bertisevil


    Lidl have a dvd player going today for €50. USB2.0 for memory sticks, plays divx etc. and all the usual bits and bobs. Might be worth looking at for €50 you can't go wrong.


  • #4
    revileandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 396 ✭✭revileandy


    I got this one on E-Bay for about €40 incl delivery, no hard disk supplied

    http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110059779774

    I fitted in a small 5gb drive from an old laptop and it's the business!

    I'll upgrade to a bigger hard drive when I have a few quid


  • #5
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,115 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    revileandy wrote:
    I got this one on E-Bay for about €40 incl delivery, no hard disk supplied

    http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110059779774

    I fitted in a small 5gb drive from an old laptop and it's the business!

    I'll upgrade to a bigger hard drive when I have a few quid

    hi andy

    a few questions...

    whats the picture quality like?
    does it display full filenames?
    does it play all divx & xvid you've tried?
    is it noisy when its on?

    thanks.


  • #6
    bigduff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭bigduff


    get your self a second hand xbox, softmod it and put xbmc on it, its all youll ever need for any type of media

    XBMC


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  • #7
    revileandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 396 ✭✭revileandy


    hi andy

    a few questions...

    whats the picture quality like?
    does it display full filenames?
    does it play all divx & xvid you've tried?
    is it noisy when its on?

    thanks.

    The AV cable you get with it is just a 3 phono plug cable, so the picture is probably not as good as on a pc but it's still pretty good.

    It has a full menu interface, showing you the full filename of whatever you have on the drive - complete with remote control.

    It has played any avi's I tried, not sure if they were encoded with Divx or xvid, but they played fine.

    it makes some noise of course, nothing major. I only noticed the noise when I had it plugged into my pc and there was no other room noise. when i was playing back through my tv I didn't notice any noise.

    There is also VGA out on this so if you ahd an LCD tv with this type of connection I'm sure the picture quality would be even better.


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