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05-08-2008, 01:45 PM
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Popcorn Hour A110 - New Model - Group Buy opportunity?
Hi
I just noticed that a new Popcorn Hour network media player has been released (Link: Welcome To Popcorn Hour). The new model (Popcorn Hour A-110) is an enhanced version of the popular A-100 model adding support for 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD and USB Slave functionality to improve connectivity and transfer rates.
Other changes include HDMI updated to the 1.3a spec, allowing full support of HD Audio pass-through for DTS HD-HR, DTS HD-MA, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD. The ports on the device have also been reconfigured, with a USB port moved to the rear panel, optical S/PDIF replacing the co-axial S/PDIF and a hardware reset button to allow for easier use of the device.
I'd like to get one of these in place of my Snazio network media player and was wondering if any members of the Forum would be interested in getting together and attempting a group buy of this unit. The advertised price is US$215 (plus shipping I presume, because there isn't an Australian agent listed on their website.
If those folks who are interested in doing a group buy can add a comment in this topic and if there is enough interest I'll look into it.
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05-08-2008, 01:57 PM
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Location: Melbourne (back in the midst of Thecal matter)
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I'd be up for that I think. I am tossing up between something like this and one of the Pioneer DVD players that has a USB input. What sort of $$ would we be looking at all up do you recon?
-Bez
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05-08-2008, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bljpoad
What sort of $$ would we be looking at all up do you recon?
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I can only guess, at the moment US$215 = approximately AU$233 so I'd imagine it would be less than AU$300 including airmail postage, I'd pay that to get one of these. I imagine there would be a significant mark-up on that $215 if we had to go through an agent!
The website indicates a $49 pack and post cost, bring total to US$264 ...
Last edited by iSilver; 05-08-2008 at 03:03 PM.
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05-08-2008, 03:31 PM
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put me down as a 'tentative' at this stage then  It looks good, but for ~$300 it may be better (for me) to put this towards some sort of HDD DVD recorder. Decisions decisions! LOL!
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01-11-2008, 09:16 AM
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I would be interested in a group buy...
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01-11-2008, 09:49 AM
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Hell yes! I've been looking at one of these for ages.
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01-11-2008, 10:56 AM
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Do they do wireless networking? I am curious as to how they work on a network. Would we have to cable the machine to the TV and PC?
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05-11-2008, 11:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DebB
Do they do wireless networking? I am curious as to how they work on a network. Would we have to cable the machine to the TV and PC?
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They don't have wireless networking built in, only wired. You can use a wireless bridge like the aiport extreme to connect it to Wifi
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05-11-2008, 02:28 PM
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There is also a USB Wireless NIC that can be hooked up to the USB ports. Only a few models are supported from memory.
I have the A100 and it's really good. Only thing is that it gets hot with a harddrive inside but I've since removed the harddrive and now stream everything over the network. One of the few devices that supports MKV containers. Plays 1080p H264 stuff without a hitch. Only thing that it struggled on was a video where the bitrate went up to about 60-70MB/s.
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05-11-2008, 02:30 PM
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That's why I want one, for MKV support. I'm sick of running it through VisualHub for 1-2 hrs
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06-11-2008, 07:51 PM
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Im interested if it is a good enough price.
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06-11-2008, 08:24 PM
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Wow - that gives the AppleTV a spanking.
looks great, too bad itll cost more than $400 now with the exchange rate.
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06-11-2008, 09:03 PM
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Location: Melbourne (back in the midst of Thecal matter)
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Yeah, back in Aug they looked ok price wise, but now I am not so sure! At the time iSilver and myself were the only ones interested, I opted out, maybe iSilver can let us know how theirs is going?
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07-11-2008, 10:13 AM
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Location: Brisbane
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I stumbled across this site the other day which seems to have a reasonable price if anyone is interested.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the site in any way, nor have I ever bought anything from them. In fact, I'd never heard of them before they appeared in a Google ad. |
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07-11-2008, 12:15 PM
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Hmm, media players and more offer "competative discounts and special shipping offers with a minimum order starting at just 5 units"...
Are people still keen? Would be nice to get from an Australian supplier...
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