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jask
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Great review! but WTH? no volume control? I wouldn't mind DVD menus for chapters but not having it isn't a dealbreaker.. not sure how this would work for episodic discs unless I broke them up.
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ecrabb
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Location: Utah
TV/Projector: JVC RS40, Epson 5010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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You're kidding about the volume control, I assume...
As for the DVD nav issue, from the sounds of Wombat's post a few posts back, that seems to be resolved (or soon will be)...
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greg_mitch
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:43 am Post subject: |
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I think the volume comes from someone comparing this to an HTPC. I use the volume in W7 all the time.
It is nice for living rooms that don't have universal remotes.
Although for the theater that feature is a non-issue.
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greg_mitch
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Any updates on usability Adam?
I have relocated the Xbox from DVD duty in my daughters room because we got a Kinect for Christmas...now she wants to watch movies in her room again.
I was thinking that I would rather make ISOs of her crappy kids DVDs so she doesnt ruin them in one week and just either stream them or put them on 1 TB drive on her dresser with a WDTV Live Plus (for netflix).
I also saw that Seagate has their little Theater+ streamer which includes Netflix (basic form) for only $49!
Just wondering if they are actually usable over longer review periods.
Thanks!
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bbfarmht
Joined: 27 May 2006
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Location: Where the Mississippi runs east to west!!
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I downloaded all of the files I needed for Mikes Another EAC3to GUI Plus this week. I am working through the process to get this functional. Hopefully I can test on the wd box and should have some updates this weekend.
Like I told Mike I am on a warpath to try and get some projects finished this is one of them.
I haven't been working on this because I really couldn't until it got cold. With the holidays I was too busy, but have time now. I need 3 more of me with less A.D.D. 
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greg_mitch
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Awww man...I gave you 4 months! 
j/k I know how it goes. Let me know whenever you get around to playing with it some more.
I would be curious on your opinion for using this in a kids room.
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Bucketfoot
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I've had an ASUS O!Play (that is connected to my server) setup in our kids playroom for about 9 months and it has worked great for them. Before this there were always DVD cases (and often DVDs) strewn across the floor, and now it's just Wii games & cases all over the floor 
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greg_mitch
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| Bucketfoot wrote: | | I've had an ASUS O!Play (that is connected to my server) setup in our kids playroom for about 9 months and it has worked great for them. Before this there were always DVD cases (and often DVDs) strewn across the floor, and now it's just Wii games & cases all over the floor |
Well...there is a solution for that as well!
Thanks for the review.
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bbfarmht
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| greg_mitch wrote: | Awww man...I gave you 4 months!
j/k I know how it goes. Let me know whenever you get around to playing with it some more.
I would be curious on your opinion for using this in a kids room. |
One of the wdtvs that I picked up is intended for the kids room. Just like Bucketfoot we have dvds all over the place. Plus on a 2 terabyte drive you can have all of the kids dvds. I am handing over the remote to my 6 year old daughter tonight to get her input. I don't see her having any problems using it.
I also just tried the "DESPICABLE ME" that I ripped last night. I still don't have the rip process down, as I have video but no audio. I still watched some of the video, looked very good. As soon as I can get the hang of using the software I am sure that this will be a very good option to the popcornhour player.
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ecrabb
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Yeah, my buddy has the hack on his Wii and has 50 or 60 games loaded on it... No discs or cases anywhere!
I'll be interested in hearing how this goes, too... I still want a network media player, but just can't pull the trigger on anything... For one thing, I just can't decide where I want to store everything. But over Christmas, I did run across the Verbatim MediaShare that looks exactly like what I want!
http://www.verbatim.com/prod/hard-drives/home-network-drives/mediashare-sku-97159
Not only does it do all the usual media tank stuff, but it has some neat online connectivity features, a nice backup utility (connect external drive and backup to it), and in addition to DLNA, it will act as an iTunes server. It was on sale for $120 last week on Buy.com, but I decided to wait awhile because I don't have time to mess with it right now$150 on Amazon. I'm thinking MediaShare in the telcom "closet", and WDTV HD to connect to it.
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