On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 03:13:11PM -0400, Brian Weeden wrote:
> No Wi-fi either so it will only work in networked setups. But after
> struggling with streaming video over Wi-Fi for the last 6 months I can
> understand why they left that off.
Duh :)
> As far as Gigabit LAN, not sure why that wasn't included. Maybe it was a
> Linux support issue - the thing uses an embedded kernel, not sure what
> version.
Cause it is likely that you don't have any hi def videos @ > 25Mbit.
> As I said I've run 720p AVI files from it (42 minutes, 1.2 GB file size) and
> it worked flawlessly. My TV is a native 720p box so I'm happy. If and when
> we upgrade to a 1080p set then I will have to probably reconsider, but
> supposedly the box will do 1080p.
I wonder what the max bitrate h.264 it will play, I know the appletv plays
'720p'
as well, but @ <= 4Mbit which kinda sucks. Any details? Test any good 8G blu
ray rips?
> It can connect to any sort of external NAS and also has 2 USB 2.0 ports to
> connect devices. The box will operate as a NAS itself for any drives
> attached to those ports and even has a built-in BitTorrent server which is
> like an added bonus. Also looks like it supports DVD playback from an
> external drive attached to the USB ports, haven't tried that yet.
Hmmm interesting. Does bit torrent bog it down?
> More than exceeds my expectations for $250.
$179 in the US :)
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Bryan G. Seitz
