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Hi all, Apologies for this being another "Which media player? Not only do they contain current information about the development of the Popcorn Hour units, but are invaluable for finding common solutions to problems, tutorials, tips, compatibility lists, firmware update details, etc.
Once the lid was off, we had to unscrew four screws to remove the 3. Another four screws later had the drive cage detached and before we knew it, we were ready to start adding hardware. First in was the 2. This was followed by sliding the Blu-Ray drive over the top of the HDD inside the newly vacant drive cage. All in all, the installation was a doddle — Really.
Once all the new hardware was screwed in and connected, we plugged the C into the mains and fired her up. And the C did not disappoint — After about forty seconds, the new Popcorn Hour home menu appeared on our Kuro.
Too easy. The onscreen menu system is different to the A but at the same time pretty much the same. The near identical menu options made setting up the C very easy and after a few minutes, we managed to add some network shares so as to give the unit something to stream from.
All our tests seemed to indicate that the C was able to play back all formats of the previous models. While the odd file from a supported format might not play, the only format that we have encountered that simply refused to play at all are Flash Video FLV files. To give Blu-Ray a run we tried out our purchased copy of as well as Land of the Lost and Babylon AD which we rented from our local video store. The audio on the discs was downmixed to stereo without issue to our rapidly ageing Dolby Digital only receiver.
There was some strange audio moreover lack thereof during the Blu-Ray title menus, but the actual features themselves played flawlessly. To change the DVD region a specific key combination needed to be entered in the Settings screen.
If you needed proof the NMT wiki was useful, this was the only place we found the information needed to set the DVD region. Once the region was set, we tried a variety of discs which all worked flawlessly. All discs tested were Australian Region 4 discs. High Definition picture quality was exactly what you would expect — Excellent. The image on our plasma was as stunning as any p picture has been — In fact, probably better. Irrespective of the codecs involved, the image was always bright and silky smooth.
As a media server, the C performed much like the A — despite its upgraded Ethernet port See Perpetual Beta below. We transferred and streamed files via samba and found everything to be in line with our experiences with the A, in that no stuttering or slowdown was encountered, even when playing high bit rate p MKV files. As with the previous models, the C also features a raft of extraneous functions. Despite the decent range and aesthetic presentation of these services, their implementation is quite clunky.
On the Popcorn Hour, accessing the weather requires a lot of effort and patience. Case in point: In our two years of using Popcorn Hour units, not once have we ventured into these sections other than to test their functionality.
Select Properties to view details about each device. It will be listed under the 'Ethernet Configuration' heading. To manually adjust the settings for the NMT applications, goto the Setup page. To do this:. Windows can help you connect to a shared network folder and assign a drive letter to the connection so that you can access the folder using My Computer.
When the unit is idle or in Browser mode, it will immediately switch the internal HDD to make. Remove the 2 screws located at the front of the device near the rubber pads, then remove the 3 screws located at the back of the device at the protruding ledge. Step 5 2. Now flip the tray over along with the HDD. Screw in all 4 sockets.
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