Hd2 Tips Tricks Watch Your Movies Using The Htc Media Player – A.C.Ryan PlayOn!HD2 – First Realtek 1185 Media Streamer in the wild! by Ganesh T S on Feb 14, 2011 5:50 am EST
After CES 2011 we had written about A.C.Ryan trying to enter the US market with their new product range. One of the products we covered in the write-up was the second generation PlayOn!HD2, an updated version of their flagship product from last year. While the first generation product was based on the Realtek 1073DD chipset, the second generation is based on the Realtek 1185DD.
Hd2 Tips Tricks Watch Your Movies Using The Htc Media Player
In order to give A.C.Ryan feedback before the devices reach consumers’ hands, we chose to go for a prototype review device. A.C.Ryan sent us their top configuration, the ACR-PV73700-2TB. This model has a 2TB Samsung hard drive with the base unit and will have an MSRP of $289 when it launches later this month.
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A.C.Ryan warned us that the device we received was a prototype and although the hardware was final, the firmware that came with the device was not. We didn’t expect the streamer to work wonders right out of the box, but that didn’t stop us from plugging the device into our streamer test bed.
One of the main concerns with the PlayOn!HD2 platform’s specifications was the absence of any mention of DTS-HD audio downmix or bitstreaming. We were also suspicious of the claimed BD-ISO playback.
Right after connecting the box, I tried playing some MKV and M2TS files with DTS-HD MA audio. Bitstreaming the HD audio worked without any problems! Like many other media streamers, there is no official support for DTS-HD audio. However, that does not prevent the streamer from handling it within the constraints set by the user’s setup and the license agreements in place. In this context, the WDTV series is the odd one out, refusing to support DTS-HD bitstreaming. Other licensees believe that a license is only necessary to decode and downmix the HD audio and not for bitstreaming. We believe this is correct, since the end user has already paid the license fees for decoding DTS-HD audio when purchasing the AV receiver.
Anyway, coming back to the PlayOn!HD2, we tried to take a closer look at the claimed BD-ISO support. While both BD-ISOs and folder structures played the movie, support is still in the form of BD-Lite, that is, A.C.Ryan’s own menu instead of the BD-J enabled one. There are still some tweaks needed for titles with branching structures, and other areas where the firmware may need some improvement. We have informed A.C.Ryan about the same. A detailed review of the functionality enabled by the firmware will come later.
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But when we were given an exclusive, we couldn’t resist publishing an overview of the hardware platform right away. First, we’ll take a look at the unboxing experience, after which we’ll cover the internal hardware platform in detail.
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We spent some time at HTC’s booth here at MWC and learned a few new details about the Media Link HD. Like its predecessor, the HTC Media Link, it acts as a simple DLNA receiver if your TV doesn’t support it. The HD version adds some extra HTC touches, including the ability to stream DRM-wrapped movies from the HTC Watch movie service. HTC says it’s having to put together a proprietary solution to get around the fact that DLNA doesn’t support DRM for streaming video, not to mention Sense 4.0’s ability to stream a video while still using the phone to do other things thing. tasks. HTC may open up the protocol to other app developers so they can support that feature.
It’s not entirely clear what wireless protocol HTC uses to stream content when it’s not using DLNA, so we’ll have to wait until it’s released to get a better picture (so to speak). Unfortunately, the Media Link HD wasn’t yet ready enough to be shown off at HTC’s booth, and there’s no solid release date.
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You can check out Media Link HD in action from our hands-on with the HTC One X, below. Here comes the buzz word for super phones again. Google started it with their self-proclaimed super phone, the Nexus One, and since then the best smartphones with killer specs have been named. The HTC HD2 undeniably fits into this category with its triple play of an impressive 4.3-inch capacitive multi-touch screen, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and a sleek design that inspires gadget lust. We first reviewed the HD2 in December when it was released overseas minus US 3G. It was available from importers as an unlocked GSM phone. For the full lowdown on HD2, please read our first review as we won’t repeat everything here.
Today we’re looking at the T-Mobile US version of the HTC HD2, and it’s even better thanks to 3G HSDPA and excellent additional software. It’s not often that a carrier makes a phone better with bundled software, and T-Mobile is one of the few that doesn’t load up its high-end phones with bloatware, but rather adds apps that enhance the device’s experience. The core software and operating system remain the same as the foreign version: Windows Mobile 6.5 with HTC’s Sense UI on top. Sense is the latest evolution of TouchFLO 3D, and those of you who have used TouchFLO 3D HTC phones will feel right at home. HTC has added features like Footprints (geo-tagged photo travelogue), Twitter, even longer range, better weather and more. They’ve all but eradicated the standard Windows Mobile UI, and for most people, that’s a good thing. Windows Mobile is a very robust and powerful operating system, but the user interface has been outdated for many years. HTC has replaced so much of the user interface that you will rarely see the old WinMo look. Because they’re damn good people, HTC has managed to make Sense faster with each revision too, so it doesn’t slow down the smartphone. The HD2’s 1GHz CPU also helps keep things snappy, although we did notice occasional pauses and lags lasting a second or two on a regular basis. Alas, it’s WinMo, it stops thinking once in a while.
Although the HD2 has a 4.3″ touchscreen (the largest available on a phone), it looks like a large but not brick-like device. HTC’s designers did an impressive job of making the phone as small as possible (there are hardly any bezel around the screen and the phone is only 0.43 inches thick.) It’s about the same size as the iPhone 3GS and slightly larger than the Google Nexus One (also built by HTC). The HD2 looks very modern, high-end and sexy. The case is a mix of soft coated plastic and metal, the buttons at the bottom are very small, but they are so close to the bottom edge (again to keep the phone small), that it is not very easy to use them with one hand unless you’re careful to support the back of the phone with a few fingers so it doesn’t fall Our only complaint?There’s no dedicated camera button, so you have to use the shortcut on the home screen to launch the camera and press the shutter button screen to focus and take a photo Since the phone is large and the shutter button is on the edge of the screen, it’s easy to swing the phone like a barn door when you press the software button.
What about the software? Yes, the HTC HD2 runs the beleaguered Windows Mobile OS, but that doesn’t make it irrelevant. HTC has done such a good job of remaking the UI (Windows Mobile’s only real problem is the UI) that I don’t mind using the HD2 as my personal phone. Not at all. HD2 with Sense is intuitive, fun and productive. Thanks to Windows Mobile, it has a fast and robust network, well-developed calling functions, including voice dialing and multitasking. Although Windows Mobile 6.5 has the Marketplace for apps, there aren’t nearly as many apps available as there are for Android or iPhone—another potential downside. But there are plenty of useful apps in the Marketplace, and for Windows Mobile veterans who are used to using their favorite third-party apps sourced outside the Marketplace directly from developers or from Windows Mobile software sites, there are even more to choose from outside the Marketplace. Still, you won’t find yourself spending hours each
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