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(More customer reviews)I have mixed feelings about the device. Before making your purchasing decision make sure to check out the forums over at [...]. They do release firmware often but adding new features takes obvious priority. Let me list the shortcomings/bugs I experienced. 1. Wifi connection is a big gamble, it never reconnects when lost so reboot is needed. 2. SD content is upscaled poorly (blocky picture, washed out colors, and blurry edges), my 2 year old $50 Philips dvd player (which has divx/xvid support) does much better job at upscaling SD avi files. VOBs ripped from DVDs look worse than the DVDs themselves - no difference when both are played on the Philips player. I use HDMI connection at 1080i setting to my 50" plasma Panasonic TV and the difference in quality is visible easily. 3. HD content is really hit and miss - at least for me. MKVs I tried (which have DTS sound) have audio and video badly out of sync. 4. YouTube and other online sources are supported only in SD even when HD versions of the videos are available. 5. The unit hangs much more often than any other consumer electronic device I have used, especially when using network. And 6. Yes the fan IS loud - even when set to "low", the company even released a passive cooler/heatsink a few days ago. It is not listed at the official store though.
ALL of the above have been discussed at great lengths (some discussions go for dozens of pages) at the forums over the past 6 months since the initial release. There are many other issues listed there which I have not encountered. You can also find there some features which are advertised but not present.
All in all it seems like people who use it on wired network and primarily for HD content are quite happy.
I am giving it 3 stars because some HD videos I tried did play with beautiful quality.
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Product Description:
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The Xtreamer features state-of-the-art digital playback that brings all the media content from your PC to your living room. With a dizzying array of file-format support, it is engineered from the ground up for high performance networking and high-definition playback.
Media files supported
Video containers:
o MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
o MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG)
o MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
o VOB
o AVI, ASF, WMV
o Matroska (MKV)
o AVC HD
o MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
o FLV - Flash Video
Video codecs:
o XVID SD/HD
o MPEG-1
o MPEG-2
o MP@HL
o MPEG-4.2
o ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
o WMV9
o MP@HL
o H.264
o BP@L3
o MP@L4.0
o HP@L4.0
o HP@L4.1
o VC-1
o MP@HL
o AP@L3
Audio containers:
o AAC, M4A
o MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
o WAV
o WMA
o FLAC
o OGG
Audio codecs:
o Dolby Digital
o DTS (DTS DownMix Supported)
o WMA, WMA Pro
o AAC
o MP1, MP2, MP3
o LPCM
o FLAC
o Vorbis
Chipset
o Realtek 1283 (Special Edition)
Memory
o 256MB DDR SDRAM, 32MB Flash
Audio/Video outputs
o HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p)
o Composite Video
o Stereo Analog Audio
o S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio
Interface
o 1x USB 2.0 slave
o 2x USB 2.0 host
o Internal SATA
Network
o Ethernet 10/100
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* This model does NOT support 7.1 pass-thru (bitstreaming) of Dolby True-HD & DTS MA (HD Audio)
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