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(More customer reviews)I chose this little box over the NBox and other comparable media players, mainly because it has a wider array of audio/video ports, and it pretty much splits the difference price-wise. I am using the HDMI port for my plasma screen, and the digital coaxial port for my receiver. I am beholden to Western Digital My Passport Essential USB drives, and I couldn't be happier with the results. The HD picture looks fantastic, and the booming 5.1 surround sound far exceeds what I could get out of my laptop. It browses reasonably fast through your files, folders, and sub-folders, and it offers continuous playback of your media. It played AVI, MPG, MP4, VOB, MKV, and pictures with no problems. The box is packed with composite cables and a short component video cable. It has two USB ports, and you can supposedly copy/paste/delete between the two, and apparently you can play a photo slideshow and music simultaneously, neither of which I have tried yet.
However, it does have it's shortcomings. Like most remotes, this one is a little user un-friendly, and doesn't seem to work when you're more than 10 feet away. The manual is scrawny and somewhat disorganized, so read it carefully. It wouldn't cooperate with one of my drives for some reason, and it also wouldn't play any of my Flash videos, not that I ever save them anyway. I put a movie on pause for a few minutes; when I resumed play the audio became out of sync, and I had to cue backwards to align it again. Still, the pros far outweigh the cons--I doubt I'll burn a DVD ever again.
Some tips: if you hook this up and turn it on and get no picture, repeatedly push the "TV Out" button on your remote first, the menu should soon come up in sharp full-color form. I recommend powering down the unit using the on/off switch on the back, rather than using the remote. It's supposed to go into "standby", but it seems to me that it still uses too much power for being inactive, and I'm more comfortable shutting the player down completely before I remove the USB cable. If your movie file is encoded with AC3 audio and you're using a hi-fi, set the digital out to "RAW" so your receiver can decode the Dolby Digital/DTS soundtrack, otherwise you'll just get 2-channel stereo.
All in all, a remarkably versatile little gadget that should round out any home theater, whether you're running out of storage space for your DVDs and CDs, or if you want a convenient way to move your PC experience to the living room. I just hope it's as durable as it performs.
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Micca makes 1080p video playback affordable with the compact and convenient MPLAY-HD stand-alone digital media player. Just connect it to your TV or HDTV as you would a DVD player and enjoy your videos, music, and photos from a USB drive or flash memory card. Convenience The MPLAY-HD is small, matte black, and completely noiseless. It starts up in less than 2 seconds and has an intuitive and responsive interface, making it effortless to enjoy all your media content without the need for a computer. The full size IR remote provides easy access to all playback controls. Performance The MPLAY-HD is a true next generation digital video device with broad video/audio codec and file format support at up to 1080p and 40-80mbps. The following is a brief summary, please search for "Micca MPLAY-HD Specifications" for full details: - Video Files: MKV, AVI, MP4, MOV, XVID, TS, M2TS, RM, RMVB, DAT, MPG, MPEG, VOB - Video Codecs: H.264/AVC BP/MP/HiP L4.1,MPEG1/2/4, DivX/Xvid, Real Video - Audio Files: MP3, WMA, WAV, RM, OGG, AAC, M4A, FLAC, APE - Audio Codecs: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AAC, FLAC, APE, PCM, DTS, AC3, RA, AMR - Photo Files: JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF - Subtitle: SUB, ASS, SRT, SSA, SMI, IDX+SUB - Other: DVD VIDEO_TS with menu Compatibility The MPLAY-HD can be used with all TVs, HDTVs as well as home theater systems with its extensive connectivity: - Video: HDMI 1.3, CVBS/Composite - Resolution: NTSC, PAL, 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, 1080i/p - Audio: SPDIF coaxial, analog stereo - Storage Interface: Dual USB 2.0 Host ports, SD/SDHC/MS flash memory card reader - File System: FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ (No Journaling) What's Included - Micca MPLAY-HD - IR Remote - AV cable - 100-240V AC adapter
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