High Performance Connection Between HDMI and DVI Components / Cables Makes Hookup Easy! HDMI, the hottest high-definition digital audio/video standard, is compatible with all digital video connection, DVI. So, if you’ve got DVI components (like DVD player, Cable box, HDTV tuner with DVI outputs) in your system and buy a new HDMI-capable component (like Plasma TV or projector), compatibility is guaranteed.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Works
Works fine. Connects HDMI from my Dish TV HD box to my Sony CRT TV’s DVI input.

5 Stars OK
It works as advertised. This plus a cheap HDMI cable made for a very cheap, and flexible, way of connecting my laptop to my new TV.

5 Stars HDMI Is awesome.
I love that I can play my PS3 on my 20′ Dell monitor. It looks beautiful!! Great Product. High quality.

5 Stars works effortlessly, right after plugging it in.
didnt have to change settings on pc or tv. worked great. havent tested it in game yet. ill update if anything bad happens…

4 Stars Works great, great price
Eforcity HDMI-F to DVI-M Video Adaptor with Gold Contacts

I bought this adapter to connect my PC to my TV. I gave it 4 stars because the screws are too small and difficult to tighten. Other than that, it works great. Don’t waste your money on some brand name adapter when this product works fine for just a couple bucks (the same goes for HDMI cables).

Buy/More Info

22″ LCD TV HD 1080p (1366 x 768p) resolution, 8,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, ATSC/NTSC/Clearn QAM – 1 Tuner, XD Engine, 178 True Wide Viewing Angle, SRS TruSurround XT, Invisible Speakers, Dolby Digital 5.1 Decoder, HDMI, includes swivel stand

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Lots of Features, nice deal
Ordered this to mount on my bedroom wall. Won’t work with a low-profile mount because the cables stick straight out the back, but will work with other mounts. Features are great:

Wake-up alarm

TV-sound only with no picture

lot of extras

However, picture looks a little dark when you’re looking at it from a little below it’s straight-looking plane of view. So, make sure to mount right in front of you or angle it. Otherwise, it’s great. It’s only 21.6″ and not a full 22″. I saw it at Best8uy for $30 more, so you get a deal here.

1 Star not a good tv
This is my second monitor of the same kind.

the first one I returned because the backlight would bleed out and was visible

on dark scenes on both upper corners and middle center of the screen.

the second which I currenty have has the same identical issues.

I contacted LG and was told that they had no known concerns.

If your considering purchasig this tv please look at it really well if possible on screen saving(monitor) mode or turn it on with no input just to make sure.

5 Stars Simple Quality for Price
This is my first flat screen TV buying experience. I’m very pleased with this product. I was a little nervous about buying a LCD flat screen online without seeing it first because the picture qualities vary so greatly between brands. I received the TV today and the picture is excellent, as is the audio. It is also very light, around 10 lbs. Setup was fairly simple. I say fairly because I am not completely sure the TV is correctly on it’s stand, but it is fully functional.. lol. The component (dish, dvd) connections were easily completed, but there is only one AV jack. The audio and visual settings are a little complex. I wandered through it somewhat easily. I felt as though the detailing of the product’s visual setup in the product description was a little misleading. I thought from what I read that during the picture set up the user would be guided through a series of screens split in two with different settings on either side, and then the user would choose between the two until the setup process was complete. The actual setup requires the adjusting of levels of sharpness, color, etc. It’s not a deal breaker. The TV is awesome.

4 Stars Great picture, average sound
I am amazed at the quality of the picture provided by this TV. It is excellent. One of the reviews I read said the sound was middling and that is true. Music is tinny but dialogue is clear. I am pleased with this TV and would recommend it to anyone who wants a great picture and isn’t too picky about the sound quality.

4 Stars Good purchase
Decent tv for the price, the settings to adjust color and picture aren’t difficult to use but difficult to get the picture I desire. The size is okay for an average size bedroom (12 X 12) but if I had it to do over I probably would choose a 26 inch or larger.

Buy/More Info

The Asus HDP-R1 O!Play Digital Media Player offers stunning 1080p high definition visuals with the high speed file transfer of eSATA and LAN. Just play and share your music with one click and experience a hassle-free multimedia playback with no need for file conversions!

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Plays everything thrown at it, connecting to network shares still seems lacking.
A few things. I am giving this thing a 4 out of 5. It seems to play everything I throw at it. A previous reviewer on October 21 mentions that “The slightly annoying thing is that as you scroll through a list of movie files it tries to instantly play a preview.” You can easily disable this by going to the setup panel of the O!play.

[...]: [...] Make sure you download the appropriate firmware for your region. NTSC or PAL. I recommend opening this in Internet Explorer because when I used firefox; the download would never start correctly.

With this firmware I have successfully connected to and streamed MANY different formats via PS3 media server. (a UPNP server) I’m not sure why you would want to do this when connecting to a simple file share seems to be the stated goal of this player, but I digress, it’s a feature that some seem to want.

Now, I have had nothing but trouble connecting to file server shares. This includes both a Windows 7 box and an Ubuntu Linux box with Samba. I have tried everything and the shares won’t even show up in the list under Network. All machines are in the same broadcast domain, and I am able to connect to both servers with ANY other client. So with that being said i’ve been relegated to manually mounting the shares so they show up as LOCAL DISK(s). Yes you read that correctly. So now when I go to play files I go to the Storage Device option appropriate category and my server(s) shares are listed as locally connected disks.

Here’s how you do that:

telnet 10.1.1.243 (ip address of your asusO!play)

username: root

password: (<--nothing)

you need to edit the run_tail file

vi /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/script/run_tail

vi isn’t an easy text editor google “vi cheat sheet”

(*in the below listed example 10.1.1.31 and HDmovies are variables that can be ANYTHING, they are your choice and must be set based on your own home network*)

add something like the following:

mkdir -p /tmp/ramfs/volumes/HDmovies

mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,password=yourpassword //10.1.1.31/HDmovies /tmp/ramfs/volumes/HDmovies

now reboot your player and browse to Storage Device under the appropriate category and you’ll see your network share(s) mounted.

3 Stars great idea, still some issues
I bought this box based on many positive reviews here. My experiences differ a little though.

Yes this unit plays pretty much anything. That’s a big plus. The interface and setup is also very simple and easy. You really don’t need a manual for it. The image quality is great, both SD and HD movies look excellent.

I have a collection of 400+ movies on my server, in various formats. The O!Play plays them all. The slightly annoying thing is that as you scroll through a list of movie files it tries to instantly play a preview. This causes a slight delay in which it doesn’t accept any input from the remote. This makes it a little hard to quickly go through a list of movies.

The bigger issue I found was that it stops to play back in the middle of a movie. It happened on every movie I tried it on so far, so it’s not a random issue. Pressing Stop & Play again will restart the movie just fine, so I really don’t know where the issue is. Unfortunately it doesn’t continue where it stopped

The very same server on the very same network cable plays any movie fine and without interruption on my PS3. On the PS3 there is also no delay browsing through a list and the PS3 starts playback quicker than the O!Play. This indicates that all these issues are not with the server.

Another thing I want to mention is that the O!Play does not see media servers.

Bottom line: very impressive that it plays pretty much anything and the quality is great and I love the simple use and setup. But the issues of stopped playback are very annoying and make it almost useless. I haven’t given up yet. Maybe a new firmware will help. Using a local HD is not an option, that defeats the concept of having a central media server.

5 Stars New firmware 1.11N is now available
I have this device for about 3 days. I noticed it failed to re-scan the attached USB harddrive after the machine is on for a while. As a result, you can see the drive but you won’t able to see the folders and files unless you recycle the power of the O!play to force a rescan again. It is annoying and I was about to return it. Last night, I went to ASUS website and found out they now have the 1.11N firmware for NTSC TV system. I downloaded and installed it and viola, the issue has been resolved. The new firmware also has some new features that is nice as well, such as sort by file date. You can also bring up the recent view files as a quick short-cut. I heard ASUS are also working on getting YouTube as well on the next upgrade. Hopefully more good things will come. For the price I paid for this, it worth every penny and more. It play every media files I throw at it and the picture is amazing. If you want to watch AVCHD files like those recorded on HD camorder, make sure you use the eSATA connection to your harddrive, the USB connection is not fast enough and the video can be choppy.

On the side note, you cannot download the firmware from the ASUS website like any other download. They force you to install their own download software first before you can download any files from them. I hate to install another piece of crap software on my computer.

4 Stars WD TV and ASUS O!play..
There are a few differences between the ASUS O!play and the WD TV player which set the benchmark for HD players.

First you Have to download and install the 1.11 firmware version, it will solve alot of issues like HDMI compatibility and the subtitle options, plus it will add the UPNP server option.

The O!play has network capability which the WD hasn’t.(they are both priced at $99)

The O!play supports more formats than the WD does.

With the O!play audio is played through the HDMI so you dont need additional audio cables like the WD TV does, you can choose 2 channel or RAW that plays the audio the way it was created, plus with the WD you need the fiber optics cable for some audio tracks, the O!play played them all.

The remote is much more responsive than the WD.

The O!play doesn’t have the picture preview of the files like the WD, instead it plays a preview of the file.(this option can be disabled).

Subtitle codes are the same as the WD but it has 6 colors to choose from instead of two and the size range is much larger.

Resume play is perfect with the O!play whereas the WD sometimes it doesn’t work.

Even after the firmware update the O!play still has HDMI compatibility issues, basically you CAN’T choose the 1080p option with some TVs,(Doesn’t work on a PHILIPS LCD but works perfectly with a SAMSUNG PLASMA!),Check out the ASUS forums, the WD worked on all the TVs I plugged it to.

The O!play is ALMOST double the size of the WD (check the picture I posted), it’s remote is too.

The O!play has one USB and an esata/USB port whereas the WD has two USB ports.

When using an external hard drive it turns off when you turn the O!play off, with the WD it doesn’t.

The O!play stays clean and doesn’t attract fingerprints or scratches, the WD .. OMG!

For 720p and 1080p files both played the files perfectly.

Conclusion..

I really can’t decide which one is better, they both have thier pros and cons, my guess is that it will be decided with upcoming firmware updates.

2 Stars Not quite there and Windows 7 Users beware for now
I purchased this unit in part due to the excellent reviews on Amazon. I should have checked the ASUS Forum first.

Windows 7 users have all kinds of trouble with shared drives and files. I finally got it working with Windows 7 by doing a Registry Edit provided on the ASUS forum. Not quite plug and go, right?

The documentation states it plays most all file formats, however it will not play many of my WMV high quality files (these play fine on a PC and windows media center so it is not the file)

ASUS Support on this device is non existent… check the forum and there are cries for help everywhere.

User Interface has a long was to go as well.. functional but not great.

Perhaps with future firmware updates it will improve over time, but for now be advised.

Buy/More Info

High Performance Connection Between HDMI and DVI Components / Cables Makes Hookup Easy! HDMI, the hottest high-definition digital audio/video standard, is compatible with all digital video connection, DVI. So, if you’ve got DVI components (like DVD player, Cable box, HDTV tuner with DVI outputs) in your system and buy a new HDMI-capable component (like Plasma TV or projector), compatibility is guaranteed.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars OK
It works as advertised. This plus a cheap HDMI cable made for a very cheap, and flexible, way of connecting my laptop to my new TV.

5 Stars works effortlessly, right after plugging it in.
didnt have to change settings on pc or tv. worked great. havent tested it in game yet. ill update if anything bad happens…

5 Stars Works
Works fine. Connects HDMI from my Dish TV HD box to my Sony CRT TV’s DVI input.

4 Stars Works great, great price
Eforcity HDMI-F to DVI-M Video Adaptor with Gold Contacts

I bought this adapter to connect my PC to my TV. I gave it 4 stars because the screws are too small and difficult to tighten. Other than that, it works great. Don’t waste your money on some brand name adapter when this product works fine for just a couple bucks (the same goes for HDMI cables).

5 Stars HDMI Is awesome.
I love that I can play my PS3 on my 20′ Dell monitor. It looks beautiful!! Great Product. High quality.

Buy/More Info

Combined with a My Passport portable drive (sold separately), this player is the most convenient way to play HD movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution slideshows of your family photos on your TV. Also works with popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Designed for My Passport, works with many other USB storage devices – Play content from most popular USB drives,and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Full HD video playback and navigation – up to 1080p – Experience the spectacular picture quality of HD video and crystal clear sound clarity of digital audio. Use the included remote control to navigate through your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated HD menus. Collect without limits – There’s no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space. Access two USB drives simultaneously – Two USB ports on the player let you connect two USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Media Library feature aggregates the content on both drives into one list sorted by media type. HDMI and composite video connections – The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA) outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets. Hassle-free playback of HD movies, home videos, digital music, and photos on your TV

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great device!
I think it’s a great product. Easy to install and to use. There only two things that I think should be improved: On settings menu, you should be able to change the color of the subtitles (it could be fixed throught a future firmware, I guess), and the second thing: the 2 USB ports are too far apart from each other: both should be only in the back of the device. My external HD needs 2 USB to work, and with the standard dual USB cable I cann’t connect both at the same time (I solved this using a USB extension cable).

Apart that, it’s a great product, and solve the problem of need to bring the laptop to the room every time I want to see a movie or picture.

4 Stars my review
i got this in order to download movies etc and watch them on my tv. it works great, i wish the menus function was better, i watch a lot of tv series and it doesn’t tell me which episodes I have already viewed, so sometimes i end up starting and episode and realizing I have already watched it, sometimes its kinda slow in response to pressing buttons (play or enter)… but this might be lag on my external HD ( not sure )

4 Stars Both Good and Not So Good Features
I own a number of media devices from Neuros OSD Media Center (6011000) to the Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player so I have a good idea of what features I like on media players.

Here’s some pros and cons for this one:

1. Two USB ports for attaching external hard drives which is good, but no internal or neatly connected (like the Seagate FreeAgent Theatre) external storage.

2 The WD TV Media Player does not have a networking capability– apparently there is a more recent version that does can be networked.

3. The interface is the equal of any of the other media players and it also plays MKV files. This is a very rare feature. MKV files are a nuisance to transcode. It also plays VOB files. (Dependent of course on no DRM being in place.) The WD TV Media will not play iTunes

Combined with a My Passport portable drive (sold separately), this player is the most convenient way to play HD movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution slideshows of your family photos on your TV. Also works with popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Designed for My Passport, works with many other USB storage devices – Play content from most popular USB drives,and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Full HD video playback and navigation – up to 1080p – Experience the spectacular picture quality of HD video and crystal clear sound clarity of digital audio. Use the included remote control to navigate through your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated HD menus. Collect without limits – There’s no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space. Access two USB drives simultaneously – Two USB ports on the player let you connect two USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Media Library feature aggregates the content on both drives into one list sorted by media type. HDMI and composite video connections – The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA) outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets. Hassle-free playback of HD movies, home videos, digital music, and photos on your TV

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Satisfied Customer
I just wanted to say that i am very satisfied with this product.

The most important part of this product for me is that it plays .mkv files

I had only problem with video formats x264, 720p, there was no sound, but once you convert those files it works perfectly

[...]

4 Stars my review
i got this in order to download movies etc and watch them on my tv. it works great, i wish the menus function was better, i watch a lot of tv series and it doesn’t tell me which episodes I have already viewed, so sometimes i end up starting and episode and realizing I have already watched it, sometimes its kinda slow in response to pressing buttons (play or enter)… but this might be lag on my external HD ( not sure )

4 Stars Both Good and Not So Good Features
I own a number of media devices from Neuros OSD Media Center (6011000) to the Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player so I have a good idea of what features I like on media players.

Here’s some pros and cons for this one:

1. Two USB ports for attaching external hard drives which is good, but no internal or neatly connected (like the Seagate FreeAgent Theatre) external storage.

2 The WD TV Media Player does not have a networking capability– apparently there is a more recent version that does can be networked.

3. The interface is the equal of any of the other media players and it also plays MKV files. This is a very rare feature. MKV files are a nuisance to transcode. It also plays VOB files. (Dependent of course on no DRM being in place.) The WD TV Media will not play iTunes

High Performance Connection Between HDMI and DVI Components / Cables Makes Hookup Easy! HDMI, the hottest high-definition digital audio/video standard, is compatible with all digital video connection, DVI. So, if you’ve got DVI components (like DVD player, Cable box, HDTV tuner with DVI outputs) in your system and buy a new HDMI-capable component (like Plasma TV or projector), compatibility is guaranteed.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Works great, great price
Eforcity HDMI-F to DVI-M Video Adaptor with Gold Contacts

I bought this adapter to connect my PC to my TV. I gave it 4 stars because the screws are too small and difficult to tighten. Other than that, it works great. Don’t waste your money on some brand name adapter when this product works fine for just a couple bucks (the same goes for HDMI cables).

5 Stars OK
It works as advertised. This plus a cheap HDMI cable made for a very cheap, and flexible, way of connecting my laptop to my new TV.

5 Stars works effortlessly, right after plugging it in.
didnt have to change settings on pc or tv. worked great. havent tested it in game yet. ill update if anything bad happens…

5 Stars HDMI Is awesome.
I love that I can play my PS3 on my 20′ Dell monitor. It looks beautiful!! Great Product. High quality.

5 Stars Works
Works fine. Connects HDMI from my Dish TV HD box to my Sony CRT TV’s DVI input.

Buy/More Info

The Asus HDP-R1 O!Play Digital Media Player offers stunning 1080p high definition visuals with the high speed file transfer of eSATA and LAN. Just play and share your music with one click and experience a hassle-free multimedia playback with no need for file conversions!

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars New firmware 1.11N is now available
I have this device for about 3 days. I noticed it failed to re-scan the attached USB harddrive after the machine is on for a while. As a result, you can see the drive but you won’t able to see the folders and files unless you recycle the power of the O!play to force a rescan again. It is annoying and I was about to return it. Last night, I went to ASUS website and found out they now have the 1.11N firmware for NTSC TV system. I downloaded and installed it and viola, the issue has been resolved. The new firmware also has some new features that is nice as well, such as sort by file date. You can also bring up the recent view files as a quick short-cut. I heard ASUS are also working on getting YouTube as well on the next upgrade. Hopefully more good things will come. For the price I paid for this, it worth every penny and more. It play every media files I throw at it and the picture is amazing. If you want to watch AVCHD files like those recorded on HD camorder, make sure you use the eSATA connection to your harddrive, the USB connection is not fast enough and the video can be choppy.

On the side note, you cannot download the firmware from the ASUS website like any other download. They force you to install their own download software first before you can download any files from them. I hate to install another piece of crap software on my computer.

4 Stars WD TV and ASUS O!play..
There are a few differences between the ASUS O!play and the WD TV player which set the benchmark for HD players.

First you Have to download and install the 1.11 firmware version, it will solve alot of issues like HDMI compatibility and the subtitle options, plus it will add the UPNP server option.

The O!play has network capability which the WD hasn’t.(they are both priced at $99)

The O!play supports more formats than the WD does.

With the O!play audio is played through the HDMI so you dont need additional audio cables like the WD TV does, you can choose 2 channel or RAW that plays the audio the way it was created, plus with the WD you need the fiber optics cable for some audio tracks, the O!play played them all.

The remote is much more responsive than the WD.

The O!play doesn’t have the picture preview of the files like the WD, instead it plays a preview of the file.(this option can be disabled).

Subtitle codes are the same as the WD but it has 6 colors to choose from instead of two and the size range is much larger.

Resume play is perfect with the O!play whereas the WD sometimes it doesn’t work.

Even after the firmware update the O!play still has HDMI compatibility issues, basically you CAN’T choose the 1080p option with some TVs,(Doesn’t work on a PHILIPS LCD but works perfectly with a SAMSUNG PLASMA!),Check out the ASUS forums, the WD worked on all the TVs I plugged it to.

The O!play is ALMOST double the size of the WD (check the picture I posted), it’s remote is too.

The O!play has one USB and an esata/USB port whereas the WD has two USB ports.

When using an external hard drive it turns off when you turn the O!play off, with the WD it doesn’t.

The O!play stays clean and doesn’t attract fingerprints or scratches, the WD .. OMG!

For 720p and 1080p files both played the files perfectly.

Conclusion..

I really can’t decide which one is better, they both have thier pros and cons, my guess is that it will be decided with upcoming firmware updates.

2 Stars Not quite there and Windows 7 Users beware for now
I purchased this unit in part due to the excellent reviews on Amazon. I should have checked the ASUS Forum first.

Windows 7 users have all kinds of trouble with shared drives and files. I finally got it working with Windows 7 by doing a Registry Edit provided on the ASUS forum. Not quite plug and go, right?

The documentation states it plays most all file formats, however it will not play many of my WMV high quality files (these play fine on a PC and windows media center so it is not the file)

ASUS Support on this device is non existent… check the forum and there are cries for help everywhere.

User Interface has a long was to go as well.. functional but not great.

Perhaps with future firmware updates it will improve over time, but for now be advised.

4 Stars Plays everything thrown at it, connecting to network shares still seems lacking.
A few things. I am giving this thing a 4 out of 5. It seems to play everything I throw at it. A previous reviewer on October 21 mentions that “The slightly annoying thing is that as you scroll through a list of movie files it tries to instantly play a preview.” You can easily disable this by going to the setup panel of the O!play.

[...]: [...] Make sure you download the appropriate firmware for your region. NTSC or PAL. I recommend opening this in Internet Explorer because when I used firefox; the download would never start correctly.

With this firmware I have successfully connected to and streamed MANY different formats via PS3 media server. (a UPNP server) I’m not sure why you would want to do this when connecting to a simple file share seems to be the stated goal of this player, but I digress, it’s a feature that some seem to want.

Now, I have had nothing but trouble connecting to file server shares. This includes both a Windows 7 box and an Ubuntu Linux box with Samba. I have tried everything and the shares won’t even show up in the list under Network. All machines are in the same broadcast domain, and I am able to connect to both servers with ANY other client. So with that being said i’ve been relegated to manually mounting the shares so they show up as LOCAL DISK(s). Yes you read that correctly. So now when I go to play files I go to the Storage Device option appropriate category and my server(s) shares are listed as locally connected disks.

Here’s how you do that:

telnet 10.1.1.243 (ip address of your asusO!play)

username: root

password: (<--nothing)

you need to edit the run_tail file

vi /usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/script/run_tail

vi isn’t an easy text editor google “vi cheat sheet”

(*in the below listed example 10.1.1.31 and HDmovies are variables that can be ANYTHING, they are your choice and must be set based on your own home network*)

add something like the following:

mkdir -p /tmp/ramfs/volumes/HDmovies

mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,password=yourpassword //10.1.1.31/HDmovies /tmp/ramfs/volumes/HDmovies

now reboot your player and browse to Storage Device under the appropriate category and you’ll see your network share(s) mounted.

3 Stars great idea, still some issues
I bought this box based on many positive reviews here. My experiences differ a little though.

Yes this unit plays pretty much anything. That’s a big plus. The interface and setup is also very simple and easy. You really don’t need a manual for it. The image quality is great, both SD and HD movies look excellent.

I have a collection of 400+ movies on my server, in various formats. The O!Play plays them all. The slightly annoying thing is that as you scroll through a list of movie files it tries to instantly play a preview. This causes a slight delay in which it doesn’t accept any input from the remote. This makes it a little hard to quickly go through a list of movies.

The bigger issue I found was that it stops to play back in the middle of a movie. It happened on every movie I tried it on so far, so it’s not a random issue. Pressing Stop & Play again will restart the movie just fine, so I really don’t know where the issue is. Unfortunately it doesn’t continue where it stopped

The very same server on the very same network cable plays any movie fine and without interruption on my PS3. On the PS3 there is also no delay browsing through a list and the PS3 starts playback quicker than the O!Play. This indicates that all these issues are not with the server.

Another thing I want to mention is that the O!Play does not see media servers.

Bottom line: very impressive that it plays pretty much anything and the quality is great and I love the simple use and setup. But the issues of stopped playback are very annoying and make it almost useless. I haven’t given up yet. Maybe a new firmware will help. Using a local HD is not an option, that defeats the concept of having a central media server.

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