So, I already have a PlayOn mini and planning to buy another
media player for the other room.
One in the living room will be a wired connection and the other
one will be wireless.
I have a ASUS RT-N16 router which will act as a 24/7 downloader
as well as a NAS for both the media players.
I need help in deciding what should be my next media player.
Should I buy the PlayOn!HD (not mini) or WDTV Live or Xtreamer Side
Winder or ASUS O!Play or something in the same price range.
I initially thought of buying a Bluray player but decided to buy
later when Bluray rentals become widely available and affordable.
For now it is going to be the rips and hence only another media
player.
Given that the mini is RealTek based, would it make more sense
buying a Sigma based one like WDTV live?
On the other hand if I buy the same product again, I dont have
to deal with creating multiple jukebox (or similar) or thumbgens
etc, as there will be a single repository and one version of jukebox
created for one media player might not work with another.
Also like bansal98 said in the Xtreamer thread, I was browsing the
xtreamer forum and I see some very rude statements from the
moderators/staff and that makes me nervous thinking of the sidewinder
as my second player inspite of it being another realtek.
Also from my point of view, each player seem to have its own +ve and -ve
and make sense because for instance
PlayOn!HD
+ Having the mini already, dont have to deal with multiple
jukebox problems etc. ACRyan staff seem to be not rude
though they are sometime slow in responding in the mini
forums/threads.
- Another Realtek player
Xtreamer SW
+ newest of the lot
- rude staff/moderators - basically questionable support.
- another realtek
- have to create multiple versions of jukeboxes
WDTV Live
+ Sigma based
+ lots of 3rd party support
+ most widely used player
- have to create multiple versions of jukeboxes etc
similarly other players make their own point. Hope you get the jist.
I see lot of people in this forum having multiple mediaplayers so
they would know by experience if it would be a good idea to buy a
different player or not.
Anyways, I would like to hear opinions from everyone so that it would
help me and anyone else who will be in a similar position.
MoDS, if there is a similar thread like this one, please merge.
Thank you.
media player for the other room.
One in the living room will be a wired connection and the other
one will be wireless.
I have a ASUS RT-N16 router which will act as a 24/7 downloader
as well as a NAS for both the media players.
I need help in deciding what should be my next media player.
Should I buy the PlayOn!HD (not mini) or WDTV Live or Xtreamer Side
Winder or ASUS O!Play or something in the same price range.
I initially thought of buying a Bluray player but decided to buy
later when Bluray rentals become widely available and affordable.
For now it is going to be the rips and hence only another media
player.
Given that the mini is RealTek based, would it make more sense
buying a Sigma based one like WDTV live?
On the other hand if I buy the same product again, I dont have
to deal with creating multiple jukebox (or similar) or thumbgens
etc, as there will be a single repository and one version of jukebox
created for one media player might not work with another.
Also like bansal98 said in the Xtreamer thread, I was browsing the
xtreamer forum and I see some very rude statements from the
moderators/staff and that makes me nervous thinking of the sidewinder
as my second player inspite of it being another realtek.
Also from my point of view, each player seem to have its own +ve and -ve
and make sense because for instance
PlayOn!HD
+ Having the mini already, dont have to deal with multiple
jukebox problems etc. ACRyan staff seem to be not rude
though they are sometime slow in responding in the mini
forums/threads.
- Another Realtek player
Xtreamer SW
+ newest of the lot
- rude staff/moderators - basically questionable support.
- another realtek
- have to create multiple versions of jukeboxes
WDTV Live
+ Sigma based
+ lots of 3rd party support
+ most widely used player
- have to create multiple versions of jukeboxes etc
similarly other players make their own point. Hope you get the jist.
I see lot of people in this forum having multiple mediaplayers so
they would know by experience if it would be a good idea to buy a
different player or not.
Anyways, I would like to hear opinions from everyone so that it would
help me and anyone else who will be in a similar position.
MoDS, if there is a similar thread like this one, please merge.
Thank you.
