All your movies and music in one place. Super portable, huge capacity and plays back pretty much every major format.
Pugs into almost any TV via HDMI or composite (camcorder) sockets.
Ideal to take on holiday for use in a caravan, chalet or hotel room or to use at home.
£72.99 plus £2.99 P&P.
All comments (21)
knobbly
6 May 16#1
Been this price for some time
MrWani
6 May 161#2
Not keen on the UI on these Media players, nothing compared to Kodi/Plex. I've had a couple over the years but now feel I wasted my money as they now sit in a cupboard.
I now have a NAS serving several Kodi boxes, raspberry pi's and Amazon TV sticks.
Can't complain about how these boxes function or this price but it's far from the best experience.
hcc27 to MrWani
7 May 161#4
Have to agree. Would prefer to use an Android box like the Mini M8s with a large SD card or an external hard disk storing your content locally while travelling - infinitely more flexible and functional.
dan494 to MrWani
7 May 16#5
Agreed, can't beat the kodi boxes
AndyRoyd
7 May 16#3
Don't think it supports x265/HEVC and certainly falls over with 10bit content which makes it dead in the water for me, although if you're not interested in playing recent format or effectively doubling the storage space then fill your boots.
bara03
7 May 16#6
Sorry for hijacking the thread but can anyone recommend a decent Kodi box that can be connected via Ethernet to stream .m2ts files from a NAS box please? There are so many around I don't know what is good or what is rubbish, cheers :-) Good price for this streamer though.
Zameen to bara03
7 May 16#7
+1
Arsenal1234 to bara03
7 May 16#8
I'm now using an Nvidia Shield was using a kodi box and it's a night and day difference so much more responsive and quick and you also get the benefit of streaming from your pc.
It's expensive but worth the extra in my opinion
bara03
7 May 16#9
Cheers and you can use the Nvidia Shield to stream films from a NAS box ok?
Arsenal1234
7 May 161#10
Yes you can either use Kodi and add it in as a network location or use the NAS as a plex server or use ES file Explorer and navigate to the NAS.
MeneerSmith
7 May 16#11
,,,and back on topic....
Four big concerns with this unit:
-It has no x265/h265 support (no firmware update to add 265 support afaik)
-it has no 4k support (again no firmware update)
-it is usb2 transfer which is very slow (around a minute per gb transferred as it seems to run at 30mb/sec down to 10mb/sec)
-it is heavy with the 3.5 inch hdd
You can get more modern boxes with usb3, 265 support, 4k, and grab one of the many cheap 2tb external 2.5 inch hdd's to plug into this for around £30 for the player and £50 for the hdd. It will be lighter in weight and less bulky than this.
headworx to MeneerSmith
7 May 16#14
Possibly four big concerns of yours, maybe not someone else.
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Opening post
Pugs into almost any TV via HDMI or composite (camcorder) sockets.
Ideal to take on holiday for use in a caravan, chalet or hotel room or to use at home.
£72.99 plus £2.99 P&P.
All comments (21)
I now have a NAS serving several Kodi boxes, raspberry pi's and Amazon TV sticks.
Can't complain about how these boxes function or this price but it's far from the best experience.
It's expensive but worth the extra in my opinion
Four big concerns with this unit:
-It has no x265/h265 support (no firmware update to add 265 support afaik)
-it has no 4k support (again no firmware update)
-it is usb2 transfer which is very slow (around a minute per gb transferred as it seems to run at 30mb/sec down to 10mb/sec)
-it is heavy with the 3.5 inch hdd
You can get more modern boxes with usb3, 265 support, 4k, and grab one of the many cheap 2tb external 2.5 inch hdd's to plug into this for around £30 for the player and £50 for the hdd. It will be lighter in weight and less bulky than this.