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Popcorn Hour Mediatank A-200 [A-200]

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The Digital Streamer That Is More Advanced

With the Popcorn Hour you can stream or playback digital media content from a huge variety of sources such as your PC, network-attached storage, digital camera or USB storage (Flash drive, HDD, DVD drive). Popcorn Hour also makes it easy to download and stream content directly from popular Internet sites like Videocast, CNET TV, CBS/CNN channels and dozens of other online content sites*.

Expand Your Possibilities

Add an optional hard drive to the Popcorn Hour's standard expansion slot to open up a host of additional features and options:

Create a central library of all your movies and video files, ready to play on your TV at any time.
Easily share media with friends and family-with a hard drive the Popcorn Hour can act as a file server to share files over the local area network.

Digital Entertainment Your Way

Popcorn Hour's interface uses familiar HTML features and navigation prompts, so first-time users can quickly get up to speed on even the most advanced features. The standard remote control supports playback modes, such as play/pause and trickmodes, as well as simultaneous display of images and playback of audio tracks.

Features

Organize your media library with the myiHome Media Server streaming video utility.
Play the majority of digital media files on your TV. (Refer to the list of supported codecs below)
Supports the most advanced high-def video and audio standards, including MKV HD and Dolby
Newer and faster processor for increased performance in all areas

Features

Organize your media library with the myiHome Media Server streaming video utility.
Play the majority of digital media files on your TV. (Refer to the list of supported codecs below)
Supports the most advanced high-def video and audio standards, including MKV HD and Dolby
Newer and faster processor for increased performance in all areas

Specifications

Connectivity

Bonjour
UPnP SSDP
UPnP AV
Windows Media Connect
Windows Media Player NSS
Samba
NFS

Media Servers: myiHome, myiHomeLite, myiHomeMS (UPnP), MSP Portal
Third-party media servers: WizD, SwissCenter, Llink, GB-PVR

BitTorrent P2P
Usenet downloader

NAS Access : SMB, NFS, FTP

Casgle iDVR RSS feed downloader

Web Services*

Video : Revision 3, Videocast, CNET TV, Mediafly, Mevio, Bliptv, Break Podcast, CBS Evening News, CNN Anderson Cooper 360 Daily, CNN The Larry King Podcast, NBC Today Show, The CNN Daily, CNN In Case You Missed It, NBC Nightly News, NBC Meet The Press, CBS Face the Nation, Podfinder UK, Motorz

Audio : Jamendo, iPodcast, BBC Podcast, Indiefeed, CNN News, ABC News

Photos : Flickr, Picasaweb, Pikeo, 23, Photobucket, SmugMug

RSS feed : Yahoo! Weather, NMT Forum, Bloglines, Cinecast, MSNBC News, Traffice Condition, Yahoo! Traffic Alerts, Yahoo! News, Weather Bug

Peer-to-peer TV : SayaTV

Internet Radio : SHOUTCast™ Radio, Radiobox, Live365 Radio

Supported Media File Formats

Video containers:
MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG, DAT, VOB)
MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
AVI, ASF, WMV
Matroska (MKV)
MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4

Video Decoders:
XVID SD/HD
MPEG-1
MPEG-2 MP@HL
MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
MPEG-4.10 (H.264) : BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1
WMV9 : MP@HL
SMPTE 421M (VC-1) : MP@HL, AP@L3

Audio Containers:
AAC, M4A
MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
WAV
WMA
FLAC
OGG

Audio Decoders:
Dolby Digital
DTS
WMA, WMA Pro
MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2, 3
MPEG-4 AAC-LC
MPEG-4 HE-AAC
MPEG-4 BSAC
LPCM
FLAC
Vorbis

Audio Pass-Through:
DTS, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA
Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD

Other Formats:
ISO, IFO navigation
AVCHD navigation
Simple BD navigation

Photo Formats:
JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF

Subtitle Formats:
SRT, MicroDVD SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX

DRM

Cardea DRM (WMDRM-ND)
Janus DRM (WMDRM-PD)

Chipset

Sigma Designs SMP8643, 667MHz CPU with floating point coprocessor.

Memory

512MB DDR2 DRAM, 256MB NAND Flash

Audio/Video Outputs

HDMI v1.3a, 36bpp deep color, 12-bit xvYCC processing and HDCP 1.2 content protection
Component Video
S-Video
Composite Video
Stereo Analog Audio
S/PDIF Optical and Coaxial Digital Audio

Other Interface

Power LED and Attention LED
1x USB 2.0 host at the front
1x USB 2.0 host at the back
1x USB 2.0 slave at the back
Internal mounting for 2.5" or 3.5" SATA HDD
Infra-Red Remote Control
Full power down, standby and power up by remote control
Service pin hole for TV Mode switching and shutting down without remote control
Special designed fan that generate very low noise
Speed: 3800RPM (typical) ± 10%
Noise Level: 18.5 dB(A)
Size: L * W * H =62*62*15(mm)

Network

Ethernet 10/100/1000** Mbps
**Gigabit support depends on Switch/Router compatibility

Power

AC-DC adaptor
Input 100~240V AC, 50~60 Hz
Output 12V DC, 3A max
typical : 8 W (no additional device installed/attached)
maximum : 36 W

Dimension

Width x Depth x Height : 270mm x 150mm x 50mm (10.63" x 5.90" x 1.97")

Weight

1.6kg (3.5lbs)

Package Content

Popcorn Hour A-200 (HDD not included)
IEC 60320 C13 power cord
12V 3A AC-DC Adaptor
1.5M length HDMI cable
USB cable
IR Remote Control with 2 "AAA" batteries
Screws for 2.5" / 3.5" HDD
Quick start guide
Installation Guide
Last minute notes
Warranty Card

Dolby Digital: "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.

Note: A200 Compatiblity List/FAQ

Current Reviews: 7

Submited By: Sergei Molodtsov on 01/30/2010
Only Best Rated shipped my order very FAST !!!

Submited By: Thomas Christoph on 11/18/2009
I've bought two of this babies from this company, and have to say, I'm pleased with the speed at which it's delivered, and the quality of packaging.

As for the Popcorn Hour NMT A-110, it works awesome. I have yet to find a video file that it WON'T play, however, one thing that I do find a little lacking is the "fast forward" and "rewind" functions on high def content. They could certainly do well to improve the programming behind these functions for high def content. SD content I'm completely satisfied with these functions.

Overall it's a two thumbs up on the A-110. Being able to throw a nice big HD inside sure has been a godsend!

Great product sold by a great company!

Thanks and will be back when it's time for me to buy another Popcorn Hour. Probably in the new year I'll grab the C200 just for fun!

Cheers.

Submited By: Faraz Ahmed on 06/12/2009
Only Best Rated shipped my order very FAST !!! So I could en

Submited By: Steve Bernier on 06/09/2009
This device is very good and I plan to buy a second one (second TV!) really soon (today?).

About the 10/100 interface... the processor in this box is not really speedy for Network operation, maximum transfer rate is about 40 mbits/sec. Gigabit would give nothing.

Also, if the sound in your movie is in DTS (with the A-100 anyways), the device will NOT convert the sound to your TV (thru HDMI), you absolutely need and amplifier to "convert" the sound, so in my case this is a problem. AC3, MP3 is not a problem. My solution: use Handbrake (freeware) to re-code (it's absolutely time consuming) the sound to AC3...

Beside this DTS stuff, the device read about any video format.

Still, HIGHLY recommended.

Submited By: Nick Kossintsev on 04/29/2009
This is a fantastic device, although it takes a bit of time to set up properly.

I bought it with the bundled wifi stick and was surprised that it was not recognized by the system from the get go. I had to download the latest firmware (on to a USB stick) and run the update. After that, the wireless options appeared in the setup.

I quickly learned to set the video output option too, because leaving it on 'auto' made the startup time a lot longer, as A110 did its best to go through all the modes to find the optimal one.

Finally, I had to play around with my network setup a bit to get the streaming working correctly with my NAS. Popcorn Hour forums (networkedmediatank.com) are a great source of info if you need help figuring out settings and issues.

It's been about a week now and so far A110 has been able to play all the videos that I could throw at it - and over wireless connection too! Admittedly, it's not the best photo browser or a music player, but when it comes to video playback, it's great.

Submited By: Sylvain Cote on 02/05/2009
Only Best Rated shipped my order very FAST !!! So I could enjoy my new A-110 NMT (Networked Media Tank) really fast (2 days to Quebec).

Really nice packaging and everything is included even the HDMI cable.

I only use the networked part of my new NMT because all my media are hosted on a Windows 2003 Server with 1.5TB of storage. Once I've figured out that I must use IP address instead of the network name for the SMB share to work properly, I was able to really put the unit to the test.

It worked great with ALL my media (Xvid, Divx3-4-5-6, MKV, DVD-ISO, WMV)... everything worked at first try.

I've also tried reading media from a USB stick and it worked at first try.

The only downside is the Web Portal Service that will not stream great, Youtube as an example will play a few seconds then hang then nothing. But there is a new firmware coming that should fix most of it.

The Popcorn Hour Community is very active and there are lots of info, guides and how-to on the web so it's great for the future.

No NMT is perfect but this is the one I prefer A++.

Submited By: David Griffiths on 10/10/2008
For the most part, the device works as promised. All xvid AVIs work, and most .mkv x264 files works as well, with a few failures; the older the file, the more likely it is to fail (perhaps the codec changed?).

Fast-forwarding through files fails from time to time (x264 files). The timer continues, but the video is frozen and there is no audio. Fortunately, the Time-Seek function on the remote provides a workaround.

One USB port was moved from the front to the back. This is a little inconvenient, as my USB drive requires two USB ports.

I installed a hard drive - very easy, but I would have liked the ability to copy from one media source to another (USB drive to internal hard drive) to load it up with kids shows, etc.

The 10/100 network port should be gigabit to handle the larger file sizes.

Overall, however, I am very satisfied with the device. It allowed me to cancel my cable service while still watching high-definition televeision shows.

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