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Help in buying new LCD TV

razor75 — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:39:07 +0800

Hi,

I am newbie in LCD tv. I am planning to buy my first LCD TV and my budget is RM 1500. The main criteria is

1. 32 inch is ok.
2. Full HD (1080p)
3. Good for playing action movies like avatar, 2012 and transformer at full HD smoothly without any delay or lag from bluray or media player.
4. Can plug via hdmi to my Asus o’play r3 media player.
5. Child proof- difficult for young child (below 3) to push it.
6. Nice colors. LED model within the budget is ok.
7. USB input for connecting to pc or images on portable hd.

From my survey in the newspaper, I found the following:

The images scanned from Courts Mamooth advert-star newsapper- 31-12-2010

The philips 32PFL3605 fits my budget and looks good.

I am very confuse with all the LCD and LED TV out there. If someone can recommend a good brand with the above criteria, I will be happy.

Raz

ASUS O!Play Air HDP-R3 HD Media Player With Wi-Fi

razor75 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:31:24 +0800

hi there,

I would like to start an ASUS O!Play Air HDP-R3 HD Media Player With Wi-Fi 802.11n Support thread.

I bought this device at Low yat plaza for RM$495( credit card) and cash was RM$480. This is my 2nd media player. It cheaper by rm 100 at low yat then if you buy online at lelong, very strange.

lelong asus o'play price

My first one was Noontec Multimedia Player, GV-3341, 3.5 HDD Media Player HDMI/Divx/Xvid/Card Reader/720p, No HDD with 500gb seagate hd.

http://www.arc.com.au/pub.php?gid=23360&pid=37851&p=product

The review for this device is at the website below;

http://www.testfreaks.com/media-centers/as...lay-air-hdp-r3/

After using this device for 2 weeks, this what I like and don't like about this device.

What i like:

1. setup of wireless option is easy and built in.
2. plays nearly most file that you throw at it.
3. With the latest firmware 1.16, has internet media support. Can download below:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/Digital_Me...DP-R3/Firmware/

4. asus web forum support is good at:
http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?board...SLanguage=en-us

5. plays 720p through wireless g modem smoothly.
6. has lan, usb and e-sata support.
7. on screen menu is simple.
8. there is support for media card like sd and compact flash.
9. firmware upgrade was very easy. It takes about 5 minutes to upgrade a 30mb firmware.
10. music jukebox function will find all music files on the folders and drives shared. They should also include movie and photo jukebox function.

What I don’t like:

1. there is no randomixer function for movies, photo or songs.
2. in wireless mode, the remote get unresponsive. For example, if I want to fast forward or rewind, it takes sometimes 10s to response. This is the worst thing about this device. Maximum speed I got through my wireless g was 10mbps. The average was 2-5 mbps for movie playback. For file copy it was about 8mbps max I got. I copied a 700mb file wirelessly from my laptop to the usb connected to it and it took like 10 minutes. I tried 720p file playback and it was ok for playing. Have not tried 1080p file.
3.Using a usb, video playback and remote control function is good.
4. Remote has very limited buttons and if the remote get damaged, there is no buttons on the player to play the files or access the menu. For the remote, there should include more functions. The seller said warranty for 1 year.
5. I downloaded some youtube file and playing this flv files sometimes will occur without sound. I have to skip to next file and go back to the original file to get it to play ok.
6. No youtube, photobucket suport in the internet media. Very strange. This is on firmware 1.16.
7. To play different media, need to select the media type menu or all media. If you are in movie menu, you cannot see any mp3 or photo files.
8. No display on wireless conection data download or upload. It just say you are connected at x mbps. After that, nothing about it appears on screen.
9. no hdmi cable included with package.
10. should include support for vlc player for those very difficult files.

I would like to get more opinions from other owners of this device. Maybe we share some tips also?

Raz

Noontec MovieHome V9 Hi-Definition Media Player

razor75 — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:24:47 +0800

Hi there,

this is my first post here. I read the star newspaper today and it had this info about this media player

Noontec MovieHome V9

The specs are here, http://www.hersheng.com/260.html. It is selling for RM600. The best thing, it has pvr function.

The review for this device http://www.dansdata.com/noontec_v9t.htm. Overall, review is good.

I am looking for mkv and rmvb player with pvr function. Only negative thing, it does not support wireless streaming.

I was wondering is it worth it to buy?

My 2nd option is below;

Asus O!Play Air HDP-R3 Media Player ( wireless capability but no pvr function)
http://www.lelong.com.my/asus-o-play-air-h...7-01-Sale-I.htm

Any experiance member can recommend a cheap pvr and media player for less than rm600 that records to a hard drive or usb?

razor