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[Jaegger]

Hey

Ik ben toevallig op dit forum beland na het zoeken voor een nieuwe dvd/blurayspeler.
Een paar weken geleden heeft mijn 3-4 jaar oude DVD speler het begeven en ik zou graag volgende maand een alternatief zoeken.
Mijn eerste gedacht was om een bluray speler te kopen, maar toen belandde ik in dit forumgedeelte en heb ik blijkbaar serieus wat gemist...

Om mijn situatie te schetsen:
Ik ben een enorm film/serie/muziek fanaat met 2 volle externe schijven en tientallen dvds/dvdboxen van series.
Ik heb de voorbije jaren elke film op een analoge tv met oude dvd speler gekeken.
Het speelde divx af dus dat was voor mij genoeg :p.
Ik heb recent een 42 plasma aangeschaft en wil nu graag toch serieus wat upgrades doen op zowel audio & video vlak (speakers, versterker,  spelers ..).

Nu lees ik hier voor het eerst over het toestel "mediaspeler" en trek ik mijn ogen toch serieus open met de realisatie hoe wereldvreemd ik wel niet moet geweest zijn. Ik las een paar topics over de speler "Popcorn Hour C200" maar erg veel informatie zie ik niet meteen op hun officiele site.

Mijn vragen zijn nu:
Mediaspeler (zoals bv. de Popcorn hour C200?) kunnen eender welk filmformaat of audiotrack afspelen? DVD, Blu ray, xvid, mkv?
Ook las ik hier ergens iets van dat je je eigen harde schijf moet inbouwen? Hoe werkt dat juist?
Worden er nog schijfjes/discs gebruikt, zoja, kunnen dvdcollecties er dan opgezet worden of hoe werkt dat?
Bij de specificaties op de site lees ik dat je kan downloaden via usenet/bittorent op dat toestel? Misschien rare vraag maar hoe is dit mogelijk aangezien dat illegaal is?
Hoe zit het met ondertitels?

Oh jeetje, ik heb blijkbaar dringend veel in te halen en zal al eens beginnen met elke topic door te lezen :p

[jon81]

Ik weet niet precies alle details, maar heb de laatste tijd hier ook een beetje naar zitten kijken/zoeken en ik denk dat ik voor de HDI Dune BD Prime 3.0 zou gaan, volgens mij kun je daar zo goed als alles mee afspelen en hij heeft ook nog eens een bd speler aan boord.

[Arthur123]

[frankly]

HDI Dune Pro,  http://dune-hd.com/hd_players/current/146-hdi-dune-pro.htmlben je in een keer klaar;
Hi-End Features
•Hi-End power supply: high-performance large toroidal power transformer ensures a low level of interference in the power supply section and prevents possible distortions in the analog audio output, making the sound more clear and transparent, making music images articulated, precise and focused, and making the video more vivid and intense.
•Hi-End audio outputs: the highest quality balanced XLR stereo outputs as well as the analog 7.1 multichannel RCA outputs, served by a high performance stereo DAC WM8741 from Wolfson Microelectronics (supports from 16 to 32 bits and sampling rates up to 192 kHz).
•Balanced AES/EBU digital output: AES/EBU supporting PCM-encoded audio at 48 kHz or CD-audio at 44.1 kHz can be used to deliver digital stereo sound of the highest quality.
•High-quality music playback: play very high-quality (up to 192 Khz / 24-bit) music files in various formats (FLAC, Monkey's Audio APE, WAV/PCM, DTS, etc).
•Solid case: the Hi-End case design ensures a low vibration level of the components including optical disc drive as well as the internal HDD, minimizing the noise and the level of the disc tremor, and allowing to read data with higher accuracy.
•IR input: get more flexibility for player installation (connect an external IR eye) or connect the player to external control platforms.
•RS-232 control port and 12V trigger input: even more flexibility for integration of the player with external control platforms.
•PURE AUDIO button on the front panel: listen to the music directly, with video output electronics disabled, that helps to get even better audio quality.
•DIMMER button on the front panel: control the brightness of the built-in display or turn it off completely.
•Detachable 19" rack brackets: put the player into a standard rack mount.
Media Player Features
•The newest Sigma Designs 8642 media processor: enjoy excellent playback and performance of interactive features.
•Blu-ray and DVD player: play Blu-rays and DVDs (plus Audio CD and data discs with video/music/photo files).
•HDD player: connect an HDD to the player and play content directly from the HDD.
•Network player: connect the player to a local network and play content directly from PC or NAS (UPnP, SMB, NFS).
•MKV player: play HD and SD video in a popular MKV format and other modern video file formats, including top quality HD video with very high bitrate.
•RealD: watch 3D video in this ultra modern format used in cinema for the latest movies.
•HD audio: enjoy top-quality audio tracks (Dolby True HD, DTS HD Master Audio, LPCM, FLAC).
•4 USB ports: conveniently connect HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers and other USB storage devices.
•HDD rack with hot swap function: easily and quickly insert and exchange internal 3.5" SATA HDD.
•SD card slot: easily play media files on SD memory cards from your camera or other devices, or use an SD memory card as a local or system storage (required for BD Live function).
•HDMI 1.3: ensure the best possible quality of HD video and HD audio.
•A rich set of standard A/V connectors: use S/PDIF optical audio, stereo audio, component video, composite video outputs to easily connect any A/V equipment.
•Extended support for Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio: output bitstream (up to 7.1 channels) or decode (up to 7.1 channels) for maximum flexibility when connecting audio equipment, and for extended support of advanced playback features (such as Picture-in-Picture).
•High-quality music playback: play very high-quality (up to 192 Khz / 24-bit) music files in various formats (FLAC, Monkey's Audio APE, WAV/PCM, DTS, etc).
•Playlists: build playlists from your folders, use your own playlists, use repeat and shuffle functions.
•Video output flexibility: output video in any resolution and format (from SD to 1080p, 24p/PAL/NTSC).
•Upscaling: high quality upscaling of DVD and any other SD video content to Full HD (1080p) or other HD resolution.
•File browser: convenient file browser with powerful file management (copy, move, delete, rename, organize, sort).
Extra Functions
•NAS function: access files on storage devices (HDD, optical drive, etc) attached to the player from the local network (using SMB or FTP).
•BitTorrent: use built-in BitTorrent client to download files from P2P networks.
•Customizable user interface: work with media collections using cover art and icon browsing (with Full HD graphics).
•Flash applications: extend the player functionality with FlashLite applications.
•Internet radio: playback and record various Internet radio stations (HTTP/MP3).
•IPTV: playback and record IPTV streams (multicast UDP/RTP) from your Internet provider (check availability of multicast UDP/RTP streams with your Internet provider).
•Digital TV option: playback and record Digital TV channels using an optional Digital TV USB dongle (Digital TV USB dongle is not included; this option can be purchased separately).
•Internet browsing: view Internet Web sites on your TV using the built-in Web browser (built-in Web browser has limitations and may not allow to view some Internet Web sites).
Specification
•Processor: Sigma Designs 8642
•RAM: 512 MB
•Flash memory: 512 MB, expandable with a HDD partition, USB flash drive, or SD card (2GB recommended)
•Media sources: internal HDD (SATA 3.5"), built-in Blu-ray drive, external HDD (USB), external optical drive (USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), built-in SD card reader (SD/SDHC), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP, HTTP), other Internet and local network media sources (HTTP, multicast UDP/RTP)
•Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264; support for very high bitrate video (up to 50 MBit/s and higher)
•Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, Blu-ray-ISO, BDMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
•Optical disc formats: data discs (CD/DVD/BD) (MP3, JPEG, etc), Audio CD (PCM/DTS), DVD-Video (retail and user-authored discs), Blu-ray (retail and user-authored discs)
•Blu-ray playback: Blu-ray menu, BD-J, BonusView, BD-Live – for both Blu-ray discs (retail and user-authored) and full Blu-ray structures (Blu-ray-ISO, BDMV) played from HDD and network
•Video output modes: wide range of supported output resolutions (up to 1080p) and framerates (including 23.976p, 24p, PAL, NTSC)
•Video output framerate: automatic (according to the played content) and manual
•Audio codecs: AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS, MPEG, AAC, LPCM, WMA, WMAPro, EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus), Dolby True HD, DTS HD High Resolution Audio, DTS HD Master Audio, FLAC, multichannel FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis; support for very high quality audio (up to 192 kHz / 24-bit)
•Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, WMA, FLAC, APE (Monkey's Audio), Ogg/Vorbis, WAV, DTS-WAV, DTS, AC3, AAC
•HD audio support: pass-through (up to 7.1 channels) and decoding (up to 7.1 channels) of Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD MA audiotracks (Blu-ray, TS, MKV), pass-through (up to 7.1 channels) of multichannel LPCM audiotracks (Blu-ray, TS, MKV), decoding (up to 7.1 channels) of FLAC audiotracks (MKV, external)
•Subtitle formats: SRT (external), SUB (MicroDVD) (external), text (MKV), SSA/ASS (MKV, external), VobSub (MP4, MKV, external SUB/IDX), PGS (Blu-ray, TS, MKV)
•Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
•Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS
•Photo viewer functions: slideshow, transition effects, picture rotation, zoom, browse playlist, repeat, shuffle
•Audio playback functions: browse playlist, repeat, shuffle, ID3 tags, plasma TV burn-in prevention
•Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3 (read-write), NTFS (read-write)
•Ethernet: 10/100 Mbit (with 1000 Mbit/s experimental support) *
•WiFi: optional 802.11n WiFi (via an external USB WiFi stick, not included, D-Link DWA-140 recommended)
•Dune Network Playback Accelerator: special optimizations ensuring best-in-class network playback performance for the Sigma Designs 864x platform and enabling smooth playback of any supported kind of media content via any network protocol (including NFS and SMB) even in 100 Mbit/s Ethernet networks.