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Say Hello to the Buffalo LT-V100 Link Theater
Jul 15th
The list of media players we are interested in gets bigger by the day – this is the latest offering from the nice guys at Buffalo
Buffalo just launched the Link Theatre LT-V100. The new model supports 1080p video, DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1 and the normal file formats and codecs.
And like all good media players the new LT-V100 is capable of connecting up with a NAS or PC via a LAN connection so it can access your content.
Interested? let us know.
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@Digitalera.co.uk
More Mede8er Firmware Updates – v3.2
Jun 4th
Download – Install – Enjoy!
http://www.mede8er.eu/download/Mede8er_FW_V3_0_2_030610.zip
Changelog: Mede8er-v3.0.2 – 3 June 2010
1. Fixed: ogg audio support
2. Fixed: wma audio support
3. Fixed: aac audio support
4. Fixed: Dolby Digital Plus support
5. Fixed: AAC 6 channel passthrough
6. Fixed: Audio player song total length time update on next song play
7. Fixed: Enable Folder Protection Setup Menu — Zoom about.jpg and navigate up/down nav to a protected folder and press Play or Enter. Pin code screen appears and now wait about 30 sec and do not enter pin code. Mede8er boms.
8. Fixed: Pin Protection “on” enter File Manager dont input code press return and go to Setup and switch Pin
Protection “off” back to File Manager sometimes Mede8er boms
9. Fixed: Select Movies Tab the Folder Playback Function plays previously played video and not the video within the Folder selected.
10 Fixed: Media Library — Press number jump and quickly press setup button – layer beneath partly shows.
11. Fixed: 16 x 10 Screen size save
12. Fixed: .divx video files
13. Fixed: Italtian “Formato HDD” change to “Formattazione HDD
Enjoy!
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
New Mede8er MED500X Firmware.
May 31st
Play just about everything on your TV
The award winning MED500X is the latest generation Multimedia Player specially developed for today’s demanding media enthusiast. The Mede8er has been designed for media playback from a hard drive, USB device, SD Card, Internet or Local Network source. The User Interface is neat and intuitive without being complicated.
The award winning MED500X is the latest generation Multimedia Player specially developed for today’s demanding media enthusiast. The Mede8er has been designed for media playback from a hard drive, USB device, SD Card, Internet or Local Network source. The User Interface is neat and intuitive without being complicated.
And the Mede8er just keeps getting better – After 3 beta’s the final version if finally here – go forth and download!
The best feature imo is the cool “eyes” telling me what I have already watched, very handy when making my way through a box set of DVD rips and I can never remember what number I was on.
You may see a few notes on the new functionality if you follow this link.
Please proceed to the downloads board for links to the latest firmware. (Note – forum registration required)
Mede8er Change Log V3.0 — 1 June 2010
1. Added: Updated SDK
2. Added: BDISO and BDMV chapter support (No Menus)
3. Added: Icon based screens — Menu – Goto – Subtitle
4. Added: Lock feature for Folder / Delete / File Manager/ HDD Format protection (Default password: 0000)
5. Added: Pin Protection on/off setting Setup Menu
6. Added: Folder Protection on/off setting Setup Menu
7. Added: Watched Indicator on/off setting Setup Menu
8. Added: Watched movie status indicator
9. Added: “A-B” button provides about.jpg in-folder zoom functionality (same as “SLOW”)
10. Added: Play video directly from in-folder about.jpg preview (press “ENTER” or “>” to play movie)
11. Added: Play video file folder — Play button
12. Added: Browse cover art “about.jpg” up/down nav
13. Added: Video Screen Transparency — Setup Menu
14 Added: File or Folder rename — Pre-populate text window
15 Added: Change System Font — Automatically picks up font.ttf on boot up.
– Place font.ttf in folder called “Resource” on HDD or USB or SD Card on root
16 Improved: GUI updated
17. Improved: Media Library Menu now remembers last state when returning
18. Improved: File Manager on-screen prompts
19. Improved: Screen size configuration in Setup menu determines about.jpg display area
20. Improved: Filter about.jpg and folder.jpg under “All” tab
21. Improved: SAMBA stability & performance for streaming & network copy
22. Improved: NAS startup after reboot
23. Improved: Music player
24. Improved: Language issues
25. Improved: Navigation of video files in the Media Library with preview “on”
26. Fixed: “Autoplay” from HDD or USB or SD CARD — removed stop & start icons during autoplay
27. Fixed: Issues related to no internal HDD / no Mede8er-formatted HDD
28. Fixed: HDD format issues
29. Fixed: Mirrored MP3 tags issue
30. Fixed: DVD eject
31. Changed: In-folder JPG permitted display size increased to 5MB
32. Changed: Plasma Mode now only adjusts GUI transparency and not Screens during Video Play
Known issues:
o Network (SMB) write not available to Non-Mede8er-formatted HDD (NTFS-only) — Under investigation
o DVD resume on VIDEO_TS structure – Not working — SDK
o Repeat A-B on BDISO — SDK
o AAC 6 channel passthrough – only stereo — SDK related
o Restore from v1.x or v2.x backups — not restoring all fields correctly
o On certain 16:9 DVD menus – selection highlight is misplaced — SDK issue
o Simultaneous audio output via both HDMI and SPDIF — SDK restriction
o Extension .divx unsupported — SDK – temp fix rename file to .avi
o Resume dialogue DVDISO — SDK
o Resume play DVD VIDEO_TS — SDK
o File format: .ogg unsupported — SDK
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
PlayOn Firmware Updates
May 11th
POHD Firmware r3875 released
What’s new in this release
- 1. Add new options in Setup/Video menu
- - Plasma mode (Dark/Dim/Light)
- Screen size resolution
2. Add new menu language for Asian version
- - Thai
3. Add new menu language for European version
- - Slovenian
- Greek
4. Add new text encoding
- - Arabic(CP1256)
5. Add Screen Saver timing selection (1 minute/2 minutes/5 minutes)
6. Add Subtitle default On/Off
7. Add menu for selecting Audio/Subtitle/Title/Chapter/DVD Menu- - Press MENU button during video playback to display navigation menu
8. Add frames seek function during video playback (video dependent)
- - Press left or right button during video playback to jump to frames backward or forward.
9. Add Photo thumbnail function
- - At Browser, filter by Photo and then navigate to the folder containing the media
10. Add auto preview the first image file in a folder when selected in Browser
11. Fix displaying of Chinese characters correctly when sorted by Music Artist in Media Library
12. Improved “Add the torrent” message appearing only when pressing the MENU button on a .torrent file
13. Improved skipping of music tracks by pressing the Previous or Next button- - During music playing, pressing Next button will play the next track or Previous button to play previous track
14. Improved displaying of elapsed time/total time when playing an audio file
- - During audio playing, press the INFO button to display details of the media
- - Plasma mode (Dark/Dim/Light)
A.C. Ryan • View topic – Official firmware for Playon!HD PV73200 r3875
http://www.acryan.com/downloads/PV73…5_European.zip
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
YouTube Coming Back to the A200/C200
May 11th
Missed Youtube? own a A200 or C200? then lucky you! Steve Young from Syabas posted the following on the NMT forums.
Yes we will be bringing Youtube back to the A-200 and C-200. It will be delivered as an application similar to that of Rev3 and other apps right now.
A-100/A-110′s will not have it because we can only deliver the Flash Version of Youtube, and can no longer support the html version.
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
XBMC Running on a Popcorn Hour
May 11th
A clever chap called EJP posted a rather interesting video of his handy work. EJP has got XBMC up and running on the NMT platform, the video below shows off XBMC on a Popcor
n Hour A110 so just think how fast it would be on a A200!
You can check out all the info over at the networked media tank forums – be sure to keep an eye out for updates!
On a personal note all I have wanted since I sold my xbox was XBMC up and running on a media player without the hassle of a HTPC.
I was mostly inactive for the last few months (for those who noticed) because of this. To keep it under wraps, I decided to work mostly alone and seek help outside of the NMT community. Naturally, XBMC needs no introduction.
With Flash Lite GUIs in development, I felt I needed to completely trump all current GUIs and jukeboxes. All the work was completely done. We just needed to get it to “work.”
Early on, I realized that if I could get this working, this would certainly revolutionize the NMT. If you think about it, we would be instantly backed by the entire XBMC community. That’s 7 years of development and a 50,000+ userbase.
I can’t go much into detail about this project as this is still in beta. It is close enough to completion that I can offer this to beta testers, but it will be extremely closed, even more so than the Alaska beta (for those who remember). If all goes well, a first public release should be within reach.
All I can discuss is what’s in the video:
1. I am running a version of XBMC Live via USB. However, it should just as easilly be installed to an internal hard drive.
2. The default interface (Confluence) can sometimes be sluggish, but optimizing XBMC and the skin is in the works. Simpler skins, such as Alaska, should run smoother.As mentioned, this is an extremely closed beta. This means:
1. I will NOT be accepting candidates for beta testers. Instead, I will be messaging YOU, offering you a position on the beta testing team. Please do not ask why I haven’t chosen you. Please do not take it personally if I don’t choose you.
2. I will only speak about development to beta testers, whoever they might be. You can ask as many questions as you like, but I can only guarantee answers to beta testers.
3. I will not be posting the list of beta testers, so beta testers must interact directly with me only.
We expect a public beta test soon, so finally the A200/C200 gets a good UI 
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Best Media player(s) in April?
Apr 25th
Nothing has changed since March so the same advice applies, Three things to mention.
1.
In the June 2010 edition of T3 the Mede8er win’s the media player test and in the “Overall” listing at the back of the mag it is just behind the WDTV, I have no idea why as it is better (honest! it is..) check out page 117 of T3.
2.
New firmware for the Mede8er v3 is in the works and beta users can get hold of it to have a go. I like the little eyes that display after you have watched something, very handy if watching an entire season of a show so you know what episode you are on. Also the UI has had a paint job and polish.
3.
New Popcorn Hour C200 firmware at RC3..hit the read more for the boring bits..
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Mede8er Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Mar 8th
As it is one of our biggest selling player’s and won our Media Player of the month award we thought it would be nice to write up some little hints n tips for mede8er users.
Let’s start off with the Mede8er beginners guide - Click more for the rest!
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
HDI Dune Firmware updates
Mar 8th
Hot from CeBit the HDI lads have been busy with updating firmware for the Dune 3.0 models.
You can also see the HDI roadmap here thanks to mpcclub and some pictures of coming soon features here.
The new Dune firmware is available for download from here
Exciting times for HDI owners!
Click read more for the full release notes.
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
Best Media player(s) in March?
Mar 8th
If we had a penny for every phone call asking us what media player is the best one to buy we would have enough for a giant size Kit Kat each day 
The best media player is a tough one, every forum or review will always have someone who has a negative comment, normally Mr Angry venting his lack of understanding at a poor little media player. It’s not often someone takes time out to write something positive. This makes picking a media player hard work, because as soon as you have made your mind up after weeks of research you read about someone’s bad time with the model you are after.
Unfortunately there is no perfect media player, otherwise we would just sell the one option and leave it at that. As it is we constantly review our media player line up, hence we just said good bye to the WDTV live and Asus Oplay regardless of how well they sold.
Click more for the full article.
Dune HD Network Movie Streaming & Blu-ray
Mar 2nd
We have been selling Dune products for a few years now and the 3.0 model really takes media streaming and Blu-ray playback to another level. Digital streaming movies and Blu-ray all in one box is a winner with us.
Having gained awards where ever it was reviewed the Dune BD 3.0 really does stand out. The good thing about the BD Prime is it can be used by non geeks! it is as simple as taking home and plugging in just like a normal Blu-ray player. Unlike the Popcorn Hour C200 the Dune 3.0 comes with a Blu-ray drive built in so no fiddling around.
Like all good media players you can stream movies from your home network (PC or NAS), stream from the internet (TV & Radio) and using the built in torrent even download movies straight to an internal hard drive (just give us a call for a price).
We couldn’t speak higher of the unit and as UK network media player specialists we know they will go fast so grab one while stock lasts.
Full spec of the CD Prime 3.0 here. Don’t forget to have a quick google for multi region patches
Regards, DE Sales Sales@digitalera.co.uk
Popcorn Hour A-200 Firmware Update
Feb 24th
Good news Media player owers, as we sell the Popcorn Hour A-200 in the UK it would be rude of us not to mention new firmware releases.
Release Date : 24 February 2010
Firmware Version : 02-02-100208-19-POP-411 Download
Note : Unzip into the root of your USB thumbdrive. Browse to usbupdate.html to update.
Please DO NOT power off the unit during firmware update, as it will render your unit inoperational
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Click More for the Popcorn Hour A-200 Release Notes
Some of our media player’s are missing!
Feb 24th
Eagle eyed customers may of noticed we no longer stock the WDTV Live or Asus O’play.
Why is this you may wonder?
Well, the world is full of media players we can’t stock them all and a lot of them are fairly similar.
After watching the development of a few we decided to narrow down our choices to the players we recommend as we use them on a daily basis.
That’s not to say there was anything wrong with the WDTV or Asus models, we just feel there are better options.
Sorry WDTV! perhaps ISO menu support and less iffy firmware updates would of saved you from the cut
If you want/need any media player advice then just get in touch.
Regards, DE Sales sales@digitalera.co.uk
Playon!HD Mini = Silent Media Player
Feb 16th
The Playon!HD Mini is one of our newest media streamers.
Small in size, small in price, big on features, zero noise.
Zero in Noise The Playon!HD Mini is uniquely designed with Advanced Passive Cooling = No fan required. No fan, no harddisk = zero noise. Your ideal mediastreamer. Simply stream & play from your media storage or PC.
Big on Features Created by the makers of the awardwinning Playon!HD mediaplayer, you are guaranteed Playon!HD is the mediastreamer with the biggest features. Plays MKV / RMVB / H.264, Plays TS / M2TS / BD Folders, and more, DTS Downmix, Optical Digital Audio Out (DTS / Dolby Digital), Full size remote control, Component Video, Internet Radio SHOUTcast, Network streaming, Wireless-N (optional), External HDD & USB storage, Advanced Passive Cooling, Zero noise fanless design, Superior AC Ryan regular firmware updates
Small in Size The Playon!HD Mini is more compact, firm and solidly built mediastreamer than any other.
Small in Price All the big features and zero noise packed in the Playon!HD Mini for a really small price..
Shipping now….
Regards, DE Sales Team sales@digitalera.co.uk
Popcorn Hour A200 UK Stock
Feb 3rd
Like Christmas and a birthday rolled into one the wait is over the Popcorn Hour A200 has arrived in the UK, and we have secured enough stock to handle pre-orders as well as any new orders for a while.
To go along with the launch of the Popcorn Hour A200 in the UK we have also reduced the price of the C200.
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
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