Comments on: Asus launches O!Play HD media player

By: Mikez

Mikez — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:31:12 +0000

@Brad – Yes, it does have legacy media outputs L-R audio and composite video.
http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=…

By: Mikez

Mikez — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:31:12 +0000

@Brad – Yes, it does have legacy media outputs L-R audio and composite video.
http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=…

By: Mikez

Mikez — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:32:31 +0000

Device should arrive tomorrow, will open shortly afterward.
Hope the parts are labeled.

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By: Mikez

Mikez — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:03:17 +0000

It comes with Linux installed and sources on the CD.

So even if someone posted the application titles from the CD....
It has an eSATA port, so your limited to a 2Tbyte disk drive...
How many movies is that? Quite a few.

It may turn out to be a generally useful little box, just depends
on what hardware ASUS put inside of it.

I keep thinking of all the uses people found for the NSLU-2,
and it didn't have any video hardware.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:42:19 +0000

Awesome. I'm trying to get a review unit from Asus, but failing that I
might just pick one up for myself. I'm in the process of setting up a
secondary media center in the basement and I'm looking for a good way
to stream content from the HTPC in the living room.

I'm torn between the O!Play and the Hauppauge MediaMVP at the moment
(since the TV for the basement isn't HD anyway). There's more third
party software for the MediaMVP at the moment, but the O!Play supports
more file formats out of the box.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:26:34 +0000

The device is “in the mail” – will be a few days until I tear it open.
@Brad – I used your link here, you should get a percentage for the sale.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:32:51 +0000

A bit of technical information here:
http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Multimedia/ASUS…
Looks like I will have to take one apart myself unless Brad finds a report.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:00:28 +0000

All most. . .
You can get a selection of refurbished 7 inch machines,
any can deal with streaming audio;
Install your favorite streaming app (vlc?) plus a bit of scripting;
Close the lid and pretend it isn't a NetBook.
You might have to add the RCA output adapter yourself.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:50:26 +0000

That $50 device mentioned here earlier this week is, I suppose, what you had
in mind by "teaser for a subscription service" - - -
It caught my eye briefly, until I found out a few details about it;

As a $50 hack target, it only has 8M flash and 64M ram (plus micro-sd slot) -
about the minimum for playing with customized Linux installs.

As a $50 messaging device (its intended use) -
It comes with "4,000 free messages per month" -
But a recent survey I read claims the adverage messaging per month for
a teenager is now at 13,000 messages per month.
So I suppose some people will be hit with "overage charges" on that device.

But I agree about this $100 device - it does look interesting, at least until
someone opens it up and tells us of some hidden hardware limitation.

So we (the liliputing readership) need to give Brad the task of finding us
a preliminary "hack report" on this device.
It has a video connector, a usb connection, a network connection -
If it has more than 8M of flash and 64M of ram. . .
And if someone at OpenWRT gets their hands on one of them. . .

By: John Morris

John Morris — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:34:23 +0000

This could be interesting. It is actually being sold instead of used as a teaser for a subscription service so they might not have bothered to lock it up totally. It has to be a medium/low powered computer for the network and UI with a nifty hardware decoder solution to deal with the actual playback. Bet a lot of additional features can be added if it can be opened up.

By: lnsbui

lnsbui — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:48:44 +0000

Can it do movie covers?
If it can't, is there any product out there similar to this that can?

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By: so simple

so simple — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:01:15 +0000

Nothing new – your newer TV's do most of that anyway.

What I really want is a wireless device that will connect to the URL of a streaming radio station, then have RCA outputs. That's it. No rhapsody, itunes, pandora, etc. Just 1 url and play. Can't buy that at any price.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:24:53 +0000

My Western Digital HD TV, has been doing this for a year now, and its my favorite toy….The ethernet jack is overrated….My MediaMVP a few years back ran off the ethernet connection and was always lagging if you had downloads running.