Media Player

Although details are still scarce, Zappiti (the folks behind the Zappiti jukebox for the Dune players) has just announced their own media player, called “zappiti player”. Modular Entertainment Station Features ● 3D Video Format Support: Decodes wide variety of 3D Video formats, including MVC, SBS, Top/Bottom and RealD 3D. ● HDD Player: Plays content from […]

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Review: Mede8er MED1000X3D

by Damian on October 24, 2012 · 53 comments

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Back in April I had the chance to review the Mede8er MED500X2, which is based on the Realtek 1185 chip. Today I will be taking a closer look at the Mede8er MED1000X3D. In many respects it is nearly identical to the 500X2. However, instead of the 1185 chip it is running with the 1186 chip, […]

Next PCH Model (A-400) Announced

by Damian on September 1, 2012 · 3 comments

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The next gen PCH was just announced at IFA 2012. The A-400 finally looks to address the lack of Blu-ray 3D support in the Sigma line of players. As usual be on t he lookout for my review after the A-400 is released. The Popcorn Hour A-400 is the first player to utilize Sigma Design’s […]

Earlier this year I had a chance to review the Mede8er 500X2, one of the more solid media players I have come across in a while. Some people had asked why Mede8er went with the Realtek 1185 instead of the Realtek 1186 (which supports Blu-ray 3D). Well, it looks like Mede8er has an answer in […]

It’s that time again, another media player review This time I will be taking a look at the Mede8er MED500X2, which is based on the Realtek 1185 chip. Specifications: Price: USD 209 Processor:  Realtek RT D1185- 256MB SPI Flash – 256MB DDR2 SDRAM Video Formats Supported: AVI / BDMV Light / BDISO Light / MKV / TS […]

Update On The Dune HD Pro

by Damian on January 11, 2012 · 13 comments

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In September, Dune HD, manufacturer of the popular Dune Series of media players, announced the Dune HD Pro. The HD Pro was meant to be a high end media player, revolving around the Sigma SMP8910 chip. With CES 2012 going on, Dune HD has once again spotlighted the HD Pro, albeit with some changes. Here […]

PCH C-300 Just Announced

by Damian on December 6, 2011 · 9 comments

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Nearly 2 months ago the PCH A300 was announced, the successor to the 200 series of PCH players. Since then there seems to have been questions every day on when the C-300 would be released. Well, it looks like Syabas has officially announced the release of the C-300. You can see the full announcement here. […]

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Review: Popbox 3D

by Damian on November 4, 2011 · 3 comments

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It has been over a year since the Popbox 3D was released, and the entire time for better or worse I have had the Popbox 3D in my possession. The main reason why I never did a review when it was first released was because it was an absolutely horrible launch, and I felt is just […]

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Review: Popbox V8

by Damian on October 5, 2011 · 13 comments

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About 1 month again at IFA 2011 Syabas announced the Popbox V8, their latest entry into the media player market. Syabas was nice enough to send me a review unit, so let’s take a look at what the Popbox V8 has to offer and see if it can have a more successful launch then the […]

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Popcornhour A-300 Announced

by Damian on October 5, 2011 · 46 comments

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Just a few minutes ago Syabas announced the Popcornhour A-300, the follow up to the popular Popcornhour series of players. Details are as follows: Main Features: Sigma Designs 8647 CPU with L2 Cache High Speed USB 3.0 connection to PC 10/100/1000mbps Gigabit Ethernet Fully automated Media Jukebox Full Flash Interface 3D MKV Support Media jukebox […]