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i was going to get the nbox, but at this price, with 15% off, what the heck i got one
jomarrod
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Mar. 10, 2010 @ 11:58p
does it support .m4v files?
cgott42
Senior Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 12:19a
I also got hit with $9 shipping, seems to be only free shipping if you order over $100
g0dMAn
Addicted Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 12:37a
what files can this play, mkv, avi, etc?
hottyson
New Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 12:39a
bondo123 said:Amazon.com shipping is slightly lower at $5.xx THANKS! I got it for $36 shipped through TigerDirect via Amazon.com. No Bing CashBack to worry about was worth paying $2.30 more.
Great deal for a low power and quiet media device. I already have a WD HD player on my 1080p LCD TV. I will use the FreeAgent Theater to keep handy iso backups of a few dvds, and a few mp3s.
TempName
Cranky Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 1:30a
g0dMAn said:what files can this play, mkv, avi, etc?
COMPATIBLE FILES ---------------- According to the info sheet, the following file types are compatible. I didn't come across any problems, but other reviews on Amazon have.
- MPEG-1 - MPEG-2 (AVI/ VOB / ISO) up to 1920x1080i @30fps - MPEG-4 (AVI / DivX / Xvid) up to 1280x720 @60fps - Video Resolutions: NTSC 480i/480p; PAL 576i/576p. Supports video (HD and upscaling) up to 720p/1080i. - Audio (MP3, ACS, WMA, WAV, OGG) - Photo (JPEG's up to 20 megapixels per photo)
it's HD, but just analog outputs. i don't see a DVI or HDMI out.
ltrinh
Senior Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 2:15a
morecowbell said:it's HD, but just analog outputs. i don't see a DVI or HDMI out.
I thought the Red/Blue/Green output is HD digital output. No?
I don't see how to get HD (1080i) quality on analog outputs.
poppagene
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 5:17a
ltrinh said:morecowbell said:it's HD, but just analog outputs. i don't see a DVI or HDMI out.
I thought the Red/Blue/Green output is HD digital output. No?
I don't see how to get HD (1080i) quality on analog outputs.
No -- Red/Blue/Green output is analog output and yes it can be HD analog output depending on the media and the source (for example a standard dvd player will output analog 480p on the Red/Green/Blue component outputs).
JonesBeach
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 7:02a
Component signal (using red/green/blue jacks) is nearly indistinguishable from HDMI signal. There's nothing wrong with it; the only real advantage of HDMI is simplicity since the cable also carries audio. Go into store where TVs are being sold and on display and I pretty much guarantee you they're all running on component input.
belgique
Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 9:07a
component aka R G B analog does not reach HD resolution. This is why its being blowed out cheap...its obsolete. Resolution by Analog transmission is limited and that is why the industry went to digital transmission.
NxN2005
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 9:10a
belgique said:component aka R G B analog does not reach HD resolution. This is why its being blowed out cheap...its obsolete. Resolution by Analog transmission is limited and that is why the industry went to digital transmission.
Wrong - component output certainly can do "HD" resolutions. The other posters were correct.
JonesBeach said:Component signal (using red/green/blue jacks) is nearly indistinguishable from HDMI signal. There's nothing wrong with it; the only real advantage of HDMI is simplicity since the cable also carries audio. Go into store where TVs are being sold and on display and I pretty much guarantee you they're all running on component input.i didn't say there's anything wrong with it. but it's very distinguishable. i do side by side comparisons and digital is more clear. when you see analog it seems washed out.
i even opt to go with a DVI output with separate audio outs and it takes me some time to switch, but i do this rather than analog because of the difference.
tuan2
Shopaholic Member
posted: Mar. 11, 2010 @ 9:25a
You're brainwashed by the movie industries! Component does 1080p perfectly fine, the movie industries led you to believe otherwise because Component doesnt protect the signal source any thing can hook up to this and copy which they view as a no no, so they stupidly came up with HDMI which protect and double protect (stupidly). you're have never experience compatibility until HDMI come along. Before you can just hook up the wire and go but now not so simple anymore with HDMI.
I'd prefer component signal as I still have an old projector with HD component input. My xbox 360 happily output 1080p though component-albeit lot of wires 4 (3 video and 1 digital out) instead of 1 HDMI (2 channels sound).
NxN2005 said:belgique said:component aka R G B analog does not reach HD resolution. This is why its being blowed out cheap...its obsolete. Resolution by Analog transmission is limited and that is why the industry went to digital transmission.
Wrong - component output certainly can do "HD" resolutions. The other posters were correct.
EDITED: If a hardware wont output 1080p over component it is dues to licensing agreement which PROHIBITED the output of HD signal over unprotected component not because of technical reason. Xbox 360 wont output 1080p video over this but do game output of 1080p. BTW the reason that hdmi updated so frequently is due to problems not improvements as they led you to believe.
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