Is the Popcorn Hour still "the daddy"?
Is the Popcorn Hour still "the daddy"?
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Famous Graham

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26,553 posts

252 months

Thursday 19th January 2012
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Or are there equal/better media streamers/players/storage boxes out there?

(bearing in mind I have two HDDs full of content I've brought with me, so an AppleTV, while neat, would necessitate building a NAS or some external USB enclosures)

coxyuk

111 posts

175 months

Friday 20th January 2012
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Personally I'd check out the Boxee Box

Trustmeimadoctor

14,341 posts

182 months

Friday 20th January 2012
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ac ryan

oola

2,729 posts

250 months

Friday 20th January 2012
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Something running XBMC ... used Boxee on ATV1 and whilst its 'ok', I prefer using XBMC as it will stream ripped Blu Ray. Plus with XBMC you have a choice of hardware to install it on. Something like the Acer Revo networked and some sort of control would be my choice.

surfymark

895 posts

258 months

Friday 20th January 2012
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Personally I think the new Popcorn A300 blows everything out of the water at the moment.

M

Digger

16,706 posts

218 months

Friday 20th January 2012
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surfymark said:
Personally I think the new Popcorn A300 blows everything out of the water at the moment.

M
Anything else you considered when deciding?

stneville

93 posts

203 months

Friday 20th January 2012
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Have a look at the Dune devices

isee

3,713 posts

210 months

Monday 23rd January 2012
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Got the popcorn A110
still adequate for everything i play at the moment.

Did just purchase the logitech revue though for internet streaming.

surfymark

895 posts

258 months

Monday 23rd January 2012
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Digger said:
surfymark said:
Personally I think the new Popcorn A300 blows everything out of the water at the moment.

M
Anything else you considered when deciding?
Had a look at the WDTVs and the Dune. Neither play as many different formats as the Popcorn plus the new interface on the A300 is really good and in my opinion better than the other two. I still have a C200 but will be upgrading shortly.

HTH
M