Which Popcorn Hour to buy?

[flyingjase]

Having listened to quite a few people on here I have decided to buy a Popcorn Hour to network my home audio / blu ray

Which one would you buy / have you bought? On their website I'm struggling to tell the difference between the C-200 and A-110

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks!

[t84]

I'd say A-110 if you already have a Blu Ray player, C-200 allows you to mount a Blu Ray drive, A-110 doesn't

[flyingjase]

t84 said:

I'd say A-110 if you already have a Blu Ray player, C-200 allows you to mount a Blu Ray drive, A-110 doesn't

Cool, thanks. Do I need a A-110 for each room?

[t84]

Erm, I couldn't say, could you post specs of all your equipment for all rooms? I would guess you would need one for each room, yes

[flyingjase]

Was thinking music / video held on household PC in study (planning to buy WN-100 for wifi)

Then 1 x A-110 in lounge to play music / film via Onkyo Amp & Pioneer Kruo TV

And 1 x A-110 in KItchen to play music through Yamaha midi system (with aux in plug)

Sound reasonable?

[t84]

They're ste for music, really clunky interface

[DavidY]

Agree with T84, clunky interface, ok for video, crap for music.

Have a look at an HDX-1000 as well, a popcorn hour A-110 in a much nicer case (and has a co-ax digital out in addition to the optical one). Latest firmware is just about the same as a an A110 and includes DTS downmix. I have one and it's been very good.

davidy

[t84]

To be fair though I run a custom Jukebox app called YAMJ which makes playing video lovely, I think that a music alternative exists as well, best bet is to read through http://www.networkedmediatank.com/ as it is a brilliant resource and they should answer all of your questions

[flyingjase]

Ahhhh, just when I thought I knew what I wanted!!!!!

[TonyHetherington]

I have an A110, which I bought about 3 months ago. At the time the C200 was "almost" out, but I decided to just go for the A110.

First off, it's great.

However, it could use some customisation which, through YAMJ, I will do when I have my AV setup all sorted.

Essentially you need 1 for every location - i.e. each TV, however it's an expensive solution for just music (£180 for the A110 I think). I'm sure there'd be other ways of doing it. Or, just run an audio cable to that location and go off your original popcorn (using an IR extender if needed).

However, let me just stress, how bloody good I think the PH is

[TonyHetherington]

t84 said:

To be fair though I run a custom Jukebox app called YAMJ which makes playing video lovely, I think that a music alternative exists as well, best bet is to read through http://www.networkedmediatank.com/ as it is a brilliant resource and they should answer all of your questions

Which part of YAMJ do you use for the music inteface? I've still not properly played, only dabbled, but it didn't look obvious?!

[Plotloss]

SQB Duet and a PCH is the killer combo for network media consumption.

Unless I can interest Sir in something a little less enthusiast...

[t84]

TonyHetherington said:

t84 said:

To be fair though I run a custom Jukebox app called YAMJ which makes playing video lovely, I think that a music alternative exists as well, best bet is to read through http://www.networkedmediatank.com/ as it is a brilliant resource and they should answer all of your questions

Which part of YAMJ do you use for the music inteface? I've still not properly played, only dabbled, but it didn't look obvious?!

Sorry, I should clarify this, I run YAMJ for videos and just browse my Music folder like a normal folder, I'm looking into a music solution

I was in your situation, but I decided not to hold out for the C-200 as I couldn't justify spending more.

[TonyHetherington]

Ah right, I'm glad you said that

[flyingjase]

Plotloss said:

SQB Duet and a PCH is the killer combo for network media consumption.

Unless I can interest Sir in something a little less enthusiast...

Hi Plotless, do you set these kinds of systems up? If so, how much do you charge for a basic one zone set up? (but with the ability to add further zones, up to say 6 further downstream)

Thanks

J