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What is it and what does it do?
Firstly for the more detailed specifications skip to the bottom of this basic overview otherwise please read on.
Popcorn Hour allows you to pull in digital video, audio and photos from various sources for your enjoyment on your HDTV or Home Theater setup.
You can stream or playback your digital media content from a variety of sources, such as your PC, NAS, digital camera, USB mass storage devices (Flash drive, HDD, DVD drive) , internal HDD (HDD not included) and even directly from the Internet via the Media Service Portal.
This stylish little box performs magic on your Television (normal TV's to full 1080p HD screens). It can stream video from your home computers or network attached storage(for the more adventures) to your TV screen. This is done wired network (pretty much standard from all broadband providers now)
More and more people are downloading video content from the internet now or even converting their video collections into digital format. With the Popcorn Hour box you can easily select from hundreds of movies located on a networked computer or storage and stream them straight to your TV with the remote control.
Is it easy to setup?
It couldn't be simpler, connect it to your TV (see available video/audio connections below) and follow the easy to use online mediacenter interface.
Does it support internal storage?
It supports 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD and USB Slave functionality to improve connectivity and transfer rates. HDMI to the 1.3a spec, allowing full support of HD Audio pass-through for DTS HD-HR, DTS HD-MA, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD. The ports on the device have also been reconfigured, with a USB port moved to the rear panel, optical S/PDIF replacing the co-axial S/PDIF and a hardware reset button to allow for easier use of the device.
Other General Info?
You can stream or playback your digital media content from a variety of sources, such as your PC, NAS, digital camera, USB mass storage devices (Flash drive, HDD, DVD drive) , internal SATA HDD* and even directly from the Internet via the Media Service Portal.
It also serves as a NAS and a BitTorrent peer-to-peer downloader** to eliminate the need to switch on a PC or other device for this purpose.
The Popcorn Hour A-110 supports the latest high bitrate video formats (MPEG2 MP@HL, H.264 HP@L4.1, VC-1 AP@L3 in TS of at least 40Mbps) to give you up to 1080p high-definition videos.
In recognition of advances in Internet TV, the A-110 supports peer-to-peer Internet TV streaming technology from SayaTV, as well as popular unicast internet TV such as YouTube, Revision 3 and Vuze via the Media Service Portal.
The A-110 firmware is upgradeable to support future media containers, codecs and features.
* HDD not included, please refer to the HDD compatibility list for Popcorn Hour A-110
** An internal HDD is required for these functions.
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| Audio/Video outputs |
| HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p) |
| Component Video (up to 1080p) |
| S-Video |
| Composite Video |
| Stereo Analog Audio |
| S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio |
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| Connectivity |
| Bonjour |
Yes |
| UPnP SSDP |
Yes |
| UPnP AV |
Yes |
| Windows Media Connect |
Yes |
| Windows Media Player NSS |
Yes |
| SMB (windows supported file sharing) |
Yes |
| NFS (unix,linux supported file sharing) |
Yes |
| HTTP servers: myiHome, WizD, SwissCenter, MSP Portal, Llink, GB-PVR |
Yes |
| BitTorrent P2P |
Yes |
| NAS access : SMB, NFS, FTP |
Yes |
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| WEB Services |
| Video |
YouTube, Veoh, Videocast, DLTV, Cranky Geeks, Bliptv, PodfinderUK, Vuze, Break Podcast, Revision 3, CNN The Larry King Podcast, CNN Anderson Cooper 360, The CNN Daily, CNN In Case You Missed It , NBC Meet The Press, NBC Today, CBS Face the Nation, NBC Nightly News, Mevio |
| Audio |
Live365 Radio, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, BBC Podcast, CNN News , Indiefeed, Jamendo |
| Photo |
Flickr, Picasaweb |
| RSS feed |
Bloglines, Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo Traffic Alerts, Traffic Condition, Cinecast, Yahoo! News, MSNBC News |
| P2P TV |
SayaTV |
| Internet Radio |
Shoutcast |
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| Media files supported |
| Video containers |
* MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
* MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG)
* MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
* VOB
* AVI, ASF, WMV
* Matroska (MKV)
* MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4 |
| Video codecs |
* XVID SD/HD
* MPEG-1
* MPEG-2
(MP@HL)
* MPEG-4.2 (ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC)
* WMV9 (MP@HL)
* H.264 (BP@L3 - MP@L4.0 - HP@L4.0 - HP@L4.1)
* VC-1 (MP@HL - AP@L3) |
| Audio containers |
* AAC, M4A
* MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
* WAV
* WMA
* FLAC
* OGG |
| Audio codecs |
* Dolby Digital
* DTS
* WMA, WMA Pro
* AAC
* MP1, MP2, MP3
* LPCM
* FLAC
* Vorbis |
| Audio pass through |
DTS, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus |
| Photo formats |
JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF |
| Other formats |
ISO, IFO |
| Subtitle formats |
SRT, SMI, SUB, SSA |
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DRM (digital rights management) |
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| CHIPSet |
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| NETWORK |
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| Memory |
| 256MB DDR SDRAM, 32MB Flash |
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| Power |
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| Weight |
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| PACKAGE CONTENTS |
| Popcorn Hour A-110 (HDD not included) |
| 100~240V Power Adapter and 3 Prong Flat US Cord |
| 1.5M length HDMI cable |
| Remote Control with 2 "AAA" batteries |
| USB Slave cable |
| Quick start guide |
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| REVIEWS |
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| Documentation |
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 Popcorn Hour Quick Guide
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Compatible HDD´s
Brand: Western Digital AV-GP 3,5"
Model: WD10EVCS
Size: 1TB
Notes: Works well
Brand: Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5"
Model: WD10EACS
Size: 1TB
Notes: works fine, cool and quiet
Brand: Western Digital Caviar Green Power 3,5"
Model: WD10EADS (32mb cache)
Size: 1TB
Notes: Works well, format and NMT apps install OK (EXT3)
AAM (Automatic Acoustic Management) set to 128
Brand: Western Digital Caviar SE16 3,5"
Model: WD6400AAKS
Size: 640GB
Notes: works without Problems
Brand: Western Digital WD Caviar SE16 3,5"
Model: WD5000AAKS
Size: 500GB
Notes: Works Great
Brand: Western Digital Caviar Black 3.5"
Model: WD5001AALS
Size: 500GB
Notes: Works well
Brand: Western Digital 3.5"
Model: WD7500AVCS
Size: 750GB
Notes: Works Great
Brand: Western Digital Caviar Green 3,5"
Model: WD7500AACS
Size: 750GB
Notes: Works nicely, very quiet and not too much heat.
Brand: Western Digital 3,5"
Model: WD2500AVJS
Size: 250GB
Notes: Works fine, quiet
Brand: Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5"
Model: WD5000AACS
Size: 500 gig
Notes: works good so far pretty quiet
Brand: Western Digital Scorpio 2.5"
Model: WD2500BEVS
Size: 250 GB
Notes: Works, fast and quiet.
Brand: Westerrn Digital WD Caviar SE16 3.5"
Model: WD3200KSRTL
Size: 320GB
Notes: Good so far.
Brand: Western Digital Caviar SATA
Model: WD1200
Size: 120 Gb
Notes: Using it as internal HD in the A110, format ext3, Working fine.
Brand: WD Scorpio Blue 2.5"
Model: WD3200BEVT
Size: 320GB
Notes: No problems, only slightly warm, practically noiseless from 3 m
Brand: WD Scorpio Blue 2.5"
Model: WD4000BEVT
Size: 400GB
Notes: Works perfectly. Totally quiet and almost no heat from it, just sweet.
Brand: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 3.5" 8MB
Model: ST3750840AS
Size: 750GB
Notes: Works fine. Format took about 20 minutes (ext3 format)
Brand: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3,5"
Model: ST3500320AS
Size: 500GB
Notes: works without Problems
Brand: Seagate Momentus 7200rpm 16mb cache 2.5"
Model: ST9200420AS
Size: 200GB
Notes: Pretty quiet and super cool.
Brand: Seagate Momentus SATA 2,5"
Model: ST9320320AS, 5400rpm
Size: 320GB
Notes: working fine very quiet and not running hot
Brand: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 3,5"
Model: ST3250310AS
Size: 250GB
Notes: works without Problems
Brand: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3,5" 32MB
Model: ST31000340AS
Size: 1TB
Notes: works without Problems and is very quiet too...
Brand: Seagate Barracuda 7200 3.5" 32MB
Mode: ST30005N1D1AS-RK
Size: 1TB
Notes: Works without any Problems
Brand: Seagate Barracuda ES.2
Model: ST31000340NS
Size: 1000 GB
Notes: Does work.
Brand: Seagate Barracuda 7200 3.5"
HDD Model: ST31500341AS
Size: 1.5TB
Notes: WORKS, Formatted EXT3, 1.3TB available
Brand: Seagate Barracuda 640GB 7200.11 32M SATA2
Model: ST3640323AS
Size: 640GB
Notes: Works fine
Brand: Fujitsu Hornet M160 2,5"
Model: MHZ2320BH
Size: 320GB
Notes: works without Problems
Brand: Fujitsu
Model: MHZ2 BT
Size: 500GB
Notes: 2.5'', 4200RPM, slow compared to 5400 and 7200RPM but is fast enough, runs very cool, only 1.8W
Brand: Samsung SpinPoint F1 3,5"
Model: HD103UJ
Size: 1TB
Notes: works without Problems
Brand: Samsung Spinpoint M6 SATA 2,5"
Model: HM400LI, 5400rpm 8MB
Size: 400GB
Notes: working fine very quiet and not running hot
Brand: Samsung
Model: HM500LI
Size: 500GB
Notes: 2.5", works fine, rather quiet
Brand: Samsung
Model: HD753LJ
Size: 750GB
Notes: 3.5'', Works fine
Brand: Samsung 3.5"
Model: HD501LJ
Size: 500 GB
Notes: works fine without problems
Brand: Samsung SATA 3,5"
Model: OHDIS-500/72-16SAM
Size: 500GB
Notes: hot&quite fine
Brand: Samsung
Model: HD160jj
Size: 160 GB
Notes: Works perfect, no problems at all, quiet and cool
Brand: Hitachi SATA 2,5"
Model: HTS541612J9SA60
Size: 120GB
Notes: works without problems
Brand: Hitachi 2.5"
Model: HTS541616J9SA00
Size: 160 GB
Notes: works good (format & NMT apps installation on EXT3)
Brand: Maxtor SATA-I
Model: 7L300S0
Size: 300GB
Size: Worked great once I formatted it (ext2)
Brand: Maxtor
Model: SATAII Ultra16
Size: 500GB
Size: Connected to A-110, NMT apps were installed and it's working beautifully. Pretty quiet and cool.
Brand: Maxtor DiamondMax 22 SATA 3 Gbits/s
Model: STM3750330AS
Size: 750 Go
Notes: I'm using A110, format ext3, Working fine.
Not working HDD´s
Brand: Hitachi Deskstar 3,5"
Model: HDP725050GLA360
Size: 500GB
Notes: Format fails, tried to change to Sata150 doesnt make it working
Brand: Hitachi Travelstar 2,5"
Model: HTS542512K9SA00
Size: 120GB
Notes: Format fails, cant get it running
Brand: Hitachi Travelstar 2.5"
Model: HTS543216L9A300
Size: 160GB
Notes: Format fails
Brand: Hitachi
Model: HTS545050KTA300
Size: 500GB 2.5''
Notes:Not working. Does not format, stuck at 0%
Brand: Hitachi 2.5" 5K250-250
Model: HTS542525K9SA00
Size: 250 GB
Notes: format is fail
Brand: HITACHI Travelstar 2,5"
Model: 5K320 HTS543232L9A300
Size: 320GB
Notes: PCH A-110 with FW Rev 01-17-080818-15-POP-403-000 (Kernel 15-POP) will not recognize/display Hitachi HDD in Media Source menu. PCH will recognize/display WD Raptor 300GB (OS boot drive from PC system) so PCH SATA connector is OK. Travelstar is recognized on PC system so the non-recognized drive is also functional.
Brand: HITACHI Deskstar
Model: HDP725025GLA380
Size: 250GB
Notes: doesnt work
Reported to have had issues but others report working fine
Brand: Western Digital WD Caviar SE16 3,5"
Model: WD5000AAKB
Size: 500GB
Notes: Power ripples cause browser repeat, choose another model
Brand: Samsung 3.5"
Model: HD501LJ
Size: 500 GB
Notes: /could not get to work.
Brand: Samsung
HDD model: SP2504C
Size: 250GB 3,5"
Notes: I tried to install Samsung SP2504C and format both in the ext / 3 and ext / 2 with the latest firmware on a USB root. Formatting finished after a few attempts and NMT programs installs on this disk. Problems starts when you use the disk w. Samba (smb: / / ip / share), then the disk shuts down by it self after 4-10 minutes. I would not recommend this disk to be used in A-110. I tried this disk as well in 1,5Gbps transfer mode with the same result(s).
Alternative Solutions
Brand: SANS DIGITAL Compact Flash CF to 2.5†SATA
Model: ST-SAN-CS1T
Brand: RiData Lightning Series 8GB Compact Flash (CF) Flash Card
Model: CFR8G-233X-LIG2
Size: 8GB
Notes: Does get a little warm to the touch upon accessing, but still cooler than a HDD. Tested read/write up to 50Mbit over NFS (about 6MiB/second)
Brand:RED i88990 CF Adapter
Model:Red! CF Compact Flash Type I/II to Serial SATA Adapter
Brand:Transcend x133 Compact Flash
Model: 8Gb
Notes:I bought my adapter from ebay for £5. The CF card has a lifetime guarantee. |
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