2011 Media Streamer Roundup : Netgear NTV550, A.C.Ryan PlayOn!HD2 and the Boxee Box
by Ganesh T S on November 20, 2011 10:32 AM EST- Posted in
- Home Theater
- Media Streamer
- NetGear
- Boxee Box
Media players are often used to display slideshows of photo albums and other pictures. Most media streamers specify a list of supported codecs, but users are often frustrated with slow photo loading times. In this section, we will present some analysis of the image formats support of the three media streamers.
| Image Formats Compatibility Details | |
| A.C.Ryan PlayOn!HD2 | |
| Firmware Version v9.5.3.r5440 | |
| Format | Notes |
| JPG | Tested Upto 40MP ; Takes less than 3s On Average To Decode and Scale to 1920x1080 |
| GIF | Supported (Animated GIFs Show First Frame Only) |
| JPS | Not Supported |
| Miscellaneous Formats | MPO Not Supported |
| DNG Partially Supported (18MP Recognized, 37MP Tagged as Invalid File) | |
| TIFF Supported (Multipage Files Display First Page) | |
| PNG Supported | |
| Image Formats Compatibility Details | |
| Netgear NTV550 | |
| Firmware Version 3.2.16NA | |
| Format | Notes |
| JPG | Tested Upto 40MP ; Takes 8s On Average To Decode and Scale to 1920x1080 |
| GIF | Supported |
| JPS | Not Supported |
| Miscellaneous Formats | MPO Not Supported |
| DNG Not Supported | |
| TIFF Supported (Multipage Files Display First Page) | |
| PNG Supported (>20 MP PNGs failed to display) | |
| Image Formats Compatibility Details | |
| D-Link Boxee Box | |
| Firmware Version v1.2.2.20482 | |
| Format | Notes |
| JPG | Tested Upto 40MP ; Takes 5s On Average To Decode and Scale to 1920x1080 |
| GIF | Supported (Animated GIFs Display First Frame) |
| JPS | Not Supported |
| Miscellaneous Formats | MPO Not Supported |
| DNG Supported | |
| TIFF Supported (Multipage Files Display First Page) | |
| PNG Supported | |
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NewCityVegas - Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - link
What interests me most right now are small boxes coming out of China that seem to combine a wifi media box with a TV tuner selling for about $120.I wish I could see a real review of one of these. Here's a promotion piece (called a review) from a vendor:
note: there seems to be auto spam filter that can't tell legitimate interest but here is the link in a clumsy format:
blog
wholesaleonepiece
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google-android-tv-box-review
dbrons - Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - link
After trying one of the realtec players I bought a Dune Smart B1. It plays iso, folders, most everything. I suppose the Dune layers cost more but it would be interesting to see them compared.cjs150 - Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - link
Zotac Nano AD10VIA Artico 1150
Both out, similar price. Alledgedly can act as perfect HTPC especially if like me you have a NAS box to act as storage.
Stick an SSD in them and tell us what you think.
Are these a great addition to a real AV rack. Can they deal with Blu ray playback, light gaming (but on big screen) play virtually every type of media we can throw at them.
What is the noise and temperatures like - no use if sound like a jet taking off.
What are they like with Windows 7, XBMC or Linux in them. How easy is setting up a remote controller for them.
Xmas is coming I want toys!