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"First Impressions....Awesome!" on by LexyGS4ever
Pros: Supports many codecs, including DivxHD; photo slide show with music; easy to setup; supports soft subtitling for foreign films
Cons: sometimes remote is slow to respond; no WMV8 or 7 codec support
Summary: I've spent 1 long night with this box and I'm very impressed so far. It pretty much does everything that it says it does and it suprised me with a few additional features that I was unaware of. Things like photo slide show with music, support of soft subtitling of video files, and internet radio were quite a surprise.
I hooked it up to my 1080i HDTV monitor and it looks great, especially the HD content. Lower resolution files that I stream off the computer looked good too.
Setup was a breeze. In a just a couple of hours I was able to setup 3 servers. 1 PC running Link Theatre software, 1 PC running Windows Connect Server software, and 1 Buffalo LinkStation running PCast. All three servers were picked up by the Link Theatre without any problems.
Network connectivity is good too. So far I've only tried 100BT Ethernet...no need for wireless for me. Although I might test it anyways.
Navigation through many video/audio files can be made easy if you place files in subfolders. It can be made easy if you organize your files correctly.
That's it for first impressions. It's a really well done product and I look forward to future enhancements such as support for even more codecs. Nice job Buffalo!Updated
I tried the WMV HD clips from the Microsoft site and only the video plays. The video plays very smoothly, but hey! I need audio with it too. I hope Buffalo comes out with a fix. Other HD content from Divx plays fine.
I called customer support and a real person answered. They couldn't immediately answer my question on the WMV HD audio issue so I'm waiting for a call back like other reviewers here.
Another issue that came up was subtitling from .srt files. The player displays them too small. I wish there was font adjustability that controls size, shadows, etc.
Like azher said, it's a new product that will hopefully see some firmware updates soon.Updated
Got a call from customer service and they explained the issue with WMV HD. It should hopefully be fixed in the next firmware update. It's great to work with customer service that actually helps the customer. Keep up the good work Buffalo!
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