My new media player just arrived

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 00:39

graycbr said:
does it play 3d iso etc ?

Not sure to be honest mate. Haven't got any 3d iso's.

George Hincapie · 2 Dec 2012 at 09:12

Nice TV unit BTW - where did you get it from and model?

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 10:49

It's from the Contemporary furniture company. The model is Kentucky large tv unit. Great piece. Solid oak and built so nicely. Arrives pre built. Takes 2 people to move. As well as a proper shop they also have an eBay shop. Which is where I bought it from. They used to put one on auction once a month. I won it for £200. No bad for a brand new item with an rrp of £700

graycbr · 2 Dec 2012 at 12:08

have you got a setup guide or links at all ?
You cam PM me if you like

Not a lot of info on this & pulse-eight site is crap ...

snow patrol · 2 Dec 2012 at 12:24

this looks pretty great...so does one of the models come preinstalled with xbmc?

also, what ram does this take? I think i'd like to get 4 gigs instead of 2..

StarmanUK · 2 Dec 2012 at 15:45

Quite impressive - rather disappointed I missed out of the discounted items from only a few days ago. Thanks for details regarding the unit as I've been looking for some decent Oak furniture for the living room.

seanyc5 · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:02

What skin is that? I run XBMC on my pc just as an standalone prog rather than an OS - i use either keyboard or HTC One X as remote.

imb4tman · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:10

Looks good. What chipset does it use? Would also like to know if it can play back a Bluray ISO as that is something my Dune HD Smart cannot do. This might be a good alternative the Popcorn Hour.

Begbie · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:35

graycbr said:
have you got a setup guide or links at all ?
You cam PM me if you like
Not a lot of info on this & pulse-eight site is crap ...

For XBMC?

Millions of them around, avforums has a massive one.

It's pretty simple once you get your head around it, I love it. Slowly building up a media PC just now to take full advantage of it.

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:42

seanyc5 said:
What skin is that? I run XBMC on my pc just as an standalone prog rather than an OS - i use either keyboard or HTC One X as remote.

It's the aeon skin. Pretty much the most popular one around right now. Nice improvement over standard.

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:44

snow patrol said:
this looks pretty great...so does one of the models come preinstalled with xbmc?

also, what ram does this take? I think i'd like to get 4 gigs instead of 2..

The premium takes sodim. Standard takes standard ddr3. I've stuck a single 4gb stick in but another 4gb is on its way just because it was so cheap.

graycbr · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:44

which software did u d/l of pulse-eight site ?
Quite a few diff versions in packages

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:46

imb4tman said:
Looks good. What chipset does it use? Would also like to know if it can play back a Bluray ISO as that is something my Dune HD Smart cannot do. This might be a good alternative the Popcorn Hour.

Yep. Plays back blu ray iso just fine. Can't vouch for 3d as I do t have a 3d tv

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 19:48

graycbr said:
which software did u d/l of pulse-eight site ?
Quite a few diff versions in packages

I used the openelec pulse version. Installed in under 10 mins and everything just worked.

graycbr · 2 Dec 2012 at 20:00

kidloco said:
I used the openelec pulse version. Installed in under 10 mins and everything just worked.

There is four versions
fusion
Generic
Intel
nVidia
lol sorry for all the questions but cant wait to get it

One More Solo · 2 Dec 2012 at 21:55

Is the premium version not available any more? Can't find it on their website.

GodAtum · 2 Dec 2012 at 22:11

Did you think about getting the Rasberry Pi XBMC version?

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 22:44

graycbr said:
There is four versions
fusion
Generic
Intel
nVidia
lol sorry for all the questions but cant wait to get it

The current barebones they sell are the fusion models.

z0mbi3 · 2 Dec 2012 at 22:45

kidloco said:
The premium takes sodim. Standard takes standard ddr3. I've stuck a single 4gb stick in but another 4gb is on its way just because it was so cheap.

Cheap or not, it's still a waste of money. XBMC, especially Openelec, doesn't run any better on 2gb than it does with 4gb. 8 is certainly overkill.

kidloco · 2 Dec 2012 at 22:46

One More Solo said:
Is the premium version not available any more? Can't find it on their website.

Doesn't look like it. I think they have sold old out but the looks of it. I know when I was looking they had limited numbers. The only reason I bought the premium was for optical out. My av amp doesn't do sound over hdmi.