Popcorn Hour A-200

by – Abe Abrahamian

01/13/10--- Well it just keeps on getting better. The new Popcorn Hour media extender device specifications have been released.  Below are the many codec's this unit supports is staggering. This unit will allow affordable media distribution around the home. It features a full set of I/O interfaces such as Component video, composite video, Digital Coaxial, S-Video, and HDMI.  The unit will be priced at $179. This unit lacks Blu-ray drive support.  Specifications are below with additional images. Post your comments and discuss in the forums.

A-200 Technical Specifications
Connectivity
Bonjour
UPnP SSDP
UPnP AV
Windows Media Connect
Windows Media Player NSS
Samba
NFS
Media Servers: myiHome, myiHomeLite, myiHomeMS (UPnP), MSP Portal
Third-party media servers: WizD, SwissCenter, Llink, GB-PVR
BitTorrent P2P
Usenet downloader
NAS Access : SMB, NFS, FTP
Casgle iDVR RSS feed downloader
Web Services*
Video : Revision 3, Videocast, CNET TV, Mediafly, Mevio, Bliptv, Break Podcast, CBS Evening News, CNN Anderson Cooper 360 Daily, CNN The Larry King Podcast, NBC Today Show, The CNN Daily, CNN In Case You Missed It, NBC Nightly News, NBC Meet The Press, CBS Face the Nation, Podfinder UK, Motorz
Audio : Jamendo, iPodcast, BBC Podcast, Indiefeed, CNN News, ABC News
Photos : Flickr, Picasaweb, Pikeo, 23, Photobucket, SmugMug
RSS feed : Yahoo! Weather, NMT Forum, Bloglines, Cinecast, MSNBC News, Traffice Condition, Yahoo! Traffic Alerts, Yahoo! News, Weather Bug
Peer-to-peer TV : SayaTV
Internet Radio : SHOUTCast™ Radio, Radiobox, Live365 Radio
Supported Media File Formats
Video containers:
MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG, DAT, VOB)
MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
AVI, ASF, WMV
Matroska (MKV)
MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
Video Decoders:
XVID SD/HD
MPEG-1
MPEG-2 MP@HL
MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
MPEG-4.10 (H.264) : BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1
WMV9 : MP@HL
SMPTE 421M (VC-1) : MP@HL, AP@L3
Audio Containers:
AAC, M4A
MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
WAV
WMA
FLAC
OGG
Audio Decoders:
Dolby Digital
DTS
WMA, WMA Pro
MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2, 3
MPEG-4 AAC-LC
MPEG-4 HE-AAC
MPEG-4 BSAC
LPCM
FLAC
Vorbis
Audio Pass-Through:
DTS, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA
Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD
Other Formats:
ISO, IFO navigation
AVCHD navigation
Simple BD navigation
Photo Formats:
JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Subtitle Formats:
SRT, MicroDVD SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX
DRM
Cardea DRM (WMDRM-ND)
Janus DRM (WMDRM-PD)
Chipset
Sigma Designs SMP8643, 667MHz CPU with floating point coprocessor.
Memory
512MB DDR2 DRAM, 256MB NAND Flash
Audio/Video Outputs
HDMI v1.3a, 36bpp deep color, 12-bit xvYCC processing and HDCP 1.2 content protection
Component Video
S-Video
Composite Video
Stereo Analog Audio
S/PDIF Optical and Coaxial Digital Audio
Other Interface
Power LED and Attention LED
1x USB 2.0 host at the front
1x USB 2.0 host at the back
1x USB 2.0 slave at the back
Internal mounting for 2.5" or 3.5" SATA HDD
Infra-Red Remote Control
Full power down, standby and power up by remote control
Service pin hole for TV Mode switching and shutting down without remote control
Special designed fan that generate very low noise
Network
Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps Compatibility_Lists
**Gigabit support depends on Switch/Router compatibility
Power
AC-DC adaptor
Input 100~240V AC, 50~60 Hz
Output 12V DC, 3A max
typical : 8 W (no additional device installed/attached)
maximum : 36 W
Dimension
Width x Depth x Height : 270mm x 150mm x 50mm (10.63" x 5.90" x 1.97")
Weight
1.6kg (3.5lbs)
Package Content
Popcorn Hour A-200 (HDD not included)
IEC 60320 C13 power cord
12V 3A AC-DC Adaptor
1.5M length HDMI cable
USB cable
IR Remote Control with 2 "AAA" batteries
Screws for 2.5" / 3.5" HDD
Quick start guide
Installation Guide
Last minute notes
Warranty Card
Dolby Digital: "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.

Source: Network Media Tank Forums

Comments

[admin]

This definitely will put most expensive media extenders out of business. You can't even get proper media streaming with all of these codec's like on a XBOX 360 or PS3

[JIm]

This definitely is a great news. I just found this website. I was about to blow a lot more $ on another media extender. Thanks. Jim

[JIm]

I just found this website. I was about to blow a lot more $ on another media extender. Thanks. Jim