AC Ryan - Legend Power Systems
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1. 2tore riay ctream PLAYPOT ual MKV H 264 RMVB FullHD Network MediaPlayer FullHD 1080p 3 5 SATA up to 1 5TB Plays HD content such as MKV H 264 RM RMVB Stream multimedia across wired network Supports Wireless N Built in Samba server amp BitTorrent client EWA HIFK Evolution Valuepack HDMI cable Reviewed By Advocate86 Advocate86 mpcclub com Admin mpcclub com MPC Ciuil Suton om www MPCCLUB com 2tore riay ocrecit PLAYON PLATO MHD Store Play Stream www playonhd com THE MKV RM RMVB H 264 True1 080p supports Wireless N UPnP Bittorrent PLAYON FullHD Network MediaPlayer AC Ryan www playonhd com ad SS ba sd E g Hi HD FullHD Network MediaPlayer 290 Introduction Some might say that we at MPCCLUB have a tendency to get excited easily To a certain degree this as of late may be true but usually our excitement is born out of a desire for a product to break the mould and offer something new over the usual crop of Sigma 86xx series players Lately there has been a lot of talk about the Realtek 12xx processor series which promises to offer more than the current crop of Sigma processors and we have recently reviewed a couple of players using this new processor range HMB Movie Palace and most recently the Xtreamer When was initially told that would be reviewing the PLAYON HD by AC Ryan which uses the Realtek pr2. he Fifth Element F E eane 1 omens samm a ax T However the colours held true and the contrast had the deepness would expect without any adjustment to the panel settings could see no motion lag stutter Jaggies blocking micro blocking colour bleed or anything else that would have made me think that wasn t actually running the original from disc rather than a backup made streaming across my LAN INDEX 1 1 TIME 00 32 1 Size 13134 MBytes WxH 0x0 Frame Rate 30 Audio DTS Bit Rate 1509 kbps Lint beam KU e Warn SNE oe hk ae CEF asrau es K api j The Zoom feature worked extremely well and in pause mode with zoom up to 8X I could see no pixilation Panning around the screen was smooth The GoTo feature works well it gives you three options with which to time jump through your movie Title Chapter Time tested all three modes during the test on DVD ISO files TS and Divx movies It s nice to have the flexibility of three options instead of the usual 1 but bookmarking would have also been a nice option an option clearly missing from this player The audio output in this instance was Dolby Digital DTS and it performed as expected the sound was defined and could hear distinct definition between the ranges It was time now to move onto another format a straight blu ray dump of Quantum of Solace in its original directory structure and with
3. gt INS REPLAY CM SKIP ZOOMIN ZOOM OUT an SELECT CONFIRM AUDIO SUBTITLE A C Ryan Well here we are at this juncture again It s hard to sum up a player in a few pages or even conclude in a number of paragraphs am struggling to understand just what benefits and enhancements the Realtek chip SoC brings over the current Sigma processor Yeah it loads photos a lot faster but surely there must be more Surely it should allow for multi layered User Interfaces a better Internet experience besides Bittorent or YouTube did see some improvement in movie playback and general responsiveness though not the leaps and bounds that would expect from a new generation of chips am hoping that this will come in time as the development of the firmware matures and the enhancements are added with each firmware revision do know from conversations with AC Ryan that they do have a lot planned for the PlayOn HD enhancements like BD ISO playback MKV chaptering NFS and BD Lite to name but a few In the next firmware release expect to have DTS downmixing added and hopefully bug fixes to the samba and BT services As for the PlayON HD player itself liked it It is a good player with a lot going for it If you are looking for a straight up Movie player that will play most formats thrown at it then look no further the PlayOn HD can certainly do that was impressed by the smoothness of the playback and the colour reproduction
4. the contrast was spot on and negated any adjustments to my panel settings which isa sign of a good player can only see this player getting better and becoming a leader amongst the new breed of media players Certainly on value for money this is a real winner only the Xtreamer beats it on price though it lacks the extra features like Component output SD card slot USB Device port and Digital Coaxial see this player replacing my DViCO 6500 and becoming my main living room media player look forward to the updates and enhancements that AC Ryan has planned and feel they will deliver as they are a brand that has pride in their name This player has a lot of plusses going for it and only a few negatives which are easily resolvable So back to my first Conclusion paragraph how do sum the player up in a number of paragraphs don t sum it up in two words Buy it Advocate8g6 Price 148 126 Manufacturers web site htto www playonhd com Editor s Comments Now are you ready for me Hi Jack to add my 2 cents A C Ryan is one of the brands expect a lot from especially since they are located nearby my home did visit A C Ryan several weeks ago and found people really interested in bringing out the best It s not ready though Especially in subtitle handling there s room for improvements MKV subs are important for most of Europe and in general remarks made on Xtreamer and som
5. and R RWD The player managed F FWD fine at 1 5x and 2x at 4x however the player stepped forward instead of smooth fast forward play This was also the case at 8x which was unusable as you cannot gauge where you are in the movie What is curious is that at 16x and 32x the F FWD became smoother and worked well This was the case across all movie formats that tried R RWD was worse and would freeze and skip so was totally unusable these issues have been pointed out to AC Ryan and hopefully it will get addressed in a firmware release Another problem found was with the Samba service When left the player on overnight for heat tests found that was unable to browse both the internal HDD and Network the player could not see any folders or files Upon checking the Samba service in the Extension Info menu it appeared that all was ok with the service it was in a running state stopped and re started the service which fixed the issue It looks like AC Ryan has some issues to work out with the Samba service left over from the previous firmware also believe they have an issue with the bit torrent service which also stalls if the player is placed in standby am sure that these are issues that AC Ryan will address with the next release of the firmware Music Playback One aspect of all media players have reviewed so far except perhaps the Conceptronic Media Netv GEEZERS FILESERVERO1 Tunes Alici Titan is the
6. tested the file copy section which allows the copying of files from one area to another be that Network USB media card or Internal HDD When entering this section you are presented with an explorer type window two window panes which present the various sources and File Copy bis Destination Local HDD LJ Network Trash can destinations This does allow the flexibility of moving files around within your environment without the need of your trusted PC as long as they are small files MP3s wavs Photos or small movie files are ok and are done with ease However at present don t try to copy any files over a Gigabyte tried several large movie files ranging from 5GB to 11GB from various sources to the internal HDD and it was excruciatingly slow it was one of those set and go to bed jobs A 10GB file from my Windows 2k3 file server took 31minutes to copy This is a point raised with AC Ryan and they believe with the development of their firmware this will be improved so at present it is faster to disconnect and utilise the USB device option to transfer your files or set and got to bed The Internet Radio option is a nice feature and works well with this current firmware version The initial firmware version that came with the player had issues with genres which upon accessing them would cause the player to reboot There is a good selection of Internet radio stations and genres to choose from and
7. 98 of Stations loaded Sg Station pre b g Favorite 1 Top 25 Streams 2 Alternative 3 Classical 4 Comedy 5 Country 6 Dance House 7 Funk ITEM 8 19 Genre Soft Smooth Jazz 2 SMOOTHJAZZ COM The Internet s Original Sm 3 SwissGroove The world s 1 for jazz funk soul Listeners Mac5197 10026 4 aii Blue FM Easy Listening Instr Bitrate 96Kbps 5 Bossa Nova Jazz S K Y F M 100 pure bossa Type MP3 6 WBGO Newark Public Radio 7 MUSIK LOUNGE WWW RAUTEMUSIK FM 2 8 Classic amp Jazz www classicandjazz net Paris y PAGE 1 20 There is also an option to set your favourite Stations by highlighting the station of your choice and then simply pressing the Menu button on the remote It would have been nice to have a label on the menu button ina different colour to indicate that it performed that function though worked it out by using a very technical method press every button on the remote until it has the desired effect ai a e y Co a S 1 Absolutely Smooth Jazz S K Y F M the world Genre Smooth Jazz Listeners Max 1410 11810 Easy Listening Instr Bitrate 128Kbps 5 Bossa Nova Jazz S K Y F M 100 pure bossa Type MP3 6 WBGO Newark Public Radio 7 MUSIK LOUNGE WWW RAUTEMUSIK FM 2 8 Classic amp Jazz www classicandjazz net Paris PAGE 1 20 Genre Soft Smooth Jazz 2 SwissGroove The world s 1 for jazz funk soul 3 SM
8. DIGITAL Along with the player in the box are the usual suspects AC Ryan PlayON HD Remote Control 2x AA Battery FREE HIFX Evolution HDMI quality cable 2m 1x composite A V Cable Y Pb Pr Cable USB A to B Cable AC Adaptor Power Cord User Manual Quick Installation Guide What was surprising was the inclusion of both a Free HDMI cable and a component cable as well really don t know why AC Ryan have chosen to emphasise the word Free against the HDMI cable as this is usual with players these days but hey it is nice to have a 2m quality cable suppose The power supply is external and has the type of plug that I find is usually harder to replace should it fail Still the player does come with a 2 year guarantee so suppose it s not that bad The main benefit of having an external power supply is to keep all that damaging heat away from the innards of the player Usually if the player has an external supply the manufacturer chooses to have a fanless design AC Ryan however have opted for a small 2 5 fan installed in the left hand corner of the rear panel Whilst in operation really could barely hear the fan running More noise came from the internal HDD than the fan The player does take an internal 3 5 HDD which is easily mounted from the underneath by the removal of 2x small screws to release the mount plate The HDD is securely mounted onto the back plate which works r
9. Full HD audio sound streams as well The file format for blu ray dumps is m2ts and on occasions have seen a few players struggle with this format though of late this is becoming less frequent Upon loading the file the Dolby TrueHD light lit up on my receiver and upon checking the info screen displayed by the player it stated that it was using the said format Again the player had no issues with video reproduction and was running in the correct format of 24 which is the way like it could clearly hear the 6 and rA speaker kick in and become part of the surround so thumbs up here Video playback was smooth and performed as well if not better than a player twice its price It handled the 38 Mbps frame rate and 768 kbps bit rate effortlessly tested DVD iso s Divx and AVI files and all played as well The up scaling of the SD formats was impressive chaptering on the DVDs worked without issues my classic sci fi AVI movies like the Quatermass series from the 50 s World Without End 1956 and First Men In The Moon 1964 all looked like they had had a face lift by a top plastic surgeon INDEX 1 1 CE First Men In The Moon 1964 Size 1492 MBytes Video MPEG 4 WxH 720x416 Frame Rate 24 Audio MPEG Bit Rate 256 kbps During the tests did however find one or two kinks in AC Ryan s PlayON HD player and one is an issue have found on a number of players that have reviewed the dreaded F FW
10. OOTHJAZZ COM The Internet s Original Sm 4 CROOZE fm The world s best mix of Smooth Jaz Bitrate 96Kbps Listeners Max 5197 10026 Type MP3 ITEM 1 4 Don t worry won t charge for the consultancy It would be nice for AC Ryan to develop the Internet section and add Shoutcast YouTube and maybe even iPlayer now that would be a first believe on speaking with AC Ryan that they do intend to add YouTube at a later date Let s hope AC Ryan stand good on their commitment to the player and develop it further which believe they will judging by the way they have developed their brand name and stature over the last few years The remote is a simplistic affair no luminous buttons and no backlit buttons It does however feel comfortable in the hand and the centre navigation buttons are easily accessible with your thumb when holding the remote The ergonomics work well on the remote however feel that there are some labels missing from the remote as previously mentioned Favourites and Internet for instance but on the whole it is well laid out The range of the remote is good and had no issues sending commands from acute seating angles It would have been gt _ useful to have the VOL remote backlit 22s hd though but suppose that would have pushed the price up on the gt TV SYS BROWSER COPY REPEAT a wW MENU gt SETUP PAUSE STEP SLOW A B ANGLE unit ih
11. ainly won t appear in the next firmware update So for now we browse aroma i Photo Music Movies Loca C Movies HD Movies Duplicity 1080p me 00 00 26 02 05 02 Name Duplicity 1080p mkv Size 11197 MBytes As can be seen from the screenshots above most selections are Icon driven and operate in f 4 i 4 aed T a 7 ae DEF 2 kan ee ae h a simplistic manner which is good and the way it should be On the bottom image what can also be seen is the preview window which mentioned earlier in the review It allows the user to browse their movie files and receive playback from within the browser The first movie tested was an old favourite of mine The Fifth Element Re mastered 1080p mkv this movie has an excellent section which seriously tests contrast colour saturation lag Jaggies and bit rate handling It s the part where the 5 element steps out onto the ledge looks down on the flying highway and then the drops into Bruce s taxi cab Just that section alone can expose a multitude of sins on a weak player and the pursuit and chase after she lands can even make the most respected player melt its solder points from the processor heat Running at Full 1080p 24 30Mbps and a bit rate of 1509 kbps it sure did put this player through its paces TIME 00 31 21 Remastered 1080p mkv ize 13134 MBytes WxH 0x0 Frame Rate 30 Audio DTS Bit Rate 1509 kbps
12. al digital outputs This gives greater flexibility for your receiver The Network is still 10 100 though which is unfortunate but is usual for media players Maybe one day a player will come along with true gigabit speeds we can only wish What can be said about the front fascia It s black slick and the only shiny part of the player a plus but it can also show surface scratching after a while so watch what polishing rag you use to clean the player with A single button which is the power button resides in the middle and illuminates with a cool blue colour when on Additionally along the bottom is a thin blue line of LED light that looks quite fetching against the deep black of the fascia Simple and pleasing aesthetics well done AC Ryan So far the PlayON HD has scored well with me from its well laid out back panel to its simplistic slick black aesthetics But the true test of a player is in how easy it is to setup how intuitive the user interface UI is and lastly how well it plays our precious media files The 3 H s as call them Connecting the player to my living room home cinema setup was pretty straight forward and was ready to switch on within 5 minutes My setup for anyone who has not read my previous reviews is HDMI out of the player into a Onkyo 875 receiver then from the Onkyo into my Pioneer 508D panel Network connectivity is supplied on a gigabit LAN from a few sources mainly Windows 2003 f
13. ather well The rear panel is laid out well with the main bank of connections set centrally Digital Audio SP DIF Digital Audio SP DIF Network HDMI Composite Coax Out Optical Out TOSLink RJ45 LAN Video Out Audio Video Out Memory Card Slot USB Host USB Slave SD SD SDHC Port x2 Port MMC MS MSPro As can be seen from the picture above most I Os have been catered for AC Ryan have opted for mounting the USB host and device ports on the right hand side panel which is nice but not to everyone s tastes judging by some of the comments on the forums AC Ryan could easily have put some additional USB host ports on the rear panel to the left hand side keeping everyone happy But hey suppose that would have pushed the price up which is quite low considering the build quality and feature set of this player Also on the right hand side panel is a Memory Card slot a nice touch It can read SD SDHC MMC MS and MSPro cards and offers great flexibility for showing those lovely photos you have just snapped during your holidays An hour of sheer boredom in some peoples case those poor visiting friends Still you can keep them happy after boring them to death by putting ona nice HD flick for them to watch as long as it s not the HD holiday movies We digress Power Component YIPb Pr DC In Jack Video Out Another nice touch which some manufacturers sometimes leave out is the options of optical and coaxi
14. come in future firmware updates Discussions that have had with AC Ryan suggest that the UI will be undergoing major revamps in future firmware updates in general though find the UI to be slick and easy to use the use of icons and plain labelling of options is a merit to the design by AC Ryan This section is what can either make or break a player It s what we ve all spent our hard earned cash for Yeah it s nice to show off your photos it s also nice to listen to your music collection and internet radio stations but the true heart of any media player is how well it plays those precious movie files Be they HD or SD we don t want any lag stutter or poor audio synch We want them to play anything we throw at them even if it s a 12 vinyl record well almost anything AC Ryan come close to achieving that with the line up of supported formats as mentioned in the start of this review But how well does it play them and are there any overlooked bugs lurking under the players dark slick fa ade All access to your files is through the Browser icon Access to the Internal HDD USB HDD or memory card stick Network and UPnP is all through the browser At this stage and until AC Ryan update their UI everything is listed in browser fashion Speaking with AC Ryan again they are looking at bringing on Movie Art IMDB info listing etc and Album Cover browsing but this is something that is in development and cert
15. current default setting of 4 3 Finally the TV System setting this is where you set the resolution of the player you can either let HDMI Auto determine the capabilities of you panel and set it to the highest or manually set it tend to always manually set my resolution as have found HDMI auto can be troublesome not that this player suffers from that P 50HZ 720P 60HZ 50H For the purpose of the review I have to set the resolution to maximum 1080i for my HD capture device to work I tried a HDMI capture device but because of the HDCP signal from most media players the capture card would not display anything The new firmware also has an added setting to allow for 1080p 24 which is the best viewing setting for watching movies if your panel is compliant Next up in the Setup menu is the Network sub menu n fidan Network Wired Lan Setup DHCP IP AUTO FIX IP MANUAL Not much to discuss in here usual choice is DHCP One thing would like to add though is that it would have been nice to have an option to set the Workgroup or Domain name for the Player to allow it to participate in either rather than announcing itself in a separate Workgroup network Something AC Ryan may want to add in future firmware releases The general flow of the UI for the Setup menu is good and uncomplicated a bonus for less techie savvy users Fourth in the list of sub menus is the System menu eight options in h
16. e on HMB are valid for the A C Ryan as well We value the extra effort of A C Ryan to change the default RealTek interface into something more meaningfull but even so some things are still up for improvement Versus the TviX A C Ryan has more power 300MHz vs 400MHz believe however this seems to not bring true advantage yet Should we mention the BD playback TviX handles well and is missing here several outputs not being here DTS down mix that still should be added and so on A C Ryan is a priceworthy product and if it can manage to update the firmware fast it will be able to compete with anything else Now it looses to much credit on the immature options surrounding all the formats it support and name but a few options like native resolution better ZOOM functions better shortcuts NFS bookmark resume selection MKV subs etc There s a lot to be improved that would lift it s value over the current players and we tend to look at more than playback only Now in picture support and music the chip clearly comes out on top of Sigma based players In video support It s about the same as sigma at half the price however the options for output are not the same zoom is different and so on So far I m quite satisfied with these RealTek players however all fall short in convenience maturity of the features and somehow they all lack true attitude to make gap between them and the others and in my opinion the only
17. ere e Menu Language e Text Encoding e Login control e Extension Info e System Update e HDD Format e System Info e Restore Default Most of the options are self explanatory and need not be covered in this review Alternatively you can access the video of the player setup on YouTube link at the bottom of the review The Extension Info is an area which will cover briefly as it needs to be accessed upon initial configuration to start install and start the Samba client AC Ryan should consider setting this to run as default as it can cause less technical users to wonder why they can t see the network Upon entering this option there are 3 extensions that need installing and starting e Btpd e Samba e Unicgi Getting them installed and running is effortless click and install click and run that s it samba Running daemon basic Next up is the Misc sub menu From here we have six options e Resume Play e Slide Show Timings e Transition effect e Background Music e Screen Saver e Movie Preview The Transition effect option has over 8 selections more than enough to try and make your holiday snaps more interesting The Movie Preview option when selected adds a little preview screen to your Browser window And that s it all configured and happy So far the Ul has been good yeah there are a few tweaks that AC Ryan could do here and there to allow better configuration of the player but these will
18. gap you can make is by being the most convenient and mature Get that fixed and gosh you have a winner that would cause no need to look for anything else Now can t shake the feeling that there s too much yet to come includes the other RealTek players too and A C Ryan has the dissadvantage having a similar alternative out there so work to make a bigger difference is necessary Good value little immature but hey they all are It will come down to who has the best firmware updates in the coming weeks and months that decides for me who the best really is Right now can recommend the A C Ryan just as much as the Xtreamer as truly mostly the price balance is affected comparing these two further differences mainly include DTS downmix not available on the PlayON HD yet and the interface on the Xtreamer is a tidy bit better A C Ryan has more outputs on offer Details details
19. ile server and a NAS Wi Fi connectivity is from a Conceptronic router which supplies an 11n connection Upon initially powering on you are taken to a home screen which presents you with four options e Browser e File Copy e Setup e Internet Radio The area always head for first is the Setup so that can configure the player to my needs and also apply any firmware updates before continue with a review At MPC we always review the player using the latest firmware that is available to the general public was sent an early firmware release that fixes a number of bugs ver PV73100_v7 06 r1135 Initially was going to review the player with its original firmware because the update firmware was not available headed straight for the System sub menu and to the general public but on checking the AC scrolled down to System update From here Ryan web site now see that it is so apply it there are three choices did e Extension Package Upgrade From here you can upgrade the extension packages like the samba client etc see this as a way of AC Ryan expanding the options of the player e System Upgrade This is where we upgrade the firmware e System Reinstall For the initial upgrade the new firmware needs to be placed on the root of your USB disk not on any internal HDD The upgrade worked flawlessly and within 5 minutes or so was running on the new firmware Entering the Setup menu there are a further five sub me
20. layer could load a photo was near instantaneous This is a merit of the Realtek chip and strength over the Sigma range must confess that really don t use my media players for photo presentation or music playback but know a percentage of the user community do As mentioned earlier the PlayOn HD has quite a few photo transition effects for enhancing the playback additionally you can have background music playing whilst presenting Nice without the sarcasm The photos look good and it s great to see that the player is capable of replaying Microsoft s new format HD Jpeg which is really Windows Media Photo in disguise The image above show the waterfall transitional effect and yes the loading of the photos was near instantaneous compared this to the loading time of a photo on the DViCO 6500 and there was a noticeable difference in load times The zoom feature was tested and worked ok except for when zooming in and then scrolling around the image Instead of a smooth motion it stepped which is unfortunate as it should scroll smoothly as it does within a movie Once again feel the UI needs further development It would be nice to have a contact sheet for choosing your photos out of the multitude of holiday snaps that you have fir instance Upon selection these could then be presented in a slideshow little things like this make all the difference and add to the user experience and flexibility of the player
21. losely to tell the difference It looks much better in real life forget the grey look to it it s a solid black shroud in reality The player is capable of Full 1080 HD and can handle all video resolutions including 1080p 24 which is a bonus It is also capable of the HD audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD MA via pass through The player is also capable of DTS downmixing but unfortunately due to licensing issues this option did not make the initial release It is however promised for the next firmware update Honest The video support on this player is outstanding and they have even added to the list by including FLV formatted files which is not really that well supported on the Sigma series of players Listed are AVI MKV TS TP TRP M2TS MPG MP4 MOV M4V VOB ISO IFO DAT WMV ASF RM RMVB FLV all up to 1080p quality We will test out some of the formats during our video playback tests later in the review Most of the commonly used subtitling is supported it will be interesting to see if they actually support external subtitle files Those that are supported are SRT SMI SSA IDX SUB SUB The player arrives in full colour professional looking packaging as can be seen on the review cover It has all the usual logos strewn across the bottom a collection of which are presented below f k HD gt E real 2 iw s La aa mp3 aac flac E Y UPnP er i Bet Torro Hm a ii
22. n were established in 1992 initially offering cabling and accessories They then moved into the PC modding field in 2002 where they established their International branding Only recently have AC Ryan moved into the media player arena with their first device reviewed by Hi Jack the PlayOn DVR which uses the Realtek RTD1282 SoC http www mpcclub com modules Reviews re views review playondvr pdf This player gained the Editors choice award for its value and features in April 2009 Now AC Ryan brings to the market a dedicated playback device which they promote as Store Play Stream In effect they claim that the device can act as a NAS as well as a HD media player Listed below is a list from their web site of its capabilities Full HD Media Player HDMI up to 1080p Full HD Enjoy Full HD video H 264 MKV RM RMVB on TV UPnP Media Streaming Wired amp Wireless Network optional add on Store all your media files centrally Network Drive NAS Listen to Internet Radio Enjoy a Slideshow of your favourite photos We put the player through its paces to see if it can live up to their claims and ascertain if the player offers anything over your traditional Sigma based player The Player In its slick black shroud the PlayON HD is certainly a looker The metal chassis housing is covered in a matt finished quality plastic which has the look of anodised black aluminium seriously had to look c
23. nus which allow you to configure the player to your settings Back to the Setup menu it was time to configure the player to my setup and tastes The first sub menu is Audio two choices in here the first choice allows you to set Night Mode which quietens the Base so you don t disturb the neighbours with your late night viewing you can choose to have it ON OFF or Comfort mode The second choice is for the Digital Output from where you have four further choices Extension Package Upgrade ystem Upgrade System Reinstall e HDMI LPCM e HDMI RAW e SPDIF LPCM e SPDIF RAW chose HDMI RAW allowing both Audio and Video to be dealt with by HDMI through e Audio my Onkyo e Video Next onto the Video Sub menu which offers e Network four options e System e Aspect Ratio e Misc e Brightness Audio DMI LPCM e Contrast e TV System tend to leave the contrast and brightness at default usually Zero This allows my Pioneer panel to dictate what the correct settings are which are calibrated Note Always worth getting your viewing panel correctly calibrated forget the manufacturer s settings they are basic it s the difference between running a car on three cylinders instead of four Aspect ratio is always set to 16 9 which is usual for most Panels these days which are Widescreen really can t understand why media player manufacturers don t set the default configuration to 16 9 as opposed to the
24. ocessor quickly tried to do some research on the Realtek processor to ascertain the differences between Sigma and Realtek s offering However trying to find decent information on Realtek products besides the limited amount available on their web site is hard it would be easier to find fairies at the bottom of my garden The only information that could gather was for the RTD1282 processor http www realtek com tw products products View aspx Langid 1 amp PNid 9 amp PFid 26 amp Level 3 amp Conn 2 amp ProdiID 170 But even this may not be correct as a the processor used by this new batch of media players is RTD1283 and more importantly b upon speaking with AC Ryan they are not using the 128x series but are using a new processor specifically geared for HD playback unlike the 128x series which is geared towards DVB t and PVR devices AC Ryan has opted for the RTD 1073 processor which they claim they are one of the first manufacturers to utilise On the RTD 107x once again could only find limited information from Realtek s web site and even this is based on the RTD1071 processor htto www realtek com tw products products View aspx Langid 1 amp PNid 9 amp PFid 26 amp Level 3 amp Conn 2 amp Prod ID 189 It appears that the processor is in fact a SoC system on chip which should allow for a greater level of development Anyway enough about processors and more about the company AC Ryan and its player AC Rya
25. poor User Interface for Music playback The PlayOn HD is no exception All Music Netv GEEZERS FILESERVERO1 Tunes Alic i Bt a dm Alicia Keys MTV Unplugged fm Alicia Keys Led All Music Photo This is Mp3 Play List i Py Tmam retall 2007 whoa Mou 5 01 alicia_keys as_i_am_ intro wt J 02 alicia_keys go_ahead whoa mp 5 03 alicia_keys superwoman whoa Name 00 alicia_keys as_i_am retail 2007 whoa m ig 04 alicia_keys no_one whoa mp3 Size 0 Bytes 2 16 INDEX 1 14 TIME 00 00 00 01 alicia_keys as_i_am_ intro whoa mp3 Size 2 MBytes Audio MPEG Bit Rate 128 kbps All AALS EILS Netv GEEZERS FILESERVERO1 Tunes Alici me jp 02 alicia_keys go_ahead whoa mp ig 03 alicia_keys superwoman whoa r 04 alicia_keys no_one whoa mp3 Name 01 alicia_keys as_i_am_ intro whoa mp3 if 05 alicia_keys like_youll_never_se Size 2 MBytes The Music Player aspect lacks creativity and is not intuitive at all And that s it mean what s all that about AC Ryan After such a good start and excellent movie playback we get this as a UI for playing our music back Ok it played most formats that threw at it including OGG files but the UI seriously needs development time also noticed an issue with the player handling m3u files mp3 playlists format it didn t It skipped the file Photo Playback In my research on the player and processor SoC used noticed that the speed at which the p
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