I have one of these, and just want to issue a warning to those who plan on buying one. If you are planning on playing back full dvd .iso's or MKV 720/1080p rips, you can forget wireless or SMB. You'll need to either install an internal IDE drive, use a USB 2.0 external, or stream via HTTP. Using any form of wireless, or SMB will certainly result in many dropped frames during intense scenes when the bitrate jumps. These will reach the max throughput of the Popcorn, at just over 40mbps.
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okeygrak @ Feb 27th 2008 3:26PM
I have one of these, and just want to issue a warning to those who plan on buying one. If you are planning on playing back full dvd .iso's or MKV 720/1080p rips, you can forget wireless or SMB. You'll need to either install an internal IDE drive, use a USB 2.0 external, or stream via HTTP. Using any form of wireless, or SMB will certainly result in many dropped frames during intense scenes when the bitrate jumps. These will reach the max throughput of the Popcorn, at just over 40mbps.
Big Sam @ Feb 27th 2008 3:39PM
I'm not surprised. I plan to stream it over a wired connection or hook up a hard drive anyway.