Media players

[iphonic]

Can anyone recomend a good hdd media player, i have seen loads on ebay but just not sure which one to go for i seen some android ones which look pritty good but again im not to sure so if anyone could help that would be great.

[Shady]

what do you want from a media player? just to play from films from hdd? Internal or external hdd? want to stream from nas or pc? want to watch iplayer etc? whats your budget?

[iphonic]

I dont really mind about budget i mean about ?200 is ok, yeah i would like to have a web browser and play flash websites on it, play movies not into streaming from or to a pc, mkv, avi, iso all the main file formats would be good. Internal 3.5 hdd media player because i already hae a spare 500gb 3.5 hdd so i just need the enclosure media player. But if i could boot windows on it aswel that would be great i did see somthing called a xtreamer ultra for about ?230 it boots windows 7 and linux and acts as a full media centre

[Shady]

Acer Aspire Revo R3700 Nettop - Revo Nettops | Ebuyer.com (http://www.ebuyer.com/279899-acer-aspire-revo-r3700-nettop-pt-semec-037) just buy that then and stick boxee or xbmc on it

[iphonic]

Yeah i came across that but i would have wanted a remote control to operate it with but that acer doesnt come with a remote does it?

[billy2]

but you could try this

Handheld Mini 2.4GHZ RF Wireless Windows Media Center MCE Keyboard/Remote Control with Mouse Track for Windows XP/Vista/7 PC/HTPC Xbox 360/PS3: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

[xant14]

or if you have a smart phone put unified remote on it and the computer.

[jaseandwave]

I've got WD Live Hub (1TB) and 2 x WD Live, all 1080p I highly recommend them

[iphonic]

I was looking at them andeoid medianplayers on ebay the ones that play all the main media file formats and has android installed 2.3, does anyone here have one of them or seen one in action?

[Shady]

ive had one, and i posted a review about it here, http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f102/cideko-android-media-player-251638/?highlight=cideko unfortunately my one didnt do flash, so no iplayer etc, but it was only ?50 from maplins and as a media player was absolutely brilliant.

[Captin]

You could get a Sumvision Cyclone Micro 3 costs ?35, and stick any external hard drive on it.

Plays everything you can chuck at it from SD right upto 1080p, even full blu-ray 50gb M2TS files.

Has 8gb built-in, as well as a memory card reader. It reads NTFS external hard drives, so no problems with files over 4gb.

Sumvision Cyclone Micro 3 Media Player - Black: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

[iphonic]

ive had one, and i posted a review about it here, http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f102/cideko-android-media-player-251638/?highlight=cideko unfortunately my one didnt do flash, so no iplayer etc, but it was only ?50 from maplins and as a media player was absolutely brilliant.

Thanks for that, i did have a read of your review not long ago and it put me off buying that one from maplins because it had no iplayer etc its hard to get a decent media player that has everything inside it like android os and flash and iplayer and even be able to watch movies through websites

[iphonic]

but you could try this

Handheld Mini 2.4GHZ RF Wireless Windows Media Center MCE Keyboard/Remote Control with Mouse Track for Windows XP/Vista/7 PC/HTPC Xbox 360/PS3: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Yeah that looks good its just finding a decent pc at a low price hp slimlines look nice