![]() ![]() ![]() This is literally a cord for every type of port you’re likely to use except for the NIC, and is a very welcome extra. The box is kitted with a very snazzy, braided 6′ HDMI cable, a Component Video, Composite Video/Audio, USB-B to USB-A and USB-A male/male pigtail as well. One of the places that the Playon!HD really sets itself apart is in its typical AC Ryan polish. For anyone who’s played with computers for a while, the first thought is probably that 40mm is the opposite of “Low noise.” Though it’s not dead silent, I will say that it didn’t get much louder than the hard drive itself even while playing 1080p video. This is not a wonderful selling point for a device that is proposing to be the media hub of your entire home, and might be worth noting depending on the number of concurrent connections and file sizes.įinally, it’s worth noting that though the Playon!HD is a very quiet media player, it is not silent or passive – it comes with a 40mm “Low noise” fan. The only real downside to the Playon!HD’s connection options come in its network ability – the built-in wired NIC is only 10/100Mbps, and the Wireless N (which actually is theoretically faster throughput) is actually an optional extra. Of course, if that’s not enough, it also supports one USB-B device, two more USB-A hard disks or thumb drives and a whole host of memory cards built in, including SD/MMC and Sony’s Memory Stick. Even better than such a large drive being included is the fact that it’s also ready-to-use as a NAS box, meaning other network devices can still have access to your media. If that’s not enough, however, it can be upgraded with any 3.5″ HDD up to 2TB. The Playon!HD comes with a 1.5TB drive for all of your media storage. ![]() For audio, it supports the additional SPDIF coax or Optical TOSLink, which is a nice bonus. The device also very happily provides all of these to you through A/V outs of your choosing, including HDMI, Composite, and Y/Pb/Pr Component. When you do find it, it retails between $139.99 and $159.99. Of course, it’s a little harder to source than some of its competition, due to the company’s supply lines – those of us in the US need to do a bit of searching since it’s not available on the likes of Newegg or in Best Buy. The Playon!HD is a full 1080p media player designed to take square aim and center stage against such products as the WD TV. Today’s look is at AC Ryan’s Playon!HD media player, which has been out since a little after the start of the year. I guess that’s why we’re paid the big-bucks (Right, Rob? Errr, Rob? Where are you going?!) – to help you figure out exactly where on the spectrum each one of these fairly identical products lies. When it comes to media players, however, the particular prescription for success is still very much an enigma, leading to a glut of players on the market that – let’s face it – all largely do the same thing, and mostly the same way. In the world of digital media, some things are guaranteed winners. ![]()
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