Popcorn Hour A-100 up for Pre-Order
Posted on May 4, 08 10:59 PM PDT

The Popcorn Hour A-100 network media player can now be pre-ordered.
Popcorn Hour A-100 allows you to pull in digital video, audio and photos from various sources for your enjoyment on your HDTV or Home Theater setup. You can stream or playback your digital media content from a variety of sources, such as your PC, NAS, digital camera, USB mass storage devices (Flash drive, HDD, DVD drive) , internal HDD and even directly from the Internet via the Media Service Portal. It also serves as a NAS and a BitTorrent peer-to-peer downloader to eliminate the need to switch on a PC or other device for this purpose. The Popcorn Hour A-100 supports the latest high bitrate video formats (MPEG2 MP@HL, H.264 HP@L4.1, VC-1 AP@L3 in TS of at least 40Mbps) to give you up to 1080p high-definition videos. The A-100 firmware is upgradeable to support future media containers, codecs and features.
This nifty box will retail for $179, and it ought to be worth looking into if you're a home entertainment buff!
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By Lawrence , 07/05/08 11:14 AM (CommentID #666741)
Very cool
However, for something not even released yet, I’d be looking for HDMI v1.3a (vs 1.1), SATA (rather than PATA), 1000T connectivity (not just 10/100) and a eSATA port which supports multilane (so you have hook up an external drive array – think multi-TBs ;^! )
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