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Simple player, Simple to use, Simple simple simple
Posted by
aliosa27
on 1/31/2010
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Pros: Small, easy to mount on a wall or an entertainment system
Works well, simple for children to use, alarm works.
Cons: Power Supply. Came with a 5 volt, 1000ma supply
mmc slot seems to be very picky.
Other Thoughts: At first I thought that it was doa as I tried to power it up and it didn't do anything. I plugged it into a 2 amp, 5volt supply and it worked like a charm. It was resetting every time I tried to play a video from an sd card with every sd card I could find. So I used a 4 gig usb stick and it worked like a charm..
It seems to play divx/xvid, i am unable to get subtitles to work.
Bottomline: Buy it if you have an older tv, or kids. It is much cheaper and you don't have to keep hitting play at dvd menus for children if they use it.
TV Card Player
Posted by
mingmayo
on 9/25/2009
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Pros: - When the other say small they really mean it.
- This thing is tiny.
- Many options for input.
- Auto start is a really great for my use.
Cons: - I can't get it to recognize a USB hard drive.
- living in the US the Euro plug was of little use.
Other than having to find a new power wart for this I have no real issues. I bought 2 USB thumb drives that work fine and I switch them back and forth.
Other Thoughts: I use this to display a slide show at work on a monitor. Handy for entertaining customers as well as getting out specials and sales using the sideshow feature. Being so small it is very discrete with the exception of the bright blue light.
Bottomline: Buy it. You really can't go wrong. I have been using this non-stop for almost 2 months and has really become part of the shop. I do notice that it does get warm but I do not see that being an issue.
Outstanding!
Posted by
scramblepad
on 4/14/2009
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Pros: Great replacement for my old one. I use it with a 4gig flash usb drive and sd card.
Cons: Does not re-size photo if it is too large...some photos edges are cut off..must make suitable size photos to make sure they appear properly or part of the photo will not be shown
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Bottomline: Just what I need....You can load music files and photo files and play music while it also slides through your photos! This is a great feature, however, you mus create a folder for each, the usb and sd all act like hard drives and you can only place so many items in the root no matter how large the device is. By making folders, this solves this problem. To get it to work great, place all your music in one folder and all your photos in another, 2 folders, then you are able to play all the music in the folder and slide show all the photos at the same time , by having multiple folders it will play only that folder and show only the photos in the folder you chose this is why only having 2 folder, 1 for all music and one for all photos works well...
Unique device everyone needs
Posted by
switchdoctor
on 1/20/2009
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Pros: Small size, easily mounted with velcro to side of TV. Excellent video quality, plays divx directly. Just PLUG IN the memory and it plays automatically! It runs from 5vdc- I ran it from a USB cable too (USB power cable not included -made it myself- but AC adapter is). The remote works very well, and has all features you would ever need. The menus are easy to navigate, but not required since it plays upon media insertion. GREAT device- small enough to take with you to travel.
Cons: Case is not sturdy, pressing down on it's center activates the rewind button (perhaps just mine). Does not support NTFS (apparantly). And will not supply enough current to power an external HDD (2.5-inch) from USB power.
Other Thoughts: There are DVD players available that play divx, however they are not as portable, and cost much more. This is an excellent idea for people with large movie collection of Divx. (like say- 2000 titles!)
Bottomline: If you have more than a few DIVX movies, this device is for you, just be sure to get a 2gb to 16gb cheap flash memory to use as a "video tape" from your movie collection. You will certainly wonder how you got along without this device!