I´ve bought this because was needing more space on my laptop wich have a 60gb HD so I also bought a hitachi 160gb sata.. but i liked so much this enclosure that i´ve decided put the 160gb hdd on it.

Detailed Review HDD Player 2,5" SATA

Pro:

-plays divx very well, also mp3, mp4 (from my Nokia N95), pictures have a good quality, and also plays more formats claimed by the manufacturer that i haven´t tested yet.
-works very well as a portable HD, powered just from the USB port, and comes with double USB conector cable for use to power the device if a single port can´t supply it.
-very fast access compared with the others DVD multimedia players I´ve seen.
-supports multiple partitions (NTFS and FAT32) and shows it like separate disks when you power it on.
-The remote is very usefull and its size is very good (not too small but not too large).

Cons
-can´t show complete file names, just the firs 18 characters.
-the OTG (on the go) function is slow.
-get VERY HOT when in operation, I reccomend to use it upside down when you using it as a multimedia player, this way the aluminum case can better dissipate the heat.
- The subtitles are kinda small, and have some problems that I´ll detail below.

Box:


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Package contents:


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The two partition I´ve created. One is fat32 for MP3 because my car audio player can´t read NTFS, and other is NTFS for movies.


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The functions it support are these, but I in particular use only "file", this way the player do not filter the types of files before show (what could be slow sometimes)


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This is the file explorer, with a preview square that plays the movie or picture when you keep it selected (can be annoying sometimes)



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These are the subtitles issues:
1) it shows broken words, and sometimes two lines in one (the sentence should be "que não passe da conta")



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2) don´t know why sometimes it shows some carachters and sometimes not (the sentence should be "quatro milhões de dólares)


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This is the Setup menu. There is an option for enabling a SPDIF output (with is not describled as a fature on the product manual neither on the site).I didn´t tested it yet, but I suppose that it works. I´ll test it later to discover what is the output pin to SPDIF coaxial connector, if really there is one.



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Bottomline:

Besides the problems with heat and subtitles, it worthed A LOT because something like this here in Brasil will cost R$180 (something like U$110). Now I have a very portable multimedia player and a mass storage to use on my desktop and laptop. I´m trying to improve my english to a level that the subtitles would be not neccessary and not a problem anymore.

Note: Unfortunatelly my car´s audio player USB input couldn´t supply the current for this device, so don´t have tested it, but I think it should work. It´s a Pioneer 6900UB. I´ll have to buy a 12v adaptor to use it.


Rate 8.5/10

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matrix-neo:


the "?" files are the subtitles (wich should be named as same as the avi file to work) but I don´t know why the player shows it as an unknown file.

PS.: I´ll post part of this as a Review to earn some points, but I posted the pictures and detailed review here because DX never published any pictures that I´ve sent(and never gave me the points for image upload).
I hope it could be usefull to other users, since DX don´t want to help users that have questions and want to see a real picture of the product before buy. They are really loosing A LOT of seels doing this.

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I´m also writing some reviews on my blog http://dxbr.blogspot.com If you want me to translate to (poor)english just tell me.

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I have this one too, using a 250 GB Samsung HDD.

Some more remarks:

* although it does support NTSC file system, you'll only be able to delete/move/rename/copy files on FAT32
* some strange issues with depth of folders and number of files included
* couldn't find the manufactor's homepage for updates yet :-(
* ships with US plug: using it elsewhere in the world you'll either have to use some flimsy plug-adaptor or an external third-party power supply


All in all a very good buy and working well once you've figured out the file issues.

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Man you are a champ!!! I Put it in my car DVD PLAYER, I will post the pics pretty soon, you right it get's really hot! The MP4 files is not playing well there is a delay of 2 seconds between the audio/video. But the overall it's a great player. By the way,

WHO IS THE MANUFACTURE?????

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Israel thanks! I had the same idea to put it to play on my car, but right now I have no money to buy a LCD screen. I´m also thinking about some way to cool it down while playing.. maybe some mod with a fan.
Btw, this is probably the manufacturer:

http://www.sqichina.com/product_en.asp?id=391
I sent an e-mail for then yesterday asking about the firmware and received an automatically answer but I think someday they´ll answer...


Dylan, in all movies I´ve played on it there is a problem with the subtitles, and the same subs worked perfectly playing on my computer.


ps.: sou brasileiro e falo portugues tambem.

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