I have had a WD-TV media player for a year or two now but it's just started to play up so thought I would try out a cheaper option (I paid less than 1/3rd for this device in comparison to the WD-TV media player) and I am very glad I did. It is about 1/4 of the size and 1/4 of the weight so it is easier to hide out of the way with my small mobile hard drive (powered from this media unit).
It plays all of the media I have so far thrown at it - MPEG4, mkv, avi etc and has listed a whole number of others also. It plays music through your tv also. It loks at your data as though it is just a different drive. This is less advanced than the WD-TV unit as with that one you can put JPEGs on the device and (as long as they have the same name as the video) they will show the picture of each film to play from. However, it's fine to have this less-refined folder/file way of looking at your data - as we most are completely used to this kind of format (if you are not used to browsing directory/ folder/ file on a pc you may struggle with this at first.
The remote control has a large number of buttons on it (40 in all!) whereas my old WD-TV's remote had less than 20. I'm unsure what they are all for at the moment - but am looking forward to finding out.
It has HDMI and AVI outputs plus a usb input and one of an SD/MMC Memory card also.
The player was really easy to set up - in fact as I had already set up a media player before it was just a case of me setting my TV to HDMI3 and plugging it in!
My unit came with the user guide in small format (A6?) but in German - so the dealer had thoughtfully printed out the user guide in English for me. It was delivered just a couple of working days after I ordered it which I thought was exceptionally fast.
Great media player at a great price! Recommended!
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Product Description
The Nano 3.0 HD Media player by VonHaus will turn your HD TV into a home cinema. You will have the ability to play virtually any content directly from your hard drive or memory card via your HD TV.
The HD Media player can read content from USB Flash Drives, External hard drives and the 3 in 1 card reader allows you to play content from SD, MMC and MS cards.
The HDMI or Composite (AV) output means your media player is compatible with most TVs. If you're wanting to add to your HD TV experience and have media stored digitally then the Nano 3.0 HD Media player is a must have!
You will be able to watch HD films without the need for a blu ray player, watch picture slideshows and any other media you have stored, which will mean a truly fantastic experience with your TV.
With support for a number of codecs, you can be sure the Nano HD Media player will play almost any content you may have, and the compact size means it won't take up much space at all!
Supported Codec
Supported codec:
MKV, AVI, DIVX, MP4, RM, RMVB, MOV, HDMOV, PMP, AVC, FLV, VOB, MPG, DAT, MPEG, H.264, MPEG1/2/4, WMV
Video Output:
HDMI output to 1080P, Composite (AV)
Technical Specs
Technical Specs:
Reads hard drives formatted in FAT32 and NTFS, supports hard drives up to 1TB and SD/MS cards up to 64GB. Also plays subtitle files as well as loop videos.
Quick Start Guide:
Unbox the contents, and plug in the device with the mains adaptor and either a composite AV cable (supplied)or a HDMI cable (not supplied). Power on the device and find your TV's correct AV channel (e.g. HDMI channel should be selected if you have the HDMI cable plugged in). If the device does not connect, press either the HDMI button or the AV button on the Media Player's remote and this should now be connected. Enjoy all your stored media.
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I purchased one of these, unfortunately before I read that most of the reviews are written by people who have only ever written one review, that being for this item. After some help from the seller I managed to get this working. So far so good. My main gripes are that the quality of the remote isn't great and it also uses the same signal frequency as my television so I have to cover up the infa red on the tv to use it or it changes channels, turns off the tv etc... you get the idea.So far I've only used it for movies. Its worked well on every file type, obviously doesn't work on protected movies. I use an external hard drive plugged into it via the usb (it also has enough power for the external drive).Here comes gripe no 2. For some reason it displays the names of each file twice. One seems to be some sort of reference file and the other is the actual movie file. Unfortunately I have to scroll through the entire list of reference files before I get to the actual movie files and given I've transferred a lot of dvd's to the drive its quite annoying to have to scroll through them all - if anyone has a solution for this please do get in touch with me and let me know!For the money its an ok little gadget.
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I purchased one of these, unfortunately before I read that most of the reviews are written by people who have only ever written one review, that being for this item. After some help from the seller I managed to get this working. So far so good. My main gripes are that the quality of the remote isn't great and it also uses the same signal frequency as my television so I have to cover up the infa red on the tv to use it or it changes channels, turns off the tv etc... you get the idea.
So far I've only used it for movies. Its worked well on every file type, obviously doesn't work on protected movies. I use an external hard drive plugged into it via the usb (it also has enough power for the external drive).
Here comes gripe no 2. For some reason it displays the names of each file twice. One seems to be some sort of reference file and the other is the actual movie file. Unfortunately I have to scroll through the entire list of reference files before I get to the actual movie files and given I've transferred a lot of dvd's to the drive its quite annoying to have to scroll through them all - if anyone has a solution for this please do get in touch with me and let me know!
For the money its an ok little gadget.
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