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Patriot Box Office 1080p High-Definition Media Player PCMPBO25 (Black) |  | Brand: Patriot
Category: CE
List Price: $106.99
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Rating:  61 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 1.5 x 5.7
MPN: PCMPBO25
Model: PCMPBO25
UPC: 879699009331
EAN: 0879699009331
ASIN: B002Q4U9PY
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| Features:
| | All anodized aluminum | | | Full 1080p Media Play back | | | Support 2.5-Inch HD | | | Support H. 264 | | | Support HDMI |
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Product Description
Supports full high-definition video playback up to 1080p Supports Dolby(R) Digital & DTS (TM) Surround Sound Expandable internal storage via 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD Supports video playback via UPnP network streaming Users can browse for shared videos, photos & music from networks, USB flash drives & USB external storage Supports many popular media formats such as H.264, ISO, VOB, DivX, xVid, MKV, MOV & MPEG
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 61
 Lots of features. Wireless element a bit confounding. August 31, 2010
James Anest (Orange County, CA)
I read many of the reviews and did a fair amount of research on these types of items and found this one to be the best "bet". I've had this item about 3 weeks and can say it is doing a very good job.
I still haven't been able to get the wireless to work but I've ordered a wireless N router and adapter for this unit, per suggestions on this site by customers who seem to look like they know what they are saying.
I have to say that the wireless element of this unit is a bit confounding though. I am fairly tech savy and I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out what the set up manual and the on screen prompts actually said. A lot of times, these things are translated from Korean, Chinese or Japanese so you have to kinda' look through what the words say and use creative interpretation (trial and error).
I do like that this unit has two usb inputs. I hooked up an external drive with loaded movies and also put an internal drive into the unit itself for programs that I want to download from my main drive as well as any music I want more accessible. I hope this all works once I get the wireless figured out. I am hopeful.
The video quality is great and the video controls on the remote are very functional. It's a new language for this unit and once you master that, you will be happy with this unit.
If you are a novice at doing these things, I suggest you have someone who is help you or you will pull your hair out. And we don't want that.
Happy tech-ing.
way better than the WD August 14, 2010
jojo
I bought a WD one on May, well, the WD can play most of my stuff, but some of the MKV and TS format can be only displayed image but no sound at all, I'd upgraded all the firmwares but still no hope, until I got this one, now I have no problem at all for all my stuff, I love it .
Prefer over WD TV Live Plus (so far) August 13, 2010
jzawacki
Just picked on of these and the WD TV Live Plus up and although the WD TV Live Plus has a nicer looking interface, the Patriot Box Office (PBO) seems MUCH better. The interface really is bad, but what is really awesome about this device is the open-ness of it! For example, you can telnet into the box with root access. This allows you to setup manual mounts of a NAS as well as symbolic links to your content. I love the customize-ability of this device! Not only that, but it plays my MythTV server content out of the box! Just click on UPnP and bam, there's the list. Clicking it, and it plays no problems. The WD device connects, but it not able to play anything.
Now, keep in mind that this review is being written by a systems administrator with both Windows and Linux administration knowledge. If you aren't a "techy", I don't know if I would suggest purchasing this device just yet. The interface really is "wonky" as mentioned by other reviewers. But, if you are tech savvy, this is the device to purchase. It does what it really needs to do (play content) extremely well and I have not found anything that it would not play. The WD, on the other hand, has a very polished interface, but I can't really say it's much better. If you like the flashy scrolling and don't mind clicking 10 times to get to your content, you'll probably prefer the WD. Also, the only content that I couldn't play was my MythTV server over UPnP, which I understand might not be an issue for most people.
nice and easy August 11, 2010
J. Zhang (IL, USA)
recognized my AirLink101 AWLL6075 wireless N USB adapter (http://www.amazon.com/AirLink101 AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter. Shows UPNP shares as well as Windows shares (Samba) on my home network. Plays 1080P video by 802.1n wireless connection from the UPNP shares. The same video cannot play smoothly when using Samba share from the same network storage device ( DLink DNS-323 ). Most likely a problem of my storage.
ISO files are not playable when using UPNP shares. Don't know why.
The capability to choose interface language is nice. However, not all items are translated. When I choose Chinese as the interface language, the items in the main menu (Play, Browse, Setup) are still shows as English. Hope that will be fixed in the future firmware updates.
Overall, this a very nice device that comparable to WD TV Live (not the plus one), at attractive price.
Highly recommended.
An excellent versatile media player July 24, 2010
Frank
I have owned this product for over a month now, and it has worked flawlessly.
This Box Office has played every format I've sent its way:
audio: mp3, aac, wma, wav, flac
video: iso, avi, mpg, mov, wmv, iPod mp4, m4v
pictures: jpg
Positives:
+The box office supports playing media from an optional 2.5" SATA internal HD, a USB stick, or from a network share. I play movies from a USB stick or from the network.
+Network browsing of your home network is seamless. You simply choose Net, your workgroup name, computer name, then Public. No password was needed to browse the Public shares on my Windows 7 box. Videos play fine over wired Ethernet.
+ISO files play fine and appear to be full DVD quality. Chapters are accessible with the Prev and Next buttons.
+Playing a partially-viewed movie will prompt to resume playback so you can continue from where you stopped. The stop position is retained even after power-off.
+The menus allow for switching between 4:3 and 16:9 widescreen formats, 1080p 24Hz output, and the box automatically detects composite connection (Red White Yellow cables) and HDMI. I have used composite to watch movies on an old CRT TV, and HDMI on an LCD 1080p TV, and both work great. It's a little disconcerting to see the picture scroll out-of-sync during startup on a composite connection.
+Music plays using a basic filename listing. Files with id3 tags (MP3, AAC) display some data, but album artwork does not display. Genre is shown as a number, not text.
+Subtitles can be displayed but accessing them using the remote button is clumsy, requiring four clicks. It should be a simple on/off toggle.
+Power consumption is 6 watts during movie play.
Negatives:
-The fan is noisy and noticable during quiet periods of movie.
-The box will often turn on when a different remote sends some commands to the TV. I sometimes must flip the power switch on the back to keep it turned off.
-M4V (iPod video) files with chapter markers will play but you cannot skip to the next chapter. You must instead use the Go To feature and punch in a time.
The Version Information screen can be found with a press of pause and stop on the remote. My box was revision P02 and bootcode 18. It listed these audio decoders: AAC AC3 ADPCM COOK DTS DV FLAC A-Law-PCM u-Law-PCM LPCM LSD-(RA-lossless) MPEG MP4-HE-AAC MP4-LC-AC RAW-AAC VORBIS WMA WMA-Pro. I downloaded the newer update P05 and copied it to a USB stick, then used the menu to apply the P05. The P05 update added DTS-HD decoder and retained all the previous decoders. Functionality seems unchanged, with new menus for PPPoE and time setting.
Overall I am very happy with the product, and have recommended it to friends.
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