Short Description
This box will find UPnP servers including MythTV with out any configuration. It will play back 480i 720p & 1080i recorded on an ATSC equipped MythTV box. It will play back on an NTSC set using S-Video, or an HD set using HDMI. Audio is either 2 channel analog or coaxial SPDIF.
Note: This product has been discontinued by the manufacturer.
Hardware Support
Characteristic
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Value
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Standard Def |
Yes
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High Def |
Yes
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Digital Audio |
Yes (coax SPDIF)
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Analog Audio |
Yes (RCA Left and Right)
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Dolby Digital via SPDIF |
Yes
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dts via SPDIF |
No
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Dolby Digital via HDMI |
unknown
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dts via HDMI |
unknown (presumed no)
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RF modulator |
No
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Composite Out |
No
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S-Video |
Yes
|
Component |
No
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VGA |
No
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SCART |
No
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HDMI |
Yes (up to 1080i)
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Wireless Networking |
Yes (DMA-1000W Only)
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Wired Network |
10/100 Mbps
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Video Playback Features
Characteristic
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Value
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Video Playback Quality
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Playback of videos is very smooth and deinterlaced, even ATSC 1080i material! No sync or stuttering issues.
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FF/RW Support
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Yes
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FF/RW at Differing Speeds
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Yes, up to 50x
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30 Second Skip
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No -- 15 second skip instead (...whatever...)
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Bookmarking
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Sort of. The unit will remember the position of the last video, but if you play another video it forgets the position in the first video.
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Compatibility
Characteristic
|
Value
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Support MythTV MPEG2 Recordings
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Yes (SD & HD ATSC tested)
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Support MythTV NUV Recordings
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No
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Support MythTV DivX/Xvid Videos
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Yes
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Support H.264 Video
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No
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Support MythTV Music (since 0.21+)
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Yes
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Support MythTV Photo Galleries (since 0.21+)
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Yes
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MythTV Interaction
Characteristic
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Value
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Customizable Menus (and in what way)
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No
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Menu Responsiveness
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Very very quick
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Menu Hierarchy
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Comes with the ability to sort recordings by title, genere, recording date, channel number / callsign, or recording group (i.e. "live tv"). Videos (i.e. downloads) are presented heirarchically, and can be sorted ascending/descending.
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Non-MythTV Features
Characteristic
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Value
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Support DVD/VOB streaming
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No
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iPhoto/Photoshop Album Support
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No
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iTunes/Windows Media Support
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WMV9 files supported
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Screenshots
Main Menu
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<Pic of main menu>
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OSD
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<Pic of OSD>
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Others
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<Pics of Others>
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Works really well with Myth 0.21. A little schitzophrenic in its presentation, however.
- If you select "videos" from the main menu, you're presented with everything that's been recorded from ALL groups (including live TV!) in what can only be described as an unsorted mess. The advantage is that if you highlight a show and hit the info button, you can retrieve full information on a recording (subtitle, description, file size, date recorded, etc). This view does not include items that were not recorded directly by that back-end.
- If instead you (unintuitively) select "server" from the main menu, you're presented a hierarchical menu, starting with the choice of music, recordings, or videos.
- Videos simply mirrors the video file system on the backend, but does not including recordings (similar to a full frontend). Sub-directories are dealt with sanely (show title of directory until you go into it, then show ONLY the contents of that directory).
- Recordings allows your choice of how to group recordings by that back-end, whether by show title, show genere, channel number/callsign, or date recorded. However pushing the info button on a recording will bring up no information available about the recording.
Compatible with networks with more than one available UPnP server.
See Also
External Links
ZyXEL Communications Corporation