New toys coming, yahoooooo

Pre-ordered my Xtreamer mid of July 09 but only received on early Sept 09 instead the promised date of early Aug 09. The worst online purchase experience. Cost me Euro 119.00, inclusive DHL door-to-door shipment. I also got the free USB Wireless N adapter (costs Euro 20.00).

A quick glance on the specification,
Connectivity
o WIFI
o UPnP SSDP
o UPnP AV
o NTFS

Web services
o Video : YouTube, Picasa, Yahoo Video, CNN, NBC Today, CBS Face the Nation and more
o Audio : Live365 Radio, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, BBC Podcast, CNN News , Indiefeed, Jamendo
o Photo : Picasaweb
o RSS feed : Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Xchange, MSNBC News and more

Media files supported
* Video containers:
o MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
o MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG)
o MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
o VOB
o AVI, ASF, WMV
o Matroska (MKV)
o AVC HD
o MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
o FLV - Flash Video
* Video codecs:
o XVID SD/HD
o MPEG-1
o MPEG-2
+ MP@HL
o MPEG-4.2
+ ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
o WMV9
+ MP@HL
o H.264
+ BP@L3
+ MP@L4.0
+ HP@L4.0
+ HP@L4.1
o VC-1
+ MP@HL
+ AP@L3
* Audio containers:
o AAC, M4A
o MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
o WAV
o WMA
o FLAC
o OGG
* Audio codecs:
o Dolby Digital
o DTS (DTS DownMix Supported)
o WMA, WMA Pro
o AAC
o MP1, MP2, MP3
o LPCM
o FLAC
o Vorbis
* Audio pass through : DTS, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus
* Photo formats : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, HD JPEG
* Other formats: ISO, IFO, FLV, RM, RA, RAM
* Subtitle formats : SRT, SMI, SUB, SSA, IDX
* Streaming formats : RTSP, FLV

Chipset
* Realtek 128X (Special Edition)

Memory
* 256MB DDR SDRAM, 32MB Flash

Audio/Video outputs
* HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p)
* Composite Video
* Stereo Analog Audio
* S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio

Interface
* 1x USB 2.0 slave
* 2x USB 2.0 host
* Internal SATA

Network
* Ethernet 10/100
* WIFI USB Antenna 802.11n (optional)

Power
* 12V DC, 3A

Dimension
* Width 10.5"(180mm) x Depth 1.25" (32mm) x Height 2.25" (82mm)
* Weight 2.2 lbs (1Kg)


Unboxing Xtreamer's package.


















With more and more HD movies, it is time to upgrade my Dlink DNS-323 NAS 500Gb hard disk and to protect my precious data, I installed two 1TB hard disks with RAID-1 setup.






I've no regret with the purchase, Xtreamer meets my expectation (except the long waiting period). I'm able to stream my collections from NAS at ground floor direct to the Xtreamer at 1st floor via Aztech 200mbps Homeplug. At first try, I got the stuttering effect on the 1080P movie playback. After done some research, I enabled the NFS on my Xtreamer and NAS and wahlah, problem solved. Now, my kids can enjoy those HD cartoon/animations movies like Bolt, Monster Inc., Ratatouille, Car, Kungfu Panda and Wall E.

Even more, the next firmware update scheduled in Oct 09 will allow the Xtreamer to pass thru the HD sounds, i.e. DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus. Can't wait to see the HD logo appears on my Marantz SR6003 receiver.