i thought i might bump this thread because i have discovered a new media player that blew my mind. and i dont think many people in the u.s. know about this company and what they are doing. the company is called "hdi" and their line of players are called "dune" media players. i have done a ton of research on these players and have decided to invest in 1. they have several models to fit all needs. most notable is the "dune max" this one has a hotswap hdd rack for a 2 tb hdd on the right side. and on the left is a bluray disc drive. how awesome is that? it will play everything as agood media player should but what sets these apart is the fact that they will play full bluray from the harddrive with full menus. not just soft menus. like most players. but i am not getting the "max" model i am getting the "duo" model this 1 instead of a bluray optical drive has yet another hotswap 2 tb hdd rack. for a wapping 4tb of internal storage and to top it off 3 usb 2.0 ports which can handle 2 tb external hdd's that adds up to 10 tb of storage. talk about going all digital? i have already started ripping full blurays in anticipation of the dune duo i am ordering next week. i will have 1 internal hdd with all dvd iso files and 1 with all bd iso files.  this dune and the popcorn hour are the only 2 players on the market that can play bd with full menus from the harddrive and well popcornhour's are cool but they do not hold a candle to the dune lineup. oh an did i mention that dune also has an app for modding the gui and will support moviesheets like the wdtv or xbmc. i had to tell you guys about this because this is the media player i have been dreaming of. only 1 con so far. they are pricey. the duo is $380.00 and the max is $450.00 ouch i know but so worth it for a media junkie like me. so if anyone is interested in owning the most kickass hd media player available today go have a look at their site. http://dune-hd.com/

adywan said:

I have the Sumvision Cyclone MKV 2 media enclosure and this seems to play anything i throw at it (apart from files that have used the newer mkvmerge with its compression header, but running it though an older version first, which only takes a few seconds and everything plays fine). It outputs DTS fine. You can either stick  a drive into the enclosure, use an external hard drive , or both. transferring files is easy as you just plug it into the PC or use it over a network.

Considering the item description do you think this is worth a low bid?

Does it sound easy to fix?

How often would you need to use the eject button anyway?

huh? bw you confused me. eject button? low bid? did i miss something? ahh i see the sum player. looks cheap to me but for a low budget player i would say wdtv is top honors. but no internal harddrive on it unless you get their live hub model which is more expensive.

Chateau Bingowings has many drives already I wouldn't mind shifting one of the older drives over to act as an external storage drive.

er ah yeah. but all the same i wouldnt buy anything that has broken functions. why not spend a few extra # or quid or whatever your money is called lol jk (im foreign money term challenged.) and get a good little player? wdtv is like $80.00 u.s. 

Hmm... but if it's just a small piece of plastic I will hardly ever touch and/or can fix myself why spend more spondoolies than I need to just because someone else hasn't used it before me?

Says I typing on a nine year old laptop with a couple of coffee fused keys and a crack above the DVD slot.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/spondoolies

TV's Frink said:

Bread.

 There is already a thread for that.

TV's Frink said:

Sorry, this thread is now about other terms for money.

Dough.

 There is already a thread for that too and the word is spelt, "Doh!"

I'd rather find out if the HD Media Player I described was worth the Woolongs.

Cheese.

Clams.

Bones.

Now I may never know if the HD Media Player I described is worth handing over my hard earned Quatloos.

Bingowings said:

adywan said:

I have the Sumvision Cyclone MKV 2 media enclosure and this seems to play anything i throw at it (apart from files that have used the newer mkvmerge with its compression header, but running it though an older version first, which only takes a few seconds and everything plays fine). It outputs DTS fine. You can either stick  a drive into the enclosure, use an external hard drive , or both. transferring files is easy as you just plug it into the PC or use it over a network.

Considering the item description do you think this is worth a low bid?

Does it sound easy to fix?

How often would you need to use the eject button anyway?

The eject button is on the side underneath the side panel so you can easily slot in a 3.5" hard drive.  But if that is broke then the hard drive won't be secure as this hold the hard drive in place. You can always attach a couple of external hard drives though. The wi-fi dongle is a nice little addition, but if you want to stream 1080p mkv's then it would be better streaming over Ethernet.  It looks like the MKV2 is getting harder to find on the net now. Probably because the new Primus models have now come out, but these no longer have ethanet or any buttons on the box. But if you are going to bid on that mkv2 enclosure on ebay then i wouldn't go over about £45 as i don't think it would be worth it with the damage, unless you only wanted to use external drives

Scrilla.

Squa-da-la!!

Thanks Ady (worth his weight in pocket shrapnel).