Joined on 08/26/06
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Pros: Ok, at first this unit needed some work. After the 2.0 Firmware update. This unit is now really ready for prime time. Bootup times are MUCH faster, as my iPod now connects and plays within about 15 seconds from turning on the car. Bluetooth connects to phone in about 1 minute or less. A lot of the time, its less then that. System is pretty responsive now, compared to before the update. All in all, the firmware updates have saved this unit from being fair to good, to great and worth the money. Plays movies from your iPod very well too!
Cons: The price has gone up!!! :( Sorry folks, but I got this unit from here at a price of about $650 or so. I think it is still worth the money but that increase hurts. Audio can cut out when playing iPod. Not sure if it is the iPod cable that Pioneer makes that is not good enough, or what. After the last update to my iPod it seems to have gone away but, it was there a week ago.
Overall Review: You will have to hack this unit (not hard just look up on the web to do it, really easy) to get full control of it while in motion. And you need to do the updates, its a must. Get the kit from Pioneer as it is free, they send you a 1GB SD card with the update on it. Good so you can have it for future use, and free! I am pretty happy now with the purchase, and I would recommend this to others. I just wish the price didn't go up. :(
wanted more

Pros: FAST, must faster then my hope to replace WDTV Live. A lot more features then the WDTV could ever provide, and much more customizable too. Natural this is do to the Android OS vs whatever is built in with the WD. So party like its 1999, this device should last well into the future for many peoples needs (Media player, web, social, gaming). Also, with the AirPin Pro app built in, you "can" show your iOS device on the screen and Andriod too. So saves you form needing an Apple TV and something else. It doesn't work perfectly, but the fact I could do it at all is a PRO.
Cons: Remote control (default IR). Sucks. No other way to say it. There is virtually nothing good about it. The fact that it does anything is remarkable, because its that bad. If you get the free RF remote, you will pretty much needed its all the time. You can't use a universal remote with this like a logitech. Since the original remote sucks so bad (last play, FF, RW, Stop, Pause buttons), you can't even IR to IR to another remote to learn the codes. MAJOR deal breaker. My WD device works perfectly (however its SLOW, which is why I got this unit to replace it). The WD remote does everthing the device can do, and what can be controlled. Amazing that the MINIX can't, literally can't do these functions. How was this overlooked? If you want more functionality, you need to use the XBMC app (iOS or Android) to get more of the remote control features you should have already had with the basic remote. Also, at least for my videos. I get an "extra" letter box bar at the top and bottom. Just so I am clear, these are 'EXTRA' not the normal letter box bars in many movies. Which are also not centered properly. I have to manually fix this for each movie, every time. Again, this isn't something you fix once to properly adjust XBMC (app) to your screen. It's almost the same process, but for EACH movie I have, every time. I have to basically ZOOM the picture while watching it, then bring it back to original or normal to have the 'extra' black bars go away. This system locks up (too frequently for me). Not completely shut down and reboot. More like a hang for about 10 or so seconds. Hasn't done this while watching anything. Mainly while going thru the menus and settings. Lastly the 2.5TB external drive support is ridiculous. MINIX needs to update to fix this immediately.
Overall Review: I want to love this thing so bad. My negatives are just out right deal breakers. It is a good unit for what it should be able to do. I can't for the life of me figure how an old WDTV Live does a better job of managing and playing media (not 4K) better, and easier then this brand new piece of hardware. How it can lack such basic remote control support, super basic! It RIPS thru your video files no problem. I love how fast this thing is and when right, IS what I want my media player to be. I just can't use it properly yet. Lets not even get on the NETFLIX suck at 480p no matter what issue. That is widely known yes, but still, hack that or something to make it work at 1080p. I'm ranting on this. Again, if you have many other uses for this device, it may very well work good for you.
Very nice product

Pros: FAST. Everything I wanted to be speed wise. IR works great, and disk speed is easily able to max out a 1Gb connection. Fairly easy setup, and your able to start using it while the RAID is building in the back ground. Pretty quiet unit, and seems to move enough air to keep the HDD's cool. I got the 8GB model, as I didn't want to have to upgrade later. Using this to watch movies via KODI is EXCELLENT. I had a previous setup with a Minix 8h Plus and a Seagate NAS. Not even close to how much better it is doing it via an all in one unit. This is exactly what I had wanted many years ago. Just had to buck up and pony up the money for it.
Cons: Not exactly the easiest to setup, but pretty acceptable. Many options to use and configure. If you need them of course. So not so much a Con but, it's not something you should consider unless you need many of the features of the unit. It has MANY features, so it can be overwhelming if you just wanted a nice NAS. Feels a bit like using an Android device, and what your able to control via Web is best left to the Web via a PC/Mac vs doing it on the box itself. You will want a Keyboard/mouse to do the configuration. Using the IR remote will be a major pain to do it all that way. I also can't seem to keep the screen mainly on KODI. I would like the ability to always show that screen first. Then if I need to get behind the scenes, I can switch out. But, there should be a way to make this app the main app when viewing via HDMI.
Overall Review: I'm recommending this to anyone that stores there movies on a HDD vs keeping BD and DVD's all over the place. Pick the storage you will need ( I used Seagate Surveillance HDD 4TB's ) and after your done with the updates and configuring any of the things you will use. This is a great unit with KODI. It's very fast at playing, copying to it (pretty much full 1Gb NIC speed). I even using it to live transcode to my iPhone. It worked. Plenty of apps to use and again, tons of things you can make this thing do. It could be your AD server, FTP, file share, run VM's, video surveillance server, music server for iTunes, or backups, etc. Pretty powerful stuff. Again, maybe not for the noob, but if you read through it. I believe you can get it running exactly how you want. It's just a lot vs what I had before (Seagate 2 bay NAS). I'm only giving it 4 out of 5 due to my inability to figure out how to get Kodi to be my default home app.
OK I guess

Pros: Small, fits well. Light weight enough for me. Different size ear plug cushions fit my ear fine.
Cons: Not loud enough. I know I may not be the norm on this. But, I got these to replace my use of the iPhone 5 supplied ear buds. Those things sound WAY better then these. MUCH better base response, and louder volume when you want it. These are not very loud at all. They are "ok" loud, but not loud enough for my tastes.
Overall Review: They will do the job. These are for going to the gym and not having to worry about accessing my phone to change tracks, and of course to cut the cord. However, they are lacking in the base response department, and they are not loud enough for me to get excited about. I was expecting the base to be a little less then the Apple supplied speakers. They are really good for there size. Just not for practical gym use or being very active. It would be nice if there was some kind of firmware update that would take the governor off these headphones. I feel like they could be better.
Just got mine

Pros: Looks as described in the pictures. Not as large as I thought, but exactly the size I wanted. Price is great!
Cons: Nothing so far. Came fast (even with 5-7 days free shipping), took about 4 days total from order. Time was off by an hour, but other then that. So far so good!
Overall Review: Hoping this is a great buy. Purchased for wedding gifts, and bought myself one as well. Bought it sight unseen. As I only had the pictures to go on. Looks just like the photos! I'm a fan of watches, and have purchased an Invicta before. Like I said, its only a week or so of owning it. But, I have no complaints. Shipping was fast, price was great, and the watch looks like it should.
good system, but...

Pros: Simple, out of the box worked as needed for very good 5.1 DTS HD sound from bluray, and connected cable box audio sounds like it should. Start up is fast enough, though not instant or anything. Menu's are ok to work with and controls thru it are fast enough. Unit has already had a few updates since owning it, 3 to be exact. Supports Netfix, Hulu plus, amazonVOD, Pandora radio, and quite a few other online media options. Price I paid was $350, so with all the features this has it was worth the price easily.
Cons: DLNA support is questionable at best. Sometimes it works streaming media from my DLNA NAS device (Lacie 4TB NAS). Most of the time it hasn't work. I have mp3's, and mp4 audio that it has lately been playing. Updates may have fixed some of those issues. However, movies that I have ripped from either DVD or BluRay (shuuuuh!)... Are iffy. It plays better from USB thumb drives then networked HD, and even from Windows Media Player (DLNA streamed from a PC) don't always work. Devices find each other fine, and most of the time you can browse the folders to find the file. However, sometimes it will not show all the folders you may actually have, and even then it doesn't play the movies that are in the correct format it asks for. Comes up "Corrupt, and or no readable media". However, same file on a USB drive plays fine??? Must be a file size limitation. Noticing movies that I can't put on USB (greater then 2GB files), I also can't stream via the network. Wireless streaming no good
Overall Review: Wire streaming worked fine off NAS when it would read the file. USB streaming works fine too surprisingly as NAS/PC streaming are iffy at best. Wireless is kind of pointless streaming wise as it stutters on playback. Netflix works pretty well, as does pandora radio. Other options I don't use really. TV hook up via Cable Box to digital in on this unit works fine. There is no HDMI input so this is the only way to get sound from external sources to play thru this HTS. I hope this fix the issue with streaming from my local networks computers. As I am ripping my movies to store on that NAS device so I don't need to keep media around. I hope I don't have to rip to such a lower format (and quality) in order for this thing to see it. But, it seems that's the last and only real issue I have with this thing. I can always reconnect a PC to get around this issue of watching moves on my TV. But, this was supposed to solve that, and make it easier to deal with by not having a PC on.