[12.Jan.2010] NMT Popcornhour A-200 Announcement (Photos, Specs and Orderdate)

[werner]

Dear customer,

I am proud to announce on the NMT Forum, the Popcornhour A200.

We update also http://www.popcornhour.com with the infos for A-200.

Start taking order on http://www.popcornhour.com

Monday, 18. January 2010, 12:00 AM PST

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) Monday, 18. January 2010, 12:00 AM
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Monday, 18. January 2010, 03:00 AM
London (U.K. - England) Monday, 18. January 2010, 08:00 AM
Paris (France) Monday, 18. January 2010, 09:00 AM
Athens (Greece) Monday, 18. January 2010, 10:00 AM
Hong Kong (China) Monday, 18. January 2010, 4:00 PM
Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Monday, 18. January 2010, 7:00 PM

Unit Price : USD179.00

TECHNICAL SPECS AND COMPARE PRODUCTS

Quote:A-200 Technical Specifications
Connectivity

Bonjour
UPnP SSDP
UPnP AV
Windows Media Connect
Windows Media Player NSS
Samba
NFS

Media Servers: myiHome, myiHomeLite, myiHomeMS (UPnP), MSP Portal
Third-party media servers: WizD, SwissCenter, Llink, GB-PVR

BitTorrent P2P
Usenet downloader

NAS Access : SMB, NFS, FTP

Casgle iDVR RSS feed downloader
Web Services*

Video : Revision 3, Videocast, CNET TV, Mediafly, Mevio, Bliptv, Break Podcast, CBS Evening News, CNN Anderson Cooper 360 Daily, CNN The Larry King Podcast, NBC Today Show, The CNN Daily, CNN In Case You Missed It, NBC Nightly News, NBC Meet The Press, CBS Face the Nation, Podfinder UK, Motorz

Audio : Jamendo, iPodcast, BBC Podcast, Indiefeed, CNN News, ABC News

Photos : Flickr, Picasaweb, Pikeo, 23, Photobucket, SmugMug

RSS feed : Yahoo! Weather, NMT Forum, Bloglines, Cinecast, MSNBC News, Traffice Condition, Yahoo! Traffic Alerts, Yahoo! News, Weather Bug

Peer-to-peer TV : SayaTV

Internet Radio : SHOUTCast™ Radio, Radiobox, Live365 Radio
Supported Media File Formats

Video containers:
MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG, DAT, VOB)
MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
AVI, ASF, WMV
Matroska (MKV)
MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4

Video Decoders:
XVID SD/HD
MPEG-1
MPEG-2 MP@HL
MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
MPEG-4.10 (H.264) : BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1
WMV9 : MP@HL
SMPTE 421M (VC-1) : MP@HL, AP@L3

Audio Containers:
AAC, M4A
MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
WAV
WMA
FLAC
OGG

Audio Decoders:
Dolby Digital
DTS
WMA, WMA Pro
MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2, 3
MPEG-4 AAC-LC
MPEG-4 HE-AAC
MPEG-4 BSAC
LPCM
FLAC
Vorbis

Audio Pass-Through:
DTS, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA
Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD

Other Formats:
ISO, IFO navigation
AVCHD navigation
Simple BD navigation

Photo Formats:
JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF

Subtitle Formats:
SRT, MicroDVD SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX
DRM

Cardea DRM (WMDRM-ND)
Janus DRM (WMDRM-PD)
Chipset

Sigma Designs SMP8643, 667MHz CPU with floating point coprocessor.
Memory

512MB DDR2 DRAM, 256MB NAND Flash
Audio/Video Outputs

HDMI v1.3a, 36bpp deep color, 12-bit xvYCC processing and HDCP 1.2 content protection
Component Video
S-Video
Composite Video
Stereo Analog Audio
S/PDIF Optical and Coaxial Digital Audio
Other Interface

Power LED and Attention LED
1x USB 2.0 host at the front
1x USB 2.0 host at the back
1x USB 2.0 slave at the back
Internal mounting for 2.5" or 3.5" SATA HDD
Infra-Red Remote Control
Full power down, standby and power up by remote control
Service pin hole for TV Mode switching and shutting down without remote control
Special designed fan that generate very low noise
Network

Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps Compatibility_Lists
**Gigabit support depends on Switch/Router compatibility
Power

AC-DC adaptor
Input 100~240V AC, 50~60 Hz
Output 12V DC, 3A max
typical : 8 W (no additional device installed/attached)
maximum : 36 W
Dimension

Width x Depth x Height : 270mm x 150mm x 50mm (10.63" x 5.90" x 1.97")
Weight

1.6kg (3.5lbs)
Package Content

Popcorn Hour A-200 (HDD not included)
IEC 60320 C13 power cord
12V 3A AC-DC Adaptor
1.5M length HDMI cable
USB cable
IR Remote Control with 2 "AAA" batteries
Screws for 2.5" / 3.5" HDD
Quick start guide
Installation Guide
Last minute notes
Warranty Card

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[LePousson]

Hmmmm looks like nice ...

I like the "look" compared to the A110 ... But too bad that there does not seem to have any cooling feature !!

LePousson

[thica]

Will be the firmware similar to a110 or similar to c200? Or, will (recompiled) a110 apps works on the A200 or will it complete differnt as for the C200?

[werner]

will be like c200!

[peterjcat]

(01-12-2010 11:36 AM)LePousson Wrote:  Hmmmm looks like nice ...

I like the "look" compared to the A110 ... But too bad that there does not seem to have any cooling feature !!

LePousson

You mean apart from the fan?

[nuke12]

LOL, I notice Werner got the different times for a lot of the zones in the first post. I wonder if people wil be able to figure that one out?

[Gibbo]

Given how the C-200 release went I'm going to say no, lol

[cheaper_popcorn]

Same price as the A-100 before it went out of production, but with the same power as a C-200 under the hood. Not a bad deal. I hope the fan really is as quiet as claimed.

[alambra]

Another real blow for A-110 firmware update

[Bazrah]

Slightly sceptical about having a fan in it, even one "specially designed" to be quiet. Won't stop me getting one though!

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I'm sure there will be some UI screens on the way soon, Werner?

[werner]

at the beginning gui will be same as C200, later it will get the same rob-g UI as the C200 will get, both will get the UI's at the same time, we discuss currently to make a sneak about the UI

[devix]

will it be possible in the future to remove the fan and replace it with a passive cooler, as it happened in A-110?

[Willem53]

The C-200 without the Optical disk option..... but with simple BD navigation and playing ISO........ Brilliant....

[Bazrah]

Can some one tell me what "simple" BD navigation is, and how it differs from what I'd get from my stand-alone BD player?

[MiOB]

Werner, any information regarding shipping costs? or will we have to wait until 18/01 and check on popcornhour.com?

Also, wouldn't it just be unwise to again state 1GbE while it is still not stable? (Or at least to state "coming soon".)
I mean, I reckon users will be getting their A-200 units and will flood the forum anew, writing justifiably and aggravatingly about how it does not work properly.
Perhaps Syabas is planning to improve it by the time it ships?