Comments for DViCO TViX HD M6500A Media Streamer at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 15 out of 15 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:41:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-3699 I have recently purchased a TVIX media player. I am wanting to add my Blu-ray DVD collection to this player to alleviate hundreds of DVD’s. In the longer term i will add Blu ray discs as well. At present i am using Pavtube as a ripper and find it is easy to use. http://www.pavtube.com/guide/backup-bluray-movies-to-tvix-hd-slim-s1-1080p.html - kate59588 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:44:37 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-1643 Will I get any problems if my only computer in the house is an apple ? I would like to store all my movies and musik on the tvix and stream to my laptop aswell...? - alex Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:58:49 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-1193 Hi, I have a mediagate 350HD which I've had for just over a year. In the past few months it has developed a known issues relating to its "timing crystal" that results in it crashing regularly. I'm after a new media player but I don't want to get burnt again. How stable is it. Could you, for instance, play 10 divx movies in a row with no problems? Is anyone able to compare it to a mediagate in terms of reliability and output quality? - jason Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:37:36 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-1174 I read the review and bought one. Have had it for about 1 month now with the latest firmware. It is extremely stable, runs all content. I have so far tried: - mpeg4 - ts (excellent) - mkv (excellent) - iso (excellent) - avi (excellent) - jpg (lacks transitions to make it more exciting) - flac (music is unbelievable) My TViX get used a lot, by me and by my kids. It has excellent reproduction of all content from the crappy Barney shows to the full HD 1080P Iron Man. They all work perfectly fine, I have not had any content so far that has not worked. I looked at the offering from EGreat too, but without backup support I will not buy anything. This is an excellent product with good support and finishing. It deserves to be the number 1 player in the market. - TJP Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:37:09 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-947 The call back was not only for heating issues but also some changes that needed to be applied causing the player connected to PC to remain in SUB ON mode which prevented it from being used as video player further. I agree the review is quite good but does leave some items out that are less positive and the player also does not support shout cast, it just supports play lists linking to web radio stations... I dissagree it's a Turkey though. It still belongs in the top region but the newest fw updates should bring back some stability which is gone lately... - Hi-Jack Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:15:24 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-941 Henry, To be honest, I feel that people who rewind are stuck in the 1980s. Back then, that was the only option to go back to a previous section of the movie. I have been working with streamers for quite a few years and for the past 2.5 years I have not felt the need to rewind... Why? Because there are better alternatives that work better than seeing people walking backwards... The TVIX 6500, as do many other players, supports going back 15 seconds (instant rewind), just in case you missed something and want to view it again. This does work in almost every file I tried. Another alternative is the GOTO feature, which lets you go to a particular point in the movie. If you want to go 15 minutes in time, type in the particular time and start watching... Last but not least, the bookmark feature remembers where you stopped the last 10 movies, which is the most useful feature the unit offers. About the heating bug (there was also a rarer, but less critical clock issue) - this was on 1st generation units, which I mentioned, and it is irrelevant as anyone who purchased the unit received a replacement. I am a heavy user, I try out every beta firmware and I'm aware of every bug or feature. I released this review only after the unit finally stablized its firmware updates and offered something substantially better than previous generation units. I'm well aware of MPC's coverage, which I feel has gotten very biased towards vendor's who support MPC. After seeing praise by MPC's reviews of units that were never officially released (existing on paper only). They often blow meaningless problems out of proportion. Those who want that kind of reviews *should* continue to read MPC's reviews. I, for one, no longer visit that site... - oferlaor Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:32:26 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-940 They recalled the 1st generation ONLY Overheating WAS an issue as the author of the article mentioned.Not anymore. As for the buggyness i think you're reffering to the people that tried the BETA firmware - Billy Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:24:11 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-939 > Rewind does not work on every type of content, transport streams (MPEG-2 or H264) are linear files that were originally intended to only play forward and so are not indexed backwards. Streamers always have problems supporting these, but DViCO gave up on it and concentrated on the other features. Wrong, wrong, wrong. The Tvix 6500 and 4100 can't rewind ANY mpeg2 file regardless of container (mpg, ts, vob, etc). However, the Tvix 4000 CAN rewind any mpeg2 file flawlessly. This is one of the many long-standing m4100/m6500 bugs that Dvico has refused to fix. Before buying this turkey, go to MPCCLUB to see just how buggy the m6500 is. This review is 100% fluff and I'm not surprised the author forgets to mention the fact that Dvico had to recall these units. - Henry Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:20:06 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-933 If I put one of these things in each bedroom, can they share each others content? - B Waters Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:04:27 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-929 I believe I read someone from the MPCClub forum write that the TVIX upconversion does not compare to Oppo's. Few systems do as I understand it. But it does upconvert. If you could only have a choice between this and the Oppo I'd consider what is more important to you. The Oppo's EXCELLENT upconversion of SD DVDS or the 6500a's many features (including ability to play HD content) and less robust upconversion of backed up Standard Definition sources. Read the MPCCLUB and AVSFORUM forums around the 6500a for more insight. Good luck either way. - Justice Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:38:48 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-920 since the unit does not actually hold a DVD per-se, it does not really pay off to use as In any case, it is less of a replacement for a DVD or Blu-ray player and more of a jukebox player that plays from harddrive or from a network. processing and scaling wise, it is relatively on-par with most devices out there on the market, but it is really no match for devices like the Oppo DVD player brand. - oferlaor Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:41:02 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-915 Would be really useful to see quality benchmarks of this device. I realize that not every test in the DVD benchmarks apply here (ie layer-change) but most do. So, how does this compare to the Oppo 983? Like many people, I want to use this as my mainline DVD frontend for backed-up DVDs, but need to see quality comparison. - Reardon Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:48:35 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-907 It is a compelling alternative to a dvd or blu-ray player but even bluray players are crap when it comes to playing SD DVD's I am not concinced that this is any different. Am I wrong? - Jens Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:16:44 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-903 For DVDs, there is an endless list of applications that can do DVD rips. For Blu-ray, you can use Slysoft's AnyDVD software, which lets you back up a copy of the Bluray disk onto your harddrive. You can only play back the movie itself, of course, but it's still useful - particularly when kids are involved and you can leave the expensive disks behind locked cabinet drawers. - oferlaor Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:18:41 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/399-a-secrets-media-streamer-review.html#comment-897 What do you recommend to backup your DVD and Blu-Ray disks to plan on this? Mac? - MarkM Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:45:44 +0100