Comments for ISTAR Mini Network Media Tank at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:16:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1529 I used to have Dlink DSM 530 HD streamer. Didn't streame H.264 and .MKV-s. This is very bad flaw, as all new HD stuff is in .MKV's. This unit and other Sigma chip based, like Popcorn Hour are plaiyng and its good. - Jaak Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:27:17 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1292 I'd love to see a review on this unit. Slap a 1TB SATA drive and it's portable - includes .11 b/g wireless. One downside - HDMI 1.2 support. Is that a deal killer? Video Support:DivX® (3/4/5), DivX® 6, AVI, Xvid, BivX®, MPEG, MPG, VCD(DAT), DVD(VOB, IFO), ISO, WMV(WMV-9), ASF(WMV-9), TP, TS, TRP HiDef Decoding: HD COMPONENT Y, Pb, Pr (480p, 720p,1080) / HD HDMI (720p,1080i, 1080p), WMV, ASF, AVI and MP4 formats, MPEG-2 MPat HL(720P/1,080I)MPEG-4 ASPat L5 (720p) and WMV9 MPat ML (720p) Audio Support: MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, PCM, AC3, DTS decoding including down-mixing, DTS pass through Audio Decoding: MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Layers I, II and III (MP3), MPEG-2 BC multi-channel layers I, II and III, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AAC-LC,WMA9 and WMA9 Pro decoding - Blaine Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:34:04 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1147 With the latest firmware update it will play FLAC as well. But for music the best way to go is SqueezeBox which doesn't require you to turn on your monitor/tv and offers superb audio quality. @KC: The XBox doesn't play .mkv and other HD formats, has no HDMI and is noisier and a lot bigger. This unit wins hands down... no comparison. - Gijs Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:15:45 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1126 I would like to know how it handles .VOB files. Is it able to properly detect aspect ratio and chapter stops? - Greg D Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:53:13 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1113 No support for FLAC or Apple Lossless, the two major lossless audio formats? EPIC FAIL! - RDaneel Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:52:36 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1109 "Practically anything" does not include OGG, SHN, FLAC, APE, WAVPACK, AIFF & ALAC, among others. Does it even do WMA lossless? - Gregor Samsa Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:14:14 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1108 Connect a portable usb bus powered drive to this thing and you got the makings of a ultra silent HD player. This thing will play practically anything. I love mine. - Chung Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:15:07 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1106 This might be OK for video, but it supports few audio codecs and none of those that employ lossless compression - Gregor Samsa Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:55:30 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/media-servers-products-menu-column2-44/451-a-secrets-media-tank-review.html#comment-1082 It takes a lot more work to get one up and running, but an original Xbox running XBMC (www.xbmc.org) does everything this ISTAR does and more... much more. (Okay it won't do HDMI, 1080i or 720p via component is the max resolution) Plus the Xbox boots up in under 15 seconds! :-) Check it out... - KC Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:21:03 +0100