Those of you who follow me on GeekTonic know that I spend a lot of time with HTPCs and all manner of media playback gadgets. When Syabas announced the new Popcorn Hour C-200 I was intrigued. From the specs it was clear that this device comes to the party prepared, touting the ability to play back a multitude of media file formats in a sleek-looking set-top device as well. So how well does this it perform?
The Popcorn Hour C-200 is the ideal hardware for the hard-core media player enthusiast, containing about everything you could possibly want and which seems to play back every format you throw at it. But the bugs I ran into with the firmware updates, the current issues with gigabit networks, and a UI that seems dated even compared to the stock SageTV holds it back. So, as of today the C-200 isn’t a perfectly polished device, but I expect they will get there just as their older model A-110 has. Once the software/firmware catches up with the awesome hardware, this new Popcorn Hour will rock the media-player world. Until then Syabas still offers a great device – just expect a few bumps in the road along the way.
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