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And yes I do have logitech 550.]]>Nov 5th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Doesn't say whether it plays MKVs, however. Could be a deal breaker if true.]]>Nov 5th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
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but for now I think I'll just stick with my really long hdmi cable and wireless keyboard. It works well enough.]]>Nov 5th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 6th 2009 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
but companies don't support it because the only people delivering content in mkv format are internet pirates and video geeks who ripped their whole collections according to some scene standard. But it's not like Amazon or itunes or hulu or netflix is selling or streaming in mkv format. Video recorders don't record to that format as a default.

Honestly. A huge problem would be solved if people uploading video stopped using mkv and maybe used mp4 instead. Because even a 360 will play an mp4 (under a certain size but you get my point). Mkv is just not that popular outside of internet downloads and that's a problem. whether it's open source or free or whatever. me i'm getting the wd though.]]>Nov 5th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
Because, many hidef screen for a car cost over $1000 green.
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The specs doesn't say anything about this matter, but I would like to get my hands on a player that has good support for subtitles. Does anyone know any?]]>Nov 5th 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/On Topic: No networking is a dealbreaker but what I'm really interested in is the GUI. Haven't seen any beautiful interfaces on those players so far. ]]>Nov 5th 2009 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
How 'bout a dred?]]>Nov 5th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
I have a laptop with a USB soundcard that then outputs the audio via SPDIF to a THX 5.1 system at the moment (the video goes to a projector) so I presume that this will just plug straight into the surround sound system?

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Popcorn hour have been doing it for years, and ther is far too many options out there to even say that one is king! The Xtreamer is looking the most promising at the moment, money and capability wise!]]>Nov 5th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.brite-view.com/cinematube.php]]>Nov 5th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/]]>Nov 24th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Cool media player though, plus it's cheap.]]>Nov 5th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/The Western Digital WD TV Live plays mkv files. That's one of the big reasons that it's considered the 'king'.
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I bought 4 WDTV Lives for my house and all work off the network and plays everything with a good interface.

Also to the person who says the xtreamer is best, yah if you are into complicated interfaces and some fan noice. Definately not for mom or pops to navigate to play the media.]]>Nov 5th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
I know there are firmware hacks to support this but its darn right stubborn of the manufacturer not to support it.]]>Nov 5th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
2. Be wary of any product that doesn't support the formats you need/want - no MKV, no AC3, no OGG Video, no ISO DVD, no VideoTS

3. No ethernet port. No wireless.

4. Be wary of products with a half dozen typographical errors on its product pages.

Moral: stay away. There are only three decent media players out there right now. SageTV HD Theater, Popcorn Hour and the WD box. That's in order of versatility/quality. The Sage box is far and away the best solution on the market.
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Sorry, I should have included a link to back up my statement: http://www.brite-view.com/cinematube.php]]>Nov 5th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Multimedia/ASUS-O-Play.html
"MKV formats played without a hitch."]]>Nov 5th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.viewsonic.com/company/news/vs_press_release_314949.htm

The VMP70 supports the most complete set of video and audio formats of any media player available including MPEG1/2/4, Divx/Xvid, MKV, H.264, VC-1, WMV9, RM/RMVB, DTS, Dolby Digital, WMA, MP3, FLAC, OGG and MKA to name a few. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.viewsonic.com/company/news/vs_press_release_314949.htm

The VMP70 supports the most complete set of video and audio formats of any media player available including MPEG1/2/4, Divx/Xvid, MKV, H.264, VC-1, WMV9, RM/RMVB, DTS, Dolby Digital, WMA, MP3, FLAC, OGG and MKA to name a few. ]]>Nov 5th 2009 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/i must say you should include cinematube in your choice. so far cinematube can do much better than most of the players except for search function. this viewsonic does not sound good as it does not tell anything about DVD menu capability, search function, HD camcorder file compatibility, MKV and many more (cinematube can do it all except for search). PDF datasheet from VS is just terrible.]]>Nov 5th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
A: A soon to be unemployed one.]]>Nov 5th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/
http://www.olevia.com.hk/product_details.php?workplaceID=22&productid=436]]>Nov 5th 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 5th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/05/viewsonics-vmp70-media-player-does-1080p-for-less-than-a-hundie/Nov 6th 2009 2:04AM