Author Topic: Xtreamer Ultra - Full HD Media Player/PC in a Box (Read 19966 times)

joeyrodil · « **Reply #90 on:** Jul 20, 2011 at 12:00 PM »

gagana ba sya as a media player kahit wala USB dongle, parang regular xtreamer din? or needed talaga mag-boot from USB dongle?

joeyrodil · « **Reply #91 on:** Jul 20, 2011 at 12:12 PM »

sa mga nakabili para saan yung external IR? may cable ba ito na kasama na kinakabit dun?

chatstix · « **Reply #92 on:** Jul 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM »

Quote from: joeyrodil on Jul 20, 2011 at 12:00 PM

gagana ba sya as a media player kahit wala USB dongle, parang regular xtreamer din? or needed talaga mag-boot from USB dongle?

yup kailangan yun usb stick na kasama. nandun yun ultraOS na magpapatakbo ng system.

chatstix · « **Reply #93 on:** Jul 21, 2011 at 11:34 AM »

Quote from: joeyrodil on Jul 20, 2011 at 12:12 PM

sa mga nakabili para saan yung external IR? may cable ba ito na kasama na kinakabit dun?

if you're talking about the usb ir para sa mini-keyboard, yeah meron syang kasamang (usb) cable for recharging the battery of the mini-kb. actually, hindi siya IR kundi bluetooth (i think) kasi di mo na need ng line of sight para gumana.

joeyrodil · « **Reply #94 on:** Jul 21, 2011 at 01:15 PM »

may nakapag-install na ba using Windows 7 64 bit any feedback? may lag ba sa pag-play ng mga 1080p videos? especially when accessing LAN?

chatstix · « **Reply #95 on:** Jul 21, 2011 at 04:31 PM »

Quote from: joeyrodil on Jul 21, 2011 at 01:15 PM

may nakapag-install na ba using Windows 7 64 bit any feedback? may lag ba sa pag-play ng mga 1080p videos? especially when accessing LAN?

i did install win 7 professioanl x64 edition and using the latest release of xbmc for movie playback. so far so good on playing 1080p mkv video (avatar) from the internal hard disk (5400rpm) I installed. i did try one time accessing a 720p video episode of a tv series via wireless (my router's max is only 54MBps) and it does hiccup sometimes.

plapoy · « **Reply #96 on:** Jul 21, 2011 at 04:38 PM »

Quote from: chatstix on Jul 21, 2011 at 04:31 PM

i did install win 7 professioanl x64 edition and using the latest release of xbmc for movie playback. so far so good on playing 1080p mkv video (avatar) from the internal hard disk (5400rpm) I installed. i did try one time accessing a 720p video episode of a tv series via wireless (my router's max is only 54MBps) and it does hiccup sometimes.

sir chatstix how about the gui?.. maganda po ba compare sa ibang nmt?. could you post some pics sir thanks..

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #97 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 01:15 AM »

Quote from: Verbl Kint on Jul 19, 2011 at 05:14 AM

Does the built-in OS support full BD menus?

Bumping this question up.

chatstix · « **Reply #98 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 04:58 AM »

@ plapoy: ultra is an htpc system. the usb flash drive that comes with it has the ultraOS (based on ubuntu) that includes xbmc (this is the program/gui used to play the media - music, video, pictures). this system is quite different from nmt's which have their own built-in gui/osd. what's great about ultra is you can customize the gui to your liking. the caveat though is you have to research and study how it is done.

@ Verbl Kint: the answer to your question is: no (at the moment). pls. refer to the following link for the explanation - http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Talk:Using_XBMC. this is in the context of xbmc program.

my main reason in purchasing this device is because my daughter (grade school student) needs a computer to do some research and homework about 2-3 times per week and I am in need of a media player where i use it only during weekends and sometimes late at night. so this device gives us the best of both worlds.

toys4geeks · « **Reply #99 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 06:18 AM »

Quote from: chatstix on Jul 22, 2011 at 04:58 AM

my main reason in purchasing this device is because my daughter (grade school student) needs a computer to do some research and homework about 2-3 times per week and I am in need of a media player where i use it only during weekends and sometimes late at night. so this device gives us the best of both worlds.

brader chatstix, when your daughter uses it for assignment, she boots off windows or windows 7?

joeyrodil · « **Reply #100 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 07:37 AM »

got mine yesterday nakuha ko ng murang mura sa TPC

medyo nangapa ako ng konti sa Linux dahil di ako gaano familiar sa interface nahirapan ako mag-setup ng network, kasi ang previous setup ko direct access lang ako sa LAN ng mga files ko (almost 36TB) using the old Xtreamer Sidewinder, nangapa ako sa pag-setup ng shared resources ko

cool yung mini-keyboard with touchpad parang cellphone ang dating may laser pointer and with USB dongle (bluetooth ba connection nito ? gagana kaya wireless mouse dito para makapag-laro ng RPG games?)

im planning to install Windows 7 this week, kabitan ko pa ng laptop harddrive

joeyrodil · « **Reply #101 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 07:39 AM »

Quote from: chatstix on Jul 21, 2011 at 11:34 AM

if you're talking about the usb ir para sa mini-keyboard, yeah meron syang kasamang (usb) cable for recharging the battery of the mini-kb. actually, hindi siya IR kundi bluetooth (i think) kasi di mo na need ng line of sight para gumana.

i mean sir yung mismong external IR sa back panel na may kinakabitang jack? para saan kaya yun?
i already explored the mini-keyboard, nakatago pala yung USB sa side

chatstix · « **Reply #102 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 08:01 AM »

Quote from: joeyrodil on Jul 22, 2011 at 07:39 AM

i mean sir yung mismong external IR sa back panel na may kinakabitang jack? para saan kaya yun?
i already explored the mini-keyboard, nakatago pala yung USB sa side

honga no, meron pala nun

ngayon ko lang napansin. tingin ko baka yan sa mga accessories for the ultra na meron na meron kasamang ir receiver at dyan isasaksak yun.

chatstix · « **Reply #103 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 08:03 AM »

Quote from: toys4geeks on Jul 22, 2011 at 06:18 AM

brader chatstix, when your daughter uses it for assignment, she boots off windows or windows 7?

sir, pag boot ng ultra, diretso sya sa windows 7. so pag gusto na namin manood ng video, i just press the start button on the remote control (it's the button with the windows logo), and it will fire up xbmc. when i exit xbmc, it will go back to win 7.

joeyrodil · « **Reply #104 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 08:40 AM »

Quote from: Verbl Kint on Jul 22, 2011 at 01:15 AM

Bumping this question up.

malamang gagana especially kung windows 7, not sure lang sa ubuntu Linux na OS

cHess · « **Reply #105 on:** Jul 22, 2011 at 09:07 AM »

pics naman dyan bro.

jetro · « **Reply #106 on:** Aug 11, 2011 at 04:51 PM »

I can't seem to make the ultra output 5.1 to a yamaha receiver via the optical out. (I am sure there is no problem with the receiver, it used to pair well with an xtreamer (the first batch) nmt.)

I already did:
- installed realtek hd audio (i assume surround sound via optical is handled by realtek chip)
- installed nvdia ion drivers

wala ako makita setting sa windows to configure realtek to output 5.1 puro stereo nakikita ko.

Will installing xbmc (for windows) automatically configure 5.1 sound output?
Do I need to install additional drives?

@chatstix
so you are not using the usb stick to boot anymore? boot from windows 7 then the xbmc that you mention is also xbmc for windows, and not the linux based one that came with the usb stick?

help!

jzosa · « **Reply #107 on:** Aug 11, 2011 at 10:54 PM »

Reviews naman mga sir.

I'm very tempted to buy this!!!

nerveblocker · « **Reply #108 on:** Sep 02, 2011 at 12:16 AM »

How's the boot up time using Windows 7?

jetro · « **Reply #109 on:** Sep 02, 2011 at 07:02 PM »

when it's fast it's fast, ~20-30 seconds, but there are instance where it takes a long time... a minute or more. I don't know whats causing the long boot time though, could be the attached 1TB external drive or other peripherals attached (I've a bluetooth receiver and a wireless N).

The good news is it wakes up fast from standby. So I configured the remote to standby (hibernate) instead of shutting down completely (that is the default).

nerveblocker · « **Reply #110 on:** Sep 02, 2011 at 08:00 PM »

Quote from: jetro on Sep 02, 2011 at 07:02 PM

when it's fast it's fast, ~20-30 seconds, but there are instance where it takes a long time... a minute or more. I don't know whats causing the long boot time though, could be the attached 1TB external drive or other peripherals attached (I've a bluetooth receiver and a wireless N).

The good news is it wakes up fast from standby. So I configured the remote to standby (hibernate) instead of shutting down completely (that is the default).

Is there an access to Bios? You can disable the scanning of usb devices on boot up. That's what I did with my E350 machine. Faster boot up now.

jackryan · « **Reply #111 on:** Sep 26, 2011 at 09:46 PM »

Quote from: jetro on Sep 02, 2011 at 07:02 PM

when it's fast it's fast, ~20-30 seconds, but there are instance where it takes a long time... a minute or more. I don't know whats causing the long boot time though, could be the attached 1TB external drive or other peripherals attached (I've a bluetooth receiver and a wireless N).

The good news is it wakes up fast from standby. So I configured the remote to standby (hibernate) instead of shutting down completely (that is the default).

i think if by chance you did not shutdown properly, the next time you boot-up it takes awhile since it is doing a file system check...

klpangan · « **Reply #112 on:** Nov 29, 2011 at 03:55 PM »

Detailed review po sa mga owner ng ultra please

toys4geeks · « **Reply #113 on:** Nov 29, 2011 at 05:59 PM »

Is you wireless kb similar to this? Am asked if this is compatible but have no access to an ultra

xdope12 · « **Reply #114 on:** Nov 29, 2011 at 08:41 PM »

Intel atom? afaik madalas nilalagay un sa netbook which is pretty slow processor .

jackryan · « **Reply #115 on:** Nov 30, 2011 at 06:57 AM »

fast and slow are relative terms...

toys4geeks · « **Reply #116 on:** Nov 30, 2011 at 07:10 AM »

Quote from: jackryan on Nov 30, 2011 at 06:57 AM

fast and slow are relative terms...

+1, Atom naman basta san damakmak memory mo matulin din naman, playback really consumes little CPU anyways. given most graphics subsystems has its own processor.

joeyrodil · « **Reply #117 on:** Dec 07, 2011 at 08:03 AM »

Quote from: toys4geeks on Nov 29, 2011 at 05:59 PM

Is you wireless kb similar to this? Am asked if this is compatible but have no access to an ultra

may nabibili ba nito locally or meron ba nabibili dito na xtreamer ultra accessories like yung IR receiver cable? Ngayun kasi nakalagay sa kabilang kwarto yung Xtreamer Ultra ko with long HDMI cable connected sa LCD TV para di mapakailaman ng mga kids yung mga nakakabit na harddrives, then i am just using the keyboard wireless to control the ultra, medyo may konting lag lang sa pag-control dahil siguro may wall sa pagitan ng computer room and living room

toys4geeks · « **Reply #118 on:** Dec 08, 2011 at 07:53 PM »

Quote from: joeyrodil on Dec 07, 2011 at 08:03 AM

may nabibili ba nito locally or meron ba nabibili dito na xtreamer ultra accessories like yung IR receiver cable? Ngayun kasi nakalagay sa kabilang kwarto yung Xtreamer Ultra ko with long HDMI cable connected sa LCD TV para di mapakailaman ng mga kids yung mga nakakabit na harddrives, then i am just using the keyboard wireless to control the ultra, medyo may konting lag lang sa pag-control dahil siguro may wall sa pagitan ng computer room and living room

for the micro keyboard, you can PM me for cost. i just another 10 of these babies kasi it works great sa realtek 1185 browsing (tested on egreat 1185 chipset and measy X6)