Topic: Mede8er MED500x

[pinoy55]

Just a word of WARNING though, Mede8er has a bug when paired with an LG LCD TV particularly the LD460 series. I have a 37LD460 and it is having problems with the HDMI signal handshake. Whenever I turn the Mede8er on, it will show the 8 logo then, poof! A "no signal" screen will appear. It would require a reboot before it shows the GUI. It is actually not a big problem but quite annoying specially if you get calls from your kids while working telling you the media box is broken because they don't see the interface on screen even when the box is on. A little experiment led me to discover that putting it on 720p @ 60hz will do the trick but in a way, you are down sampling the resolution. Not really a great idea but it works. I am hoping Mede8er will include the solution when they come up with the firmware update or I will return this and get an Extreamer Pro instead.

Crossing my fingers.

JDennis

Any news regarding this issue? Sayang....

[XXXyzledge]

silent killer si sir triple ah. nice purchase. 

thanks kagawad ! 

[nerveblocker]

no problem encountered between my mede8er & lg 42lh70

Uy Welcome to the club brad Jim! Talaga naman pagdating sa hakot....mabilis!

[XXXyzledge]

Uy Welcome to the club brad Jim! Talaga naman pagdating sa hakot....mabilis!

thanks doc!
nakaka-inip kasi yung 34a ko..........

[Onkyo606]

just curious, how do you know your med8ter is the one cAable of doing DTS MA or DD+?

[reynold]

if you upgrade your firmware to 3.04, your 1073 will become 1073 C+, and accrding to mede8er forum, it is capable of doing DTS-MA .

[Onkyo606]

if you upgrade your firmware to 3.04, your 1073 will become 1073 C+, and accrding to mede8er forum, it is capable of doing DTS-MA .

jeeez, upgrade sound so techy to me, afradi doing things like this baka di ko na mabalik sa dati. thansk brader reynold for responding.

[ǝʞɐɾ ʎzzɐɾ]

if you upgrade your firmware to 3.04, your 1073 will become 1073 C+, and accrding to mede8er forum, it is capable of doing DTS-MA .

hmmm... do i smell a receiver upgrade brader reynold?   

[Nelson de Leon]

jeeez, upgrade sound so techy to me, afradi doing things like this baka di ko na mabalik sa dati. thansk brader reynold for responding.

Dumating na ba...?

[Onkyo606]

if you upgrade your firmware to 3.04, your 1073 will become 1073 C+, and accrding to mede8er forum, it is capable of doing DTS-MA .

i checked the firmware it says 3.04 and played a dts ma concert but its just showing dts on the reciever hmm what seems to be wrong

[ǝʞɐɾ ʎzzɐɾ]

i checked the firmware it says 3.04 and played a dts ma concert but its just showing dts on the reciever hmm what seems to be wrong

how did you set your audio in the med500?

[Clondalkin]

Isn't it the forthcoming FW Ver. 4.0 that would be capable of HD Audio passthrough (and Video Wall among others)?  Kinakaya na ba ng FW Ver. 3.0.4?

[Onkyo606]

how did you set your audio in the med500?

it only has few settings i chose HDMI passthrough brader

[iamscylla]

Just a word of WARNING though, Mede8er has a bug when paired with an LG LCD TV particularly the LD460 series. I have a 37LD460 and it is having problems with the HDMI signal handshake. Whenever I turn the Mede8er on, it will show the 8 logo then, poof! A "no signal" screen will appear. It would require a reboot before it shows the GUI. It is actually not a big problem but quite annoying specially if you get calls from your kids while working telling you the media box is broken because they don't see the interface on screen even when the box is on. A little experiment led me to discover that putting it on 720p @ 60hz will do the trick but in a way, you are down sampling the resolution. Not really a great idea but it works. I am hoping Mede8er will include the solution when they come up with the firmware update or I will return this and get an Extreamer Pro instead.

Crossing my fingers.


JDennis

I don't have problem on my 32LH70 and Mede8er..

[XXXyzledge]

i checked the firmware it says 3.04 and played a dts ma concert but its just showing dts on the reciever hmm what seems to be wrong

huwaaaw!
nag-palit ka na rin pala ng nmt!

congrats brader tirso!

[Onkyo606]

huwaaaw!
nag-palit ka na rin pala ng nmt!

congrats brader tirso!

salamat brader jim, may magandang offer kase eh

[macdon]

salamat brader jim, may magandang offer kase eh

Pa-share naman ng offer sir Pip

[reynold]

hmmm... do i smell a receiver upgrade brader reynold?  

Nasa plans pa lang in the not so near future brader jake, hehehe

Isn't it the forthcoming FW Ver. 4.0 that would be capable of HD Audio passthrough (and Video Wall among others)?  Kinakaya na ba ng FW Ver. 3.0.4?

Yes sir, that's right, hindi pa kaya ng 3.04 pero upgrading to this version is another way of knowing that your mede8er is capable of HD aside from having a blue sticker at the back of the unit... I was just answering sir Onkyo's query, if your unit has a C+ or ++, that's capable of doing HD Audio

[Onkyo606]

Nasa plans pa lang in the not so near future brader jake, hehehe


Yes sir, that's right, hindi pa kaya ng 3.04 pero upgrading to this version is another way of knowing that your mede8er is capable of HD aside from having a blue sticker at the back of the unit... I was just answering sir Onkyo's query, if your unit has a C+ or ++, that's capable of doing HD Audio

havent seen the c+ but my unit has those blue stickers on the box and at the back of the unit itself thats why i was very happy, apparently the unit  was upgraded already by sir DOM to have the 3.04, and im very happy in tay ko na lang ver 4

tyvm brader reynold

[reynold]

np sir Onkyo

September daw lalabas v4, hopefully



MEDE8ER now in No. 1 spot - Top 5 Hybrid Media Players!!!

http://www.mpcclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25207

[nogie]

salamat brader jim, may magandang offer kase eh

pa-share naman magandang offer brader. hopeless na ako sa HD passthrough ng xtreamer at cinematube ko. thanks!

[Clondalkin]

pa-share naman magandang offer brader. hopeless na ako sa HD passthrough ng xtreamer at cinematube ko. thanks!

I think sigurado na ang HD passthrough ng Xtreamer Pro based on another member's info.

and Im sure sigurado na rin ang HD passthrough ng tupperware A200.  

Mede8er - next attraction?   hehehe.. But not my Dec 2009 Mede8er.  But it's fast.

[nogie]

I think sigurado na ang HD passthrough ng Xtreamer Pro based on another member's info.

and Im sure sigurado na rin ang HD passthrough ng tupperware A200. 

Mede8er - next attraction?  hehehe.. But it's fast.

yong 1st version ang xtreamer ko sir. i have 2 realtek players but unfortunately parehas na hindi kaya HD passthrough. 

[Clondalkin]

yong 1st version ang xtreamer ko sir. i have 2 realtek players but unfortunately parehas na hindi kaya HD passthrough. 

I think no choice but to sell your realtek players dahil wala talagang chance yung chipset natin.  Im sure maraming interested (if the price is attractive) because hindi rin naman ganon kadami ang encodes with HD audio..and they are really big files.

Magkano ko kaya mabebenta yung Mede8er ko?  Hehehe.

[nogie]

I think no choice but to sell your realtek players dahil wala talagang chance yung chipset natin.  Im sure maraming interested (if the price is attractive) because hindi rin naman ganon kadami ang encodes with HD audio..and they are really big files.

Magkano ko kaya mabebenta yung Mede8er ko?  Hehehe.

yan ang magandang tanong. aabangan natin yan sa marketplace. hehehe

[Onkyo606]

pa-share naman magandang offer brader. hopeless na ako sa HD passthrough ng xtreamer at cinematube ko. thanks!

brader pm mo lang si brader DOM tell him ni refer kita at baka makauha ng magandang offer hehehehehe.

[ǝʞɐɾ ʎzzɐɾ]

just a question...

do you guys really collect and store 20-45gb movie files in your hard drive so you can opt to play in true high definition sound?

i ask because i actually changed my paradigm after my internal HD died and all my HD files got lost...

       

[Clondalkin]

do you guys really collect and store 20-45gb movie files in your hard drive so you can opt to play in true high definition sound?

i ask because i actually changed my paradigm after my internal HD died and all my HD files got lost...

I do.  Never really intended to collect those pure BD rips but someone asked me last year and eventually I got hooked.  So now Ive got a lot of those kinds of files.  Not much on sound quality because I dont have the proper AVR and I cannot crank up the volume in Tokyo without inviting the police or building management,  but I like the image quality to be as close to the source as possible - the richness or depth of colors, the lack of compression artifacts, the lack of image enhancements, the image filling out the screen without having to zoom (this is what happens if you play a 720p file on a full HD screen).

Sorry to hear about your HDD.  That can be restored.

[ǝʞɐɾ ʎzzɐɾ]

pardon the OT guys:

never got to try and compare the BD rip files vs. the actual BD itself.  how is it?

ehome actually replaced the HDD at no cost.  they said that the supplier covered the warranty still even after more than two years i think.  the files are another story... 

you got me thinking about the BD rips... will do my own comparison.  but based on my compare vs. mkv files, i still find the actual BDs better than rips both in audio and video.

I do.  Never really intended to collect those pure BD rips but someone asked me last year and eventually I got hooked.  So now Ive got a lot of those kinds of files.  Not much on sound quality because I dont have the proper AVR and I cannot crank up the volume in Tokyo without inviting the police or building management,  but I like the image quality to be as close to the source as possible - the richness or depth of colors, the lack of compression artifacts, the lack of image enhancements, the image filling out the screen without having to zoom (this is what happens if you play a 720p file on a full HD screen).

Sorry to hear about your HDD.  That can be restored.

[Clondalkin]

.. but based on my compare vs. mkv files, i still find the actual BDs better than rips both in audio and video.

Definitely.   I think the only exception is if you have that super video processor of Streetsmart.  I dont know about that.  But in my case, just straight to HDTV, yeah the quality of originals (I only have HD-DVDs) are certainly superior than MKVs, the extent of which would depend on the level of compression.

If you can manage to get any 25-40GB pure BD rip and your NMT is capable of smooth playback, do give it a try.  Kapag at least 18mbps na ang average bitrate ng video, it's pretty darn high quality image already.  Of course depende pa rin sa quality ng original.   For instance, something like Gladiator's Remastered version really blew me away...and Se7en remastered too - parang cine talaga.