Good Day!!!
While waiting for my files to be moved to the external drive, I'll write this short review of the Venz V12 3D player. I needed a cheap media player since I'm using a PS3 (via ps3 media server) and I'm tired of Cinavia and not able to read most subtitle files. So I saw the ad of sir rochie and got myself one since it was on sale (3700php)
***Please note I'm no expert and this is all based on my (short) experience and personal views***
(This is a working progress you I'll add more as soon as I have more mileage on this unit.)
PROS:
-Cheap
- Realtek 1186
- Metal Casing
- 3D
- USB wifi dongle/HDMI cable included
- Fast boot up (20 seconds)
Cons (not a deal breaker) but just for those who want to know.
- USB 3.0 are all in the back which can be in conflict with the Wifi dongle (pangit pag ang antenna nasa harap)
- No LCD in front ( for it's price I did'nt expect it)
- Remote control needs to have direct line of sight and the buttons are hard... remember those old 5110 keypads. And there's a little bit of lag but not that bad. (Again for the price I'm not going to complain)
So Here are the specs:
1.Chipset: RTD1186DD 750MHz (2Gbit NAND FLASH)
2.3D:POWER VR SGX 3D GPU
3.3D playback: 3D blueray, 3D AVCHD, Single-file MVC, 3D Content in side-by-side or top-bottom 2D video, 3D subtitle, 3D image with transition effects
4.Blu-ray of original Disc copy, Blu-ray ISO image file play and read PGS subtitles perfectly
5.Support popular Full HD 1080P decoding(MKV/H.264/RMVB/WMV9/MPEG4.etc)
6.Support Audio format: MP3,WMA,APE,FLAC,OGG,AC3,Flac,etc
7.Support 7.1 Dolby, 7.1 DTS and SPDIF digital audio
8. DOLBY TrueHD and DTS HD Bypass through HDMI
9.Support Photo format:JPEG,GIF,BMP,PNG,etc
10.Local Movie/Music/Photo search function, Movie Cover art and preview function
11.10/100Mbps Wired LAN and built-in 150Mbps WIFI antenna connection
12.UPNP, FILE COPY, BT, SAMBA, PPPoE
13.Online Vedio/Audio/Photo/Weather/News,etc.
14.1x SATA interface+ 1x USB 3.0+2x USB 2.0
15.Support external HDD to 3TB
16.OSD language:English,French,Spanish,German,Dutch,Italian,Russian etc.
17.HDMI 1.4,Y/Pb/Pr up to 1080p, AV output, Coaxial, Optical output
18.Plug subtitles:TXT, PGS, SMI, SRT, SUB, ASS, SSA
19.AC adapter:5V/2A
20.Size:179*119*42mm/0.85kg (Metal casing)
Venz is a Chinese company and it's quite obvious from the box and the remote control since there are a lot of Chinese characters.
Looks:
It's made out of metal and the front plate has a brushed finish the surrounding metal case is matte black. (good for those who don't like fingerprint smudges)
What's in the box?
- Venz 12 Player
- Cables
- Remote Control
- HDMI Cable (free)
- USB wifi (free)
Front View
2x USB 2.0 ports
IR sensor
SD card slot
Back view:
Power switch
DC in
Composite Video/Audio out
Optical out
HDMI out
Ethernet port
Reset button
2xUSB 3.0