can someone with a sigma and realtek system time the bootup? sana the pch a210 is included
Did this last week when I auditioned my Dad's S100. Unfortunately, I have yet to get my hands on a PCH. But I do plan to get one by next week. For the meantime, S100 vs. Xtreamer 1st Gen.
Boot-upRealtek - Xtreamer 1st Gen V 2.4.2 - 1 min and 5 sec.
SIGMA - Egreat - S100 - 55sec.
I stopped the timer only when I can already browse the 1TB external HD connected.
Picture QualityThis was hard and very subjective. But I was dead set in finding the "supposed" superior quality of SIGMA chips. I saw it in the opening sequence of Battle Los Angeles.
Realtek - Xtreamer - Greenish Black ang opening sequences, kitang-kita ang black bars sa taas at baba ng screen.
SIGMA - S100 - Black is Black - you cannot differentiate the black bars and the black scene.
Outside that scene, other scene is very identical, IMHO.
My TV was a 40" Sony LCD Bravia and was directly connected to the players via HMDI. No AVR was used to clean things up. spread my curtains and turned off all lights.
GUI and RemoteRealtek Xtreamer - V2.4.2 vs. S100 -
- the S100 Remote response is snappy, and browsing is more fluid. I only realized how sluggish the Xtreamer was after I got to experience the S100.
- S100 also has an advantage in in-movie adjustments, while the xtreamer needs to stop the movie when changing settings - ea. from 2 channel HDMI Sound to 5.1.
- Xtreamer has User defined zoom-in feature to eliminate or reduce black bars, but still maintain proper picture ratios(di tumataba ang payat). This is an advantage for Plasma users - they can totally eliminate black bars while viewing, eliminating IR.
- S100 remote has keypad-lights. Really helps a lot in browsing. But when you get to operate a remote every night over a couple of years, who needs light. Still, it's a nifty feature.
In movie browsing S100 - has the percentage feature. you can select a number from 1 to 9. each number represents a percent in the movie - when you press 1, S100 brings you to 10% of the movie.
Xtreamer - has a go-to feature, where in you select a specific time within the movie to go to.
Sound Xtreamer seems to have a better default sound than the S100, however, again this topic is quite subjective, and with the proper AVR and cables, this discussion becomes moot. Although I can objectively say that default sound of the Xtreamer is louder than S100.
Hope this helps.