HEXUS Popcorn Owners

[Moby-Dick]

following advice from workmates , I've traded in my trusty XBMC for a Popcorn hour A-110.

have to say its pretty neat , if a little noiser that I'd hoped ( have fitted a quiet Samsung 1.5Tb drive for a little local storage )

The interface feels a bit of a let down , especially when I'm used to the slickness of the XBMC interface. Network speeds are a little bit of a letdown too- I can see why many people would rather have their storage separate to the NMT.

So has anyone got any recommended addons - I've tried Llink in order to play content from within RAR files - doesn't seem to be that stable though.

[daniel_owen_uk]

I have one

Have a C200 on the way too (shipping next week).

Had my A100 (basically same but without DTS decoding) since 2007.

YAMJ and UMC are worth a look. Should help tidy up your media and gives you a much less clunky GUI.

pop over to www.networkmediatank.com for more info

[daniel_owen_uk]

Full two of us then

If you install the CSI there is a HDD control app that can slow it down a bit

[shaithis]

What do these give you over a HTPC?

I have been toying with the idea of a HTPC for a while (mainly for streaming music and film....I have Sky for watching TV), yet these seem fairly cheap in comparison.

[Moby-Dick]

have resisted YAMJ and it ilk as it annoys me to have to recompile the html and produce the nfo files :S

in some respects I think I'd actually prefer an HTPC but the faffing level was too high and this works pretty well out of the box.

[daniel_owen_uk]

UMC > YAMJ imo

And when v1.9 is release the server mode will stop you having to "re-scan" although I half expect this to be acheived by doing periodic scans.