Popcorn Hour launches the new A-200 Networked Media Tank, basically a HD media player/streamer with Ethernet connection. The A-200 is able to stream content directly from popular Internet sites like Videocast, CNET TV, CBS/CNN channels..etc and supports media playback/streaming from other PCs in home network or internal/USB hard drive.
The Popcorn Hour A-200 sports a Sigma Designs SMP8643, 667MHz CPU, 512MB RAM and 256MB Flash memory. It offers HDMI 1.3 output as well as Component video, S-video, Composite video, analog/digital audio. It has internal mounting for SATA hard drive and two USB 2.0 HOST ports and a USB 2.0 slave port. The Networked Media Tank can handle BitTorrent download as well.
Popcorn Hour A-200 will be available for order on 18 January 2010 for $179.00. It is also available with the WN-150 WiFi adapter for $199.
Supported Media File Formats
Video containers:
- MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
- MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG, DAT, VOB)
- MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
- AVI, ASF, WMV
- Matroska (MKV)
- MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
Video Decoders:
- XVID SD/HD
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2 MP@HL
- MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
- MPEG-4.10 (H.264) : BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1
- WMV9 : MP@HL
- SMPTE 421M (VC-1) : MP@HL, AP@L3
Audio Containers:
- AAC, M4A
- MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
- WAV
- WMA
- FLAC
- OGG
Audio Decoders:
- Dolby Digital
- DTS
- WMA, WMA Pro
- MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2, 3
- MPEG-4 AAC-LC
- MPEG-4 HE-AAC
- MPEG-4 BSAC
- LPCM
- FLAC
- Vorbis
Audio Pass-Through:
- DTS, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA
- Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD
Other Formats:
- ISO, IFO navigation
- AVCHD navigation
- Simple BD navigation
Photo Formats:
- JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Subtitle Formats:
- SRT, MicroDVD SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX
Compare A-200, C-200 and A-110
