Saturday, August 4, 2012

Review of media player 3Q F232HWS

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CD with instructions.
Separately want to note the presence of HDMI-cable is available in this model. This is a definite plus.Introduction
Frankly, until recently, I thought the thing in a media player, which are gradually replacing the TV with support for video playback from external media. However, a recent survey 3Q F216HC found a positive response from readers, so I decided to write about media players, given that the same company 3Q there are some interesting models. On one of them will be discussed in this review.

The appearance, size
At first glance, we see the usual black "brick", nothing stands out. But this is exactly as long as you do not take F232HWS hands. Housing player made entirely of metal, it's nice a cooling hand. The prints on this material is almost invisible. I liked this performance shell.

The front side is a push button with light ring (it glows red when the player is off and blue when turned on) and USB-port. The decision to place the port in the front is definitely good because it does not need to look for it in a dark room, just know that it is the right of the glowing power button.ЗАКРЫТЬ
On the back of the audio-video connectors, and to connect to a TV via a cable-tulips. Next to them you can see the charger slot, HDMI-port, Ethernet-port and a connector for speakers (S / PDIF).
 On the left there is only SATA-connector.
Size of the player: 163x31x163 mm, weight 855 grams. In his hands he feels like a solid metal bar. However, hardly anyone would ever carry it with you.To build no claims, the player is well made, all parts fit tightly together. The only moot point - it's glowing red LED when power is off. I would like to be able to disable it somehow.
Panel
Included with the player is a full remote control with many buttons. In addition to the usual volume and rewind buttons, there is a separate joystick and buttons "home" and "back" to navigate through menus, and quick challenge and change the settings screen (aspect ratio, zoom). The keys have a short mild stroke, in general, I would have appreciated the convenience of remote control to "four".
Menu
The first thing that catches your eye - a file manager called ... "The Director of the file." This "fun" error immediately spoils the impression of a product, in my view, such "mistakes," prohibitive for the Russian company, I can only hope that this defect will be corrected translation in future firmware. In addition, there are other poorly translated or not translated at all points. Upd: updated the firmware in the Russification of fixed, download the firmware update may be out of here.In the file manager, you can quickly open the desired file on an external drive or a remote computer (when connected to the network via Ethernet-port).Applications. When you connect to the Internet via Ethernet-port you can use adapted for this purpose applications. Of the most popular it is worth noting Youtube, LastFM, Picasa and Flickr. In fact, this is not the most useful function, because the player no Wi-Fi module, and Ethernet-cable is not always located near the TV.Options. All settings are divided into five sections: audio, video, network, system, and others. You can change the language system, update the firmware your player, configure the network to change the resolution for video and view the current firmware version.
Play the video
The manufacturer declares support for the following file formats: MKV, AVI, WMV, ISO, VOB, MOV, ASF, TP, TS, TRP, MPG, RM, RMVB, video codecs: MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XviD, DivX, H.264, WMV9, VC1 and audio codecs: MP3, AAC, Ogg, M4A, WAV, FLAC, DTS.In fact, the player is really almost "omnivorous," he copes effortlessly with easy DVDRip'om, and with a heavy Blu-ray Rip'om in FullHD resolution. By the way, external drives formatted in NTFS, work fine with the player. For video, there are a lot of settings, such as changing the aspect ratio or zoom.The player copes with subtitles in the format. SRT, you can change their color, size, position, and even the font, but, unfortunately, does not play. ASS (this is a problem of almost all media players).You can adjust the playback from the point where you left off (translated, of course, a nightmare, "To approve the start of the last game").In addition to the usual rewind, rewind joystick is available, the average step - ~ 1% of the length of the video. However, if you use a rewind, then after it is now a blue box, it is removed by clicking the «Subtitle».
The player supports moServices 3.
Please pay special attention to the fact that moServices three other models have been developed by players from other manufacturers. Therefore, some of the modules and services may be inoperative or incorrectly behave. In case of such "inconsistencies" delete the appropriate module and continue with the rest. In severe cases, completely remove moServices 3, and then install the new.Service management, and removal of modules doustanovki, start, stop, etc. - Web-based (http://player/). Full-time Web-based interface (management staff bittorrent client) in connection with this carried over to port 81 (http://player:81/)
    
Removal of three moServices done only through the menu "Options" - "Misc." The procedure for removing moServices 3 via a web interface with our player is not working properly (leave "tails" after removal.We are not responsible for the list of modules and services moServices 3 as well as for their performance. Everyone who has set the player to your moServices 3, accept responsibility for your player. We can not guarantee constant access to the site www.moservices.org with all the ensuing consequences (inability to install, partial or complete loss of services and modules, etc.).
  To date, a list of modules:
Core

    moServices core

Services

    iTunes server
    MediaTomb server
    Mounts
    pShare uPnP playlist browser 0.0.2rc2
    SpinDown service
    Transmission v2.33
    UDP-to-HTTP Proxy v1.0b19-Chipmunk
    uShare UPnP / DLNA server 1.1a

vsFTPd FTP daemon v2.2.2

Patches

    AutoRun
    Hdcp Off
    moServices on drive
    Authorization
    Remote date and time sync
    Remount drives
    Manage repositories
    Patched RootApp
    Swap on drive
    RAM zipped SWAP (compcache 0.6.2)

RSS-ins

    fex.net / ex.ua
    Glavnoe TV
    Horosho.tv
    Polish IPTV ipla.tv
    ivi.ru
    RSS Keys
    Media portal
    Sayler's Media RSS
    MY-HIT.ru
    RSS Ex 2.0.11 r606
    Sovok.TV
    Tvigle.RU
    TV on Top 1.1.4
    Ukraine Online Services
    UA Online 2
    Uletno.info
    Weather Yahoo
    Woowza movies

Web Modules

    Fake Shell 1.0.5.2
    QuiXplorer
    System status

Conclusion

The average price of model - 3000 rubles. For the money you gets a good media player in a metal case, with more functions and HDMI-cable included. Among the shortcomings I would point out the bad Russification (very much hope that will fix in future firmware) and nondisconnectable LED. In my opinion, the 3Q was a good model for those who want a regular room media player.
Pros:

    Metal housing,
    a good assembly
    full board,
    Support most popular audio and video formats
    HDMI-cable included,
    many settings.
 
Cons:

    Poor Russification (corrected)
    nondisconnectable LED.

Key Features
Type without a hard drive
Support HD 1080p (Full HD)
HDD
Support for NTFS file systems
Support for standards
File formats MKV, AVI, WMV, ISO, VOB, MOV, ASF, TP, TS, TRP, MPG, RM, RMVB
Codecs are MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XviD, DivX, H.264, WMV9, VC1
The audio files MP3, AAC, Ogg, M4A, WAV, FLAC, DTS
Image files JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG
Connection
The outputs stereo audio, audio optical, composite video, HDMI 1.3
Interfaces USB 2.0 Type A x2, Ethernet
Speed ​​Ethernet 10/100 Mbit / s
Memory Card Support Secure Digital, MultiMedia Card
Functionality
BitTorrent download manager
Functions supporting IPTV, UPnP
Construction
The remote control is
The name of the processor / chipset Realtek RTD1071
External Power Supply
Passive Cooling
Additionally
Dimensions (WxHxD) 163x31x163 mm
Additional information SATA interface

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