PATRIOT BOX OFFICE CORE OPEN SOURCE MEDIA PLAYER REVIEW

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Please leave your questions here.

Review can be found here:

http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/patriot_box_office_core_media_player_review/

Pricing on this product can be found here:

In the US

http://tweaknews.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=761864460

In Canada

http://tweaknews.pgpartner.ca/search_getprod.php/masterid=758488569
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Xantor · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Mar 2011 Posts: 55

I have one of these at home. They're spankin' good. I wished there was a fanless heatsink though!

Patriot also showed a Box Office that works with Android. Too awesome!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4402/patriot-box-office-alpine-android-based-media-streamer

dlb · TweakNOOB Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 4

I've been "kind of" in the market for a home media player like this, however, I have a TON of movies in std DVD format (most of 'em store-bought commercial movies) and a TON of DiVX movies burned to DVDs with up to 7 movies per disc; can I attach an external USB DVD drive to this media player and play all my current movies? It seems that in just about every review of a home media player, nobody ever hooks up a USB DVD drive to see if/how it works... in fact, I can't remember a single HMP review where this was done, and this is one reason why I've held off on buying one. My current home DVD player supports DiVX playback, so it's been OK, but it's a drag having to convert & burn everything to DiVX DVDs. If this Patriot unit can play all the stuff I already have burned, plus access all the stuff I have on external HDs and on my home network, it would be a "MUST HAVE"!

Thx - great review overall - I just wish that an external DVD had been plugged in to the USB port.

sh4un · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:28 am Post subject:

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

The nice thing about this player is the fact it is community supported and people are constantly making updates on it to make it perform better and support more file types.
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