Category Archives: PopCorn Hour Networked Media Tanks

Popcorn Hour A400- An HD Media Streamer that Supports Blu-ray 3D

With support for Blu-ray 3D-Video, Full-HD video, several audio and photo codec’s and web content, users can experience their digital media how they want. The Syabas Apps Market, containing over 90 free and premium TV apps, gives users a broad … Continue reading

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Popcorn Hour A-300 Specifications and Main Features

The Popcorn Hour A-300 houses the latest Sigma 800MHz CPU and Real Media decoder support, plus USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet connections to ensure dizzying transfer speeds. Like its predecessor, the aluminum-encased streamer is entirely fanless, broadcasting your favorite content … Continue reading

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Can PopCorn Hour A-200/A-210 downmix and pass-through TrueHD/DTS-HD?

Can PopCorn Hour A-200/A-210 downmix the original Blu-ray HD audio? Yes.  The A-200/A-210 boxes can down-mix both TrueHD and DTS(MA) to stereo for playback when connected directly to a TV (a review FYI). In fact the Popcorn Hour NMT boxes … Continue reading

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Blu-ray to MKV Ripping- do not pass-through LPCM audio!

“Every time I rip a bluray with an LPCM track, it’s not playable in any software. I see google is full of forum posts from people who has this same issue over and over again. I suspect MakeMKV is simply … Continue reading

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Get Blu-ray Subtitles for Popcorn Hour NMT A-210/A-200/C-200

This post is written for Popcorn Hour NMT users who would like to put/stream Blu-ray movies to NMT A-210/A-200/C-200 with subtitles. As we all know, Popcorn Hour NMT boxes play almost anything thrown at them: Internet videos, DVR recordings, Camcorder … Continue reading

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What is BD Lite? What features are included in BD Lite?

Unlike BD Players, most HD Media Players and Networked Media Jukeboxes do not support Full BD playback. Instead, partial of them play ripped Blu-ray movies in Simple BD or BD lite mode. What is BD Lite? If the media player … Continue reading

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If U are Looking for a DLNA Certified HD Media Player…

  Not sure to get a DLNA Media Player or HDD Media Player? Don’t worry about that- there are HD Media Players that act like DLNA Media Player. This post is written to help you get a best DLNA certified HD … Continue reading

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Best Way Ripping Blu-ray for Popcorn Hour A-210 Playback

Popcorn Hour A-210 does not naturally support Blu-ray Disc playback due to licensing. You have to first hack/rip Blu-ray contents off if you’d like to stream Blu-ray contents to A-210 box. There are multiple ways to rip Blu-ray movies for … Continue reading

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How to Rip Blu-ray to ISO for Popcorn Hour A-210/A200 Playback?

Popcorn Hour A-210, the succssor of PCH A-200, is a leading network media jukebox (NMJ) for the time being. It pumps out virtually any video format, including various video, audio container formats and ISO, IFO file and support for more … Continue reading

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Syabas: upgrade kit for Popcorn Hour A-210 aluminum case is available now

“Good news to all A-200 owners, we hear your requests and the upgrade kit for A-210 aluminum case is available now. Face-lift your A-200 with a brand new design, which is both beautiful and provides better heat dissipation.” -quoted from … Continue reading

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