New Popcorn Hour products

[mvallevand]

I noticed on http://www.popcornhour.com that they are taking advances order on a couple of new products. Although it's not really news because a NZ website leaked this long ago, the pricing might be of interest.

What this will mean for mvpmcx2 users is not clear, ie how is the firmware being released, but I still think the basic A100 meets the needs of most GB-PVR users who want a diskless solution.

Martin

[martint123]

Looks like the news has brought their forum to it's knees

[pz1]

I have looked up prices of the PCH-100 at the distributors in the Euro-zone. The vary from 189-250 Euro. The 179 USD standard price converts to 115 Euro today. I appreciate that EU distributors are faced with quite high VAT, but more than double the original price seems hardly justifiable.

[martint123]

The UK has traditionally been called "rip off Britain" where the dollar sign is replaced by the pound sign.

However, don't forget the postage:-
PopcornHour USD179.00
Shipping & Handling (International) : USD45.00
Total: USD224.00

And the import tax UKP 21 (USD41.00)

So it all adds up. .. (to USD 245)

[mvallevand]

I'm just glad that 1$ CDN is almost par now. I used to get teased by the "low" American prices.

What is most telling now is what a bargain the MVP always was in comparison to other media extenders. The PCH could be considered a bargain in comparison to its current competitor the TViX 6500 which is over € 400.00 and it doesn't run emulation mode (they never responded to my email).

Martin

[pz1]

So it all adds up. .. (to USD 245)

Which is a decent 157 Euro and not the 250 that some charge. Wired MediaMVP is around 100 EUR here.

[martint123]

What is most telling now is what a bargain the MVP always was in comparison to other media extenders.

Indeed - the MVP probaby changed this households viewing habits as much, if not more, than gbpvr itself. It's responsiveness still beats the PCH and if it wasn't for me getting a fancy TV and HD tuner, the MVP would still be the main player.

If Hauppauge had done a better job with their initial software and marketing it could and should have ruled the world at that price.

[JonnyCam]

I want to see what their new remote looks like.
They said it would be available for purchase for existing PCH owners.

[psycik]

So the main advantage of the PCH-A110 is the Optical Out and SATA connector.

Still probably the same firmware - and I hope they don't think about dropping support for the pch-a100.

[mvallevand]

It's responsiveness still beats the PCH and if it wasn't for me getting a fancy TV and HD tuner, the MVP would still be the main player.

I think if you are getting better responsiveness with the MVP something is wrong with your setup.

I want to see what their new remote looks like.

Here is egreat's new one. http://www.mpcclub.com/newspic/m31b_remote.gif

Still probably the same firmware

The NMT firmware is still going to be the same. All the model really just modify linux core and the hardware.

Martin