I have been the patriot of Dlink products in media streaming. Currently I have 2 pc of DSM 520 and one DSM 320 streaming off my 2,5 TB Dell PowerEdge quad-core media server. Mostly I watch TV-shows like Friends, Top Gear etc and lot of MPEG4 movies. But more and more movies are coming out in HD, ripped off from blu-ray or recorded from the HD cable/terrestial. In most of the cases these are in .TS format, .MKV Matroska containers, H.264 whitch is pain in the a.. for Dlink. Converting is really a lottery and not really an option. Also, high bitrate (more than 20 mbit per second) 1080 has been problem for DSM-520, despite of wired ethernet.
Now I look something more capable. Most probably I'm going after Popcorn Hour A-110 streamer. Looks like just for me, HDMI 1.3a, supports the latest high bitrate video formats (MPEG2 MP@HL, H.264 HP@L4.1, VC-1 AP@L3 in TS of at least 40Mbps) to give you up to 1080p high-definition videos.
Another option is Buffalo Linktheater HD On the paper its H.264 AVC capable, but MKV container is not clearly notetd on their spec sheet?!
10 September 2008
Dlink really weak in HD
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I made the same experience like you did but I thnk I finally found the rpoduct that matches all of our needs: the Western Digital HD media player. It plys nearly all formats including MKV(!). Have a look at the spec-sheet: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=572 and the best of all, it retails for around 100$. Cheers - Wolfgang (Germany)
Thanks for Your comment! I went for Popcorn Audio and I really like it's performance in HD / MKV!
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