HD-300 ordered - first observations thread

[cat6man]

got my order confirmed at 11:49 EST (8:49 AM pacific)............ordered with 2 day delivery, so i should have it in my system before the weekend.

anyone have one yet to play with?
any early alpha testers out there?

[paulbeers]

Just placed my order for 2!!!! I stated if they released the HD300 I would buy 2! So pumped!!!! And the price reduction is much appreciated!!!

[PLUCKYHD]

I might have played with it a bit

I can basically echo Brent's comments

1. Size = you don't realize how small it is until you use it
2. RemoteIR = Nice heaven sent
3. DTS donconvert= I can finally play back my blu ray rips on any tv no matter the audio
4. HD Audio= Do I need to add much to this? I mean without messing with codecs and pure bitstreaming support
5. Lower Price= still amazed by this one.

I mounted them to the back of my tv's and used the remote IR feature for full hidden control. I used cheap velco to achieve this and the results are great!!. I have attached some pictures of me doing it to my daughters new tv. I also had a flat mount tv where I just velcroed it to the wall behind the mount up high works perfect.

Hopefully this pics will inspire I was careful not to cover any of the vent holes with the velcro.

Pictures on this post

Just want to say again Good Job Sage!!!!

[bcjenkins]

Guys, these are pre-orders. You will get them shipped after they receive them on Sept. 10th or as updated.

B

PS - I ordered 2 more today, looking forward to mid-September..

[bialio]

I ordered 2 more also - the one I have is working very well - I'm not sure the family even noticed the switch out, although I notice the improved speed / responsiveness of the UI on our HD300 equipped TV.

Guess it's time to update my sig

[matt91]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Hopefully this pics will inspire I was careful not to cover any of the vent holes with the velcro.

I can't click through on these links. Do they work for others?

[ruwackd]

Plucky,

Can you speak to the performance of SMM on the HD300 vs the HD200? I just recently bought another PC client to replace my HD200 because the SMM experience on the HD200 was so different than my other PC client but if the HD300 is significantly improved I can always craigslist/ebay or find some other use for my new pc. Thanks.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by ruwackd

Plucky,

Can you speak to the performance of SMM on the HD300 vs the HD200? I just recently bought another PC client to replace my HD200 because the SMM experience on the HD200 was so different than my other PC client but if the HD300 is significantly improved I can always craigslist/ebay or find some other use for my new pc. Thanks.

It is improved and i made a couple of tweaks to help it along. It still is not as fast as a client but it very usable and acceptable to me as long as your settings are right in SMM.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by matt91

I can't click through on these links. Do they work for others?

hmm they work fine for me anyone else?

[bialio]

They work for me.

[ruwackd]

Thanks for the info Plucky. Also, i receive the below message when trying to open the pics

ruwackd, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
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[Kirby]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

hmm they work fine for me anyone else?

dont work for me.

[PLUCKYHD]

I think I know why lets try these pictures.

[PLUCKYHD]

And one more to above.

[Kirby]

Those work

[dbone1026]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

I think I know why lets try these pictures.

Do you seriously still have plastic on your tv???

[Fluffdaddy]

Originally Posted by dbone1026

Do you seriously still have plastic on your tv???

I was thinking the same

[matt91]

Originally Posted by Fluffdaddy

I was thinking the same

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

my daughters new tv.

Guess it's *very* new

[jm9843]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

It is improved and i made a couple of tweaks to help it along. It still is not as fast as a client but it very usable and acceptable to me as long as your settings are right in SMM.

Does the HD-300 support some of the new visual effects of v7 that the HD-200 does not? Like the "flip" effect on the options screen.

My only interest in the HD-300 at this time is for the faster processor and would like to know if the speed boost in the UI is worth an upgrade over the HD-200. Is it very noticeable?

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by jm9843

My only interest in the HD-300 at this time is for the faster processor and would like to know if the speed boost in the UI is worth an upgrade over the HD-200. Is it very noticeable?

I find it extremely noticeable.