Hauppauge MediaMVP Digital Media Receiver (Model 1000)

Manufacturer : HAUPPAUGE Model : 1000 ASIN : B0000C4DX1 Price : 129$ Last Price : 65$(Discount 49.6124031007752% See Special Offers Product Description The MediaMVP (short for Media decoder for Music Video and Pictures) is a Digital Media Receiver that bridges the home PC with TV sets and A/V equipment via home networks. Most Helpful Customer Reviews 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful: Great concept, software is horrible. This review is from: Hauppauge MediaMVP Digital Media Receiver (Model 1000) (Personal Computers) What a great concept: Play the media that resides on my pc (music, videos, digital pictures, webcast radio) from anywhere and as many locations as I have wired network access. The MediaMVP hardware appears very well conceived and implemented (see the Hauppauge site for specifications). Sound and video quality of streamed content are entirely satisfactory (providing your recordings are of good quality). Yep. Hardware appears to be Hauppauge's forte. Their software, however, which manifests itself most noticeably as the user interface, is unforgiveably crude. File system navigation and remote control key mapping are noticeably misprogrammed. Even the most rudimentary MP3 playing capabilities are missing or broken. I would compare the display with the old Commodore 64 but that would be an insult to my C64. Sad to say, Hauppauge does not appear to be interested in fixing any of these deficiencies as they have persisted for at least the last 3 software releases and are still present in the current Beta release. Service is a mixed bag. If you call them, they will replace defective hardware well enough. But don't expect much more support than what you can do for yourself by reading the FAQ on their website. And don't bother emailing a question to support. With the exception of the automated reply, they never answer email. The good news is that there is a large, vocal user forum for this and other Hauppauge products (hey, I said their hardware is pretty good) and, if you don't mind wading through web forums, you can get a lot of answers there. I want to love this product but I can't. I purchased it primarily to play MP3 music throughout my house and this is certainly the thing it does worst of all (did I mention the LOUD inter-track popping?). So my dissatisfaction should be taken in that context. Certainly its webcast radio (which I use often and enjoy), picture slideshow, and video playback capabilities suffer much less from the UI's lack of sophistication. And people who use the MediaMVP as a front-end for their Hauppauge based PVR systems (personal video recorder - think Tivo only no service charge) love these things. One hope I hold out for my MediaMVP is the global community of private software developers that are hacking away, rewriting its software. I have no doubt they will eventually do what Hauppauge won't. But until they do this is a seriously crippled product. 30 of 34 people found the following review helpful: Great addition for ReplayTV owners    This review is from: Hauppauge MediaMVP Digital Media Receiver (Model 1000) (Personal Computers) If you own a ReplayTV then this is the thin client you've been waiting for. Out of the box this unit is able to play native ReplayTV videos when they are copied to a PC (I own a 5040 unit, so I'm not certain this would be true for owners of 4xxx units). To get things rolling, here's what you need. 1. A ReplayTV unit connected to a home Ethernet network. 2. A PC on the same network running DVArchive (free software) 3. The MediaMVP connected to the network and to a TV Once DVArchive is installed, you need to configure it to download recorded shows from the Replay; a simple task that can be scheduled periodically. You then plug the MediaMVP in (power, network, and TV connections), install the software on your PC, and then set it up to point to the directory used by DVArchive to download the videos. The MediaMVP will find all MPG video files in the DVArchive download directory and present them on a menu on the TV. Pick the video and you're off and running. I have tested both Medium and High quality recordings and they play flawlessly almost 100% of the time. The few minor glitches I noticed were apparent 'stutters' in video playback. The only thing I miss on the MediaMVP (that is available on the ReplayTV) is commercial advance, variable speed FF/Rewind (only 2x is currently implemented), and 29 second skip ahead. But for the price, it can't be beat. Check back in a few days if the product is shown Out Of Stock as Amazon/Office Depot seem to keep a low inventory. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: Great idea but needs work This review is from: Hauppauge MediaMVP Digital Media Receiver (Model 1000) (Personal Computers) This product is in what I would call beta stage but will hopefully get better as Hauppauge releases new firmware and software for it. It is missing vital features: 1) It does not have the ability to fast forward and rewind MP3s. 2) It will play an entire folder of MP3s or one MP3 at a time but it is missing is the ability to pick and choose MP3s you want to play. You have to go to the computer and create play lists, then the MVP will play those playlists. Bugs I have found: 1) The MVP server software that runs on the computer and allows access to shared media has to be restarted once a week or more before the MVP will find the server. 2) When playing videos (mpg, avi, etc) you can fast forward and rewind but often after doing so the audio gets out of sync with the video. Conclusion: Good, fair-priced device (under a hundred dollars) but it definitely needs some improvement. Also, be wary of wireless "Media Receivers." I have done some research on them and their biggest complaint is that they only work well when wired. That is why I bought the MVP, it is wired (only) so you are not paying for the wireless feature. Most Recent Customer Reviews MediaMVP for Vista 64 Review Purchased hoping it would work with Vista 64 bit system. It does quite well. You can use the Hauppauge beta drivers that state are only for 32 bit vista but they work anyway... by G. Andis caution for Vista 64 bit Does not work with Vista 64 bit - no drivers, at least from the OEM. You'd better have a 32 bit Vista or XP around. by Bumblomatic Ditch the VCR and DVD Player I own about 7x of them devices since 2004 no problems so far. But they'll keep you entertain for hours. by tipstir Great Hardware, best Used with 3rd Party Software Hauppauge has long been known for putting out very good hardware and bundling it with awful software. The MVP is no exception. by Shawn Kilgore Great Buy I in joy all my download movies on my big screen and i don't need to plug my pc or laptop to the TV just this BOX. ITS COOL!!!! by Aaron R. Thompson Really slow The software was not written well for the device at all. When you click on a media file sometimes you see a little circle populating to let you know the file is being read... by Phillip C. Armstrong Love the concept - Dislike this product In a nutshell, this product is a complete waste of money. I have purchased an MVIX760HD that I absolutely love. Pros: Can't really think of any. by J. Roseboom Low cost and flexible - ideal for home grown media servers To start with, let me point out I don't use the provided software. My media server is based on MythTV and so I use this device with the MVPMC image. by Ian D. Pitt Wonderful product! My background with this type of product: I built myself a HTPC which I have been using for almost a year. by C. Tyrrell For the price, this is the best I use my PC to record TV shows, but had no easy way to watch them on my TV (without constantly burning DVDs). by Kuehnast

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