Syabas has announced the newest addition to their family of Popcorn Hour A-series media streamers with the unveiling of the A-400. The Popcorn Hour A-400 is powered by the Sigma Designs SMP8911, a dual-core SoC running at 800Mhz, along with 512MB of RAM. The new Sigma Designs chip is no slouch and should assist the A-400 in making its mark. In […]
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The folks at Syabas have a new Popcorn Hour media streamer on tap, the C-300, and it comes with a wealth of storage and media options. There’s room for an internal 2.5″ hard drive and 3.5″ hot swap bay along with a slot for an optional Blu-Ray drive. There are also USB ports in front and in back for connecting […]
Read moreAfter much speculation of a PCH A110 replacement, Syabas has officially announced that the PCH A200 will be available for pre order on January 18th. The A-200 will be running on the same Sigma chip as its bigger brother the C-200. It is expected to have the generic stock UI at launch but expectation is that it will eventually […]
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Syabas recently took to their user forums to announce their next Popcorn Hour media streamer, the A-300. The Popcorn Hour streamers have always been good solid entries into the market, and this new model looks to continue that trend. The Syabas folks are providing pictures and videos in their forum announcement of their new Flash-based user interface. It looks slick and […]
Read moreFirst thing I thought when I saw this guy was “wow, that looks like a HD300” (then I was sad; SageTV RIP). Given the similarities, and how much the PCH platform has evolved (and stabilized) over the last year it seems like it should be a solid device. Check out Damian’s full review for the important details. About 1 month […]
Read moreEnjoy the home theater podcasts from this week! Equipment and training required to calibrate professional studios and home theater systems. Guests: David Abrams of Avical Video System Specialists. [Home Theater Geeks 27] Joining me for another round table recording are Andrew Edney and Garry Whittiker. We discus some listeners emails including DVB-S, digital audio and talk about some of the […]
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The Popcorn Hour A-200 has not gotten a ton of reviews, but given its relatively new life on the market that’s to be expected. Of course, after Cedia a lot of the buzz was around the Popbox from Syabas, so you will want to consider that before making any investments in this or any other media player. I’m a fan […]
Read moreKudos to Alex for finding this, it’s a brief 3 minute video with a hands on experience of the popbox from syabas, makers of the Popcorn Hour. The interface is very slick, and the device is real small costing $129 or $149 for an 802.11n-enabled version, available in March.
Read moreRemember the debate that’s been going on for a while, whether those "Extender" devices like Popcorn Hour were so much better than clunky HTPC Clients like the ASRock ION? Well, my ION sure can still play YouTube…Popcorn Hour can’t anymore. It’s disappointing but frankly not all that surprising. GeekTonic Syabas, makers of the Popcorn Hour media players is telling its […]
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