It's Time To Unleash Your TV
The ultimate digital media player, the Popcorn Hour C-200 is the most powerful and versatile member of the networked Media Tank family. Building on the success of the Popcorn Hour A-110, the C-200 combines an upgraded processor, optional Blu-ray capability, and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for blazing fast file access and transfer.
All Media, One Box
With Popcorn Hour you can stream or playback digital media content from a variety of sources, such as your PC, network-attached storage, digital camera or USB storage (Flash drive, HDD, DVD drive). Popcorn Hour also makes it easy to download and stream content directly from popular Internet sites like YouTube, Blip.tv, Revision 3 and dozens of other online content sources. Popcorn Hour even has a built-in download utility, eliminating the need to rely on your PC to download files from the Internet.
So, practically, what does this mean for your Home Cinema Setup?
Used alongside a wireless dongle such as the Sumvision 300mbps Wi-Fi Dongle, you could have your C200 sitting in the main TV cabinet. It then connects to your Broadband to let you stream media from the internet - Youtube, etc. It also recognises PCs and network drives on your home network, instantly allowing you to play all of your music and videos, from every PC or storage device in the house.
The unit itself contains bays for both a SATA Hard Drive and a BluRay Drive. This lets you use the C200 Media Tank as the centre of your home cinema setup. It has USB connections to let you play movies from external hard drives or even USB flash keys. This really is the centre of your Cinema experience!
Compatibility
Popcorn Hour's products rose to prominence thanks to their unmatched ability to play any digital media placed on board. The list of codecs and carriers that this device can handle would stretch pages, so it's easier to say that if you can find a publicly available format it doesn't play, you've got more obscure tastes than us!
If a new format comes to market, the C200's totally open architecture ensures that compatibility will be patched very quickly.
Expand Your Possibilities
- Add a Blu-ray drive to turn your Popcorn Hour C-200 into a full-featured Blu-ray player.
- Create a central library of all your movie and video files, ready to play on your TV at any time.
- Enable local playback and offloading of media files from other devices.
- Easily share media with friends and family—Popcorn Hour can act as a file server to send files over the local area network and the Internet.
BluRay Drives and Hard Drives
The C200 is compatible with a huge variety of Bluray Drives and SATA Hard Drives. For the latest list of recommended products, use this link: C200 Compatiblity List
Want some memory? Head to the Popcorn Hour C200 500GB Hard drive Page. With 500Gb built in you can store media on your Popcorn Hour.
Digital Entertainment Your Way
Popcorn Hour's interface uses familiar HTML features and navigation prompts, so first-time users can quickly get up to speed on even the most advanced features. The C-200 uses RF remote control technology, which is functional over greater distances so you don't need to be right in front of the device to control programming. What's more, the newest Popcorn Hour has a built-in LCD front panel and navigation so you can access, manage and playback your MP3 music without going through the TV interface.
