Asus O!Play HDP-R1

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The Asus O!Play HDP-R1 is in many ways a fairly uninspiring HD media player; its interface is very stark, the device itself and the remote are hardly works of art, and there's no support for more sophisticated network functions like reading iTunes servers etc. However, if all you want is a cheap media player for browsing your network folders and playing just about any file you throw at it then we have no problem recommending the HDP-R1.

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Design Score 6 for Design
Features Score 8 for Features
Performance Score 7 for Performance
Value Score 10 for Value
Overall Score 8 for Overall
award recommended


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comment Luan Bach said on 11th August 2009

@wicker_man, I think DTS is pass through which mean that it won't down mix and you will need a DTS decoder.

comment wicker_man said on 11th August 2009

That's cool, my AV receiver decodes Dolby Digital & DTS so that should be fine. It's just those pesky 5.1 AAC soundtracks which need decoding first (currently I use P... more

comment Methanoid said on 12th August 2009

Can you delete files over a network with this device? When I used XBMC I could do that and its handy to delete a TV show once you've watched it.

Also when is t... more

comment chiefoldmist said on 30th October 2009

Excuse my ignorance but will this upscale SD content to HD as the newer dvd players will?

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