Teaser for a new firmware to be released soon, with some new features including NFS support and a new BT user interface, etc...

This version will display HDD capacities above 1TB correctly in the System Information. Yes, I know the layout is kind of messy, will have them neatly placed in the official release.



And from users' feedback for NFS support, which should improve the transfer speed when used with a NAS device running on NFS. We have included this in the new firmware. I'll try and see if I can get some transfer test up when am back to work on Monday.



We have also fixed the Simplified/Traditional Chinese characters display when using on an English Language Menu, which was already mentioned in a few threads back. And we have also fixed the internal Simplified Chinese subtitles in MKV videos in this firmware, while we are still working on the fix to display internal Traditional Chinese subtitles.

A look into some of the new features in the Setup menu.

We understand from users' feedbacks that some videos they play, preferred to be in full screen without any vertical or horizontal black areas. There is now a Screen Size option to set the desired width and height of playback, which can be adjusted both vertically and horizontally within a red box on the TV display. I'm afraid my camera is not good enough to capture the red box I am talking about. But you'll see once the official firmware is released.



I have set the Screen Size to maximise the display on my LCD TV. Tried it out on one of my WMVHD video, with resolution of 1440x1080, which will appear black areas on both left and right of my TV screen.



Now with a press of the Zoom button, the video will fit to the screen size which I've set earlier on. Of course, using this Fit to Screen mode may not be desired for low resolution videos, but it's still up to the individual preference.



Ever since our Playon!HD is introduced to the consumer market, we have seen users using more than one unit in their home, and wish to interconnect via network for files sharing and video streaming. Now with the default network name of Playon!HD set in every unit, users will be confused about which unit is in the living room, while which other unit is in the bedroom, etc. Users will need to rely on keying in individual IP address to distinguish which is which.

We have added in the flexibility for users to name their own Playon!HD network name. Which in my case, I named it as Eugene_PlayonHD. And similarly on my PC's network, I will be able to see the same name.

There will be a new sub-menu in the Home page, which users can access to check on the status of their BitTorrent download, and also options for user to setup and configure.



All you need to do is to find and download the .torrent file and place it inside the BT folder of the internal HDD. Select the .torrent file and press the Menu button on your remote control, then select Add the torrent.



You can then see the status of the download by going to the Download tab within this new BitTorrent interface.



I noticed we also have a new option which users can auto-sync the system time from a few time server off the internet. I cannot remember what this feature is used for, but I know this is a suggestion we got from some of our European users.



We will also put in the YouTube, Picasa and News Feed feature in the new firmware. However, this feature in the new firmware will be released as a beta version, while we gather user feedbacks and improve on any bugs found. Stay tuned for the release soon!

Thanks Eugene,
Now I'm going to ask the million dollar question......when is the new firmware going to be released

We will try to release it as soon as possible after we finalised on our testing. Most likely will be next week.

Thanks for the great work. Looking forward to the new firmware.

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Moved to Development & Feature Requests

Nice Eugene.

I don't believe it! You guys did features that I want to see since I purchased your device. Looking forward for day of release of new firmware.

What about HD audio passthrough?