We hunted for such a device for several months trying to decide which to get, we finally settled on the NBOX v3. The box is simple, light weight and easy to use, for the most part plug and play.
Upon getting the device we took it out, read through the short and informative manual and went about hooking up some things to test it. We tested AVI, MKV and MPG movies, all worked flawlessly except for one hiccup where it went out of sync on the audio when we left it paused overnight.
The Layout is simple and easy to use, if you can scroll through and choose whether you want a movie, music, file, etc...then you can use this.
Only one concern is the remote, it feels like it's unresponsive sometimes, and I'm not entirely sure it's going to last as long as the device itself is, although I have found that if I sit straight across from the NBOX that I can turn on the device and go through the buttons quite easily, so maybe it's just the angles. Although it is probably best to turn on your movie or whatever and then put the remote up where it won't get sat on or something get put on it so that it will be just fine.
I've now recommended this device to several people, it plays everything I have thrown at it, it went to work smoothly and is used on a regular basis, the family loved it this week.
A side note about the review that said it wouldn't work with 2.5" external drives, I found this to be true at first but I've found since then it isn't true for me. I am currently using an old laptop hard drive with an external enclosure, it won't work with a long USB cord but will with a really short one. I don't know why, but with a short USB cord it works, with the long one it won't. So you might test that see if that holds true with yours. BONUS PACK! NBOX V3 Full HD 1080P Multimedia Digital TV Media player
I bought this in an effort to reduce my DVD collection, and it totally does :-)
This is super easy to use, works right off the bat, and is overall well worth the money!
I plugged in a 2TB external hard drive with about 120 movies on it and it all works well. Overall, I am happy and am considering getting another one for another part of my house...
I found myself needing some kind of device to play my numerous digital files. This fits the bill. NBOX offers other models with affordable pricing options. I went for the V3 model with its many outputs to display on any TV. The HDMI has fantastic picture qualiy on my big screen. The SPDIF optical audio output has great audio for movies. The benefit of its small size makes it much easier than always having to hookup your laptop to view various files. Photos, video, audio even text files display big and bright. I convert all my .FLV files to .WMA compatable files to play smoothly on this device. Includes contact info and website link for after the sale service if needed. Amazon product description is accurate.
Overall an affordable quality solution to playing digital downloads on your TV.
I don't normally leave reviews but I felt like I was taking a risk in buying this little gadget and a couple extra reviews would have been helpful for me. This thing works exactly like it is supposed to work. Hook it up and go. The ONLY criticism I have is that the side-to-side range of the remote is limited. You basically have to be directly in front of the box for the remote to work. But even with the remote issue I love this player and would buy another again anytime.
I bought this specifically for the H.264 playback capability. It has no such
capability in any real sense. The video freezes and frames stutter and sound is
out of sync. The first files i tried were high@L3.0 but i eventually backed down
to Simple@L1 and still no improvement. I re encoded to match the frame sizes exactly
and still no useful picture.
The Divx does seem to work well and i like the resume feature that remembers where you
left off. The manual included DOES state that the USB port will not power a portable
hard drive that gets its power from USB.
I think quite a few of these reviews here are planted. I am surprised at this and will
be much more careful about trusting the reviews in the future.
This is a review for the Nbox version 3.
I purchased the Nbox as a Christmas present for my brother. Not only did I need something that could play a wide variety of video types but also included subtitle support. The Nbox fits the bill very nicely. It's small, seems to consume very little power and worked like a charm out of the box. My brother isn't a techie but he had it set up and running very quickly. Simply plug in the included HDMI cable to the Nbox and a HD TV, insert a USB 2.0 flash drive with a video and you're off. As others have noted you do need to make sure you don't lose the remote as there are no controls on the box itself. I don't mind that personally as I prefer the box being very small and conserving space. I haven't measured it but I believe it's only about 10 inches long by 5 inches wide by 2 1/2 inches high.
I've never tried other devices that work similar to the Nbox but but for the price, the Nbox was a great deal. I'm very happy and I don't think anyone purchasing one will be disappointed. The only concern is whether it lasts a long time but so far so good. Great purchase. - V3 - Media Player - Multimedia Player - Hd Media Player'
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