Thursday, February 5, 2009

Omnia Protection Software

The new protection solution that comes with the new Samsung Omnia (purchased from 10 Jan, 2009) is call FNSuite which consists of FNSuite and Rei (Lite).

FNSuite allows user to remotely lock and wipe out critical data on your phone.

Rei (Lite) allows user to hide incoming and outgoing SMSes

For those wanted to by the software, can visit http://www.fabernitor.net/samsung/pages/buy#buy_button_3

 

Sunday, February 1, 2009

EHP 606 Review

For specifications, please refer to http://gainxs.blogspot.com/2009/01/ehp-full-hg-networked-media-player.html

From what I understood, my model is based on a older version of Popcorn Hour A-110 which is also based on the same Networked Media Tank (NMT) platform.

Opening the package

I got mine with a 1TB WD hard disk. In the package:
- Elektron EHP-606
- Remote Control  (2 AAA Batteries)
- AC Adapter, USB Cable, A/V Cable (Video with stereo audio) and one HDMI cable.
- User Manual

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Front view
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Back view

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The connectors: VGA, Component, etc, etc..
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More connectors: HDMI, USB, Network

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The remote control

The built quality is bad, after installing the HDD, I have “forced” the screws in to closed the cover

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Before installing the HDD

I connect it to my Panasonic 37” LCD with the provide HDMI. On first power on, the set was trying searching/loading the system and after a couple of minutes, I call the support and was told that I need to press “TV Source” and “0” to set it to auto detect, else I need to connect it to a VGA.

Once on, I when to the setup to configure it to auto-detect.

I was happy with the quality of the software and ease of use. I so far only tested watching some HD movies and used the podcasts.

More review as I start using the device.

EHP Full HD Networked Media Player

Bought on the 30th Jan, 2009 with one year warranty from Low Yat.

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Media files supported

Video containers: MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V), MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG), MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV,  Matroska (MKV), MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4

Video Codecs: XVID SD/HD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP@HL,  MPEG-4.2,  ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC, WMV9

Audio containers: AAC, M4A, MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA), WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG

Audio codecs: AC3, DTS WMA, WMA Pro, AAC, MP1, MP2, MP3, LPCM, FLAC, Vorbis

Audio pass through : DTS, AC3, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus

Photo formats : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF

Other formats:  ISO, IFO

Subtitle formats : SRT, SMI, SUB, SSA

Chipset  - Sigma Designs SMP8635

Memory - 256MB DDR SDRAM, 32MB Flash

Audio/Video outputs - HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p), Component Video (up to 1080p), Composite Video, Stereo Analog Audio, VGA

Interface - 1x USB 2.0 slave, 2x USB 2.0 host (on the side of the unit), SATA

Network - Ethernet 10/100

Power - 12V DC, 3A

Dimension - Width 268mm x Depth 155mm x Height 38mm

Weight - 2.2 Kg 

Connectivity – Bonjour, UPnP SSDP, DLNA, Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player NSS, SMB, NFS, HTTP servers (myiHome, WizD, SwissCenter, MSP Portal, Llink, GB-PVR), BitTorrent P2P, NAS access (SMB, NFS, FTP)

Web Services 
Video : YouTube, Metacafe. Veoh, Videocast, DLTV, Cranky Geeks, Bliptv, PodfinderUK, Vuze, Break Podcast

Audio : Live365 Radio, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, BBC Podcast, CNN News

Photo : Flickr, Picasaweb

RSS feed : Bloglines, Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo Traffic Alerts, Traffic Condition, Cinecast, Yahoo! News, MSNBC News.

Internet Radio : Shoutcast

Package Content:
- EHP-606 Media Player 
- 100~240V Power Adapter and US Power Cord 
- HDMI Cable 
- A/V Cable 
- USB Cable 
- Remote Control 
- Batteries 
- User's Guide

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Gong Xi Fa Chai

To all Chinese everywhere under the sun, I wish you a Happy “OX” Chinese New Year.

Cheers.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Omnia with DZHK3

I upgraded to the latest DZHK3 last week and after using over the last few days, my experience as follows:

a. the battery is draining much faster then before upgrading. It seems like something always running at the background and my unit is always warm

b. the alarm did not go off on several occasion (bad... make me missed several football match)

c. the bluetooth connection is much better as the interference between my headset is less (much be the bluetooth that drain the battery)

d. I installed a program called Lightsaber (thanks, Ivan) and is great for Star Wars fan but not much used.

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You can change the color of your light saber, when you swing your "saber" (your omnia), can have the feeling of swinging a light saber. My son loves it.

e. Rush Hour is a great game. Is the same as the boardgame and great for killing time.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Samsumg Omnia – ROM Update (DZHK3)

I updated my Samsung Omnia I-900 from DZHJ1 to DZHK3.

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The following are my phone information before upgrading:

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As usual, please backup your data before proceed to upgrading the ROM. I use PPCPIMBackup to backup my data:

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The upgrade was straight forward, download it from Samsung website and double-click on it. The rest is basically automated, after the upgrading:

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I don’t notice any major changes to my set but Samsung included a new software called, DICE

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Need to use it for a few days before can comment on the battery draining as some fellow users commented.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Place of week

This is a cool widget from National Geographic