We are pleased to inform you that you can now place your pre-order for the Popcorn Hour A-100.

Your credit card will only be charged few days before the shipping date. Depending on which batch your order falls into, your credit card will be charged accordingly. We will process the orders based on the "first come, first serve" basis and will update the pre-order status for each batch at www.networkedmediatank.com/viewforum.php?f=18

Please give us around 1 week lead time to process the shipping list before we update shipping info in your Google Checkout account.

There may be a slight delay of a few days in providing the tracking information to shipping addresses inside the United States and Canada. The reason for this is that our office in China will first ship to our California (US) office where it will be processed and dispatched.  Orders from all other countries are shipped directly from our China office.

Please note that Google Checkout will perform an "Auth" operation on your credit card when you place the order. Google will hold the sum listed solely to confirm that your credit card is valid. Popcorn Hour will not have made any charges to your credit card yet at this point.

You can find the Popcorn Hour A-100 reviews from our product reviews list

Popcorn Hour A-100 allows you to pull in digital video, audio and photos from various sources for your enjoyment on your HDTV or Home Theater setup.

You can stream or playback your digital media content from a variety of sources, such as your PC, NAS, digital camera, USB mass storage devices (Flash drive, HDD, DVD drive) ,  internal HDD* and even directly from the Internet via the Media Service Portal.

It also serves as a NAS and a BitTorrent peer-to-peer downloader** to eliminate the need to switch on a PC or other device for this purpose.

The Popcorn Hour A-100 supports the latest high bitrate video formats (MPEG2 MP@HL, H.264 HP@L4.1, VC-1 AP@L3 in TS of at least 40Mbps) to give you up to 1080p high-definition videos.

In recognition of advances in Internet TV, the A-100 supports peer-to-peer Internet TV streaming technology from SayaTV, as well as popular unicast internet TV such as YouTube, Google Video and Metacafe via the Media Service Portal.

The A-100 firmware is upgradeable to support future media containers, codecs and features.

* HDD not included    
** An internal HDD is required for these functions.

Specification :

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.
• Peer-to-peer TV : SayaTV
• Internet Radio : Shoutcast

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
    • MP@HL
  • H.264
    • BP@L3
    • MP@L4.0
    • HP@L4.0
    • HP@L4.1
  • VC-1
    • MP@HL
    • AP@L3
• Audio containers:
  • AAC, M4A
  • MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
  • WAV
  • WMA
• Audio codecs:
  • WMA, WMA Pro
  • AAC
  • MP1, MP2, MP3
  • LPCM
  • FLAC
• Audio pass through : DTS, AC3
• Photo formats : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
• Other formats:  ISO, IFO
• Subtitle formats : SRT, SMI, SUB, SSA

DRM

• Cardea DRM (WMDRM-ND)

Chipset

• Sigma Designs SMP8635

Memory

• 256MB DDR SDRAM, 32MB Flash

Audio/Video outputs

• HDMI v1.1 (up to 1080p)
• Component Video (up to 1080p)
• S-Video
• Composite Video
• Stereo Analog Audio
• S/PDIF Coax Digital Audio

Interface

• 2x USB 2.0 host
• Parallel ATA

Network

• Ethernet 10/100

Power

• 12V DC, 3A

Dimension

•  Width 10.5"(270mm) x Depth 5.25" (132mm) x Height 1.25" (32mm)

Weight

•  2.2 lbs (1Kg)

Package Content

• NMT A-100 (HDD not included)
• 100~240V Power Adapter and 3 Prong Flat US Power Cord
• 1.5M length HDMI cable
• Remote Control with 2 "AAA" batteries
• Quick start guide