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I ordered Casablanca in 2010. I have not ripped anything newer than about 2012 because I lacked the right device... This is looking like the right one... I will have a good excuse to upgrade my NAS and work through a few years of backlog. I am not yet without hope that VC-1 might not be in the FTVs future if Amazon will do it. I would Like to see accelerated MPEG2 because, when I had cable, all the HD channels were MPEG2; however, I canceled cable about a year ago. No idea what the OTA HD channels are and I don't have a PVR yet and am not currently planning one.
I did notice that BDs from in a series switched from VC-1 to AVC (think it was the Harry Potter Series).
Just put Gotham Beta 4 on and am hoping to see some stability improvements. I am also having fun poking around the device with adb... Placed the splash from a few posts ago.
Lots to do as this device gets a more stable XBMC... MySQL for shared DB, maybe figure out a keyboard solution from all the options folks are using... Wonder if the Blue Board will work like with the Ouya.
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What remote controls are compatible with this?? Will the PS3 media remote work? (Not the gaming controller) Or the xbox 360 dvd remote?
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2014-04-23, 07:07
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-23, 07:08 by nickr.)
If it says it supports VC1 and doesn't support VC1, I foresee some legal liability and bad publicity for Amazon.
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2014-04-23, 07:10
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-23, 07:10 by toddhutch.)
Just to comment on the MPEG2, it works great for recorded over the air 1080i 60 content, TS stream.
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Although feasible, using the PS3 BT remote on a "plain" android is a pain, because android forces you to enter a pin when pairing, while the remote does not accept any.
Now, as FTV uses a custom android, one may hope this has been fixed by Amazon...