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The first batch of 900Bs has now sold-out. The payment link above is for pre-order deposits for batch #2, ready for despatch approx 24-OCT. For pre-order information, please see this forum thread.
We have taken a few photos of the 900B here. The most complete review, with lots of detailed pictures is here (translated Chinese): PCOnline.com.cn. The Android dual boot feature is not available in the launch firmware, but will be available as a firmware upgrade shortly after.
Realtek 1186DD-3D Chipset The HiMedia 900B uses the latest Realtek media chipset, released in October 2011. The '1186DD-3D' chipset is an upgrade to the succesful '1185' as used in the HiMedia 600B. The 1186 offers a clock speed increase of 750Mhz vs 500Mhz, HDMI 1.4, the ability to display 1080p frame-packed 3D, and Android dual-boot.
Top Quality Hardware The 900B uses the same brushed aluminium shell as the highly acclaimed 600B. The player looks fantastic and is constructed to a very high standard. The front panel is glass with a VFD display and touch buttons. The player body is brushed aluminium and the internal HDD is accessed by an innovative top hatch.
HDMI 1.4 The latest HDMI 1.4a interface is used, providing the neccesary bandwidth for the delivery of 1080p frame-packed 3D video.
3D. Including Exclusive Frame-Packed Blu-Ray 3D. The HiMedia 900B supports side-by-side (SBS) 3D, top and bottom 3D, and frame-packed (real image size 1920x2160) 3D. The last of these is particularly important as it is used for Blu-Ray video. The 900B can play Blu-Ray ISOs in full 3D exactly as you would get from a Blu-Ray player (BD-Profile 1.0 menus / BD-Lite only). Note that all equipment must be HDMI 1.4 for frame-packed 3D. The HiMedia 900B is currently the only Media Player in the world to support 3D Blu-Ray ISOs.
Android Dual Boot As well as being the most complete Media Player available anywhere, the 900B is equipped to dual boot into the Android operating system. This feature opens up a whole world of new uses via Android Apps. There are 100,000s of Android Apps, covering every possible application. From the Opera and Firefox browsers to Twitter, Google Maps, and Ebay. The range and quality of Apps available for Android is a huge improvement on the limited Apps available for some other Media Players.
Extensive Firmware Development HiMedia are a large company with the resources to develop their firmware. Previous player generations have shown that HiMedia consistently offer a higher degree of firmware support than other manufacturers. For example, the HiMedia 900B supports 3D BD-ISO where no other 1186 based player does. Check out our Knowledgebase for a list of official firmware updates.
Massive Connectivity Two USB ports are mounted on the left side, along with an SD card port and and an external SATA port. At the back you have an HDMI 1.4a socket, USB 3.0 slave port, composite video out, component video out, Gigabit LAN port, and both TOSLINK and coaxial S/PDIF digital audio out. Whatever your setup, the 900B will connect to it.
Gigabit LAN The 900B supports 10/100/1000 Gigabit networking. In practical terms this means that you can transfer large file between your network and the player at lightening speeds. The 900B is capable of streaming all video files over the network and sustained transfer rates of at least 14 MB/s.
Internal 300mbps Wi-Fi(n) The 900B comes complete with internal fast Wi-Fi(n), complete with an external antenna for great signal strength.
Comprehensive Networking Support Samba is fully supported both as a client (so you can access Windows networks) and as a host (so you can use the player as a NAS). Performance is much improved on the previous generation and, combined with the lower power usage of the 1185 chipset and the Gigabit LAN, make the 900B a very viable option as a NAS. NFS networking is also supported. The 900B will connect easily to your iPhone, iPad, or Android device by DLNA to allow streaming of your media to your HDTV. UPnP support allows you to stream content easily from popular PC / MAC applications like Windows Media Player + Hulu.
7.1 Channel HD Audio and Lossless FLAC The 900B offers total support for all HD-Audio standards. The 900B will downmix or bitstream DTS, DTS-HD MA, True-HD, AC3/Dolby Digital as either RAW or LPCM, and with 7.1 audio selectively downmixed to 5.1 or left alone. Virtually every digital audio format is supported including very high end audio such as 24bit 192Khz FLAC. The ability to bitstream ultra high quality formats make the 900B comparable in audio performance to audio Media Players costing £1,000s.
Mouse and Keyboard The 900B supports nearly all USB mice and keyboards as well as most Bluetooth mice and keyboards (USB bluetooth dongle required).
DVD and Blu-Ray ISO DVD ISO files (DVD backups) will play exactly the same as the original disc with full menus. Blu-Ray ISO images will play as the original disc for Blu-Ray profile 1.0 discs (those without BD-Live) or will play with a custom internal menu (BD Lite) for all the rest. The custom menu gives full access to all subtitle / language / chapter options.
External DVD and Blu-Ray Drive The HiMedia 900B supports an attached SATA DVD or Blu-Ray drive and will allow original discs to be played. DVD discs or ISOs will play with full original menus as if you were using a DVD player, whilst Blu-Ray discs or ISOs will play with either BD Profile 1.0 menus if supported or a custom internal menu (BD Lite) for all other discs.
HDD Spindown You can optionally set the internal HDD to power down after a defined number of minutes. This saves power and prolongs the life of your drive.
Web Services, Youtube XL, Web Browser Web services include Youtube XL, Youtube, Picasa, Yahoo Weather, Flikr, Facebook, Yahoo Finance, video podcasts. etc. The web browser is quick to access and in loading pages. It is good for browsing simple websites like Facebook, Twitter, and news sites on your TV. The browser currently requires the use of a mouse and preferably a keyboard.
Comprehensive Subtitle Options Subtitle options are vast, with the 900B adding an auto subtitle language detection mode as well as custom subtitle fonts. The rest of the subtitle system is based on the Casablanca interface so you get comprehensive subtitle size, colour, positioning, and delay settings. All European languages are fully supported including the special characters used in Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, French, Swedish, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Hebrew.. etc.
Photo Browser You can browse photos according to directory or let the player index for sort/search. All popular formats are supported with no practical limit to images size. There are a huge range of photo transitions, music can be selected to play in the background of a slideshow, and zoom/pan are smooth and fast.
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