marty1986
Novice Member
I really hope some kind soul out there can help me!
I'm in the market for a new media player. Until recently I owned (admittedly very ancient now!) a Popcorn C200 media player. I loved it! My needs were extremely simple; I wanted to download files (mainly TV shows) from the internet onto my PC and then transfer the files over an ethernet connection to the built-in hard drive on my C200 to store and play at a later date.
Sadly my Popcorn C200 has finally bit the dust, but even before that I was considering a new player as the C200 can't play HEVC files nor can it play 4K content, so I'm now looking for a replacement. I've struggled to find a simple player with HDD functionality (internal or external) that I can connect to my PC without too much fuss or technical know-how.
I have zero interest in streaming the content to the player from my PC. I'm not really interested in using a media player for accessing content providers such as Netflix or Amazon. My TV can do that. I don't want to play games on my media player. All I want to do is play video files that I have transferred to the player over an ethernet connection. Most media players I've seen seem to be Android-based devices packed with features I just won't use and overly bloated interfaces to match.
I was loaned a A95X Maxx II Android player a couple of weeks ago and I absolutely hate it. On paper it sounds great; it could play almost every media format out there. It supported 4K etc. But connectivity to my PC for the simple task of copying files from my PC to the internal drive on the A95X was excruciatingly fussy and (for me, a technophobe) complicated. So many hoops to jump through to get a barely acceptable connection. I could transfer a file over to my C200 from my PC just by opening Windows File Explorer and dragging & dropping the files into a folder on the C200. Boom! Done!
Is there any moderately priced device out there that will suit my needs? I don't want an all-singing, all-dancing fancy-pants interface and connections to a bazillion different streaming services. I just want to copy files from my PC to my player's internal (or external if need be) hard drive to store and watch at a later date. Surely such a simple device must exist that even newbie technophobes like me can use?
I'd really appreciate a helping hand here.
I'm in the market for a new media player. Until recently I owned (admittedly very ancient now!) a Popcorn C200 media player. I loved it! My needs were extremely simple; I wanted to download files (mainly TV shows) from the internet onto my PC and then transfer the files over an ethernet connection to the built-in hard drive on my C200 to store and play at a later date.
Sadly my Popcorn C200 has finally bit the dust, but even before that I was considering a new player as the C200 can't play HEVC files nor can it play 4K content, so I'm now looking for a replacement. I've struggled to find a simple player with HDD functionality (internal or external) that I can connect to my PC without too much fuss or technical know-how.
I have zero interest in streaming the content to the player from my PC. I'm not really interested in using a media player for accessing content providers such as Netflix or Amazon. My TV can do that. I don't want to play games on my media player. All I want to do is play video files that I have transferred to the player over an ethernet connection. Most media players I've seen seem to be Android-based devices packed with features I just won't use and overly bloated interfaces to match.
I was loaned a A95X Maxx II Android player a couple of weeks ago and I absolutely hate it. On paper it sounds great; it could play almost every media format out there. It supported 4K etc. But connectivity to my PC for the simple task of copying files from my PC to the internal drive on the A95X was excruciatingly fussy and (for me, a technophobe) complicated. So many hoops to jump through to get a barely acceptable connection. I could transfer a file over to my C200 from my PC just by opening Windows File Explorer and dragging & dropping the files into a folder on the C200. Boom! Done!
Is there any moderately priced device out there that will suit my needs? I don't want an all-singing, all-dancing fancy-pants interface and connections to a bazillion different streaming services. I just want to copy files from my PC to my player's internal (or external if need be) hard drive to store and watch at a later date. Surely such a simple device must exist that even newbie technophobes like me can use?
I'd really appreciate a helping hand here.