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[Chopsus]

Yeah ... but see edited post above ... the 303 only has a 2.5 inch hdd dock ... the Max series would be the way to go but it is full component size (38 cms wide) .... the duo has two SATA HDD Dock though ... nice and from what Macca said earlier it will do source resolution as well.

[cwt]

Chopsus, on 14 February 2013 - 09:32 PM, said:

Yeah ... but see edited post above ... the 303 only has a 2.5 inch hdd dock ... the Max series would be the way to go but it is full component size (38 cms wide) .... the duo has two SATA HDD Dock though ... nice and from what Macca said earlier it will do source resolution as well.

Agree ; source direct is hard to give up after an oppo .    Had a quick look at dune.com and the base 3d has turned  up with a 3.5 drive

http://dune-hd.com/e...edia_players/37

A duo max would be nice but  theres tradeoffs as usual .No 3d duo max has been announced yet so its the old current one with no 3d frame packed playback and no source direct .Or wait for the max 3d and see if it does full 3d iso's over dnla [good  trick ] rather than 3d lite due to the cinavia crap like the 3d base ..

If you like full 2d iso's and don't  care for 3d its a lot easier

[MACCA350]

Well it's being picked up tomorrow and since they can't get another new replacement H1(haven't told me how long the wait would be) they are repairing it by swapping out the motherboard with one of their new spare replacement motherboards they have on hand.

Would have preferred a new replacement H1 but looks like they won't have any for a while.........I'm still suss on this one being b stock to begin with, came in an unsealed box. I think if it comes back and is less than acceptable ill be requesting a refund and going elsewhere.

On another note they are an Internet only company, so even though they are just 20min drive from me they wouldn't allow me to drop the H1 off and either wait for the repair or pick it up after it was repaired. If they allowed me to do that it would have been dealt by now, but as it stands they won't get it till Friday so I won't get it back till at minimum next week. A bit of a pita these Internet direct companies running out of their back yard with no retail presence at all, if it were JB HiFi I'd have walked in store the day I found the problem and it would have been sorted.
As it stands its taken a week just to get a reply and have return postage organized, and auspost don't accept packages for "Australian Air Express" anymore so I couldn't drop it off. I had to google the company, ring and organize for the package to be picked up "sometime tomorrow between 9 and 5".......gee it's lucky ill be home tomorrow eh..........and all this F'ing around because they're an "Internet Direct company" and weren't happy for me to drive 20min and drop it of directly.

End rant

Cheers

[:)]

interesting macca, hope gets sorted,

did you see slee's note here

http://www.dtvforum....50#entry1858438

when he had a problem looks like was able to take it in for a fix, so perhaps another option if not wanting to deal with an internet company, am like you loathe having to post and wait for couriers and the like when can just drive there drop off pick up etc !

[Chopsus]

I had the AUstralian Air Express problem a while back ABSOLUTLY FRIGGIN RETARDED that they have cut ties with Aus Post for drop off, Huge PIA.

What if you had driven it to their mailing address?

If a post office box you might have been able to get aus post to recieve and deliver it to their PO Box for you.

[MACCA350]

:), on 20 February 2013 - 07:43 PM, said:

interesting macca, hope gets sorted,

did you see slee's note here

http://www.dtvforum....50#entry1858438

when he had a problem looks like was able to take it in for a fix, so perhaps another option if not wanting to deal with an internet company, am like you loathe having to post and wait for couriers and the like when can just drive there drop off pick up etc !

Yeah, I was looking around and found that Jay Vee were the Australian distributer but they're a bit of a drive from me.

Cheers

[MACCA350]

Chopsus, on 20 February 2013 - 09:29 PM, said:

I had the AUstralian Air Express problem a while back ABSOLUTLY FRIGGIN RETARDED that they have cut ties with Aus Post for drop off, Huge PIA.

What if you had driven it to their mailing address?

If a post office box you might have been able to get aus post to recieve and deliver it to their PO Box for you.

Thought about that and was so close to just driving over there, knocking on the door, passing them the box saying "sign here" and just walking off!!

Btw, the return address is a residential home based on google maps. So this "Internet Direct" company is literally being run out of a back yard

Cheers

[Chopsus]

I have recently had a similar experience over some high end kitchen knives ... All manner of emails from "different" roles within the organisation: quality control officer, returns manager, and the company accountant who I had to email to arrange a refund ... All to discover it too was a backyard operation and most likely all the people I was forced to email on a daily basis for two weeks were the same guy!

So convoluted it seemed to be a delaying process in the hopes I would fail to comply with their silly systems.

[Chopsus]

What's the name of the company again?

[MACCA350]

Chopsus, on 21 February 2013 - 07:20 AM, said:

What's the name of the company again?

Hdcity

Cheers

[Damon]

MACCA350, on 21 February 2013 - 12:57 AM, said:

Thought about that and was so close to just driving over there, knocking on the door, passing them the box saying "sign here" and just walking off!!

Btw, the return address is a residential home based on google maps. So this "Internet Direct" company is literally being run out of a back yard

Cheers

I did this with HD City after he refused to answer my emails about returning a Xtreamer Prodigy that was absolute crap. He operates out of his lounge room. I just handed him the box and stood there while he reversed the paypal transaction.  Checked it on my phone and left.

Buyer beware.

rgds Damon

[MACCA350]

Had an email last night saying it was fixed and sent yesterday.
H1 arrived today, plugged it in and it's playing everything perfectly

Have to say,other than my gripe with "Internet only", I can't complain about the service. They gave me a replacement option based on what stock they had or the option to have it repaired. They payed for return shipping, turnaround was timely and communication was adequate.

Cheers

[Chopsus]

Great to hear Macca - now you know what it *should* have performed like .... I was getting worried at how keen you were to persist with the rooted one LOL!

[MACCA350]

Chopsus, on 26 February 2013 - 04:50 PM, said:

Great to hear Macca - now you know what it *should* have performed like .... I was getting worried at how keen you were to persist with the rooted one LOL!

Yeah, it's a great piece of gear now that its working properly and I've only just scratched the surface.

Now to try out one of those fancy interfaces.

Cheers

[:)]

excellent good to hear things are sorted

[Chopsus]

I gave up on the fancy interface ... They become ungainly when there are TBs worth of files.

[MACCA350]

Chopsus, on 26 February 2013 - 06:05 PM, said:

I gave up on the fancy interface ... They become ungainly when there are TBs worth of files.

I've got to give it a go, but I do have my doubts........worst case I just turf the interface.

Got the iPad remote running, a bit naff but it works

Cheers

[Chopsus]

Yea ... I use the Harmony the most .... the ipad app doesn't auto rotate, so when using the Oremote app for the integra its a PIA to have to rotate the screen .... easier to just use the harmony.

[MACCA350]

Just having a play with the 10muse software. Didn't automatically find the first 3 titles online data so I had to search imdb and paste the link. Then it took about 5min to download data for just one movie.......wtf I'm on 20Mbit cable..........this software is slow!!

Might try zappiti and if that's just as bad ill ditch the idea

Edited by MACCA350, 26 February 2013 - 09:56 PM.

[Chopsus]

I ended opting for skins of the default UI and thats cool enough.

[conve]

Wondering if anyone has used  a 3tb WD Green internal hard drive in their dune smart player.

[cwt]

conve, on 23 March 2013 - 05:37 PM, said:

Wondering if anyone has used  a 3tb WD Green internal hard drive in their dune smart player.

Depending on the firmware you should be fine conv

http://www.mpcclub.c...ead.php?t=31037

[conve]

cwt, on 23 March 2013 - 07:09 PM, said:

Depending on the firmware you should be fine conv

http://www.mpcclub.c...ead.php?t=31037

Thankyou