HiMedia HD900B 1080P 3D Media Player with WIFI RTD1186DD USB3.0 HDMI1.4 Blue Ray

• Support 3D. Including Exclusive Frame-Packed Blu-Ray 3D,convert 2D to 3D
• Gigabit LAN,Massive Connectivity including USB3.0 connection
• support 7.1 Channel HD Audio and Lossless FLAC,Web Services, Youtube XL, Web Browser
• Comprehensive Networking Support DLNA,NFS
• support external USB DVD and Blu-Ray Drive,DVD and Blu-Ray ISO

I have had no problems running a myriad of DVD, Blu-Ray folders and ISOs, as well as WMV 9, AVIs, and mp4 files. With that being said, the UI is somewhat sparse, with limited cataloging features. Even though it supports NTFS and was able to catalog my existing SATA II drive that I pulled out of my previous media player, it does not appear to retain it once you turn off the player. Luckily I do not have large number of media files and the re-cataloging does not take long. This may not be a problem if you allow the player to format your drive.

This unit also has Wi-Fi client/server capability, which allows you to see this unit on a network (a recent firmware patch, allows it to be seen by name), and access the media files on another PC. However, I found that if you make changes, add, or remove files from the player, they are not permanent. This is not the case if you use it as a USB drive. Using it a wireless media player works as well, but as described, it does not provide smooth playback of high bandwidth streaming media.

There is user support, notably by OllyP, who has added jukebox and other useful features and fixes. The latest firmware upgrade was done May 20th, 2012, version 1.0.4.7.

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I currently have a 3TB internal HDD installed and this media player plays everything I throw at it. Highly recommended.

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Not so much for DVDs or movies, but for pictures and music I've purchased this unit (900B).

At home, I have an external back-up disk. There, I've got my songs classified in directories for artists, and then sub-directories for albums. And in that sub-dir I've got the picture of the album cover.

For pictures, I keep them in directories as Year-Month-Place, that way everybody at home can download their cameras/phones/etc. to the main backup disk.

So, I transferred the files from that disk to the one I've placed in HD900B, keeping its own directory structure (all songs within the music dir, pictures at the images one). I.e.: \music\Lou Rawls\Greatest Hits\, or \images\2012-07 Seattle\ .

Then the issues started.

First to get the thing connected through USB or LAN to the PC. OK, eventually after a few on/offs, tries and errors, IP assignment, and a few hours of IT personnel, I've decided to connect the disk to my desktop PC and make the transfer straight from there. So, USB and LAN connection do not work straightforward, and the 8 pages leaflet called user manual does not tell a thing.

Then you have to generate a database (DB) of songs and images (and I guess video) files, which, it's lengthy, but OK, so be it, if the thing worked:

1) Not recognizing jpg files. Can display jpg (picture) files when doing directory browsing, but it will not when access them through the multimedia database (to that, you have to press a big button that says MUSIC or PHOTOS, which is the very cool thing that made me buy this). For pictures it'll display invalid file.

2) Then, one picture will randomly show, but not the others. Then you generate the multimedia database again, and pictures show up. But not all the directories and pictures stored in the hard drive. Then you'll try to add to the DB the directory of the pictures that are not shown or have been recently downloaded, and the pictures will not be added to the DB, and the other pictures will stop showing.

3) Adding songs to the DB (by selecting "only songs", now will make the pictures disappear altogether. Arrrghhh!!!! I'm to wondering if it'll be easier if I learn Linux and write the firmware myself to get it working.

So, I've mailed customer support (a day ago so I'm not saying anything about whether they responded quickly or not), but so far to me looks like the hardware is great, music plays great, you press a MENU button and can choose to display your songs by title, artist, or album, which I love it.

But other than that, getting to display, update or look at pictures through the Multimedia DB is driving me nuts. However, maybe there's some trick, but it is certainly not documented in the "user manual".

Anyway, I hope customer support will give an answer so I can modify this review and put the 5 stars I believe this hardware (not the firmware) deserves.

Should yo buy it? Skip it for the time being. Product is not ready. I'd been better off buying a cheap Netbook and looking for some multimedia player/DB software.

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I recently purchased one of these units, and there are a myriad of problems:

the media player will not recognize the hard drive, nor when you choose the format function in the SETTINGS menu does it indicate that it has been formatted for the unit to be used.

while the network connection works, it is spotty at best.

it is impossible to connect the media player's hard drive to the PC because you have to go through a long-winded set of hurdles for the PC to recognize the internal hard drive... that is, IF the PC recognizes it.

Bottom line: this thing is useless when it comes to hooking up any sort of hard drive to it. My previous media player (an Argosy HV335T), while simpler, works like a charm. The PC picks it up within seconds of powering up, and when hooked into my HDTV the hard drive is recognized and plays movies and music quite well (though it needs work on SSA subtitles). Look elsewhere for a media player with better firmware and a much better OS.

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