ASUS O!Play Mini Plus Smart TV set-top box

Posted on Tuesday, August 30 2011 @ 14:26 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
ASUS introduced the O!Play Mini Plus Smart TV set-top box, a HD media player with integrated Acetrax and Facebook support.
Bringing internet based entertainment to the living room, ASUS has launched the O!Play Mini Plus. It offers access to a multitude of online services for endless entertainment from both video and social media websites, while featuring Gigabit LAN and Wireless N to ensure that content is fast and smooth. The O!Play Mini Plus is also versatile, able to play content from a connected PC, smartphone or tablet, and even automatically playing files straight from a connected USB drive.

Popular online entertainment
This set-top box provides limitless online entertainment, including access to Mediafly, Dailymotion*, Facebook*, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, thousands of internet TV and radio stations, and much more. It’s also the world's first HD media player that supports Acetrax, the most popular online video on demand service in Europe. The O!Play Mini Plus also allows easy sharing of photos and videos on Facebook by simply pressing a button on the bundled remote control.

Wireless N and Gigabit Ethernet for smooth streaming of HD files
The O!Play Mini Plus features Gigabit Ethernet LAN support for lag-free streaming of HD multimedia content. High Definition multimedia files can be quite large, so the ability to transfer with high speed connections is a must. It also houses built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi support, so users can go wireless with their O!Play Mini Plus should an Ethernet connection not be accessible.

Versatile and instant multimedia sharing
The O!Play Mini Plus features O!Direct and O!MediaShare, which enable users to stream media files from a variety of devices straight to an HDTV without complicated setups. O!Direct offers fast and reliable one-click streaming of content from a desktop PC or notebook to the TV, bringing broad multimedia enjoyment to the living room, both wired and wirelessly, without the need for USB storage devices. Offered as a free download from the Android market, the ASUS O!MediaShare application enables wireless streaming of multimedia enjoyment like Facebook albums and YouTube videos from a smartphone or tablet to an HDTV.

Plug-n-play videos without a remote control
Another user-friendly feature on the O!Play Mini Plus is the easy to use AutoPlay function. It allows users to plug a USB hard drive, flash drive or SD/MMC/MS/xD card directly into the O!Play Mini Plus, which then automatically begins playing videos stored in the “AutoPlay” movie folder without the need to enter the user interface.

*Facebook and Dailymotion support will be available through a firmware upgrade by the end of October 2011


Specifications

Items

Description

Supported Video formats

MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RM/RMVB    

Supported Video file extension

mp4, .mov, .avi, .asf, .wmv, .flv, .mkv, .ts, m2ts, .dat, .mpg, .vob, .mts, .iso, .trp       

Supported Audio formats

MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, aiff, Dolby Digital AC3, DTS Digital Surround, Dolby Digital Plus, PCM/LPCM, Dolby TrueHD, ID3 Tag

Supported Image formats

JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF   

Supported sub-title formats

SRT, SUB, SMI, SSA, TXT       

I/O ports

1 x Power (DC-in) input

1 x USB 2.0 port          

1 x e-SATA/USB 2.0 Combo    

1 x Gigabit LAN port (1000Mbps)         

1 x HDMI port  

1 x Analog audio/video output 

1 x digital audio output (S/PDIF) port   

1 x SD/MMC/MS/xD card slot (4 in 1)   

Dimensions

W x D x H:

151.85mm x 106.7mm x 29.03mm

Weight: 175g

Power Source

12Vdc, 2A

Power Consumption

10W



About the Author

Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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