The new Mede8er 1000x3D

[snail]

Mede8er are releasing the 1000x3D next week in SA. Starting price is R3499, any thoughts on it? Seems a bit steep don't you think?

 

[Yotch]

Does that price include a large hard drive? I doubt that there is much difference between the 1000X3D and any of the Egreat RTD1186 based players such as the R6S which you can purchase online (DX, ebay) for ~$80 including shipping. I see that they are avertising a gigabit ethernet port so it will be interesting to hear how this performs as I am under the impression that most, if not all, of the current RTD1186 players struggle to copy large files at speeds close to 100Mbps. They all advertise gigabit capability though.

 

[howardb]

As nice a unit it may be, that's a bit steep - I can build a really good microserver for much less than that.

 

[rorz0r]

I'm not likely to ever but a mede8er again. My 500 never copied anything at more than 2mb or so.

 

[SFW007]

thats to expensive but probably priced that way for overseas markets

 

[snail]

does the wifi model come with 5ghz or 2.4ghz?

 

[Happy Camper]

I'm not likely to ever but a mede8er again. My 500 never copied anything at more than 2mb or so.

Over your LAN? For me too, and I thought it had something to do with my network setup!!! Is it really that bad?

 

[nakedpeanut]

Over your LAN? For me too, and I thought it had something to do with my network setup!!! Is it really that bad?

Yes it's horrific how slow it is!
We just got one of the Sammy smart tv's for the lounge now.. No need for the Mede8er anymore. Just stream HD to the TV from my micro server no issues

 

[McGuywer]

does the wifi model come with 5ghz or 2.4ghz?

Most probably 2.4GHz.

It depends on what network card you have. I would think that it doesn't have drivers for a 5GHz wireless card.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Over your LAN? For me too, and I thought it had something to do with my network setup!!! Is it really that bad?

You also forgot about how they ditch support for existing models once newer ones are released.

 

[reactor_sa]

More interested in the acryan veolo with android 2.3, it's 1699ex at esquire.

 

[Ares]

For that money, I will buy a Popcornhour or Dune.

 

[rorz0r]

You also forgot about how they ditch support for existing models once newer ones are released.

This is one of the main reasons I'll never buy another one.

Yes the networking was that bad. They seem to enjoy corrupting hard drives too. This is why I decided to get a pc (hpms) running a real OS where these basics wouldn't be an issue.

 

[cpu.]

thats to expensive but probably priced that way for overseas markets

They know we are used to bent over here in SA.

 

[Yotch]

thats to expensive but probably priced that way for overseas markets

Surprisingly the 1000X3D is considerably cheaper in Europe than it is in SA (199 Euro in EU vs R3000 in SA). It's probably reasonable value for 199 Euro but not at the local price.
http://shop.mede8ershop.eu/med1000x3d.html
http://www.mede8ershop.co.za/MED1000X3D_(New)/c628/index.html

 

[Syphonx]

More interested in the acryan veolo with android 2.3, it's 1699ex at esquire.

From what I've heard stay far away from that, rather get a raspberry pi and ICS.

 

[Jab]

Selling for R1882.99 at 4Home

 

[Syntech_]

Mede8er are releasing the 1000x3D next week in SA. Starting price is R3499, any thoughts on it? Seems a bit steep don't you think?

I find the design and functionality to be fantastic

 

[Mean_Monster]

Will just stick to my XBMC on an old Dell PC worth R400 I bought from her work. Not the neatest looking but works 100% If anything will upgrade the computer with a smaller nicer looking casing.

 

[xrapidx]

I'm not likely to ever but a mede8er again. My 500 never copied anything at more than 2mb or so.

Yip - buggy as crap - always promising to fix things - never do - e.g. HD sound on the 500.