Popcorn Hour A-410 Review and Media Files Playback of Popcorn Hour A-410

The Popcorn Hour A-410 is based on the successful A-400, re-engineered and improved with 1024 MB DDR2 Memory and on-board ESS Technology sa bre Audiophile class DAC. Tt supports 3D Blu-rays and enhanced video performance with the VXP Video Processor. the Popcorn Hour A-410 gives you the most of your media library. 

 

Features of Popcorn Hour A-410 

Popcorn Hour A-410 is more bandwidth than A-400, and it has more memory. With it, you can have more bandwidth and higher headroom for higher bit-rate HD media’s that are available today, like WD TV Live Media Player. It also can supports Blu-ray 3D, MKV 3D, 3D Side-by-Side and Top-and-Bottom contents. 

Media (pictures, music, video) playback of Popcorn Hour A-410 

The A-410 works well for video and audio and it’s an obvious choice for those who like to tinker with their media devices. Popcorn Hour A-410 supports multiple codec and file container as well as more than 20 language and subtitles. 

• Video containers:
  
  MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V),MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MP
  
  
  G, DAT, VOB),MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS),AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV),MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4, 3D BD ISO
• Video Decoders: 
  
  XVID SD/HD,MPEG-1, MPEG-2 MP@HL, MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC, MPEG-4.10 (H.264) : BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1,WMV9 : MP@HL,SMPTE 421M (VC-1) : MP@HL, AP@L3
• Audio Containers: 
  
  AAC, M4A,MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA),WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG 
• Audio Decoders: 
  
  DTS, WMA, WMA Pro,MPEG-1 Layer 1, 2, 3, MPEG-4 AAC-LC, MPEG-4 HE-AAC, MPEG-4 BSAC ,LPCM, FLAC, Vorbis, TrueAudio, APE Audio
• Audio Passthrough: 
  
  DTS, DTS-HD HR, DTS-HD MA
• Other Formats: 
  
  ISO, IFO navigation, Simple BD navigation
• Photo Formats: 
  
  JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
• Subtitle Formats: 
  
  SRT, IDX/SUB, SSA, SUB/IDX

Connectivity of Popcorn Hour A-410 

Bonjour, UpnP SSDP, UPnP AV, Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player NSS, Samba, NFS. 
BitTorrent P2P, Usenet downloader 
NAS Access : SMB, NFS, FTP 

Pros and Cons of Popcorn Hour A-410 

Pros: Picture quality, fantastic build quality, plays things other players can't, loads of networking options, fantastic connectivity. 

Cons: Unstable software, Slow navigation, Large power supply, Bugs with subtitles & DTS-HD sound, The lack of content in the App market, Issues with ISO formats