Picazzo,

Would you include the upgrade guide? How to use picazzo assitant? Does it connect via web browser? e.g. http://192.x.x.x where the address is configured in picazzo setup page??

如果係 Browser 就咁 click，你會 download 左個 1.10 版，各位小心，我就中左招啦.......就咁當 text 來 copy and paste 反而會無事.....

http://www.picazzo.hk/m218/p1904.zip

已經更改了, 謝謝你的提點。

千萬唔好信 Picazzo 檢查2日後就拍心口有機取！

他們會玩客戶，當你是狗一樣，他們的回應手法是這樣：

1.會唔認部機有事
2.將取機日期一拖再拖
3.到取機日竟沒有機取
4.火到來，2日變了10幾日，都唔知取唔取得番！

譚偉豪博士會玩你！玩死你！

好鬼正！有個時鐘，好高科技！

VFD 顯示時間好有用!thank you!

Just test schedule recording to USB harddisk.
- wake up hard disk from stand-by mode
- Start recording with 2GB per file
- Auto power off (return to stand-by mode) after schedule recording completes

錄影Disk error 情況多了，不斷認唔到harddisk。

取部機去整都無用，花時間加一肚氣，VPL唔會認部機有事！

多了隻字在右上角 No signal。

O 仔8 仔新firmware -同步錄影兩個節目收看第三個電視台,Time Shifting 功能.

Picazzo 新firmware - 電子時鐘(吹!)

VPL Please explain more how 可以對應 PC 上的 Picazzo Assistant?

他們唔會答你，任何消息請看e-zone的膳稿廣告。

要問機頂盒問題，可往avbuzz問問Magic TV的李安先生。

他們的售後服務很差！有等於無！

以後唔好買譚偉豪博士的產品！

譚偉豪被指打茅波

譚 偉 豪 噚 日 宣 佈 參 選 資 訊 科 技 界 ， 但 八 方 日 前 收 到 一 封 投 訴 信 ， 話 呢 位 譚 生 未 宣 佈 參 選 ， 已 涉 嫌 偷 步 電 視 整 個 叫 《 IT 達 人 Talk 》 節 目 做 自 我 宣 傳 。 呢 位 投 訴 人 好 認 真 ， 搵 間 律 師 樓 寫 信 向 選 舉 事 務 處 投 訴 ， 又 指 如 果 將 呢 個 節 目 計 入 譚 生 選 舉 經 費 ， 譚 生 選 舉 經 費 上 限 其 實 已 經 爆 。

對 於 自 己 未 為 參 選 「 開 波 」 ， 已 被 指 「 打 茅 波 」 ， 譚 偉 豪 噚 日 話 條 片 播 緊 時 ， 佢 只 係 話 考 慮 參 選 ， 噚 日 至 正 式 宣 佈 參 選 ， 所 以 個 節 目 唔 係 選 舉 宣 傳 ， 又 話 呢 個 節 目 家 已 經 冇 播 ， 因 為 電 視 台 佢 宣 佈 參 選 後 ， 為 公 平 對 待 所 有 候 選 人 ， 唔 可 以 再 播 。

已經上左2.0 firmware，測試了85台錄影NFS(QnapTS209)，從未試過咁好，再無綠格，字幕Delay，磁碟錯誤，停頓等問題。
2.0 firmware應該是咁耐以來最好的firmware，但請Picazzo留意一下，我之後睇81台，半個鐘內都有2次約1秒的停頓，唔知係接收定係機的問題，Signal已經有75%。

Standby 個鐘都算交左功課，但係就怪怪的，總覺得似係一個計時器多過似個鐘。個鐘一般唔須要有秒，如 12:00 係正中間，中間個冒號閃下閃下，先正似番個鐘。(純粹個人意見)

再問一問Picazzo，當STB係Standby的時候它的耗電量如何？是否等如長期開著STB一樣，因我覺得部STB 係Standby時都好鬼熱。如果耗電係一樣，不如直頭關左佢又或者長開，無須要有Standby功能。

Picazzo 賣點係 media box, 點解攪咁耐一的改進都無, 播avi無字幕又無雙聲道, 諗住抄隻 VCD 播 dat file 又 error.

反而我屋企買左部好 cheap DVD 機, 乜 format 都睇到又 可以用 USB 播avi 有字幕又有雙聲道!

""""半個鐘內都有2次約1秒的停頓""""

我都經常發生，你試試send個電郵給picazzo看看他們如何答你！


""""因我覺得部STB 係Standby時都好鬼熱""""

部機越來越熱，我正想拆了它進行《裸跑》！

I got a reply from VPL M208 support.
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The Picazzo Assistant is under final testing and would publish the software as soon as possible.
The software would provide interaction between PC and M218
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想大家幫手做一個測試：

1) 駁好 USB HDD 的USB及電源
2) 開著 M218 ，試下錄下野睇下正唔正常，如不正常，重覆 1) 至成功為正
3) 用 remote 將 M218 轉做 Standby mode，記住唔好搞個 USB HDD 同 HDD 電源
4) 保持 Standby mode 數小時
5) 用 remote 開番部 M218 試下再錄


我遇到的情況："磁碟延錄"顯示，按 stop 就等左成幾十秒...最尾乜都錄唔到

我切斷所有電源，再開過部 M218 同USB HDD 錄，又一切正常無問題喎


希望有心人都可以幫我試下！！
thx *365*24*60....

＜另： 之前用 3.5" HDD，下星期會再用 2.5" 試下。不過之前試過經驗話我知，個 HDD 唔使咁高檔的，一般 8M Cache 已經可以好順利，如果錄時有問題，應該係 M218 個 USB 介面有問題 or 個 STB 處理唔切 or 你個 USB 盒質素問題＞

既然已知原因何必再問？
我用一個普通USB盒配一個舊的IDE Hardisk已非常暢順錄影(USB盒用NEC USB2. 晶片),電視接收要達85%度才能有保證，天線放大器可選擇有20db以上並可調教輸出度的型號。以上幾點是個人的經驗，供參考！請勿話我係打手！^=^

請問Picazzo Assistant在那裡 download？

各位千萬唔好送部機去金雞維修。

他們只是換舊零件，換來換去，把機上已貼上「借機」的舊機、舊火牛，換給你了事！

半年來換來換去！爆格、停頓....仍不斷發生！

但換上 Magic TV 一切正常！

服務很差！

緊急呼籲：

半年後仍有問題的苦主，每日電郵給未來的尊貴立法會議員譚偉豪博士。

反映對 Picazzo M218 維修服務的不滿！

samsontam@gsl.com.hk

Rolleisystem6008i said :
After updated to2.0,everything ok except the image quality looks not so good as preivous. After contacted with M218 and follow their suggestion(set hdmi auto), the image quality restore as well as before now. I am living in Shamshuipo and using indoor antenna, the signal quality better as more DTV station set up and found always have more than 88%,the green pixels appear frequency is much less than before and the size of green pixels are even smaller(more than 4 rows before and now less than 2 rows). I think that is caused by the signal quality of the boardcast stations and not the stb itself( I guess from my experience) . One strong reason is the signal quality of the M218 still more than 80% when the green pixel appears.

But I would like to speed up the slide show elapse time in coming version of firmware.

TO M218 白老鼠：

我同才叔一樣，用部陳年Hitxchi 40GB HDD試，乜事都無，完全正常。

1. 在SETUP MENU中，用"USB"，不是"HDD"。似乎"HDD"指的是"CF Card"。相信佢地好快會有一部新機，無內置CF，換上內置HDD。而2.0版Firmware其實是為該新機而開發，只是"順便"給M218使用，要M218買家幫新機的Firmware做BETA Test。

2. USB HDD要有"夠力"的外置火牛，有一些ATA to USB轉換線附送的火牛會"唔夠力"，一唔夠力隻HDD可能會自動Reset，接電腦都未必能長時正常運作。

3. 要用USB 2.0轉換線或外置盒，不能用USB 1.1。

4. 隻HDD無省電或靜音功能，不會自動停轉，如果有，要接電腦，用程式Disable相關功能。

另外，佢地個FAQ話唔好同時接Network及USB，但我試過，無事。我相信只要USB HDD有自己的電源就無事。


To Value Platforms Limited：

老實講，部機真係要有一本似樣的User Manual，裏面要有FAQ同Trouble Shoot Guide，又要有Supported USB Device List。Documentation是電子產品的基本要求，學校作業都唔係寫起個程式就可以交功課，買包維他奶佢地個盒都寫左營養成份，二千幾蚊部機，得張卡紙，點得？有一些功能，好似Jump Forward同Jump Backward，仲有用Title鍵切換4:3及16:9，都要自己去發現！今時今日，產品質素唔係淨係件Hardware，仲要睇好多野。無人地Olexia咁有本事，Marketing可以令到買家用貴價買賤貨都用得開開心心，就唔該做好翻D基本野，等我地班用家可以大大聲介紹呢部機比朋友！

廢到無倫，7 個月後一本使用手冊也沒有，只識收錢，這只是表象的行為。

可以睇到公司內裡、管理層、金雞、科學園內的員工，返工個個內心感受，每日的工作態度！

看看人地同是科學園出品HK$1999 Magic TV 的User Manual先啦！

我記得，搖控器上的function key掣，曾經因客戶健議而經firmware改過，可能唔印定說明，這可能是可以隨時方便修改，老實講，曾升級而改過d搖控掣真係方便過之前。

for me after using ver.2.0, up to now so for so good, no big problem in recording through NAS, some minor bugs i have report to m218 support by email and got their promptly reply, understood that a good firmware need take time to try error, so i am looking for the next improve firmware.

昨天終於有時間測試了 2.0 正式版，之前所講的錄影問題，終於一掃而空.....

半年後的今天，我終於有一部可正常睇電視及錄影的機頂盒。

雖然如此，我仍然對 Picazzo 非常失望，甚至絕望，大家試想，Picazzo 半年來有什麼進步？唯一的是將 Standby 轉成電子鐘，呢個我 2 月已提出建議，結果 5 個月後的今天，得到了......

如果大家識寫 Program ，這一個程式上的小改動，怎樣可用 5 個月完成？這樣的速度，Windows XP 可能要 200 年才能完成。

眼看 O仔，一開始的設計，只是一個只能收看電視的機頂盒，7 個月後的今天，竟然可以錄影，仲可以錄兩個台，睇第三個台，Timeshift，32x Forward，死未？

連 MagicTV，本來死都話唔錄影，結果，又出埋，雖然功能不多。

至於 8仔，呢 7 個月以來的升級，同 O仔一樣，因基本上 8 仔有乜，O仔跟乜。

Picazzo，睇電視同錄影，不算是改善，因為這是我半年前應該得到的。

由熱心早變死心,一味拖得就拖,而家唔敢諗囉,過埋保養可能連play divx都重無srt....

當改個鐘都要 5 個月時間，播 .SRT 這一個複雜得多的問題，時間可能以年計。

我識寫Program……

如果是當初果Team人繼續Follow個程式，唔洗兩個星期就做到唔少野。

可能個Firmware是以外判形式搵人做，Sign Off左，邊個去Update？加個Clock是之前個Spec無講話有既野，原作公司幫你加一定要另收錢！唔比錢就咋形，半年之後先好唔願意咁加比你。

如果搵個專職Programmer去跟這一件野，你估一個月要賣幾多部M218先可以養到佢？

平心而論

- 穩定度係提高左，但睇電視同錄影仍然有爆綠格的情況；次數減少左係事實，但唔係無！但部野好似變成易受周圍的環境干擾，會變成 no signal！例如放近電線...搬開又無事～～

- 錄影時多左 disk error 的機會！尤其係放係度 standby 左一段時間～～～

- 轉台同開機時黑畫面的機會減少左（2.0beta 時真係好離譜），呢樣係我覺得可以讚的！希望轉台個反應會再好一點！

- 個電子鐘有咩意思...Standby 不如學一般 DVD 機咁，做 Screen Saver （黑色底加一個勁細的流動 logo）...，仲有 Standby 時部機唔知做乜仲係咁熱...

平心而論

沒有什麼好讚！！！

因為這是機頂盒要有的東西，您們是用真金白銀$2,380買回家，不是買回來受苦痛哭的！

幫別人做測試員！

平心而論

呢個世界要有反對的人咁先至有改變進步，但不是盲目批評，有進步時候要肯定，不足地方還是出聲爭取消費者權益。
可以錄兩個台，睇第三個台，如果做到同時錄兩個台睇第三個台要具備三個接收器(Tuner)才能辦到！M218只得一個接收器部份所以相信是沒法改變事實！
因為這是機頂盒要有的東西，您們是用真金白銀$2,380買回家，不是買回來受苦痛哭的！既然咁貴都娶返，要退外毋話又冇有得，為日後幸福唯有好好對待佢啦 ^_^ 不要受苦痛哭！

平心而論

雙台錄影，同時錄兩個電台節目，再收看第三個電視台。

是無需三個接收器的，請看看 EIGHT 的最新 Firmware。

不寄望 32 倍快搜，Time Shift、雙台錄影、MHEG5、5.1.........

首先搞好錄影和睇電視時的「爆格」及突然停頓的基本問題先！

P.S. 現在的 Picazzo 已是換過的第 4 部「舊機」，才正常一點！

氣憤的是整個換機、維修手法！將責任懶在個別客戶上，唔認是自己產品 Q.C. 問題！

SYPL兄,如果甘多"如果",就最好唔出!!我買係信佢講有STB好勁experience同spec,點知講就天下無敵.....

我今日剛剛買左and up左上2.0, 用左幾粒鐘都無問題, 但係我想問一下錄影時是否可以轉用MPEG4 H.264黎錄? 我買機前睇佢張單張寫視訊編碼有MPEG4 H.264的, 再問鋪Sales都話得我先買....

有無搞錯！那個sales有無人性嫁！

哪間「X 射」？

No, it's Sxper8

錄影格式只有一種：TS

播放格式有多種，但未必夾……


今日又發現一BUG，唔知點解死都停唔到錄影，一出DTV Mode佢就錄，入SETUP Mode先停，但出番DTV又再錄過，息機斷電都無用，又轉唔到台，因為錄影中！最後要用Restore Factory Default先惦，但要從新搜台，又要從新入過哂網路設定，仲有要入過哂D預定錄影時間……，差不多用左一小時！

建議應該要好似D Router咁，比人Save左D設定去HDD或Network，出左事都可以即時還原！

我頭先錄緊野時想轉台睇第2個台但按極emote都無反應, 逼著按reset鍵, 點知一按個錄影就停左, 請問錄緊野係咪唔轉得其他台?

是！錄影途中，任何動作都唔做得！

錄影途中要轉台，8仔、Olevia 就可以。

或等將會出的 8 仔雙 Tuner 連 500GB 機頂盒！

那個Ｓａｌｅｓts好似冇講錯，ＴＳ檔是MPEG4 H.264其中的一種格式！

但睇左咁耐，都耐唔耐遇到有畫面窒，聲音斷半秒至一秒情況出現。情況又唔係好嚴重，我都唔知係Picazzo定廣播既問題？ ，其他有Picazzo既朋友可否講講你地係咪同我一樣情況！ Thanks!!!

是每日發生，每半小時發生！

但換上 8 仔、Magic TV 一切正常！

為何 Picazzo 打給顧客的電話永遠要打 133 來電，他們做緊什麼生意？他們不見得光嗎？

set 了預錄沒有關電源，沒有stand by。

但預錄最後竟消失？

上一個鐘都正常錄到，下一個鐘又突然 Disk Error？？？其間沒有關過機！

Picazzo released it's Picazzo Assistant 1.0 beta for easy setup a windows share.

http://www.picazzo.hk/info.html

大哥！你估全部 User 都是電腦博士嗎？

跟測試指引的第一步做完，第二步已停了起到！

The picazzo does not contain any network share information or the current settings is incorrect. Please create a new setting.

1.條 Lan 線是接上 Router 嗎??????
2.Picazzo 內要set 什麼?????

unexpected error

Connection to Share Folder failed!!

Useless tool. Sorry!

If the user is able to use that tool, the user can certainly do the same thing without the tool.

The user must first know the IP of the STB. OK, that means the user is at least a networking veteran. Users at that level should already know how to manage shared folder. The Assistant program looks just like a Hello World level coursework.


OK, followings are the suggestions:

1. Update the Assistant to provide restricted DHCP function, which only response to Picazzo MACs, when no other DHCP device is found.

2. Update the firmware of the STB to support UPNP Discovery, so that the Assistant automatically detects the IP of the STB, even when multiple Picazzos are found in the network.

3. Update the Assistant program to discover the Network settings from the Windows OS.

4. Provide a "Express" configuration wizard, which automatically create a local user, a shared folder, and related permission to allow the local user to read write the share. Then, automatically configure the STB with the created user and folder.

5. Provide an "Advanced" configuration interface, for those people who don't want to use the remote control.

6. Provide an SDK for users like me, who know how to write their own .NET programs and services. Of course, the firmware will need to be updated to provide security checks when network programs want to "Hack" the STB.

2.0 日日 Disk Error 是否又要維修？

Hi guys, I am also a program. Although I don't know this kind of programming, I do agree one of you said about the problem with the outsourcing program.

About the new version 2.0, I have no chance to try, as I've changed my M218 to "8". I preset 30 minutes record everyday and it works very good, zero complain. I think unless you need 1024p, otherwise using products like "8" is very sufficient.

The scheduler assistant is a rubbish. It's just a fancy tool to do the record on PC. While this can be done using remote, I doubt why they don't spend their $$ in fixing those stability issues??

Suddenly I think you guys are very "pro", you are willing to help to improve the product. But have you think about one thing - you are not improving it, you are begging them to improve their buggy product. It seems like this product is ready to market only when version 2.0 is ready. This version 2.0 should be the real version 1.0!!!

Just a kindly suggestion: I suggest you sell your M218 and change to whatever STB if media player and 1024p is not what you MUST need!

請問各位大大 UPDATE 2.0 firmWARE 之後是否不再爆格、停頓....還是少了一些吧了

升級 2.0 正式版後，報告如下：

轉台黑畫面情況改善，轉台會變成 No Signal後，等等下出現番畫面。

爆格由「大格」變「小格」，情況好像少了一點，但每小時都會發生！

停頓情況沒有改善，每個節目平均都會發生1-2次，都幾煩！電視開得大聲一點，突然一聲停頓，成個人都震一震.......

DISK ERROR 認不到硬碟，每日不斷發生。升級2.0 後不斷出現！很多節目預錄唔到，你話這個機頂盒.............

8月都來，還未有一個正常的機頂盒，基本問題仍未解決，用戶那麼「火」也是正常的！

終於放棄Picazzo了, 昨日買左 8 仔了($1350), 用後感覺好正值得推介, 好穩定, 轉台好快, 有好多體貼功能(比如兩台同時錄影, 時光錄影,自定喜愛頻道, 錄影中關機會有提示等)

平心而議, 我建議 VPL 工程人員買一部 8 仔或O仔試玩下, 人地的牌子真係用心開發軟件, 而且不段更新, 有錯馬上去修改, 唔似得 VPL ......拖拖拖.

請問 c 兄哪裡可以$1350買到8仔？

有無HDMI送呀？

部機熱過 Picazzo 嗎？

有無像 Picazzo 一過熱就爆格，畫面經常停頓！

hi brother,

i have a sound problem when i connect the coaxial output of picazzo to av amp and In picazzo setup menu(sound) , i choice "digital" and "5.1"

After picazzo running about half an hour. Each two min, the sound will stop half or one second. Even no sound.
Remarks # The picture have no any problem when the sound stop)

Any brother have the same problem?
Pls help me to test. Thanks

江湖傳聞，奧運期間 83 台會停播，「谷」盡 85 高清台的 Bit Rate。


不知這樣對 Picazzo 接收及錄影能力有無影響呢？

picazzo brother,
How to connet your picazzo , could you tell me the setting of your audio and any problen of the sound.


thx

To Picazzo 兄:

8仔街價係 $14xx - $1500, 我見屋村做 promotion 先可以用 $1350 買到, 無HDMI 送(要另加 $80).

我上 newsgroup 見到好多人話8仔好, 我先買, 當買多部放房.

I would suggest an recording option of "Tuesday to Saturday" could be added in the menu. It is because if there are some "after 12:00am" TV programs recorded regularly in weekdays are actually from Tuesday to Saturday, for example, 衝上雲霄 in TVB Channel 81 is actually broadcast at 12:15 am Tuesday to Saturday every week. Thank you for your attention.

Hi all picazzo user,
i have the following problem, do you have this issue?

when using coxial digital audio in digital mode + speaker 5.1, there is random "stutter" or 聲音"窒". The digital audio works OK in analog mode. And the reception quality is good.

anyone have same problem? pls help to test. Thanks!!!

TVB MHEG-5 互動功能已經推出，而OLEVIA已經支援，Picazzo m218 究竟幾時
至可以用到MHEG-5 互動功能，我等到好辛苦呀！！
http://www.hkepc.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1031528&extra=page%3D1


發表日期: 2008-01-06 Picazzo m218 在發佈會曾許下的承諾

http://editor.livetech.hk/blog.php?do=showone&itemid=2166&type=blog

為了確保客戶能夠使用得更穩定及最新的功能， picazzo m218支援Firmware更新，
它們打算在今年三月正式推出MHEG5多媒體互動功能的Firmware. MHEG5功能可令使
用者透過遙控作互動功能如隨選視訊， 家居購物及即時投票等 ！

我等到好辛苦呀！！

當 Picazzo 變成一個能正常運作的機頂盒，也要半年之久，MHEG5要幾耐？God Know！

Picazzo 真正的考驗黎緊，TVB 會在奧運期間，提升 85 台的 Bit Rate，Picazzo 頂唔頂得順？稍後便有分解。

今日 83 台停播，但 85 台看來仍未增加 Bit Rate，因一個 2G File 仍然係錄緊約21分13秒。

Hi there, I tried to play jepg photos on Picazzo, however, it just show "Please wait" and no respond. How can I solve it?

BTW, I tried to play VOB file as well, but Picazzo cannot show the subtitle. I can play with subtitle on my PC using PowerDVD, ViedoLan and KMPlayer.

Please follow...

試左兩個幾星期，的確綠格係少左，停頓亦都唔多。部機正常唔 short 時轉台都無黑畫面。


但好可惜！！！


多左無訊號的情況，仲要係無轉台播播下話你「沒有訊號」！我部機一直無移動過，個插頭我無搞過，都唔知發生咩事！！！

「Disk Error」頻密左！搞到成日都錄唔到野！！！

m218白老鼠 s.c.，你同我的情況一樣！

send 電郵問他們無用！

上去檢查更沒有用，浪費金錢和時間加一肚氣！

我們如何做好？

既然咁疼苦一了百了平的賣左去冇眼睇啦！

我會在七月十四用火燒 Picazzo。

唔明點解要自焚？

自殺算了！下面見吧~~~~~~~~

我想問下nas 係唔係只support Qnap, 因為我試過用 buffalo nas 同 Thecus N299 用 Qnap 的方法config都係唔得, 同埋可唔可以多d support 教人點 setting, 你們的 manual 十分一般.

要做的八個月前就做了！唔會做的以後都唔會做！

我們這班超級白老鼠！錢都收了！自求多福吧！

你試過這樣買電器嗎？

我都係用普通的 lan Server/lan disk，都係連唔到，用windows share就無問題，不是個個也會有Qnap的nas ，這個牌子問過也要過千元以上，我用緊的lan Server/lan disk也不過是2-3百元，以前連上大陸的機子(support lan share function)也能容易的連得上，所以我健議希望能解決這問題。
我是用以下牌子的lan Server/lan disk http://www.hotway.com.tw/products/hd9.htm

連 MTV3000 都可以：

Channel Switching while Recording
＜Firmware 2.03 beta＞

即係同一個頻率之下一路錄一路轉台...


點不知我地連反應最慢的 P.M. 都不如...

"反應最慢的 P.M." 呢點我不同意，因在

AVBuzz 有 P.M. 的代表 "李安"，P.M.唔

改 Firmware 一件事，但起碼你問乜都好，

有問必答，Picazzo，食屎啦，10問10唔答！

今日借幫朋友 Upgrade Firmware 為名，乘機試下 MTV3000 個 2.03 beta firmware。

- 保持一貫 P.M. 的接收穩定，人地話係 Beta 都穩定過你個正式版，吹脹！

- 個 menu 極之易用，根本唔需要睇 user menu，但係功能（除左網絡功能）比 M218 多好多。

- 錄影設定同一般 DVD 錄機一樣咁易用，錄完又識自動關機；自稱功能多的 M218 根本就無地自容！

- MTV3000 個 USB 介面絕對要加分，我專登開住機將隻手指又拔又插，試下會唔會錄唔到或者出現 error。人地 MTV3000 真係 PnP 的，仲要係個電視度顯示資訊...換著係 M218，有時一插會自動錄，有時又會 detect 唔到......

- 互動功能運作正常，同 O 仔一樣，最頂癮係個夜光 remote ．．．

- 人地一個 file 係 4GB，M218 仲係 2GB

- 最後補充，我同佢 upgrade firmware 時，個介面都會俾你知個進度。我地 upgrade M218 時咪淨係幾個格仔閃下閃下等運到！


＜後記：好彩佢部 MTV3000 係我中招後叫佢買的，其他朋友都叫佢地買 P.M. 買 8 仔；起碼證明我無點佢，我的失策至少令其他人唔會受害！＞

點解同樣係科學園的產品，MTV3000 同 M218 會差咁遠？！
多少少網絡功能（仲要係兼容性差到不得了），就要我地忍受其他的嚴重不足嗎？！
我最擔心係，最終如果連 8 仔 同 P.M.都支援網絡儲存錄影的話（你唸下當日 MTV3000 夠話唔可錄影，今日又如何），我地班苦主就真係要痛器啦！
＜唯有寄望佢地永遠做唔到，等我地個心安落 D ...＞


買咁耐家電，呢次真係最不知所謂！



嗱，而家一部 MTV3000 約 $1800，M218 係大唐做緊 $1980。
仲要話我地苦主貪得無厭的不如搵部運作正常的 MTV3000 （新舊都無問題）連 remote 同我交換，差價二百有你著數......

For Benny:
I am using Buffalo NAS and no problem to record to NAS or external harddisk that attach to NAS.
You need to enable "windows service", and the NAS disk format need to use "EXT". I don't set any permission to access the folder. I has recorded it for few months, and no problem at all.

2008 年最黑仔事件薄！

近日大昌 TEAC 被苦主請食蘋果，有些高清解碼器及售後服務，真是不知所謂！

對住部 PICAZZO

很火！很火！很火！

大家試試直接聯絡譚偉豪博士，看看他會不會解答 Picazzo 的問題？

http://www.samsontam.com/ch/qa_tellsamson.php

螺絲電視訊號頭的設計本來無乜話正確唔正確的，但 M218 提供的轉頭經常會接觸不良.......跟住就無訊號。

以1400放O左部低B機
買過隻8仔細

成個人爽哂

$1400 有人要？！

市區我包送貨！

天水圍我都送到！倘若放到$1,400 換 8 仔好過！加多三舊換到 MTV3000！

To: Chi Wai

師兄你用咩方法可以賣到咁好價又有人買架？

今日 $1400 賣左個 M218 買左個 MTV3000 ... 白老鼠決定放棄做 Tester ...

不過因為 MTV3000 好多地方缺貨，要俾 $2180。

我都盡左人仕，提供左小工具俾買家以加強穩定性...

但覺得個買家好得意......從佢語氣好似知道個 STB 的評價唔多好，但又無乜所謂咁；我好老實咁講用呢個盒要注意事項，佢又唔多留心咁。但俾錢又俾得好疏爽咁.......

跟住唸起呢位先生，個樣好年青有為（30 - 40），四眼，高大，幾好樣，仲要用高科技的方法去到交收地點......我突然唸起一個人：譚博士！


雖然好多人認為 MTV3000 有好多比 M218 優勝的地方，但針真係無兩頭利的；暫時發現一個 M218 較好的地方：MTV3000 唔能夠辨認 FAT32 HDD 中的 sub-directory。一定要錄係 HDD 的 "TS" directory 度，仲要係 "TV" 度做一個 index 否則係見唔到個 file...

不過，換左部穩定一點的，我無後悔！！！反正 STB 睇唔番，至多 total media 播。（另：MTV3000 的 ts 檔係 total media 都播到）

想問下變左節的師兄，有無辦法可以用 MTV3000 play 番 M218 錄的 file？

嘩嘩嘩！

m218白老鼠 s.c. ，請問用什麼方法可以聯絡「買家」？？？

我都想放左去算了！唔想再繼續痛哭！

謝謝！

我用雅虎放，一日唔夠就有人用即買價買......呢個亦係我覺得奇怪的原因。雅虎的潛在買家不嬲都鐘意壓價，但無壓之餘仲要即買...

無論呢位人兄係何許人，我都要多謝佢！

我亦叫佢有問題可以打俾我問...

謝謝及恭喜閣下！

一次很好的人生經歷！

M218的file瀏覽功能真次好強,我個notebook個hd中毒花佐,重裝後用個usb hub博番落notebook windows 不能讀到個hdd入面的file,試過其他電腦都吾得,後來試下將個hdd插落m218度,發覺全部files都可看得番,後來用m218個網絡功能將d files全部囉番曬出來,個次我好感動,平心而論m218個設計系好好,衰在寫介面個班programmer,如果搞好的m218一早系最受歡迎的高清盒,何需落得如此下場,唉.....
我系disscuss投訴被整壞電視個個jj168

M218係皇帝的新機，聰明人先識用！$1,400就買倒，對聰明人來說真是超值！

可能你唔知，選用M218的人有好大部份是因為它的網路功能，如果第一部成功運作，佢地有超過一半機會會買第二部！如果我唔係已經買左第二部，$1,400我都會好爽手咁買！

$1,400 offers "watching multimedia stored in computer on LCDTV via WiFi" + "STB" + "REC", it is really amazing. Anybody can tell me how much we need to pay for the above functions by other product.

$1,400 offers "watching multimedia stored in computer on LCDTV via WiFi" + "STB" + "REC", it is really amazing. Anybody can tell me how much we need to pay for the above functions by other product.

The signals of ATV, ATV international, TVB Jade & TVB Pearl channel are very low? The others are acceptable. How can we improve them? I don't want to add a signal amplifier.

上面師兄的意見有部份我認同。

M218 最初的構想唔係差的（我因為部機靚仔同多功能而買），個 filing system 應該係咁多部來講最具「彈性」的。你錄影，有幾 2GB 的 ts 檔，你可以選 delete 其中一兩個，播番其他部份。
你係 MTV3000 祇會見到一個記錄，你唔會實質見到o的 files ... 其他 STB 錄的影像檔你都使旨意係 MTV3000 放到...

不過機頂盒我當家電咁用，我最關注的係「穩定性＋畫質」。
你唸下，我由一月中到而家，受左咁多苦，周邊的器材同設備不停咁改善，Firmware upgrade 左咁多次，部機仲有爆格，仲有 hang，仲有黑畫面，仲會無端端無訊號（熄左開番又有番）。係無錯，係改善左，但係公道講句，調番轉咁講，你部電視機無畫面、無訊號、爆綠格，你真係可以接受同埋等佢改善嗎？


我承認，賣左部 M218 會損失幾個獨有功能，尤其係個 filing system （唔係 file system），仲會無埋網絡錄影功能。不過對於我呢類 low tech 又唔聰明的用家（呢度有人話我淨係識手作仔三腳貓，不過起碼我知點可以增加穩定性），簡單就是最好！香港賣左以十萬計的機頂盒，你估有幾多個真係用網絡錄影先？！（呢度係好多人討論，但 post 得的好多都係進階用家）。我部機無 M218 咁多功能，但係佢係稱職的家電，話有的功能都做得好好！

你踩我無用，唔識用 M218，唔識欣賞呢件咁高科技的產品，fine，你 high tech 埋佢，heat/hang/hold 都留番俾你。

M218 其實真係幾熱，MTV3000 用個膠殼，錄影時都無 M218 睇時咁熱。


譚博士，唔該用多少少時間，催促你的開發團隊，整番好部機。發財要立品架！


如果有師兄認為我的手作仔三腳貓對閣下有用，想交流一下呢o的三腳貓手作仔功夫的話，可以電郵俾我。我會減少上呢個 Blog，因為我已經變成 "MTV3000 低科技用家 S.C."

8仔又出左新 firmware , 可以用到 TVB互動電視MHEG5 功能

I have some experiences to share with you. In the first month I brought M218, I found it is not very stable on recording thru my old HDD (internal HDD + external board). After I brought a new Buffxxx external HDD. The recording is very stable. Buffxxx turn on/off after STB turn on/off.

Network functions of M218 are very useful. network setting is quite complicate and might vary subjected to the network condition. I know it because I completed a short course of Window Vista lately. The network functions are not suitable for guys who are lack of network knowledge.

Now, my problems are the signals for the 4 original TV channels are very low (around 30%-40%). Picazzo CS, please note and help. Furthermore, I'm still waiting for your TVB MHEG5 compatibility. It is clearly shown in your official web and on the packing of M218 ( it still exists for further clarification).

To Picazzo development team:

I have the following suggestions:

(a)
In order to speed up the response while switching channels, let's say you want to switch to channel 11 by pressing [1][1], it will take about 2 seconds to switch. But when I press [1]>[1][OK], it will take less time to complete switching. May I suggest to program the [1][1] button to function as [1][1][OK]? The [OK] action should be embedded when second digit is pressed.
(b)
Program a button to switch between last watched channel and currently watched channel
(c)
Current user interface is so simple and not attractive. If possible, redesign the user interface similar to MTV3000 or Eight.
(d)
Support USB ext2 recording to by pass 2GB per TS restriction. I am using an external WD 3.5" harddisk which is FAT32 format
(e)
Any update to suport MHEG5?
(f)
Support of subtitle (.SRT) while playing back of AVI files
(g)
8x fast forward does not function as fast as 8x speed for AVI files
(h)
Program right button to jump 1 minute interval forward and left button to jump 30 seconds backward. It is very helpful to skip advertistement when playing back of TV program.

不如直接買過部 MTV、Eight、Olevia....

好過！有晒以上功能！

等....2009......可能都沒有消息！

I also want to buy a new one but already get my head wet.

想賣走 M218 換過第二部的，最好可以係8月31日前賣走佢，如果唔得都唔好遲過9月7號......

過左奧運所有牌子機頂盒供應會多番，要放會難；過埋立法會選舉，你都無乜機會啦！

或者你等到 M218 變成所有用家都覺得穩定的東西，到時或者會升值添，各住師兄Good Luck！

各位c hing, 係咪要駁電腦就唔爆格??
我部機因為無連電腦錄影所以爆格??

In the past 2 two days after my post, the 4 original channels have been recovered. Are any C HINGs know what is happening?

I usually do not connect the Picazzo to the computer or NAS. 都很少爆格. I don't think they are relevant.

我都知無關係, 三月尾買返來就不停爆格,拿去金整成個月返來一樣爆格, 不過少一D, 個半鐘爆格一次,最敝就係連借返來部DEMO 機一樣爆格, 之後就心都實埋.後來叫我取機,我問整乜佢都唔知,返來就繼續爆格, 有c hing 講得晏, 等到保養期後,你想整機? 盛惠三千元, 問你死未. 最近又拿去金整. 成個月喇, 都唔敢叫我取, 佢部demo 機繼續不停爆格, 個半鐘爆格一次, 駁lan? 你想部pc 都跳埋呀?

又一苦主！

看看有否過熱的情況！

近日上網簽了BB100 被眾人稱為垃圾的 HKBN 連兩年借用可錄影的機頂盒，相信和8仔同廠OEM。

PICAZZO 的一切問題包括爆格等等，HKBN 的機頂盒沒有發生！！！

現在我連加了的放大器都拔埋，終於可享受高清的樂趣！！！！

Picazzo Development Team,

One more thing to add:

Is it possible to memorize per channel settings related to subtitle and audio?

Currently, both settings are reset to traditional chinese and audio 1 after switching channels.

thanks

When the MHEG-5 will be available?
How to play a DVD VIDEO_TS folder (with menus, subtitles and audio selection)?
Can Recorded TV default to NFS while Multimedia default to Windows Network?
What I pay extra is for extra functions not your pocket.

I was quite disappointed to see that Picazzo wasn't showing off its products at the recent HK Computer "flea market" convention. I searched high and low for someone selling this product and when I found the one and only store selling it, I was shocked to find that they were selling it at 20% more than the cheapest store outside the convention and 10% more than a store at the Wan Chai Computer Center (I can't find it at Sham Shui Po Computer Center) - and the guy said its the lowest he can offer. That made me think there must be something "unpleasant" with this product but then I had to soothe myself by thinking that Hong Kong'ers probably find local/China-made product inferior (which is quite true) while any shit from overseas is consider a masterpiece! Because of this, I decided to try one first and this is my findings:


Pros:

- Beautiful X.264 and DivX/XviD decoding
- Small form factor
- Quite cool even when playing HDTV clips or recording HDTV
- Digital recording to NFS/Windows (XP) or NAS box (Synology) was awesome! Kudos!
- USB ports have enough power to support power hungry 2.5" notebook HDDs (usually large capacity HDDs) without the need for external power
- The "universal remote" is a big PLUS!!
- Ability to choose English or Chinese EPG is very nice!
- Comes with HDMI cable (I wish it also comes with Coaxial cable too)

Cons:

- The package does not come with Manuals; only a quick reference illustrated guide.
- The "M218 User Manual (PDF) v1.0" online PDF is apalling. And it is not "gwai lo"-aware! In other words, where's the English?!
- The Setup Assistant is bogus! It doesn't do much...at least not for relaxing NTFS directory and share permissions!
- Many times FULL SCAN only resulted in 4 channels (81,82,84,85) while Quick Scan can identify 10-13 (depending on time of day)
- Does not allow you to default to a specific Aspect Ratio. I.e. 16:9, 4:3, etc. When viewing HD TVB news, it switches between 16:9 and 4:3 (news sources that were recorded at 4:3). Very annoying. That's why setting Aspect Ratio is necessary. Most DTV-enabled LCD/Plasma TV's nowadays have this feature. Plus, we did not buy 42/50/60 inch 16:9 TVs to watch at 4:3 - we have lived with (and accustomed to) "flattened heads" for the last 10 years already. :)
- The "Title" button only Zoom but not fit-to-screen (or stretch). When Zoom, a large porton of the left, right, top and bottom borders are truncated
- Very disappointed that DivX/XViD .SRT subtitle is not supported. I can live with no IDX/SUB subtitles but without .SRT is a very big inconvenience!
- No .MKV support, another common HDTV format similar to .TS
- Support for Quicktime format would be nice.
- If you can add in Internet streaming support, this product would be extremely attractive
- Need to restart Picazzo to recognize network source or USB HDDs (no Plug 'n' Play support)
- Cannot switch channels during recording. Don't tell me it's because of its single tuner because some single tuner box/TV can do that. The trick maybe that it is not true 25fps but rather 15fps for example. In other words, time slicing or the recording gets full 25fps while the less important viewing gets only one frame for every 2 or 3 frames processed. Just a thought. I remember many TV tuner cards use this trick when viewing mutiple screens despite having only one tuner.
- Setup is not really setup. Setup only changes brightness/contrasts/color. The real Setup is at the Menu - Setup buttons
- What does the Subtitle button do? The TV broadcasters force you to look at subtitles anyway...
- Umm...What does EDIT CHANNELS do?! Baffled...
- When deep within Media browsing, there is no single button to shortcut back to the main menu. You need to click the Cancel button many times instead.
- The Picazzo Power button doesn't shutdown the box at all.
- It does not preserve channel settings
- It does not allow you to customize channel numbers. I originally thought the "Edit Channel" feature was for this purpose.

Big Cons (but probably not Picazzo's fault)

- 2 to 3 seconds delay when switching channels. Very annoying, makes me not wanting to use DTV at all. Good thing I didn't buy Picazzo for viewing DTV. I hope the government would provide one frequency per channel rather than 1 frequency shared by several channels
- How come there's a 2 second audio delay when viewing Live DTV while analog signals are instant? Time to process...?



Summary:

Recommended but only if playing media is necessary. The only competitor to Picazzo that I know of is the TVix M-6500A but that will cost you in excess of HK$6000 for the Media + DMB tuner option. I am already using a couple of its products and I know for sure their media support is a league of its own, something that it would hard for Picazzo to catch up. For the very least, all TVix products support SRT/SUB subtitles. :-/

一個不錯的外形
一個不錯的理念
一個不錯的客人
一個今人難忘的操作方式
每當2G File後就會自動產生另一個2G File
一小時節目會產生三至四個2G FILE
當你們親愛的客人利用你們外形及理念都不錯的偉大MR,m218後
你們這個不錯的客人總會手指忙個不停地DELETE多個你們給我的禮物,
每天我會花上三至四分鐘去DELETE你們給我的禮物,
一星期半個小時
一個月兩個小時
這次軟件2.0升級是不錯的改進
每次當我回家後我都很自豪地向太太說這個高科技HD時鐘是多麼的有品味呵..!!
一個良好的產品設計是會打動客人的
相反客人亦會給你們打倒
軟件升級次數太多不是好事
次數會反影出R&D的成積
最後希望你們用心打做MR,m218
一個不錯的客人謝謝....謝了 ^^"

Dear Picazzo Team,

I'm not asking for extra-function. I'm asking for the following function you offerred before:

1.IP return-path for MHEG-5 interactive TV application (TVB interactive);
2.Internet Radio and Podcasting;
3.Macrovision and HDCP content protection for Video-On-Demand services (you must be ready even those service is provided by 3rd party);
4.Play MP3/WMA/WAV music files with JPEG photos slide show.(How to play music files during slide show?).

you commenced to sell m218 in Dec 2007. Will all the functions can work in order in the warranty period? You must speed up your progress or you must extend the warranty period to avoid dispute.

各苦主！死心吧！

Picazzo 工程人員
好心你回應下啦！！

上面幾位師兄，你想佢地覆你，不如你聯絡下呢到幾位技術好好的 Brother 仲好啦！你試下搵 HKModel2000 問下佢啦！

一早叫你地趁奧運時忍痛放左佢......

而家睇番轉頭，我勁蝕一千，賣左部垃圾佢......到而家無晒煩惱......

I would rather accept the headaches than to lose $1000. Plus, I really don't think the product is that bad. I have seen worst.

I am still in the market for 3 more STB's but I can wait. I'll wait until the end of year, hopefully Picazzo would turn for the better.

Now I am impressed. The M218 not only supports DivX/Xvid encoded with AC3 audio but also with DTS audio too. I thought the DTS audio was for VOB only. I am impressed. That's one more point for the Pros.

Damn! That means more work. I will not need to convert all my video disc collection to XviD+DTS....more convenient than watching it using discs.

請問知唔知張保養咭係要自己拎上去服務中心度交,定係寄過去?

硬膠J:

I was wondering about that too. There's a phone number on the warranty card: 2882-5228. Call and ask.

I was right when I say their documentation is appalling....

Shit! Just noticed that Picazzo does not work on .TS videos (or any video extensions) that are encoded using VC-1 video compression. That's surprising because VC-1 is a Microsoft XBox360 official video codec and Picazzo doesn't support a standard that are supported by Microsoft and 15 other companies. What a shame.

Anyone encountered these videos will need to convert it to other formats before you can play it on Picazzo. That last time I converted one of these 2-hour 1080p videos, it took a Core2Quad RAID5 system a little over 4 hours to complete. Have fun!

朋友，你不如等多一年，等到可以將所有高清資料經濟地燒落 Blu-ray 可能會好過等 Picazzo 改到正常為止。

譚博士現為尊貴的議員，佢無時間理你架啦！

請問HDD錄影係咪只可以support到去250G?
因為我部HDD係500G, 一錄超過250G就死機, 錄唔到野, delete d programme之後, 又可以錄返...真係攪笑^^

快找譚議員解決！！！Picazzo 一切問題！

連 Pixel Magic 都識錄兩台睇第三個台，家陣問你死未.......

仲有，而家 Pixel Magic 不停咁抄 8 仔同 O 仔的 features ...... 連 8 仔個遮蔽廣告功能（唔係 del）都有埋，希望佢遲下可以好似 8 仔 O 仔咁較（Cal）色......如果有埋網絡錄影功能就好啦......


Picazzo 譚博士...... 唔要求你咁多，你為下用家著想下，發財立品，整番穩部機就好啦！我都希望人人睇高清，日日唔 hang 機！

Hang? I have not experience system hanging yet. The only time it feels like hanging was when watching HD DivX/XviD clips across the network and set to fast forward or jump to a specific time. However, it wasn't hanging at all - it was just slow. I only wish that could speed this up. One time I was watching an 8GB 1080p movie across the network and I set to fast forward, it took over 10 minutes before the movie resumed. I cannot imagine how long it would take to fast forward a full 35GB Bluray-rip across the network....

If anyone downloaded any MKV videos and wish to play it on Picazzo, you will need to convert MKV to AVI.

The last 2 days I have been testing several dozen MKV to AVI conversion programs on the market and I have come to the conclusion that RiverPast Video Cleaner Pro is the best available. It is bug-free and ultra-fast. All others either do no work as they claimed or they had so many complications that make the conversion almost impossible.

Unfortunately, Video Cleaner Pro can only support AC3 or MP3 stereo (2ch) audio. In order to convert an MKV with AC3 or DTS 5/6ch audio, you will need to:

1) Use Video Cleaner Pro to convert [video only] MKV to AVI (I use DivX codec because it supports QuadCore processors)
2) Then Use tsMuxer to extract the AC3 or DTS audio to a file
3) Finally, use VirtualDubMod to merge the AVI with the extracted AC3/DTS audio file. That's it!

It is actually quite simple. Using a Core2Quad system it only takes about an hour to convert a 720p MKV>AVI or about 2 hours for a 1080p MKV>AVI

Have Fun!

與其等 Picazzo 真真正正整番好，不如砌部 HTPC 好過....

C2D E8400 + 2GB ram 加 G45HD MATX 底板 加 500GB Hdd 兩個 加 DVD writer 加 TV card 加 BD rom ... 加埋五千五蚊..... 平過買 M218 加 2HDD NAS 加 2 個 500GB HDD.....播多媒體兼容性高過 M218

一樣做到睇錄高清同埋做到 NAS 功能

Itwins,
I have been using ALLToAVI and it is ok, crash on some MKV. Willl try Riverpast, is it a freeware or need to purchase? Hvae you try converting MKV to TS and stream from NAS?

Hey Syklab,
RiverPast is shareware. The standard edition is enough for the MKV<>AVI process and the price was only US$29.95.

I have tried converting MKV to TS using Any DVD Converter and it was a terrible mistake. The MPEG2 audio on the TS file was not recognizable by other tools such as VirtualDub, RiverPast, tsMuxer, FFMpeg, etc., etc. Now I am stuck with a huge MPG2 TS file that although works on Picazzo but unconvertable by any known software. I may need to redownload the MKV and use RiverPast this time.

I have also tried AllToAVI and jesus was it ever sloooooooow. I had to abort the MKV<>AVI conversion after 8 hours (on a QuadCore) and immediately uninstalled it. I have never tried a encoder this slow before.

As for NAS, I am using a older Synology DS101g+ and I placed all my media onto it. It had no problems playing TS/AVI/MPEG from it using Picazzo. The biggest 1080p video I have is 10GB. Playing it using the Picasso was very smooth - no lag, no stuttering, no crashing.

But now I moved all my media to the two external USB cases connected to my older CoreDuo notebook PC. To conserve energy, I force the CoreDuo processor to run at 1GHz. Picazzo has no problems playing 10Gb-size 1080p/DTS TS/AVI/MPEG from it despite the laptop is simulaneously downloading and sometimes converting MKV<>AVI in the process.

Btw, if you use a bandwidth monitoring tool, you will see that Picazzo only consume 1.5 Mbps streaming speed. Surprisingly it is quite conservative and that's what I like about it.

However, probably of this 1.5 Mbps speed the damn Fast Forward or Jump-To-Time features are so damn slow. Gawd! The more I discuss about this feature the more I feel pissed I am and feel like banging the damn box to get it to speed up!

M218:

Prior to my using TivX or Picazzo for playing media files, I used my CoreDuo desktop and my CoreDuo laptop and connected to large Plasma or LCD TVs instead. The experience was totally different and "no mood" to say the least. I won't go into details...try it and see and you will regret it....especially playing DivX/XviD/WMV movies. It really suck!

Itwins,
I am also using a old Synology 101g+ with an external ESATA HD for recording and movie streaming and works fine for all my TS files. I also bought a Elektron EHP-606 from china, this media box cost US$239. My TS files recorded by picazzo can playback by the EHP-606 without any problem, quality is very good as well.
Actually, if the picazzo can playback MKV and ISO files then I wouldn't need another network media player.

Best regards

syklab:

I have never heard of Elektron EHP-606. I guess you are lucky to find a Made In China product that is worth writing home about. Shit, my first media box was the Made In China 2.5" Noax Portable Player, which I tolerated for a year before I got fed up with 8.3 filename format. That was HK$700 down the drain. Then I bought another Made In China shit called Vibe something that supposedly plays everything and supported fiber, coaxial, HDMI, etc., etc. The interface was so horrible that I believe cavemen would find it so un-user friendly. That was $600 down the drain and that was the last straw. No more Made in China shits. No more Made in Taiwan crap (3 failed products). I almost had to say no more Made In Hong Kong shits (2 failed products) as well.
Good thing this Picazzo wasn't so bad. Otherwise it would've been Failed Product #3. My patriotism can only go so far...

Yes, if Picasso can play MKV, we wouldn't be wasting find converting formats.

btw, I was surprised you hook up an eSATA onto the DS101g+. It is half the speed of the internal SATA HDD despite it being eSATA. I no longer use it for media. Instead I use my CoreDuo notebook and get WiXP to software RAID0 the two external USB HDDs to make up for one volume so that Picazzo can access. Again, if only Picazzo can map multiple share drives, I wouldn't have to RAID them in the frist place....

itwins,

I ran out of space on the internal drive (it was only 160GB when I first bought it in 2005) and I don't want to reinstall the whole thing again so I just attach a ESATA drive to expand the limited space, better than no space. I am planing to buy a new one possible 207+ or the new replacement model for the 207+. I first use my XP to stream movies then my wife need to use the PC so I just use the existing synology instead.

Regarding to the media box that I bought from china is
http://www.elektron-china.com/en/viewproduct.asp?id=180
you can also find it in the mpcclub.com, it is design similar to the istar, HDX, Popcorn hour ...all runing the NMT operating environment.

I heard that they will come out with a plugin to support certain brand of USB DMB-TH sticks, if that's true it will be interesting. I visited thgeir office in SZ, it is a new start up company and also an OEM on STB for TCL China. The people seem to be quite friendly so I give it a try.

Yes, I know. That Synology's proprietory Linux file system is a real pain in the ass. If only it uses NTFS instead, it would be much more convenient. I too want to upgrade the 320gb hard I had in there but didn't feel like cloning the whole drive from th 320Gb to the new one. Maybe when the 1TB drive becomes more affordable, I might switch then....

Btw, have you tried using Picazzo to play a 720p/1080p AVI video with DTS audio from your NAS? I notice the video and audio are slightly out of sync. However, 720p/1080p AVI video with AC3 audio seems ok. Could it be because the DTS audio is a little too much for Picazzo to stream. Keep in mind a typical DTS audio file on a 2 hour movie is about 1.5Gb big. Sometimes the audio is bigger than the video itself.

More testing needed. Now I'm copying them to a USB drive and play it directly using Picazzo instead. Will see...

Syklab,

The official NAS by Picazzo is "QNAP-109pro" Because it support "NFS". Are you sure synology DS107+ can be compatible with M218's recording and playing? If it is true, I'll consider to buy "DS107+" rather than "109pro" because of the price difference.

tt:

If the Synology 101g+ can, I don't see why future models can't. Afterall, accessing an Linux or Windows share is no rocket science. If you can read, you can write (providing that you configure your Synology share permissions correctly.

tt,
I have been recording to the 101g+ using SMB everyday. Because of synology will nolonger support 101g+ with new firmware, I am out of luck on NFS but the new model 107 and 207+ do support nfs so recording should not be a problem using either SMB and NFS.

tt,
itwins is quite correct.

to: tt

just for your information...

i am used Synology DS207+ it work fine in M218's recording and playing both nfs & cifs, but nfs better than cifs.

Damn! One about-to-die laptop...and it was the lighter gaming laptop that I take with me on trips too. It was most likely the reason for some of the problems I encountered with Picazzo. Nevertheless, just confirmed that Picazzo has barely enough processing power to play any type of 720p/1080p videos that use standard to high bitrate AC3/DTS audio. It is most apparent when you use the Jump-To-Time feature, which you can surely see sound moves ahead of the mouth or vice versa. Otherwise, playing these videos without Fast Forwarding or Jump-To-Time it become less noticeable as it is only out of sync by a few hundredths of a second but becomes more visible near the middle to end of a two-hour movie. All in all, the experience is less entertaining and especially true for those who are "quality freaks".

The reason why playing back your Picazzo DTV recorded clips appear smooth was because HK's DTV only comes in stereo sound (quite embarassing...kinda like a Lamborghini running on a Toyota engine). I speculate if in the future HK's broadcasters decide to add in 5.1 surround sound to their programmes, Picazzo may not be able to play its recorded clips smoothly.

Disappointed with HK's DTV quality. Compare to Canada 15 years ago my crappy CRT TV was already receiving analog signal that comes with Dolby Pro-Logic Surround sound....

Oh well, time to save money for that $6000 TivX box replacement....

"That Synology's proprietory Linux file system is a real pain in the ass."

itwins, you got it wrong.
Linux file system is open source. The specification is open.
NTFS is proprietary. The specification is never opened to public.

OK, I take that back. The audio/video out of sync problem only occurs on DivX videos. All other codecs appear workable and smooth on the Picazzo.

Btw, I found a solution to the MKV conversion problem for Picazzo.

It was right in front of me and not knowing it until now.

All you need is a freeware program called tsMuxer and it takes only 5-10 minutes to convert MKV to TS while preserving all its original features: DTS audio, built-in multiple subtitles, resolution, audio and video bitrates, etc., etc.

This conversion works on the Picazzo and better yet, no more audio and video out of sync issues and Jump-To-Time is instant even playing across the network.

Two noticeable issues though:

1) Size is slightly bigger than its original MKV format. The size of the original video is normally encoded to fit a 4.5Gb or 8.2Gb blank disc, thus this conversion makes backup to DVD or DVD-DL impossible. I'm still looking for a workaround...
2) Fast forward does not work. But at least Jump-To-Time works, so no big loss...

David:

You got that right. My bad... :)

Hi itwins san,

May I know how to convert MKV with subtitle SRT into TS format?

I tried a few rounds using tsMuxeR and cannot get the subtitle embed into TS file.

thanks in advance!

Dell88:

Neither can I with both v1.84 and the newer v1.85 Beta of tsMuxer. Therefore, I assumed it must be a bug however forum members claimed it was due to other reasons (gibberish I didn't understand).

Anyways, my workaround is complicated. First I converted the MKV to the AVI container encoded using DivX or XviD. I then merge the SRT and the AVI using VirtualDubMod. However, sometimes virtualDubMod desn't work. When that happens I will use AVI-MUX. Eventually, one of them will work.

You might also need to use SubTitle Workshop to change the frame speed of the SRT/SSA to ensure it matches with the frame speed of the Video stream.

AVI-Mux is also good because you can use it to delay (or advance) the audio stream if the video and audio streams do not match.

Quite a mouthful. Trial and error, my friend. Eventually you will get it right!

Dell88m

Oh. Almost forget.

After completed the final AVI with the subtitle, I test it on the Picazzo to ensure the video and audio stream's speed matches. If yes, I leave it as it is (I am to lazy to convert it back to TS)

If not, then you will need to convert AVI to TS. Again, it gets complicated when your video has 5.1 audio. Common sense may be required.

It's a lot of work and I am sure there are better ways out there but I have yet to find it. TS is a real bitch!

Picazzo dev dudes, we need that MKV support!!

Tips for beginners:

It appears the XviD 1.x codec uses less CPU resources than the latest DivX v6.x. Converting the same video onto both XviD and DivX and it appears DivX's video and audio out of sync issue is more noticeable on the Picazzo than the same video encoded using the XviD codec. Even so, I still prefer to use TS format as I much preferred the instant Jump-To-Time feature. Anyway, don't take my word for it. Do some testing yourself....

Encoding to XviD is much slower than encoding to DivX. Nevertheless, XviD does support multi-core CPUs. You may need to configure the number of threads in XviD configuration. Default is set to 0 threads. If you have a QuadCore processor, set to 4. DuoCore set to 2. Setting more than your number of cores your processor has is no help and could even slow down the system.

For me, I only configure XviD to encode in single-pass. Unlike what magazines do, I do not use a magnifying glass to watch videos and I don't pause and zoom in like they do. :) Therefore, single-pass is good enough for me and 99% of the time the video quality is very good on bigger HD TVs watching from 9-12 feet away.

Right now, I split the big TS file into two by using tsMuxer. In most cases I can fit the two files onto cheaper 4.5 Gb blank discs instead of burning to the more expensive double-layer blank discs. And if you wish to re-join the two TS into one big video again, you can either open a Command Prompt and type:

copy /b *.ts video.ts

...or if you are lazy just like I am, use TSSplitter instead. But be sure to format your HDD to use NTFS. Standard FAT/FAT32 file systems can only support up to one 2Gb file or FAT32 Extended can support up to one 4Gb file. NTFS however can support astronomical sizes...

And when you wish to burn to disc a single file that is bigger than 2GB, be sure to configure your burner software to use UDF instead of ISO. ISO format has a 2GB filesize limit.

Have fun!

PS. I am no expert. I am learning just like many of you. My apologies if there are errors with some of the facts. :)

Dell88:

Something I forgot to mention. VirtualDubMod is tricky.

Follow these steps:

1) Load VirtualDubMod
2) Open the AVI video file
3) Go to Streams > Stream List
4) Add the AC3 or DTS audio file here

Here it also allows you to add in the SRT subtitle file but I have never gotten it to work. Bug?

5) Go to Filters and Load the Subtitler.VDF file (search on Google)
6) Highlight the Subtitler filter and click OK
7) Now choose the SSA subtitle file (Use Subtitle Workshop to convert to SSA if necessary)
8) Then set Video to use Full Processing Mode. Do not use Direct Stream Copy in this case
9) Finally, click on SAVE AS with the filename to start processing.

Come back in an hour or two and the final product should be ready

If however the audio and the subtitles are out of sync, the simplest is to recaliber the timing using Subtitle Workshop in step 7.

Have fun!

Ooops! I forgot one very important step. Otherwise you could run out of disk space even if you have 500 GB of free space. :D

Make this Step 8.1:

8.1. Set Video > Compression to XviD MPEG-4 Codec (provided that you have the XviD codec installed on your system.
8.2. Click on Configure and click on "Other Options".
8.3. Set Number of Threads based on the number of cores on your processor.
8.4 Then click "Calc" and set the desired filesize of your completed AVI. Normally, 4450000 for 4.5 Gb disc or 8200000 for 8.2 Gb DL discs.
8.5. Then set the length and the frames/per sec of the video. Most downloaded videos are 23.976fps
8.6. Then load the AC3 or DTS file and it will automatically determine the audio type and filesize.
8.7. Set Profile Level to "HighDef"
8.8. Set Encoding type to "Single Pass"
8.9. That's all, folks. All that is for the purpose of the encoder to find out the bitrate of the video. The higher the bitrate, the bigger the file and the better the quality is.

Hi itwins,

Just came back from Guangzhou. Need time to digest your instructions.

Anyway, thanks for your help

Nice to see peoples are talking constructively here.

Just to let you know my experience to convert MKV to AVI for M218.

1. I like to download MKV (h.264) for western TV series.

2. Download SRT from shooter.com.cn.

3. Use MediaCoder (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/) to convert MKV into AVI together with SRT (single step).

4. I like to retain h.264 instead of XviD for better quality.

5. Use Copy Audio to retain AC3 5.1 audio.

Hope this help you guys.

Nice find! And thanks, Andy.

This is just the program I've been looking for, to convert MKV to TS container and re-encode using H.264 but still retain the AC3 or DTS audio

It does appear quite complicated with all the advanced switches you can play around with but 15 minutes on it I finally get the hang of it.

I did noticed a few odd results, probably bugs. But more testing needed. Something to do over the weekend.

Thanks again, Andy.

Curious, were you downloading HDTV rather than standard TV sizes, hence they are in MKV formats?

Off Topic. :-D

One of the reasons why I don't watch as much Hong Kong TVB series is this:

http://www.kaitech.hk/option,com_smf/Itemid,71/topic,1972.0

Andy,

Thanks for your advice.

I have experience to use MediaCoder to convert RMVB to AVI for Japanese Drama. The conversion speed is not as good as tsMuxeR. I will try to convert [Heroes.S03] 720p MKVs with SRT using your method during this weekend.

It is time consuming to trial on error. Anyway, I agree what itwins comments on HK TV series.

Andy, Dell88

Yes, I also think tsMuxer is simpler, stabler and faster. 5 minutes to convert MKV to TS and retain all settings is nothing but awesome!

I did play around with MediaCoder and found that it is extremely buggy, especially when converting MKV to TS but re-encode using H.264. Funny, I specified the target size as 4.5Gb, the summary showed expected size was 3054 Mb, and the final result was 1345 Mb. However, MKV to AVI with the same parameters yielded more accurate results.

I'll stick to tsMuxer and VirtualDubMod for now but will continue to play around with MediaCoder.

Thanks anyway!

I usually download MKV in 1GB size for TV series of 40 mins in 720p with AC3 5.1 audio.

The reason I use MediaCoder instead of tsMuxer is that I need to merge the SRT subtitle into the movie. So I believe transcoding is needed. Otherwise, converting from MKV into TS without transcoding requires only several minutes.

Pls correct me if I'm wrong.

iTwins, Andy,

I just used mediainfo to check the output from tsMuxeR and HDTVB recorded TS (Gundam) from Picazzo. The subtitle formats are PGS and DVB respectively.

I think Picazzo is not able to process PGS subtitles. I am searching tools to embed DVB subtitles into those downloaded foregin TV series then convert from MKV to TS.

Andy,

You're right on the transcoding point. Nonetheless, I have trouble getting MediaCoder to do a straight convert from MKV to TS without the need for transcoding. Somehow MediaCoder screws up the video stream. Hard to describe but it is somewhat like playing a squashed magnetic strip of a VHS tape. :)

Dell88,

Surprisingly MediaCoder can convert the PGS subtitle when converting MKV to AVI, something that Media Player Classic or BS Player cannot play.

dell88,

This is exact I tried to do. To convert SRT into a format which can be muxed with h.264 video stream into a single TS file and then play on Picazzo. Then we can have a TS file with subtitle in a matter of minutes.

I asked VPL but they said they don't know about this.

Do you know any software to convert SRT into DVB? Pls share the information so we can find a way together.

iTwins/Andy,

I am still searching. MTV3000 users are also looking for the solution when I browse their blog. It seems they can't find the right solution neither.

Guys,

There is another conversion program that does a pretty good job but quite unconventional.

4Media Video Converter Ultimate Edition can support conversion to and from many, many formats and it supports DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, MOV, AAC, and many, many more. However, it does not support DTS to DTS copying. Instead it converts from DTS to AC3/AAC/MP3 instead.

Another thing, if you use the latest version, it supports multicore. But it gets weird (or stupid). If you flag multiple files hoping that the files are queued one after another, it instead runs all flag files simultaneously using 4 Cores (QuadCore processor). But if you choose to one file to convert, it uses 2 out of 4 cores. WTF!

Dell88, Andy,

One thing I forgot to mention about 4Media Video Converter Ultimate: it supports adding SRT into any video formats including .TS.

I have not tested this function yet.

One last thing, this program really needs trial and error. The Bitrate Calculator to determine the final filesize is waaaaay off!
For my case, I specified 8.5Gb and now at 60% is already took up 7.2Gb. Go figure!

Last but not least....

it's very slow despite multicore capable. It's been 3 hours already converting a 2:30 hour 1080p DTS MKV to a 1080p AAC TS. It has now completed 63% using 2 of 4 cores. Geezus!

Haha....it has finally completed.

The final product is a 11.895 Gb AUDIO file!!!

No video!

Too be fair to the program, I have used 4Media's VCU to convert MKV to MPEG2 TS before and yes, Picazzo can play it without any problems.

Also, just now I testeda small AVI inserting an SRT and telling it to output to MPEG2 TS. What do you know, it worked - the SRT was inserted! However, because the SRT was for another video, I am not sure if the audio and subtitles are in sync if I used the correct matching video and subtitle.

VCU may still have potential. It's worth a try...but do not tell it to convert MKV to TS using H.264. That didn't work for me at least on two video formats.

iTwins,

I think you'd better check the output video (AVI/SRT -> TS you have mentioned) using mediainfo and see whether the subtitile is in DVB format.

I don't think Picazzo regonizes SRT subtitle.

Author of tsMuxeR planned to support DVB subtitle in coversation #1142. In the meant time, we have to wait and there is no straight forward solution right now.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=134104&page=58

Dell88,

I don't know what is the difference between standard SRT and DVB formats. The only thing I care about is whether the SRT subtitle is viewable on the Picazzo.

The SRT I have are usually in this format:

-----------------
1
00:00:51,619 --> 00:00:54,379
It's the greatest show time!

2
00:01:22,495 --> 00:01:23,785
There's no doubt.
------------------

As for SUP or PGS that you normally found in MKV, those are not recognized by any players, be that BS Player, WMP, PowerDVD or Media Player Classic.

iTwins,

You can try and let me know the result. By checking old threads of Picazzo blog, Picazzo was only considering to support SRT but not implement to the latest firmware. I also doubt Picazzo still works on firmware development.

Dell88,

Well, whether Picazzo continues updating firmwares is not as important anymore. Sure, if they still do, that's GREAT! But if they don't, I won't lose sleep over it. As a matter of fact I too, am expecting they won't. Therefore I am still searching for a FAST and viable way of converting MKV to TS with hardcoded subtitles that is viewable on Picazzo.

As I mentioned earlier, most of the MKV videos that you download are encoded to fit into a 4.5 or 8.2 Gb blank disc. But when converting MKV to TS, that filesize will balloon past these size standards, making backup imposssible. What is there to do?

At the present moment, I use two methods:

1) Split into equal sizes using tsMuxer (normally for long videos or any videos that use DTS-HDMA high definition audio format) or
2) Re-encoding using txMuxer to a smaller video bitrate than the original, thus hoping that the size would be smaller.

But how would you know what bitrate to use?

I use MeGUI's bitrate calculator. It is one of the very few calculators that supports MP4 (x.264) and AC3/DTS audio. It was designed for MKV and MP4 (for x.264) and AVI (XviD) but you can slightly lower the bitrate to guess the size of a TS video.

So far so good. But don't expect it to be fast. Re-encoding takes time. And tsMuxer does not appear to support multi-core processors. I remembered re-coding an 8.2 GB 1080p DTS-6ch 3:14 hour video took well over 6 hours. The reason why I still use it is mainly because it saves steps. If you use multiple programs to convert to the final TS format, I think it could take just as long.

Aaah...just completed another video. This time a 4.5 Gb 720p DTS 1:28 hour MKV video. That took 100 minutes to re-encode to a 4.5 GB TS while preserving the resolution and audio format, channels and bitrates. Not too long really.

Trial and error is required. Or you can use this unconventional (and disputable) standard that I use:

To achieve close to 4.5 Gb TS filesize, use 5000 Bitrate; for 8.2 Gb, use 7500.

Tell tsMuxer to use "Restricted VBR" but limit the birate to a range from 0 to 5000.

Andy, dell88:

Try tsRemuxer to hardcode SUP subtitle streams into TS videos. I don't have a SUP file to test.

The more I watched Heroes Season 3, the more I think it resembles TVB drama series.

1) The main characters never die! They die, then they reborn, then die again, then reborn....
2) There are no normal people in this world. Everyone has superpowers!
3) All of a sudden you have a twin!
4) Bad guys become good guys. Good guys become bad guys. I think by Season Four, this process will again reverse back to its original state.
.
.
.
.
.

It's starting to become repetitive, boring to say the least.

iTwins/Andy,

You can try Total Video Converter 3.12. I can hardcoded subtitle into the outputted TS. Please note the subtitle is in image (maybe BMP) in the TS rather than DVB subtitle.

Dell88,

I think I have tried that version previously trying to convert a H.264 MKV to a H.264 AVI but didn't like the fact that it spends a lot of time re-encoding despite output codec was the same as the input. But it seems I have no choice but to try again as I have already ran out of options (and running out of hard disk space soon)

I am currently trying out AVC2AVI, a H.264 to AVI converter. It has potential as it could solve 3 of my biggest issues:

1) How to fit the video to a blank disc without loss of quality or spending time re-encoding,
2) hardcoding subtitles into the video, and
3) Editing by chopping frames that I don't want. ie. cut the introduction and cut the ending credits.

I'll keep you informed on the quickest and most painless ways to achieving these goals.

Dell88,

After testing 3 dozens or more tools and programs and scanning the articles of Doom9, AfterDawn, VideoLAN, VideoHelp and a dozen other websites, I think there really aren't too many options when hardcoding subtitles into a video that Picazzo can read.

For me, I think converting a H.264 MKV to XviD AVI is the most logical way. However, if you are the patient type, you can convert H.264 MKV to X.264 AVI. But that takes 4-6 hours to process compare to 1-2 hours for XviD.

Here's the way.

1) Install Haali's Media Splitter
(http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/)
2) In the Haali\MKVSplitter directory, run MKV2VFR to convert H.264 MKV video stream to H.264 AVI. It only takes about 5 mins. Note: MKV2VFR can only convert video streams. Audio and subtitles are ignored.
3) Once you have the AVI file, load it up in VirtualDubMod
4) Add the AC3/DTS stream into Stream List
5) Add the SSA subtitle in Filters (don't added into Streams List. Convert SRT to SSA using Subtitle Workshop if necessary)
6) Set Compression to use XviD (or FFDShow then choose X.264)
7) Calculate the bitrate with XviD configuration (for X.264, use MeGUI's Bitrate Calculator)
8) After a few hours, you have a final product

But I only use this method for when I need to hardcode subtitles into a video.

For non-subtitle videos, I still prefer to use tsMuxer to convert MKV to TS. The slightly bigger filesize is not as important anymore as I split the video into two smaller but playable TS files, so that they fit into a cheaper 4.5 Gb blank disc. Eventhough 8x DVD+R DL blank discs cost less than HK$180 for bulk pack of 25, there is no comparison to 4.5 Gb DVD+R blank discs that sell for about HK1 each. :)

I did notice some H.264 TS videos cannot be played on Picazzo for some reason and no matter what I do. To workaround that, I use MKV2VFR to convert H.264 MKV to H.264 AVI. Then I use AVIMux to mux the H.264 video with the AC3/DTS audio. All that takes less than 15 minutes. The final product is an AVI video that Picazzo can play but slower Jump-To-Time function. Acceptable.

Comments?

It turns out Picazzo's Jump-To-Time feature is slow on any codec that is in an AVI container, regardless whetehr it's DivX, XviD or H.264.

If you play AVI on Picazzo, try not to use the Jump-To-Time feature. But if you have to, try to play it from a USB hard disk rather than over the network - it is much faster.

I've been playing around with x264 codec and subtitle filters on VirtualDubMod.

First of all, default for x264 is to use 1 thread to process and that is extremely slow, normally taking processing at 7-8 fps and 4-6 hours for a 2 hour video. Having a QuadCore processor I set to 4 threads. That helped a little, processing at around 15fps and taking about 4 hours to process the same video, still comparatively slower than DivX or XviD. Now, surprisingly, setting to 8 threads really speed up, processing at 30-35fps and taking less than 2 hours to complete. I became greedy and set it more than 9, now it became extremely slow again, fell back down to 7-8 fps. Checking back the x264 config I noticed the threads setting reverted back to 1. I guess 8 is the max. Heh, I cannot ask for more. However, note that setting to 8 threads makes the multi-core CPU to run at 100%, thus making the operating system quite slow, not fit for heavy multitasking. Normally, I encode video while photoshoping. Now I have to look for something else to kill time.

As for Subtitles in VirtualDubMod, it only works adding into the Filters, using the Subtitler.vdf mod (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/subtitle_tools/virtualdub_subtitler_plugin.cfm). Subtitler only accepts SSA format, which is an advanced format than SRT that you can define fontsize and color. The default fontsize was 26, which you might find a little too small for big TVs watching from a distance. Subtitle Workshop does not seem to allow you to change the fontsize. Because of this, I use the SRT to SSA Converter (file:///C:/Program%20Files/SRT%20to%20SSA%20Converter/Help/ConversorE.htm) instead and set it to 38 instead. Much bigger and easier for the eyes.

請問Picazzo仲有無Firmware Update?
好似過左二個月都無乜聲氣,係咪close左,請問有無人回覆?

Dear all,

Today, I discover Picazzo support UPnP. It is great. However, I also discover its recording thru wired network is not work since "disc delay" always occur. So I give up recording thru network. How about the interactive function. Who know the progress.

各苦主！

你見而家淨係得兩個人（可能又係一人分飾兩角）講來講去，就知道呢度已經變成一池死水！

網絡錄影，你都係唔好咁高要求啦！

不如睇下 Magic TV 個新 firmware 先啦：

2.06 版本
功能改進：
 增加了錄影節目剪輯功能。
- 在已錄製的電視節目表內，在"節目選項"，"復選選項"，"共同選項"選項內
增加了"剪輯並複製到USB硬碟"。
- 若錄影節目有編輯標記，這個功能會將全部想要的視頻部分複製成一個新
的錄影節目。
- 如有需要，用戶可自行刪除原始的錄影節目。
 增加了設定-互動電視-顯示比例，選擇互動電視資訊顯示比例為"4:3"或遵循
廣播信號為"自動"顯示比例。
 增加了設定-互動電視-TVBar提示，選擇顯示與否互動電視TVBar彈出訊息。
 增加了錄影功能-錄影選項與狀態，顯示錄影進度或開始即時錄影。
 改進了"格式化外置USB硬碟"功能，支援最大640G的USB硬碟。
 改進了"一按即錄"支援雙頻道錄影。

如果佢真係可以剪到（如刪除廣告）而唔係就咁遮左佢唔睇的話。咁即係剪輯高清的技術問題差唔多解決左，亦即係話機頂盒（包括細佬的 MTV 3000）歷史任務接近完成啦！


亦即係好多大廠（包括我等緊的 Pioneer）都應該會係出年出到有剪輯功能，價錢唔會太貴的的數碼廣播錄影機啦！！！恭喜各位！！！唔使再受苦啦！

Wow, Mr Negative is back with more of his anti-Picazzo preaching.

I will definitely be a "苦主" if I bought an Eight or a Magic TV. A couple of friends bought them and learnt the hard way. They found that the recorded video format were proprietory to their own devices only. If you attempt to copy the video to your PC, you cannot play it. Jesus, that is "苦"!!

Itwins,

Both records of Magic & Eight can be directly played back easily on any PC equipped with MPC-HC ,Makosta filter & a 264 codec.

咁你叫o的朋友，五舊水一部 MTV3000 賣俾我地（操作正常無拆過跌過撞過），好等其他 M218 用家「分享」一下呢o的痛苦，我唸好多人都願意的......

唔好亂講野啦 ITWins！
我用 MTV3000 錄左好多場奧運羽毛球賽，跟住係電腦用 Total Media 3.5 係可以無問題地睇得番的......你講的不能用電腦播放，已經構成誹謗！基本上 8 仔同 MagicTV 錄的影片都可以用 Total Media 3.5 播得番！仲可以燒番落 DVD 度！！！我唔係打手，不過我打算將你 post 的誹謗文章 forward 俾 8 仔同 MagicTV，因為好耐無睇過大戲！


我不知幾樂觀，一o的都唔 negative，無左部 M218 而家連放大器都可以拆埋，接收仲好過以前 M218 加放大器！！！我係度 post 就係因為我唔想再有人中招！

sorry I just have to agree with m218 white mouse.

i check back here once in a while, and i have strong feeling VPL's closed.

i feel sorry for those who still has m218, but happier to see such bad company goes down.

look at Pixel Magic's staff response in avbuzz.com and you see which company is more "customer orientated"

(disclaimer: i refunded m218 after 2 weeks and now owes two MTV3000, so you can say i am biased.)

如果你仲係 M218 的用家（打手唔包），我可以好誠心咁希望你地所面對的問題可以好快咁解決！

我仲希望你部 M218 越來穩定之餘仲會越來越多新功能！（但問心，部野太多先天問題，想改係好困難的！Good Luck Owner！）

正正係有競爭才有進步，人人有新功能，對手就跟住出，用家才會得益！如果唔係對手出咁多新功能，我部 MTV3000 到今日可能都仲錄唔到影（我亦都唔會買）......更加唔使唸剪輯～～

所以就算我而家唔用 M218，我都唔想 VPL 摺埋的（無人用佢或者佢永不改良例外），不過佢一日唔解決不穩定的問題，我就一日都會出聲！

e.r.i.C. 兄，VPL相信唔大機會摺埋，但係尊貴議員唔知仲有無心情理你地...

其實我都唔多認同有位師兄成日叫人痛哭，不如學我咁賣鬼左舊廢物就算......而家過埋奧運過埋立法會選舉，都好難囉！

haha, yes, i totally agree, he gets quite annoying to keep telling to 痛哭 together... no use on this. if i have to use something that cause me so much stress, i will kill myself ... oh wait... or just bring a hammer and smash it real hard and ship it back to the company.

激改picazzo.m218(增加內置3.5"HDD錄影)

http://www28.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=8224300&extra=page%3D1&page=1

Picazzo M288 got OFTA Higher Tier Reveicer label approved, anyone have information?

can't search any information in thier website

各位大佬請問有無人知邊度有教點樣設定網絡錄影呀？Windows network 又點set？點樣用部 NAS 錄影呢？點解個盒裡面乜都無講架！唉...

幾個回應：

1) e.r.i.c 兄請不要用鎚仔打爛部 M218，賣左佢或者迫 VPL 回水好過，保持冷靜！

2) KK 兄所講的激改，小弟睇過，根本又唔能夠將個 harddisk 內置係個 M218 裡面（個 hdd 係部機裡面又可以安番好個蓋），咁改來有咩用呢？要改，不如唸下點改線路改散熱令部機穩定o的又可以安番好個上蓋，又或者可以有人破解到個 firmware（逆向）仲改到，咁我就覺得佢係叻仔啦！

3) richard 兄，你可以去 http://www.digitaltv.gov.hk/consumer/Higher-tier.pdf 下載來睇下，6/2/2008 拎到認證，但佢十二月尾推廣時已用認證 logo ... 咁係咁意思你唸啦！不過我最唔明點解當時部機咁多問題都可以過到認證？！係咪送檢部機同我地買到的唔同料呢？

4) 阿昌哥你可以 e-mail 俾 ITwins、del88、tt 呢位仁兄，佢講到 M218 完美，應該會有好多專業意見！我俾扣左帽子做左"Mr. -ve"唔識答你的～～


都差唔多三個月啦，點解呢間公司仲唔出新 firmware？

M218 咪可以 "up-scaling" 輸入o既視訊o既？你地有無人用到呀？點樣先用到呢？