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Astone AP-300 $179.00 ($199 Minus $20 for Code below) (1.5tb Hard Drive) $6.95 Postage. COTD

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Astone AP-300 $179.00 ($199 Minus $20 for Code below) (1.5tb Hard Drive) $6.95 Postage. COTD
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markybee on 11/09/2010 - 15:21 catchoftheday.com.au (2237 clicks)
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20more

See qqq…catchofthedays post to receive an extra $20 off………

use coupon code 20more to receive the discount!!!!!!! For those who've already bought this follow the instructions to get a credit :)

this might be more to your liking compared to the apple tv??

Would appreciate feedback if this is a good bargain as I missed out on the apple tv for $129

Some replies said that static ice etc were cheaper however none of these come with the hard drive and the closest price I could find was $290 with a 1TB hdd

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  • SuBw00FeR on 11/09/2010 - 15:27
    +1

    Dunno if it's a bargain or not, but a Media center with a 1.5TB HDD for $199 sounds good to me, plays basically everything, has network play to.

    I bought one. :)

  • uraha on 11/09/2010 - 15:28
    +1

    omg it plays mkv with h.264 and rmvb

    MOVIE Video: MPEG-1 (DAT / MPG / MPEG); MPEG-2 (MPG / MPEG / VOB / ISO / IFO / TS / TP) MPEG-4 (MP4 / AVI / MOV); DivX 3/4/5/6, Xvid (AVI / MKV) H.264 AVC (TS / AVI / MKV / MOV) VC-1 (TS / AVI / MKV / WMV); WMV 9 (WMV); Real Video HD 8/9/10 (RM / RMVB); FLV (FLV)

    it's only around $100 on staticice http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Astone+Media+Ge…

    • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 15:49

      that's right mate but no hard drive…….

  • bargainhunter on 11/09/2010 - 15:33

    Umart have the AP-300 for $100. [edit; as uraha points out]

    • Trance N Dance on 11/09/2010 - 15:40

      But those don't have the 1.5TB HDD inside em do they ;)

  • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 15:39

    with the 1.5tb hard drive guys??

  • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 15:43

    Checked those deals for $100 etc and neither of these come with the 1.5tb hdd

    $290 with 1tb from Umart bargainhunter..

  • sportivocamry on 11/09/2010 - 15:57
    +1

    The media centre itself cost around $100, a WD 1.5TB cost $90 and the remote cost $10 so $199 is about the right price to pay for this package and not really a bargain. If you have a spare hard disk lying around, then you can save youself $90.

    • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 16:23

      fair point camry

      Can never have enough hard drives and it's inbuilt meaning more room for the ps3 and less grief from the minister of finance :)

    • StewBalls on 11/09/2010 - 17:32
      +2

      Yeah, I keep tripping over all those pesky old 1.5tb drives I've got lying all over the joint! :p

      • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 17:35

        see camry……… stewballs gets where I'm coming from haha

    • Cripto on 12/09/2010 - 01:37
      +2

      could you please link me to a WD 1.5TB for $90 ???

  • Chux on 11/09/2010 - 16:00

    tempting…

    op… it also might be worth mentioning the $6.95 shipping cost somewhere in the post…

  • TOKEN8 on 11/09/2010 - 16:04

    I got this from CoTD last time, but with the 1tb HD for $180. It is a great media player that has played everything I have tried so far. Would recommend. Also the Astone support forums for their media players is extensive, so if you have any problems it probably is not too hard to resolve.

    • andy19363 on 11/09/2010 - 16:16

      Also the Astone support forums for their media players is extensive, so if you have any problems it probably is not too hard to resolve.

      There is little or no official Astone support whatsoever from the forums…..

      Having said that…..if you can put up with it's niggles, it's not a bad player

      • StewBalls on 11/09/2010 - 16:50

        I actually read that as meaning the support forums themselves were extensive!

        However, you are right, Astone's official input there is minimal; lucky there's some fairly knowledgable end users there to lend a hand! ;)

      • ywpn on 11/09/2010 - 23:03

        the forums are filled with irate customers

        • StewBalls on 12/09/2010 - 00:56
          +1

          Support forums usually are! ;)

    • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2010 - 16:24
      +1

      yeah I got one last time for that price too, I agree its a great media player that plays everything and I've had no problems with it,
      Astone do release firmware updates reguarly which improve the product and fix flaws = customer support

  • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 16:10

    Thanks Chux updated……

  • savememoney on 11/09/2010 - 16:30

    Aarrgh! Bought one! Curse myself for my itchy finger! :P

    Now I can offload all my movies and animation on to the device and watch it on my TV instead of my monitor…

    • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 16:32

      Apologies savememoney…. I'm still resisting haha

      • savememoney on 11/09/2010 - 16:39

        No worries markybee, my fault, I gave in too easily… lol

  • QQQ - CatchOfTheDay on 11/09/2010 - 16:30
    +12

    Not convinced?

    Use coupon code "20more" for $20 more discount.

    Already purchased? E-mail [email protected] with your order number, OZB username and Catch e-mail address for a store credit of $20. Allow a couple of weeks for processing.

    • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 16:33

      thanks qqq.

    • savememoney on 11/09/2010 - 16:34

      Great offer made even better! Thanks QQQ!

      Email on its way!

      Cheers!

    • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2010 - 16:40

      Damm I just purchased one for my Mum 5 minutes ago :(

      • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 16:42

        mate read qqq's post to get a credit :)

        • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2010 - 16:56

          I did read that and I think its great that he made the offer for store credit

      • savememoney on 11/09/2010 - 16:44

        I'm keeping this, giving my mom my WD Media Player instead…

        • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 16:50

          HaHaHa……

    • SuBw00FeR on 11/09/2010 - 17:24

      Thanks QQQ, I'll shoot off an e-mail now. :)

    • shopaholic32 on 12/09/2010 - 09:03

      Thanks QQQ, Awesone deal, just bought it but forgot to put in discount code!! Will send email now instead.

  • Davo1111 on 11/09/2010 - 16:44

    WANT

  • timhn on 11/09/2010 - 16:48

    This is great price - I got one about 1yr ago for same price but 1/2 the HD. But I suggest before you make a purchase have a look at the AP-300 (and AP-360) forums for the issues :

    http://www.astone.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=21

    Especially the HD files lost

    http://www.astone.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=662&sid=…

    This is a great little (and cheap) unit and virtually can play anything you throw at. The interface is not great. Torrent feature is totally crap. If only Astone can really polish their firmware - or release it for Opensource to fix it, after all it's running on Linux.

  • msmavi on 11/09/2010 - 16:54

    I would prefer Noontec V8 over Astone. It costs about $145 + $90 for 1.5 TB hard drive. Better configuration and better build quality. Have one and no complaints.

    • StewBalls on 11/09/2010 - 17:19
      +4

      Noontec eh? More expensive+noisy fan+reduced codec support = FAIL! :p

      Better configuration and better build quality, seriously dude, where did you pluck that one from??? I'm pleased for you that your happy with your player, but don't just make shit up, you only make yourself look silly! ;)

  • StewBalls on 11/09/2010 - 16:54

    Great price, great player, great deal - I wouldn't hesitate if I didn't have two already! :)

  • twisties123 on 11/09/2010 - 17:11

    Can you copy files from the front USB into the HDD?

  • bargrin on 11/09/2010 - 17:37

    Anything else out there like thus but with a tv tuner built in or video inputs.

    I need something that does all same formats but also record tv.

    • markybee on 11/09/2010 - 17:41

      Mate if you have a ps3 buy play T.V… chuck in a huge hard drive and hey presto

      • bargrin on 11/09/2010 - 17:46

        Yeah but found my ps3 doesn't read TS files that record on my Divco pvr.

        And my divco pvr didn't read MKV files

    • nowlan on 11/09/2010 - 17:46

      Astone 360T - similar w/ PVR
      http://www.astone.com.au/index.php?productID=27

      • aldog on 11/09/2010 - 18:29

        If QQQ can get one of those bad boys next time with the inbuilt TV tuner for a decent price, I'm sold!

        • lucyr on 11/09/2010 - 20:20

          yeah I would buy the Astone 360T as well if you had it on sale this week.

          • ywpn on 11/09/2010 - 23:04

            @lucyr: i highly recommend you check the Astone forums before purchasing the 360

            • StewBalls on 12/09/2010 - 00:39

              @ywpn: I have two family members and a friend who all purchased early model 360T's; all had the tuners fail, and one lost everything on the HDD; but all were replaced with new updated units without a qualm by Astone themselves! :)

              The replacements have; however, all performed flawlessly in the months since they've been back! ;)

              • ywpn on 12/09/2010 - 10:50

                @StewBalls: Hmm…don't suppose you would know the model numbers of the earlier and later units?
                Was this to do with hardware or firmware issues?

                • StewBalls on 12/09/2010 - 12:43

                  @ywpn: No, sorry we didn't record them, Astone were so good about replacing them we didn't see a need; but IIRC there was a list of affected serial/versions on WP & the Astone forums at one stage.

                  I know Astone kept citing firmware issues, but no firmware even looked like it was gonna address the issue; so IMHO the tuners themselves in those versions were sketchy; I've lost a few devices over the years to dodgy tuners, it looked a pretty clear-cut case to me! ;)

                  To their credit though, one phone call to Astone tech support & they didn't quibble over new for old replacment; and as I said, they're all still working perfectly since! :)

            • lucyr on 12/09/2010 - 00:42

              @ywpn: hmm maybe i will do some reading first. thanks

  • soyea on 11/09/2010 - 18:49
    +1

    If you do not want the frills then you can by a $99 Soniq Blu-ray player from JBHifi that plays all format and has USB input.

  • matt777 on 11/09/2010 - 19:11

    Wireless is very flakey on these so be careful.
    I gave up after 6 mnths and ended up building a proper pc for media etc.

  • llama on 11/09/2010 - 23:39

    I've got one of these units that streams movies and music from a D-Link DNS323 NAS box. The interface is pretty crude but it works well enough and it'll play almost anything. They are great for movies, but so far I havej't found any brand that is much good for music… the quality is great, but the interface is not much good (compared to something like iTunes or even WMP).

    Wireless hasn't really got enough bandwidth to stream reliably on any of these devices (esp. at FullHD), especially if there are other devices on the network, walls in the way, and/or microwave ovens, cordless phones etc. Either wire it using Cat5, or use wireless to copy the movie to the HDD then play it from there.

    • StewBalls on 12/09/2010 - 00:34
      +1

      Dunno whats going on with your network dude, but I was streaming a movie with these specs wirelessly from my PC using the Astone dongle earlier this evening:

      RELEASE SiZE………: 12.32 GB
      ViDEO CODEC……….: x264L4.1 @ 12410 Kbps
      RESOLUTiON…………: 1920 x 816
      FRAMERATE………….: 23.976 fps
      AUDiO CODEC……….: English DTS 5.1 @ 1.5 Mbps

      No freezing, no skipping or dropped frames etc. My router, Open824RLW is only 802.11g (54Mbps) too! You might wanna check your network settings! ;)

      • cookiecat on 12/09/2010 - 00:57

        Can I just confirm with you if this was:

        PC—-(wired)—->Router—-(wireless)—->AP-300 —>

        or

        PC—-(wireless)—->Router—-(wireless)—->AP-300

        If it was the latter I may need to look into one of these bad boys too.

        • StewBalls on 12/09/2010 - 01:20
          +1

          It is indeed the latter; PC(D-Link DWA-110 wireless)>>>Router(Open824RLW wireless)>>>AP-300(Astone AW-N290 wireless). :)

          FWIW, when I'm doing this sort of thing, I do take the precaution of making sure there's absolutely no other network traffic going on at the time!!! ;)

        • skinny on 12/09/2010 - 08:41

          A wireless N router capable at 300Mbps also helps with streaming video, if other devices are also connecting at the same time

          • StewBalls on 12/09/2010 - 10:02

            @skinny: Yep, I suspect you're right…as soon as someone gives me one, or my G router dies, I'll be movin' on up! ;)

            Of course, then I suppose I'll have to pony up for a wireless N dongle for the PC too! :o

            • skinny on 14/09/2010 - 10:24

              @StewBalls: Try finding out if you have Quality of Service and enable it for the ip that does the video

  • ewik on 12/09/2010 - 09:49
    +1

    I was about to buy this, but the coupon says expired. Please fix.

    • kfh_9118 on 12/09/2010 - 11:07
      +1

      same here, qqq can we still use the credit please?

  • ewik on 12/09/2010 - 09:54

    Ok, I'll buy anyways and get that $20 store credit.

    How long is the credit valid for?

  • smarter_fool on 12/09/2010 - 11:43

    Code didn't work at checkout. Guess I will be alright with the store credit but this post needs to be updated

  • QQQ - CatchOfTheDay on 12/09/2010 - 11:50
    +1

    Coupon fixed

    • kfh_9118 on 12/09/2010 - 11:56

      many thanks qqq. you're the best.
      I've just bought one with the coupon code, as well as the HDMI cable.

      hopefully it will be a good media player. I was considering buying WD TV before, but can't resist not buying this one instead at this price.

    • smarter_fool on 12/09/2010 - 12:08

      Does this mean I will still get store credit and not money back to my account as it was a coupon issue?

      • Matador_OZ on 12/09/2010 - 12:18

        Email them with your details

  • Matador_OZ on 12/09/2010 - 12:06

    thanks bought one at the last minute

  • darshil on 19/09/2010 - 15:34

    Any way the coupon can be reactivated QQQ? It's available to buy today and I would really buy it with the $20 off. Thanks

  • SrMoure on 20/09/2010 - 14:12
    -2

    This product has a fault which causes the loss of all the files in the internal hard drive. According to a comapny representative, the units are not designed for storing data, only for playing media.

    • StewBalls on 20/09/2010 - 22:00

      Troll much?

  • savememoney on 26/09/2010 - 12:45

    For those who ordered early and missed the coupon code, and also emailed in for the store credit, have you got any replies yet?

    • skinny on 26/09/2010 - 16:19

      check your account for the store credit - that's what happened to me with my previous purchase - no e-mail, but credit appeared.

      • savememoney on 27/09/2010 - 01:49

        I've checked under all sub-headings but none of them shows anything about a credit.

        I've emailed QQQ, waiting for his/her reply.

        • smarter_fool on 27/09/2010 - 15:52

          Same here, I can't see any store credit on my account.
          Awaiting reply form QQQ

          • savememoney on 02/10/2010 - 02:43

            @smarter_fool: If QQQ is reading this, it has now been 3 weeks to the day and still no response, not even an email acknowledging they have received it…

            This was before the 'Catcha Don't Tuesday', surely you must be able to reply by now…

            Very poor form indeed…

            • smarter_fool on 02/10/2010 - 21:53

              @savememoney: Okay here is my update. Received no response from QQQ emailed again on 26th Sept. On 28th logged on COTD and emailed using the feedback form
              received response and $20 were credited to my account the next day ( it appears as a link under your account information).
              Purchased Astone dongle on 30th Sept with the credit. AP-300 on FW 1.92 will soon be complete.
              I think QQQ is on a break :)

              • savememoney on 03/10/2010 - 21:37

                @smarter_fool: I had a reply from Anees L. Sabet, Head of Buying & Sales, two days ago saying it will be done shortly, still waiting… as the Yellow Pages (tm) ad goes… >:(

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