Mustek PVR H-140 (40 GB) Digital Media Player
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- Number of Songs: 10000
- Usage: Music Video Recording Photo Viewing
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Screen Size: 3.6 inch
- Main Storage Type: Hard Drive
- Expansion Slots: Multimedia Card SD Memory Cards
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Might be a little annoying if used for videos
Pros
STORAGE,MUSIC
Cons
VIDEO,PARTLY AV, no support for any music format but mp3
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
This Product just brought me head aches.
PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To start this product has all the features it says, but they way you read them are deceiving. You see this in some of the features I will explain.
Music: Just like it say if you bought this sole for playing mp3 files than it's for you... allot more space than ipod video
Video: Don't think you are going to get away with putting any movies that you might have on your computer on this device. You see the only format that I've found this product to play is ASF. The problem with this is the only converter out there is their own converter supplied with the product. The converter is cheap. It uses Windows media encoder 7.1 which is supposed to be way back when, in the windows 2000 age. So the converter will not even work if you have windows Xp and the new Windows media encoder 9. What you have to do is go on Google and search for the old encoder, and I think it was on like the 23 page. Then when you finally get it to work there is a chance that you file cant be converted and if can be converted it is dreadfully slow... I mean like you could go to china and back and it would not even be half way done converting a 300 mb file. Don't get this product if you are using it for movies. Check around for another device. DON'T GET THIS PRODUCT FOR VIDEOS OFF YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!
AV: Yes this feature is nice especially if you want to watch a show and be recording it to watch tomorrow. BUT if you were thinking that you could use this like a VCR then you are mistaken. You can set up times to record, but the device must be powered on and in standby mode for the scheduled recording to start. So if the battery runs out in the meantime then it just won't work. If you are going to use this feature for a sort of picture in picture to watch another channel of the TV while another channel is on, you need a VCR to intercept the channels to your Video-2/ AV section of your TV; otherwise you have to watch the same channel that is on the TV at that time. AND ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE AV Jacks HAVE INPUT AND OUTPUT ON TVS , SO WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTING THE DEVICE TO THE TV LOOK TO SEE IF THE AV JACK YOU ARE PLUGGING INTO IS INPUT OR OUTPUT. IF IT IS INPUT LOOK FOR THE OUT PUT. IF IT IS OUT PUT JUST PLUG IT IN AND GO TO THE AV SECTION AND THE TV SHOW SHOULD BE PLAYING ON THE PVR-H140.
SOUND RECORDING: Didn't use the feature much, but if you are into recording your voice than this feature is fairly nice
Games: Im sure you can code your own somehow... the ones that come with it though are lacking... I mean the tic-tac-toe is rigged.
Storage: If you are using this for a storage device then you are all set. Just plug it into your computer if you have win-XP then it should classify this device as a storage medium and just give it a drive letter and from there it is all drag and drop onto the drive.
The Battery: Well I've only had this for 2 days so I would not know much about the long run, but from what I hear the battery wears out after a while. For me, though, it ran out after about 4 hours of use, well almost ran out, I went to bed so I didn't find out.
Misc.: Other than that other things to bring up are that I could not get the stand to work. The head phones that came with it are NOT like the Ipod's headphones, but I liked them because they would stay in my ears.
To start this product has all the features it says, but they way you read them are deceiving. You see this in some of the features I will explain.
Music: Just like it say if you bought this sole for playing mp3 files than it's for you... allot more space than ipod video
Video: Don't think you are going to get away with putting any movies that you might have on your computer on this device. You see the only format that I've found this product to play is ASF. The problem with this is the only converter out there is their own converter supplied with the product. The converter is cheap. It uses Windows media encoder 7.1 which is supposed to be way back when, in the windows 2000 age. So the converter will not even work if you have windows Xp and the new Windows media encoder 9. What you have to do is go on Google and search for the old encoder, and I think it was on like the 23 page. Then when you finally get it to work there is a chance that you file cant be converted and if can be converted it is dreadfully slow... I mean like you could go to china and back and it would not even be half way done converting a 300 mb file. Don't get this product if you are using it for movies. Check around for another device. DON'T GET THIS PRODUCT FOR VIDEOS OFF YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!
AV: Yes this feature is nice especially if you want to watch a show and be recording it to watch tomorrow. BUT if you were thinking that you could use this like a VCR then you are mistaken. You can set up times to record, but the device must be powered on and in standby mode for the scheduled recording to start. So if the battery runs out in the meantime then it just won't work. If you are going to use this feature for a sort of picture in picture to watch another channel of the TV while another channel is on, you need a VCR to intercept the channels to your Video-2/ AV section of your TV; otherwise you have to watch the same channel that is on the TV at that time. AND ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE AV Jacks HAVE INPUT AND OUTPUT ON TVS , SO WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTING THE DEVICE TO THE TV LOOK TO SEE IF THE AV JACK YOU ARE PLUGGING INTO IS INPUT OR OUTPUT. IF IT IS INPUT LOOK FOR THE OUT PUT. IF IT IS OUT PUT JUST PLUG IT IN AND GO TO THE AV SECTION AND THE TV SHOW SHOULD BE PLAYING ON THE PVR-H140.
SOUND RECORDING: Didn't use the feature much, but if you are into recording your voice than this feature is fairly nice
Games: Im sure you can code your own somehow... the ones that come with it though are lacking... I mean the tic-tac-toe is rigged.
Storage: If you are using this for a storage device then you are all set. Just plug it into your computer if you have win-XP then it should classify this device as a storage medium and just give it a drive letter and from there it is all drag and drop onto the drive.
The Battery: Well I've only had this for 2 days so I would not know much about the long run, but from what I hear the battery wears out after a while. For me, though, it ran out after about 4 hours of use, well almost ran out, I went to bed so I didn't find out.
Misc.: Other than that other things to bring up are that I could not get the stand to work. The head phones that came with it are NOT like the Ipod's headphones, but I liked them because they would stay in my ears.
