Xbmc freezes on video playback
934279
I think this hardware defective. I am going to ask for a replacement. If cant be replaced then will ask for a refund
1064277
This product lives up to 80% of its advertising.
Yes, you can install all apps at Google Play. But watching XBMC is no. It kept on freezing, like it is not powerful enough to run the app.
If you put all the movies in a SD card, yes, you will be able to see the movies.
But, if you put them on a 500 GB external drive, the machine will have problem loading all the movies in the drive.

The power supply die as after 2 months, and the company asked $9 to ship me another one.  Really?  Your product power supply die within 2 months, shouldn't you be the one responsible?
1976913
Immediately after receiving this in the mail, I tried it out and found that the Instant Gameview feature was incredibly choppy when testing it with a Wii U. A yellow message is present constantly in the top right corner of the Game Capture HD software indicating that the device is receiving fewer frames than it should. Clicking on it brings you to a page with suggestions on how to improve performance.

Only, my computer's hardware far exceeds the recommended specifications listed on Elgato's website. I have tried everything from connecting it to different USB 3.x host controllers, swapping HDMI cables, reinstalling USB 3.x drivers, Elgato software/drivers, graphics card drivers, enabling the iGPU from my BIOS, disabling Flashback Recording, and more. What puzzles me the most is the inconsistency in it's performance; sometimes the frame rate will be 50+ FPS in the preview, other times no more than 20 FPS. Sometimes the preview will be stuck a solid green color, and I'll have to either re-plug the HDMI or USB cable several times.

After several days of troubleshooting, and trying things suggested by Elgato support (to no avail unfortunately), things are looking bleak.

I will alter this review if any major updates happen or if I can somehow get it to work properly.
2071693
I had one installed and had to reboot it every day.  I replaced it, and the new one does the same thing.  It is also very slow to start showing video when you try to view it remotely.
49843
It works ok on my win 7 media center pc, but causes random lockups on my win 10 pc.
547027
I intend to buy this box just for XBMC activities and I love it, first I thought it does not work properly, but later find out because of HDMI cable, I change other cable, and install it. Come to XBMC with USB plug in, XBMC does not start up. I thought XBMC did not run on this box, I went to forum and got the advice that take out any USb plug in, when XBMC start up, and run properly, we can plug any USB in again without any problem. This is cheap box and work good for XBMC.
1739644
I got this to record video on my XDCAM. I have an EX3, which is an older model with no super slow motion. But it works fine and provides hours of recording.
3056850
Sometimes it works ,sometimes doesn't . I assume it has something to do with codecs
4706509
Worked as advertised, but unable to use because video board did not work with my computer.
125710
I bought this for my home theater PC.  Using XBMC all were powerDVD it plays bluerays perfectly and its completely silent.  Im not much of the gamer, but for bit video playback its stellar.
3366256
I got this as a replacement HDD for an iOmega external drive I use for a DVR that's on 24/7.  Thought it would be a good match but the video during playback briefly freezes on occasion although the audio is seamless.  When I rewind and payback the same segment, it doesn't happen again so the drive is recording the stream flawlessly, it's the playback that's the issue.  I think it may be a problem with the drive controller on the iOmega which is a 5 year old device and may not be ideal for newer SATA-6 drives.
215323
Many video add-ons did not work with Kodi (Helix) even after upgrading it to 14.1.  Some even caused the system to crash/hang.  I had to use the older XBMC 13.2 to make them work.  Matricom should fix this issue first before preloading Kodi/Helix.  I'm thinking of returning it.
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This is an update to my previous review from 10/19/06.  I'm returning the second one now.  The picture freezes completely during regular playback of DVD-RAM discs.  You press fast forward and it just freezes.  You stop and play again and the picture is jagged.  Very disappointing because the features are excellent.  The previous unit froze during chase playback.

I am on my second Samsung DVD-R145 in two months.  First, the things I like:  great picture quality, excellent user interface, and I especially like the MP3 playback (specifically, the ability to create a playlist and to play tracks in random order, not all DVD recorders provide those functions).  Second, the minor annoyances that may just become major:  during "chase playback" (using DVD-RAM discs, watching the program currently being recorded), after fast-forwarding and then pressing play, the picture jitters consistently.  You have to press STOP and then press PLAY again in order to stop the jittering.  Then there's the bigger issue of synchronization of sound and picture.  Many programs that I've recorded, when played back, do not have the picture and sound synchronized - and they can be off pretty badly, too, not just milliseconds.  The first unit did that and I ignored it most of the time but now that the second unit does it, I am losing my patience.  Add to that the fact that when I contacted Samsung about it, after finally getting a response to my e-mail (8 days), the recommendation was to record at "a better speed." I record at LP.  Not the end of the world, and I've never had this synchronization problem with any other DVD recorder (Panasonic, Toshiba).  So that's not helping.  I will wait and see but I suspect I'll return this one too and go with yet another brand (I can't seem to find the right combination of quality and features).
974629
full screen video completely locks up the device, known MP4 issues.  im seriously considering returning it for a refund
4814803
Every minute or so, it would stop and have to buffer.  I tried pausing and it did not help.  I tried starting from the beginning and it did not help at all
4444689
Had to send this back because it would not play any video content. I tried multiple PCI cards and then realized it was the board and not the PCI cards.
1181114
I bought this device to do some game streaming in Linux from my PS3. It is supported by the kernel and shows up as a V4L2 device, however it is not supported by Open Broadcast Software (yet). ffplay does show the stream perfectly however - until the resolution changes, which crashes it.

It seems to work up to 1080i - 1080p causes a corrupted display. Overall not usable for me until it is supported by OBS, but I'm happy to have a USB capture device that mostly works in Linux.