NO Broadcom Crystal HD card! Does YOURS have it? Can someone else who's bought this, tell me if there is a Broadcom Crystal HD Decoder that shows up in the device manager (Control Panel, System and Security, System, Device Manager) under Sound, video...
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The review from Carlos A. Sanchez gets it right. This is an excellent netbook. Uninstall Flash Player 10.0. Install Flash Player 10.1.53.38 RC4. Install Broadcom Crystal HD 3.3.0 drivers from Broadcom.com. The package contains 32- and 64-bit drivers. People doing a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate should upgrade RAM to 2GB PC2-6400. The Seagate HD is good enough. Go for an SSD if you have the money. I am using this mostly for watching Netflix on the patio. Netlix uses Silverlight which is currently at version 4.0.50401.0. If you did not receive the Crystal HD decoder, you know what to do!
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Thanks for the info. Guess i have to wait for the newer firmware version. Since I purchase on Amazon, i assume i would have to work it through Samsung if i bricked it. P.S. Funny enough, when I first received the unit, i tried to do a firware upgrade and it said that none were available. It should have been, so maybe i was lucky it didn't work.
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I am wondering the same now.. No wonder I have never been able to get it to work on my computer. Lately can't get my camera to even recognize the card. I had to go purchase a new card
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Does it recognize any other device that you plug into it? If so, I'm guessing it's ur HHD. If not, try to reinstall. I think the link I provided earlier has been changed but I have the original drivers that I can email to you if you would like?
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I agree, it is unethical to have the exact same hardware and not enable all of the features. Further make the better model only available at one location for the same price. I have the 2500 and have made it my quest to make it a 2550. So far I have edited the firmware and nearly had it beat. There is some security protocol or checksum that is preventing the upgrade. Since editing the latest version of the firmware does not seem to be working in the short term, I am going to try and take the firmware back to the earliest version I can find and maybe make some magic happen that way. If anybody figures this out let me know, I'll do the same. I agree, it is unethical to have the exact same hardware and not enable all of the features. Further make the better model only available at one location for the same price. I have the 2500 and have made it my quest to make it a 2550. So far I have edited the firmware and nearly had it beat. There is some security protocol or checksum that is preventing the upgrade. Since editing the latest version of the firmware does not seem to be working in the short term, I am going to try and take the firmware back to the earliest version I can find and maybe make some magic happen that way. If... » Read More I agree, it is unethical to have the exact same hardware and not enable all of the features. Further make the better model only available at one location for the same price. I have the 2500 and have made it my quest to make it a 2550. So far I have edited the firmware and nearly had it beat. There is some security protocol or checksum that is preventing the upgrade. Since editing the latest version of the firmware does not seem to be working in the short term, I am going to try and take the firmware back to the earliest version I can find and maybe make some magic happen that way. If anybody figures this out let me know, I'll do the same. « Show Less
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I had the same problem. The box is advertised to decode unscrambles QAM off of cable as well as OTA. When I spoke with customer service, they told me I needed a firmware update. The customer service email address then stopped working, so I sent the box back. I have heard that v1 firmware works with QAM, v2 does not. I saw someone say they found firmware that worked using help from the "AVS forum". I've been searching all over and can't find a box that works well decoding QAM from cable. I am now thinking of trying this one again, in desperation.
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Hello-I am desperately seeking assistance with my SA8300HD in use with my WD My DVR Expander. I have been using the expander successfully with this box for about a year and a half. Recently Time Warner "upgraded" my area (Austin, TX) with the Navigator interface. After that all seemed to be lost. I had over 150 shows recorded for future viewing all gone. Multiple calls and emails later I was given contradictory information. First I was told that the SATA port would no longer work for the expander. Today I was told that it could be used but only for storage when the dvr is full. No instructions on how to use it in that manner (to switch recordings to the expander or back again) and of course the usual TW company line about not supporting any issues with the expander. Any low tech information about how this might work or what to do would be truly appreciated. Also I just kind of tripped onto this forum while looking for information so a response to my email address would get the information to me more directly or at least point me back to this forum. I am on my phone typing this and it doesn't show me the url where I got started. Thanks so much in advance, Kathy (ksilb@austin.rr.com)
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In my experience, the driver for this adapter is flaky. This adapter has a broadcom chip and broadcom does not seem to be addressing issues. It took them a long time to get a non beta driver out for Windows 8.1, which still seems to have issues in my experience. I am currently using a Asus adapter that has a ralink chip and it just works. It is n only though.
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Dan,Am planning on buying this Panasonic HDC-SD9 camera. Looks like you have ordered it. Did they include 32 gig card as mentioned in the ad? If they did, then its a great buy!-Sandeep.
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I am also looking for the memory upgrade. If someone who has done this could post details, I would be eternally grateful! Not a member of the geek sqad so I am not sure how to go about it - is there a specific type to buy and how do you instal it?
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3JALOUZKS6MI8/ref=ya_26?ie=UTF8&sort;_by=MostRecentReviewAfter a horrible repair experience, and purchasing a replacement receiver (because I figured I'm never getting the thing back), I did finally receive a repaired TX-NR609. I think it came down to the same issue everyone else has seen with this HDMI board. After getting it home, I plugged it in a bit to test it, and it worked fine, but I haven't had it hooked up, since I had already purchased upgraded replacement receiver. I plan on selling the TX-NR609 to a friend for fairly cheap.If you have it repaired, good luck finding a reputable authorized repair location, and I hope it doesn't take the ridiculously long time it took for mine. http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3JALOUZKS6MI8/ref=ya_26?ie=UTF8&sort;_by=MostRecentReviewAfter a horrible repair experience, and purchasing a replacement receiver (because I figured I'm never getting the thing back), I did finally receive a repaired TX-NR609. I think it came down to the same issue everyone else has seen with this HDMI board. After getting it home, I plugged it in a bit to test it, and it worked fine, but I haven't had it hooked up,... » Read More http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3JALOUZKS6MI8/ref=ya_26?ie=UTF8&sort;_by=MostRecentReviewAfter a horrible repair experience, and purchasing a replacement receiver (because I figured I'm never getting the thing back), I did finally receive a repaired TX-NR609. I think it came down to the same issue everyone else has seen with this HDMI board. After getting it home, I plugged it in a bit to test it, and it worked fine, but I haven't had it hooked up, since I had already purchased upgraded replacement receiver. I plan on selling the TX-NR609 to a friend for fairly cheap.If you have it repaired, good luck finding a reputable authorized repair location, and I hope it doesn't take the ridiculously long time it took for mine. « Show Less
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Um, folks, as someone who WD SENT a free WD Live Plus unit to (because I help out a lot on their forums) I myself am thinking of getting a Popbox. Problem is that the Live Plus has a TON of issues and they aren't planning on resolving them anytime soon (read: maybe sometime next year). I have three Live units (counting the Plus they sent me) and while they do work well *enough* they also have many issues, so unless you do the research (get on the WD forums and start reading, guys -- after you've read about ten thousand messages like I have (and I am the highest poster there) you'll start to know something) I would NOT recommend the Plus right now. On the opposite side, it does Netflix *extremely* well (assuming you discount some of the issues like no component out playing properly, freezing requiring power plug pulling, etc). Truly, if all you want is a Netflix box I'd recommend it highly.
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As far as I know the firmware update cannot make that 630 read SDHC cards. I would be very surprised if somebody could get that to work. If somebody has hacked this limit somehow feel free to post it here. I suspect this is just a misunderstanding.
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Very informative, Matthijs. I was wondering why the card from my new camera was not getting recognized. Old was SD New was SDHC. My version is 20-90-00136. Guess I will go to Sandisk to see if I can update the firmware. EDIT: Well, I just checked. Looks like I am SOL! I guess a new card reader is in the cards.
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lol. that post is Sept 3 a month after I posted I was not supported. Maybe they added support. But if you look in the skype forums they say they only support HD with hardware camera.
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is it SD-HC card? get the driver from Asus support mine has 16GB SD-HC in it, works 100%
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Hi Michael, how did you start up with the 1GB card? I am still on black screen with my old 1GB card? I cannot get in to disable the boot booster, or to do anything!, as all I get is the black screen. Thanks!!!