Asus O! Play HD2 Media Player

• Inputs
  • 1 x Power (DC) input
  • 2 x USB 2.0 port
  • 1 x USB 3.0 port
  • 1 x USB/eSATA combo port
  • 1 x LAN port (10/100Mbps)
  • 1 x HDMI port
  • 1 x Composite audio-video (AV) port
  • 1 x Component port
  • 1 x Optical digital (S/PDIF) port
  • 1 x Coaxial digital (S/PDIF) port
  • 1 x CF card reader
  • 1 x SD/MMC card reader
  • 1 x MS/MS-Duo card reader
  • Wireless
    • Wi-Fi 802.11n
    • Support Media Formats
      • Video Formats
        • MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RM/RMVB
• Video File Extensions
  • MP4, MOV, Xvid, AVI, ASF,WMV, MKV, FLV, TS, M2TS, DAT, MPG, VOB, MTS, ISO IFO, TRP
• Audio Formats
  • MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, AIFF, Dolby Digital AC3, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS Digital Surround, ID3 Tag, Dolby TrueHD, PCM/LPCM
• Image Formats
  • JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF
• Subtitle Formats
  • SRT, SUB, SMI, SSA, TXT

Asus is always great at covering all the bases by including various media file formats and inputs that many users may have. I was extremely riveted when I tested out the USB 3.0 port for transferring and playing media files. It was amazing fast and flawless. Many of its competitors like the DVico HD 1080p Media Player and WD TV do not even offer a USB 3.0 port. The O! Play HD2 played every file type I gave it with amazing quality.

They have also improved the screen resolution for non-HDTVs when using composite AV cables. In their older model O! Play Air, I had many problems with the right resolution for regular TVs. However, Asus’ new model has great video quality for both composite AV cable and HDMI output. They have included a 3.5 inch internal hard drive bay so that you could install your hard drive and potentially leave it there. The space for the hard drive is pretty small and very inconvenient to work with. And the internal cooling system for the internal hard drive bay is not great at all. It has a loud annoying fan that turns on when the internal hard drive heats up which started right when I installed the drive. I preferred to just use plug my external hard drive or flash drive into the USB 3.0 port.