Mvix Ultio media player available for pre-order

Monday, June 29, 2009, 4:40
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mvix_ultio In order to redefine the HD Media player market, Mvix has announced the availability of its latest media player. Known as the Ultio, the new media player boasts of offering HD video output and media playback at incredible 1080p besides supporting for a range of AV codecs and formats.

These codecs and formats are featured with distinctive formats such as FLAC, MKV, AVC-HD, MOV, Dixv HD, VC-1, H.264, FLV and many more. Built on hard disk, this new media player is capable of storing around 1.5TB of HD media. It can also play Blu-ray quality video.

Not just the above mentioned features, if you like to watch movies, just hook up the new media player to a television to watch utilizing the built-in HDMI port. Ultio brags superb flexibility and scalability, which makes watching HD movies or home videos simple.

The Ultio also comes featured with optional wireless-N capability, network port, UPnP implementation and samba server. Thus the constant connection with services such as Tversity or PlayOn, is made possible.

Besides, the Ultio player is also claimed to be perfect for digital media storage, sharing and acquisition, all this is made possible through the blend of included basic NAS treats and Torrent Client. As its reviews, the Mvix Ultio gets its power through incredible HD image clarity and digital sound, plus, it lets you take full advantage of HTPC.

In addition, the media can also be streamed from NAS and further servers and shared, password-protected PC folders. You can also use it to format the hard-drive of player and can rename, delete and copy files. You are also allowed to transfer files through a Mac, USB, PC and via network share or with a portable remote.

Without HDD, the regular version of the Mvix Ultio media player comes with the price tag of around $169, whereas the best version of the player with 1TB hard drive comes with the price tag of just $259. Ultio media player is slated to be shipped in the July’s first week of 2009. This media player can be availed via Amazon.com, Thinkgeek.com, Buy.com and through MvixUSA’s store.

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Bob

I've owned an Mvix Ultio for about 3 months now and the following are my issues:
1. My 1.5 TB hard drive currently overheats the unit and the power button blinks blue and red.
2. The unit stops recognizing my hard drive and files are unreachable.
3. After problems with overheating, their support team told me to revert back to a previous firmware which caused the screen to lock on the firmware menu. When the update failed to finish, a subsequent reboot just brought up a splash screen but no menu.
4. HDMI no longer works.
5. MVIX wants me to pay for shipping their faulty hardware back to them.
6. MVIX won't refund your money if you wait longer than 30 days to determine the device is crap
7. Promise of itegration with hulu and netflix never worked
8. Menu is aweful and to find anything requires navigating a file tree a number of nodes deep.
9. The unit will not shut down when the power button is pressed

I own a MVIX 9500U portable device that has been greeat but I was sorely dissappointed in this unit.

Daniel Flick

I have had nearly an identical response to John's. I received mine as defective from a pre-order in July (no video) and after waiting a month to repair, I got the unit back. I had video this time but the unit did not function. I would only see USB drives from time to time and the hard drive formatted once but was never seen by the unit again. After a month of tinkering with this and that at the direction of support, I finally lost patience and returned it hoping that I would get it back fixed. A month later, I got a note that they did not receive an RMA form (my fault for not reading the fine print). I questioned why it took a month to get that reply and they told me that they wait for the customer to contact them! I demanded a refund but they countered that the unit was beyond the 30 day refund policy. Never mind that they were repairing it for over the first 30 days! Lesson learned. My strong advice is to purchase another brand but if you really want an Ulto, you will find mine on eBay when they return it to me again. I finally broke down and filled out the form and hopefully it will return fixed this time.

Mike

Had this Ultio for over a month now. I'm still having ups and downs with it. I've worked through them with "temp" fixes but no permanent fix from the MvixUsa. Opened up tickets, did the whole thing. If you want to get involved and talk about the Ultio visit the site I made just for it. We need some new good people. Site is BRAND new. Thanks!

spongebub

I used to download movies and burn them unto a DVD disc and watch it on my DVD player. With Mvix Ultio, I simply download all my videos using its Bittorrent client and save them to its internal hard drive. I can enjoy the media I like anytime. Very simple. I'm glad I found Mvix Ultio. :)

movie fan

First thing out of the box I was surprised at the assortment of cables that they gave me. Honestly, I don't think I have ever purchased a device that came with the HDMI cable. This is what I call a "Complete Device" I still haven't figured out why companies don't do it. I jumped right into hooking the device up. The playback of my 1080p library is beyond imagination - very good quality. I basically bought it for my MKV/H.264 content - and I am pleased I did it. Awesome product!