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Hantech Markus 800 media player
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Posted by Ron Trippaers
Posted on 21/07/08 09:36
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What's in the box?

As it stands the quality of the contents was mediocre which I suppose was a cost saving decision, taking away the ability for the Markus 800 to impress us again. The box contains the following items:Inside the box Markus 800

- 1 X Markus 800 unit
- 1 X Power Supply + Cord
- 1 X Markus Remote Control
- 1 X Component Cable
- 1 X Composite (SD) Cable
- 1 X A to B USB cable
- 1 X Manual

We leave it up to you how important you feel the main missing items are. Neither HDMI cable nor a network cable is provided. This does limit the ability to use the player with HD output or network out of the box. Given the cheap additional cost these days for both, this is almost sad in this price range.

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Posted by AB (guest) on Sunday 31 August 2008 06:20
CONS: Player rejects latest firmware (v 118) from Hantec, fast forwards through mkv files horribly (frequently stopped 30 minutes before or after the scene I would be fast forwarding through), drops the sound for high definition mpeg2 files.

PRO: Does a fantastic job recognizing files on USB devices, plays standard video beautifully but I didn't purchase the device to play standard video.

As is, I cannot recommend this device for anyone looking for a device that plays HD files.
Posted by ben dieckman (guest) on Saturday 04 October 2008 19:46
I now own a Markus 800 and experience the same problems during playback of files.
Does not play sound during HD MWV, stops frquently during playback of any file.
Also had a problem updating the firmware had to return the unit to Hantech, service was excellent. However questions about the playback of certain files are just neglected and not answerd!
Would not recommend this problem at all!
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