ASUS O!Play Air HDP-R3 Media Player Review

Legit Mods and Ends Reviews

Manufacturer:	ASUS
Product:	O!Play Air HDP-R3
Date:	Mon, Jun 28, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By:	Ken Brown -
Share:

Setting up the O!Play Air

The ASUS O!Play Air has exactly the same software as the original O!Play making navigation a breeze. To filter your music, video, or photos, you can select one of the seven scrolling menus.

Here is the icon for displaying Photos:

Here is the icon for playing Music:

Here is the icon for Movies:

The ASUS O!Player even lets you copy files between your sources. For instance, I can copy things from a USB drive to a network drive or from one attached hard drive to another.

We first went over to the “Setup” Menu to set the aspect ratio and network settings. Nothing out of the ordinary here, since this functionality is identical to the Patriot Box Office Media Player that typifies a Realtek 1073-based media player.

Here you can see that the internal Wi-Fi antenna is picking up - and has connected to - a very strong signal. This should bode well for our HD media tests later on. The Wired LAN is shown here connected as well.

Under the “On-Line Media” area, you can tune into a number of Internet TV, Radio, Weather, and Picture sites for free.

Unfortunately, no YouTube or Netflix access here yet. On the upside, you can get to your Picassa and Flickr accounts. Many media players are now allowing YouTube and Netflix to be shown directly through the media players' interface, so one could expect this feature to come to the O!Player Air in the future.

Next Page - ASUS O!Play Air Performance

Review Index

Page 1 - ASUS Upgrades the Original 2009 O!Play
Page 2 - Inside the ASUS O!Play Air
Page 3 - A Closer Look at the O!Play Air
Page 4 - Setting up the O!Play Air
Page 5 - ASUS O!Play Air Performance
Page 6 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions

Legit Reviews