The UI is very simple and easy to understand and use.
Luckily, you can download a copy of the English Manual from their website. One issue I had was that the manual that came with it is all in Chinese. Photo file format: JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, GIF Video formats: AVI, MPG,TS/M2TS/TP/TRP, ISO, IFO, VOB, DAT, MP4, FLV, WMV, MKV, MOV, RM/RMVBĪudio formats: APE, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, Dolby Digital, DTS DigitalĪudio codec: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, AAC, LPCM, FLAC, AC3 And the HDD doesn’t need any special formatting as it supports FAT32 and NTFS. The Noontec V8 reads just about any of the more common file for movies (including Bluray ISO), music and photos. The LED display up front also provides helpful info about the media you are currently playing. There’s a Gigabit LAN port as well to connect the player to the network although an optional WiFi dongle can be hooked to one of the USB 2.0 ports if you want wireless connection. The SD card reader is on the right side and can read media card with up to 8GB in capacity (not sure why it’s limited to that size but it could probably be fixed with a firmware update). There’s a single HDMI port at the back to connect to your TV or, if you have an analog display, use the S-Video sockets. You can also connect an external drive, NAS, or SD card on any of the ports built into the player. That somewhat justifies the larger than usual size of the player compared to the ones we used before.
The drive bay can be easily opened from the front when you install a HDD (no need to unscrew any of the metal panels). You can transfer movies into the drive via a USB 3.0 cable or directly download files straight into the client. The Noontec V8 houses an internal storage using a 2.5″ or 3.5″ HDD with capacities of up to 3TB. The player looks like a cross between one of those black and slim DVD players and the PS3 with its combination of glossy and sand-paper finish. The manufacturer (Noontec) is based in Shenzen, China and has been making a lot of media players for years including a recently launched Android Gingerbread-based Smart TV HD Player. There are a number of models in the Noontec line-up and the MovieHome V8 NAS is the newest of the lot (launched back in June with a local distributor bringing the unit to the Philippines just this month). Check out our full review after the jump. It’s a totally new media player to me but having used and played with a lot of similar ones before, it was fairly easy to familiarize myself with the device. We had a good two weeks with the Noontec Media Player MovieHome V8.