Youtube video demonstrating the main features.  The video has been captured at standard resolution, so the image quality is far less than you would experience on a HD TV.

Quality 2m HDMI v1.4 lead included

Fit your own SATA Hard Drive (up to 3TB)

Features

• Full featured media player and streamer
• HDMI v1.4 1080p High Definition Video Output
• Supports major video formats, including MP4 and MKV containers, Blu-ray files.
• Network file sharing
• Media streaming from uPnP media server
• Fast USB 3.0 (or 2.0) for connection to PC
• BitTorrent DownloaderInternet Media Service (Youtube, Picasa, Flickr, RSS news feeds)
• Internet Radio
• File copy between internal disk, Memory Card, USB devices and Network
• Attach 2 USB devices, such as external disks or a USB memory stick, or Wireless Dongle.
• Attach USB DVD Drive, USB Keyboard and Mouse
• Analogue and Digital Video and Audio outputs
• Full 2 Year Warranty

Description

The most feature-rich media player available, but simple to use by non-techies!

Play 3D movies in real Full HD. The FANTEC 3DFHDL media player has a HDMI 1.4 interface and supports all common 3D formats like Frame-Packing, 3D MVC plus 3D SbS (side by side) and 3D TaB (top and bottom). 

Next to this all popular HD video formats like: MKV (H.264), AVCHD, MOV, M2TS, MTS, TS and many other formats as well as 3D and 2D Bluray ISO files with menu (BDMV without Java) are supported. Of course the player can also playback SD video formats for example: DVD (with DVD menu), AVI, MPEG, VOB, MP4, MPG, TS, WMV, DAT and ISO files.

In the area of audio and surround sound the player is able to handle Dolby Digital and DTS sound up to 7.1 channel audio in HD audio or downmix.
By the use of the colour LCD display on the front side of FANTEC 3DFHDL media player you can control the player without TV, e.g. for playback of music or internet radio.

The wide ranged functions of the FANTEC 3DFHDL media player includes many more features, for example, the device allows you by the use of a suitable app (e.g. iMediaShare) to stream movies, music and pictures directly from your smartphone or tablet PC to your TV. In this case the FANTEC 3DFHDL media player is a kind of a bridge between the smartphone or tablet PC and your TV.

Furthermore the FANTEC 3DFHDL media player is equipped with a GIGABIT network port, which allows you to exchange data between your PC, NAS device and the media player. You also can stream movies, music and pictures over UPNP or NAS function. With the integrated internet applications it's for example possible to listen to thousands of internet radio stations, watch YouTube videos, subscribe Podcasts or view photos via Flickr.

For fast file transfer can you connect the FANTEC 3DFHDL media player directly via USB 3.0 to your PC.

An Android beta version is available in February 2012 to download. This allows you to install Android apps or connect mouse and keyboard to the media player in order to browse in the internet with the Android web browser.

The media player is used in 4 main modes.

1) Standalone Media Player. When detached from a PC it can be connected to a TV (using HDMI, composite video connector, or component video connectors). You then use the remote control to select which media you want to play.

2) Internet Media Streamer. When connected to your router, it is able to browse internet media sites, like Youtube, Twitter, Picaso, using your remote control and output to the TV.

3) Network Disk Drive. When connected to your network router it can be used as a shared network folder. You can create folders and copy files onto the disk. Stream media to any PCs on your network, or from them onto the TV.

4) External USB3 (or USB2) Disk Drive. You connect the disk to your PC and use it just like any other external disk drive. You can create folders and copy files onto the disk.

Screenshots

Click on image below to see larger version.  More screenshots are also shown in the gallery browser at the top of this page.

The screenshots have been taken using a standard definition capture unit.  In real life on a HD TV the images would look stunning in quality and sharpness.

Showing video thumbnail images, photo preview:

Showing web applications, custom background image for main menu:

Showing photo slideshow transition options, setup window:

Content

• Fantec 3DFHDL Web and HD Media Player
• Note: No hard drive fitted
• Mains power adaptor, UK power lead (or EU lead for EU customers)
• Supports worldwide 100-240V
• Infrared Remote Control
• USB 3.0 data lead, approx 1.2m.
• HDMI v1.4 lead (2m) with Gold Connectors.
• This is not a standard v1.3 lead, but a high speed lead supporting ethernet over HDMI

Specifications

Enclosure Specifications

connectors: Internal: SATA External: HDMI 1.4 AV out (Audio / Video) YpbPr Video output S/PDIF Digital Optical Toslink (Audio) S/PDIF Digital Coaxial (Audio) RJ45 GIGABIT (10/100/1000Mbps) USB 3.0 connector max. 5Gbps (compatible to USB2.0) USB 2.0 Host (2x) supported formats: File systeme: FAT / FAT32 / NTFS / EXT3 Supported media formats: 1. Video: MKV, ISO (DVD & BD BluRay), AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, AVI, VOB, MOV, MP4, MPG, TS, WMV, DAT, IFO, RM, RMVB, M4V, ASF, FLV, XviD, DivX 3/4/5, H.264 - DVD menu - Bluray menu (BDMV without Java) 3D Video format: - 3D Frame-Packing - 3D MVC (Multiview Video Coding) - 3D SbS (Side by Side) - 3D TaB (Top and Bottom). Codecs: - MPEG1 - HD MPEG2 (up to MP@HL 1080i) - HD MPEG4 SP/ASP (720p/1080i/1080p) - XVID, WMV9 (up to 1080p) - H.264 BP@L3, MP@L4.1 (720p/1080i/1080p) - RM/RMVB 8/9/10 (up to 1280x720@30p) 2. Audio: MP3, MP2, OGG, WMA, WAV, FLAC 32 kbps - 320 kbps - Stereo - Dolby Digital 5.1 (pass-through & downmix to stereo) - Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 (pass-through) - DTS Digital Surround 5.1 & 7.1 (pass-through & downmix to stereo) Codecs: MP2, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WMA Standard (DRM, Pro & Advanced Profile are not supported), PCM, LPCM, MS-ADPCM, COOK, RA-Lossless 3. Photo: HD JPEG, JPEG, JPG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG up to 144 megapixels 4. Subtitle: SRT, SMI, SSA, ASS, IDX/SUB, SUB Unicode (UTF8), BIG5 (Traditional Chinese), Western, Turkish, Cyrillic, Greek, Cyrillic, Eastern Europe, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese, Thai resolution: TV: PAL / NTSC / HD ready / Full HD / 3D Full HD HDMI 1.4 backward compatible: 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1080p/24p, 1080p/3D Video out (CVBS): 720 x 576 / 720 x 480 operating system: Windows 2000, XP, VISTA, 7, Mac OS X, Linux Network: - Samba Client / Server NAS - UPnP client - FTP server - Built-in BitTorrent client for stand alone downloads power supply: 12V, 2A standby: 0,5W accessories including: - remote control / battery - USB 3.0 cable - external power supply - quick start guide Optional accessories: USB WiFi dongle Material / Color: aluminium / black / Designed in Germany dimensions (w x d x h): 62 x 200 x 174 mm