IRON SKY - A movie that is different?!

Iron Sky is a 2012 Finnish-German-Australian science-fiction comedy film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It tells the story of Nazi Germans who, after being defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth.

DVD available from June 7 2012.

Replacing a projector's lamp - Acer H5350

First check your projector/beamer model to get the right replacement lamp. For the Acer H5350 you have to get the Acer EC.J5600.001. 

Compatible Models: X1160, XD1160, X1260, XD1160Z, H5350, X1160P, X1160Z, X1160PZ, X1260P, X1260P.

Unboxing the new Samsung HT-D7100. 2.1 Blu-ray 3D home entertainment system.

The HT-D7100 home entertainment system gives you many options. With its compact size and the "puzzle design" it should perfectly fit in every living room.
See my unboxing-video:

Boxee 1.5 arrived on BoxeeBox

Boxee 1.5 should be available for your BoxeeBox via system-update.

• New UI look and feel
• Improved search
• New library screens with simpler filtering
• Browser Pop-up management
• Rotten Tomatoes integration
• On-Device Social Account Pairing

Velocity Micro -Shine- HD ready pico projector

In the second quarter of 2012 Velocity Micro is going to launch a new pico projector that can output HD video (1280 x 768 native resolution) at a brightness of 300 ANSI  lumens, which is 10 times brighter than an average pocket projector.

The rumored price is 400 US$. HDMI input and IR remote control included.

Official information on "shine" at Velocity Micro's website.

The Luxcine ESP300 (ESP300x1) Projector/Beamer Guide

As there is no really good review of the really cheap LED 720p (HDready) Projector Luxcine ESP300 so far, I'm gonna try to collect as much information as possible about the device. There is not even a user's manual available on the manufacturer's website.

Luxcine ESP300 white

The main features are:

• LED with single LCD
• native resolution 1280x720
• Contrast ratio 1200:1
• no optical zoom
• keystone correction
• HDMI Input
• 200 ANSI Lumen (according to ebay resellers)

In Europe it is only available from ebay resellers like here or here.

Price: € 200,-- to € 320,-- (excl. shipping)

The review of youtube member MacWave.

BATMAN Dark Knight Rises TRAILER - sweded -

This is a sweded trailer of the upcoming Dark Knight Rises. Get more information from its makers on dumbdrum.com!

The Dark Knight Rises: From July 20th, 2012

Boxee 1.5 for Boxee Box will be released in January 2012

According to boxee blog they plan to release 1.5 in January 2012.

Links are going to be added to the standard menu to launch the Browser and Live TV (not available in Europe). Featured section is given a small facelift.

New standard menu!

The layout of Movies and TV Shows will be slightly changed for easier navigation by Genre and Source. Quick access to trailers will be provided. A new Movie details screen with extended cast & crew information is planned. 

Using Logitech Harmony 300 with Acer C20 DLP Beamer/Projector

As the original remote control provided by ACER for the ACER C20 Pico Projector, is only sold in a set with a mini tripod and an iPhone adapter, I've tried to use my Logitech Harmony 300 at first without success. 

There is a ACER C20 profile in the Logitech database, but the projector is not responding to any command. 

The FIX is:

Download the Acer K11 profile (which is a quite similar device) an change some of the commands!

Do not forget to SYNC the remote control!

Enter - OK (Enter)

Next Source - Info - (Auto search source)

Now I have a fine working remote for the ACER C20!

chiliGREEN USB HDMI Mediaplayer Review

I was looking for a cheap USB media streaming client, that supports 1080p .mkv videos to watch it on my TV.

Got the chiliGREEN USB mediaplayer with following features:

• SD-cardreader/USB port
• 1080p playback via HDMI (max. 30fps)
• video support: MPEG 1/2/4, Divx, Xvid, H.264, VC-1 RM/PMVB
• audio support: MP3, WMA, M4P (AAC), HE-AAC, OGG, MP2, WAV
• file format: MKV, AVI, MPG, TS; VOB, DAT, MP4, WMV, RM, RMVB, MP3, WMA, M4P (AAC), HE-AAC, OGG, MP2, WAV, JPEG, BMP, PNGOn 

SD Cardreader

Reviews on this mediaplayer are rare. One negative review claims that the Chiligreen player is quite ok, but the remote control is very poor.

I paid € 39,90 for it, which is quite cheap for a full hd player.

Unboxing and first review (a youtube cover will follow within the next days).

Good news about the remote control. The device is reacting properly to any command by the remote, no problems at all.

Smaller than cigarettes

The bad thing is, HFS+ formatted USB harddrives are not supported. Connecting my HDD gives me an error, that the device was not able to read it. (So I could not test .mkv full HD playback capabilities so far!)

What I can tell is that there is no support for video_ts folders. .ifo files are not playable. NO DVD-menues. That is an absolute NO GO.

The device is doing fine with SD xVid and DivX and 720p .mp4 (h.264).

.mp3 playback is possible, but without id3 tag showing!