# HD Media Player Battlemodo

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [November 5, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763 "2009-11-05T13:37:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763/1 "2009-11-05T13:37:46Z")

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Gizmodo article

puts the most popular media streamers/players to the test

> **[HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers](https://gizmodo.com/5397986/hd-media-player-battlemodo-apple-tv-killers)**
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> When Apple TV 3.0 came out, we were unimpressed. Readers asked what else they could use to play their many videos. Here are five nice ones for your needs—nearly all cost less, and do more, than ATV. UPDATED

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763/2 "2009-11-05T13:48:01Z")

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Looks like the PCH is king. The one place they said it sucks is the interface, which is easily fixed by installing YAMJ (which is 100% free).

I do agree that the $300 C200 is way too expensive. That’s why an A110 for $215, or a refurb A100 like I got for $100 is so much better. Haven’t had the remote problems with mine, other than needing to aim it pretty well. The aiming is a problem with the tint on the plastic window on the unit though and I’ve read that a little acetone on a qtip fixes that in about 15 seconds.

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763/3 "2009-11-05T13:51:13Z")

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I find it a little weird that the first table shows the PCH winning most categories, but it took 3rd overall.

Smell something funny there?

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763/4 "2009-11-05T13:53:53Z")

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It’s too bad PCH doesn’t find a way to include the YAMJ interface with the system. That’s what really makes it awesome.

My guess is it lost major points for it’s stock interface, which is pretty much identical to browsing file folders in windows.

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763/5 "2009-11-05T13:54:44Z")

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yeah, I figured it would probably be like that

it’s my main complaint with XBMC

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**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hd-media-player-battlemodo/75763/6 "2009-11-06T05:23:10Z")

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i am still trying to get use to get everything to work right with my PCH but i love it so far