Product Description

OVERVIEW

brite-View CinemaTube is a networkable full 1080p HD media player/streamer features HD playback from removable USB HDD, streaming contents from remote computers and devices, as well as built-in torrent downloader!

Full 1080P HD

It supports 1080p video formats in VCD 1.0/2.0,SVCD,MPEG1(DAT/MPG/MPEG),MPEG2(MPG/MPEG/VOB/ISO/IFO/TS/TP)/M2TS,MPEG4(MP4/AVI/MOV),DivX 3/4/5/6(AVI/MKV),Xvid (AVI/MKV),H.264/AVC(TS/AVI/MKV/MOV)/M2TS,VC-1(TS/AVI/MKV/WMV)/M2TS,WMV9(WMV),Real Video 8/9/10 (RM/RMVB,to 720p) and FLV;Audio formats in DTS,Dolby®Digital AC3,MPEG1 Layer 1,2,3(2CH),MPEG2 Layer 1,2(MultiChannel),LPCM,ADPCM,FLAC,AAC,WAV,WMA,OGG, RA; Photo formats in HD JPEG,BMP,GIF, PNG. Note:Media files protected by DRM are not supported in current version.

DVD Menu

It supports ISO files, so you can navigate the DVD menu and watch your video as if there was a regular DVD! A DVD Menu button on the remote for this feature!

Playback Features

You can play media files directly from any removable USB storage device (including HDD,Digital Camera,HD Digital Camcorder,FLIP Video) with zooming and rotation functions. A preview function with video playback, panoramic photo slideshow with background music an editable playlist to play preferred files continuously!

Streamer

With built-in wired connection(An Ethernet cable is included. For wireless connection, an approved and dedicated USB wifi dongle is necessary and it's sold separately),the CinemaTube can stream contents stored in shared computers (with or without password-protected), or stream online contents like CBS, CNN, ESPN, Hulu etc from UPnP devices (with 3rd parties apps like PlayOn installed in computers). NOTE:Due to the "best effort" nature of networking, the streaming playback quality might not be in HD! .

BONUS FEATURES

With built-in torrent downloader, you can download torrents without turn PC on.

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Product Details

Publisher	Brite-View
Features	The Ultimate "Media transformer" that decodes all - The CinemaTube is tough. MPEG1/2/4, .MKV, H.264 Up to 3 Torrent downloads simultaneously-Torrent downloading with CinemaTube is as easy as 1-2-3: UPnP streaming send CNN, ESPN, CBS and Hulu your way Full 1080p HD hightens your sense - Are you a movie snob who can't stand anything that's not Blu-ray quality DTS and Dolby digital ready - Surround yourself with high-definition sound. Crank it up - but be careful not to disturb your neighbors!
EAN	0874409001940
Color	Black
Brand	Brite-View
UPC	874409001940
Label	Brite-View
Hard Disk Interface	USB 2.0
MPN	BV-5005HD
Studio	Brite-View
Title	Brite-View BV-5005HD "CinemaTube" 3-in-1 1080p Full HD Multimedia Player/Streamer/Torrent Downloader, Black
Model	BV-5005HD
Manufacturer	Brite-View

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Customer Reviews

Good value in this media player

Review by Douglas in Canada, 2010-08-31

This will not be a long review. We are not A/V buffs like many of the people posting reviews - just average folks that like to watch our 32" LCD a few times a week.

At first I thought I'd be greatly disappointed with the unit because I found that a couple of videos (flash, I think) did not play or play properly (video and audio out of sync). I think the device locked on one occasion. After I discarded the idea of easily tranferring flash videos (youtube and similar) on a USB to view, things went better. Unless somebody else knows a streamlined way to move youtube and similar from the Internet to a USB to the Cinematube, I would recommend not wasting your time.

Eventually we just started watching some old shows recorded and available as uTorrents. I still d/l them to the computer first, copied them to USB, then played them on the player. Video is good, sound is good (HDMI for video, rca for audio). The remote is very good and probably the top of the class in this field. I partly bought the player, so we would have a good remote.

I still miss the ability to connect it directly to the Internet and stream recorded shows (flash or wmv, I guess). [I'm not interested in running a 'media server' or upnp computer in the middle -- that costs energy and wear & tear on the PC] Maybe in the future it will stream video directly from some of the TV station web sites. That would be great.

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This is a very good Media Player

Review by Hector, 2010-08-31

This is a very Good Media Player.....

has all conection ports, RCA, RGB, HDMI, DIGIAL AUDIO, USB

the new model only has RCA, HDMI...

I recomend this model

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Good price for a nice toy

Review by Luna Pablo, 2010-08-24

The Brite-View BV-5005HD is a good way to watch your movies, pictures,etc, and I think that is the best option for this price. The image quality is very good and also very easy to install, in 2 minutes is ready to go. I can't probe the tech support.
To be brief, if you want to a good device to watch all your movies for a reasonable price this is an excelent choice.

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Very happy with it for the month I've owned it

Review by Grodd, 2010-08-23

I have had a Brite-View BV-5005HD for a month and I think it's a great value for the price I paid. It gets daily use and is rapidly on its way to becoming the centerpiece of our entertainment room. I've mainly used the video features, but my brief tests with music playback and picture viewing were entirely satisfactory. The bulk of my usage has been from an USB devices that are plugged directly into the Brite-View BV-5005HD, but streaming content from my windows 7 pc over Ethernet also works just fine.

Pros:
- It supports every video format I've thrown at it, including AVI, MP4, MKV, ISO and M2TS.
- Picture and sound quality are great on 40" bravia and 6.1 surround system
- Firmware updates were easy to download and install (but you must update three times to bring the device fully up to date)
- For videos, the device offers the option to resume playback where you left off
- Supports subtitles from external files, even allowing adjustment of size & placement
- Copy file feature works well over Ethernet after I installed the latest update
- Device is quiet and consumes very little power
- I was able to get answers to questions I had about the device and its features from the official site and also at the official blog

Cons:
- Don't lose or damage the remote because without it you'll only be able to turn the media player on and off. Households with kids or high-impact users would do well to seek a programmable universal remote solution to safeguard against this eventuality.
- USB ports in the back are a pain for adding/removing USB thumbdrives, but that can be easily solved with a $1 USB extension cable

Petty Gripes:
- Torrent feature doesn't allow uploading and requires a 20GB partition that's formatted in NTFS.
- The power light is bright enough to be annoying in a darkened room (such as one might encounter in a home theater) but its nothing that couldn't be remedied through careful application of electrical tape.

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Good

Review by Regis, 2010-08-21

It is not very good in funtionality as it does not shows the video line time while playing a video. I miss this funtionality.

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