So here I sit, reviewing a total different product than you and I are used to coming from me. There’s a very good reason however and strangely enough, we have to start discussing about cars before getting to the point. Weird huh…

I’ve grown fond of the question "PopCorn anyone?” as it has a totally different meaning today than it had a couple of days ago. It sounds like an offer for something completely different than a media player although that is exactly what PopCorn Hour is, more accurately, the PopCorn Hour A100. In the last few weeks and months, PopCorn Hour has attracted a huge amount of people given it's excellent pricing / feature balance, bringing the latest codecs and abilities to people's homes for the first time in years below expected prices. It could not start in a more positive way but the price alone, will not make it the best player out of anything unlike the cheapest maybe. Thanks for the review out there, that you can built up an idea before jumping on board.

Ever since digital recorders came to market, people have been interested in these devices. We can understand that as it brings out the “Quentin Tarantino’s” in people. Never the less, there are many flavors and methods in what can be called a recorder.

Synology is one of those brands that have found the perfect balance in products and pricing. Only recently they opened Telnet support which provides customers to add custom programs so the NAS servers better integrate with some media players that do not support SMB. Progress however is not only made in small updates of which some are still pending (read our Synology review), but also in hardware.

The world of universal remotes has become easier and cheaper ever since Logitech started with the Harmony products. Up until a few months ago, there was only one type missing in the assortment of Harmony, the high-end tablet-style remote. This is the one we look at today, the Harmony 1000 and its task is hard but clear: Offer an alternative universal tablet remote control to the overpriced high-end table style remotes costing over €1000. In pricing Logitech already succeeded by offering the Harmony 1000 around €400 but for this price we do expect some limitations if compared directly with the high-end models of Philips for instance.

NDAS Technology has gained popularity in Europe as being probably the easiest Network Attached Storage device one can possibly have in addition to high read and write performance which mainly benefits consumers working on Audio and Video files in addition to those who need simultaneous access from different clients to files stored on a central storage device by more clients without decreasing performance.

With Thecus, the idea of having performing Network Attached Storage should become reality. By only looking at the specs one can say it’s close to being a full PC. How else should we interpret the fact it runs on an Intel Celeron 1.5GHz, has a brain of 512MB and 5 living rooms where one can “shelter” hard drives.

Writing an introduction for the CoWorld MC N35 is easy as there is so much to talk about when you first meet this little Media Player.