thinking about ordering a c200

[Greys]

I have read a lot of the reviews some good some bad various sites. I want to purchase this now i have a couple of questions.

I see it available for purchase via Amazon but it is not in stock. or should i purchase it from the PH site. I see there is something about tariffs now what is the additional price i am expecting to see? and how long does it take to get to me

I am out in NJ

Thanks in advance

[halfelite]

If you order from the pch website it will take about a month as they usually only ship a batch a month sometimes two batches but once its ships you should have it in a few days. I live In CA and from when my order ships i usually get it 2 days later. The US does not charge VAT so all you have to pay is the unit+tax.

[Greys]

(05-23-2011 10:26 PM)halfelite Wrote:  If you order from the pch website it will take about a month as they usually only ship a batch a month sometimes two batches but once its ships you should have it in a few days. I live In CA and from when my order ships i usually get it 2 days later. The US does not charge VAT so all you have to pay is the unit+tax.

Oh I assumed that it was once a week that they shipped out. so I guess i would have to wait a month then

also i see that is comes with a combo cage now sweet!

[halfelite]

(05-23-2011 10:53 PM)Greys Wrote:  

(05-23-2011 10:26 PM)halfelite Wrote:  If you order from the pch website it will take about a month as they usually only ship a batch a month sometimes two batches but once its ships you should have it in a few days. I live In CA and from when my order ships i usually get it 2 days later. The US does not charge VAT so all you have to pay is the unit+tax.

Oh I assumed that it was once a week that they shipped out. so I guess i would have to wait a month then

look under the ordering forum it will tell you when the next batches are set to ship out.

[Greys]

(05-23-2011 10:54 PM)halfelite Wrote:  

(05-23-2011 10:53 PM)Greys Wrote:  

(05-23-2011 10:26 PM)halfelite Wrote:  If you order from the pch website it will take about a month as they usually only ship a batch a month sometimes two batches but once its ships you should have it in a few days. I live In CA and from when my order ships i usually get it 2 days later. The US does not charge VAT so all you have to pay is the unit+tax.

Oh I assumed that it was once a week that they shipped out. so I guess i would have to wait a month then

look under the ordering forum it will tell you when the next batches are set to ship out.

Thanks It says June 2nd So is coming from China? I guess it will take a month then

[werner]

2 days to USA normally, its premium express shipping door to door

[Greys]

(05-26-2011 09:21 PM)werner Wrote:  2 days to USA normally, its premium express shipping door to door

hold the phone
So that means once it ships on june 2nd there is a good chance I can get it the week of june 6th
If that is the case I am going to be like a kid in christmas

[accident]

IIRC they are shipping dhl express worldwide to the USA, which is end of next business day when possible. Factor in the 13ish hour time difference as long as it doesn't get snagged up in customs or plane delays from weather you have a slim but possible chance to see it evening of June 3rd and I have received shipments from syabas that quick

[Greys]

(05-26-2011 11:39 PM)accident Wrote:  IIRC they are shipping dhl express worldwide to the USA, which is end of next business day when possible. Factor in the 13ish hour time difference as long as it doesn't get snagged up in customs or plane delays from weather you have a slim but possible chance to see it evening of June 3rd and I have received shipments from syabas that quick

Well I did recieve it on June 3rd and I was shocked as hell that i did get it then I thought i would get it on monday. I started to configure it ran across some problems asked on the board about one issue and I started to look on the forums as to what problems I had as not not open up threads about the same thing.

I am happy with my purchase so far there is a few things that I think would be a little nice to set up on the forums as to help the more non technical person (myself included) is a compiled Q and A section depending on the product. I know it would be alot of work but i think it would help some of us users who are not as technical as others

[accident]

There are recently released manuals, link at the top of the forum or in the support section of the popcornhour.com website. The wiki while it can be harder to find some stuff does cover most of the recent needs. Anyone with a forum login can login and update the wiki so feel free to take on this task of a new user Q&A. I'm sure many will join in.

[Opentoe]

(05-23-2011 10:21 PM)Greys Wrote:  I have read a lot of the reviews some good some bad various sites. I want to purchase this now i have a couple of questions.

I see it available for purchase via Amazon but it is not in stock. or should i purchase it from the PH site. I see there is something about tariffs now what is the additional price i am expecting to see? and how long does it take to get to me

I am out in NJ

Thanks in advance

I would wait to buy a media player until some newer ones come out. The C200 is a old man now and newer players half the price out there can do what the 200 can't.

[halfelite]

(06-09-2011 05:49 AM)Opentoe Wrote:  

(05-23-2011 10:21 PM)Greys Wrote:  I have read a lot of the reviews some good some bad various sites. I want to purchase this now i have a couple of questions.

I see it available for purchase via Amazon but it is not in stock. or should i purchase it from the PH site. I see there is something about tariffs now what is the additional price i am expecting to see? and how long does it take to get to me

I am out in NJ

Thanks in advance

I would wait to buy a media player until some newer ones come out. The C200 is a old man now and newer players half the price out there can do what the 200 can't.

did you even read this thread he already bought a player go troll somewhere else.

[Dave_D]

(06-09-2011 05:49 AM)Opentoe Wrote:  I would wait to buy a media player until some newer ones come out. The C200 is a old man now and newer players half the price out there can do what the 200 can't.

Problem with your argument is that IMHO nearly everything else (even those released just this year) only can do half what the C200 does.

(Nearly) Everything else is just a single file player (avi, mkv, mp4, etc). The C200 is both a file player and retail BD player with the enviable capability of playing backups of BD only possible with only 2 other products I know off.

[Greys]

well i did do my research in regards to the media devices and this seemed like the best fit for me and what i wanted to do with it.

I have no complaints with it. I started to scan thru the forums and picked up some great tips.

I think that the price of this unit and what i wanted it for was dollar for dollar the best investment i made. I didn't want to spend a small fortune and the ability to attach external drives is huge. I have co workers who have other media centers (home built) who are considering purchasing this unit to replace what they have.

[MediaHound]

(06-06-2011 07:40 PM)Greys Wrote:  Well I did recieve it on June 3rd and I was shocked as hell that i did get it then I thought i would get it on monday. I started to configure it ran across some problems asked on the board about one issue and I started to look on the forums as to what problems I had as not not open up threads about the same thing.

I am happy with my purchase so far there is a few things that I think would be a little nice to set up on the forums as to help the more non technical person (myself included) is a compiled Q and A section depending on the product. I know it would be alot of work but i think it would help some of us users who are not as technical as others

I'm from NJ too, and received mine back in March. I received 3 days after ship .WRT the technical stuff.I fall in the same boat as you.Take your time with it as it took me some time to get all setup.

One of the first problems I encountered with my C-200 was with the firmware.After updating I started to have some issues that i got ironed out in a week or two.But now i have it working the way I want I don't plan on upgrading the firmware anymore as i don't need too.And with the the latest firmware update you can no longer go back to a previous firmware.So I will not update to the new Release. I'm completely thrilled with my purchase as long as I get a few years with it (I highly recommend it) I also have 3 externals HDD's with a total of 4 TB that I run through myihome server it was the easiest for me to do. Best Of Luck with your new machine ! They play almost any codec. Awesome Machine the C-200 is !!!