C-200 Compatibility Lists

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On this article you can find a list of devices found compatible (or not) to the C-200. Note the items on these lists are tested by users, not necessarily officially endorsed or supported by Syabas and Popcorn Hour Inc.

Applicable to the following NMT
Popcorn Hour NMT models: C-200

If firmware updates result in changes please update any report you have made

Contents

Harddisks and storage

  • If you have problems with your HDD in your NMT always ensure that you try the HDD after formatting it to NTFS in a PC. This will ensure that the HDD is initialised as some brand new HDD's are not and the NMT cannot format a none initialised HDD. Do NOT choose the Quick Format option as this may mean that the HDD is not recognised and the NMT Setup option is not available to install the NMT Apps, always use the Full Format option or alternatively use Roadkil's Diskwipe to format a HDD for use in your NMT.
  • The C-200 has two internal SATA ports that fit for two disks; one 2.5" and one 3.5". Additionally, there is an internal USB port and two external. All these ports can be used to connect various kinds of storage. Remember that you need at least 2 GB of available storage in order to get full Bluray playback and NMT Apps installed.
  • For 3.5" HDD drives, the general recommendation, , is to choose drives marketed with terms such as "low rpm" , "low noise", "low power consumption", "Eco-Friendly" and "Green", rather than ones sold for performance (which will usually have higher noise levels). These low power drives often have a rpm of around 5400, rather than the current consumer "standard" of 7200. Despite the lower rpm, they will have more than enough performance to satisfy all typical NMT usage demands. Alternatively they may be marketed as for 'Video Surveillance/CCTV' systems.
  • Using a 10.000RPM HDD is not recommended, they produce a lot of heat which might affect the performance of the entire NMT.
  • A note to testers: please verify if you needed to initialize the disk if it was new, if you successfully installed the NMT Apps or if you've chosen to use another filesystem/format. Other things to check for are noise and the possibility to tune/adjust the speed. Thank you for sharing your results!


2.5" SATA disks

Brand/Model Capacity Cache C200 firmware Compatibility User notes
Toshiba - All models 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 NO Do NOT purchase until Syabas have investigated compatibility issues.
Toshiba - M8037GSX 80GB 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 NO Formatted via NMT but doesn't work (tested by WiValdiBB)
Fujitsu MHV2040BS 40GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by Gibbo)
Fujitsu MHV2080BH 80GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by Ian Morris)
Fujitsu Hornet M160 MHZ2320BH 320GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested chris57)
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B 500GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by FLaSH)
Hitachi Travelstar - MAY 2005 60GB 2Mb 02-01-091001-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by OwL)
Samsung 250GB HM250HI 5400RPM 250GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by lsarrat)
Samsung 320GB HM320JI 5400RPM 320GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by Oddball)
Samsung 400GB HM400LI 5400RPM 400GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK working fine very quiet and not running hot (tested by zoef)
Samsung 500GB HM500JI 5400RPM 500GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Drive may need initialising prior to first use. Formatted and works fine (tested by Tonywalk)
Samsung 640GB HM641JI 5400RPM 640GB 8Mb 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 OK Drive may need initialising prior to first use. Formatted and works fine (tested by cyp)
SEAGATE LD25.1 ST9402115AS 40GB 2Mb 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by benji99) (This is the original PS3 40GB HDD)
Seagate Momentus ST960813AS 60GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by Joe Marinas)
Seagate Momentus ST9160821AS 160GB 8Mb 02-01-091001-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by Godzilla)
Seagate Momentus ST903203N3AS-RK 320GB 16Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by halfelite)
Seagate Momentus ST9500325AS 500GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by AJ500)
Seagate Momentus ST9320325AS 320GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted with C-200; NMT apps installed and work fine; all "birds" test MKVs play flawlessly from this drive (tested by sp1906207)
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK (5400 RPM) 500GB 8Mb 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by itertrode)
Seagate Momentus ST9500420AS (7200 RPM) 500GB 16Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by Zakhounet)
Seagate Momentus ST980411AS (7200 RPM) 80GB 16MB 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by GreenOnyx)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 7500KEVT 750GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Tight fit with BDRom formatted and works fine (tested by wildcard30 & tonyreed)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 6400BEVT 640GB 8Mb 02-01-090907-19POP-408-051 OK Formatted and works fine. Cool and Quiet. (tested by maschlue)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 5000BEVT 500GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 MIXED dc11ab, cheaper_popcorn: Formatted and works fine; mholgate: Freezes / Hangs system after video playing for 5m, even though I know HDD has no errors (deep scan).
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 3200BEVT 320GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 and 02-01-091007-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by cheesebread and spe)
Western Digital Scorpio Black 3200BJKT 320GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by Anthonynishat)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 2500BEVT 250GB 8Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by johnagr)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 2500BEVS 250GB 8Mb 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by GijsK)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT 640GB 8Mb 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine, quiet and cool (tested by Holberg)
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB 8Mb 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 OK Formatted with C-200; NMT apps installed and work fine (tested by Poslanec)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 5000BEVT 500GB 8Mb 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 OK Formatted with C-200; NMT apps installed and work fine (tested by Poslanec)

3.5" SATA disks

Brand/Model Capacity Cache C200 firmware Compatibility User notes
Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2.0TB 32Mb 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 MIXED Formatted with NMT, Apps installed, everything works fine (tested by j2tc). Long term ran v.hot and gave playback stutter ( reported by bkling)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 160GB 8Mb 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 NO Formatted, APPs work fine but disk unavailable from C200 (tested by Belokan)
Maxtor 6L300S0 DiamondMax 10 300Gb 16Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted as NTFS on Win 7 PC. Inserted via front, recognized and played videos without issues. (Tested by TheOther1)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB 16Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB 16Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine
Samsung HD103SI 1Tb 32Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine
Samsung HD154UI 1.5Tb 32Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by mjasinsk and FLaSH)
Samsung HD203WI 2Tb 32Mb 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 OK Drive formatted to ext3 then formatted in C-200 and works fine (tested by klejmanm)
Seagate BARRACUDA 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320 GBytes  ? Mb 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 OK Formatted EXT3 via C-200 and works fine but gets Hot (tested by Goolies)
Seagate BARRACUDA 7200.11 ST3000333AS 1Tb 16Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by halfelite and Johnagr)
Seagate BARRACUDA 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1Tb 32Mb 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK Formatted and works fine (tested by tesluk)
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS 5900 RPM 1.5TB 32MB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted via NMT and works fine (Tested by Excal)
Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 5900 RPM 2TB 32MB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted via NMT and works fine
Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar Blue 500Gb 16Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted as NTFS on Vista PC. Inserted via front, recognised and played videos without issues.
Western Digital WD7500AACS Caviar Green Power 750Gb 32Mb 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted as NTFS on XP PC. Inserted via front, recognised and played videos without issues.
Western Digital Caviar Green Power WD10EACS 1TB 16MB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted to NTFS and used for YAMJ / movie-playback, works perfectly (tested by dh2005)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB 64MB 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 OK Formatted via NMT and working great (tested by TommyBoay)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS 1.5TB 64MB 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 OK Formatted via NMT and working great (tested by Stokholm)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted via NMT and works fine (tested by Anvar)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS 1.5TB 32MB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Formatted via NMT and works fine
Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS 2.0TB 32MB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK I have two drives inside my C-200 all works fine (Videojukebox I use UMC) Wizard66 / FLaSH
Western Digital Caviar WD2500JD 250GB 8Mb 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 NO NMT fails on formatting regardless of prior state of disk (partitioned/formatted ntfs/ext3). Manual format works, but cannot install apps. Tested 2 identical drives same results.
Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS 250GB 16MB 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 OK Formatted via NMT and works fine
Western Digital Caviar WD1200SD-01KCB0 120GB 16MB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 NO Formatted via NMT but app services will not start and stay on 'starting' (tested by SoundWave).
Questionable result: This may or may not apply to the HDD being at fault. Needs more testing to be verified. /dc11ab
Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD, WD740ADFD, WD1500ADFD 36GB, 74GB, 150GB 16MB All firmware versions NO They work fine but produce extreme heat while playing files from the disks within 30 minutes. /Mental
Western Digital Caviar Black WD100FALS 1.0TB 32MB All firmware versions OK NTFS formatted, works fine via front tray and USB
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB 16MB All firmware versions OK NTFS formatted, works fine via front tray and USB
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition WD1600JS 160GB 8MB 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK NTFS formatted, works fine via front tray and USB (tested by ACiDPREMiUM)
Samsung HE103UJ 1.0TB 32MB All fw. versions OK NTFS formatted, works fine via front tray and USB
Samsung HE203UJ 2.0TB 32MB 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 OK Formatted via NMT, works fine, installed in front tray (tested by WiValdiBB)

USB attached disks

Brand/Model Capacity Tested Filesystem C200 firmware Compatibility User notes
Philips SPE3040CC/00 400GB NTFS 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 OK Tested on Front + Rear USB; works fine (tested bei j2tc)
Samsung F2 ecogreen HD154UI 1.5TB ext3 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Tested in a DAS400 connected to rear USB port
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 (Perpendicular Recording) ST9160821A 160GB NTFS 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Tested with NTFS and powered from the front USB port (Tested by TheOther1)
Western Digital Passport WDXMS1600TE 160Gb NTFS 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Tested with NTFS and powered from the internal, front and rear USB port (tested by FLaSH)
Western Digital green WD15EADS 1.5TB ext3 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Tested in a DAS400 connected to rear USB port
Western Digital Elements WD10000EB035-01 1TB NTFS 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Tested with front USB ports, works perfectly (tested by dh2005)
Western Digital My Passport Essential SE WDBABM0010BBK 1TB NTFS 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK Works fine even with that non-erasable WD SmartWare software (tested by Fanatic)
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition WDH1Q10000E 1TB NTFS 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 OK Tested on Front + Rear USB; works fine (tested bei j2tc)
Transcend StoreJet 25 Mobile 500 GB NTFS 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 OK Tested with Front USB; works fine without extra power supply (tested by WiValdiBB)

CF adapter kits

  • Only 2 users report ever getting CF Setup working presently.
Brand/Model Capacity Tester C200 firmware Compatibility User notes
Blue adapter and transcend 8GB 133x CF card 8GB Gibbo 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 No Fails to format.
Red adapter and transcend 8GB 133x CF card 8GB chris57 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 No Fails to format.
DeLock 2½“ SATA > Compact Flash Card and Kingston CompactFlash Elite Pro 133X 16GB G4Cab 02-01-091008-19-POP-408-000 OK Have to partition the card with linux and then format with PCH.
Chinese No-Name SATA -> CF Adapter, bought at Ebay. Twinmos 4096MB CompactFlash Card 4GB schmud 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 OK After Installation from USB (had to remove all partitions from the CF Card before starting), I had to format the fourth partition (sda4) with ext3. Then everything worked fine.

SSD SATA "drives"

Brand/Model Capacity Tester C200 firmware Compatibility User notes
Corsair P64 CMFSSD-64GBG2D 64GB heathy 11-29-090904-19-POP-408 No Wizard formats it fine but eventually the drive disconnects randomly and C200 won't reboot with it plugged in anymore.
Interceptor CSSD-SM32NI 32GB lundman 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 No fdisk OK, mkefs2 hangs player.
OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT120G 120GB pteittinen 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Let C-200 Wizard do everything, had no problems at all.
OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G (Firmware 1.3) 30GB Mental 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Had an existing NTFS partition, installed without problems.
OCZ Core Series OCZSSD2-1C64G 64GB AJCrowley 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK Tried with existing NTFS partition, reformatted to ext3 in C-200. Smooth sailing on all fronts.
Kingston V-Series SNV125-S2/40GB 40GB Useraid 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK Issue Free. Wizard recognised, formatted and installed.
Kingston V-Series SNV125-S2BN/64GB 64GB elzerg 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 OK No problems at all, formatted with wizard.
Transcend, Model:TS128GSSD25S-M, Rev:V121 128 GB dmhwsm 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 OK No problems at all, formatted with wizard.
Intel, Model:X25-M G2 160 GB a user 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK No problems so far, formatted with wizard.
Intel, Model:X25-V G2R5 40 GB gonzalu 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 OK No problems at all, formatted with wizard. Model SSDSA2MP040G2R5
Corsair S128 CMFSSD-128GBG1D 128GB phobos 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK No problems at all, formatted with wizard.

Optical drives

There is a 5.25" tray on the C-200 front where an optical drive such as BD-ROM player can be inserted.

Blu-ray drives

  • If you are reporting on a drive already tested add your name/notes to the existing post.
  • If you experience a problem, say with audio via coaxial, also test other methods to identify if it is solely coaxial or other methods.
  • If firmware updates result in changes please update any report
  • So far LG, Sony Optaric and LiteON BDROM's all stutter at the 38Mb/s bird test file when on a DVD-R.
  • They all however seem to play retail discs without problems. Read the users notes.


Brand/Model Compatibility Tester C200 firmware User notes
AOpen BDR0412SA-69 OK MiOB Firmware 02-01-091204-19-POP-408 BD & DVD retail discs work as of firmware 02-01-091204-19-POP-408.
Asus BC-08B1ST OK Moovika 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Plays Retail BluRay/DVD and CD Audio fine. example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtJkUY5mPTQ
Asus BR-04B2T OK Zakhounet/Moovika 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 Playing retail DVD&BR Zone 1/A and 2/B fine,work good with the last firmware
LG BH08NS20 OK Lundman/Sciolto 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Retail Bluray all play. DVDs video plays after setting the region. Audio CD plays.
LG CH08-LS10 OK TheSensFan 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Retail BluRay and DVDs all play. Will continue to test.
LG CH08-LS10 OK Xepa 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 So far no problem with BlueRay or DVD's although some menu's will freeze all video out (even when starting something else after the "buggy" menu). Only a full powercycle brings the video back to life. All the DVD's this happens on all have the same kind of menu (blue one where you choose the language, even before the real DVD menu)
LG CH08LS OK  ? - Update by RoarinPenguin 24 nov 2009 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Seems to work very well. Tested BD and DVD playback and raw data playback of a few small mkv and ts samples from a burned DVD-r. The drive is very fast, initial reading of a retail BD disc when inserted took about 12 sec and loading after pressing enter to start playback took about 5 sec. With firmware 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 and 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 Retail DVDs are not displaying (sound is ok) both in component and HDMI.
LG CT10N Super Multi OK Xrushkin 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 Retail BluRay all play. Will continue to test.
LG GGC-H20L OK Syabas/Damien 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Has passed all the test they are doing at Syabas at this point.
LG GGW-H20L OK golti 02-01-091007-19-POP-408 All DVDs and discs working fine. RPC2 Auto reset firmware. Yet to test BD and HD DVDs
LiteON DH-4B1S OK godztian 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 This BD-ROM was shipped with a Dell XPS 420 computer. When trying to play retail BD's with the original firmware (7D14), it started fine but the video stoped after just 12 seconds. After upgrading to the latest firmware version on Dell's webpages, it plays BD's just fine. Before upgrading firmware on BD-ROM it would only play 12 seconds before freezing. BD-ROM Firmware tested OK is: 7D16. Note: I have not tested any non-retail BD's.
LiteON DH-4O1S OK cheesebread/npardon/GreenOnyx 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 DVD working fine. AudioCD works. Retail blu-ray working fine as of 100109 release.
Lite-On iHES106-29 OK neof1z/Panagiotis 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 DVD Retail and DVD-R working fine.Retail and BD-R blu-ray working fine as of 100109 release.
LiteON iHES208 MIXED pteittinen 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Retail Blu-rays play OK. Mixed results with BD-R/RE, seems to depend on media & burn quality. MKV on DVD-R SL plays OK.

Movie backups on DVD-R and Retail DVDs play OK, but stutter if C-200 is set for incorrect framerate. Always do a cold boot after switching between 24/50/60Hz or next playback attempt crashes almost immediately. Extremely noisy drive with some media.

LiteON iHOS104.06 MIXED fallen888/halfelite 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Retail BD discs appear to work fine. Could not play retail DVDs - no video (might be just a singularity).

Burnt AVIs appear to work fine. Takes all of a few seconds for BD menus to appear. Notes: Retail DVD play fine over hdmi just not over component.

LiteON iHOS104.08 MIXED gjrhine/getjp9/TheOther1/Not Sure 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 / 02-01-091007-19-POP-408 Hooked up HDMI video and COAXIAL audio; garbled audio on all discs (gjrhine), I will have to disagree with gjrhine. Plays Retail BluRay/DVD and CD Audio fine. Connected with HDMI video and Optical audio (getjp9). Works fine with 02-01-091007-19-POP-408 (TheOther1). Fails to play most BD disks i've tried - almost every one (often brand new, first use disks) will jam at some point, and sometimes the c-200 locks up entirely. G-Force will not play at all, does not even load (not sure)
LiteON iHOS104-32 OK norek [02-01-091008-19-POP-408 All retail discs which i tested (DVD or BD) works fine. BluRay and DVD menu needs 5-20 seconds to appear. CD Audio and MP3 works fine. DVD with AVI, WMV and MPEG worked fine without any problem.
LiteON iHOS104.37 OK chris57 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 All retail discs be they DVD or BD appear to work fine.

Burnt AVI, mp3, M2TS, etc files play fine apart from the forward notice. Syabas labs report playback of BD UDF as problematic. Takes all of a few seconds for DVD or BD menus to appear. CD audio and mp3 audio tested fine.

OcUK Brushed Aluminium Blu-Ray ROM Slot Loading Drive MIXED Camstar 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 DVD and Bluray working fine. Did not have to enter the region for both DVD and BluRay. Looks great! As of firmware 02-01-091113-19-pop-408-000 some users report no BD playback from around 27/12/2009.
Panasonic PAN-UJ-135 slimline OK  ? 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Plays Retail BluRay and retail DVD fine... Haven't tried any written media yet. NOTE needs a slimline power to sata power adapter and a mounting bracket so that a 3.5HDD can be used.
Panasonic UJ-130A slimline OK footnote 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Plays retail BluRay, retail DVD, retail music CD. Requires slimline sata power adapter and mounting bracket.
Pioneer BDC-202 OK Syabas / MiOB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Sometimes issues with original BD, Data Discs are making also issues. (Syabas) / Retail Blu-ray and DVD play properly. (MiOB)
Pioneer BDC-2202 OK x3m 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 3 tested BD disks are OK (Max Payne, Star Track and Gone With the Wind). Retail DVD also OK. Data DVD played fine, but disks are spinning at very high speed and very noisy.
Plextor PX-B920SA BD-R/W MIXED Stonehedge 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Have tested retail BD, DVD and CD discs which all played well except that CD only play 14 tracks. A data DVD disc from the DVD5 download that chris57 provided played .mkv files with stuttering starting at birds38.mkv. But using the .m2ts files I can play all the way up to birds90.m2ts with only very minor stuttering
Samsung SH-B03L OK megabyte0469 02-01-091211-19-POP-408 Works fine, no problem with DVD and BD playback.Looks great !!
Samsung SH-B083L MIXED Micr-OS.com /

lykchen

02-01-091211-19-POP-408 /

02-02-100118-19-POP-408

Original Firmware, Works fine, no problem with DVD and BD playback. /

Having problems with firmware 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 concerning BD playback (very often PCH will freeze when loading initial menu of the disk, sometimes it works fine with the same disk!). DVD playback OK. Will continue to test.

Scan (Generic/Pony) BHLR001A0 MIXED Daktulos 02-02-091228-19-POP-408 Not a great drive, questionable build quality. "Brushed aluminium" is a thin glossy metal sheet. DVDs play OK, but some Blu-rays (e.g. xXx) play video fine, but stutter in menus etc. as the drive spins down/up all the time. Trying to play Watchmen hangs the C-200.
Sony BDU-X10S OK Syabas 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Has failed only on Data Disc UDF with an 66mbps clip, this is limitation by the Drive itself.
Sony BR-5100S NO Snookums 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 Does not work, crashes C200 on any disc after a few seconds.
Sony BR-5100S OK Sfoster4 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 Every disc played well with the exception of some region errors that may be a firmware issue. I have extensively played Blu-ray's and DVD's. The C200 has never crashed.
Sony BR-5100S OK gonzalu 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 Commercial Blu-Ray and DVD Works. AVCHD Not Tested. Beware of used units with exhausted Region Code Changes. Mine has one DVD Region Code change left.
Sony KEK-410 NO Lundman 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 HDi/Dune HD Center drive will not work at all. It has no loader as per the requirement.
Sony/NEC Optiarc BC-5600S Slim SlotIn MIXED Oddball Firmware 02-01-091022-19-POP-408 Beta1 Tested retail BD, DVD and CD discs, play's as they should with no issues depending on the player (I think so at least). Data DVD disc build from the Test Dvd don't work that well. Plays .mkv clips up to birds28.mkv. But i think this is a limitation in the BC-5600S as it has a read speed of MAX 8X for Dvd's. However it is okey with XviD's and 720p .mkv's as long as the bitrate don't go to high ( eg. series ). Trick play works at 2X for BD and 4X for Dvd, then the limitation of the PLAYER kicks in.
Sony Slimline Optiarc BD-Rom BC-5500S. OK MiOB Firmware 02-01-091022-19-POP-408 Beta 1 Retail Blu-ray discs play properly.

DVD drives

Brand/Model C200 firmware Compatibility Tester User notes
ASUS DRW-22B2ST 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK Spielmacher -
LG DH16NS30 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK lsarrat Original Firmware v1
LG GDR-8164B 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK ACiDPREMiUM Original Firmware v0U08
LG GH20LS10 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK Litho Plays retail DVD's and Audio CD's

(unable to play Disney DVD's everything else seems to work)

LG GH24LS50 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK Litho Plays retail DVD's and Audio CD's

(unable to play Disney DVD's everything else seems to work)

LiteOn LH-20A1S 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK Robocopos Original Firmware v9L08: Plays DVD & Audio CD, no noise while playing.
LiteOn iHDS118-04 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK tesluk Plays retail DVD fine. $19.99USD from newegg.com.
Samsung SH-S223C 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 mixed Robocopos Plays DVD, but drive speeds up to max and makes horrible noise. Not plays audio cd.
SonyNEC-Optiarc AD-7173S 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 mixed  ? Original Firmware 1.03: DVD plays fine, but drive speeds up to max (16x I guess) and makes horrible noise.

Hacked RPC-1 firmware: No video at all.

Toshiba - Samsung: DVD-ROM Drive TS-H353 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 OK Poslanec F/W=D200 H/W:A Ver.B Nov.2007: Plays DVD-5 video, DVD-9 video, Audio CD, CD-MP3, CD/DVD MPeg4, BD-Rip. DVDs video plays after setting the region.

PS: With firmware D700 device operates very quietly.

Hitachi - LG: DVD-ROM Drive GDR-H20N 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 OK Poslanec F/W:0M02 H/W:A MECHA:A June 2008: Plays DVD-5 video, DVD-9 video, Audio CD, CD-MP3, CD/DVD MPeg4, BD-Rip. DVDs video plays after setting the region.
SONY DRX-S70U-R (DVD/CD RW) USB Interface 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 OK Poslanec Plays DVD-5 video, DVD-9 video, Audio CD, CD-MP3, CD/DVD MPeg4, BD-Rip. DVDs video plays after setting the region.

CD-ROM drives

Brand/Model C200 firmware Compatibility Tester User notes
SomeExampleCD-ROM ABC123AAJS 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK This is just an example.

Other

CPU Cooler

Brand/Model Compatibility Tester User notes
Thermaltake Crystal ORB (P/N: A1178) OK Micr-OS.com Compatible without modification.

MiniPCI WIFI

Brand/Model C200 firmware Compatibility Tester User notes
Popcorn Hour Mini MII PCI (MN-200) 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK jjon90/hansooloo Works well and can stream 720p/1080p
intel MiniPCI-WIFI WM382915ABG 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 NO tesluk Not recognized.

USB Dongle WIFI

Brand/Model C200 firmware Compatibility Tester User notes
Xtreamer USB Antenna 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 OK marecki Is stable, tested on SD, it simply works
Belkin 54G USB Network Adapter 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 No GijsK Dongle doesn't seem to be recognized and can't be approached from the settings menu
TP-Link TL-WN821N 02-01-091113-19-POP-408-000 No j2tc Dongle doesn't seem to be recognized and can't be approached from the settings menu
TP-Link TL-WN721N 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 No JimmyDix Dongle doesn't seem to be recognized and can't be approached from the settings menu
TP-Link TL-WN422G 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 No WiValdiBB Dongle doesn't seem to be recognized and can't be approached from the settings menu
D-Link DWA-110 54G USB Network Adapter 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 No Poslanec Dongle doesn't seem to be recognized and can't be approached from the settings menu

Gigabit Router/Switch

Brand/Model C200 firmware Gigabit Mode 100mbit Mode Tester User notes
Netgear GS-608 V2 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 MIXED OK Moovika FTP freezes in gigabit mode. SMB fine in gigabit. Everything fine in 100/10 mode.
Netgear GS-605 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 MIXED OK Chris57 FTP freezes in gigabit mode. SMB fine in gigabit. Everything fine in 100/10 mode.
Linksys SD2008 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 MIXED OK Syabas Werner No issues on streaming, only FTP doesn't seem to be stable in Gigabit Mode, after some GB at around 20-22MB/sec it will freeze the C200
Linksys EG008W 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 OK OK j2tc Works fine. No problems. C200: automatic. About 15 Mb/s via FTP.
Cisco 3560G 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 NO OK Syabas In Gigabit Mode Network won't connect, C200 grey out the settings, if C200 is set to 10/100 then there are no issues

See 2960G for potential work-around.

Cisco 2960G 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 NO OK Syabas In Gigabit Mode Network won't connect, C200 grey out the settings, if C200 is set to 10/100 then there are no issues

As a work-around, enable portfast on the interface:

interface GigabitEthernet0/6
 switchport mode access
 spanning-tree portfast
Cisco WS-C3750G-24TS 02-01-091008-19-POP-408 NO OK Andrey Parfenov In Gigabit Mode Network won't connect, C200 grey out the settings, if C200 is set to 10/100 then there are no issues

See 2960G for potential work-around.

D-Link DGS-1005D 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 MIXED OK Karl FTP stable in Gigabit Mode when getting just around 12MB/sec, with another client up to 16 MB/s but with some freezes of C-200. In 100Mbit Mode getting just around 6-7MB/sec.
D-Link DIR-615 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 MIXED OK TheSensFan Doesn't connect at Gigabit but everythign seems to stream and transfer fine.
D-Link DIR-655 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 NO OK x3m In 100Mb mode working perfectly, but doesn't connect at gigabit. No freezes on 30Gb BD ISO played trough network. (Max Payne) All remuxes and SD movies also working fine.
D-Link DGS-105 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 MIXED OK Norek Gigabit works good but after few GB transfered causes sporadic crashes player
Dell Powerconnect 2716 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 MIXED OK Lodur DHCP doesnt work in Gigabit mode, some transfer are ok, C200 freezes alot. Llink very unstable.
SMC TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 Model SMC8024L2 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK OK Leosmendes
HP ProCurve 10/100/1000 Model 1810G 02-01-091204-9-POP-408 Beta 1 OK OK megabyte0469 Gigabit works perfectly with this switch no problem here. Firmware Switch 1.6
Tenda Model TEG1005 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 OK OK spe Gigabit works fine with this switch no problem here.
Tenda Model TEG1008 02-02-100109-19-POP-408 NO OK ferraris Connects in Gigabit but won't stream.

Keyboards

Brand/Model C200 firmware Compatibility Tester User notes
Gear Head KB5200W 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK tcronin, xenomatic Power off the C200 and insert dongle, power up and it should work from there.
Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 Laser Mac 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Stonehedge Power off the C200 and insert dongle, power up and it should work from there.
Logitech Bluetooth Desktop MX5000 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK J4vids Power off the C200 and insert dongle (with the keyboard off), power up and it should work from there. None of the multimedia keys work, but most of the remote functions are on the "F" function keys and standard special keys. Also note that the keyboard layout gets set to US (and my keyboard is Portuguese).
Logitech Wireless USB Desktop EX100 02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK GijsK Power off the C200 and insert USB transmitter. After reboot keyboard worked.
HP Wireless Elite Keyboard RK713A 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 MIXED footnote Most of the extra multimedia keys work (vol up/down, mute, play, stop, pause etc). Caps lock would not work and neither did the keypad in Num Lock mode.
Trust Wireless Entertainment Keyboard (Vista Remote Keyboard KB-2950) UK layout version. 02-01-091007-19-POP-408 OK spe 2.4Ghz Keyboard. No live USB connection - as with other KB dongles you must power off the C200, insert the dongle, power up again, then it will work fine. Main keyboard works fine, caps-lock, shift, etc'. Multimedia specific keys not yet tested. Also sold occasionally under ebuyer's value range.
BlazePro
Wireless 2.4 GHz keypad for PS3
(PS3-0326)
02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK Smzd Power off the C200 and insert dongle, power up and it should work from there.
Wireless RF 2.4GHz technology with USB adaptor. Full QWERTY Keypad. Available over 6 meter straightaway range. After well connected, this wireless keypad and it's receiver will be partnered automatically. Leap-frequency communication solution, strongly anti-jamming LED connection indicator.
Hama 2,4G Wireless Keyboard
ASIN: B000OUWNI8
02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK FLaSH Power off the C200 and insert dongle, power up and it should work from there.
Dell Wired USB Keyboard
(Model: RT7D50)
02-01-091113-19-POP-408 OK tesluk Power off the C200 and insert USB plug, power up and it should work from there.
Sweex KB060FR Multimedia Keyboard USB 02-01-090904-19-POP-408 OK Micr-OS.com Power off the C200 and insert keyboard, power up and it should work from there.
Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Keyboard 7000 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 OK Goolies Power off the C200 and insert Bluetooth Dongle, power up and it should work from there.
Philips TGK-6000R 02-02-100109-19-POP-408-000 OK themarijn Power off the C200 and insert USB Dongle, power up and it works from there.
Logitech diNovo Mini 02-02-100118-19-POP-408-000 OK wimmers Power off the C200 and insert USB Dongle, power up and it works from there. Only english layout and no button for the "soure" function.
Vuescape 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard 02-02-100118-19-POP-408 OK gonzalu Power off the C200 and insert USB Dongle, power up and it works. Keyboard is actually made by Fourstar Group. Label on back says M/N K5520G. $12.95 at Micro Center, SKU:429142.
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