---
title: "A.C. Ryan Playon! HD"
date: 2010-11-28 00:02:48
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/11/28/a-c-ryan-playon-hd/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - "Media Player & Television"
tags:
  - "2010"
  - A.C. Ryan
  - hard drive
  - HD
  - HDMI
  - media player
  - Playon
  - Samsung
  - Sitex
---

My 2nd hoot from [SITEX 2010](http://www.sitex.com.sg/) is the [A.C. Ryan Playon! HD](http://www.playonhd.com/en/?upn=products&subpage=playonhd) (S$349). It comes with a [2TB Samsung harddisk (Spinpoint F4EG)](http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?type=94&subtype=98&model_cd=552) and free Wireless N Dongle. The reason I chose A.C. Ryan instead of other brands is because it can play almost all formats including RM & RMVB. I know Western Digital Live TV can’t play those formats.

The A.C. Ryan Playon! HD also supports NAS functionality and hence I will be off loading all my media stuffs into it from my NAS.

In terms of UI, it is simple and easy to use but I think the graphics element within the UI can be improved to make it more visually appealing.

The only complaint I have so far with the Playon HD is the network only supports 10/100Mbps which makes transferring files to it extremely slow. The speed I am getting for transferring files to Playon HD is only 5MB/s. I may switch to using the free Wireless N Dongle that comes with the Playon HD, at least it supports up to 300Mbps which is 3x faster than the wired option.

![Box Front](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5211146222_7ac5e43d9e_z.jpg)

![Box Back](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5211146584_46dd0e5e5c_z.jpg)

![Box Contents](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5083/5210549289_cef1688859_z.jpg)

![Playon HD Front View](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5210551003_8197ffa9cd_z.jpg)

![Playon HD Back View](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5210545203_9d57fd36b4_z.jpg)

![Samsung HDD](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5210544877_5f0c226b45_z.jpg)

![UI](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5211145902_cb72064e21_z.jpg)

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