---
title: "A.C. Ryan Playon! HD Mini 2"
date: 2011-03-12 16:46:21
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/03/12/a-c-ryan-playon-hd-mini-2/
author: Lester Chan
excerpt: "Hooted the A.C. Ryan Playon! HD Mini 2 at IT Show 2011 for S$189 after the CitiBank card discount off its S$199 RRP. This January-launched media player features USB 3.0, gigabit LAN connectivity and the brand-new GUI 2.0 interface."
categories:
  - "Media Player & Television"
tags:
  - "2"
  - A.C. Ryan
  - HDMI
  - media player
  - mini
  - Playon
---

Hooted the A.C. Ryan Playon! HD Mini 2 on Thursday at the IT Show 2011. The RRP was S$199 but CitiBank credit cards customers can get an additional S$10 off, so end up paying S$189 for it. The A.C. Ryan Playon! HD Mini 2 features USB 3.0, 10/100/1000Mbps LAN connectivity and of course the brand new GUI 2.0. It was release back in [early January 2011](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/01/13/a-c-ryan-announces-playonhd2-and-playonhd-mini2/).

This media player is going to be connected to my living room television so that my parents can watch shows without turning on the iMac in the living room. I got the mini one instead as I will be streaming media from my A.C. Ryan Playon! HD which I got back in late [November 2010](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/11/28/a-c-ryan-playon-hd/).

Since the mini 2 can support up to 1000Mbps (my router & switch are all 10/100/1000Mbps and connected using cat 6 cables), the bottleneck now is my Playon! HD which supports only up to 100Mbps which is terribly slow. But I just got the Playon! HD, so I can’t justify another purchase of the upgraded Playon! HD 2. I guess I have to stick with it for 2 to 3 years and wait for Playon! HD 4.

[![Box Front](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5515140260_d20dc17fbf_z.jpg)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5132/5515140260_5e9b37bd51_o.jpg "Box Front")

[![Box Contents](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/5515141754_bf00a9af52_z.jpg)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5018/5515141754_a4fa1d682f_o.jpg "Box Contents")

[![Top View](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/5514548377_07757c54a0_z.jpg)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5174/5514548377_1507b27f5a_o.jpg "Top View")

[![Back View](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5211/5514549121_bae50b7fdb_z.jpg)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5211/5514549121_25bbba4580_o.jpg "Back View")

[![GUI 2.0](https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/5515143946_a32e35327f_z.jpg)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5297/5515143946_c2aebc3b69_o.jpg "GUI 2.0")