AGPTEK Updated 4K@30hz HDMI TV Media Player with HDMI/AV/VGA Output

Works really well. Just load your favorite songs onto a jump drive or memory card and run the output to your TV. Of course my TV then feeds my stereo. You need monitor or TV for navigation. Really easy and the included remote works pefectly. Highly recommended

I bought this to play my USB jump drive in the shop without running my computer. It will handle my 1TB external hard drive and all the music I have on it. I have a LOT of music on that drive! The versatility of what monitor interface I use is awesome too! I presently have it hooked up to the HDMI on my smart TV powered by the open USB port of the same TV, but I have also used it on my shop PC monitor through the VGA while using the computer on the HDMI port. The remote control is icing on the cake! Buy it and you won't be disappointed. One thing I did notice is the power light on the front seems to be offset from the lens port. This doesn't affect the performance of it, you just have to look down at it to see the light is on. ***EDIT*** I stated that I had it "powered by the open USB port of the same TV" and that's not correct. I have it plugged into the 110 outlet with the provided wall-wart. I was confusing my USB powered bluetooth hub, but with that being said, I noticed in the reviews someone powering the AGPTEC with a custom-built USB power cord.

2nd UPDATE: This update is regarding surround sound capability of the device. I MADE A MISTAKE. This will play full surround sound. What I did was I ran my HDMI cable directly into my surround sound receiver as i do with my bluray player and other 5.1 audio capable devices. The out HDMI of the receive goes to the TV. The sound is processed through the receiver and passed on to the TV. This unit did not pass-through the 5.1 sound It did to some degree, but was very washed out. Not good. I tried everything and every setting. You have to do the older fashioned way. I connected an optical cable to the unit and to the receiver and made the appropriate settings. No sound. Both optical and HDMI running through the receiver would not work. I had to run the HDMI directly to the TV bypassing the receiver. I then ran the optical connection to the receiver. Separated sound and video from the receiver. It worked great. Once more for those of you who like the added fun of surround sound 5.1 with you movies. 1. HDMI directly to the TV. 2. Optical to the receiver. Make the appropriate settings in both the receiver and the AGPtek unit and viola..... Great sound.... ------------------------------------------------------ UPDATE: I should have done my home work better before purchasing this player. I play my movies through a receiver for 5.1 sound. I cannot do that with this one. There is NO HDMI Pass-through like my old WDL had. It does have an optical connector, but i cannot get it work. YET anyways. Hopefully someone out there will post "how to." It is not a bust. It plays well, but only sound is through my TV. Disappointing. So if you are someone who wants to watch movies in surround your out of luck, but again, i may not know how to do that with this player. Hopefully someone smarter then i can post how to. 35.00 bucks for a general player..... Good deal. But not so good if you want a little higher end sound with your video....... First off this is not a negative review even though i give it 4 stars. For 35.00, i mean, come on. This is a nice media player considering all things..... I have been using a WDL player (Western Digital Live) for years, but i think i am wearing it out. There are not many options out there, and for 35.00 it was worth a shot. These are things i would like to see, if i am not asking too much.... -What about settings. Will it retain your settings if you lose power or have to temporarily unplug it? -I use an external portable HDD. USB. How do i release it, or eject it so that i do not damage the files in it or the HDD itself?? IFF someone knows i would sure appreciate a "comment on "how to". Thanks..... -Can i program a Harmony Remote to see it?? -Will it play a full DVD file, or do i need to go into the DVD folder and find the vob file? or can i click on the IFO file which normally starts playing the DVD Video? I do know that you can use some great little 3rd party programs like "Make MKV." Works very slick and only "remuxes" the DVD to a MKV very quickly. AND it's freeware to use. There are probably a couple of more things i could add to the list, but again, overall for 35.00 it seems to work pretty good. SUPPORT. How do you contact support? Do they actually answer?? If anyone knows please let me know. Thank you.....

EDIT: after posting the review below, the unit bugged out and is no longer working. I'm returning it. I bought this unit to connect to a projector. I wanted a small unit to replace my laptop for watching movies and tv shows. This seemed to be a good choice, but it has a few issues: 1. The user interface is kinda junk. It's fairly easy to use, but poorly optimized and there's a lot of redundancy. Given the price, this is mostly expected, but annoying none the less. 2. There is a VGA port, but no 3.5mm audio port. the AV port does have audio out, but you can't simply plug in headphones or speakers. In my case, hooking up to a Bluetooth transmitter (for wireless headphones), I had to ghetto rig some adapters to get audio working. 3. Subtitle support is pretty horrific. When you do manage to get them working, the text is very pixelated and ugly looking, which really kills the whole watching experience. 4. The controls are pretty bad - I've tried multiple times to rewind video, but the system doesn't seem to like it. It lags pretty bad and it's kicked me back to the main menu a few times. Besides functionality, this remote has WAY more buttons than it should. Honestly i think the remote has more buttons than the entire unit has settings/functions. I'm somewhat torn on this purchase - it works for the most part, but these small problems are becoming more of a nuisance than its worth. I'm going to give it a few more days, but chances are likely that I'll return it and look into something else.

I purchased two of these to use for Halloween animated displays using a projector; previously I used a laptop computer to play my videos and content - but these media players make setting up my Halloween displays so much easier! I don't have to drag my computers outside, sparing them possible damage from moisture and the elements. Also, seeing the computers connected next to the projectors kind of killed the spooky vibe; these media players are small enough to easily be housed inside the enclosure with the projector, making for a better overall effect. In addition, the media players were relatively inexpensive, making them a viable addition to my Halloween display equipment. The media player works well using both HDMI and VGA projectors - I have tested it with both. The only thing is when using the VGA output, you have to plug external speakers into the media player - you get audio, but it's not the greatest quality; if your audio is recorded using split channels, you might not hear all of the channels in the song (I noticed this when playing Bohemian Rhapsody). A minor nuisance, but not a deal-breaker. This issue could possibly be fixed with a 3.5mm mono to stereo adapter plug. This is not a problem with the HDMI output (which includes the audio signal). Bottom line: I would purchase this again - and most likely will as my Halloween display grows and has more effects added.

This unit was so simple to set up and use. I used to have a minipc to do a slideshow but it died from overheating. This was just plug and play. Highly recommend.

I have a AGPTEK Mini HD Media Player which was pretty good but, as another reviewer pointed out, it didn't play WMV files. This newer one does play WMV and is much more stable (the old one used to freeze every now and again). Picture quality is great, and the interface is fine for me. The only criticism is that they have gone with a simpler remote and done away with the fast forward and reverse buttons which used to work so well to find exactly where you wanted to be in a video. You can still fast forward or back, but you have to first hit the down arrow and then it will let you use the right arrow to go forward. However, you only have about 5 seconds to use this feature then it will go away and, if you hit the right arrow too late, you jump to the next video instead. It's much trickier to use this feature that the forward and reverse buttons on the old remote (which doesn't work with the new player) and I dropped a star because of this. Otherwise, a very good media player. After three months of use, must add a deteriorating aspect. Video keeps going to black screen for a few seconds during play. I checked every cable etc. can't find the cause so must now drop it to three stars. Will try and contact the company.

glitchy, low RAM, unable to load or display larger photos or videos. Doesn't work with many modern image or video formats. It is good enough - but it sucks. If you can use your laptop, it's better to use a laptop. only reason I bought this was to avoid having my laptop stolen or damaged. Would rather lose a $40 media player than a laptop with personal data. but this thing is so awful that you have to test it out thoroughly and experiment with all your files to make sure they work. if you have an unsupported or too large photo, the slideshow will crash when it gets to that file. Then you have to restart the device and select the correct video output settings each time. It also defaults to a strange setting with a very orange tinted output, making it hard to see at night when changing menu settings. overall, if I knew this beforehand, I would've spent more money for a nicer product or just gotten a second laptop that I don't worry about being damaged or stolen. If I have to spend $80 for a media player, why not get a cheap laptop for $120? So that's what I'll probably end up doing. Much simpler and more useful, dollar for dollar.

Mon précédent lecteur (un Western Digital) m'ayant lâché, enfin plutôt la télécommande, j'ai dû m'en débarasser car il était devenu inutile. Fort de l'expérience, j'ai décidé d'en acheter un avec des boutons de commandes afin de pouvoir continuer à m'en servir en cas de défaillance de la télécommande. Ayant un peu fait le tour, j'ai fini par me décider pour l'AGPTEK. A l'arrivée, je suis très satisfait. Deux bémols : pas de possibilité de voir le temps (total, visionné...) donc moins bien par rapport à WD, mais mémoire et reprise de la lecture donc, finalement, mieux que WD ; enfin, mais ce n'est pas très grave, le son est moins fort avec ce lecteur et il faut le monter davantage. Mais tout le reste est positif : le menu est intuitif et en couleurs ; quand on éteint le lecteur, on éteint aussi le disque dur (ce n'est à l'évidence pas toujours le cas) ; et il lit tous les formats que je lui ai présenté. Evidemment, je ne me sers pas de formats particuliers, en règle générale c'est du avi, mkv ou mp4, mais je suppose que la plupart des utilisateurs sont dans le même cas. Aussi, je mets 5 étoiles, surtout que le prix est particulièrement intéressant.

Dopo vari acquisti (tutti restituiti) di modelli anche sensibilmente più costosi, finalmente questo media player mantiene le promesse. Semplicissimo, senza troppi fronzoli, sia nell'hardware che nel software, fa egregiamente il suo lavoro. L'ho scelto per la necessità di leggere HDD esterni formattati sia NTFS che EXFAT. I dischi vengono letti correttamente. Una piccola pecca è il telecomando, ovviamente economico, i cui tasti non rispondono sempre perfettamente, e la documentazione un po' scarsa. Fortunatamente il funzionamento è molto intuitivo e non è così necessario consultare le istruzioni. Interessante la possibilità, nel menù della risoluzione dello schermo, di settare il frame-rate tra 30, 25 e 24 fps, che permette di avere riproduzioni sempre fluide. Ho sempre usato un media-player con un videoproiettore di fascia medio-alta (prima Infocus, ora Optoma). Ho un vecchissimo media player WD Live TV, che reputo ancora insuperabile. Tra i tanti che ho provato, questo è l'unico che ci si avvicina...

Wir nutzen das Gerät, wenn wir in Hotelzimmern Filme vom Stick auf dem TV anshen wollen. Funktioniert einwandfrei - für unseren Zweck ideal

Franchement, j'avais un doute par rapport aux avis. Mais une fois essayé, ce lecteur est terrible. Il lit les DivX, mkv 1080p, mkv 4k,... Et aucune saccadé mais une très belle image. Je vous recommande vivement.

Celui ci m'a l'air parfait je vais continuer a l'essayer