Media Devices/Egreat EG-M33H-DVBT

The eGreat EG-M33H-DVBT combines a HDTV tuner with the standard features of a network media device. If a SATA Hard drive is installed internally, PVR functionality is made available. (Note: Only Hard Drives formatted with EXT3 file system will permit 'write' changes. NTFS formatted drive will be read only. HDTV is still available if no HDD is installed)

The device's top level menu offers a choice of Video, Music, Photo, HDTV and Setup.

A blue LCD display is present on the front of the device which displays the current time and what 'mode' the device is currently in. This display can be turned off via the remote if required.

NMT Applications CAN NOT be installed on the device and whilst it has a network interface, it does not seem to offer any network based services.

Features

Supported Formats

AAC, M4A
MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
WAV
WMA
FLAC (1.0.2.0 firmware and later)

(OGG is listed on the egreat product website as being a supported format but this is not the case as of the 1.0.2.1 firmware)

Supported Video Formats

MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG)
MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
VOB
AVI, ASF, WMV
Matroska (MKV)
MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4

Firmware

As of 3rd July 2009, the latest firmware release is 1.0.2.6 and can be downloaded from the eGreat support website.

This release has removed the subtitle track (closed captions) on HDTV from defaulting to on.

Ogg music playback is still missing.

Bugs & Issues

(These issues are present in the 1.0.2.6 firmware)

Ogg music files are not recognised and can not be played.
When setting the devices time zone, 1/2 hour increments are not available which means tv time displays for people in +-*.3 time zones will be out by 1/2 an hour.
No network functionality available.

Hardware

Chipset

SIGMA DESIGNS SMP8635

Memory

256MB 64bit DDR (HYNIX)
32MB 16bit Flash (SPANSION)

Video outputs

HDMI(V1.3),resolution (480P, 576P, 720I, 720P, 1080I@50Hz, 1080I@60Hz, 1080P@50Hz, 1080P@60Hz, 1080P@30Hz, 1080P@29Hz, 1080P@25Hz, 1080P@24Hz, 1080P@23Hz)
Component(Y/Pb/Pr),resolution: 480P, 576P, 720I, 720P, 1080I@50Hz, 1080I@60Hz, 1080P@50Hz, 1080P@60Hz
Composite: 576I@PAL, 480I@NTSC

Interface

Internal SATA
10-baseT/100-baseT
USB (2 * Type 1, 1 * Type 2)
Optical Audio out
RCA Stereo out
RCA Y/Pb/Pr
HDMI 1.3
RCA Composite

(Note: All interfaces located on the rear of the device)

Network

Ethernet 10/100
Optional support for Wireless (untested)

Power

12V DC, 3A

Dimension

235 * 180 * 70mm

Package Content

Remote control
Power adapter 12V/3A
Power cable
USB 2.0 Cable
USB 2.0 Extension cable
HDMI Cable
Manual/Applications CD
Screw bag
Antenna