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The VEOLO takes around 15 seconds to start up from cold. The image above shows that it can be turned off, or rebooted directly via the remote controller.
The settings menu gives complete control over the audio, system and video output.
A full gamut of resolutions are supported to cover all connectivity demands. It takes a few seconds for resolution settings to take place. Generally however, the interface is significantly faster than the previous range of PLAYON! devices we tested, which would often hang for several seconds between many of the menus.
The initial video image setup needed changed for our 1080p television, with both screen width and height needing expanded to 100.
Network options are covered in a dedicated section, covering both wireless and wired networks. It all worked as expected for us, without a problem.
The operating system can be updated via a USB drive as shown above. 2.2 is the latest version however and after speaking with AC RYAN they are hoping that a new version will be available in the not too distant future.
The main interface will instantly be recognisable to anyone who has used a modern Android Phone. It follows a similar iconic layout with main applications accessible via the remote controller.
Users can install applications from the ‘App Center' as shown above, and installing from USB works fine.
All media folders can be configured to suit specific tastes as shown above.
The VEOLO offers full networking support, meaning you can load movie files and music files from shared NAS systems on the same network. Above, we had no problems using the device with our QNAP NAS systems across our custom gigabit network.
One of the times that the dual side remote controller proves useful, when entering in network passwords. You can also create shortcuts to NAS systems so you don't have to go through this every time you want to access specific media.
The interface is noticeably faster than the previous PLAYON! systems we used, almost instant when navigating our NAS system for instance. The media playback quality is very good, although not quite up at the same standards as leading discrete graphics card solutions on the Windows platform.
There are some controls for image settings, although it doesn't offer the same indepth configuration when compared to ForceWare or Catalyst drivers.
I think I was the first person to buy one of these in the UK when scan stocked them. I love it. its very small and the remote controller is brilliant. I dont use it for downloading apps much, just a memory optimiser which was free and a new browser. It works fab with my LCD tv in the living room.
Looks lovely, very small too. I always looked at a playon device, but many people on their forums complained about the lag problems and that would drive me batty. This one seems more responsive.
Piano black looks great in pictures, but my DVD player is the same and it looks like someone played football with it last night, its cleaned every week too.
Still, im impressed with this, apart from the almost £200 asking price. seems a bit much even with the gyro style remote.
What a brilliant little product. ill be ordering one from scan this week.
Nice idea, but it seems to lack a lot of image adjustment settings, is that all their is? contrast, brightness etc? thats a bit lame,
Good company, I bought their mini device months ago and its served me well, its still a bit sluggish but it must be down to the hardware for that series. at least this one has half a gig of ram which will work well with android.
I wouldnt even look at this if it wasnt for the power consumption. thats exactly why windows/Intel/AMD designs are so inefficient. T here are other alternatives and this is one im going to look at in more depth soon.