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Well, I checked the site, just out of curiosity, but I don't see that there. But if that is $40 Canadian, then that is extremely low!

Well, I just got an N2+ and this is STILL not fixed! PLEASE fix it!

Not to be insulting or anything, but did you turn it on?

Since the N1 was essentially "always on," it is conceivable that someone could forget to turn the N2 on even though they are knowledgeable about technology.

I think the latest PSP firmware (2.8?) is a lot less picky about movie filenames and locations - do you have that?

Unless the screen is shifting up and down like a bad vertical hold, I would not suspect MacroVision.

If you're talking about a small "staticky" line at the edge of the feature, I always get this with my N1, although it is on the top. It doesn't bother me a whole heck of a lot.

Really? I didn't think any Archos devices ran any version of Windows/Windows Mobile or had a full Windows Media Player installed. Don't they just have a basic media-player type interface?

I reviewed an Archos model, and it was pretty neat, especially the USB host thing. I vaguely remember them using DiVX AVIs as one of their main formats, so if this is correct, you'll have to transcode Neuros content before placing it on there. Most Archos devices also support Windows Media formats, but trying to encode into or out of Windows Media is sort of like hitting yourself with a brick, only less fun.

Oh oops, I wasn't exactly sure what programs were supported by the Q. That's a good idea too then.

Well, apparently the Q isn't compatible with the audio codec used by the Neuros - so obviously you will have to transcode the files. My research indicates that the Q prefers AMR audio (which is associated with the traditional 3GP cell phone format), but I don't have a Q so it's hard for me to test.

Although this doesn't directly answer your question, RealPlayer for Mac OS X just patches through to QuickTime for just about every format except RealMedia. I'm pretty sure that includes MP4. Maybe the issue is just with QuickTime Player?

Actually, I've played MP4 files in QuickTime Player without problems, although it is, of course, very CPU intensive. I don't have MP4 files from my Neuros, though, since I have the N1.

You mean MacroVision?

I haven't noticed any effects from MacroVision protection when recording DVDs with my N1, although ripping them on my computer usually has better results.

I have actually read that, in 1997, some people were hugely impressed at some new ships and details in The Empire Strikes Back (and possibly also ANH and ROTJ)... which weren't actually new. People just didn't recognize them because only a lame pan & scan version had been available for the ~20 years prior to that, and these details were lost in that version.

Hello prchulo.

The Neuroses do not have a built-in tuner. So it is up to whatever tuner product you connect it to (VCR, cable box, etc.) to choose the channel or schedule channel changes.

Other than that, your expectations don't really match a realistic understanding of how TV ripping works - it is not "he who dies with the highest bit rate wins." If a bit rate is high enough to replicate the source faithfully, then it is a waste of space to increase it beyond that. I don't think the N2's bit rate will ever be substantially altered, since this would require new hardware (unless it was built with extra processing power that it's not using).

It also doesn't make sense to "remove black bars" from a movie. If the aspect ratio of a movie causes it to be letterboxed on a given display, then you can't just get rid of the space without either chopping off pieces of the visible area or stretching the image, to the extent that the results would look awful. When Hollywood movies are "formatted for your screen," it is because a human actually goes through and chooses where to zoom in for each portion of the movie ("pan and scan"). A computer could never determine where the critical portion of the screen is, and even P&S; movies sometimes lack nuances that would've been nice to keep.

Um... sorry, but your post doesn't make any sense to me.

First, most Neuros models actually do include software that lets you edit the files however you wish on your computer.

Second, as you say yourself, the R1/R2 are advertised as being "VCR like." Does your VCR let you edit out commercials? Mine sure doesn't.

How is this a "defect"? Neuros has never advertised any feature like the one you are describing.

Well, yeah, actually everyone knows - Neuros has published info about the N3 in their Wiki. There are also many, many posts here from people who want an N2-like device with SD support. You have to remember the difficulty of supporting/requiring MP4 and AAC codecs for PDAs (for legal reasons, not technical ones).