AC Ryan Playon!HD Essential Review

1. Introduction2. The A.C. Ryan Essential Bundle3. The Essential (External)4. The Essential (Internal)5. Playon! GUI 2.06. Real World Testing7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Dutch based A.C. Ryan have been receiving critical acclaim recently for their series of Playon!HD media devices. We have reviewed their full range so far on KitGuru and today we look at their latest edition, the Playon! HD Essential.

The Essential is the first ‘no network media player' with the option to upgrade to a network. The onboard chip is provided by Realtek without networking, however A.C. Ryan have cleverly created an option in the player to upgrade with the additional purchase of the ‘Essential USB Wi-Fi Dongle'.

This media player also features their Playon! GUI 2.0 interface, which is based on the Realtek SDK 4.0. With this chipset in place, the A.C. Ryan developers have been able to update the coding directly and to design the interface and all the graphics incorporated.

A.C. Ryan are releasing three versions of the Essential.

ACR-PV73500 – 500GB Playon !HD Essential 500GB € 139
ACR-PV73500 – 1TB Playon !HD Essential 1TB € 155
ACR-PV73500 – 2TB Playon!HD Essential 2TB € 199

Today we are looking at the 1TB version which can be bought from Scan in the UK for around £130 inc vat, a very attractive price point.

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