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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.
