Wraith
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The Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2+ Media Player. Quick Review.
With quite a flooded market of quick plug and play media players it's quite difficult to find one that pretty much reads any file format and this is why I chose the Cyclone Micro 2+, our television is already capable of reading AVIs, MPG4 directly via USB with the slight issue that we are limited to 720p and it only reads video files which are coded with MP3 audio, while this is quite dated the TV is still fantastic and replacing it would be pointless and unnecessarily costly.
So I searched and decided to pull the plug on this "tiny" little wonder box at only £22, and it really is a wonder that something so small can play any media you throw at it, simply dump your chosen media to USB stick, external HDD or SD card and it will run it and even scales perfectly to 1080p. I have yet to discover a format it refuses to recognize or play. Now I found this media player for only £22, they do retail at £31.99 so shop around and you'll no doubt find them cheaper
So here I'll show you what you get and I'll admit for very little money.
The box shows as usual all the information you need to know about the media player, most importantly the file formats it supports and detailed specification.
SPECIFICATIONS
Media Storage Support: USB devices with file systems: FAT, FAT32 and NTFS only. SD, MMC, SD and SDHC Memory card devices with file systems: FAT and FAT32 only.
Video: Container (MKV, AVI, TS / TP, MP4 / MPV , MOV, VOB, PMP, RM / RMVB, MPG, M2TS, WMV) Codec (MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, H.264, H.263, WMV / VC-1 and RMVB). Resolution up to 1920 x 1080 (30fps)
Audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, APE, AAC
Photo: JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF" Support 1080p when using HDMI output to TV
E-book: TXT, LRC and .C
Subtitles: Subtitle Support:SSA, ASS, SUB, ACSII and UTF8
Functions: Playback
Input Connections: 1x USB2.0 and 1x SD / MMC / SDHC Card
Output Connections: 1x HDMI 1.3, 1x Composite (AV) and digital coaxial port (only for Cyclone Micro 2+ model)
HDMI: Up to 1080p
OS Language: English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
DC Power: 5V 2A
The unboxing reveals everything you need, the Media player, Remote control, Digital 5.1 Coax lead, RGB component lead, 5v DC power supply (not pictured), Warranty card, and user manual on mini disc.
Now for the close ups.
The user interface is all levels of simple even a toddler could navigate it and be away with Dora the explorer in no time at all.
Conclusion.
So in conclusion I have to say I'm very impressed with the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2+ and the possibilities when using this go quite far, I have used this on 3 televisions and even via the HDMI on my PC monitor so the option is there should you not want your rig running to watch a movie or listen to some tunes, also the portability it would be perfect if you're on the road and you want to watch your own stuff, on the coach, train or even hotel.
So it's light, small, low voltage, 1080p and plays any media file format... so what's not to like? we'll only 2 things in reality, the remote control has a dark blue font printed on a black remote!? that is annoying and frustrating in low light situations like when watching a film and your straining your eyes looking for a button. The last thing that would have made this product 10/10 would have been the inclusion of a HDMI lead, all that taken in to consideration I give the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2+ a firm 9/10
Price - 10/10
Performance - 10/10
Overall - 9/10
Thanks for viewing, thoughts and questions below in the thread.
With quite a flooded market of quick plug and play media players it's quite difficult to find one that pretty much reads any file format and this is why I chose the Cyclone Micro 2+, our television is already capable of reading AVIs, MPG4 directly via USB with the slight issue that we are limited to 720p and it only reads video files which are coded with MP3 audio, while this is quite dated the TV is still fantastic and replacing it would be pointless and unnecessarily costly.
So I searched and decided to pull the plug on this "tiny" little wonder box at only £22, and it really is a wonder that something so small can play any media you throw at it, simply dump your chosen media to USB stick, external HDD or SD card and it will run it and even scales perfectly to 1080p. I have yet to discover a format it refuses to recognize or play. Now I found this media player for only £22, they do retail at £31.99 so shop around and you'll no doubt find them cheaper

So here I'll show you what you get and I'll admit for very little money.
The box shows as usual all the information you need to know about the media player, most importantly the file formats it supports and detailed specification.
SPECIFICATIONS
Media Storage Support: USB devices with file systems: FAT, FAT32 and NTFS only. SD, MMC, SD and SDHC Memory card devices with file systems: FAT and FAT32 only.
Video: Container (MKV, AVI, TS / TP, MP4 / MPV , MOV, VOB, PMP, RM / RMVB, MPG, M2TS, WMV) Codec (MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, H.264, H.263, WMV / VC-1 and RMVB). Resolution up to 1920 x 1080 (30fps)
Audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, APE, AAC
Photo: JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF" Support 1080p when using HDMI output to TV
E-book: TXT, LRC and .C
Subtitles: Subtitle Support:SSA, ASS, SUB, ACSII and UTF8
Functions: Playback
Input Connections: 1x USB2.0 and 1x SD / MMC / SDHC Card
Output Connections: 1x HDMI 1.3, 1x Composite (AV) and digital coaxial port (only for Cyclone Micro 2+ model)
HDMI: Up to 1080p
OS Language: English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
DC Power: 5V 2A


The unboxing reveals everything you need, the Media player, Remote control, Digital 5.1 Coax lead, RGB component lead, 5v DC power supply (not pictured), Warranty card, and user manual on mini disc.

Now for the close ups.







The user interface is all levels of simple even a toddler could navigate it and be away with Dora the explorer in no time at all.
Conclusion.
So in conclusion I have to say I'm very impressed with the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2+ and the possibilities when using this go quite far, I have used this on 3 televisions and even via the HDMI on my PC monitor so the option is there should you not want your rig running to watch a movie or listen to some tunes, also the portability it would be perfect if you're on the road and you want to watch your own stuff, on the coach, train or even hotel.
So it's light, small, low voltage, 1080p and plays any media file format... so what's not to like? we'll only 2 things in reality, the remote control has a dark blue font printed on a black remote!? that is annoying and frustrating in low light situations like when watching a film and your straining your eyes looking for a button. The last thing that would have made this product 10/10 would have been the inclusion of a HDMI lead, all that taken in to consideration I give the Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2+ a firm 9/10
Price - 10/10
Performance - 10/10
Overall - 9/10
Thanks for viewing, thoughts and questions below in the thread.
~Wraith~