There will be no more firmware updates for the X2 series........................

[Lupissimo]

I assume   

As was the case with the transition from X1 to X2 it now seems that the present 2.08 beta is the last version due to the focus of the restricted developers capacity on the X3 software! And that even though there are still bugs in the 2.08:
To name 2 out of several:

DX50 codec is not recognized anymore, which means one has to manually change the codec ID for all files. ( In my case an unknown number out of 3600 ).
http://www.mede8erforum.com/index.php/topic,8969.msg56886.html#msg56886

Subtitles are not displayed consistantly unless one enables manually the track active flag in the mkv header and the srt format spec is not fullfilled
http://www.mede8erforum.com/index.php/topic,8963.0.html
http://www.mede8erforum.com/index.php/topic,9196.0.html

Besides these there is still the problem of the limit of number of movies to +-1000 and I am sure if ones searches the forum there will be more to be added.

Reading about all the problems with the X3 firmware one starts to feel uneasy about quality assurance and development capacity....


 

[eentje]

mede8er support is excelent.. and on what do u base the assumption that there will be no more updates?

[Mede8er1]

Lupissimo

It s very easy to jump to conclusions and make some easy posts on the forum.

Our engineers have released a critical update re X2 series and have decided to rather complete X3 and then go back to X2 to complete any left over bugs and to add some nice new X3 functionality where possible. So X3 really needs to be released as a final as we dont want to put Beta / unfinished code into X2.

X2 is very current within the Mede8er range and we are not going to let our users down so PLEASE be patient as this all takes time to do correctly.

Mede8er1

[jer1956]

Reading about all the problems with the X3 firmware one starts to feel uneasy about quality assurance and development capacity....


 

Fourms are mainly used to report problems and post fixes. So the fact that is going on is proof that Sanji are addressing issues.  You can see the same on other forums.

If there where no problem posts many would assume they are being removed...rather than assume the code is perfect.    

There is also  the issue that not all bugs reported are bugs. Many are limitations of the hardware or SDK, or design decisions the person posting dosn't like. 

[Seba28]

As I mentoined already several times.. I do find the Mede8er streamers very good. Most things, certainly the basic things work without a problem. More advanced things to have sometimes some issues or bugs. The only thing I find disturbing is that it takes waaayyy toooo looong for an update to appear. 5th may 2.07 and now a beta at the end of aug. Since then.. nothing anymore. At this rate there will be in one year 3 updates which is according to other manufacters way lower than what they bring out as updates. This is a market that continiously evolves and I do understand that at some point you have to drop/stop with developing for older models but using excuses that first we need to develop and finish the newest model before our engineers can go back to previous models doesn't help to create trust in a support dptmt.

[jer1956]

This is a market that continiously evolves and I do understand that at some point you have to drop/stop with developing for older models but using excuses that first we need to develop and finish the newest model before our engineers can go back to previous models doesn't help to create trust in a support dptmt.

It's called cash flow.  Right now you should chose a company with good cash flow..as that will ensure more firmware. Companies which  focus on current users..at the expense of the long term viability of the company..won't be producing new firmware for any model before long.  Sanji  don't try to generate cash flow before they have a product to sell..unlike other companies we won't mention.  

So a practice you see as something to worry about (and get other users worried about!)  is actually the complete opposite. If you had your way Sanji would go the way of Tvix.

[Seba28]

And also here I will reply that the buying customer doesn't care if one company has cashflow or not.
When a customer buys a product it expects to be fine and if needed to fix some things there will be a fix or upgrade in a short time. This is not the case anymore with Sanji..