Hi, there.
Just received my O!Play HDP-R1 three days ago and installed amp_R8_pohd pretty much the same day I got it delivered in the mail. Updating the firmware was a breeze, just did it straight from the menu off a USB stick.
So far the O!Play looks pretty interesting although in an A/B test (HDMI input to LG 47LW5000 led TV) my old EGreat M34a (Syabas flashed to Popcorn Hour PCH-100 firmware) appears to have a sharper picture than the Asus. But maybe I need to play around with the video settings on the O!Play a bit more...
I made up a bunch of moviesheets and thumbnails for the content I have on my NAS (thanks momp645) using thumbgen, although it doesn't seem to work very well for TV series like Justified or Homeland. Nothing to scrape for Planet Dinosaur BBC, either.....
While browsing the thumbnails/moviesheets the unit will occasionally reboot to the ASUS screen, so there is still a bit of instability with the firmware. I haven't figured out how to browse moviesheets and/or thumbnails and launch the movie that way, I guess I will have to reprogram the remote using IRfake.
The only moServices I've enabled so far is the YouTube function (working), but it's still early days. I will try getting the IPTV and some RSS feeds working, that might be a nice feature to have.
Thanks to farvoice and others for all the development work. So far it's looking like a great $40 investment off eBay.....