UGoos AM6B+ - End-Game 4K Media Streamer (for me anyway, and anyone who cares about Dolby Vision playback)

[himey]

The Homatics can't run CoreElec from it's internal storage. You must have a 'slow' USB device connected for that. (I have one of those too). I have a SSD USB drive hanging off it behind my Bedroom TV!). That's not a lounge room, fast browsing Music device at all. It will be the next to be dumped.

I have the data stored on the eMMC which speeds things up. I don't use fancy skins atm, so it flies. Definitely no speed issues. I only use it for movies. I use a mini pc for music.

 

[HomerJAU]

I have the data stored on the eMMC which speeds things up. I don't use fancy skins atm, so it flies. Definitely no speed issues. I only use it for movies. I use a mini pc for music.

That was my point:
If you're are buying a Media Player for music the Homatics is not ideal.
If you are buying the AMB6+ for music, its not ideal either.

They both are way better than using a BD Player or a PC and keyboard, But for most members here on QQ there are better devices.

 

[himey]

That was my point:
If you're are buying a Media Player for music the Homatics is not ideal.
If you are buying the AMB6+ for music, its not ideal either.

They both are way better than using a BD Player or a PC and keyboard, But for most members here on QQ there are better devices.

The fancy skins don't slow down mini pc's like they do streamers. I was set with only my mini pc and an Apple TV until I got an OLED. After that, Dolby Vision became a priority.

 

[HomerJAU]

Newbies need to look at their Use Case:

Here's mine:

I watch 4K FEL movies about once a month
I watch 4K HDR and HD movies about once a week
I listen to music surround almost every day
I have a fully focused music/concert experience about once a week (3 or 4 hrs)

So my ideal media player is one that is the best for music, great at 4K HDR and HD video and Dovi FEL is not critical at all.

I can still watch a 4K movie with FEL in 4K HDR only and not notice any difference. I'd have have a side by side look to spot any difference anyway)

Its like saying I can't enjoy 96/24 surround because my AVR can only do 48/24 surround. So don't chase a pipe dream unless you really must.

I'm only posting this as I presume most of us here on QQ have a similar use case to mine.

 

[himey]

I can still watch a 4K movie with FEL in 4K HDR only and not notice any difference.

I agree, but I am still glad I don't have to compromise. I have never watched as many movies as I have since getting an OLED.

 

[citysoundman]

I agree, but I am still glad I don't have to compromise. I have never watched as many movies as I have since getting an OLED.

Yea same here. There really isn't a one box solution for everything. I'm fine with getting a few different things that are all kinda optimal. So for video I'll use the Ugoos for my local movies/videos and ATV 4K for streaming.

As for playing my music files I'm using JRiver on a Mac Mini which has been great for hi res 2.0, especially since I have a lot of DSD files which JRiver can bitstream. Since I don't have a proper Atmos playback system I haven't worried too much about not being able to play Atmos releases. But the QQ NUC devices do look incredibly sweet, it's so cool seeing this community benefit from the amazing contribution from @HomerJAU !

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

Newbies need to look at their Use Case:

Here's mine:

I watch 4K FEL movies about once a month
I watch 4K HDR and HD movies about once a week
I listen to music surround almost every day
I have a fully focused music/concert experience about once a week (3 or 4 hrs)

So my ideal media player is one that is the best for music, great at 4K HDR and HD video and Dovi FEL is not critical at all.

With regard to movie playback, it's a shame our TV's arn't a bit cleverer. Given the popularity of .mkv file playback you'd think support for chapters would be standard. Same goes for .mp4 contained files. And reliable passthrough of lossless audio formats via eARC should be standard too!