Which NAS do list members prefer?

[mandrix]

Stay away from the Homatics box; it's just an Android player with a Dune app. The proper Dune players use their own custom Linux os.

Honestly, I'm kinda tempted to order the Pro Vision 4K for myself. It has some features my current Dune does not. Just...for the Dune non-Homatics players, do not expect to use them for Netflix or other streaming services. They kind of/sort of support them...poorly.

What are your thoughts on this one?

Dune HD AV1 4K Android Box​

All I need is something to play 4K .iso files off my network. Well not sure I really need it, since for now an old PowerDVD is working for that.
Don't really care about the streaming services as outside of TV in the living room I don't need it.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

What are your thoughts on this one?

Dune HD AV1 4K Android Box​

All I need is something to play 4K .iso files off my network. Well not sure I really need it, since for now an old PowerDVD is working for that.
Don't really care about the streaming services as outside of TV in the living room I don't need it.

Are these 'full disc' 4K .iso back-ups with menus or 'movie only' .iso back-ups without menus?

 

[mandrix]

Are these 'full disc' 4K .iso back-ups with menus or 'movie only' .iso back-ups without menus?

Full .iso rips, @SeeMoreDigital , just decrypted.

 

[dabl]

I would like just a simple networked device that is 4K capable to play .iso files/whatever off my network, for a price that doesn't break the bank.
Mostly for Atmos/4K .iso rips. Route through the AVR then from AVR on to the display.

Media Players for Dummies: starting point for those interested in Zidoo, Dune HD, Kaleidescape, R_volution, HTPC, Ugoos etc.

 

[mandrix]

Media Players for Dummies: starting point for those interested in Zidoo, Dune HD, Kaleidescape, R_volution, HTPC, Ugoos etc.

Thanks for that, dabl!

 

[cdheer]

What are your thoughts on this one?

Dune HD AV1 4K Android Box​

All I need is something to play 4K .iso files off my network. Well not sure I really need it, since for now an old PowerDVD is working for that.
Don't really care about the streaming services as outside of TV in the living room I don't need it.

I would avoid the Android-based boxes personally.

 

[mandrix]

I would avoid the Android-based boxes personally.

I have decided to avoid them all for now. Between PowerDVD & JRiver I'm doing alright on UHD.
I can play anything off the Oppo from my network except UHD. So anyway covered for now.

 

[esimms86]

I have decided to avoid them all for now. Between PowerDVD & JRiver I'm doing alright on UHD.
I can play anything off the Oppo from my network except UHD. So anyway covered for now.

I do hope that you can eventually get your hands on a ChinOPPO. It’s just so easy to use.

 

[zdjh22]

I do hope that you can eventually get your hands on a ChinOPPO. It’s just so easy to use.

I’ve had great experiences with both an M9702 and an M9203. The M9702 I purchased used from someone at Audiogon, but it did require a bit of extra work to get it off the old proprietary firmware onto the free jailbreak. The M9203 I purchased from a vendor in Hong Kong via Ali Express.

I gather a better way to buy them now is via the Spanish AVPASION forum. The thread there with information is https://foro.avpasion.com/t/comprar...eproductores-clon-oppo-203-205-chinoppo.2469/

Better prices than my two purchases, and they’ve sold a large number.

 

[zdjh22]

I would avoid the Android-based boxes personally.

I was once tempted to buy a Zidoo NEO Alpha because at the time I was obsessed with native DSD output over HDMI to my AVR and that was the only media player that I could find that could do that. That obsession was silly, really, since my Oppo and ChinOppos convert to LPCM and I can’t tell the difference. Subsequently I bought a Smyth A16 which can’t decode MCH DSD, so LPCM is now the way.

When I was investigating how the Zidoo could do this, but an ordinary Linux system could not, I found in the Linux kernel sources that, while there are some data structures supporting DSD over HDMI in the base HDMI driver, none of the code is there. Android uses a variant of the regular Linux kernel, and Zidoo must have altered the HDMI driver in their kernel. They are obligated under the GPL, or so I at least thought so, to provide those alterations in source code form, but they are not available. A lot of the other GPL code on the Zidoo media hardware is available. All water under the bridge since the NEO Alpha seems to not be available anymore.

 

[esimms86]

I’ve had great experiences with both an M9702 and an M9203. The M9702 I purchased used from someone at Audiogon, but it did require a bit of extra work to get it off the old proprietary firmware onto the free jailbreak. The M9203 I purchased from a vendor in Hong Kong via Ali Express.

I gather a better way to buy them now is via the Spanish AVPASION forum. The thread there with information is https://foro.avpasion.com/t/comprar...eproductores-clon-oppo-203-205-chinoppo.2469/

Better prices than my two purchases, and they’ve sold a large number.

That’s where I got mine from. I bought it over a year ago. Their communication wasn’t great but I’m extremely happy with the product.