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While it IS 'compatible' with Dolby Vision Profile 7 FEL, it doesnt handle it properly - it fakes the TV led mode, and does not use the secondary video layer. Also be aware this a Russian product from Russia.
I made myself a small scale media sever back in 2007 while in college. I used my old laptop, kept it at home running with a hard drive plugged into it. I had some DVD's ripped to it and could access the files remotely from my PSP using a software called MyRSS. I could stream those videos as long as I had Wifi, it was cool at the time. I like these kind of videos, almost always has me considering doing stuff like that again.
I'm curious, what is the upsell vs WebOs, AppleTV 4k or Roku? Is it merely that this supports 4K video? Maybe I am missing something here. It merely looks like a replacement of one of those units. Ok it has a hard drive. Please help me understand the madness.
I’d like to see you compare this Dune model to the R.volution 4k PlayerOne Mini that will be release next month. Same chipset on both. How they handle ISOs and BDMWs with menus would be interesting to see.
I don't understand the stupid people who work at these companies. This product shows no value over a certified google tv box for $100ish. Did they waste their money on silly Dolby crap? My box just passes through everything to my AVR. Even my tv can process Dolby, but I don't want that, I want uncompressed, but not all software allows this. I'm currently running a Mecool MK7 plus and it allows everything. 4k streaming Netflix, prime etc. Also Kodi from the Play store, not sideloaded. Kodi is awesome I can use an external USB, NAS or shared from my PC. All snappy quick feedback, even in 4k. 4k HDR will have a half second delay while skipping in a movie playback. I've read that the shield is the only other product that can do all these things. Maybe the apple tv also.
I've been looking into getting the Zidoo Z9X Pro but now watching this review this throws another option into the mix. Comparing these two which one would you prefer?
Hey, really appreciate your videos. I currently have both an Nvidia Shield for streaming and a Zidoo Z9XPro for local playback through NAS. You think it's worth it to switch to this one? Is the updated chip noticeably better?
The Ugoos AM6B+ with CoreELEC is the ONLY one to use. It's the only android box that will play Dolby Vision Profile 7 which is what is found on 4K UHD blurays. Basically, I can rip the disc and the resulting mkv file will play exactly as it would play on the disc without losing Dolby Vision. No additional handbrake processing required. The Ugoos AM6B+ can also be found for less than $200 on Ali Express. Sometimes considerably less. I ordered mine and it arrived in less than 3 weeks. I hope that other devices such as a newer model nvidia shield will adopt such functionality.
This is all well and good, unless you're watching a weekly-airing show. This'd be a nightmare for a WWE fan, trying to jack Raw, Smackdown, and NXT into your server on the weekly. 😂 (If youre looking at this like a complete replacement for streaming services, that is)
@@caden3ds Wasn't talking about that. I was talking about the money you'd have to pay to get all these movies and tv shows on DVDs or blu rays. Even at 1-2 dollars each you'd have to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to have a decent library to even match any streaming service that you can get for $5 a month.
Its a shame you didn't mention Kodi and smart TVs. My nas hardware is not the best compared to my smart tv and Kodi has a nice clean UI and easy to setup. I borrowed my ready made digital sources from friends online. We all share our stuff like in the old days.
streaming services adding ads in paid membership is why i switched to the free ones like tubi and pluto; at least using them it makes sense that they have ads since they have no paid subscriptions.
I mean if you compare this to say a pi5 8gb…which is similar in price which would you pick? Especially if your goal is some kind of headless server? Or say a cluster of 4or 5 of them?
The mass is too 'busy' to care. They got 'other' things to worry about. I would understand if they had a valid reasoning, but they will never have an issue buying a new Smartphone every year. The consumers are to blame.
Basically did the same with all seasons of X-Files, because no one did stream them. While I was ripping the last disc I found out Disney+ just added it... Eh ... whatever. Only thing I don´t like is that when ripping multiple episodes you don´t have any idea which title on the disc is which episode. I had to play each title, seek to the end credits and look for the production code to know which episode it is.
sorry guys, i know is an old monitor, but i use it on my wife pc, we changed house, and in the middle... we lost the power brick... someone can tell me the specification? is a 19V like the notebook one? or another voltage? thx!
Hey thanks so much for watching! Just looked at my power adapter, it's a 19.5V 4.62A (90W) unit. It seems to be the regular 7.4mm x 5.0mm center positive barrel connector used with a lot of older Dell and HP notebooks. Still using this monitor in 2024 it works great. Hope this helps!
Great vid. Loved to see the actual power consumption metrics. I currently have a Lenovo IdeaCenter. That was bought before I found this channel. Right now I am running Handbrake and MKV simultaneously. The CPU is bouncing between 90-100%. The memory has remained solid at 11.6GB of 16GB. I thought I recalled you use the OptiPlex 790 for your sever. Did you test that one? Is that the I5-6500?
Question, When I ripper IronMan 2 Blu-ray, From a storage perspective, I cannot drop 64GB into my tiny NAS. My setup: 1 1. Lenovo IndeaCetner - 13th Gen I-5 Core-13500CPU. 2. I was able to burn some Blu-rays with no issue. 3. When I burned IronMan 2 I ended up with 2 tracks T01 - 34GB and T02 - 32GB, Playing the files, I don't notice a difference between them. Both are versions of the movie start to finish. Does one of them use a different Codex and that is what there is a difference in size?
