ZIDOO 8K Media player coming soon.

I did the test with my Z9X Pro, SW 1.0.95_G. 14tb HDD is connected to USB 3.0 of Zidoo. Try to write from HDD via SMB 1Gbit LAN to my laptop and vice versa.

From HDD to Laptop: 100Mb/sec.

From Laptop to HDD:
60Mb/sec.


It was my hope, that the new Zidoo Z9X 8K will perform better at that point.

 

I had a Zidoo UHD3000 for this and the speed to the media player was stable at 100 MB/s +-
I also had no speed problems with other Dune and Zidoo players with RTD 1619DR.
The Amlogic devices have the problem and we hope it will be fixed. Time will tell.

 

I wonder if there are any reviews yet for this box as well. Quite promising on paper.
https://ugoos.com/ugoos-sk1-8-128-gb-amlogic-tvbox-s928x-k

 

Doesn't have Display and a cover application like HT, if it does, it's Kodi, and I don't like Kodi. Enthusiasts may be able to do something with it, but not me.

 

Anybody with and Z9X 8K and a 1000mbps (1GB) symmetrical connection (upload and download) want to test something for me:

Install google chrome on Z9X 8K, start a speedtest and post here the results. On the Z9X Pro I get only around 700 mpbs max. Want to know if this has been improved to justify buying the Z9X 8K.

 

I really want a perfectly working media player. I don't need an HT5, just a device that can drive everything without any problems or bugs. So far I had Zidoo x9s, Z9x and z9x Pro, but I'm really thinking about changing.

 

There is no such thing !

as soon as you find something you dont like or a bug or ,or …..

it is no longer Perfect .

 

It maybe but such behaviour is very usual in Windows. That's my case in several PCs under Windows 11.

 

Related question, can you get the Jonathan Demme Laserdisc Extended Cut Version to play from the Extras menu? I cannot get it to play at all on my Z2000 Pro and this is one of the things along with SACD ISO MCH ability that I need confirmation on before buying a Z3000. I was able to rip it to MKV as a separate file to watch, but I cannot get it to play at all from the menu. Just shows blank screen and freezes.

 

I only have the UHD movie not the extended version

 

the extended version is an extra on the UHD disc

 

@Markswift2003 my Z9X 8K replacement is already on its way with batch 3

 

Brilliant!

Told you @futeko.com are good

 

Mine is due from Futeko today. When I ordered it said to despatch Aug 20. So this is a nice surprise.

 

OK. So it is!

So from main menu I go to Special Features. From there I select Extended Cuts. That gives me option of 'Stop Making Sense: Talking Heads Extended Cut (2023)'. Selecting that gives me a 1hr 39m version in DV and Atmos. The other option is 'Stop Making Sense: Jonathan Demme Extended Cut (1985)'. This is 1hr 38m version and plays in 4:3 aspect ratio with DD2.0 audio. No issues with any of these.

 

Ok thanks! I can't get it to work on my Z2000 so glad to hear it is working on the new models.

 

Yes full menu support is much better. Far from perfect but a huge jump forward. Seems a major no no at the moment is any Paramount title.

 

Odd that - I only have a few Paramount titles, but they behave better here on the Zidoo than they do on a Dune - the Dune kills the text in the selection in the language selection screen, but the Zidoo handles it fine and the menus work spot on.

Very odd.

 

It may be just UHD Paramount titles? I only have one and it always sticks after playing the Paramount logo - 19 seconds in.

Also see

http://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?threads/list-of-isos-where-menus-do-not-work.98760/

 

My z9x 8k came yesterday in Sydney from @futeko.com , so far im loving it, installed a few apps including YT Music and Steamio, and set up Apple Music and it’s playing Atmos music fine. The only issue I have so far is that I have some Atmos/TrueHD FLAC encodes, but these aren’t playing as Atmos, only the PCM surround part.