To the shield ? Ive had two shields and for movie playback it did not do it for me via Pic Quality wise Struggled to work if i was not connected to the net . Crashed often because of the aforementioned . And being a games machine also just did not do it for me . the X20 Pro is made for Movie Playback / Storage and Audio playback device. So id say far superior in that department .
Well... I seen shield in action during fun with Kodi and I need to admit - it's really fast. Even searchig for sources (debrid) is much quicker than X9S so that's why I'd like to compare x20 to shield. But if U say u've been struggled I will think diffrent way then
Agree Shield is fast has a powerful cpu etc inside But found Picture did not do it for me . ( My own opinion ) and game side was not interested And wanted something that did not depend on the net to work properly . X20 Pro is a diff beast and made for professionals for Movies and high end Audio etc
I wish i had live in China at http://www.zidoo.vn/ can see that x20 is buyable in Asia... Regarding shield i do understand that this is gaming machine with possibility of playing stuff from kodi. I love how fast shield with kod is...but as u Said... x20 is worthy to wait for it. Of course all is about price
The site is in Vietnam, and I doubt you'd want to buy the Asian version, as they normally include different specs in hardware.
So is Shield, along w/gaming secondarily. Wouldn't say gaming is the main selling point as gamers are better off w/XBOX One S/X or PS4. I have both Shield and Zidoo X9S, and Shield is more powerful (snappy) and 4K HDR playback quality is similar between the two. What Zidoo has that Shield doesn't is 3D MVC support. What Shield has Zidoo doesn't is premium apps (Netflix, Amazon, etc.). With X20 (expecting a review unit), assuming Zidoo sends me the Pro version, I see the selling point as best-in-class audio playback w/the ESS 9038 DAC chip in it. SACD/DVD-A rips, FLAC, Apple lossless. Video performance-wise, it looks like both X20's will be no different than X8/X9S/X10 (which granted are already excellent players).
No doubt the X20 Pro will be great with the Audio department etc They may grab a few sales but cant see it selling well if its for the Audio enthusiasts etc They would be better off tweaking the x10 or X11 with board revamp , Oled Display front and cater for the Movie enthusiast not Audio and add Netflix support in 4k , Hdr10 + etc Go for ultimate picture Quality . Id order one if they kept the box the same . and yes the shield flies i have two but im just intersted in Movie Playback so speed wont help to much in that department as such . Id say more sales for the Movie people not so much for the Audio enthusiasts So cant see to many X20 sold but will see .
Well if You don't like to home screen u can install any android launcher if u want But! You're right. HS looks good on it.
i tried different launchers.. most of them are crap..can not use remote . settled with default , one of my biggest complain about x10 is also a home screen but it is changed now. hope backgrounds are user selectable
To be honest I have no idea how looks firmware on X10... but Im assuming that is same with x9s. If it is.. You can select Your own background... but personally i do prefer the older layout of HS.
Interesting... Don't have an access to my zidoo now so can't check if there is any way to setup the layout. Will let u know after work when home.