2022-02-28, 11:54 PM
In the past I've been a Kodi user with either a NVidia Shield or PC/HTPC but I've grown tired of several aspects of that setup (plus my older Shield won't do DV) and was doing research into other methods of watching my discs/files.
Not in particular a fan of Plex either.
So with that in mind, I was wondering what people's opinions are some of the media players that are around. Particularly, was looking at Zidoo, Zappiti and Dune. Basically, the players with the new Realtek chipset for DV and HDR10+ and which can do the HDR to SDR conversion well for my legacy 1080p projector and CRT. I'm also trying to balance out getting the best by keep the cost down as I don't have a lot of spare change at the moment.
In researching, I'm kind of leaning towards the Zidoo Z series since it seems to have that chipset and the features I want, plus seems to be the cheapest (but not cheap). I have a somewhat negative opinion on Dune since I had one years ago in the 1080p period and found the features (or features taken away) and interface lacking. That might be unfair as they probably has changed their ways in the intervening years. Zappiti has a good rep but is more expensive then Zidoo and Dune for much of the same features. I point out that I do like their app for editing metadata content. As a person with a lot of (obviously) custom projects, editing them to appear properly in a UI is a big deal and I don't think Zidoo has the same app. Otherwise it looks like the Zap and Zidoo interface is similar, not sure about Dune.
Anyway am I off on things and does anyone have opinions or insight as to what they feel is the best?
Not in particular a fan of Plex either.
So with that in mind, I was wondering what people's opinions are some of the media players that are around. Particularly, was looking at Zidoo, Zappiti and Dune. Basically, the players with the new Realtek chipset for DV and HDR10+ and which can do the HDR to SDR conversion well for my legacy 1080p projector and CRT. I'm also trying to balance out getting the best by keep the cost down as I don't have a lot of spare change at the moment.
In researching, I'm kind of leaning towards the Zidoo Z series since it seems to have that chipset and the features I want, plus seems to be the cheapest (but not cheap). I have a somewhat negative opinion on Dune since I had one years ago in the 1080p period and found the features (or features taken away) and interface lacking. That might be unfair as they probably has changed their ways in the intervening years. Zappiti has a good rep but is more expensive then Zidoo and Dune for much of the same features. I point out that I do like their app for editing metadata content. As a person with a lot of (obviously) custom projects, editing them to appear properly in a UI is a big deal and I don't think Zidoo has the same app. Otherwise it looks like the Zap and Zidoo interface is similar, not sure about Dune.
Anyway am I off on things and does anyone have opinions or insight as to what they feel is the best?
