2015-11-15, 16:49
(2015-11-15, 15:22)Siewarner Wrote: So is the H8 a worthy purchase?Since you mention proper 24p handling, not yet. I'd second wrxtasy's suggestions, and add HiMedia's other (and better) player Q5.
(2015-11-15, 01:44)Kilroy Wrote: I can make a link in pm where you can get an album with 24/96 numbers on, it´s arround 1.15GB big or I can mail you one number just to make it easy, the file/s is in Flac.Thanks, but no need, Got FLAC (96/24) & FLAC (44/16) samples. Will try out on H8 and let you know.
(2015-11-15, 15:31)MortUK74 Wrote: I've actually just switched from using a Raspberry Pi2 to using the Himedia H8 with the latest firmware update.I find Pi2 superior to H8 in most cases, with only power/snappiness & maybe lack of HD audio bitstreaming as points against it. H8 and X6 both still have several nagging issues as I noted in review. There's still no 23.976 (so microstutters are noticeable), there's macroblocking in several 3D ISO's, some 3D ISO's have playback freezing after a couple mins of playback (in H8, with 'Avatar' 3D ISO for example), HD audio pops/crackles are present (and bad for AVR/speakers), and finally lip synch issues are present (especially when you skip ahead in video).
But, good progress is being made, so both may end up being solid Android player options with 3D, HD audio, proper framerates & no video/audio artifacts. For now, that award goes to HiMedia Q5. It isn't perfect, but pretty damn close.