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RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - Hail.ceasar - 2018-08-01 (2018-07-14, 03:41)3DBuff Wrote:Thanks so much for the detailed explanation .(2018-07-12, 07:29)Hail.ceasar Wrote: Thanks. How do I set dynamic range to limited ?Limited dynamic range in Zidoo RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - 3DBuff - 2018-08-01 Quick update to above post. With Zidoo firmware xx.34 it's better to set "Deep Color Mode" to 10 bit for banding and limited range just like before. LG has updated firmware for Korean and North America OLED E6 series to 5.30.30 about 2 weeks ago. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - GregToR - 2018-08-01 (2018-08-01, 03:24)3DBuff Wrote: Quick update to above post. thanks a lot 3DBuff, very reassuring information. I live in Thailand, and indeed when I did Auto update it said no update available (was on 5.30.15), when I had checked LG website I downloaded the latest version and installed it through USB. Will try True Motion on Clear for 3D, so far turned it off, but I do see judder when the camera moves across a landscape (the video stutters), I'm assuming this will reduce that (but I also read True Motion can create artifacts, that's why I turned it off, played around with it once, and the blades of the Helicopter looked very strange, so turned it off, but that was on User mode) BBC Earth II has a rather strong HDR, I'm seeing sometimes when forests are far that they sort of flicker slowly, like alternating brighter and darker... is this an issue of the Zidoo player or should I adjust my TV settings? RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - 3DBuff - 2018-08-01 If you look for artefacts you will always find them. There will always be a shade of distortion around fast moving objects and a bit of splash on flashing lights or objects. It’s much better with newer firmware. You need to find a ballance for yourself. I like natural smooth motion and any kind of pulsing or strobing bothers my eyes. I can see strobing everywhere on OLED with 24 fps, people faces when talking, any movement not only panning scenes. For any type of noise, snow flashes when you pause the playback check the cable first. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - litlgi74 - 2018-08-01 Double post RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - litlgi74 - 2018-08-01 (2018-07-21, 20:42)hdmkv Wrote: Just tested the new v.2.0.34 firmware, and 10-bit output looks good to me, no banding. Below are the settings I used... I had first tried 'Auto' for all, and 4K HDR plays in 12-bit, but the picture is really dim (appears they broke 12-bit when fixing 10-bit). In any case, proper 10-bit is what we need, and this f/w appears to get it right. @OlivierQC and @wesk05, waiting to see what you see. Other positive news is that while using 2.0.34 fw... With the settings of 10bit and limited... For the first time my HDFury Vertex shows that a 23.976 frame rate files... are indeed playing at 23.976! RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - wesk05 - 2018-08-01 (2018-08-01, 21:15)litlgi74 Wrote: Other positive news is that while using 2.0.34 fw... With the settings of 10bit and limited... For the first time my HDFury Vertex shows that a 23.976 frame rate files... are indeed playing at 23.976!If I recall correctly, 4K 10/12-bit 4:4:4 had the correct refresh rate output even before this firmware. It was the HDFury Vertex that had a rounding error. It could be that it has been fixed in a later Vertex firmware. I haven't checked it recently against a reference. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - hdmkv - 2018-08-07 Cheapo Zidoo X9S clones? RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - AMST - 2018-08-07 (2018-08-07, 01:01)hdmkv Wrote: Cheapo Zidoo X9S clones?Received mine RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - MarkyM - 2018-08-23 Got my "Ourglass" clone yesterday. I flashed the firmware to Zidoo v1.2.3 successfully and emailed them the MAC addresses. I received the activation email from Zidoo this morning (Please restart your box, It should work now). I power-cycled the box and got the "Success" message. I then updated the software to the current version 2.0.34 and adjusted settings per 3DBuff's post above. (Thank you 3DBuff!!) I then connected my 1TB USB3 drive loaded with select 3D Blu-Ray ISOs made using DvdFab Blu Ray Copy and voila! All is working perfectly! My 55C6P OLED is calibrated (by Chad B) and playing the .iso file from the X9S looks no different to me so far than playing the actual disc on my Sony X800. Haven't tried 4k yet. Really nice little box! Next up: a 4TB drive to fit all of my 3D movies. And probably some regular Blu Rays as well. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - sergejskr - 2018-08-31 Hi Guys, This weekend will try to perform several tests using professional R.Masciola's UHD/HDR-10 Test Patterns to check the banding, will be comparing X9S against OPPO UDP-203, as I use Lumagen Pro it will be in the chain, however will try to do some tests via direct hook. Will also try to run some real scenes from Martian, can you please specify exact timecode so I can be precise when comparing those tests. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - sergejskr - 2018-08-31 (2018-05-12, 18:11)hdmkv Wrote: Thanks... tried your clips, and I do see banding w/Zidoo . Couldn't believe it, so tried my own full rips of both these movies to make sure. Banding is easily noticeable, even late morning today with ambient light seeping into my family room. Last I watched these two movies was when I had a LG UHD Blu-ray player, so today was the first time testing via Zidoo X9S and nVidia Shield TV... Can you please let me know what ZDMC Skin you use? I really like it. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - hdmkv - 2018-08-31 The skin is Aura. And, banding isn't an issue w/the latest firmware when using 10-bit. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - sergejskr - 2018-08-31 Thank you my friend. I run https://github.com/mikesilvo164/skin.aeon.madnox/tree/krypton Skin Aeon Madnox - quite good skin as well, but will try out Aura one as I like the info metadata. RE: Zidoo X9S, X8 & X10 (4K / HDR / 3D / HD Audio): Review & User Impressions - sergejskr - 2018-09-01 Just did some testing yesterday with latest firmware, It still does provide banding when bits depth is set to 12, forcing it to 10 does the job better. |