[hdmkv]

Please would anyone be able to comment on the video quality on a 1080p display(55 inch Sony). I am torn between this and the Hi media Q5 Pro but comments about the Imprex engine and frame stuttering are leaning me toward the X9S. I will udate to a 4K display in the future but want the best quality in the meantime.

Thanks.

Bulk of my tests for HiMedia and Zidoo were via a 1080p 3D projector, using a 133" screen. The stuttering w/HiMedia is only w/3D and it's minor microstutters every once in a while. My family and friends never notice, and enjoy the movies, but as some of us A/V-philes are picky to the tee, we notice.

Aside from this, PQ between HiMedia, Zidoo, Intel MVC and RPi2/3 are all close. Especially if you disable Imprex on HiMedia (which mostly minimizes its effect). One person's personal preference of one of these over the other three is purely subjective. I have all 4, and IMHO, by very tiny margins, Intel > Zidoo > HiMedia & Pi2/3 (these two tied, for different reasons). If you played the same videos from all 4 one after the other, and didn't tell me which box in order, I'd likely fail the test.

[Skank]

Hi,

Heres my dutch review posted on 2 video/home-theater forums

https://home-theater.be/topic/1917-zidoo...#post43098

http://www.htforum.nl/yabbse/index.php?t...971931#new


For me, zidoo is a huge winner!
Alhoug i dont need it, i hope they fix 3d mvc mkv, the flip eyes and dvd problem

That said, i think zidoo is better than himedia q10 pro and intel!

Finally perfect 23.987

Will recommend it to anyonye!

[hdmkv]

Nice to have another HT fanatic validate my review; thanks. Added your review to post #1. Yes, fixing MVC and flipeyes should be a priority. For DVD, they've already said too complicated, and want to focus on the other stuff at this point. The private beta APK they shared w/me at least fixes using DVD menus; there's just no way to get back to it after you select a title for playback.

[lofgents]

Please would anyone be able to comment on the video quality on a 1080p display(55 inch Sony). I am torn between this and the Hi media Q5 Pro but comments about the Imprex engine and frame stuttering are leaning me toward the X9S. I will udate to a 4K display in the future but want the best quality in the meantime.

Thanks.

Bulk of my tests for HiMedia and Zidoo were via a 1080p 3D projector, using a 133" screen. The stuttering w/HiMedia is only w/3D and it's minor microstutters every once in a while. My family and friends never notice, and enjoy the movies, but as some of us A/V-philes are picky to the tee, we notice.

Aside from this, PQ between HiMedia, Zidoo, Intel MVC and RPi2/3 are all close. Especially if you disable Imprex on HiMedia (which mostly minimizes its effect). One person's personal preference of one of these over the other three is purely subjective. I have all 4, and IMHO, by very tiny margins, Intel > Zidoo > HiMedia & Pi2/3 (these two tied, for different reasons). If you played the same videos from all 4 one after the other, and didn't tell me which box in order, I'd likely fail the test.

Thanks for your input its always good to have a choice.

[wesk05]

@hdmkv: Can you please test this clip on the X9S and Q10 Pro? It is the credit roll of a movie. Any offset in 23.976fps playback can be caught in the credit roll. I would focus on the top edge of the frame and look for frame "slip".

4K/UHD 23.976 Credit Roll

[hdmkv]

Sat through end credits of several 1080p/23.976 movies already, 2D and 3D. With X9S, no frame slips or skips from what I could see. Tried to keep my eyes from blinking 'A Clockwork Orange' style . With Q10 Pro, slips are noticeable with 3D only.

I'll try your clip as well, both on a 1080p and 4K display.

[movie78]

Hi,

Heres my dutch review posted on 2 video/home-theater forums

https://home-theater.be/topic/1917-zidoo...#post43098

http://www.htforum.nl/yabbse/index.php?t...971931#new


For me, zidoo is a huge winner!
Alhoug i dont need it, i hope they fix 3d mvc mkv, the flip eyes and dvd problem

That said, i think zidoo is better than himedia q10 pro and intel!

Finally perfect 23.987

Will recommend it to anyonye!

This is some pretty bold statement for you guys ( @hdmkv & Skank) to say this is better than Himedia Q10 Pro and Intel,

[wesk05]

Sat through end credits of several 1080p/23.976 movies already, 2D and 3D. With X9S, no frame slips or skips from what I could see. Tried to keep my eyes from blinking 'A Clockwork Orange' style . With Q10 Pro, slips are noticeable with 3D only.

I'll try your clip as well, both on a 1080p and 4K display.

Thanks!

[wesk05]

Finally perfect 23.987

23.987, 23.297 interesting

[hdmkv]

Ha, noticed that too . 23.976 is a PITA enough for quite a few media players... don't introduce new framerates .

@movie78, I'm not ready to proclaim X9S better than Intel, but HiMedia, very marginally (and totally subjectively), yes.

[looun]

Hi,

Heres my dutch review posted on 2 video/home-theater forums

https://home-theater.be/topic/1917-zidoo...#post43098

http://www.htforum.nl/yabbse/index.php?t...971931#new


For me, zidoo is a huge winner!
Alhoug i dont need it, i hope they fix 3d mvc mkv, the flip eyes and dvd problem

That said, i think zidoo is better than himedia q10 pro and intel!

Finally perfect 23.987

Will recommend it to anyonye!

This is some pretty bold statement for you guys ( @hdmkv & Skank) to say this is better than Himedia Q10 Pro and Intel,

from my opinion are close but different:
- With native player q10 when engine is OFF have equal picture quality of x9s , when engine is ON q10 have more contrast but less sharper.

- with Dvdplayer(kodi) q10 have better quality, but x9s have support HD Audio pass-trougth and Multitrack PCM decoding.

media center/file manager x9s is better than q10 , but q10 player APP have more advanced setting for HDMI output and Engine.

i hope competition between this two good players help to improve quality of playback and user experience.

[bongchillog]

@hdmkv

Can x9s play bd-iso/bdmv
With menu?

[hdmkv]

Question about rez..

If you setup the player for 4k/60 hdr, and decide to play a 1080p file, will the player be able to output the 1080p and not up convert.
I ask, as himedia will always up convert the 1080p, and looks soft and dull.
When I set the output to native 1080p, videos look sharp, and awesome..
Can this player auto switch rez depending on source?

No, just tested. Whether you select 'Auto' or '3840x2160@60', all 1080p videos are upscaled to 4K.

Sat through end credits of several 1080p/23.976 movies already, 2D and 3D. With X9S, no frame slips or skips from what I could see. Tried to keep my eyes from blinking 'A Clockwork Orange' style . With Q10 Pro, slips are noticeable with 3D only.

I'll try your clip as well, both on a 1080p and 4K display.

Thanks!

Test results of the 4K/23.976 end credits clip:

• Q10 Pro w/native player, using 1080p display, no frame slips
  
• Q10 Pro w/native player, using 4K display, no frame slips
  
• X9S w/native player, using 1080p display, several slips. Restarted and no slips. Played a 3rd time to make sure, and no slips. Initial one may have been a fluke, maybe a NAS or network issue. Don't know
  
• X9S w/native player, using 4K display, no frame slips (which leads me to think above was a fluke)
  

- With native player q10 when engine is OFF have equal picture quality of x9s , when engine is ON q10 have more contrast but less sharper.

- with Dvdplayer(kodi) q10 have better quality, but x9s have support HD Audio pass-trougth and Multitrack PCM decoding.

media center/file manager x9s is better than q10 , but q10 player APP have more advanced setting for HDMI output and Engine.

i hope competition between this two good players help to improve quality of playback and user experience.

Spot on !

@hdmkv

Can x9s play bd-iso/bdmv
With menu?

With menu, no. Very few players can play full BD Java menus. But, X9S can play BDMV (see below), with BD-lite menus (see photo gallery in post #1):



@mirror88, above is another case of poor wording. Can you have it changed to "This is a Blu-ray folder. Please make a selection". Thanks.

[bongchillog]

Thanks hdmkv....



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[boblo]

@mirror88, above is another case of poor wording. Can you have it changed to "This is a Blu-ray folder. Please make a selection". Thanks.

@mirror88:
And fix text justification on that paragraph (the second line is not centered).

Also you forgot to set capital letters on main submenu ("Exchange Eyeview, "3D Subtitle Line Spacing, 3D Subtitle Depth" and so on.) Do the same with all menus and submenus.


@hdmkv: I think you're american. Please let me know if I'm wrong with the above.