2016-01-27, 20:32
(2016-01-27, 20:26)hdmkv Wrote:(2016-01-27, 20:10)tate1293 Wrote: Have you guys seen the Pine64? (http://pine64.com/). It's basically like an upgraded Raspberry PI, with Android support and 4K HEVC decoding. I emailed them about MVC support and they said they're working on supporting it. Hopefully they follow through and this could possibly play 3D bluray rips as well as UHD bluray rips.Interesting, thanks. But, Allwinner SoC... doesn't inspire confidence based on Allwinner solutions to date. Also, HDMI 1.4 means no 10-bit 4K, nor HDR, nor 60Hz I believe. 3D MVC being worked on is one thing, but what about HD audio passthru? Dunno, I think Pine64 would have a real uphill climb to catch up to RPi2's performance as an already pretty great Kodi home theater box. Just no HD audio passthru and a tad slow (vs. best Android boxes, Chromebox).
True about the no 60Hz and no HDR as well as not being sure if they'll actually deliver on the MVC. My TV isn't HDR anyway, so until I get an HDR TV it could be a stopgap solution at least to play 4K bluray rips. That is, assuming we can even rip them at all anytime soon.
