[halfelite]

@couto27 I don't this the crowd for this type of media player maybe the AVS Forum , they like expensive stuff just because .

And this whole internal DAC built in a media player doesn't make any sense to me, I must be in the minority because of i here a lot of talk about it.

You would be in the Minority for people that do Pre/PRO setups. These are devices that are not made for just movies. People that have setups that handle SACD and such to get the best output they can. You are thinking only in terms of Movies. I own the A500pro the competition to the solo duo and in terms of PQ/AQ it cant be beat for the price and ease of use. I still check out Kodi boxes as the jukebox is still first rate the problem has always been the hardware behind it. Even today I still see all of HDMKV reviews and each box he does always has a * next to some item be it improper framerate slight stutter or something with the audio.

The Dune 4K ranges' AV playback quality (ignoring GUI, library and current lack of 3D subtitles) is widely considered as good as it gets for streaming, but they need to adopt Sigma HDMI 2.0+ SoC's asap to be more relevant (and price justified) going into 2017. I'm sure they've already got those players well underway by now. (just as everyone else is probably moving to HDMI 2.1

http://www.sigmadesigns.com/news/sigma-d...-chipsets/

No need for them yet still no way to get a 1:1 uhd rip. I am not going to start using an HD Fury card to get my 4k content. HDMI2.0+ will be needed when we can actually get some decent content on it and when we get a decent understanding of HDR. We already have tv's that are only HDR10 bit not Dolby Vision compatible. So I think that needs to iron out a bit before we can make a good jump into 2.0+