2018-08-10, 14:02
I'm not sure if I'm exactly covered by any of the newbie categories in the first post of this thread; I wonder what people would recommend...?
What I need:
HIGH PRIORITY
1) Really pristine image quality - the signal fed to the TV has to be an accurate representation of the contents of the video file. (Can you tell I'm a disgruntled Nvidia Shield owner?)
2) Ability to decode DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD to multi-channel PCM and output via HDMI.
3) Ability to output video at native resolution and frame-rate.
VERY LOW PRIORITY
4) Able to handle 3D blu ray rips (frame-packed).
5) SD resolution output (e.g. 480i or 480p) for DVD rips.
Most source videos would be 4K/HDR10, with some 4K/SDR, some 1080p stuff, and a few DVD rips. I'm not concerned about having an ultra-responsive UI, so long as playback is flawless. Within all of the above constraints, I'd like to keep it cheap.
While I'm not actively looking for a "learning experience" I've no objection to getting my hands dirty if necessary. (I have LibreELEC running on a Raspberry Pi 3 at the moment - that's a perfectly acceptable level of complexity).
What I need:
HIGH PRIORITY
1) Really pristine image quality - the signal fed to the TV has to be an accurate representation of the contents of the video file. (Can you tell I'm a disgruntled Nvidia Shield owner?)
2) Ability to decode DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD to multi-channel PCM and output via HDMI.
3) Ability to output video at native resolution and frame-rate.
VERY LOW PRIORITY
4) Able to handle 3D blu ray rips (frame-packed).
5) SD resolution output (e.g. 480i or 480p) for DVD rips.
Most source videos would be 4K/HDR10, with some 4K/SDR, some 1080p stuff, and a few DVD rips. I'm not concerned about having an ultra-responsive UI, so long as playback is flawless. Within all of the above constraints, I'd like to keep it cheap.
While I'm not actively looking for a "learning experience" I've no objection to getting my hands dirty if necessary. (I have LibreELEC running on a Raspberry Pi 3 at the moment - that's a perfectly acceptable level of complexity).