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I've got the XBR75X900E and love it, but am running a dedicated HTPC for stored media and Kodi and using the TV app for NetFlix for 4K material.
I basically assumed Kodi via the TV wouldn't be ideal.
If someone wants something tested, I could certainly do some things over the holidays.
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Hello to all.
I started to research for Android TV in the past few days as I must make a purchase on the next few days, and I am in general totally disapointed by the Android TV platform. However, as I must make a purchase I have problematic time to figure if Android TV could fufill my demands.
What I want to achieve, like many others, is to use Kodi for streaming 4K (and Full HD) video files (4K rips + external .srt subtitles, 4K videos taken with mobile phone, and 4K from action cam) who generally does not have hight bitrate. Media will be streamed from LAN HDD connected to a gigabit LAN. Sound will come/be passed to external soundbar.
Are Sony Android TV currently capable of fufilling this requirements? I was suprised when 2017 TV hit only 100FPS in GFXBench as oposed to 300FPS on more than 2 years old Xperia XA and dont think that 2018 XF models are any different as they seems to have the same MT5891 chip (well at least XF75 model that I checked).
Could anyone tell if there is any improvements with the latest 6.5603 firmware on 2017 models?
I was told that 2017 models would not get Android 8.0 update as oposite to 2018 models, so what is expecteded Android 8.0 to bring to the table? Is it expected to solve some of the current issues?
Also, do you think that I shoud go with dummber TV and change LAN HDD to a NAS, which will do all the things required from KODI?
Thank you all.
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I did look into every possible reviews that I could find online. Sadly, non of them reviewed in-depth Android platform and KODI. Disappointing.
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(This post was last modified: 2018-05-30, 12:09 by noggin.)
Beware the XE90/XE900/XBR900E 2017 Android TV model range - there is a well known and widely reported (in UK and German AV Forums) bug with this model that means 50Hz and 59.94Hz native content (Sport, Entertainment, News etc.) is displayed with frame drops and frame repeats in all picture modes other than GAME and one of the Photos (Custom I think). This most commonly exhibits itself as very brief pauses/jerks on shot changes, though it can appear mid shot. The TV is dropping a frame pair (usually on a cut) and then repeating a pair of frames (usually on another cut - but not always). The fact it shows two pairs twice is really obvious on content where there is motion between field/frame pairs... The shot effectively jumps back two frames and then plays again.
It's a real pity - because with FALD and a 10-bit panel, and at a very competitive price, it's a great TV in almost every other respect.
Sony are replacing XE models with XFs as warranty 'repairs' for many people who have spotted the fault. There have been at least three firmware updates since the fault was first logged with Sony in October last year, and none of them fixes it...
(Personally I find Android TV on both the XE and XF series annoyingly slow - due apparently to the underpowered MediaTek processors they use. I'd use an external solution for Kodi if I'm honest, just as I do for Netflix and Amazon Prime as the internal players seem to run at 59.94Hz not 23.976?)
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stupid head ex9305 shift x800 uhd sold.