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hdmkv
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Agreed. It’s unfortunate with 3D as even the best 4K isn’t as immersive a movie experience as competently done 3D, especially with ATMOS in the mix. Just IMHO of course.
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I was really looking forward to 3.7.0, but....
3.6.2 was a decent enough stock Kodi "lite". But 3.7.0 has made some very odd design choices for the limited customisability of tvOS. Now pressing back once makes the "sort by, show all, update library" bar show up top (used to show along the left side, and was retrieved by pressing left) and you have to press back again to actually go back a level. Two presses of back is annoying when you accidentally venture into the wrong folder!
Also when you select a movie it doesn't just play, it goes to movie information. This is, I guess, more in line with tvOS design, but just an extra annoying button press before I get to watch something.
Too many clicks!
wrxtasy, I haven't updated to tvos12 yet, wasn't sure about a potential hit to performance for no benefit (I don't have an atmos receiver). You say it runs better?
Thanks
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Despite I will rather choose the "HTPC way", it's still tempting for it's -somewhat- more reasonably price to get this Box for a temporary period.
But even regardless, I would be still curious in some details:
How's the deinterlacing PQ and motion display quality (both SD and HD) compares i.e. to Amlogic + LE or juts to a budget HTPC with default MPCHC?
Same question regarding the PQ with upscalling and downscalling quality (SD->FHD, SD->4K, FHD->4K and 4K->FHD) and also the HDR->SDR conversion's color/brightness accuracy.
I already know, that it sadly has no auto resolution switching with the "Local Playback" apps, so no use of the TV's -generally decent- upscalling capabilities this time...
(And a big goalpost that it has no analogue audio out, it really could have been fit in there somewhere.)