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I could not resist, just ordered one (for $30 USD could not resist)....... And, yes, I will tinker with it, then toss it in the drawer with my "other" device. I am still waiting for the Mecool KM6 deluxe......
Strangely, my older devices passthrough the HD audio codecs under Kodi, but not the newer boxes........... Waiting to see if the Kodi 19 will passthrough the HD audio codecs under Android 10.
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When they were selling for $50, I was able to pass it up. But when they dropped it to $30, I just could not resist.
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O.o How can a company like this Dynalink get a Netflix Certification and Minix, OSMC(Vero 4K+) and other more renowned companies can't?
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Hard to tell with his sample ATMOS file and AVR indicator showing ATMOS/DD+, but would make sense given TrueHD doesn't work that only lossy AC3-JOC passes through.
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Received my Dynalink box today, and first impressions are not very good. First off, the colors are all washed out because these boxes think my TV supports HDR, and it doesn't. There is no setting to change from HDR to SDR, so my colors are washed out. My TV is a 3 or 4 year old Samsung that does NOT support HDR.
Another thing that I noticed was the the 2.4 GHz Wifi is not very strong, my high bitrate videos kept buffering. Strangely, this TV that it is connected to is about 35 to 40 feet from router with direct line of sight. My TV 4k (suffers same issue of washout colors), on another TV that is 5 or 6 walls away from the router, does not have the buffering issue, playing the same video. I have not run any speed test to verify the actual thruput.....
Audio........ It does NOT passthrough ANY of the HD audio codecs using the stable Kodi 18 or the Kodi 19 alpha.
This box, like most of my other Android boxes passesthrough the DTS HD MA codec, but Not the DolbyHD, using VLC
Netflix does play in 4k with DD+ audio.
Vudu, like all my other Android boxes, except the Nvidia Shield, only plays in HD and not UHD..........
Disney + says it is playing in 4k but I can't verify. It does play with DD+ audio.
Because of the washout colors, I can't use it on my main TV, but it will work ok on a simpler setup....... (in the drawer it goes)
It really needs some updates to add more settings.......
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Sorry to hear, but not surprising unfortunately. For HDR/SDR, I assume there's no auto (or off) setting?