I have a Zidoo Z9X and it is working great. It was a little buggy at first (setting up meta data in Home Theater Mode), but updates come out regularly and the improvements from them have been great.
I have the Zidoo Z9X as well but it only does one thing for me and that is 3D movies. To me that is it’s party trick. It plays any 3D movie file or format perfectly. I was struggling previously since I mainly use an HTPC. I ended up throwing in the towel and got the Zidoo, have been very pleased with my purchase.
@@davidfrisken1617 at the time I was using Kodi with dsplayer/madvr and some 3d frame packed titles just wouldn’t play no matter what. Then sometimes I could get some to play if I changed some setting around but then it broke other things. Just got to the point where to me it made more sense to have a separate box for 3D. I use kodi with an external player now and madvr so maybe it would be fine now. But the Zidoo player works great so I haven’t bothered.
The XLR and dedicated 2 channel output on the 3000 is incorporating their higher quality DAC (This is meant for "Audiophile" users using this for 2 channel audio file playback eg. I plan to use this with a seperate 2 channel amp, and higher fidelity secondary towers in my theatre dedicated for stereo audio exclusive play back... similar to the 2 channel XLR outs on the higher end OPPO and PANASONIC as a disc transport when playing back CDs and SACD (minus PANNY no SACD))
Apologize for probably sounding stupid. but if you don't plan to listen to much music in your home theater. the Z9X is perfectly fine to go with right? Because you'll want to use the hdmi audio option.
@@LoganSwish Most likely. I don't know if the higher end model has anything different to offer the video end of equation. It's been a minute since I've looked into these.
Hey! Thanks for your content. I have a question, Are the antennas mandatory for having wifi? Or is just for stability? Personally I don’t like how them looks. It’s like a router how it looks
I have a Blu Sound Node to do to channel work, networked with a entry level NAS , which has most of my music collection ripped to it, works great… I am now starting to think about my movies and tv shows box sets. My NAS doesn’t really have enough power to stream videos.
Thank you for this great review. One important consideration for me is the ability to create a playlist and play a series of files in sequence. This would be like you would find in a theater to play a welcome short, a couple of movie trailers, cartoon, then the feature. I can do this on my PC with VLC.
I am thinking about something like this, and digitising some dvd / Bluray tv series and and of course like music videos/ concerts ( some of these are bonus discs ) . Although I have a NAS it is a base model with just enough for me to use as a source of my music collection through a Blu. sound . I would digitise my dvd as iso files on like an external drive( usb) I have no 4K stuff yet because well I don’t have a 4K capable tv, nor can I get one in my country to fit in the space I have( unless I go smart monitor).
Hi. Contacted you a few months ago about the Modulus M1 but my comment is a question about the Zidoo. I have a zappiti reference and was planning on getting a zappiti mini so I could stream to my tv upstairs. Since zappiti has told me they won’t be making the mini anymore, is it possible to stream movies from my zappiti reference to the zidoo?
I have a wd live hub with 2.5 inch HDD .I was thinking of something new. either a Zappiti one or the Zidoo 1000 pro , What are the pros and cons of these players.
I want to buy the z9x for the bedroom. I have a UHD3000 in the living room with my media loaded into the two internal hard drives. Am I able to play the Z9X from my other Zidoo hard drives? I don't have a NAS setup.
This is for folks that want to play blue ray files that aren’t MKV. (And other special cases like that.) It’s a nice file player device for the hobbyist. Good box, but you need to have the right use case for it. Shield with Plex can do most of what this does. Depends on your taste too.
I have had two Patriot Box Office players, unfortunately I fried the last one when I plugged the out put to my home theater receiver's HDMI output. I loved those players they were solid performers for the time, late 2000 to around 2013. I now have a Noontech media player which I bought after I fried the Patriot. Still my favourite for solid performance but will not play 4K. Have tried a couple of cheap 4K Android players, one Minix, but pretty much rubbish for glitch free performance. I hate Android but everything seems to be based on that now. Probably go for a Zidoo or Zapiti, leaning towards Zapiti at the moment. The GUI looks way cleaner and more polished. That is important to me, I like my media player to appear like a specialised player not a botched up Android device.
Its a bit relative. The first question is do you need Dolby Vision? Zappiti will have that very soon too though. When I get my hands on a new Zappiti unit I will be able to do a comparison. Are you thinking about getting one?
@@JilesMcCoy I can't wait for this comparison with a new Zappiti unit with Dolby Vision to be able to evaluate a purchase. I emphasize image quality when reproducing high resolution files. Keep up the good work.
Here is what I think of the unit after plaing around with the Zidoo Z10 Pro. It may be a little combersome to setup for some users. But after several updates it works well. SQ Is great but you may need to adjust black levels on some videos. The difference between other boxes like it. Dune HS 4K VISIO - Same hardware/chipset Zappito One - No Latest chipset/dolby vision HDR10+ SUPPORT nVidea Shield Pro 4k/Roku/Apple TV - Low SQ at same volume levels and decreased frequency range especially on the low end. What I mean is play a movie via Plex or other streaming app then play the same movie thru this box at the same volume levels you will noticed the nvidea shield, roku, apple TV all misses low end output. It will sound if the subs are not on. Test this theory and tell me what you think. When the movie is played back on the Zidoo you hear the low end that is missing on the other boxes. So you will hear better SQ at same volume levels and increased frequency range especially on the low end. Overall better viewing/listening experience. Great Video PM
I your Nvidia Shield Pro just bitstreaming the audio data? If so the shield should be doing nothing to the audio whatsoever just sending the digital data to the head unit.
@@DovahDoVolom The shield nor Roku has options for bitstreaming. It just has audio options for dolby etc. Only the latest model for Roku even support Dolby Atmos. I've since replaced my Zidoo Z10-Pro with the Zappiti Neo which in my option better than the Zidoo Z10-Pro. Good Luck
Good review. Subscribed. Can I ask how you compare the Zappiti Audiocomm from your earlier review to this, purely for PQ (ignoring DV compatibility, interfaces, app remotes, drive bays etc) ? I have a lumagen already, so curious as to whether the better components in the Zappiti would produce a materially better image than the Zidoo? I have the option to replace my Z9S with an Zappiti but not convinced the price difference is justified (albeit happy to be proven wrong).
Hello. Since I bought the Z9X in July 2021, I've followed your guidelines regarding the settings, everything has always worked out.Now I'm having a problem. I can't download the movie posters. Every time I insert a new movie it doesn't download automatically and when I try to download it always gives a message: Cannot find such a movie or TV show, please input the keyword again. I've done this several times and it didn't help. Can you give me some help? Thank you very much in advance. Aarão Oliveira.
Mede8er was great I had the 1000x3d worked well with 3d iso just didnt have the update to do x265. I've got the z9x and works really well and alot quicker boot your like this upgrade futureproof
@@joereid84 I have the Zidoo Z9X with my NAS now running for a week and it's a big leap forward compared to the Mede8er MED600X3D which didn't run 2160p. files.
hey brother, i have wd my book 14 TB, and want use to fill with 4K remux movies, can that HDD 3,5 inch eksternal read and play by Zidoo z9x? I use usb 3.0 cable to connect from wd my book to zidoo z9x.
Not a professional, casual gamer, music listener and videos/movies watcher here. Got an Xbox series x for the gaming purposes and it does a very god job for playing ott/Netflix thing, but does a very bad job at playing files via usb, I need a media player that could play videos/movies in excellent format with good audio (not the complicated rip thing, just connect the Pendrive to the laptop, transfer files and play on the 4k tv/monitor). Can this thing do this and do you have any other recommendation?
@@JilesMcCoy i bought the Dune Real Vision, i can have my shared folders from network in the favorites and i can browse my files through folders not posters, i hate poster walls.
If it's so powerful? then why doesn't it stream, as more people would like to stream then download files? For just a device to play back files it's great, however it doesn't do everything plus the kitchen sink as you have mention
Can someone confirm rather or not the Zidoo has a 2.35:1 Mode like the Zappiti does? If so this would be a great device and won't need to use a Anamorphic lens.
I have a dumb question. What is NAS, and I’m assuming u loaded your movie collection onto it. Second how was this achieved? Third, will this unit do upconversion of DVD, standard Blu-ray to 4K?
A NAS is Network Attached Storage. Check out www.qnap.com/ for details. I use one of these. YOu need to rip your movies to files. Then copy the file to your NAS. Then you point the media player to the file share on your NAS. DO you think a video for this would be useful?
Yes sir, a basic video on the drive and the ripping would be very helpful to those of us just getting into all this. the player video was way over my head not understanding the concept. Additionally, explaining how this is better than just loading 4K discs into your player and playing them; especially given the additional cost of all this, nas drive, player, etc. thanks.
I'm still using my noontec n7s because I'm just interested in a media player that doesn't split up folders , I have a shield for streaming, as long as this still shows folders I'll get it.
@@JilesMcCoy I think it does not, can could you check this and let us know because in another review by Spare Change it did not, maybe it was an update.Thanks.
After watching this video I have been testing this product for a month and I must say that I am pleasantly surprised, the only bad side I could find is the support for blu-ray menus, do not buy this product thinking that you are going to have perfect support from complete ISO rip with menus and extras this is not the case, many will not work good or not at all so be careful, on the other hand if you want to use the mkv container it's perfect, there is a way to rename the extras to have everything with the main movie in the same poster, the database and the grouping of your movies collection is nearly perfect and easy to correct if necessary.
hey brother, i have wd my book 14 TB, and want use to fill with 4K remux movies, can that HDD 3,5 inch eksternal read and play by Zidoo z9x? I use usb 3.0 cable to connect from wd my book to zidoo z9x.
@@cyberpunk6812 It should work, personally I have five drives 6 to 8 TB connected in a wavlink 7 port USB hub, an 8 TB Sata drive and two other 4 TB drives connected in the USB 2.0 ports of the player and everything works number one.
I have a zidoo put away in my closet as one of my spares. It has a lot of awesome features but is slow. None of them are perfect by a long shot. I have a Beelink GT King pro and it just started its own issues the sound goes in and out. The only thing I haven't tried to bypass the problem is to plug a soundbar directly into the TV box but I need to order a brand new soundbar next month to do so. They all are far from perfect even the Nvidia Shield. I have mentioned that in another comment section on RUclips. Nvidia shield it almost has a cult following because I mentioned it before and had nvidia shield fans to call me me all kinds of names. Nvidia shield is a device that you either love or hate.
Great video, I'm looking to upgrade from my WD live SMP. It's old and slow but does a great job playing back all my backed up dvd and blurays. This may be a good choice. Can you do a video on the Home theater 4.0, how do you get meta data cover art. Thank you. Dale
I wonder how good is the SQ when playing Roon thru this versus a BlueSound Node 2i. Which is what I used the stream my music thru today. I am currently testing the Z10-Pro model but waiting on the Zappiti Neo review. I got it setup perfectly and the PQ/SQ is fantastic. The picture wall is similar to Plex which is OK. I link the Zappiti PW better. Based on what I see with this unit a lot of the setup and getting your movies just right depends on your experience using Plex. There are no clear directions on how the completely get it setup to your liking. In other words this unit is really not user friendly. If you need a more user friendly device to get setup quickly this is not it. Try the Zappiti One. Good Luck PM
thanks for your effort, great video :-) you're gonna be laughing at me .... I still use an old Asus HDP-R3, which of course can't play 4k and/or HDR, the media player in my Vestel 4K TV mostly fails to play HDR correctly, long story short, I'm about to get a new file/media player, still wondering which might be the right one ..... Zidoo Z9X or Dune Pro 4k or Zappiti Mini 4k HDR or any other thingamajig ? it's not a question of money, but I don't want to buy anything with an internal drive ...... any piece of advice would be highly appreciated, thanks
I’ve never seen a Dune before but with Zappiti releasing their new Dolby Vision units it will come down to user preference I think. When I get my hands on a new Zappiti I will do a picture quality comparison. That should tell the tale.
Interface is pretty ugly. Reminds me of popcorn hour products. Roon integration is kind of neat. But shield tv is much more polished. Though in the end a gpu madvr based pc would deliver a great experience. Thanks for the review.
I like the Zidoo Z9X interface, especially the Home Theater Mode they have. I'm selling my Shield soon, never really liked it. Also, you can change the icons and personalize it, but it requires some leg work on your part.
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Hello sir, what kind of cable / power supply would work with this? I accidentally broke mine... thanks
I have a Zidoo Z9X and it is working great. It was a little buggy at first (setting up meta data in Home Theater Mode), but updates come out regularly and the improvements from them have been great.
Thanks for sharing
@@JilesMcCoy How to download the metadata? it doesn’t happen automatically like in infuse?
I have the Zidoo Z9X as well but it only does one thing for me and that is 3D movies. To me that is it’s party trick. It plays any 3D movie file or format perfectly. I was struggling previously since I mainly use an HTPC. I ended up throwing in the towel and got the Zidoo, have been very pleased with my purchase.
That’s a great use case for the unit. Very cool. Thanks for the info!
that was the main reason I got it too....and that it did subtitles in 3D....great little player....a little buggy but I can live with that..
Do you know of any other boxes that can do that 3D lift?
Kodi works fine for me for 3D. What issue did you have?
@@davidfrisken1617 at the time I was using Kodi with dsplayer/madvr and some 3d frame packed titles just wouldn’t play no matter what. Then sometimes I could get some to play if I changed some setting around but then it broke other things. Just got to the point where to me it made more sense to have a separate box for 3D.
I use kodi with an external player now and madvr so maybe it would be fine now. But the Zidoo player works great so I haven’t bothered.
The XLR and dedicated 2 channel output on the 3000 is incorporating their higher quality DAC (This is meant for "Audiophile" users using this for 2 channel audio file playback eg. I plan to use this with a seperate 2 channel amp, and higher fidelity secondary towers in my theatre dedicated for stereo audio exclusive play back... similar to the 2 channel XLR outs on the higher end OPPO and PANASONIC as a disc transport when playing back CDs and SACD (minus PANNY no SACD))
Apologize for probably sounding stupid. but if you don't plan to listen to much music in your home theater. the Z9X is perfectly fine to go with right? Because you'll want to use the hdmi audio option.
@@LoganSwish
Most likely. I don't know if the higher end model has anything different to offer the video end of equation. It's been a minute since I've looked into these.
I use the Nvidia Shield to play 4k UHD movies from my plex library.
Will the Zidoo play them in better quality?
Hey! Thanks for your content. I have a question, Are the antennas mandatory for having wifi? Or is just for stability? Personally I don’t like how them looks. It’s like a router how it looks
Manditory? You could try without them but it will severely limit the units ability to pick up signal.
I have a Blu Sound Node to do to channel work, networked with a entry level NAS , which has most of my music collection ripped to it, works great… I am now starting to think about my movies and tv shows box sets. My NAS doesn’t really have enough power to stream videos.
That old rca composite connections are a nice touch to allow use of device with CRT and PVM tube TVs for old movie material, thanks for video! 👏
Great point!
Thank you for this great review. One important consideration for me is the ability to create a playlist and play a series of files in sequence. This would be like you would find in a theater to play a welcome short, a couple of movie trailers, cartoon, then the feature. I can do this on my PC with VLC.
I am thinking about something like this, and digitising some dvd / Bluray tv series and and of course like music videos/ concerts ( some of these are bonus discs ) . Although I have a NAS it is a base model with just enough for me to use as a source of my music collection through a Blu. sound . I would digitise my dvd as iso files on like an external drive( usb) I have no 4K stuff yet because well I don’t have a 4K capable tv, nor can I get one in my country to fit in the space I have( unless I go smart monitor).
Nice, I'm not interested in seeing pics of each item on my NAS.
Can I see a list view only ?
Thanks
Which is best Dune HD real vision vs zidoo z9x ?
Hi. Contacted you a few months ago about the Modulus M1 but my comment is a question about the Zidoo. I have a zappiti reference and was planning on getting a zappiti mini so I could stream to my tv upstairs. Since zappiti has told me they won’t be making the mini anymore, is it possible to stream movies from my zappiti reference to the zidoo?
one drawback is it doesn't have the RCA audio out for connection to Hi Fi equipment, did you tried the 3.5mm AV out whether the audio really works ??
I didn’t. I’ve only used the hdmi out.
@@JilesMcCoy would you give it a try to see if there is audio out from the AV port together with the hdmi ?
Does it support DTS decoding or only pass-throgh? So, can I get DTS videos decoded onboard and output in stereo through the A/V 3.mm jack?
Makes me happy to see SG1 in your TV collection.
One of my favs.
I have a wd live hub with 2.5 inch HDD .I was thinking of something new. either a Zappiti one or the Zidoo 1000 pro , What are the pros and cons of these players.
Have you looked at the Dune HD real vision 4K? Would like to hear your opinion on it vs the Zidoo. Thanks!
Ive never seen that one before. I'd love to give it a review though.
I want to buy the z9x for the bedroom. I have a UHD3000 in the living room with my media loaded into the two internal hard drives. Am I able to play the Z9X from my other Zidoo hard drives? I don't have a NAS setup.
As long as your source acts as a server you are good to go n
I have a WD live hub 1 TB internal storage , this is getting old , may need to replace soon.Hi from the UK
What's the advantage of this device over something like a Shield? It has to downmix DTS-HD?
This is for folks that want to play blue ray files that aren’t MKV. (And other special cases like that.) It’s a nice file player device for the hobbyist. Good box, but you need to have the right use case for it. Shield with Plex can do most of what this does. Depends on your taste too.
I have had two Patriot Box Office players, unfortunately I fried the last one when I plugged the out put to my home theater receiver's HDMI output. I loved those players they were solid performers for the time, late 2000 to around 2013.
I now have a Noontech media player which I bought after I fried the Patriot. Still my favourite for solid performance but will not play 4K.
Have tried a couple of cheap 4K Android players, one Minix, but pretty much rubbish for glitch free performance.
I hate Android but everything seems to be based on that now. Probably go for a Zidoo or Zapiti, leaning towards Zapiti at the moment.
The GUI looks way cleaner and more polished. That is important to me, I like my media player to appear like a specialised player not a botched up Android device.
It does seem like Android is it now.
Do you know anything about the z9x hdmi in...having recordings aborting during a reservation timed recording before the recording is finished?
Great content. Is this unit's image quality better than Zappiti's?
Its a bit relative. The first question is do you need Dolby Vision? Zappiti will have that very soon too though. When I get my hands on a new Zappiti unit I will be able to do a comparison. Are you thinking about getting one?
@@JilesMcCoy
I can't wait for this comparison with a new Zappiti unit with Dolby Vision to be able to evaluate a purchase. I emphasize image quality when reproducing high resolution files. Keep up the good work.
@@miksrinkis5479 I don't know the release date. But they will come on my live stream soon to talk about it!
How do you play certain AVI files that are not supported please..?
@@ArchivesAustralia Hi, I don't play avi files. I always look for high definition files.
Here is what I think of the unit after plaing around with the Zidoo Z10 Pro. It may be a little combersome to setup for some users. But after several updates it works well. SQ Is great but you may need to adjust black levels on some videos. The difference between other boxes like it.
Dune HS 4K VISIO - Same hardware/chipset
Zappito One - No Latest chipset/dolby vision HDR10+ SUPPORT
nVidea Shield Pro 4k/Roku/Apple TV - Low SQ at same volume levels and decreased frequency range especially on the low end. What I mean is play a movie via Plex or other streaming app then play the same movie thru this box at the same volume levels you will noticed the nvidea shield, roku, apple TV all misses low end output. It will sound if the subs are not on. Test this theory and tell me what you think.
When the movie is played back on the Zidoo you hear the low end that is missing on the other boxes. So you will hear better SQ at same volume levels and increased frequency range especially on the low end. Overall better viewing/listening experience.
Great Video
PM
I your Nvidia Shield Pro just bitstreaming the audio data? If so the shield should be doing nothing to the audio whatsoever just sending the digital data to the head unit.
@@DovahDoVolom The shield nor Roku has options for bitstreaming. It just has audio options for dolby etc. Only the latest model for Roku even support Dolby Atmos. I've since replaced my Zidoo Z10-Pro with the Zappiti Neo which in my option better than the Zidoo Z10-Pro.
Good Luck
Good review. Subscribed. Can I ask how you compare the Zappiti Audiocomm from your earlier review to this, purely for PQ (ignoring DV compatibility, interfaces, app remotes, drive bays etc) ? I have a lumagen already, so curious as to whether the better components in the Zappiti would produce a materially better image than the Zidoo? I have the option to replace my Z9S with an Zappiti but not convinced the price difference is justified (albeit happy to be proven wrong).
Hello. Since I bought the Z9X in July 2021, I've followed your guidelines regarding the settings, everything has always worked out.Now I'm having a problem. I can't download the movie posters. Every time I insert a new movie it doesn't download automatically and when I try to download it always gives a message: Cannot find such a movie or TV show, please input the keyword again. I've done this several times and it didn't help. Can you give me some help? Thank you very much in advance. Aarão Oliveira.
I'm switching to Zidoo Z9X, used to have a Mede8er MED600X3D.
Cool!
Mede8er was great I had the 1000x3d worked well with 3d iso just didnt have the update to do x265. I've got the z9x and works really well and alot quicker boot your like this upgrade futureproof
@@joereid84 I have the Zidoo Z9X with my NAS now running for a week and it's a big leap forward compared to the Mede8er MED600X3D which didn't run 2160p. files.
may ziddo 9x supports dolby atmos if yes so how many channels discrete? minimum 7.1 channels may be supports smoothly
It should send any audio track to the avr.
hey brother, i have wd my book 14 TB, and want use to fill with 4K remux movies, can that HDD 3,5 inch eksternal read and play by Zidoo z9x? I use usb 3.0 cable to connect from wd my book to zidoo z9x.
should be fine.
Excellent presentation. Thanks!
Thanks!
I'm considering to buy one, have the black level issues been fixed in the recent firmwares?
Maybe?
@@JilesMcCoy I would say most probably, but better be sure :) It was a serious issue.
Is there a noticeable quality difference between this and the 2019 Shield + PLEX for 4k UHD Bluray REMUX files?
Not to me. They both look perfect.
does it have a shuffle/autplay feature for the media center?
I never looked for that.
Can you boot straight into HomeTheatre4? Thanks!
Not a professional, casual gamer, music listener and videos/movies watcher here. Got an Xbox series x for the gaming purposes and it does a very god job for playing ott/Netflix thing, but does a very bad job at playing files via usb, I need a media player that could play videos/movies in excellent format with good audio (not the complicated rip thing, just connect the Pendrive to the laptop, transfer files and play on the 4k tv/monitor). Can this thing do this and do you have any other recommendation?
Yes, it can play from usb attach storage.
Hello, there is an option so that you can choose your video files to play from a text playlist not from the posters?
gaaah, I dont remember.
@@JilesMcCoy i bought the Dune Real Vision, i can have my shared folders from network in the favorites and i can browse my files through folders not posters, i hate poster walls.
Very interesting, didn't know of these products before. Might invest in one.
Check out the Zappiti review too. All good products.
@@JilesMcCoy Thanks, I will!
Can it run the Google play store and its Apps? How much space is left from the internal storage?
May I know which movie source you use to download? Because some china TV box is free for watching but sad is don't optimised well for dolby vision
Disc rips
10:30
If it's so powerful? then why doesn't it stream, as more people would like to stream then download files?
For just a device to play back files it's great, however it doesn't do everything plus the kitchen sink as you have mention
Looking to get this soon have USB 1 TB hard drive connect to my laptop can I connect this to the ,sx9, ???
Yes
can this player down sample design MA or 7.1 audio back to 5.1 on the fly while playing mkv file?
How do you reformat hdd in zidoo
Can someone confirm rather or not the Zidoo has a 2.35:1 Mode like the Zappiti does? If so this would be a great device and won't need to use a Anamorphic lens.
What is the 2.35:1 mode that Zappiti has? I didnt know they did scaling on video content.
Is this better than the nvidia shield pro for local media playback? :)
If you don't need it to stream its a solid choice. Its really hard to beat the Shield for a all in 1 solution though.
@@JilesMcCoy thanks friend! I use it only for 4k hdr remuxes, will the z9x be the better choice then? And what about picture quality? :)
Sir, How to play songs from my mobile through bluetooth via z9x. Thank you
where can i find the files it can play like MKV 264 , or 265 , etc?
I have a dumb question. What is NAS, and I’m assuming u loaded your movie collection onto it. Second how was this achieved? Third, will this unit do upconversion of DVD, standard Blu-ray to 4K?
A NAS is Network Attached Storage. Check out www.qnap.com/ for details. I use one of these. YOu need to rip your movies to files. Then copy the file to your NAS. Then you point the media player to the file share on your NAS. DO you think a video for this would be useful?
I know it does 1080P to 4K. I dont have any DVD quality files to play with.
Yes sir, a basic video on the drive and the ripping would be very helpful to those of us just getting into all this. the player video was way over my head not understanding the concept. Additionally, explaining how this is better than just loading 4K discs into your player and playing them; especially given the additional cost of all this, nas drive, player, etc. thanks.
@@lloydmitchell9712 you can use old laptop/PC or even Raspberry Pi as server, with Linux or Windows just use sharing folder
last time I used this cursor effect it was since Windows 98SE. You remind my childhood lol 😂
So I am your Daddy figure? :-)
How to download google playstore
RUclips was't there after setup
Can i just have my movies/tv shows in list mode? Dont want to have to view each of them in thumbnails/posters.
i still have the old Zidoo is a tank
Thats awesome. Which model?
@@JilesMcCoy x6 still works
Thank you for the great video.
I'm still using my noontec n7s because I'm just interested in a media player that doesn't split up folders , I have a shield for streaming, as long as this still shows folders I'll get it.
what is the function of hdmi out
Plugs into your avr or processor or tv.
sorry i mean hdmi in
Will the Zidoo play BDMV format?
It will
does this support Multi Channel audio
Yes, it does.
By any chance, does it play BDMV backup folder?
It should.
@@JilesMcCoy I think it does not, can could you check this and let us know because in another review by Spare Change it did not, maybe it was an update.Thanks.
Yes, it does. And ISO, MKV, etc
Can I get rid of the roku? I have roku for Netflix and Prime, don't want multiple devices hanging off of the TV.
Not if you want to stream.
@@JilesMcCoy Thanks for the quick response!! So no sideloading Netflix or Prime APK?
@@ak13three I have heard that there is only limited success. Realistically I would use a device you don’t have to fiddle with…
After watching this video I have been testing this product for a month and I must say that I am pleasantly surprised, the only bad side I could find is the support for blu-ray menus, do not buy this product thinking that you are going to have perfect support from complete ISO rip with menus and extras this is not the case, many will not work good or not at all so be careful, on the other hand if you want to use the mkv container it's perfect, there is a way to rename the extras to have everything with the main movie in the same poster, the database and the grouping of your movies collection is nearly perfect and easy to correct if necessary.
I enjoy mine a lot. Agree on the menus. Not perfect for sure.
hey brother, i have wd my book 14 TB, and want use to fill with 4K remux movies, can that HDD 3,5 inch eksternal read and play by Zidoo z9x? I use usb 3.0 cable to connect from wd my book to zidoo z9x.
@@cyberpunk6812 It should work, personally I have five drives 6 to 8 TB connected in a wavlink 7 port USB hub, an 8 TB Sata drive and two other 4 TB drives connected in the USB 2.0 ports of the player and everything works number one.
Does this play DV profile 7?
It does play Dolby Vision
I have a zidoo put away in my closet as one of my spares. It has a lot of awesome features but is slow. None of them are perfect by a long shot. I have a Beelink GT King pro and it just started its own issues the sound goes in and out. The only thing I haven't tried to bypass the problem is to plug a soundbar directly into the TV box but I need to order a brand new soundbar next month to do so. They all are far from perfect even the Nvidia Shield. I have mentioned that in another comment section on RUclips. Nvidia shield it almost has a cult following because I mentioned it before and had nvidia shield fans to call me me all kinds of names. Nvidia shield is a device that you either love or hate.
My media player is the zidoo uhd3000
Great stuff ❤️❤️
Thank you 😁
Why would you buy this instead of a Shield or Apple TV?
For expanded file play back capability.
for dolby atmos trueHD
Great video, I'm looking to upgrade from my WD live SMP. It's old and slow but does a great job playing back all my backed up dvd and blurays. This may be a good choice. Can you do a video on the Home theater 4.0, how do you get meta data cover art. Thank you. Dale
I will add that to the list!
I wonder how good is the SQ when playing Roon thru this versus a BlueSound Node 2i. Which is what I used the stream my music thru today. I am currently testing the Z10-Pro model but waiting on the Zappiti Neo review. I got it setup perfectly and the PQ/SQ is fantastic. The picture wall is similar to Plex which is OK. I link the Zappiti PW better.
Based on what I see with this unit a lot of the setup and getting your movies just right depends on your experience using Plex. There are no clear directions on how the completely get it setup to your liking.
In other words this unit is really not user friendly. If you need a more user friendly device to get setup quickly this is not it. Try the Zappiti One.
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Orbsmart R81 is the same.
No Pictures how it looks inside a Cover? No Video how the play bar looks, when you start a video?
thanks for your effort, great video :-)
you're gonna be laughing at me .... I still use an old Asus HDP-R3, which of course can't play 4k and/or HDR, the media player in my Vestel 4K TV mostly fails to play HDR correctly, long story short, I'm about to get a new file/media player, still wondering which might be the right one .....
Zidoo Z9X or Dune Pro 4k or Zappiti Mini 4k HDR or any other thingamajig ?
it's not a question of money, but I don't want to buy anything with an internal drive ......
any piece of advice would be highly appreciated, thanks
I’ve never seen a Dune before but with Zappiti releasing their new Dolby Vision units it will come down to user preference I think. When I get my hands on a new Zappiti I will do a picture quality comparison. That should tell the tale.
Sir, I can play Dolby atmos content through HDD, and has app so that I can stream music via phone to av receiver. Please confirm
Yes, you can play anything via a hard drive source.
Interface is pretty ugly. Reminds me of popcorn hour products. Roon integration is kind of neat. But shield tv is much more polished. Though in the end a gpu madvr based pc would deliver a great experience. Thanks for the review.
A madvr box is a whole different animal. Are you using one of those now?
I like the Zidoo Z9X interface, especially the Home Theater Mode they have. I'm selling my Shield soon, never really liked it. Also, you can change the icons and personalize it, but it requires some leg work on your part.
ow to play 3d videos
this box looks just like that ripoff super box.
I have a shield tv pro