i think those who look for native player are those who started with pure media players 8-10 years ago, like me!

the ac ryans, the wd live's...

for them, it is strange why a box does NOT have its own native player!!

becos it should be a basic thing, something that is fast, quick and easy to use whenever u plug in yr HDD.
then again, as u pointed out, diff people watch/listen in diff ways.

some don't care about audio; some can't tell diff between SD and HD; some haven't tried anything else, anything will do...

whereas some do not watch SD anymore; some insist on DTSHDMA/DDtrueHD audio for movies.
i am one of those who do not watch SD anymore; even for TV series, i go for 1080p Dolby Digital Plus, if not UHD 4k like those some from Netflix.

XBMC for Minix is the native player. 

all rounder... yea, quite true... some want it just for online streaming, some more for gaming, some playback incl use of nas...

the good news is there are choices, a matter of feature priority vs cost.

i do playback 70%, streaming 30%, no gaming.

and i just got my hands on some 3840x2160 hdr10 bdmv... the video is quite stunning!
understand that u plan to sell of yr q5pro and get something else?

when u get to it, do make some comments how u find the next box.

yes, please share yr findings.

as someone who would have used himedia, minix and shield, that will be valuable.

since most people say "shield is the best!"..??!

in my mind, shield is certainly the most expensive, by far... but is it the best? for me?
4k, HDR... yes, still rare but i notice more coming now.

i recently junked 2TB of old 720/1080p for BDMV, better ones with dtshdma/ddtruehd.

looks like i will hv to do more of the same, junk some more 1080p, replace with 4k HDR!

I am quite jelly about all these talks on UHD, HDR, etc..

i will NOT go in that direction!

not until the hardware prices come down a lot.

i will just keep junking old stuff, replace with new n better.

only when absolutely necessary will i buy a new HDD.

i now hv 7TB x 2 (i keep a duplicate), really don't want more!

$250 u have ready buyer 😁

Hi sifus, would like to know himedia q5pro worth to get? Was using xiaomi mibox 3 enhanced version for 2years and now it seems quite laggy especially when using kodi. it will got freeze and the wireless connection seems bad even tho my router just next to it.

https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0d...d=3136132696860

the provided is from taobao, planning to get it on taobao double 11 event. I had asked the seller, they said they will install google playstore, google play services and root for me.

Wondering is it a good to go?

The Q5 Pro is on offer now at rm450.26 fr LC Marketing.

As the Q10 already went back to 580, I'm seriously considering the q5 pro mainly to play the downloaded 4K movies from external Hdd.
For Netflix, Youtube, Kodi etc my ue630X already have it covered but I'm not that pleased with the native movie player in my TV when playing 4K movies

Can the Q5Pro stream movie/content from the NAS ?

I check at their website. Only show Q10pro stream from NAS but not Q5pro.

Thanks for telling but prefer to get a new one 😅

Oops, you selling your Q5pro ? Is that the latest wan ?