Dune HD Network Media Player, MAX, DUO, SMART, Prime 3.0, Base 3.0
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 May 24 2011, 02:58 PM
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anfieldude,
do u own a dune hd? how does it compare to the wdtv live in terms of picture/sound quality? and how does it compare to the normal bluray player in terms of loading speed/picture/sound? QUOTE(anfieldude @ May 16 2011, 08:38 AM) Another feature filled update. MKV chapters are now supported! The only feature that is missing is the "Source Direct" mode.  |
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May 24 2011, 06:14 PM
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so apart from playing full bd backups and bitstreaming lossless audio, there's no point getting a dune hd if PQ is one of my major motivation to upgrade?
QUOTE(anfieldude @ May 24 2011, 03:20 PM) I owned the Prime 3.0 before and own the Max now. PQ wise very similar to WDTV Live. It uses Sigma anyway. The good thing is that it plays full BD backups. It can bitstreams lossless codecs. Plays everything u throw at it. BD loading is not that slow now with the Max. The Prime was slower. Max is pretty fast. Compared to the Oppo its slow, but compared to Pannys etc, shd be decent. No complaints. |
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May 24 2011, 06:22 PM
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got it.....thanks! btw when r u upgrading to helicon? pm me if u wanna sell your ikon 6
 QUOTE(anfieldude @ May 24 2011, 06:17 PM) If u r looking for a media player to play mkvs, the wdtv live is good enuf. |
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May 24 2011, 09:24 PM
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thanks for the advice. one thing i must mention is that my wdtv live does bitstream dolby truehd to my amp and it outputs as truehd. with dts(ma), it only manages dts. on both audio formats, it's always dts/dd... the only no sound situation is when the mkv is encoded with aac5.1 codec. i'll have to output it as steoreo to get sound. wdtv live is pretty good
i do agree with its inability to output @ 192khz. i was hoping that the sigma 8642 would be an improvement over sigma 8655 in both PQ/AQ if dune hd has audiophile grade components then i'll certainly get it!! QUOTE(ADJ @ May 24 2011, 08:21 PM) if you play hi-res audio tracks (FLAC, AIFF, WAV, etc) with 88.1/96/192 kHz sampling rates, then it'd be wise to get something else like the Dune/Oppo. The WDTV Live resamples it internally to 48 kHz, regardless analog/optical/hdmi out if your MKV has Dolby TrueHD audio tracks, you will get static or no sound. You would have to manually extract the AC3 core and remux your MKV. if your MKV has DTSMA audio tracks, you will get sound, whether it is decoding DTSMA or the DTS-core, I have no idea since I use analog outs... if the above applies to you, best get the Dune or something else |
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