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 Dvico TViX media player owner, pls come in

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ar188
post Aug 1 2009, 04:17 PM

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QUOTE(andyz @ Aug 1 2009, 03:45 PM)
when i played Pan's Labyrinth full bluray bdmv rip on the dvico 6500a
i can pip with director Guillermo del Toro on the left of the screen as a small video commentary while the movie is playing and explaining every scene....
is that what u mean ...
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post Aug 1 2009, 10:22 PM

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QUOTE(anfieldude @ Jul 30 2009, 04:00 PM)
Ok..

My concern was that the Dvico was using the Sigma Designs chip. There is a known in this chipset. When you guys get your source of movies, there are many instances that during the ripping, muxing process, the flag is not properly set as HD (720p onwards shd be HD). If this happens, it is known that the Sigma chip then applies some kind of colour space processing and messes up the colour coordinates and changes the brightness of 3 of the 6 colours. What happens is some colours become much brighter and some become darker.

I saw this phenomenon when I 1st calibrated the WDTV some time ago. It messes up the colours. The fix was to ensure that the HD content is correctly flagged in the file (there is way of forcing this, need to check AVS forum). However, the WDTV (which uses the Sigma chipset) messes up colours even when the flag is set as HD.

The Dvico that I calibrated did not mess up the colours as long as the content is flagged as HD. This is good news. In fact, I can confirm that the Dvico does not mess up any colours at all (as long as it is flagged as HD)! This is important for a media player. The AC Ryan seems to mess up the "green" primary but does not do much to the rest.

I need to verify if the Dvico handles unflagged HD content wrongly like all Sigma based media players. My next trip to podrunner's house I will verify that...

On another positive note, the Dvico behaved very well in terms of grayscale as well. How this impacts you is that you get a nice "pop" and good shadow details as long as your display is capable. We do not want media players to mess up our videos.

There are differences to media players. A lot of people just buy the stuff and do not seem to understand why the Dvico is expensive, this is one of the reasons.

Sorry for the long winded reply.
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one main factor I can think of = colorspace.. HD movies recorded in REC601 (SD) instead of the proper REC709 (HD)

as for DVICO being expensive, maybe the firmware thing that they are doing seems better (to justify their higher costs) but no way I'm accepting that their PCB board hardware costs 4 times more than WDTV.. sorry I'm from electronics industry.. after seeing their fake DVICO comparisons, I don't see how it their electronics and hardware costs more than a PS3..


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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 1 2009, 09:26 PM)
i thought need to set to 0-255..? if 16-235 the menu also would have a slight grey tones.. rclxub.gif
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comp sources (like menu) 0-255, when watching video 16-235.... take your pick.. biggrin.gif



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post Aug 1 2009, 11:03 PM

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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 1 2009, 10:58 PM)
bro did u ask ur staff to teardown the Dvico n WDTV?  tongue.gif

very hard to change everytime la like that... laugh.gif  y need to select 16-235 for movies?  hmm.gif
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imagine 16-235 range expanded to 0-255.. biggrin.gif after blame the LCD TV got serious color banding issues.. laugh.gif


Added on August 1, 2009, 11:06 pmas for the ""Teardown", we in this line visually see also can guesstimate the costs mah.. I mean, in general, those below USD100 board or USD200-300 level boards.. (well it looks like the former.. tongue.gif)

TVIX uses SMD tantalum caps (those yellow ones) sticking from the PCB, that I salute la.. those are costly compared to normal SMD Ecaps

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post Aug 1 2009, 11:30 PM

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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 1 2009, 11:27 PM)
gonna try compare later...  thumbup.gif

Before this i always judge y Dvico price being on the high side compared to others media players... add a little bit can get.. PS3 (play games,watch movie,surf).. but due to time consuming in converting DTS coded 1080p mkvs to vob/m2ts to play on PS3 n being to split the file every 4GB is not to my liking... that y i bought the 6500a.. expensive.. but just see what can it do for me now..  whistling.gif Dvico FTW  thumbup.gif
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I guess it's hassle free compared to PS3, but 1500-1600 price is just crazy..

Dune which is a full BD-ISO + BD2.0 player only will costs around 1800 (I think mpyw mention before) now thats value.. biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(moomoos @ Aug 1 2009, 11:33 PM)
dune looks like own assembly unit,
put in a media player and BD unit thats all
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you forgot , it reads BD-iso files with full menu.. not bd-lite brows.gif (I guess that means it's has paid royalty to BD alliance)
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post Aug 1 2009, 11:57 PM

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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 1 2009, 11:44 PM)
i got the 6500a before seeing the Dune  vmad.gif .. if it is the other case around.. mayb settle for dune instead..  brows.gif
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tell me about it, I got the snazio years ago before the TVIX 4000 series came out.. biggrin.gif laugh.gif
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post Aug 2 2009, 12:21 AM

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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 2 2009, 12:13 AM)
now i see y u end up with HTPC.. to avoid future regrets.. tongue.gif or is it the other way around..

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can support BDISO?  hmm.gif
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wah snazio so advance now ar? my unit was like 3-4years ago la bro.. only can play TS HD files.. laugh.gif
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post Aug 2 2009, 12:49 AM

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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 2 2009, 12:28 AM)

looks like it...  upgrade bro? tongue.gif
this new snazio looks like a egreat... since I got one already then don't feel like any upgrade la..
besides HTPC is already considered upgrade from this whole nmt/media player lot.. biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(rx330 @ Aug 4 2009, 02:08 PM)
ur phone spoil? u duno how to call me? knn....
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after getting 1.5TB already still want him to call you and ask if you want another 1TB ar? hmm.gif
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post Aug 4 2009, 08:35 PM

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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 4 2009, 07:46 PM)
Everybody getting new storage... thumbup.gif
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and yours? got the 1.5TB already? biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(k8118k @ Aug 4 2009, 09:09 PM)
i do sell 2 bays enclosure + 2x1.5tb or
4 bays enclosure + 4 x 1.5tb under raid 5
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your icydock range..any links? smile.gif


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QUOTE(htkaki @ Aug 4 2009, 11:24 PM)
blush.gif  noobie in IT. It is external HDD. Almost identical to Maxtor Basic
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maybe can crack open and find out? laugh.gif
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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 4 2009, 11:26 PM)
icydock.. multibay... nice... how much bro?
is k8118k selling icey??
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yeah some of the items from this brand are very nice, so asked him for the links.. maybe he's got full range or limited range and their respective prices.. dunno. hmm.gif
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QUOTE(rx330 @ Aug 5 2009, 09:36 AM)
mpyw passing me another tb also ma... i not enough liao....  sweat.gif
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you want another one? 2x1.5TB sounds nice.. biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(k8118k @ Aug 6 2009, 06:56 PM)
I believe LYN member is the first to see M6600 in the wild.
nice, I wonder how much..

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wah so shiok ar? they send you engineering sample to play play.. kheng!
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post Aug 7 2009, 12:38 PM

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QUOTE(moomoos @ Aug 7 2009, 11:25 AM)
its pricing is a steal adi lagi got wireless
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how much it's the digital tuner option? hmm.gif cannot be 500

cos without it , then it should be around streamer's price as reference as they both have the same chipset..

as far as price coming down due to realtek, how come with sigma designs (used in 6500-7000) other brands can sell at 1/3 the price?
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QUOTE(k8118k @ Aug 7 2009, 12:53 PM)
dual tuner is optional
1.2k+- only the barebone.
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wah.. liddat its' similar to streamer specs but costs 2x more?? hmm.gif
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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 7 2009, 03:23 PM)
wooo.....  rclxms.gif
u want tuner also ar... greedy...  laugh.gif
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you I mean, if it comes with the tuner for rm1.2k that's reaonable.. (by the way a tuner module costs RM100 or below to make) biggrin.gif

if not, I dun't see how come it even costs more than 1k? hmm.gif
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QUOTE(zerorulez @ Aug 8 2009, 02:21 AM)
maybe they used super high grade IC n chips..  tongue.gif
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WDTV also use first grade ICs wot.. but only 399 retail? tongue.gif

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