AUDIO / VIDEO QUALITY

Once again my Nikon D3300 may not offer the best picture quality possible in total darkness with my 55 inch 4k Curved TV but since most new players make it impossible for us to grab screenshots while playing content this is the best I was able to do. Just like with past 4K media players we used our testing suite (we have converted several blu-rays to H.265 HEVC MKV including Star Trek Beyond, Start Trek Into Darkness, Ghost in the Shell, Batman VS Superman and Guardians of the Galaxy 2) and I am happy to report that we encountered zero issues. Strangely enough however it takes KODI more time to initiate 4K content playback compared to the default player Dune HD uses so do take that into account (picture quality seemed identical with both players). Also although there was a glitch with the resolution of the menus all movies were reproduced in 4K (2160p) so I imagine it shouldn’t be too hard for Dune HD to resolve that little bug. Moving to detail well 4K material is quite impressive (as expected from H.265 HEVC MKV files with bitrates exceeding 70Mb/s) both in terms of video (crisp with vibrant colors) and audio (clarity) bur since both my surround sound sets (5.1/7.1) don’t support Dolby Atmos (yes eventually i must upgrade to one) I did miss out on some of the fun. Worth pointing out is that just like with recent media players by Dune HD the PRO 4K fully supports Blu-Ray ISO reproduction.