I have had my Zidoo UHD8000 for a few weeks now having never had a Zidoo product before. Loving it. I will be receiving a Synology Nas tomorrow as I have already filled a 16TB drive and Still have over 600 disks to rip. It will cost me $1.5K for 48tb of storage not $10K for 22tb. Works perfect for me as I sit at desk all day and can swap out the disks while I am working. I had always drooled over the Kaleidscape but two things that kept me from getting one 1. Wife and I watch a lot of old movies, mainly film Noir,and Kaleidscape has almost zero in their catalog. 2. Once you pay over 10K you still have to pay the same price for the movie as you would for the disk.
@Linnjazzy-933 ай бұрын
You should do a video on KZbin and share ur experiences with it.
@m4nc1n13 ай бұрын
Great choices! More people need to get a NAS. You will love it. Just make sure you throw in two m.2 drives for cache, even if they are 256GB (1TB drives if you can), so you get the full benefit.
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
Wait, Kaleidescape doesn't allow you to rip your own catalog of movies and you still have to pay for the ones you own? Talk about digital media frenzy. You essentially own nothing and can't even use the version you own. Can you imagine that happening with video games? Unfortunately your solution is also a PITA but at least you get a RAID but you have to run your own NAS server. How crazy is that?
@GenX_in_the_wild16 күн бұрын
@@techsamurai11 You completely miss the point of Kaleidescape
@Whitegravy953 ай бұрын
Imagine putting $14k back into physical media, owning a bad a$$ player and hundreds of 4k movies and keeping physical media alive
@brucecarter62053 ай бұрын
Physical media’s days are numbered. Accept it, embrace it, and start saving for a Kaleidescape.
@JayTheComputerGuy3 ай бұрын
@@brucecarter6205 How about you do both! that's what I do
@AGILISFPV3 ай бұрын
You wish lol@@brucecarter6205
@tcamm98123 ай бұрын
@@brucecarter6205 Such a stupid comment. Same thing could be said for Kscape. Their entire business would crumble overnight the day that a streaming service starts offering lossless and it will happen, it’s only a matter of time.
@DrawTheLine353 ай бұрын
@@brucecarter6205 once Kaleidescape or a similar product/service launches at the 1k price point, that’s when physical media guys will start jumping. I could see Apple entering the space with a “Pro” Apple TV device. They have an eye on the premium market and already have an established digital store front
@jastorino3 ай бұрын
In my theater room, I started with Apple TV and Plex, then Infuse Pro hooked into Plex. Quickly grew tired of not having bitstreamed audio especially for Atmos, and other problems, so got me a Zidoo z2000 pro. It’s been a game changer for me. Not without some issues, but I really enjoy it. I ripped my entire library of about 700 movies on dvd, bd, and 4k and store them on a Synology NAS. It’s fantastic
@hatoraidcowboy3 ай бұрын
Good video George. Welcome to the Zidoo family! There’s no turning back 😀
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Thanks Jordan, glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for introducing me to Zidoo. I’m lovin’ it!
@hatoraidcowboy3 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome Of course! I knew you would!
@stephenphillips16603 ай бұрын
Don't you also have Kaleidescape?
@hatoraidcowboy3 ай бұрын
@@stephenphillips1660 Me? Yes I do
@joelgonzalez82893 ай бұрын
@@stephenphillips1660I was going to ask the same thing.
@BryanLydia3 ай бұрын
Thanks for touching on this topic. Been using a UHD3000 in my dedicated cinema room for a couple years now and looking to upgrade to UHD8000 shortly. Longtime PLEX user since 2008 but for dedicated space with high end equipment, the quality with dedicated media player like those from Zidoo is top notch. FYI - when doing home cinema demos on the Zidoo, create a playlist utilizing the Digital Signage Mode. It even allows you to select specific timestamps within the movie clips and once the clip is played, it goes to the next clip in the playlist. It works great.
@FTGTapGod3 ай бұрын
I had a pretty luke warm time with my Z9X Pro. Ended up swapping to the Dune HD Pro One 8k Plus and have been extremely happy. Less info out there about it, but I'm glad I tried it out. Much faster operation, less handshake problems, more HDR output options, and a better handling overall of different media types.
@mulyant03 ай бұрын
what plus benefits compare zidoo and dune one 8K Plus
@stepalex3 ай бұрын
@@mulyant0Zidoo’s UI is slightly better. Dune has better specs (8Gb of RAM for all models), better playback of full UHD images with menus, decodes TrueHD/DTS-HD MA to 7.1 LPCM and has better firmware support. Very expensive R_volution players are essentially Dunes with a different skin on top.
@mulyant03 ай бұрын
@@stepalex Dune has 8Gb Ram because it is running hybrid OS ( DuneOs+Android) of course must need more RAM.
@FTGTapGod3 ай бұрын
@@mulyant0 true, but even with the hybrid OS it is significantly faster to navigate than the zidoo. the difference is quite noticeable navigating menus. The end of my original comment lists the main benefits I have seen.
@mulyant03 ай бұрын
@@FTGTapGod posterwall from zidoo has more beautiful for me than dune
@Leulogy3 ай бұрын
Zidoo seems like a great alternative to Kaleidescape. Fortunately I use a home theater PC (extremely budget friendly). I rip the disc and save it on my 10tb hard drive and use MPC-HC video player w/ LAV audio filter for surround sound decoding. Benefits include: All video and audio formats are supported, madVR filter can be added to MPC which can be tweaked to work just like the Envy (and its FREE). The man who originally created madVR (madshi) releases updates frequently. Everything is processed on RTX 3070 Graphics card so I have the horsepower to go crazy with madVR. Additionally I use SVP (smooth video project) for a little motion judder smoothening. All programs and filters I listed are free. I really don't know how people spend thousands of dollars for Kaleidescape when there are so many other options like Zidoo or going the htpc route. $10,000 for a 22tb hard drive is beyond outrageous. Different tax bracket I guess. 😅
@Leulogy3 ай бұрын
Also, going the htpc route freed up my budget to focus on other things like, speakers, couch, acoustic panels etc. and still get the benefit of amazing audio processing video processing and I'm able to really tweak my audio using amazing program like Equalizer APO for each. Once you become an advanced user of both Equalizer APO and REW, you'll be truly amazed at what your speakers can actually do.
@krisr38833 ай бұрын
The Zidoo X9 Pro isn't even really an alternative to the Kaleidescape. The Zidoo x9 is a media streamer - a good quality one with good specs even if it is a couple years old (they do have some nicer and newer models), but it is not the same thing as Kaleidescape. A better comparison would actually be the Nvidia Shield Pro. Kaleidescape is more about the access and services it gives you access to - they have some new movies while still in the theatre for example. Everything is lossless (which yes you can get by ripping 4k blurays, but not from normal streaming). Without access to a similar service, it's just another streaming box and not an alternative. Saying that, for 99% of the population, a good Android streaming box is all that most people need. Unless you have the audio/video equipment that can actually take advantage of the higher qualities that the Kaleidescape offers you aren't going to benifit anyways (even then the differences may be minimal or unnoticeable to some people). Not a knock on the Zidoo players at all, just a very clickbaity video with an invalid comparison.
@Leulogy3 ай бұрын
@@krisr3883If your objective is to store lossless movie content while having a satisfying user interface, the Zidoo is an alternative option. And correct, you will not have the feature of getting blu-ray level quality immediately on home release which was very obviously not be point of the video. This also does not justify the high prices of Kaleiscape products while also still having to pay for and download the movie. He is very clearly talking about the option of storing content on your own server and/or hard drive in conjunction with Zidoo that features a fluent UI which is most of the conveniences Kaleiscape provides. This isn't clickbait. You just missed the point.
@Leulogy3 ай бұрын
@@krisr3883If your objective is to store lossless movie content while having a satisfying user interface, the Zidoo is an alternative option. And correct, you will not have the feature of getting blu-ray level quality immediately on home release which was very obviously not be point of the video. This also does not justify the high prices of Kaleiscape products while also still having to pay for and download the movie. He is very clearly talking about the option of storing content on your own server and/or hard drive in conjunction with Zidoo that features a fluent UI to provide a user experience that is most of what Kaleiscape provides at a significantly lower cost. This isn't clickbait. You just missed the point.
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
@@krisr3883out of curiosity, how much do the movies cost and also is there a surcharge for movies at the theater?
@GaryCruzDotCom3 ай бұрын
Plex on a QNAP NAS is also a great option.
@GIGyards3 ай бұрын
Embrace physical media, reject digital & streaming. The shift to digital/streaming killed large studio's from greenlighting passion projects. It's almost exclusively an analytical numbers game now, art and expression come last if it enters into it all outside of indies. All that can change if more people embrace the disc!
@brucecarter62053 ай бұрын
Too late for all of that now. Physical media’s days are numbered. Subscription services are cheaper and far more convenient. The fact is, 99% of people are happy with the quality of streaming. For the remaining 1% of us, there is Kaleidescape.🤷♂️
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm beginning to realize that digital media is just a hoax to increase the revenues of companies since you can't buy a used movie or video game or rent it from a library.
@RojmaEsbog13 ай бұрын
@@brucecarter6205 A lot of other options besides Kaleidescape. Buy physical media, which supports the format, and then rip it onto your own servers. From there you can stream all you want. You get the best of both worlds - ownership and quality of physical media and convenience of streaming, and at a significantly lower cost than Kaleidescape. As the video mentions, you have to put the work into it. If you don't want to put the work into it, then throw your money to Kaleidescape.
@johnclark9263 ай бұрын
Physical media still doesn’t compare to sailing the seven seas
@byrons89563 ай бұрын
Thanks for the Trinnov demo material tip. I've always been looking for demo material. I've been doing the stream disc media via my ShieldTVs for a while. Instead of upgrading my DVD Disc Changers to Bluray units, I just started ripping my discs to ISO format and save to network storage systems and either browse directly, using my automation systems UI, or one of the many Media Servers like Emby to select via its thumbnail UI.
@anthonykeith81743 ай бұрын
As an Apple TV user the Infuse App is what you want it plays MKV plus a ton more, provides support for DV, HDR10 & HDR10+, uses SMB so any NAS or network Drive works, I have an older version of this Zidoo and love it, but I like options so I use both.
@FrostyDog91863 ай бұрын
Came here to say this! Plus Infuse is super affordable!
@wojtek-333 ай бұрын
Yeah but DTS and True HD... You get no height channels with an apple TV.
@stepalex3 ай бұрын
Apple TV complements a Zidoo - or even better, a Dune HD - just perfectly.
@spacemanwho27 күн бұрын
No heights no atmos... If your going to use any 3rd party apps like infuse or plex... Works on native apps like apple TV Disney Netflix etc... But you wokt get audio pass through via plex or infuse.
@htenthusiast28973 ай бұрын
Zidoo could create a device with integrated disc reader ready to rip and offer various sizes HDs that can be plugged in like a NAS, and maybe also offer movie downloads. In that way would offer the perfect product for HT enthusiasts with lots of discs to rip, like me and together with online movies build the dream high quality collection in one place.
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
I love that idea!
@jameshastings65383 ай бұрын
I think this is what I was asking in my question. Can you on this player or the Z9X Pro, Dune Premier 4k Pro, or the UGOOS use the attached external hard drive as a NAS server? Allow other devices on your network to access its hard drive to play your digital media? This would be a better option than buying a NAS server case for the hard drive.
@geoemm3 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same. But maybe with a 3 or 6 CD changer. You could batch load the disk and it could so everything
@steelman19913 ай бұрын
Yeah the studios are going to go for that one. There is a reason Kaleidescape were stuck in litigation with the studios - it's called copyright protection. Another reason why Zappiti had to withdraw their "NAS ripping" solution from the market.
@bric72443 ай бұрын
I am still collecting physical media. Streaming is just not as good as a disk, especially for audio. As a home theater owner, I want the best sound in audio possible. This would be a happy medium, though.
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
Yeah, these devices are commercials for physical discs 😀You can just collect physical discs or pay a bazillion dollars for 2 mammoth devices along with waiting years to download the movie after it releases or create your own NAS server solution with 2 devices and rip everything you buy.
@GenX_in_the_wild16 күн бұрын
You cant hear the difference between lossy and lossless..
@thehal9913 ай бұрын
I decided going down this route a couple of months ago: Zidoo X9 Pro NAS drive Desktop Mac My JVC took a dump and died a couple of weeks ago so I’m prioritising that. Looking into repairing it once I get a step ladder to take it down, (or if I come across an ebay bargain before then) whichever happens first. Don’t think I’ll ever use anything but a JVC from now onwards.
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
Because it died? Is that what made you stick with the JVC? I usually steer away from dead products. 🙂
@mananagarwal70022 ай бұрын
Im using zidoo z9x pro for about an year now and it's just amazing
@MaxredzАй бұрын
how do you rip movies for .iso ?
@mananagarwal7002Ай бұрын
@Maxredz make mkv + MKVtoolNix
@amglover4361Ай бұрын
@@Maxredz Use makemkv's 'Backup' option
@calocoy64342 ай бұрын
Also zidoo has vs10 chip. A dolby vision chip that makes hdr10 and sdr to a dolby vision format movie which is very cool!
@dropzone73 ай бұрын
I love my Zidoo player. I have the Z9X Pro and will likely upgrade to the 8k version at some point. I agree, those of us with more time than money or simply more passion for the journey actually enjoy the process of backing up our movies and collecting. I have a laptop setup and usually copy a few movies while I'm doing other things, no big deal. With that said, I do waver a bit on totally discounting Kalediescape from consideration. The lower cost player is intriguing even though storage is limited. I had halfway considered getting the Strato V just to have a dedicated demo player. The Zidoo will do something similar though it's digital signage mode but it's not nearly as seamless as the K. Oh well, it's nice to know we can get 80 or 90% of that experience for at an affordable price point. I have (2) 18TB drives in Raid connected as local storage so I have less than $1k in this whole setup.
@pinballdan3 ай бұрын
The Nvidia Shield Pro still the one to get since you can hook a hard drive up directly to it also and it upscales really well.. I own two of them and plan to buy another you need to pick one of these up and thank me later !!!
@stephenphillips16603 ай бұрын
Very well done. I have the Z9X and love it. I will never understand the cost of Kaleidescape.
@weylandyutani2910Ай бұрын
Apple TV also not upscale your HD to 4K. My Zidoo upscales all HD Content to DV10 4K. And yes the picture looks mutch better 👌🏻
@GeorgeTheaterAtHomeАй бұрын
My ripped blu rays look better than the disc when I play them thru my Zidoo 🤯
@weylandyutani2910Ай бұрын
@ True totally agree 👍🏻
@eldondoucet28473 ай бұрын
I'm on my 2nd Zidoo player. Started with the Z1000Pro and now own the Z3000Pro. These are fantastic players! Being in the computer business, I've built a Synology Raid5 server using 6x10Tb hard drives and have ripped my entire library (and a bunch of my brother-in-law's) to the NAS. It is fantastic! The quality, I think, is better than playing a disc on my Panasonic DP-UB820PCK. The sound is every bit as good, and with MakeMKV you can choose just to rip the highest soundtrack (and merge in subtitles too). Kaleidescape? Wow, what a price! $10K for a 22TB hard drive? WTF? Not even close. I'll take Zidoo EVERY day! P.S. The total cost $CDN for the entire system - Zidoo, NAS, hard drives - came out to ~$3500. And tons of time to rip & organize. (As well as the cost of buying all the disc)
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
Does it work the same way over wifi? Still expensive at $3,500 and not taking into account all the time and effort. You also need space and plugs for 2 devices and one has to be in your living room which is premium real estate as opposed to basement storage.
@dsnyder0cnn2 ай бұрын
Pretty cool, but I've had great luck with the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro. I have three of them running Kodi. The metadata database and content are both hosted on a Synology NAS. The nice thing about this solution is that the metadata and attributes, like watched content and offset from start, are all synchronized across all devices. Worth checking out.
@josh2005053 ай бұрын
Ziddo is an amazing player. I have one.
@busterbrown16863 ай бұрын
I'll stick with physical media. I recently spent good money upgrading my receiver, blu ray player, 4k movies, speakers and wires for Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D. Looking into upgrading to a 4k projector as well. If I tell my wife I spent more money for that, it would be my last testament.
@DeathLine8724 күн бұрын
What if I used my PC as a 4K media player and connected it to a TV? I mean, what are the advantages of the Zidoo besides streaming movies over the network?
@hsasimАй бұрын
Good video, and good luck getting any new features. Once you buy a Zidoo, you stop having support and updates for it lol
@FadriqueFM3 ай бұрын
Zidoo is great, I’ve been using mine for over a year and everything is so easy and neat.
@MAMDAVEM3 ай бұрын
How is The Zidoo different from putting your media on a NAS and streaming it using an Nvidia Shield using Plex?
@jimpatrick2643 ай бұрын
Great description of the difference. Kaleidescape is for the .001 % PLEX is amazing and the Zidoo takes it to a higher level ( quality )
@MrBiggs-wu2kf2 ай бұрын
Awesome. Thank you for this video.
@Thomas-yr9lnАй бұрын
I have a zidoo. The price I noticed has been jacked up since I purchased mine.
@larryhazelwood54913 ай бұрын
Why not just watch the disc on your 4k player?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
That seems kinda boring, don’t you think? 😁
@ChristopherHarris-fk1iz3 ай бұрын
Bingo. I also enjoy the tactile feeling of going through a movie library to find a movie much like I prefer a book to an e-reader. I'm old I guess.
@CryptoQuest13 ай бұрын
great comparison for someone like me, a beginner to this hobby
@josh2005053 ай бұрын
For me, the software is very nice. Movies are affordable, but the price for the hard drive is not acceptable. No hard drive costs $10k or more.
@joedegabriele62562 ай бұрын
I have ripped all my CDs into iTunes on an old PC to play my music. Can I use these media players as a good audio library to stream to AV receiver?
@paulm72673 ай бұрын
I have been thinking of using an older system as a dedicated Plex server. What I didn’t get from this video review is what the Zidoo does that Plex doesn’t already do. To me, they both appear to offer the same type of interface and access to the same stored ripped movies. The act of ripping the movies is upstream of both of them, so that’s not a differentiator. I already have Rokus on all of my TV’s which can run Plex. Am I missing some advantage with the Zidoo box?
@magicmanchloe2 ай бұрын
How is this any different than using plex on a shield TV? Why would I get a zidoo over a shield tv that can do a lot more?
@octaviandobre3 ай бұрын
Can you load external subtitles when you play a BDMV folder ?
@markdominas1206Ай бұрын
Is there another option than Kscape to download a full quality movie to a player and hard drive without ripping disc's.
@GeorgeTheaterAtHomeАй бұрын
I am not aware of any other option
@jasonw27863 ай бұрын
Would have been better to do a comparison to Plex or Jellyfin.
@MobiusGT2 ай бұрын
can you play your mkv on plex on your apple tv via infuse?
@EverythingHomeTheater3 ай бұрын
I may have to look into the Zidoo player but at the current time I'm quite happy with my Shield Pro and Plex
@gowrisettyvikas3 ай бұрын
Content is the KING. It's about the content, aint it? We dont have a store like Kaleidescape !!!
@gl11763 ай бұрын
I like this as a hardware option, but have been getting by just using a Firestick 4k Max with apps like Nova Media Player/Just player. I just set my smb/ssh/sftp media location on a local networked PC and Nova does all the data scrapping for metadata, poster art and subs. It's so simple. I have read you can install Nova on Zidoo hardware as well since it's android based. If running non-android hardware like Apple TV, something similar to Nova is Infuse. I have thrown around the idea of setting up a plex/jellyfin server, but it's too involved for my use case, just having an organized list of mkvs to share for playback.
@dandonna8523 ай бұрын
I have a Sony BDP-960 400 disc Blu-ray player just broke down It took long time to play a movie had to fetch the movie then go though all coming attractions then the movie would start,😡 I found what was looking right here this help me 100% Thank you
@Eurica763 ай бұрын
I got the Zidoo Z9X Pro 8K plus Lumagen just added the Dolby Vision LLDV update. This pair here I don't want for anything. Plus this combo I can play Dolby Profile 7 which is awesome.
@josgraha17 күн бұрын
thanks for the video, this was a very nice and honest review. tbh i was one of the three people who didn't know what kaleidescape was. i've been using plex for years and have a DVD library ripped to my NAS, still not sure what this device does that plex doesn't, i run plex on my NAS as well with a video card for stream encoding / decoding.
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome17 күн бұрын
I also use Plex. However, when I began ripping 4K discs I discovered I was not able to stream the Atmos audio tracks thru Plex using my AppleTV. But with the Zidoo I am able to stream the full uncompressed 4k MKV file, including the Atmos audio tracks.
@pyrocrew133 ай бұрын
You do realize that you can build a demo movie of multiple clips of multiple movies on Kscape right? Then you have access to movies that are still in the theater on Kscape. You have to wait for the disk to come out so you can rip it. Then you only have the file size that was available on the disk. Not the full uncompressed file that Kscape gets from the studio. In a lot of cases it’s night and day visually and audibly.
@travelingtrekez70343 ай бұрын
This video was well done!
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@jameshastings65383 ай бұрын
Can you set up the external hard drive connected to the Zidoo Z9X like a NAS server? Allow other devices on your network access it and play your digital media off of it? I’m trying to see if this is possible with this one or the Dune Premier 4k or the UGOOS.
@aryan191873 ай бұрын
Does the zidoo z9x pro 8k model play movies over 80 GB smoothly through local hard disk ? I heard they lag a bit and stutter sometimes . Can you please check and confirm ? My purchase will be based on your feed back
@eferronato3 ай бұрын
Great video! I also have a Zidoo and I love it, it's my main media player. My next plan is to buy a Synology NAS to organize my movie collection. Keep up the good work 👍🏻👏🏻
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with the NAS. That’s an excellent way to store your media.
@tomconnell7154Ай бұрын
question.....i have a pc hosting my Hard Drives full of 4k and 1080p movie rips. How is this product better than using my Nvidia Shield TV Pro with Plex to watch the files on my home theater ?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHomeАй бұрын
I haven’t used the Shield so I can’t speak to the differences between them. If you’ve already got the Shield then you’re probably good to continue with it. I don’t know that there is a huge benefit of one over the other.
@spacemanwhoАй бұрын
Can you guys share some links to download demos from? thanks
@GeorgeTheaterAtHomeАй бұрын
These Trinnov Atmos demos are really cool hub.trinnov.com/trailers
@jsclayton3 ай бұрын
$10K for a hard drive? That had better be NVMe for that price! 🤯 There’s also the cost of the content. Even if the player and storage cost $1k, that still leaves you $13k for content. And you’d actually OWN it. I can’t imagine Kolidescape gives you unencrypted files, making them essentially long term rentals.
@Lewis-jn8ry3 ай бұрын
They're selling you an enterprise level hdd. Although I think the new servers are enterprise level ssds. I don't know whether they're nvme or sata.
@v0ldy543 ай бұрын
@@Lewis-jn8ry bruh a 22Tb enterprise level HDD is 500$, I'm not aware of any 22Tb SSd on the market, but even if it existed a 30Tb Kioxia Enterprise/Datacenter grade SSD won't go above 7000$, adjusted for disk size that's still a 5000$ markup.
@onisama95893 ай бұрын
I do the same thing with my Apple TV. All you need is either, Emby, VLC, Plex or my favorite infuse. They all allow you to stream your video files from your computer over the network. I have a 118tb unraid NAS filled with Blu-ray rips that I have ripped from movies I own. I don’t see a reason to buy this device since you already had the Apple TV.
@AGILISFPV3 ай бұрын
@@onisama9589 Holy crap that's a lot of storage. What nas did you buy? Or did you build one yourself? Trying to figure this out myself currently and it's so daunting.
@v0ldy543 ай бұрын
@@AGILISFPV cheapest way to do it is with refurbished datacenter hard drives, they gave the best $/Tb ratio, although reliability is not on par with newer drives, but that shouldn't be much of an issue since you can use parity drives and we're talking about movies that you can either rip/download again in case you have multiple simultaneous disk failures.
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
Wow, I've read all the comments and I just realized the true cost of building a dedicated home theater. I've had 2 home theaters in my home and I had no idea all this while how lucky I was. I always thought it was the use of the space in the basement but now I realize the storage of the media is the REAL cost. You either double pay for Kaleidescape if you have 8-9 digit balances or you do it yourself. I'm so lucky I went with living room style theaters in the basement and living room and dodged a bullet🙂If anybody asks me about a home theater, I'm probably pointing to a soundbar that can never play files from a Zidoo or Kaleidescape.
@usmankhalid9903 ай бұрын
Hey George! Loving this video! Would you consider doing a tutorial video on how to get the zidoo to play movies from your network on a PC? thanks!
@johnwaugh86333 ай бұрын
I have a Zidoo Z20 pro, cheapest option with an internal hard drive bay. I have a subscription to gamefly that still does 4k and bluray physical media like Netflix did. I'm able to trip 4-7 movies a month for I think $14. I have very few complaints about the Zidoo there's a lot of good videos out there now that show the ins and outs. There weren't though a year or two ago. There's also a cool feature where you can make a playlist of movies with timestamps to do a demo reel. That's probably my favorite part honestly.
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Nice! I didn’t know about the demo clip feature. I’ll check it out. Thanks!
@johnwaugh86333 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome it's under a setting called "signage" I think. There's videos on KZbin that show how to do it pretty well.
@badewannenwikinger2522Күн бұрын
Thx for your Video. I have a Nvidia Shield Pro 2019 . and i plan a upgrade. I have a Synology NAS with my Movies. I will also use KZbin, Amazon Prime and Disney +. does this wotking ? or did you have a another .. maybe better idea?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHomeКүн бұрын
The Zidoo will work for streaming the movies on your NAS. However the Zidoo does not have any streaming apps like Disney+, Hulu etc. You will need a streaming device such as AppleTV for that.
@badewannenwikinger2522Күн бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome thx for your answer, but what mskes the zidoo better then the shield for Networkstreamkng over my NAS?
@mpitogo19783 ай бұрын
I’m neutral on Kaleidescape. I think its cool but do some of us need it? I use my AppleTV 4k (3gen) with Infuse and a nas with mkv backups. I also have a Zidoo Z9X but rarely use it since I’m quite happy with Infuse, I don’t get pass-through audio and instead get 7.1 LPCM audio and I just let my processor decode with Auromatic 13.1 (9.7.6).
@enigmascv3 ай бұрын
I love the idea of K scape but it's cost for HD space is nuts! I can run multiple zidoo devices and run a NAS! It's little bit of work ripping but it's worth it in the end. Keep up the good work and get the word out!
@brucecarter62053 ай бұрын
HD space is not required anymore. Why would you need it when you can download a movie in 9 minutes?🤷♂️
@isak66263 ай бұрын
Can you add subtitles that are not included in the MKV? For us that aren't native English speakers, subtitles are important and a big hassle at the moment since many releases don't have them.
@techsamurai113 ай бұрын
Great question, does it rip the full disc with all the audio formats, subtitles, extra scenes etc? What about multiple discs? How does it handle that?
@Music.Movies.673 ай бұрын
I got a Zidoo 9X Pro and it's a cool player, plays all my files I have a small collection of my real favourite movies and it's convenient having them at hand on a external hdd
@Johnsormani3 ай бұрын
You are paying for copyright fees for the videos that get stored on it. Kaleidescape is legal, zaadoogst isn’t
@MarquezDanielАй бұрын
can the Zidoo stream movies from a Plex server via UPnP?
@amglover4361Ай бұрын
Yes
@MrRzell3 ай бұрын
Anyone who would buy a Kaleidescape is a damn fool! Pay 14k, and you still have to pay in the Kaleidescape store to own it again. I have over 4500 hundred 4k and over 6000 Blu-ray. I'm not about to pay again for something I already own. When my builder was building my home theater, he tried his hardest to convince me to buy one, and I said hell no!! And he's like, you just spent over 500,000k, what's another 14k. It's a waste of money, lol. The builder who did my home theater will see this post and laugh. The only thing we disagreed on was the Kaleidescape. He and his crew did amazing job on my theater room. No hard feelings. I'm all for giving Zidoo a try.
@jerryrobinson2783 ай бұрын
What about those of us that don't have DVD collect or content? Someone mentioned over 700 DVDs.. what's the cost of purchasing 700 DVDs
@frommatorav13 ай бұрын
Your library can be small or large, whether you use Zidoo or Kaleidescape. If I had a smaller collection or no collection, then Kaleidescape's upfront cost would make no sense. If you buy DVDs, they are very inexpensive but poor quality. It's common to find them used for $1 a piece. Blurays and 4k discs cost more. Kaleidescape tends to charge as much or more than the price of the physical media.
@constantinoskatodrytis5423 ай бұрын
yeah man well said I own a zidoo myslef.....only thing that I would ask is, does kal give you also exclusivity in the sense that you get disc quality movies that will not be available in disc but only in kal?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Kaleidescape does offer movies that are still in the theater and have not been released on disc yet. However, I don’t believe movies with no disc release planned are available on Kal. For example, none of the back catalog of Disney movies with no 4k release are available on Kal.
@skydvdan3 ай бұрын
Does Zidoo support Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Yes
@portugee763 ай бұрын
Counter productive
@wrthomas693 ай бұрын
I do not own a kaleidoscope. Even if I won the lottery, I would not buy one as I would not want to start all over again and having already collected more than 5000 video titles. I’m not starting over. But there are several advantages of the kscape. You talk about demos, kscape can do this automatically by stitching together scenes of different films into one movie reel, It is done in seconds. Also, you have access to hundreds of movies on the Kaleidoscope store that have never come to 4K disc. And There are kaleidoscope titles with both the DTSX and the Atmos soundtrack. No disc has both.
@busterbrown16863 ай бұрын
My Denon 3800 can upmix DTS X and Auro 3D
@Luke-qs2cg3 ай бұрын
The kaliedascape store and product is why people pay for it. Ive got one. Its great. Ive also got a plex server. Love that too. They serve very different functions though. I get public use licenses and play these movies for events. Usually same day as theater. You dont get that anywhere else
@krisr38833 ай бұрын
I just replied to another post with something similar. The video is not a good comparison since the Zidoo isn't able to offer what the Kaleidescape does, so it can't really be considered an alternative. It's an alternative to the Shield Pro or other Android streamers/Apple TV.
@talkenrain8423 ай бұрын
Rather than spending on a Zidoo, why not use PLEX server and replace that apple TV with a Nvidia Shield? Seems like the easy, low cost and still very high quality solution... Am I missing something?
@cordcuttercam3 ай бұрын
You can put plex on a zidoo
@wrthomas693 ай бұрын
My biggest complaint about Plex is that it will not play iso files
@mercian80513 ай бұрын
You didn’t go into the supported formats, will this play full Dolby Vision from UHD Blu-rays ripped to MKV?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Yes it supports Dolby Vision
@billtyson99263 ай бұрын
Kaleidescape? No way! I have both the Nvidia Sheild and the older Zidoo9x 4k. All my content is on a NAS with 48TB of storage and I am almost half of that capacity currently. I can easily add more drives if needed. I started with a small Synology 4 bay NAS and now I have a QNAP 8 bay setup. I'm loving it!
@soledeala3 ай бұрын
Infuse does this. I’m trying to find the utility for additional hardware here
@jedlomax1003 ай бұрын
Hi, nice channel. One question, can you attach the HDD directly to the Zidoo or does it have to stream from a PC? And if you attach it directly I assume it has to be an external drive? Thanks again, and I'm enjoying the channel.
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you’re enjoying it! Yes, you can attach a HDD directly to the Zidoo. The Zidoo includes the cable required to connect the HDD
@jedlomax1003 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome Thanks a lot, very useful info!
@magicmanchloe2 ай бұрын
Does the zidoo offer the option to purchase and download directly?
@abefroman.3 ай бұрын
Nice video. I started with a Zidoo Z9X, but have moved onto Ugoos AMB6+ with CoreELEC and Kodi. Plays everything including being the only DoVi player to correctly render FEL layer. I know most PJ people think there is no advantage, but I disagree and feed my system LLDV. Anyway, Kodi/Ugoos and all its skins and customization won me over the Zidoo.
@trevorjames13 ай бұрын
One thing you completely over-simplified is that Kaleidescape is not simply a 4K disc equivalent. Their encodes are unique to the system, unavailable anywhere else, and often noticeably improved over disc. KScape's encodes are held consistent at roughly 65 Mbps on the video side vs discs that are highly variable (30-100 Mbps & ~60 Mbps on avg) depending on run time, platter size, special features, & audio tracks. This is not just conjecture but my personal findings after data diving 1100+ 4K discs in my collection (yes, you can own both physical media & KScape - GASP!). Some discs are actually better but most of the time it's KScape that offers a better video experience. Unfortunately, KScape's offerings are often missing immersive audio tracks from disc. Total bummer when they tout it as being the "ultimate movie platform" but they say the studios don't always provide the same lossless assets as the physical media team received.
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
I wasn’t aware Kscape sometimes doesn’t get the full immersive audio track as what is on the disc. That’s good to know. Thanks.
@wrthomas693 ай бұрын
What titles are you talking about in particular. Kaleidoscope offers some movies with both dtsx and Dolby Atmos soundtrack. I am not aware of any discs that have that. Also there are many 4K titles in kscape library that have never been released on disk.
@trevorjames13 ай бұрын
@@wrthomas69 All of these have immersive audio on disc or vanilla digital but not on KScape: 1776 4K 2 Fast 2 Furious 4K 2 Guns 4K 2012 4K 21 Jump Street 4K 22 Jump Street 4K 47 Ronin 4K 8 Mile 4K A Man Called Otto Abominable 4K Adaptation. 4K Addams Family (Animated) American Gangster 4K American Made 4K Apollo 13 4K Atomic Blonde 4K Backdraft 4K Bad Boys 4K Bad Boys II 4K Battleship 4K Belle 4K Belly 4K Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium BlacKkKlansman 4K Bloodsport 4K Body Double Bourne Identity Bourne Legacy Bourne Supremacy Bourne Ultimatum Boy Kills World 4K Bringing Out the Dead Candyman 4K (1992) Candyman 4K (2021) Can't Hardly Wait Captain Phillips 4K Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 4K Carlito's Way 4K Casino 4K Child's Play 2 4K Child's Play 3 4K Child's Play 4K Clerks III 4K Conan the Barbarian 4K (2011) Coraline 4K Crank 4K Creepshow 4K Daddy's Home 4K Darkest Hour 4K Daylight Despicable Me 2 4K Despicable Me 3 4K Despicable Me 4K Dirty Dancing 4K District 9 4K Divergent 4K Do the Right Thing 4K Dolittle 4K Doom 4K Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas 4K Dr. Seuss' The Grinch 4K Dracula Untold 4K Dragonheart Drive 4K Drive 4K E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 4K Everest 4K Fall 4K Fast & Furious 4K Fast & Furious 6 4K Fast Five 4K Field of Dreams 4K Fifty Shades Darker 4K Fifty Shades Freed 4K Fifty Shades of Grey 4K Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete 4K Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 4K First Man 4K Furious 7 4K Fury 4K Get Out 4K Gladiator 4K Glass 4K Godzilla 4K (1998) Green Book 4K Halloween 4K Halloween 4K (1978) Hardcore Henry Heavy Metal 4K Hell or High Water 4K Hellboy II: The Golden Army 4K Hercules (2014) Hocus Pocus 4K Hot Fuzz 4K How to Train Your Dragon 2 4K How to Train Your Dragon 4K How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 4K Howard the Duck 4K Hulk 4K Hypnotic 4K I Know What You Did Last Summer 4K Independence Day 4K Insidious 4K Ip Man 2 4K Ip Man 4K It Follows 4K Jason Bourne Johnny Mnemonic - Vernetzt Journey to Space 4K + 3D Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World 4K Jurassic Park 3 4K Jurassic Park 4K Jurassic World 4K King Kong 4K Knights of the Zodiac Krampus 4K Kubo and the Two Strings 4K Léon: The Professional 4K Les Misérables 4K Let Him Go Lone Survivor 4K Looper 4K Mamma Mia! 4K Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 4K Man on a Ledge 4K Marrowbone 4K Mary Queen of Scots 4K Master Gardener Matilda 4K Matinee 4K Men in Black 3 4K Men in Black 4K Midsommar Minions 4K Missing Link Money Monster Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K Moonshot Mortal Engines 4K My Best Friend's Wedding 4K Napoleon National Lampoon's Animal House 4K National Parks Adventure 4K + 3D National Treasure National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets News of the World 4K Night School 4K Oblivion 4K Ordinary Angels Pacific Rim: Uprising 4K Paddington 2 4K Paprika 4K ParaNorman 4K Parasite 4K Phantasm 5 Movie Collection Phantom Thread 4K Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 4K Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 4K Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 4K Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 4K Pitch Black 4K - Director's Cut Pitch Perfect 2 4K Pitch Perfect 3 4K Pitch Perfect 4K Pixels 3D Prey for the Devil 4K Prince of Darkness 4K Psycho Puss in Boots 4K R.I.P.D. 4K Resident Evil: 4K Resident Evil: Death Island 4K Robin Hood 4K (2010) RoboCop 4K Rocky IV Rocky vs Drago 4K Rocky Mountain Express 4K Roger Waters: Us + Them Samsara Scarface 4K Schindler's List 4K Serenity 4K Shaun of the Dead 4K Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Shrek 2 4K Shrek 4K Shrek the Third 4K Significant Other Sing 4K Skyscraper 4K Smokey and the Bandit 4K Smokin' Aces 4K Snow White and the Huntsman 4K Stand by Me 4K Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K Straight Outta Compton 4K Streets of Fire 4K Superman: The Movie 4K Suspiria Talk to Me 4K Thanksgiving The 355 4K The Big Lebowski 4K The Blackening 4K The Blues Brothers 4K The Boss Baby 4K The Boxtrolls 4K The Boy The Conan Chronicles 4K The Croods 4K The Da Vinci Code 4K The Fast and the Furious 4K The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 4K The Fate of the Furious 4K The First Purge 4K The Forever Purge 4K The Frighteners 4K The Girl on the Train 4K The Great Wall 4K The Guns of Navarone 4K The House with a Clock in Its Walls 4K The Huntsman: Winter's War 4K The Karate Kid 3 4K The Last Reef: Cities Beneath the Sea 4K + 3D The Legend of Zorro 4K The Martian Extended 4K The Mask of Zorro 4K The Mist 4K The Mummy 4K The Mummy 4K (2017) The Mummy Returns 4K The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 4K The One and Only Ivan The Outfit 4K The Patriot 4K The Pope's Exorcist The Prince of Egypt 4K The Purge 4K The Purge: Anarchy 4K The Purge: Election Year 4K The Quake The Raid: Redemption 4K The Remains of the Day 4K The Scorpion King 4K The Secret Life of Pets 2 4K The Secret Life of Pets 4K The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K The Thing 4K The Truman Show 4K The Wolfman The World's End 4K They Live 4K Ticket to Paradise 4K Trolls 4K Turtle Odyssey 4K Underworld: Evolution 4K Us 4K Van Helsing 4K Vertigo Warcraft 4K Waterworld 4K Wendy Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4K Wind River Wrath of Man 4K Yesterday 4K Young Guns 4K Zoolander No. 2
@mfkhometheater77423 ай бұрын
I've been playing with a Dune player and so far I like it. I tried the Zidoo quite awhile back but I was trying to figure out how to put Plex on it so it didn't go well. Let's just say my problems with it were due to an ID ten T error🙂 I'll try it again when I have time but both it and the Dune are older 4K versions and I've heard the newer 8K versions are more stable so I might need to replace both. Dune just came out with a new HD Max 8K for $799 so I might get it. Zidoo has the Z3000 PRO-8K so I might also try it.
@marinflorentin80523 ай бұрын
hi! can you tell me if with zidoo z9x 8k its possible to adjust the subtitle (external one) on vertical to appear above the black bar? Tks!
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
I don’t believe the subtitles can be moved to a different location. I could be wrong, but that’s my understanding.
@junior-OG3 ай бұрын
yes you can move the subtitle
@marinflorentin80523 ай бұрын
yes, I confirm too, the subtitles can be adjusted on vertical easily. Anyway ...excellent this little box.
@chris.fitzgerald3 ай бұрын
Cant I already do this with Plex? If I rip my BR and place them on a server for Plex, can I not play them through the Plex app on my Roku device?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Are you able to stream the Dolby Atmos and DTS:X sound tracks thru your Roku from Plex?
@chris.fitzgerald3 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome I double checked and the Roku Ultra, and even the new one they just released does not support Atmos or lossless.
@vignesht81173 ай бұрын
Hi bro can u please tell me how the plex and jellyfin sound output does it sound good or bad can u make video on this zidoo plex and jellyfin?
@VIctorCarruyo3 ай бұрын
My Plex server and Nvidia shield does that. And I can keep upgrading my storage over time.
@AGILISFPV3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this informative video. Quick question, does dolby vision work after you rip it and play it back on the zidoo? Also if you have infuse on the apple tv would that make this product redundant?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, the Zidoo does do Dolby Vision. I tried the Infuse app a while ago and was unable to make it work. Admittedly, I didn’t spend a lot of time troubleshooting it but it was not cooperative so I gave up. Though it may work if someone knows what they’re doing.
@7renewurmind3 ай бұрын
I saw that you purchased a 22TB HD but on the Website it states "Supports connecting external 16TB large capacity SATA hard drive" is it safe to assume you can go as high as your willing on the HD space with no issues. Just wanted a little clarity before I decide to buy. Thanks...
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
If you connect the hard drive directly to the Zidoo using a SATA cable, the max drive you can use is 16 TB. However, I installed a 22 TB drive in a PC and the Zidoo connects to it over my local network. Hope this helps. Good luck!
@7renewurmind3 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome Thanks for this video, when out and purchased the Zidoo Z30 Pro and so far I uploaded 45 of my movies (Blu-Rays and 4K) and I absolutely love the set up. I added a 16TB drive and even my Blu-Rays are an amazing experience. Better than the disk. Also tested my 4k disk vs watching on zidoo on my home theater set up and again, more impressed with the ripped version of my 4k than the actual disk. Really impressed. IMO there is no way to justify the purchase of a Kaleidescape unless you just have money like that.
@stevenmichael77703 ай бұрын
I'm in the wrong business. I need to become a magic hard drive salesman. That's quite a profit margin.
@guillermomartin82483 ай бұрын
You also need to be an amazing software engineer and innovative business mind which I’m assuming your lacking😅
@stevenmichael77703 ай бұрын
@@guillermomartin8248 I'm assuming you're not very bright, given that you don't know the difference between "your" and "you're". You must be an "amazing" software engineer though!
@jerryrobinson2783 ай бұрын
What's the cost of obtaining/ owning 1000s of Blu-rays??🤔
@Gshiznit743 ай бұрын
I think we need to remember that Kalidescape is able to and has available movies with lesser compression and higher bit rates, which is more its advantage. I'm surprised that purchasing a Shield isn't something you've explored. Atmos, dtsX, Auro3D, it can do it all. DoVi, HDR10+ if you use your NAS as the server and the Shield as the client, it can be seemless. Web interface is easy to choose your own posters and so on.. Plex won't do iso, though, but there are alternatives to this.. just saying other than Shields capabilities, ai processing, and plethora of apps and streamers for less than a Zidoo. I'm interested in why this pathway is the better option. Thanks for the video.
@Chris-hr2uj3 ай бұрын
What happens if/when kaleidascape goes out of business? Do you only have access to movies that you have on your hard drive at that time, and you lose access to all files on the cloud? I dont know a lot about k scape. But if that is the case, it doesnt really sound like physical media to me. Great video though, maybe i will upgrade from raspberry pi plex to Ziddoo once i figure out the upgrade from blu ray to 4k.
@Chris-hr2uj3 ай бұрын
Then in my opinion, this type of technology isnt a lasting purchase.
@RandallStevenson3 ай бұрын
I have my entire DVD and Blu-ray and CD Library streaming from my PC through Jellyfin to my Onn 4K Pro
@CHARON-mq2ly2 ай бұрын
hola buenas consulta que tan bueno ese este zidoo para pasar archivos de HDR a SDR y de 4k a 1080 por que vi una reviuw de un mexicano que decia que era malisimo por el chip que tenia el zidoo z10 proy decian que era malisimo lo pregunto por que tengo peliculas 4k hdr y lo voy a reproducir en un proyector 1080 sdr espero que alguien me lo pueda decir saludo desde chile
@AlecGar3 ай бұрын
I recently have been using the Zidoo Z9X Pro. My Zidoo has an issue where it will stop playing multiple of my MKV videos at certain points in the video. I found that I need to fast-forward past these points to continue watching the videos. I've tried resetting my Zidoo player with no success. Have you had this issue before or have any suggestions to correcting the issue? Thanks!
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
I haven’t encountered that problem. Do you have the 4k version? Mine is the 8k. Hopefully it’s not a common problem.
@AlecGar3 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome I do have the 4k version. Could be an issue for this model.
@ferrari777732 ай бұрын
I'm not convinced kaleidscape is the night-and-day difference in A/V to justify the ridiculous price for just the setup alone. Notwithstanding, also purchasing downloads.
@ferrari77773Ай бұрын
@@shaolin95 There's no way with a premium TV, premium bluray player and sound system is there a night-and-day difference. It's common sense. Maybe with a projector...but obviously, OLED tv blows away any projector.
@Paranimal863 ай бұрын
It’s perfect for people that have expendable money… it’s the Apple TV of UHD but your better off to set up a media server and rip your UHD collections to it and get basically the same results for a fraction of the price.
@jerryrobinson2783 ай бұрын
What about those who don't have a collection of DVDs? And what's the cost of owning that many..500 to 800 Blu-ray movies costs tons of money
@larshann34123 ай бұрын
Hey! Great video! I dont own a computer though. Can I buy an external 4k bluray ripper and connect to my tablet? Or do I need a computer for it?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
I’ve never used a tablet to rip discs. I’m not aware of a version of MakeMKV that can be used on a tablet.
@larshann34123 ай бұрын
@@GeorgeTheaterAtHome okey. Thank you for the fast reply:) maybe I should just buy a cheap laptop :)
@shrimboi89093 ай бұрын
now worth all the trouble if u buy cheap laptop.. will take a long time to rip one movie...
@larshann34123 ай бұрын
@@shrimboi8909 what is the best way then?:)
@larshann34123 ай бұрын
@@shrimboi8909 what is the right thing to do you would say?:)
@TimOHea3 ай бұрын
When I search Z9X Pro 8k nothing comes up .. is that a typo?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Sorry, yes the Z9X Pro was the 4k model. The Zidoo Z9X 8K is the correct model. Good catch!
@Coffeedad3 ай бұрын
Is the nvidia shield basically the same as the Zidoo?
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
That is a great question. I haven’t tried the Nvidia shield so I can’t speak to that but I’m curious what their similarities/differences are
@xp0isionz3 ай бұрын
is this any different than creating a plex server?
@goffe22823 ай бұрын
In what universe is a 22 terabyte hard drive ten thousand dollars? This seems to be a walled garden taken to the extreme. I got the Zidoo. I wish the UI was more snappy, but I have access to my entire collection that I store on my NAS. The best part, for me, is that it does ISO files with menus both for all disc formats. I know those who don't want that, but I do, I want the discs as a whole, especially for these discs that have this copy protection where you have to choose the right track out of hundreds to rip to get the scenes in the right order.
@GeorgeTheaterAtHome3 ай бұрын
Which Zidoo version do you have? I have the Zidoo Z9X 8K and it is very snappy and responsive.