Some basic test results:
Network speed: 38 MB/s as compared to 11MB/s on Dune Base 3.0 and 26 MB/s on Base 3D.
Menu speed is about 2x as fast as Base 3D, Menu is very similar to Base 3D in Setup and looks.
Discrete IR On/Off Power codes are working.
Auto Frame rate is working.
Loads into Zappiti and works perfectly
The unit basically has two playback engines: A full BD engine and a BD Lite engine.
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The following tests were performed using the BD Lite Engine
1) True HD- Bit streamed – No issues.
2) DTS HD MA- Bit streamed – No issues.
3) Dolby Atmos- Bit streamed –No issues.
4) DTS:X- Bit Streamed – No Issues.
5) LPCM Audio- No issues
6) 3D Played flawlessly @ full 1080P @ 23.97
7) Forced Subtitles ignored as expected due to not using a BD engine.
*****The feature set and performance of the unit was identical to the Dune Base 3D only faster navigation.
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The following tests were performed using the Full BD Engine.
1) Full menus do work.
2) Cinavia is ignored.
3) Full menu Load speed is on par with an Oppo player.
4) Forced subs do work in full ISOs and 3D ISOs.
5) True HD- Bit streamed – No issues.
6) DTS HD MA- Bit streamed – No issues.
7) Dolby Atmos- Bit streamed –No issues.
DTS:X- Bit Streamed – No issues.
9) LPCM Audio- No issues
10) 3D ISOs test clips played flawlessly @ full 1080P @ 23.97 and forced subs are honored.
11) The menu “Play button” plays the correct playlist on playlist obfuscation titles.
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Initial MKV Test Results:
1) True HD- Bit streamed – No issues.
2) DTS HD MA- Bit streamed – No issues.
3) Atmos Bit Streamed- No Issues.
4) DTS:X Bit Streamed- No Issues.
5) Forced Subs flag is honored and working. I created an MKV test clip using MKVToolNIX GUI and set forced flag and Solo played automatically.
Additional Audio tests
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I hooked Solo directly to a Samsung 40" 1080P LCD with an HDMI Cable that is about 4 years old.
I set the audio settings to allow HDMI Audio to downscale to 2 channel decode. The unit doesn't decode to Multi Channel.
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These are the results with ISOs both full and ripped with regard to successful 2 channel decoding:
______Full BD Engine _______ Lite Engine
DTS HD ___Yes _____________ Yes
DTS:X HD _Yes _____________ Yes
True HD ___Yes _____________ No (hard reset required)
Atmos ____Yes _____________ No (hard reset required)
LPCM _____Yes _____________ Yes
These are the results with MKVs with regard to successful 2 channel decoding: Auto defaults to Lite Engine.
Lite Engine
DTS HD___ Yes
DTS:X HD __Yes
True HD ___No (hard reset required)
Atmos ___No (hard reset required)
Other points to note:
1) I re tested Full Menu ISOs with BD Engine and DTS:X bit streaming works perfectly now.- Edited previous post to reflect this.
2) BD Resume does work with full ISOs and BD Engine. It does not work on ripped ISOs with either engine.
2A) Resume works on MKVs using Lite Engine.
3) I have confirmation from
Mike@Duneplayer.com that My Movies is working perfectly on his setup at this time and we fixed Zappiti on mine.
4) Got VXP figured out. During playback simply hit the "C" key to toggle on/ off /demo mode. This only works in BD Lite as far as I can tell.
