bpranay
Active Member
Hello All,
I am looking for a media player with 4K & atmos capability. I currently have amazon firestick but it does not recognize DTS-HD. I do not require atmos as of now but to be futureproof, I want the player to be able to handle atmos. My current requirement is for DTS-HD and 4K. I have lot of media files with me which I would like to play and most of them are in DTS-HD. Firestick can't handle DTS. And if I play my files by directly attaching the HDD to my TV and take the sound through ARC, it doesn't go beyond DTS. Hence I am frustrated. I was happy when I got firestick and thought that it'll be able to handle all but to my despair.
I tried plex server as well but it's too slow and keeps stuttering and is a frustrating experience. I have old popbox V8 media player which I had bought in 2013 which has DTS-HD pass through but problem is
1. it doesn't recognize certain new video codecs so can not expect 4K from it.
2. I can not do anything about it's GUI, kodi installation is impossible.
3. It used to work fine but off late at some point the video is blank and i get only sound.
I do not want to spend on nvidia shield as of now. I am looking in the range of 5-7K. I have taken a look at Mi Box too but not sure about it's atmos handling and HDD playback.
I kindly request you to suggest me suitable media player.
Thanks & Regards
I am looking for a media player with 4K & atmos capability. I currently have amazon firestick but it does not recognize DTS-HD. I do not require atmos as of now but to be futureproof, I want the player to be able to handle atmos. My current requirement is for DTS-HD and 4K. I have lot of media files with me which I would like to play and most of them are in DTS-HD. Firestick can't handle DTS. And if I play my files by directly attaching the HDD to my TV and take the sound through ARC, it doesn't go beyond DTS. Hence I am frustrated. I was happy when I got firestick and thought that it'll be able to handle all but to my despair.
I tried plex server as well but it's too slow and keeps stuttering and is a frustrating experience. I have old popbox V8 media player which I had bought in 2013 which has DTS-HD pass through but problem is
1. it doesn't recognize certain new video codecs so can not expect 4K from it.
2. I can not do anything about it's GUI, kodi installation is impossible.
3. It used to work fine but off late at some point the video is blank and i get only sound.
I do not want to spend on nvidia shield as of now. I am looking in the range of 5-7K. I have taken a look at Mi Box too but not sure about it's atmos handling and HDD playback.
I kindly request you to suggest me suitable media player.
Thanks & Regards