zidoo Z9X 8K- 8K HDR Media Player, Android 11 OS, Amlogic S928X-K Processor 6G+64G, VPU Video Engine&VS10 Image Engine,4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, BDMV/ISO,for Video & Audio Playback

It's great for playing local content such as ripped movies and music. I have been using Plex on a different box, but this has it's own built in media player that directly accesses your media on a nas or even hard drive attached to it directly. Works great and handles HDR 10 videos and TrueHD Atmos audio tracks.

This is the perfect solution for my home movie collection which sits on a 50TB NAS. Unlike my Amazon Fire cube or Roku while using Plex, the Zidoo grants me full Dolby Vision and full DTS sound tracts. As a standalone unit, it categorizes the movies just as good as Plex. I've plugged it into my HA (Home Assistant) automation setup as well as getting it working perfectly with my Harmony Elite remote. This is a great unit and I’m glad I found it. Now, I still run Plex for the "normal" TV setups around my house that still have Rokus and I dont need the full features of the Zidoo. The Zidoo is for use in my Home theater with a 7.1.4 atmos setup.

When it comes to pure media playback, this box is a powerhouse. It handles every file format I throw at it at full video and audio resolution without breaking a sweat—the 8K HDR and lossless audio support are top-tier. However, the user experience leaves a lot to be desired. The Android OS feels clunky and unpolished. More frustratingly, I experience consistent audio dropouts on streaming apps unless I make it a habit to restart the device at least once immediately after it boots up. It gets the job done for local media files, but because of the software quirks, I honestly preferred my Dune HD for day-to-day use.

I've had several media players from multiple vendors (WD, Popcorn Hour, Zapitti, Dune and Zidoo) and this one is far and away the best, not to mention far cheaper than my Zapitti models. It effortlessly plays any video or audio file I've thrown at it and has a nice set of GUIs to go along with it. I use it to play video files, of course, but also audio files, whether stereo or multi-channel FLAC or DSD64 files and ISO images of SACDs. I am especially please that it plays multi-channel FLAC and DSD64 files "gaplessly", which almost nobody else seemed to manage (well, one of the Popcorn Players could do it but with a mind-bogglingly awful UI). You can also customize the "video wall" interface for playing videos almost endlessly. It can be a LOT of work to do some of the more extreme things I like to do, but I'm OCD and retired with the time to fuss with it. I like it so much that I had to buy one for my man-cave as well as the one I'd had for my home theater. I connect both of them to a PC running a Samba network (which I really need to update as Windows is moving away from supporting Samba 1.0) with all my drives of video and music files on them so both devices can "see" the same source files. Previously, I'd had a USB hub plugged into the Zidoo and several drives plugged into that and it saw them all just fine (though it looked a bit like a server rack in my living room, much to the wife's dismay). The interface is snappy as well. The only fault I can think of is that re-scanning nearly 10 Tb of audio files for any new files in it takes nearly as long as the initial scan, and we're talking hours. Their scanning of video files seems to be much smarter and faster for handling new additions. They do concentrate their development effort on the video side and the audio and video developers are apparently different teams that don't communicate much so some nifty ideas on the video GUI side that would work great on the audio GUI side just aren't there and aren't likely to be. My nephew was so enamored with this model that he went home after visiting recently and bought one for himself. Do be aware that the Z9X 8K model is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the older Z9X 4K model. Oh, for programmability in the home theater, I do wish the device had discrete on and off signals from the IR remote rather than just the Toggle On And Off signal, but I prefer that for ALL my devices. Note also that some of its codes are the exact same as for some SVS subwoofer models, so using the remote for the Zidoo can mess up your various settings on your sub. My solution was to cover the IR input on the sub with electrical tape and only use the phone app to control its settings, not the IR remote.

It is a good device. Somewhere between a 3-4 star really. It has a couple of major issues that are not clearly advertised: 1. It doesn’t always load or read NFOs for shows. From the forums, it seems an issue only with new TV shows loaded as a new library in HT5. Apparently, it is not an issue if you imported them from HT4 or use the older model. 2. It is generally very good in stability though it requires a reboot often. In 3 days and it needed a couple of reboots to reconnect to the AVR properly using CEC. Hopefully, it is a matter of it struggling during setup and getting it fully updated to the latest firmware, but it questions its long-term stability. I’d say it is a cool device to try new things, but unless an update improves things, it may not be a keeper if you prefer dealing with NFOs and TV shows. If you like movies and build your collection with it, it is just plain great at that.

Worked great made a difference on my sound system..

I wanted a box that played files off my NAS. That’s all. This is exactly what I needed. Easy to connect and auto scans folder you point it to for movies and files to play. I started renaming a bunch to fit what it’s looking for and it started getting posters and movie info. Really easy to be a player for backups of physical media. I also work in movie post production and wanted an easy way at to play back projects I worked on. This is also great for that. I can make really high bitrate files and it plays them back with ease. Anything that modern like h264 or h265 content is awesome. I have it set to pass audio through hdmi and that has worked perfectly. It’s an easy way to test atmos projects how they will be streamed.

Perfect. The reviews people leave for these devices about streaming Netflix, yeah that's not what this is. If you have a serious networked media collection on your home server this is what you need. I have a 9.4.4 system and three other zidoos throughout the house and these handle anything you throw at them. All my 4k rips are full bit rate, dolby atmos competely uncompressed files. No problems whatsoever. Highly recommend if that's what you're looking for.

Den zidoo Z9X 8K habe ich mir vor ca. 4 Wochen zu gelegt und hatte vorher einen Kinhank 8K bei Amazon gekauft, doch diesen wieder zurückgegeben. Die Software machte Probleme beim Abspielen und die Arbeit mit der Poster-Wand hat mich nicht überzeugt. Der Zidoo Z9X 8K ist eine ganze andere Klasse und kostet auch ein paar Euro mehr, wie das Vorgängermodell. Die Bild- und Tonqualität des Zidoo Z9X 8K ist hervorragend (je nach Ausgangsmaterial). Er ist schnell betriebsbereit. Bittet 5 USB und 1 SATA-Anschluss, was bemerkenswert ist. Bei mir ist er per LAN-Kabel mit dem Router und zum Fernsehgerät mit einem hochwertigen HDMI-Kabel verbunden. Der Zidoo Z9X 8K stellt die Poster-Wand zu 98% treffsicher dar und ermöglicht eine manuelle Korrektur. Angenehm ist auch die Auswahl, ob man das Video gleich anschauen oder im Poster-Menü noch etwas über das Video erfahren möchte. Die Einstellmöglichkeiten für Bild und Ton sind zahlreich. Da kann man sich auch mal vertun. Vermisst wird jedoch eine Deutsche Betriebsanleitung zu den einzelnen Einstellungen und deren Auswirkungen. Vieles ist in der Menüführung zwar in Deutsch hinterlegt, aber eben nicht alles. Probleme hat es mit der Samba Einstellung und Verbindung zwischen Zidoo und Laptop gegeben. Nach zahlreichen Einstellungsversuchen konnte eine Verbindung zwischen Laptop und Zidoo hergestellt werden. Fazit: Der Zidoo Z9X 8K ist, in meiner Bewertung, aufgrund seiner positiven Eigenschaften sowie zahlreicher Einstellungsmöglichkeiten als ausgezeichneter Media Player zu bezeichnen.

Es un excelente equipo para poder ver tus peliculas 4k UHD que ripeaste como remux. Yo buscaba un equipo que tuviera el passtrough de dolby atmos y dts:x sin perdida y este equipo lo tiene. No presenta lags al estar viendo las peliculas, todo va fluido.

Been using this for almost 3 weeks now, and I would say that I’m satisfied with it’s performance. The Tidal app has a bug but other than that this player is a beast!

Great media player, just what I was looking for. Plays all type of video and audio files as well as allows to view local photos in best quality on tv from the attached disk. Only ywo drawbacks - no voice input in youtube and does not show full subtitle/audio details if there are multiple options for same language.

Good delivery