BeQuiet Jubiläum Banner 970x90
Breaking News

CORSAIR VOYAGER a1600 Gaming & Streaming Laptop AMD Advantage Edition Available Now Samsung Electronics Breaks Ground on New Semiconductor R&D Complex in Giheung, Korea DJI Granted World’s First C1 Drone Certificate SP Industrial’s BiSC5 Flash Cards for Surveillance Edge and Professional Cinema Storage JEDEC announces Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 4.0 specs

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Zidoo X6 Pro Media Player review

May 9,2016 0

5. Final words

 

Review Pages

1. About the Zidoo X6 Pro
2. Unboxing
3. User interface, 4K video and HD audio tests
4. Benchmarks, read/write tests
5. Final words

 

The Zidoo X6 Pro is the "flagship" Android player from from Zidoo and as such, it has impressive specifications and comes packed with many features. The device is based on the RockChip 3368 chipset and retails for as much as $109, which is considered a rather high price.

The player is well-designed, featuring rounded corners and a durable plastic outshell. Being passively cooled, it is compact in size and can easily fit in your living room.

The X6 Pro has an HDMI 2.0 output, it really supports playback of up to 4K @ 60hz AVC/HEVC video and 7.1 audio passthrough. The device successfully playbacked almost all the video files we tested, plus 7.2 Dolby Digital and DTS sound files, with both stock and ZDMC (KODI) video players.

The popular H.264 files were playbacked perfectly. But you should have in mind that the player should not be encoded higher than 100MBps. In that case, the X6 Pro will display an error message or you simply won't get any video displayed on your TV.

The player had no issues with H.265 video files either, but not with 10bit HEVC files. There is nothing you can do about that, since that's a limitation of the RockChip 3368 chip.

The stock video player supports almost all the video files and can even handle even demanding multi-lingual SRT subtitles very well. The included ZDMC (KODI 16.0) also performed avery well in most tasks, and supports your favorite add-ons like the regular KODI.

We also liked the Zidoo interface/ ZIUI and especially the included Explorer app. The player can be controlled from your smartphone using the Zidoo RC app and if you prefer the included remote control, it could be customized (Zidoo Smart IR Remote app) to offer quick access to installed apps.

We liked

  • 2GB RAM and 16GB Internal storage
  • 1Gbit LAN
  • Supports HDMI2.0, up to 4K @ 60Hz & HDMI-CEC function
  • 7 channel audio pass-through, and H.265 / 4K hardware decoding
  • Wifi 802.11ac support & Bluetooth 4.0 connecting protocols
  • Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
  • Includes 2x USB2.0 devices and a microSDHC/SDXC slot
  • DTS/Dolby Digital output and Greek Subitles support even from stock video player
  • Included ZDMC (KODI) works very well
  • Great stock file manager with external microSD/USB writing support
  • Supports Auto frame rate output function (24Hz) with both the stock and ZDMC (KODI) video players
  • High quality with 2K, 4K, HD content
  • Support for FAT32, NTFS, EXT-4, and exFAT file systems
  • OTA firmware update
  • Great power control over software (auto off)
  • Frequent firmware updates

We didn't like

  • Doesn't support 10bit H265 (HEVC) files (Rockchip 3368 chipset cannot handle it)
  • Media files with higher bitrates than 100Mbps are not playable
  • No USB3.0 port(s)
  • Stock player doesn't support DVD/Blu-Ray ISO playback (you can use the included ZDMC instead)
  • No "fake" Wifi option under settings - needed for some apps to work when LAN is being used

 

Review Pages

1. About the Zidoo X6 Pro
2. Unboxing
3. User interface, 4K video and HD audio tests
4. Benchmarks, read/write tests
5. Final words

 

Pages

  • « first
  • ‹ previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Zidoo

Tags: Zidoo
Previous Post
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 review
Next Post
Lexar Professional 1066x CF 128GB Vs. Toshiba Exceria Pro C501 128GB

Related Posts

  • Zidoo Z9S 4K Media Player review

  • Zidoo Launches New ZIDOO Z9S and ZIDOO Z10 4K Android TV Media Players

  • Zidoo X7 TV quad core processor TV Box Debuts for $69

  • Zidoo's Android Media Players To Get Full Blu-Ray Menu Navigation

  • Zidoo X9S and Zidoo Media Players Will Be BaSed On New RTD1295 Processor

  • Zidoo X1II Android Media Player review

  • New Zidoo X9S Android Media Player Coming Next Month

  • Zidoo X5 Android Media Player review

BeQuiet Jubiläum Banner 300x600

 

Latest Reviews

be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX (280mm)
Cooling Systems

be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX (280mm)

be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX
Cooling Systems

be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX

be quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4
Cooling Systems

be quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4

How Easy is Cloud Migration for Enterprises?
Enterprise & IT

How Easy is Cloud Migration for Enterprises?

EnGenius ECW230S AP
Enterprise & IT

EnGenius ECW230S AP

Popular News

Samsung Releases New Flash Laptop

Samsung Releases New Flash Laptop

Facebook Unveils New Technology to Fight Child Exploitation

Facebook Unveils New Technology to Fight Child Exploitation

Samsung's Next Smartphone foray: Galaxy S10, 5G, Folding Phones

Samsung's Next Smartphone foray: Galaxy S10, 5G, Folding Phones

YouTube to Invest $20m in Educational Creators

YouTube to Invest $20m in Educational Creators

Twitter's Ad Sales Surge

Twitter's Ad Sales Surge

Samsung HMD Odyssey+ Mixed Reality Headset Comes WithTwo 3.5-inch AMOLED Displays

Samsung HMD Odyssey+ Mixed Reality Headset Comes WithTwo 3.5-inch AMOLED Displays

Japanese Wireless Carriers to Cut iPhone XR Price: report

Japanese Wireless Carriers to Cut iPhone XR Price: report

Google To Deliver Personalized Audio News Lists Through AI Assistant

Google To Deliver Personalized Audio News Lists Through AI Assistant

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed