The Dune HD Real/Pro/Max Vision 4K detailed review

[Hann]

The new update r17 worked fine for me, but for some reason with r18 (the new GUI) my Dune Pro Vision Solo does not boot into the startup menu, the bootup just ends up to a black screen.

I wish they would in the coming updates give a possibility to move the subtitles a bit more up - now the last row of the subtitles is cut a bit from the bottom, even though I have adjusted them to be as high as possible.

[Nice Monkey]

The new update r17 worked fine for me, but for some reason with r18 (the new GUI) my Dune Pro Vision Solo does not boot into the startup menu, the bootup just ends up to a black screen.

You waited long enough? Mine displays a black screen between 30 seconds and a minute. See list above.

[Harmonium]

I agree with you NiceMonkey! I like the new GUI and it is getting better. I welcome the "Movie Collection" feature. It was a must for me.

One thing I would like is to have more informations when we select a movie. Like is it a DVD, Blu-ray or 4K UHD and which audio tracks are available (Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, etc.), Dolby Vision, HDR etc.. For me it is basic informations to have.

It would be really nice if the movies were sorted without the determiner (The, They or L', Le, La, Les in french). I have more than 50 movies starting with "The". Do you think it is possible to have that?

I will continue to test the new GUI...

[Nice Monkey]

One thing I would like is to have more informations when we select a movie. Like is it a DVD, Blu-ray or 4K UHD and which audio tracks are available (Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, etc.), Dolby Vision, HDR etc.. For me it is basic informations to have.

It would be really nice if the movies were sorted without the determiner (The, They or L', Le, La, Les in french). I have more than 50 movies starting with "The". Do you think it is possible to have that?

I am pretty sure these are on the todo list. Also adding child lock tagging belongs to this wishlist for some.
Enough to do but they should not overdo it. Stability is more relevant in my humble view.

[OlivierQC]

Hello Nice Monkey,

Many complain that Dune HD does not manage collections....

I quote a person ''their film management is a big shit, do not hesitate to say it, you will find yourself with movies absolutely in all directions, simply that it is the only box in the world to not manage the collection, just pitiful''.

Is there anything planned by Dune HD in your opinion for the management of collections?

[Nice Monkey]

Is there anything planned by Dune HD in your opinion for the management of collections?

I have no clue whatsoever.

What I am sure about that with Move Walls it is impossible to satisfy everybody. They all want to work it differently and have different features for displaying metadata, import/export metadata, TV series collections, merges, block changes etc etc. They are very quick to call a product shit or worse if it doesn't do certain thing as they like or worked on some other product they have. A Zidoo has far more features here but they keep adding more and more which in fact does not help performance nor stability.

I personally don't need or want it and won't evaluate it neither. No time/urge to watch all those series.
Seen the popularity of Poster Movie Wall applications made it a dedicated chapter in the review. The text above was added to it.

[OlivierQC]

I did not express myself well 

I was talking about movie sagas like for example ''Star Wars'' which are not grouped correctly?

it seems that with the r18, the problem seems solved?

Can you confirm or not

[Nice Monkey]

Will put in my Space Fiction HDD and give it a trial run. Typically these require a naming convention to be grouped correctly.

[Harmonium]

Well, OlivierQC, if you read my quote I just said that I welcome the new Movies Collection feature! And it is is working pretty well.

[Hann]

The new update r17 worked fine for me, but for some reason with r18 (the new GUI) my Dune Pro Vision Solo does not boot into the startup menu, the bootup just ends up to a black screen.

You waited long enough? Mine displays a black screen between 30 seconds and a minute. See list above.

Thanks, I will need to try it. Perhaps I did not wait long enough!

[OlivierQC]

Well, OlivierQC, if you read my quote I just said that I welcome the new Movies Collection feature! And it is is working pretty well.

oouups  thank you, I read it too fast the first time

[Nice Monkey]

As a friend got himself the Dune HD Pro Vision 4K Solo model added the specifics for that model to the review. Still need to check some small things like fan noise and to do the consumption measurements for it. These will be added later.

Also added "Emergency Flash Booting" to the Dune Support chapter as Dune players don't have a reset Key/Pin.

Some of the new "My Collection" features can be configured in the "Setup / Appearance / Additional" menu:
1) Autoplay video: Play trailer automatically or not
2) Content window at the top: With or without Netflix style info on top. Off is full window with covers.
3) Navigation panel on the left. Speaks for itself.
Agreed a well hidden and very misleading setup, but they do work you know.

The problem list was updated for this R18 Alpha FW version but player problems were verified to be identical for the  R17 release without "NewGUI".

[Mike-UK]

ive contacted dune support and asked when will we see an update to R18 Alpha, there reply was you can download Alpha from this location  , i guess they dont speak or know english

[Nice Monkey]

The inconvenience list was updated: No track list/song selection with a single track album with CUE sheet include. Being a must and bypass for gapless playback and also the standard format for DTS-CD.

[Nice Monkey]

Updated with the new FW released "dune_firmware_tv175u_211031_0532_r18.dff. .
No serious problems fixes; yes an improved My Collections.

See reply #3 for updated details. Will be integrated when comments received form Dune.