ΝΕW Alpha firmware (211013_0531_r17) for Vision family...
Vision models (RTD1619DR): new "Dune HD extensions for VS10" feature (improved picture quality, contrast and black levels when using Dolby Vision VS10 engine with SDR/HDR output). (How to use: enable VS10; set DV to Disabled when outputting SDR/HDR content to DV TV; keep picture adjustment settings at default values.)
All models: upgraded to r17 firmware branch (gives various improvements previously implemented in firmware of Vision models).
RTD1619 models (Pro 4K II, Pro 4K Plus II): upgraded to the same Realtek SDK as used in Vision models (does not add DV support, but gives other improvements).
All Realtek models (RTD1295/RTD1395/RTD1619/RTD1619DR): added chapters support in BDLite mode.
Models with Hi-Fi audio output (Max 4K, Ultra 4K, Max Vision 4K, Ultra Vision 4K): some fixes and improvements for Hi-Fi audio output.
Various other fixes, improvements and internal changes.
Olso we have new FW for the new GUI (211013_0532_r18):
A lot of various fixes and internal changes and improvements related to the New GUI. In particular, fixed the following bugs: My Collection indexing not working in some cases, some GUI skin colors not properly used by the new font engine, dune_folder.txt wrongly ignored in My Collection folders, many issues related to the new "Nice looking movies catalog directly in file browser" functionality, and many other bugs.
Various improvements not related to the New GUI - same as included into the latest r17 alpha firmware (including "Dune HD extensions for VS10" for Vision models).
Added function of periodic automatic background reindexing of My Collection (enable it in Setup / My Collection).
Left menu extended with items corresponding to My Collection folders.
Support for "movie collections" (aka movie sagas, movie groups, such as "Harry Potter Collection") in My Collection and in the new Netflix-like view of File Browser. Movie collections are recognized automatically.
Initial (incomplete yet) implementation of the new Global Search function.
The following functions are in development and are expected to come in next versions: media information (such as codecs and resolution) in My Collection, additional useful menu categories (such as Continue Watching), menu customization possibilities (such as hiding/reordering of menu items), possibilities to manually edit/provide custom information about movies and manually create/modify movie collections, voice search, various other improvements.
Lets see......