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

[OlivierQC]

Hello all,

what do you think of the GUI?

I just spoke with Mark and he said it's awful

[Nice Monkey]

Haha discussing taste is a difficult topic. But as you can change the GUI in many aspects it is fine for me.

[OlivierQC]

Hello Nice monkey,

Yes, that's right,

Is there a video that shows this new beta GUI ? Or can you make one to see how it is when you use it?

[BigZ12]

After installing the alpha firmware with new GUI, I got a question after the update was finished regarding upscaling.
If I wanted the tv or the Dune to upscale video with lower resolution.
I think I answered the Dune, and not my LG OLED CX.
What's best?

If I want to change, where do I do that? Can't find the option in settings.

Hoping for an answer!

[mytich]

After installing the alpha firmware with new GUI, I got a question after the update was finished regarding upscaling.
If I wanted the tv or the Dune to upscale video with lower resolution.
I think I answered the Dune, and not my LG OLED CX.
What's best?

If I want to change, where do I do that? Can't find the option in settings.

Hoping for an answer!

Set "match resolution" to ON

[OMEGAZULUL]

Does this device support Tv-led Dolby Vision? Is it specific to some formats or profiles?

[mytich]

Does this device support Tv-led Dolby Vision? Is it specific to some formats or profiles?

Yes it does, you can select both tv-led or LLDV and doesn't matter which profile it is.

[johnnyc604]

Very nice review. Appreciate the work you put into this, and sharing.

I have one annoying problem with the included BT remote. On a very large screen HDTV, the mouse pointer speed is so fast that the air mouse is extremely difficult to use. I contacted Dune Support to see if there was a way to adjust the pointer speed, and they told me to use their control app istead of the BT remote. On almost every other device I have had that used an air mouse, there was a pointer speed adjustment under the android settings for accessability. Not, however, on this device. On most air mouse remotes, you can set the pointer speed on the remote itself, however, if there is a way to do this with this remote, I have yet to discover it. Have you tried the air mouse yourself?

Also, I have tried the new r18 GUI. Unfortunately, the indexing function for the HDD I have commected to the USB 3 port will not work, so no posters of my stored movies can be displayed on the main page. I did send this comment to Dune, but no response.

Thanks again for the review.

[Nice Monkey]

Yes I use the BT mouse coming with it but hardly use the pointer mouse.
I am still having multiple problems running Music APP's installed by me. Till these are solved the need for it remains low. I agree having a speed adjust is almost mandatory.

Yeah an update for the new GUI is really due. They are taking their time as Dune mostly does. The quality of new releases is excellent though.

 

[Nice Monkey]

Some smaller updates and added testing with Streaming Video services Netflix and Apple TV+ which despite not being full functional resulted not too bad.

For me getting MCH/Atmos sound is more relevant than 1080P versus 4k/DV. For top Video I go for a real UHD-BD.

[OlivierQC]

Thanks Nice Monkey,

I created a new thread about the Dune HD Vision MAX 4K on homecinema.fr.

Is your review on the front page up to date with the latest FW ?

[Nice Monkey]

Yes it is up to date. No new FW since over a month.

[OlivierQC]

Great thank you 

[Nice Monkey]

Made a big update with my last action point being testing App's and Android TV compatibility.

To understand this better added an Appendix explaining the various Android OS versions.
From now on only minor updates/corrections are to be expected.

[leonkoum]

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......