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

[Nice Monkey]

Maybe Dune will treat us to a Christmas present in the form of a complete feature set and working FW , oh hang on what was that went flying past my window 

Just a New Years present:

dune_firmware_tv175u_211224_0317_r17.dff
This not a NewGUI version.

dune_firmware_tv175u_211229_0258_r20.dff
This is the latest NewGUI version

Update my review for the later FW in the Problems and Inconveniences part.
I do recommend to install this update.

[eruo1]

Be careful what you are recommending. This version plays DTS Music horribly. You cannot decipher the sound.

[Nice Monkey]

Indeed the new DTS-CD decoder is far from perfect. Don't get bad sounds myself just silence with several albums. Already reported by me no need to do that. Just see my list.

- A few DTS-CD now don't produce sound (old samples provided).
The new DTS-CD player solved the previous send samples but now some (more common) albums don't produce sound anymore. I hope this can be fixed again as it made it worse as-is.

[Hann]

My Dune HD Pro Vision Solo has started to reset itself every once in a while resulting into the unit booting itself. Is this common to be fixed with firmware updates or do I have a defective unit?

EDIT: I have not reseted the settings of the player after firmware updates. Is this what other users are doing and could it be the reason for resets?

EDIT2: The new firmware for the new GUI (dune_firmware_tv175v_211229_0258_r20.dff) does not work for me (same thing with the previous GUI-updates) - booting results into a blank black screen, no matter how long I wait and how many times I press e.g. the "ok" button.

[Mike-UK]

ok so still no collection sort and still no 1 click to full wall, still need to scroll through 9 movies to get to that button , what are Dune thinking !!!!, these are 2 basic htpc requirements and should of been implemented in the very first alpha and which other software has been able to do for the last 15 years plus !!!,  dune hd is really starting to scream "kid in bedroom trying to look big" very frustrating and the reason why is because they are expensive units £350 for the solo and upwards for the " larger units" that's an insane price for something in its current state and providing there selling in large volumes Dune are make a LOT of money but were rewarded with slow incomplete alpha releases for years at a time , more than likely my last dune

[Nice Monkey]

You can turn off Netflix View and start with a Full Screen overview if you like (under setup additional)
I would like to get all fosters accessible in combination with that Netflix View though instead.

Yes seems to be a (very) good update with just a few smaller glitches introduced.
If all instabilities are now really gone it is very good.

- BD Full Screen uses a dedicated player so behavior and problems are often different from playing Lite or MKV's. This regarding the default sub set not being applied with MKV's. Manual select needed as a bypass.
- Screensaver on not being applied after update. Needs to be set again manually.
- DTS-CD new player being more picky on variants than the previous one.
- Movie sort now only doing sort by creation date instead of alphabetical.
- HDMI Audio Only port problems not solved (biggest problem now I think).

[Mike-UK]

You can turn off Netflix View and start with a Full Screen overview if you like (under setup additional)
I would like to get all icons accessible in combination with that Netflix View though instead.

where is this option please ? i cant seem to find any option that gives me wall as start ??

[Nice Monkey]

@Mike-UK Reading release notes may help:

- Some of the new features can be configured in "Setup / Appearance / Additional" menu: use Netflix-like view or fill the entire screen with posters, show video preview or not, show the new left menu automatically or not.

Admitted it is well hidden which is in my inconveniences list.

[Mike-UK]

Some of the new features can be configured in "Setup / Appearance / Additional" menu: use Netflix-like view or fill the entire screen with posters, show video preview or not, show the new left menu automatically or not.

i dont seem to have thouse options ??


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[arcazal]

In the latest alpha r-20 firmware, the forced subtitle track does not work in mkv. Greetings

[Shinji Mikami]

Hi everybody. I own a Dune HD Real Vision 4K since few days ago and I'm very confuse and dissapointed so I hope solve with your help two big problems I can't resolve.

First of all, I got a 75% Projection dedicated room with a Epson EH-TW9400 (Epson Pro Cinema 6050ub in USA) and I came from madVR + PC video source and all content I played is Full UBD HDR 4K, ISO UBD HDR 4K and UBDRemux HDR 4K.  I did some setup changes in my room and I decided to try this Dune HD like a  main videoplayer source, aware that I was going to lose the amazing HDR to SDR convertion and dinamic tone mapping from madVR but still keeping a great HDR picture movie and easy/speed/comfort use that Dune HD Real Vision 4K offers.

Problem nº 1
I'm very happy with this Dune, but something is detroying picture quality and I'm no able to find any option to configure on setup menu. Dynamic Range is causing me a lot of trouble. All Deep Blacks, Reference Blacks and Contrast are gone. Black is always "up". Setup menu in PJ is in "Auto" but selecting by myself 16-235 or 0-255 is the same disaster.

Before that and under madVR all the chain was the same 0-255 from PC Videocard-Software-PJ and I try another setup calibration 16-235 from the Beginning to End and always got an amazing picture quality with very Deep Blacks and great Contrast. But now, like I said, it's a disaster.

Checking and testing into  Dune Video Setup I cannot find anything option to solve it, so I admit that I'm lost and I don't know how to solve it with this Dune HD.


Problem nº 2
ON/OFF remote control button is a nightmare. I don't know if remote control had an issue or something but I don't know how it works. I have to press several times ON/OFF button to turn on or turn off the device. All the rest buttons work perfectly and I have no problem with it but ON/OFF like I said is a nightmare. So the same, I don't know if I'm missing something or simply it's broken.

I hope you could help me with this two problems and I could enjoy this (i think) fantastic device like Dune HD Real Vision 4K. Thak you. !!!

[Nice Monkey]

The projector problems are specific and don't have a clue. Maybe some other owners can answer here.

For power On/Off there are several ways. You can use the Remote, The APP or Dune Control. They all work for On/Off. Using the Remote it uses IR unlike the other buttons which are BT. So it must be directed and pressed slightly longer.

[carlpea]

Hi everybody. I own a Dune HD Real Vision 4K since few days ago and I'm very confuse and dissapointed so I hope solve with your help two big problems I can't resolve.

First of all, I got a 75% Projection dedicated room with a Epson EH-TW9400 (Epson Pro Cinema 6050ub in USA) and I came from madVR + PC video source and all content I played is Full UBD HDR 4K, ISO UBD HDR 4K and UBDRemux HDR 4K.  I did some setup changes in my room and I decided to try this Dune HD like a  main videoplayer source, aware that I was going to lose the amazing HDR to SDR convertion and dinamic tone mapping from madVR but still keeping a great HDR picture movie and easy/speed/comfort use that Dune HD Real Vision 4K offers.

Problem nº 1
I'm very happy with this Dune, but something is detroying picture quality and I'm no able to find any option to configure on setup menu. Dynamic Range is causing me a lot of trouble. All Deep Blacks, Reference Blacks and Contrast are gone. Black is always "up". Setup menu in PJ is in "Auto" but selecting by myself 16-235 or 0-255 is the same disaster.

Before that and under madVR all the chain was the same 0-255 from PC Videocard-Software-PJ and I try another setup calibration 16-235 from the Beginning to End and always got an amazing picture quality with very Deep Blacks and great Contrast. But now, like I said, it's a disaster.

Checking and testing into  Dune Video Setup I cannot find anything option to solve it, so I admit that I'm lost and I don't know how to solve it with this Dune HD.


Problem nº 2
ON/OFF remote control button is a nightmare. I don't know if remote control had an issue or something but I don't know how it works. I have to press several times ON/OFF button to turn on or turn off the device. All the rest buttons work perfectly and I have no problem with it but ON/OFF like I said is a nightmare. So the same, I don't know if I'm missing something or simply it's broken.

I hope you could help me with this two problems and I could enjoy this (i think) fantastic device like Dune HD Real Vision 4K. Thak you. !!!

For problem 1 have a play with setting 'HDMI Range Mode' Under Setup / System / Video.

[andys]

on game list there is an exit key, only return key?

[Shinji Mikami]

For problem 1 have a play with setting 'HDMI Range Mode' Under Setup / System / Video.

Thank you. You helpep me a lot. This setting is what I was looking for.

For power On/Off there are several ways. You can use the Remote, The APP or Dune Control. They all work for On/Off. Using the Remote it uses IR unlike the other buttons which are BT. So it must be directed and pressed slightly longer.

Thank you too. I couldn't manage ON/OFF. I'm trying with the android app but Dune HD always is offline (but it's always Wi-Fi connected).


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So, for projection (4K/HDR) what video settings do you recommend into Dune HD settings and System Settings? I miss some "punch" in contrast and color saturation.