Info so far

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Himedia Q5 Next Generation / V200
Himedia Q10 Next Generation / V200

Just one recommendation. 4K30 still remains in the web site info section, instead of 4K60:

Video Formats (Codecs)   MPEG1/2/4 up to 4K30, H.264/AVC up to 4K30, H.265 up to 4K30, VC-1, REALVIDEO 8/9/10 up to 4K30

[futeko.com]

Just one recommendation. 4K30 still remains in the web site info section, instead of 4K60:

Video Formats (Codecs)   MPEG1/2/4 up to 4K30, H.264/AVC up to 4K30, H.265 up to 4K30, VC-1, REALVIDEO 8/9/10 up to 4K30

Thanks. It's now been corrected.

[lukappaseidue]

it is still not updated

[futeko.com]

it is still not updated

Oops. It is now.

Specs will be updated as we receive official info from Himedia. Some aspects of the specs at the moment are from the HiSilicon chipset specs.

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Oops. It is now.

Specs will be updated as we receive official info from Himedia. Some aspects of the specs at the moment are from the HiSilicon chipset specs.

HDMI should be 2.0 instead of 1.4.

[futeko.com]

 

[nash254]

This is saaaad Just got my Q5 last December and iv even not yet felt the full potential of it. So whats happens to guys like us? we ditch the old and get the new? If theaz a way the v100 can have Lollipop it would be soooooo much welcomed and id be soooooo happy !!

[hdmkv]

No, hold on to your current-gen 'Q' box. I just bought a 2nd unit off Futeko even though I'm getting a review unit of 'Pro' soon. Why? Because firmware development takes time, and I'm not expecting the new boxes to be as good at launch.

[dazm45]

i would hold on and we don't know the price yet plus you are going to only benefit if you have a 4k tv let's face there's not much content out there yet and no HDR yes it's faster but the Q5 is no slouch and you get a improved picture .

[Nice Monkey]

The box will probably have 2x NIC with Gigabit. Something I would like to do is combine my Media Player with a basic NAS in a single box. I got a gut feeling this is the real purpose of that.
Tried to do so with an older player including good Samba Server support. The concept worked just fine for music and photos, but the box lacked horsepower as a real NAS for HD Movies on other (mobile) players.

This baby with a quad core at 2 GHz has the same or more horsepower than most NAS boxes have today and with Dual Ethernet performance should not be a problem either. So thumbs up a good Samba/NFS server is included for an easy and simple NAS deployment. Using the Internal drive and a bunch of 8TB HDD via a USB3 Hub should cater for the HDD capacity. The whole preferable in JBOD mode for ease of access (single logical drive always using a fixed network mount).

[Nice Monkey]

Will it have properly working HDMI CEC?

I presume the new chip does not have this HW problem anymore. The old chip pulls down the HDMI-CEC signal when powered off. They forgot that HDMI-CEC is a BUS-type of protocol and doing so blocks all other devices connected to the same bus (read all other HDMI ports on the same AMP and/or TV). All products from all brands using the same chip have this nasty problem, but never say it loud.

[onneeye]

According to the specs its supports Bluetooth. It that true.

[futeko.com]

Yes both Q5 amd Q10 Pro will support Bluetooth.

Yes they will both also support HDMI CEC.

[Nice Monkey]

What is the claim about 4K UHD Blu Ray compatibility? This if any made at all? Himedia should shed a light on that when releasing the box

The box seems to match specs: 4KP60, HDR, HDMI2.0a, HDCP2.2, Dolby Vision and 10-bit Color depth all applicable to the new 4K UHD Blu Ray specifications. Can't be a coincidence and creates the assumption that it will play the planned UHD BD releases too. Probably none of current 4K Media Players in fact will play these images in 4K . Maybe when output downscaled to 1080P60 which a 4K TV will upscale again?

[hdmkv]

No, it should be able to play HDR 10-bit (format for UHD BDs)  just fine, natively, w/o any downconversion/upconversion. Assuming UHD BD's are rip-able at some point.