2016-06-01, 00:08
Hi all,
Been a while since I've posted on here as I've been very happy with my setup and Kodi has been working fine across my devices in 1080p world but tomorrow I receive a new 4k TV and need to start upping my gear to start playing 4k hevc content. I've read the buying guides and other "what should I buy posts" but can't decide due to the problems I'm reading within those posts or little caveats what would be best for my needs.
I try to be thorough with my posts and provide as much background information, so you can advise me as best you can. So bare with me.
The TV I've bought is the hisense 55M3300
Richersounds link for retail specs - http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv--...se-55m3300
German manual for brochure specs - http://hisense.de/fileadmin/user_upload/...5M3300.pdf
And my current setup (all running krypton nightlies) is:
2 x rpi2 running libre elec
2 x Acer revo RL70 (1 bitstreaming via an AVR) running Windows 10
1 x Denon AVR (which will be upgraded at the weekend to this: DENON AVRX520BT http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-r...x520bt-blk)
1 x Surface Pro 4 (i5 128gb with Intel HD 520 graphics)
All content fed via gigabit from a custom server (apart from the Surface, which receives it's content via WiFi AC only, no Ethernet adaptor)
I am potentially looking for now (until the 4k HEVC hardware becomes more reliable/mainstream) to replace the bistreaming Revo RL70 with (from reading here) either a Shield TV or somehow use the Surface Pro 4 to holdout until the Wetek hub or better gear comes out. The problem is, the surface pro 4 is skipping frames (not dropping) in Kodi with 4k hevc 10 bit content but they play fine (frame drop every now and again when running on battery power) in the Movies & TV app which, from reading I'm guessing is a Kodi issue in terms of not being able to handle 4k 10 bit yet?
I purely use Kodi, no Netflix, Amazon, Sky Go requirements - If I use any of these when friend's come round it will be through the TV's apps, surface or xbox one.
Any suggestions are welcome and thanks for reading
Been a while since I've posted on here as I've been very happy with my setup and Kodi has been working fine across my devices in 1080p world but tomorrow I receive a new 4k TV and need to start upping my gear to start playing 4k hevc content. I've read the buying guides and other "what should I buy posts" but can't decide due to the problems I'm reading within those posts or little caveats what would be best for my needs.
I try to be thorough with my posts and provide as much background information, so you can advise me as best you can. So bare with me.
The TV I've bought is the hisense 55M3300
Richersounds link for retail specs - http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv--...se-55m3300
German manual for brochure specs - http://hisense.de/fileadmin/user_upload/...5M3300.pdf
And my current setup (all running krypton nightlies) is:
2 x rpi2 running libre elec
2 x Acer revo RL70 (1 bitstreaming via an AVR) running Windows 10
1 x Denon AVR (which will be upgraded at the weekend to this: DENON AVRX520BT http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-r...x520bt-blk)
1 x Surface Pro 4 (i5 128gb with Intel HD 520 graphics)
All content fed via gigabit from a custom server (apart from the Surface, which receives it's content via WiFi AC only, no Ethernet adaptor)
I am potentially looking for now (until the 4k HEVC hardware becomes more reliable/mainstream) to replace the bistreaming Revo RL70 with (from reading here) either a Shield TV or somehow use the Surface Pro 4 to holdout until the Wetek hub or better gear comes out. The problem is, the surface pro 4 is skipping frames (not dropping) in Kodi with 4k hevc 10 bit content but they play fine (frame drop every now and again when running on battery power) in the Movies & TV app which, from reading I'm guessing is a Kodi issue in terms of not being able to handle 4k 10 bit yet?
I purely use Kodi, no Netflix, Amazon, Sky Go requirements - If I use any of these when friend's come round it will be through the TV's apps, surface or xbox one.
Any suggestions are welcome and thanks for reading