CybeRider
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@CybeRider
The U1 is NOT capable of playing 4K DRM protected content. It needs a fast processor and I believe its chip has to have the code decoding ability. 4K is not the same as 4K HDR. That's why the model doesn't quote that on its specifications. If you want to play 4K HDR content, you need to use a PC with good CPU and GPU or an Android TV Box that clearly states its capable of doing the same. The U1 is what I use on my standard HD 1080p TV because that's really all its capable of.
I'm upgrading to the Shield soon for this very reason. MINIX's prices, IMHO, are today way over priced compared to what's avaible on the market today spec vs price. I think I paid £120 for my U1 and the Shield is roughly £150 these days, it also supports OREO and potentially PIE too. Sometimes you have to accept a products limitations as 4K /4K HDR finds its feet in the streaming market
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@Adam Foreman,
Had you just told you never tested the new Youtube TV app with 4k content in your U1 boxes, that would be enough for all of us that have been here discussing 4k possibilities to understand that was not contemplated in your consideration of it "working normal", and that would have been just fine. All that DRM and HDR seems to me displaced. No one is asking from the U1 more than is does, and for me the capabilities that seem to be so interesting for you actually don't mean much to me at the present. My TV has all apps I might need for DRM or/and HDR content, my U9-H does perfectly well with HDR.
You are not well informed about U1 capabilities, as I use mine plenty for 4K VP9 content and it does perfectly well. So I invite you to better test your two units to their full capabilities, but not with your recommended app, which surely doesn't do.
But thanks for posting, as you see it put many of us testing our own machines once again, which is always nice.
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