Duo Base 4K is a full-sized 4K network media player, based on the famous SMP8758 Hi-End chip from Sigma Designs, with professional-grade picture quality, advanced media playback features, advanced connectivity and integration options. It is equipped with two hot swap 3.5" SATA HDD racks each supporting up to 10TB+ HDD, three USB ports, SD card slot, 1Gbit Ethernet, 802.11ac Dual Band 2T2R Wi-Fi. This media player sets an entirely new standard for home entertainment. It supports the majority of digital audio and video formats, including the most modern HEVC video codec with one billion colors (10-bit color encoding), all modern 3D video standards such as BD3D, Side-by-Side and Top-and-Bottom, audiophile HD audio with high resolution up to 24-bit / 192 KHz and Super Audio CD up to DSD512.

Key Features

  • The newest media processor: Sigma Designs SMP8758 chip from the famous vendor of high-end media processors, with the new Dual Core ARM CPU (4x more power than before).
  • 4K video playback: Decode 4K video content in various popular formats (including H.265 10-bit) (up to 4Kp30).
  • 4K video output: Output 4K content with pixel-to-pixel precision to 4K TV
  • SD/HD to 4K conversion: Automatically increase resolution of SD/HD content to 4K.
  • VXP: Professional-grade video processing engine for the best possible picture quality of any content
  • HEVC: Play video encoded using the latest H.265 codec (2x picture quality increase over H.264)
  • 10-bit color encoding: Play video encoded using the newest 10-bit H.265 standard
  • Blu-ray menu: Enjoy full Blu-ray menu navigation or use simple BD Lite menu at your discretion
  • True 24p output: Ensure perfectly smooth playback of Hollywood movies due to full support for 24p (23.976) framerate
  • Advanced media player: Play video in MKV and other modern video file formats, including top quality 4K and HD with very high bitrates (100 Mbit/s+)
  • 3D video: Play all popular 3D video formats, including BD3D (MVC), SBS, Top/Bottom
  • HD audio: Output studio-quality high definition audio tracks (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD MA, DTS:X) to your A/V receiver
  • Dolby Atmos 3D audio: Enjoy the newest 3D audio format from Dolby using Dolby Atmos pass-through capability
  • Hi-End music: Play very high-quality (up to 192 KHz / 24-bit and DSD512) music files in various Hi-Res audio formats (FLAC, Monkey's Audio APE, WAV/PCM, Super Audio CD).
  • Jukebox (MyCollection): perfect way for indexing user’s movie and tv-series libraries base on internet movie databases. Adds descriptions, movie posters, trailers, additional materials, provide information about cast and crew with further access to their biography and
  • Advanced subtitles: Displays movie subtitles in different standards, in customizable format also with option to change fonts, handles forced-subtitles, subtitles for 3D playback modes, and external subtitles for BD movies.
  • Network player: Connect to local network and play content directly from PC or NAS via UPnP, SMB, or NFS
  • HDD player: Play content from an USB HDD (including the newest 10TB+ HDD models)
  • Two HDD racks with hot-swap function: Easily and quickly insert and exchange internal 3.5'' SATA HDDs for nearly unlimited storage capacity expansion.
  • USB ports: Conveniently connect USB HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers, USB hubs and other USB devices.
  • SD card slot: Conveniently use SD memory cards.
  • Front OLED display: Allows for folder navigation, shows file names and playback information.
  • Silent cooling: Enjoy efficient and silent cooling of your internal HDDs due to 120mm high-end ultra-low-noise fan.
  • Full range of A/V connectors: HDMI output, S/PDIF optical audio output, S/PDIF coaxial audio output, composite video output.
  • 1Gbit Ethernet port: Ensure the best performance when connecting to your local network via cable. 802.11ac Wi-Fi with both 2.4 and 5.0 GHz support and 2T2R (two antennas): Ensure the best performance when connecting to your local network via air.
  • Advanced remote controller: 5 user-defined keys with option to program IR codes from other remote controller. Full backlight for night operation.
  • IR extender: Easily organize hidden installation of the media player when needed via included external IR eye.
  • Control4: Integrate seamlessly into Smart Home installations based on Control4 technology via ready-to-use Control4 driver

Other Features

  • IPTV: Watch and record IPTV channels.
  • Internet radio: Listen and record Internet radio stations.
  • Applications: Easily install various applications and plugins with additional functionality from Dune Store or third parties.
  • Favourites and Recent: List of favourites files and folders and table of last played file for fast navigation and playback resume.
  • File browser: Convenient file browser with powerful file management features (copy, move, delete, rename, organize, sort).
  • Playlists: Build playlists from folders or use your own playlists, with repeat and shuffle functions.
  • Jukebox: Use various Jukebox applications to organize your media collection into a convenient user interface with cover-art browsing.
  • Customizable user interface: Enjoy a variety of user interface skins, customization options and Jukebox applications.
  • HLS: Ensure the best quality of Internet video using Apple HLS adaptive bitrate streaming protocol.
  • DASH: Get access to the newest Internet video services using MPEGDASH adaptive bitrate streaming protocol.
  • Video output flexibility: Output video in any resolution (from SD to 4K) and framerate (from 24p to 60Hz).
  • Video upscaling: High-quality upscaling of DVD and any other SD video content to 4K, Full HD (1080p) and other HD resolutions.
  • Auto framerate: Output video with original framerate to ensure absolute smooth playback for all kinds of content.
  • Auto resolution: Get maximum possible video quality when connecting to advanced TV / video processing equipment.
  • Dune Network Playback Accelerator: Special optimizations ensuring bestin-class network playback performance and enabling smooth playback of any supported kind of media content via any network protocol (including NFS and SMB).
  • Built-in NAS function: Access files on attached storage devices (HDD, USB drive, etc) from local network (via SMB, FTP).
  • Wi-Fi access point: Use media player as a Wi-Fi access point and Internet router.
  • IP control: Control media player from PC or iOS/Android mobile devices and integrate with various Smart Home environments.
  • iOS and Android apps: Available third-party applications for iOS/Android mobile devices.
  • OTA:Easy, manual and automatic firmware upgrade via internet.

Specifications

  • Media processor: Sigma Designs SMP8758
  • RAM: 2GB
  • Flash memory: 8GB
  • Connectors: 3xUSB host, SD card slot, HDMI output, optical S/PDIF audio output, coaxial S/PDIF audio output, composite video output, external IR port, Ethernet (10/100/1000Mbit), two external Wi-Fi antennas, 100V-240V AC input
  • Front OLED display: 12 characters
  • Internal storage: Two internal HDD racks for SATA HDD 3.5", SD card slot
  • Media sources: Internal HDDs (SATA), external HDDs (USB), external optical disc drives (USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), built-in SD card slot, PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP/DLNA, HTTP), other Internet and local network media sources
  • Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264, H.265, H.265 10-bit; support for very high bitrate video (up to 100 Mbit/s and higher)
  • Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, BDMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
  • 3D video formats: BD3D (MVC), Side-by-side, Top/Bottom
  • 4K video formats:265 up to 4Kp30, H.265 10-bit up to 4Kp30
  • Video output modes: wide range of supported output resolutions (up to 1080p60 and 4Kp30) and framerates (including 23.976, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94)
  • Video output framerate: automatic (according to the played content) and manual
  • Video output resolution: automatic (according to the played content) and manual
  • Video processor: VXP professional-grade video processing engine
  • Audio codecs: MPEG-1/2 layer I/II/III, AAC, LPCM, WMA, WMAPro, FLAC, multichannel FLAC, Vorbis, WavPack, APE (Monkey's Audio), ALAC (Apple lossless), SACD (Super Audio CD) (stereo DSD, multichannel DSD, stereo DST), AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS; support for very high quality audio (up to 192 KHz / 24-bit and DSD512 24.576 MHz); HD audio bitstream passthrough (including DTS HD MA, Dolby True HD, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X)
  • Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, AAC, WAV, WMA, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, WavPack, APE (Monkey’s Audio), ALAC (Apple lossless), SACD (Super Audio CD) (DSF, DFF, ISO 2ch), AC3, DTS, DTS-WAV
  • Subtitle formats: SRT (external), SUB (MicroDVD) (external), text (MKV), SSA/ASS (MKV, external), VobSub (MP4, MKV, external SUB/IDX), PGS (Blu-ray, TS, MKV)
  • Hardware 3D Graphics Acceleration: OpenGL support
  • Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
  • Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS, CUE
  • Photo viewer functions: slideshow, transition effects, picture rotation, zoom, browse playlist, repeat, shuffle
  • Audio playback functions: browse playlist, repeat, shuffle, ID3 tags, plasma TV burn-in prevention
  • Media streaming protocols: DASH, HLS, FTP, MPEG-TS over multicast-UDP, MPEG-TS over multicast-RTP, MPEG-TS over RTSP, MPEG-TS over HTTP, MP4 over HTTP, raw-MP3 over HTTP, raw-AAC over HTTP
  • Network file browsing: SMB client and browser, NFS client, UPnP/DLNA client and browser
  • Built-in NAS function: SMB server, FTP server
  • Network protocols for remote control and integration: Dune HD IP control protocol (HTTP)
  • Ethernet: 10/100/1000 Mbit/s
  • Wi-Fi: internal Wi-Fi module with 802.11b/g/n/ac support, Dual Band 2.4/5GHz, 2T2R, two antennas; Wi-Fi client, Wi-Fi access point/router
  • Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 (read-write), NTFS (read-write), exFAT (read-write), HFS/HFS+ (read-only)
  • IR Remote controller: with backlight and learn feature
  • Power: AC ~100V-240V, 50/60Hz, 60W, consumption: <1W stand-by, 15W typical without HDD, up to 30W with two HDD installed
  • Dimensions (W x H x D): 437mm x 67mm x 300mm (w/o Wi-Fi antennas); 437mm x 177mm x 342mm (with Wi-Fi antennas)
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