Dune HD Ultra 4K - flagship High-End full-sized 4Kp60 HDR Media Player and Android Smart TV box on Realtek 1295.

Advanced connectivity, High-End ES9038PRO audio DAC, XLR audio outputs, two High-End transformers for power supply, only High-End components.

Key Features

  • Premium full-sized casing: Brushed-aluminum case with display (standard 43 cm design to fit perfectly into yout audio/video rack)
  • Hi-End PSU: Dual R-Type power transformers with totally separated power for digital and analog circuits to minimize interference and ensure outstanding video and audio quality
  • Hi-End hardware design: High-speed Schottky diodes in power rectifiers, low-noise voltage stabilizers in digital and analog audio circuits, dual Bipolar/JFET operational amplifiers
  • Hi-End components from famous vendors: NEUTRIK (Germany), Vishay Roederstein (Germany), WIMA (Germany), Nichicon (Japan)
  • Hi-End audiophile DAC: ESS flagship SABRE PRO Hi-End DAC (ES9038PRO) with the industry's highest dynamic range of 140dB and extremely low distortion
  • Hi-Fi analog audio outputs: High-quality RCA connectors + professional balanced XLR connectors
  • Headphone amplifier: Built-in high-quality headphone amplifier connected directly to ESS SABRE PRO DAC
  • 4Kp60 and HDR support: Next-generation 4K Dune HD media player with 4Kp60, HDR, BT.2020, HDMI 2.0a
  • Unique combination of Dune HD and Android ecosystems: Famous Hi-End Dune HD GUI running simultaneously with Android OS
  • Super-smooth GUI: 2x more smooth than in previous-generation Dune HD media player models
  • Advanced GUI features: My Collection, Movies catalog, advanced file browser with movie recognition, TV browser with Extended EPG, and more
  • Hi-End media player: Play Hi-End file formats (including BD ISO, BD3D ISO, DTS:X, Dolby Atmos) from any source (including NFS and SMB)
  • Dune HD Android Playback Accelerator: Intellectual management of Android OS resources to ensure high-quality media playback
  • Widevine Level 1 DRM: Enjoy premium online video services with High Definition video quality
  • HDD rack with hot-swap function: Easily and quickly insert and exchange internal 3.5" SATA HDDs
  • Optical disc drive support: Connect an external optical disc drive to play media files and BD/DVD images from optical discs (not encrypted only)
  • Excellent connectivity: USB Type-C, USB 3.0, external SATA, HDMI input, 2nd HDMI audio output, 1 GBit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11ac 2.4+5.0 GHz, Bluetooth 4.x, IR input and output ports, RS232 port, 12V trigger input and output ports
  • Extended memory: 16 GB flash memory and 2 GB RAM to support heavy applications and ensure good performance
  • Smart Home: A lot of options for integration into Smart Home and Home Automation systems
  • Premium remote control: Premium large IR remote control with learning function
  • Additional Bluetooth remote control: Includes an additional Bluetooth remote control with AirMouse function

Dune HD GUI

  • Famous Dune HD interface: convenient and smooth interface optimized for TV screens and remote controls, developed and polished during many years; now even more smooth than before and with additional features
  • Direct network access: directly browse and play files stored on PC or NAS in local network via SMB, NFS, UPnP/DLNA
  • My Collection: organize your movies and TV series into a nice-looking and convenient catalog
  • Movies catalog: find any movies, even those which are not in your collection, via common unified catalog with detailed movie descriptions, trailers and cross references between movies and persons
  • Direct links to online video services: quickly start watching a movie via connected video services directly from the movies catalog
  • Automatic movie recognition: easily view movie descriptions and find related movies when browsing your movies in the file browser
  • Advanced file manager: easily manage (copy, move, delete, rename, organize, sort) files directly in the file browser
  • Favorites menu: easily access your favorite items: files, folders, movies, persons, applications, etc
  • Auto start: configure which favorite item to open automatically on player boot
  • Recent menu: see what you played recently and easily resume the playback or switch between latest items
  • TV browser: watch TV channels (Internet TV, when configured) via a convenient Dune HD TV Browser
  • Extended EPG: when watching TV channels, see extended EPG information automatically downloaded from the Internet (when available for a TV channel)
  • Links to Movies catalog from Extended EPG: easily view movie descriptions and find related movies, watch trailers, watch movies via connected online video services
  • Playlists: build playlists from selected items and folders or load playlists from files
  • Customizable user interface: enjoy a variety of user interface skins, customization options and Jukebox applications
  • Jukebox applications: use various 3-party Jukebox applications to organize your media collection into a convenient user interface
  • Dune HD applications: easily install various applications and plugins with additional functionality from Dune Store or third parties
  • Plugins and extensions: full support for Dune HD PHP plugins API, Dune HD skins, dune_folder.txt mechanism
  • Android applications: install any Android applications via App Store or from APK file, and launch them directly from Dune HD interface
  • Background playback: play music, radio, TV channel or video in background while navigating through any menus of Dune HD interface or even when using any Android applications
  • Internet browser: view Internet websites on your TV, including video playback directly on web sites (via Chrome web browser)

Media Playback

  • 4K video playback: decode 4K video content in various popular formats including H.265 10-bit up to 4Kp60 HDR
  • 4K video output: output 4K content up to 4Kp60 HDR with pixel-to-pixel precision to 4K TV
  • 4K video formats: H.265 up to 4Kp60 HDR, H.265 10-bit up to 4Kp60 HDR, H.264 up to 4Kp24
  • HEVC: play video encoded using the latest H.265 codec. 2x picture quality increase over H.264
  • HDR support: play video in the newest HDR (High Dynamic Range) format. Superb picture contrast and details
  • 10-bit color encoding: play video encoded using the newest 10-bit H.265 standard (1 billion of colors)
  • Video output modes: wide range of supported output resolutions and framerates up to 4Kp60
  • Video output framerate: automatic (according to the played content) and manual; 23.976 Hz support
  • Auto framerate: output video with original framerate to ensure absolute smooth playback for all kinds of content
  • True 24p output: ensure perfectly smooth playback of Hollywood movies due to full support for 24p (23.976) framerate
  • Blu-ray menu: enjoy full Blu-ray menu navigation (same Blu-ray playback engine as on Linux/SMP8758 based Dune HD models) or use simple BD Lite menu at your discretion
  • Advanced media player: play video in MKV and other modern video file formats, including top quality 4K and HD with very high bit rates (100 Mbit/s+)
  • Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264, H.265, H.265 10-bit, VP9; 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, BD ISO, BDMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
  • 3D video: play all popular 3D video formats, including MVC (BD3D ISO), Side-by-Side, Top-and-Bottom
  • 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 MPEG-DASH adaptive bitrate streaming protocol

  • HD audio: output studio-quality high definition audio tracks (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, DTS HD MA, DTS:X) to your A/V receiver
  • Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D audio: enjoy the newest 3D audio formats from Dolby and DTS using Dolby Atmos and DTS:X pass-through capability
  • Hi-End music: play music files in various Hi-End audio formats: FLAC, Monkey's Audio APE, WAV/PCM, Super Audio CD, etc
  • Super Audio CD: play top quality SACD music files in various formats
  • 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), AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS
  • Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, AAC, WAV, WMA, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, WavPack, APE (Monkey's Audio), ALAC (Apple lossless), SACD (Super Audio CD), 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)
  • Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
  • Photo viewer functions: Slideshow, transition effects, picture rotation, zoom, browse playlist, repeat, shuffle
  • Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS, CUE
  • Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 (read-write), NTFS (read-write), exFAT (read-write), HFS/HFS+ (Mac OS Standard/Extended) (read-only), BTRFS (read-write)
  • Widevine DRM: Widevine DRM L1

Hardware

  • OS: Android 7.1
  • Media processor: Realtek RTD1295 SoC
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Flash memory: 16 GB
  • Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n/ac, Dual Band 2.4/5GHz - ensure the best performance when connecting to your local network via air
  • Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.x: connect Bluetooth remote controls, keyboards, gamepads, audio speakers, headphones
  • DAC: ESS SABRE PRO ES9038PRO
  • Headphone amplifier: built-in high-quality headphone amplifier connected directly to ESS SABRE PRO DAC
  • Casing: 43 cm full-sized brushed aluminum, silent, fanless
  • Front panel display: multi-segment VFD. Easily see current time or playback position
  • Power supply: dual R-Type power transformers with totally separated power for digital and analog circuits
  • Power: AC ~220-240/110-120V, 50/60Hz
  • Dimensions (W x H x D): 430mm x 72mm x 310mm
  • IR remote control: DUNE HD Premium IR Remote with backlit buttons and learning function
  • Bluetooth remote control: DUNE HD BT AirMouse Remote with AirMouse function

Connectivity

  • Media sources: internal HDDs (SATA), external HDDs (USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), external optical disc drives (USB), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP/DLNA, HTTP), other Internet and local network media sources
  • 3.5" SATA HDD rack with hot-swap function: easily and quickly insert and exchange internal 3.5" SATA HDDs
  • External SATA port (data+power): connect an external SATA HDD or SATA DVD/BD drive
  • 1x USB Type-C host: connect the most modern USB Type-C storage devices
  • 1x USB 3.0 host: enjoy the great performance of USB 3.0
  • 2x USB 2.0 host: conveniently connect USB HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers, USB DVD/BD drives, USB hubs and other USB devices
  • HDMI 2.0a output: output any video signal up to the most modern 4Kp60 HDR
  • 2nd audio-only HDMI output: output audio separately via the second HDMI output when needed (e.g. when using legacy HDMI 1.4 Hi-End audio equipment)
  • RCA composite video
  • RCA analog stereo audio
  • Optical S/PDIF
  • Coaxial S/PDIF
  • Hi-Fi RCA analog stereo audio
  • Hi-Fi XLR balanced analog stereo audio
  • 6.35mm headphone audio output
  • Coaxial S/PDIF input
  • Optical S/PDIF input
  • AES/EBU audio input
  • Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit/s: ensure the best performance when connecting to your local network via cable
  • HDMI 2.0 input: connect an external HDMI source and display it fullscreen or picture-in-picture or record to a file
  • 1x IR input: easily organize hidden installation of the media player when needed by connecting an external IR eye. Use IR input port to learn IR signals from other remote controls (*)
  • 4x IR output: deliver IR signal to other equipment (*)
  • RS232 port: integrate with Home Automation systems via RS232 interface (*)
  • 12V trigger input port: switch the media player ON based on the signal from other equipment
  • 12V trigger output port: deliver power ON/OFF signal to other equipment
  • Power input: 220-240/110-120V AC

Smart Home and Home Automation

  • IR input port: easily organize hidden installation of the media player when needed by connecting an external IR eye
  • IR learn port: use IR input port to learn IR signals from other remote controls (*)
  • IR output port: deliver IR signal to other equipment (*)
  • RS232 port: integrate with Home Automation systems via RS232 interface (*)
  • 12V trigger input port: switch the media player ON based on the signal from other equipment
  • 12V trigger output port: deliver power ON/OFF signal to other equipment
  • IP control: integrate the media player with various Home Automation systems via network
  • Control4: integrate seamlessly into Smart Home installations based on Control4 technology via ready-to-use Control4 driver
  • Crestron: integrate seamlessly into Smart Home installations based on Crestron technology via ready-to-use Crestron driver
  • iOS and Android mobile apps: control the media player via applications for iOS/Android mobile devices

Notes

  • Some of the listed features may not be available in the factory firmware and may require to install a firmware update. The features marked with (*) are in development and are expected to become available in future firmware updates (expected in Q1/2018)
  • The support for particular media formats and codecs and playback functions may depend on the used application; some formats and codecs and playback functions may be supported only in specific applications.
  • Compatibility of the player with particular media content (files, streams, etc) may depend on specifics of media content encoding, specifics of the configuration of the player and player-connected equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary media content is not guaranteed.
  • Compatibility of the player with particular applications (Dune HD plugins or Android applications) may depend on specifics of the application, particular usage scenario, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary applications is not guaranteed.
  • Compatibility of the player with particular equipment (A/V equipment, network equipment, storage devices, etc) may depend on particular equipment model, specifics of equipment installation, specifics of the configuration of the player and equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary equipment is not guaranteed.
  • Product images may be imprecise and may have some differences in comparison with the real look of the product.
  • Accuracy of the information is not guaranteed; the information is subject to change w/o notice.
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