zidooZ30 PRO-8K Media Player Amlogic S928X-K Processor 6G+64G, DV, HDR10+, Android 11, BDMV/ISO, Up to 16TB HDD Bay

As someone with a massive library of 4K MKVs (tens of Terabyte's) the Zidoo Z30 Pro has been an absolute game-changer.It handles everything I throw at it – Dolby Vision, HDR10+, full Atmos and DTS:X – with flawless playback and no stuttering, even with huge file sizes. I even challenged it with a 8K copy of Top Gun Marverick (Upscaled from 4K to 8K Topaz AI) and it played it effortlessly without a single stutter.The interface is clean and customisable (love the poster wall), though the metadata scraping isn’t perfect (The latest update seems to have fixed a lot of the issues and bugs).Still, once set up, it’s like having my own digital cinema. The ability to had your family members or friends a iPad with the movies for them to pick and one click and it’s playing is just incredible. No more scrolling Netflix till you find something you want to watch.Network streaming from my NAS is seamless, and the silent, solid build the device feels premium.The local harddrive bay is great for storing my favourites, or possibly if you want to take the player with you on holiday.Whilst it isn’t cheap, if you care about quality and own a high-end AV setup, and have a large collection of movie files on a NAS or laying around on harddrive…. the Zidoo is absolutely worth every penny.