The Best 4K Media Player For You? Zappiti Pro 4K HDR Setup & Review

We take a look at the Zappiti PRO 4K HDR Media Player with support for Dolby Atmos and DTS-X.

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[skintyte]

Very in-depth review. Answered a few questions that I had about my Zappiti, thanks👍🏽👊🏽

[sonicxa]

Thnx a lot for this video. I was just looking for an appliance like this due to 4k files I've been using.

[kovalveli]

great review, gonna get one very soon.

[MrJgibo]

I almost bought but currently sticking with Plex on my Nvidia Shield. I just do the Atmos track for my 4k.

[cybergod]

I've been using their 4k mini, love it

[drsealman]

Thanks a lot for this i couldnt work out how to change the theme on my zapiti mini

[Kalashnikova]

Thanks for the amazing review as usual. I wish you could review the Zidoo UHD2000 I think it's a better play and you pay less for it.

[dreddr]

Great review. 2 questions. What software do you use to make sure you get the best quality 4K files from your disc?

[patrickcreary]

Hi Shane, just wanted to give you a big thanks. You always seem to review tech that I have. This video helped me so much and I’ve been searching for months. I’ve tried Zidoo, Dune, & now Zappiti and my content has been unwatchable because my playback wash glitchy and the audio cut out.. none of these companies or forums mentioned this but you did.. My content is all 4k and whe my NAS is connected to my router my player was over wifi. I’ve bought a ethernet switch and (knock on wood) the playback is better.. I also loved your Sony ht-a9 review
THANKS A MILLION
IF you have any insight on the audio dropouts Im all ears

[johnnyt]

Thanks for the great review Shane as always. One question; When you are playing through Kodi do you get bitsreaming and Dolby Atmos to your prosessor ?

[MrMaxggangster]

Please review the Zappiti NAS RIP 4K. I am interested but nobody has reviewed it yet.

[mrjones]

Very good review, I am interested in this media player but how does the Zappiti Mini media player stack up against it's big brother? Is it a good entry level player or best to just get the Pro?

[jiamiekori]

It's a solid streaming player if you don't mind the lack of the Dolby Vision. I still have the Zidoo X9S ( very similar in terms of supported formats and 4K/3D/HDR Blu-Ray Menu), but I rarely use it since I sold my 3D TV and switched to Dolby Vision/HDR format. The lack of DV support and the real Google-certified Android TV made me retire it ( it's collecting dust at the moment ). I would recommend exploring the Zidoo media players, especially the Zidoo Z9S ( updated X9S I have ), very capable and under $200 with SATA, and a bunch of other ports.
But I decided to go with the Nvidia Shield TV 2019 model and 32TB Plex NAS Server. Nvidia Shield supports pretty much all lossless audio and video codecs ( this is assuming you don't care about the 3D MVC and Blu-Ray menu support ). We recently discovered over at MakeMKV forums that it does support the Dolby Vision .ts files with lossless Atmos with profile 4 and a full enhancement layer.
Useful review BTW, thank you!

[jellyfish]

That's a very interesting, very in depth look at a movie box. It's light years away from my TVIX box years ago that had only one internal bay for hard drive, and only up to 1080p playback. I'm currently using a 4 years old computer, running Kodi on Windows and a 10 years old 4 bays NAS, feeding all that to a laser projector for general use. It has served me well for many years, as long as the content isn't in 4K. I have built a new computer last year and it plays 4K nicely, but I'm thinking maybe I should look into a dedicated movie box to lighten the computer's workload. It is a difficult decision as someone pointed out, movie box like this could be out dated quickly when there is a new codec and no available firmware updates. On the other hand, you can almost always get to even the last drop of juice on a computer based system, as long as you update your codec and UI. I do like the slim aesthetic of the zippiti, on their other hand, the internal drive options could be omitted as I'll most likely to run my hard drives from a NAS via USB. I guess the search goes on.

[SuperRomy]

Hello, first of all thank you for your good videos. Now to my question, could you see a noticeable difference between the Panasonic and JVC and the zappiti and frame adapt HDR from the jvc?

[stevejeffery]

Perfect! Exactly what I've been waiting for. Bummer that it doesn't support dolby vision, though :o( --- I have to expect it will soon. Think I will hold off until then.

[MrAndrewolsson]

I honestly used to use devices like this but it would always get out of date with formats in time. I now use a NAS and plex and loving it hey XD

[RandomUserName]

They need to hire professionals to design a ui from a modern year. Reminds me of windows XP. Fan made kodi skins look nicer.

[rdeh]

A much better choice is the zidoo X 20 pro or non pro so many features and in my view a better build quality, you should review these units, I have the pro with 2 wd black drives 10tb I was able to transfer my whole collection of music and videos even all the Vids I had on my original Apple TV with hard drive. The key board I use is the Rii k16

[CantankerousDave]

Wow, this is quite a step up from the WD Live I used to use 10+ years ago. I love that it has multiple storage bays built in. It's a shame that the CPU driving the interface seems so underpowered, though. My Plex + Nvidia Shield setup is much more fluid.