Zappiti 4K Players - Blu-ray Forum

Old Bones · 02-16-2020, 04:26 PM

Has anyone ever heard of this brand of 4K player ?

https://www.zappiti-store.ca/

brian9229 · 02-16-2020, 04:41 PM

Very interesting.

RodChester · 02-16-2020, 04:57 PM

I don’t know. Looks like they are just video servers for HDDs. No disc playback at all. I’m sure there are better alternatives out there.

Troy73 · 02-16-2020, 05:16 PM

Just read up on this on their website. Player looks amazing and they have their own proprietary image enhancement called “pixel magic”. One interesting feature was the ability to bypass disc menus and warnings and go straight to playing the film.

Very Interesting. I’m keeping an eye on this player.

RodChester · 02-16-2020, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Troy73

Just read up on this on their website. Player looks amazing and they have their own proprietary image enhancement called “pixel magic”. One interesting feature was the ability to bypass disc menus and warnings and go straight to playing the film.

Very Interesting. I’m keeping an eye on this player.

Sure you can skip the menus, but that’s only after you have ripped the disc to a HDD. The amount of storage capacity you would need to store 4K discs would be huge. Doesn’t seem like a good value to me.

Troy73 · 02-16-2020, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RodChester

Sure you can skip the menus, but that’s only after you have ripped the disc to a HDD. The amount of storage capacity you would need to store 4K discs would be huge. Doesn’t seem like a good value to me.

Oh I know and I’m still impressed with it, if it delivers on it’s promises.

Troy73 · 02-16-2020, 05:59 PM

I see it has 1 hdmi in and 2 hdmi out. I wonder how it would interact with a 4K UHD player?

alchav21 · 02-16-2020, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Troy73

I see it has 1 hdmi in and 2 hdmi out. I wonder how it would interact with a 4K UHD player?

These Players are to Back-up and Store your Movies, Shows, and Music, and then play from the Stored Collection. You put these on a Wired Home Network, and you can add more Storage as your Collection grows. It doesn't play Discs.

JohnAV · 02-16-2020, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Old Bones

Has anyone ever heard of this brand of 4K player ?
https://www.zappiti-store.ca/

Its not a UHD BD player. These are media player.

JohnAV · 02-16-2020, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by RodChester

I don’t know. Looks like they are just video servers for HDDs. No disc playback at all. I’m sure there are better alternatives out there.

You got it.

Troy73 · 02-16-2020, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by alchav21

These Players are to Back-up and Store your Movies, Shows, and Music, and then play from the Stored Collection. You put these on a Wired Home Network, and you can add more Storage as your Collection grows. It doesn't play Discs.

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Originally Posted by JohnAV

Its not a UHD BD player. These are media player.

I understand that now but was curious as it had the ability to accept another hdmi device. Something like this would have “hdmi in” for what purpose?

RodChester · 02-16-2020, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Troy73

I understand that now but was curious as it had the ability to accept another hdmi device. Something like this would have “hdmi in” for what purpose?

For other sources to take advantage of any video processing capabilities.

JohnAV · 02-16-2020, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Troy73

I understand that now but was curious as it had the ability to accept another hdmi device. Something like this would have “hdmi in” for what purpose?

See https://zappiti-canada.com/products/pro-4k-hdr

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and an HDMI 1.4 standard port dedicated to audio that can also be connected to an older A/V receiver that doesn't feature HDMI 2.0 inputs

JohnAV · 02-16-2020, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RodChester

For other sources to take advantage of any video processing capabilities.

Not per their web site.

JohnAV · 02-17-2020, 12:02 AM

Review: Zappiti Pro 4K HDR - Blogson-video

RodChester · 02-17-2020, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnAV

Not per their web site.

Well, I stand corrected.

samlop10 · 02-17-2020, 06:38 PM

If you want to stream your physical collection (because of ease of use while maintaining better quality over actual streaming from services, as well as the advantage of being able to access it from anywhere in your house if you have the device) then this seems to be the best system for it. I’ve actually thought about doing that for my collection but the drawback for me is lack of Dolby Vision. I’m sure it’a possible if the device can back up the whole disc and play menus, but it seems this one is not DV compatible at all. Still though, it seems to be the best device to backup your collection to a server with and stream it for ease access.

I found this review which does go pretty in depth:

https://www.soundandvision.com/conte...-system-review

02-16-2020, 04:26 PM	#1
Old Bones Power Member Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Port Coquitlam B.C. Canada Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:1	Zappiti 4K Players Has anyone ever heard of this brand of 4K player ? https://www.zappiti-store.ca/

02-16-2020, 04:41 PM	#2
brian9229 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Vermont / Steelbook™ - 481 4K collection:411 Blu-ray collection:1553 DVD collection:71 Digital collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:12 Trading Score:59	Very interesting.

02-16-2020, 04:57 PM	#3
RodChester Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Illinois Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:333 Blu-ray collection:3380 DVD collection:141 Trading Score:129	I don’t know. Looks like they are just video servers for HDDs. No disc playback at all. I’m sure there are better alternatives out there.

02-16-2020, 05:16 PM	#4
Troy73 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:58 Blu-ray collection:258 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:2	Just read up on this on their website. Player looks amazing and they have their own proprietary image enhancement called “pixel magic”. One interesting feature was the ability to bypass disc menus and warnings and go straight to playing the film. Very Interesting. I’m keeping an eye on this player.

02-16-2020, 05:59 PM	#7
Troy73 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:58 Blu-ray collection:258 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:2	I see it has 1 hdmi in and 2 hdmi out. I wonder how it would interact with a 4K UHD player?

02-17-2020, 12:02 AM	#15
JohnAV Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Silicon Valley - where you never run out of toys! 4K collection:322 Blu-ray collection:964 MA collection:80 Digital collection:243 Blu-ray reviews:31 Trading Score:2	Review: Zappiti Pro 4K HDR - Blogson-video

02-17-2020, 06:38 PM	#17
samlop10 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 Location:Austin TX Home Theater Gallery:53 4K collection:1041 Blu-ray collection:3901 DVD collection:9 Blu-ray reviews: 59 Trading Score:1	If you want to stream your physical collection (because of ease of use while maintaining better quality over actual streaming from services, as well as the advantage of being able to access it from anywhere in your house if you have the device) then this seems to be the best system for it. I’ve actually thought about doing that for my collection but the drawback for me is lack of Dolby Vision. I’m sure it’a possible if the device can back up the whole disc and play menus, but it seems this one is not DV compatible at all. Still though, it seems to be the best device to backup your collection to a server with and stream it for ease access. I found this review which does go pretty in depth: https://www.soundandvision.com/conte...-system-review

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