DUNE HD AV1 4K HDR10+ Android Media Player

Key Features

Modern S905W2 media processor with AV1 and 4Kp60 HDR10+

• The media player uses the modern S905W2 media processor. It ensures excellent picture quality, supports 4Kp60 HDR10+ decoding and output, includes the new AV1 video codec, and performs well.

Full 4Kp60 HDR10+ video support

• The media player supports both 4Kp60 HDR10+ video decoding and 4Kp60 HDR10+ video output. The media player can downscale 4K content to any resolution and upscale any content to 4K resolution. YouTube 4K HDR is supported.

AV1 video codec

• The media player supports the new AV1 video codec, which helps to improve up to 50% video quality without increasing video bitrate (or requires up to 50% lesser bitrate for the same video quality). YouTube already uses this new video codec and will be increasingly important for compatibility with various video services and content sources.

Excellent performance

• The media player has a modern CPU (four 1.8 GHz ARM A35 cores) and GPU (Mali G31). This gives increased performance in comparison with the previous generation of affordable Dune HD media players.

2 GB operating memory

• 2GB of operating memory allows smooth operation of the media player.

16 GB flash memory

• 16GB flash memory provides enough space for system needs and applications, and also gives room for internal storage which can be used for any purpose. For example, you can store media files in the internal storage and even share them with the local network via the built-in SMB file server.

HDR10+

• The media player supports not only HDR technology, but also more advanced HDR10+ technology. In conventional HDR technology, the brightness range is set at the beginning of the film and does not change during the film, so completely dark and completely bright scenes may have insufficient detail. In the HDR10+ technology, the brightness range can vary from frame to frame, so the maximum picture detail is provided even in scenes that contain only dark or light elements.

Extended support for multichannel audio

• The media player can decode all audio formats (up to Dolby TrueHD Atmos and DTS X) to multichannel PCM (up to 7.1 channels). The media player can output bitstream passthrough for DD/DTS audio formats (5.1 channels).

Android 11

• For Android applications, the media player uses a modern Android version 11. This increases system performance and gives improved compatibility with the newest Android apps.

Other key advantages over competitors

Automatic framerate/resolution switching

• The media player can automatically switch output framerate and resolution to match the played content. This helps to ensure smooth video playback and use the best way for video resolution upscaling (resolution upscaling by the media player or by the TV).

Flicker-free framerate/resolution switching

• Dune HD media players implement its own advanced flicker-free approach for automatic framerate and resolution switching, which performs video mode switching before the start of file playback (rather than after). Most other media players perform video mode switching after the start of file playback, which causes unpleasant flickering.

Multichannel DSD and other advanced music formats

• You can play music in various advanced formats, including multichannel FLAC, WavPack, APE, ALAC and even multichannel Super Audio CD (SACD). SACD music files, encoded using the advanced DSD audio codec, are supported in all popular formats (ISO, DFF, DSF), including both stereo and multichannel files, including files which use the DST compression. Multichannel DSD files can be output to HDMI as multichannel PCM. Stereo DSD files can be output to HDMI and S/PDIF as stereo PCM.

Optimized OS

• Since the media player does not have Google Android TV certification, the operating system in the media player is optimized to eliminate the unneeded burdens and limitations. In particular, the media player does not create unneeded Android folders on connected HDDs, system performance is not decreased by Android indexing files on the connected HDDs, and so on.

Dune HD Android Playback Accelerator technology

• This unique technology intellectually manages the resources of Android OS to minimize the influence of Android OS on the media playback engine and ensure smooth and high-quality video and audio playback.

Linux-based Dune HD OS

• The media player runs a unique hybrid OS which consists of a Linux-based Dune HD OS (to ensure stable operation and smooth media playback) and Android OS (to support Android applications), which run simultaneously.

Dune HD ecosystem

• Based on open Dune HD SDK and APIs, various TV-optimized applications, plugins, extensions, GUI skins, collection management solutions, and integrations with home automation systems are available via the official Dune Store, 3-party vendors, and from the huge user community.

Dune HD UI

• The famous Dune HD UI, developed and polished over more than 12 years, is specially optimized for use on TV screens and operation via a standard remote control, tuned for the best possible usability, making it easy and convenient to use the media player.

Dune HD movies organizer and movies encyclopedia

• The “My Collection” function organizes a user's movie collection into a nice-looking catalogue. A comprehensive movie encyclopedia provides information about hundreds of thousands of movies with detailed descriptions, posters, cross-links between movies and persons, trailers, direct links to online video services, etc. The advanced file browser automatically recognizes movies.

Dune HD mobile app

• The unique Dune HD mobile app (Dune Control) for iOS and Android mobile devices provides full access to all functions of the Dune HD media player in a very convenient and powerful way. It fully replaces the standard IR remote control, allows browsing and choosing the media content directly on your mobile device (the menu shown on the mobile device mirrors the menu shown on the TV screen), and includes the Now Playing section for convenient media playback control.

Smart home

• The media player provides a powerful IP Control interface and has a lot of options for integration into Smart Home and Home Automation systems, such as Control4 and Crestron.

Proven history of software updates during a very long period

• Dune HD is known for its reputation for listening to users' feedback and providing software updates for many years. For example, for some old models, software updates with additional functions have been provided for more than 10 years already. This is possible due to the unique "single code base" approach, which means that firmware for all Dune HD models is based on the same software (continuously developed and improved according to user feedback).

Other key features

Wi-Fi 2T2R MIMO with two antennas

• Two Wi-Fi antennas and Wi-Fi 2T2R MIMO technology give improved wireless performance and a better wireless range, when using a wireless connection to the home network.

Built-in Bluetooth 5

• The built-in Bluetooth interface allows you to easily connect various remote controls, wireless keyboards, mice, joysticks, audio speakers, headphones, headsets and other devices. The modern Bluetooth version 5 provides good performance and compatibility.

IR control

• The media player has a built-in IR receiver and can be controlled by IR commands. This means you can use a 3-party programmable or learnable remote of your choice to control the media player, or integrate the media player with your smart home via IR. For example, you can integrate the media player with a smart speaker by using an IR emitter device controlled by the smart speaker.

IR remote with plenty of buttons

• The included IR remote controls provide a lot of buttons for convenient and easy access to various media player functions. In particular, it includes dedicated PLAY/PAUSE, SUBTITLES, AUDIO TRACKS and many other buttons.

Front panel display

During file playback, the display shows the current playback position. Also it can show the current time. The display mode can be adjusted in the menu.

DUNE HD Interface

Famous Dune HD interface: convenient and smooth interface optimized for TV screens and remote controls, developed and polished over many years; now even smoother than before and with additional features

Direct network access: directly browse and play files stored on PC or NAS in the local network via SMB or NFS

My Collection: organize your movies and TV series into a nice-looking and convenient catalogue

Movies catalogue: find any movies, even those which are not in your collection, via a common unified catalogue 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 movie catalogue

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

Favourites menu: easily access your favourite items: files, folders, movies, persons, applications, etc

Auto start: configure which favourite item to open automatically on the player boot

Recent menu: see what you played recently and easily resume the playback or switch between the 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 catalogue from Extended EPG: easily view movie descriptions and find related movies, watch trailers, and 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 the 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 the App Store or from an APK file, and launch them directly from the Dune HD interface

Background playback: play music, radio, TV channel or video in the background while navigating through any menus of the Dune HD interface or even when using any Android applications

Internet browser: view Internet websites on your TV, including video playback directly on websites (via Chrome web browser)