At the end of 2015 years we wrote about TV Box called Dune HD SOLO 4K. Dune HD company has recently expanded its extensive portfolio with another model TV Box supports 4K video playback. New TV Box called Dune HD SOLO Lite is the younger brother of the flagship model Dune HD SOLO 4K. Dune HD SOLO Lite supports the majority of digital audio and video formats, including the most modern HEVC video codec with one billion colors (10-bit color encoding), all modern 3D video standards such as MVC, Side-by-Side and Top-and-Bottom, audiophile HD audio with high resolution up to 24-bit / 192 KHz, etc. Dune HD Solo Lite is equipped with two USB ports, 1Gbit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and sells for 199 EUR inc. VAT (MSRP). The start of the sales of Dune HD Solo Lite is scheduled for the second half of September 2016.
Dune HD Solo Lite has many features such as:
- The newest media processor: The latest Sigma Designs SMP8758 chip from the famous vendor of high-end media processors, with the new Dual Core ARM CPU (4x more power than before); the first and the only chip from Sigma Designs with real 4K support
- 4K video playback: Decode 4K video content in all popular formats (including H.265 10-bit)
- 4K video output: Output 4K content with pixel-to-pixel precision to 4K TV
- SD/HD to 4K conversion: Automatically increase resolution of SD/HD content to 4K
- VXP: Professional-grade video processing engine for the best possible picture quality of any content
- HEVC: Play video encoded using the latest H.265 codec (2x picture quality increase over H.264)
- 10-bit color encoding: Play video encoded using the newest 10-bit H.265 standard
- Blu-ray menu: Enjoy full Blu-ray menu navigation * or use simple BD Lite menu at your discretion
- True 24p output: Ensure perfectly smooth playback of Hollywood movies due to full support for 24p (23.976) framerate
- Advanced media player: Play video in MKV and other modern video file formats, including top quality 4K and HD with very high bitrates (100 Mbit/s+)
- 3D video: Play all popular 3D video formats, including MVC, SBS, Top/Bottom
- HD audio: Output studio-quality high definition audio tracks (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD MA) to your A/V receiver
- Dolby Atmos 3D audio: Enjoy the newest 3D audio format from Dolby using Dolby Atmos pass-through capability
- Hi-End music: Play very high-quality (up to 192 KHz / 24-bit) music files in various formats (FLAC, Monkey’s Audio APE, WAV/PCM, Super Audio CD, etc)
- Network player: Connect to local network and play content directly from PC or NAS via UPnP, SMB, or NFS
- HDD player: Play content from an USB HDD (including the newest 6TB+ HDD models)
- Built-in storage: 4GB flash memory for applications and system needs
- USB ports: Conveniently connect USB HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers, USB hubs and other USB devices
- Full range of A/V connectors: HDMI, S/PDIF coaxial audio output, analog stereo audio output, composite video output
- 1Gbit Ethernet port: Ensure the best performance when connecting to your local network via cable
- Built-in Wi-Fi 802.11n: Connect to your local network via air
- IR extender: Easily organize hidden installation of the media player when needed via included external IR eye
- Control4: Integrate seamlessly into Smart Home installations based on Control4 technology via ready-to-use Control4 driver
Dune HD Solo Lite specifications:
- SoC – Sigma Designs SMP8758 dual core Cortex A9 processor @ 1.2 GHz with an ARM Mali-400 GPU and VXP image processing engine
- System Memory – 1GB
- Storage – 4GB flash for firmware, SD card reader
- Video Output – HDMI 1.4b up to 1080p60 / 4K30 (including 23.976, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94Hz refresh rates), and composite video
- Audio Output – HDMI, analog stereo audio, coaxial S/PDIF (shared via AV port). 24-bit /192 KHz audio support
- Video codecs – MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264, H.265, H.265 Hi10p up to 4K 30 fps; support for very high bitrate video (up to 100 Mbit/s and higher)
- Video container formats – MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, BDMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
- 3D video formats – MVC, Side-by-side, Top/Bottom
- 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), AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS; support for very high quality audio (up to 192 kHz / 24-bit). Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD MA, and Dolby Atmos pass-through to A/V receiver
- Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
- USB – 2x USB 2.0 ports
- Misc – IR extender port, on/off switch
- Power Supply – 12V DC IN power connector
- Dimensions – N/A
The new box (Solo Lite) does not have the hard drive bay and Z-Wave support. In all other aspects it repeats completely the Solo 4K model. More details and features can be found on the Dune HD Solo Lite product page.
Source: Dune HD press release
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