Don't worry. I'm not particularly keen on using AliExpress. Too much hassle in case you get a lemon. I prefer to pay more and have peace of mind.
no more so than Amazon. you send in your report , AliExpress makes a decision and gives you a pre paid postage to print out, you take it to your local post office. Aliexpress sides with the buyer. These deals are all coming from Aliexpress and from Chinese boxes. Like ht2tweak has all his boxes except beelink from Aliexpress and he's done fine
Apparently the $255 deal is no longer available. That really sucks.
Any thoughts on the ASUS NUC 14 Pro+ with Intel Core Ultra 7 ? Seems similar cpu and cpu performance to the k12
Noticed it has CEC-HDMI support to
I think there are alot of recommendations for minipcs that more powerful than necessary. I would advise to consider noise and bluetooth range. The first minipc I tried had very limited bluetooth range so the remote barely worked and you could hear it in all the quite scenes. My silent 5600u Topton has external wifi with excellent range and no noise. It doesn't need any more power and only goes into the 130s f after a FEL movie.
Any thoughts on the ASUS NUC 14 Pro+ with Intel Core Ultra 7 ? Seems similar cpu and cpu performance to the k12
Noticed it has CEC-HDMI support to
All NUCs still have HDMI 2.0 (they advertise 2.1 because the HDMI consortium is a joke but they're limited to 2.0 specs at 18Gbps), plus CEC is limited to on/off functionality (which it ain't nothing).
Apart from that, it should be absolutely a beast with LibreELEC. My NUC 11 i3 has no problems with it (except a color bit depth issue that appears to be limited to series 11), so I imagine a 14 with an i7 would fly.
No problems with the NUC14 Essential N150 either. Says its got CEC.
I think there are alot of recommendations for minipcs that more powerful than necessary. I would advise to consider noise and bluetooth range. The first minipc I tried had very limited bluetooth range so the remote barely worked and you could hear it in all the quite scenes. My silent 5600u Topton has external wifi with excellent range and no noise. It doesn't need any more power and only goes into the 130s f after a FEL movie.
How much did you pay for your 5600U?
Allot of the deals I've posted are cheaper than much weaker harder, you could get a Ryzen H 255 for $255 if you are from the states after all the discounts. Or if you are from the UK for about $382
plus the H 255 is on mature 4nm node, compared to other lower end chipsets that are on older nodes so efficiency would be far higher (less heat, less noise).
All NUCs still have HDMI 2.0 (they advertise 2.1 because the HDMI consortium is a joke but they're limited to 2.0 specs at 18Gbps), plus CEC is limited to on/off functionality (which it ain't nothing).
Apart from that, it should be absolutely a beast with LibreELEC. My NUC 11 i3 has no problems with it (except a color bit depth issue that appears to be limited to series 11), so I imagine a 14 with an i7 would fly.
Really. That’s a joke as I have been researching and find many passive heatsink cases for the nuc to make them silent. One step forward two steps back. Are any of there nuc hdmi 2.1 how they getting away with that.
Just out of interest would it make a difference for 4K 60 playback and the colour depth works fine either way series 14 ?
Thanks
All NUCs still have HDMI 2.0 (they advertise 2.1 because the HDMI consortium is a joke but they're limited to 2.0 specs at 18Gbps), plus CEC is limited to on/off functionality (which it ain't nothing).
Apart from that, it should be absolutely a beast with LibreELEC. My NUC 11 i3 has no problems with it (except a color bit depth issue that appears to be limited to series 11), so I imagine a 14 with an i7 would fly.
I bought a barebones system for $179.
All NUCs still have HDMI 2.0 (they advertise 2.1 because the HDMI consortium is a joke but they're limited to 2.0 specs at 18Gbps), plus CEC is limited to on/off functionality (which it ain't nothing).
Apart from that, it should be absolutely a beast with LibreELEC. My NUC 11 i3 has no problems with it (except a color bit depth issue that appears to be limited to series 11), so I imagine a 14 with an i7 would fly.
Its HDMI 2.1 TMDS which is the older standard limited to 2.0 specs at 18Gbps.
Its HDMI 2.1 TMDS which is the older standard limited to 2.0 specs at 18Gbps.
Which is exactly what I explained. Even HDMI 2.0 uses TMDS (as opposed to HDMI 2.1 FRL for higher bandwidth content). Manufacturers are allowed to call those outputs HDMI 2.1 (TMDS) because, as I've stated and I love to repeat, HDMI consortium is a joke and decidedly consumer unfriendly.
Just out of interest would it make a difference for 4K 60 playback and the colour depth works fine either way series 14 ?
You could playback content at 4K60 8 bit color depth. I'm unsure if it would support 4K60 10 bit color depth, I suspect not.
But, basically, for whatever content currently available, you would be ok.
Thinking about switching from the AM6B+ to a mini pc that can do LE. Specifically one that's 16GB ram and H 255.
Wondering what I'm gaining here. Will Plex 4K Kodi be able to read higher bit rates? Will it has LLDV as good as the UGOOS? Sorry if all of these have been answered but I just want cliff notes.
Which is exactly what I explained. Even HDMI 2.0 uses TMDS (as opposed to HDMI 2.1 FRL for higher bandwidth content). Manufacturers are allowed to call those outputs HDMI 2.1 (TMDS) because, as I've stated and I love to repeat, HDMI consortium is a joke and decidedly consumer unfriendly.
You could playback content at 4K60 8 bit color depth. I'm unsure if it would support 4K60 10 bit color depth, I suspect not.
But, basically, for whatever content currently available, you would be ok.
Is this a processor limitation or the motherboard. As I could go a different route and instead of a nuc get a motherboard with the same chip that supports 2.1 as you can get passive case for mini pc motherboards ?
Will Plex 4K Kodi be able to read higher bit rates? Will it has LLDV as good as the UGOOS?
AM6B+ is capable of reading and decoding whatever current sources you can throw at it, except AV1 encodes (but those are, by definition, today, re-encodes).
LLDV I'm not sure about, you'd do better asking in the development discussion. As far as I've understood (but I'm in TV-led camp), hades builds are currently more performant for LLDV. But I have great faith in CroqueMr capabilities for future refinement in his builds.
Is this a processor limitation or the motherboard. As I could go a different route and instead of a nuc get a motherboard with the same chip that supports 2.1 as you can get passive case for mini pc motherboards ?
As far as I know, no NUC has ever supported HDMI 2.1 (FRL), only the old TMDS variant, stuck at 18Gbps. But, again, there's no content available for it. And high framerate content seems definitely dead in the water, as far as all evidence is concerned.
Thinking about switching from the AM6B+ to a mini pc that can do LE. Specifically one that's 16GB ram and H 255.
Wondering what I'm gaining here. Will Plex 4K Kodi be able to read higher bit rates? Will it has LLDV as good as the UGOOS? Sorry if all of these have been answered but I just want cliff notes.
I made the switch and I don't regret it. Basically, the Ugoos is stuck on a very low powered system with a proprietary linux version and a black boxed Dolby Vision support. DMDreview's testing proves that the official Dolby Vision is horrible to say the least with as low as 2% accuracy. The only advantage the Ugoos has is the ability to boot from a remote.
LLDV is coming and you can wait for that. I also believe that we'll start seeing more minipc's designed for LE as this becomes more popular. You don't need more than 4gb ram and storage to run LE. On the other hand, bluetooth range, fan noise, and the ability to boot from a remote matter more for LE systems.
As far as I know, no NUC has ever supported HDMI 2.1 (FRL), only the old TMDS variant, stuck at 18Gbps. But, again, there's no content available for it. And high framerate content seems definitely dead in the water, as far as all evidence is concerned.
Someone mentioned a bout 8bit only and cannot do 10bit ? Not sure if all these 4K Dolby vision HDR are in 10bit.
Been looking at passive pc cases and they seem like gold Dust to. Nothing in stock and you can get a passive cpu heatsink for normal pc cases but are all to bulky.
The intel seems like the best bet and strip it and get a passive heatsink case but not cheap
My simple Intel J5040 with LE13 DV boots from remote.
