Dune HD Ultra 4K

 

DISCONTINUED

Replacement:
Dune HD Ultra Vision 4K

Discontinued. Improved version of this model on Realtek RTD1619 with Dolby Vision:

Dune HD Ultra Vision 4K


 

Dune HD Ultra 4K - flagship High-End full-sized 4Kp60 HDR Media Player and Android Smart TV box on Realtek 1295.

Advanced connectivity, High-End ES9038PRO audio DAC, XLR audio outputs, two High-End transformers for power supply, only High-End components.

 

NOTE: Power supply for this model comes with EU and US plugs ONLY. Please make sure you have a plug adapter if your home power outlet is not EU or US type.

 

Key Features

 

Premium full-sized casing: Brushed-aluminum case with display (standard 43 cm design to fit perfectly into yout audio/video rack)

Hi-End PSU: Dual R-Type power transformers with totally separated power for digital and analog circuits to minimize interference and ensure outstanding video and audio quality

Hi-End hardware design: High-speed Schottky diodes in power rectifiers, low-noise voltage stabilizers in digital and analog audio circuits, dual Bipolar/JFET operational amplifiers

Hi-End components from famous vendors: NEUTRIK (Germany), Vishay Roederstein (Germany), WIMA (Germany), Nichicon (Japan)

Hi-End audiophile DAC: ESS flagship SABRE PRO Hi-End DAC (ES9038PRO) with the industry's highest dynamic range of 140dB and extremely low distortion

Hi-Fi analog audio outputs: High-quality RCA connectors + professional balanced XLR connectors

Headphone amplifier: Built-in high-quality headphone amplifier connected directly to ESS SABRE PRO DAC

4Kp60 and HDR support: Next-generation 4K Dune HD media player with 4Kp60, HDR, BT.2020, HDMI 2.0a

Unique combination of Dune HD and Android ecosystems: Famous Hi-End Dune HD GUI running simultaneously with Android OS

Super-smooth GUI: 2x more smooth than in previous-generation Dune HD media player models

Advanced GUI features: My Collection, Movies catalog, advanced file browser with movie recognition, TV browser with Extended EPG, and more

Hi-End media player: Play Hi-End file formats (including ISO and HD audio) from any source (including NFS and SMB)

Dune HD Android Playback Accelerator: Intellectual management of Android OS resources to ensure high-quality media playback

Widevine Level 1 DRM: Enjoy premium online video services with High Definition video quality

HDD rack with hot-swap function: Easily and quickly insert and exchange internal 3.5" SATA HDDs

Optical disc drive support: Connect an external optical disc drive to play media files from optical discs (not encrypted only)

Excellent connectivity: USB Type-C, USB 3.0, external SATA, HDMI input, 2nd HDMI audio output, 1 GBit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11ac 2.4+5.0 GHz, Bluetooth 4.x, IR input and output ports, RS232 port, 12V trigger input and output ports

Extended memory: 16 GB flash memory and 2 GB RAM to support heavy applications and ensure good performance

Smart Home: A lot of options for integration into Smart Home and Home Automation systems

Premium remote control: Premium large IR remote control with learning function

Additional Bluetooth remote control: Includes an additional Bluetooth remote control with AirMouse function

Specifications

 

OS: Android 7.1

Media processor: Realtek RTD1295 SoC

RAM: 2 GB

Flash memory: 16 GB

Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n/ac, Dual Band 2.4/5GHz - ensure the best performance when connecting to your local network via air

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.x: connect Bluetooth remote controls, keyboards, gamepads, audio speakers, headphones

DAC: ESS SABRE PRO ES9038PRO

Headphone amplifier: built-in high-quality headphone amplifier connected directly to ESS SABRE PRO DAC

Casing: 43 cm full-sized brushed aluminum, silent, fanless

Front panel display: multi-segment VFD. Easily see current time or playback position

Power supply: dual R-Type power transformers with totally separated power for digital and analog circuits

Power: AC ~220-240/110-120V, 50/60Hz

Dimensions (W x H x D): 430mm x 72mm x 310mm

IR remote control: DUNE HD Premium IR Remote with backlit buttons and learning function

Bluetooth remote control: DUNE HD BT AirMouse Remote with AirMouse function


Connectivity

Media sources: internal HDDs (SATA), external HDDs (USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), external optical disc drives (USB), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP/DLNA, HTTP), other Internet and local network media sources

3.5" SATA HDD rack with hot-swap function: easily and quickly insert and exchange internal 3.5" SATA HDDs

External SATA port (data+power): connect an external SATA HDD or SATA DVD/BD drive

1x USB Type-C host: connect the most modern USB Type-C storage devices

1x USB 3.0 host: enjoy the great performance of USB 3.0

2x USB 2.0 host: conveniently connect USB HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers, USB DVD/BD drives, USB hubs and other USB devices

HDMI 2.0a output: output any video signal up to the most modern 4Kp60 HDR

2nd audio-only HDMI output: output audio separately via the second HDMI output when needed (e.g. when using legacy HDMI 1.4 Hi-End audio equipment)

RCA composite video

RCA analog stereo audio

Optical S/PDIF

Coaxial S/PDIF

Hi-Fi RCA analog stereo audio

Hi-Fi XLR balanced analog stereo audio

6.35mm headphone audio output

Coaxial S/PDIF input

Optical S/PDIF input

AES/EBU audio input

Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit/s: ensure the best performance when connecting to your local network via cable

HDMI 2.0 input: connect an external HDMI source and display it fullscreen or picture-in-picture or record to a file

1x IR input: easily organize hidden installation of the media player when needed by connecting an external IR eye. Use IR input port to learn IR signals from other remote controls (*)

4x IR output: deliver IR signal to other equipment (*)

RS232 port: integrate with Home Automation systems via RS232 interface (*)

12V trigger input port: switch the media player ON based on the signal from other equipment

12V trigger output port: deliver power ON/OFF signal to other equipment

Power input: 220-240/110-120V AC


Media Playback

4K video playback: decode 4K video content in various popular formats including H.265 10-bit up to 4Kp60 HDR

4K video output: output 4K content up to 4Kp60 HDR with pixel-to-pixel precision to 4K TV

4K video formats: H.265 up to 4Kp60 HDR, H.265 10-bit up to 4Kp60 HDR, H.264 up to 4Kp24

HEVC: play video encoded using the latest H.265 codec. 2x picture quality increase over H.264

HDR support: play video in the newest HDR (High Dynamic Range) format. Superb picture contrast and details

10-bit color encoding: play video encoded using the newest 10-bit H.265 standard (1 billion of colors)

Video output modes: wide range of supported output resolutions and framerates up to 4Kp60

Video output framerate: automatic (according to the played content) and manual; 23.976 Hz support

Auto framerate: output video with original framerate to ensure absolute smooth playback for all kinds of content

True 24p output: ensure perfectly smooth playback of Hollywood movies due to full support for 24p (23.976) framerate

Best-in-class support for movie ISO/folder structures: support for 4K, 3D, HD audio, smooth playback of movies with complicated structure

Advanced media player: play video in MKV and other modern video file formats, including top quality 4K and HD with very high bit rates (100 Mbit/s+)

Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, ISO, folders

Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264, H.265, H.265 10-bit, VP9, VP9 profile 2; support for very high bitrate video up to 100 Mbit/s and higher

Video upscaling: high-quality upscaling of SD video content to 4K, Full HD 1080p and other HD resolutions

3D video: play all popular 3D video formats, including MVC, Side-by-Side, Top-and-Bottom

HLS: ensure the best quality of Internet video using Apple HLS adaptive bitrate streaming protocol

DASH: get access to the newest Internet video services using MPEG-DASH adaptive bitrate streaming protocol


HD audio: output studio-quality high definition audio tracks (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, DTS HD MA, DTS:X) to your A/V receiver

Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D audio: enjoy the newest 3D audio formats from Dolby and DTS using Dolby Atmos and DTS:X pass-through capability

Hi-End music: play music files in various Hi-End audio formats: FLAC, Monkey's Audio APE, WAV/PCM, Super Audio CD, etc

Super Audio CD: play top quality SACD music files in various formats

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), SACD (Super Audio CD), AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS

Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, AAC, WAV, WMA, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, WavPack, APE (Monkey's Audio), ALAC (Apple lossless), SACD (Super Audio CD), AC3, DTS, DTS-WAV


Subtitle formats: SRT (external), SUB (MicroDVD) (external), text (MKV), SSA/ASS (MKV, external), VobSub (MP4, MKV, external SUB/IDX), PGS (ISO, TS, MKV)

Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF

Photo viewer functions: Slideshow, transition effects, picture rotation, zoom, browse playlist, repeat, shuffle

Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS, CUE

Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 (read-write), NTFS (read-write), exFAT (read-write), HFS/HFS+ (Mac OS Standard/Extended) (read-only), BTRFS (read-write)

Widevine DRM: Widevine DRM L1


Smart Home and Home Automation

IR input port: easily organize hidden installation of the media player when needed by connecting an external IR eye

IR learn port: use IR input port to learn IR signals from other remote controls (*)

IR output port: deliver IR signal to other equipment (*)

RS232 port: integrate with Home Automation systems via RS232 interface (*)

12V trigger input port: switch the media player ON based on the signal from other equipment

12V trigger output port: deliver power ON/OFF signal to other equipment

IP control: integrate the media player with various Home Automation systems via network

Control4: integrate seamlessly into Smart Home installations based on Control4 technology via ready-to-use Control4 driver

Crestron: integrate seamlessly into Smart Home installations based on Crestron technology via ready-to-use Crestron driver

iOS and Android mobile apps: control the media player via applications for iOS/Android mobile devices


Package Contents 

DUNE HD ULTRA 4K x1

DUNE HD Premium IR Remote x1

DUNE HD BT AirMouse Remote x1

Batteries AAA x4

PC power cord EU plug x1

PC power cord US plug x1

HDMI cable x1

SATA cable x1

Quick installation guide x1

 

 

Notes
Some of the listed features may not be available in the factory firmware and may require to install a firmware update. The features marked with (*) are in development and are expected to become available in future.

The support for particular media formats and codecs and playback functions may depend on the used application; some formats and codecs and playback functions -- in particular those marked with (**) -- may be supported only in specific applications and may require to install a specific application.

Compatibility of the player with particular media content (files, streams, etc) may depend on specifics of media content encoding, specifics of the configuration of the player and player-connected equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary media content is not guaranteed.

Compatibility of the player with particular applications (Dune HD plugins or Android applications) may depend on specifics of the application, particular usage scenario, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary applications is not guaranteed.

Compatibility of the player with particular equipment (A/V equipment, network equipment, storage devices, etc) may depend on particular equipment model, specifics of equipment installation, specifics of the configuration of the player and equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary equipment is not guaranteed.

Product images may be imprecise and may have some differences in comparison with the real look of the product.

Accuracy of the information is not guaranteed; the information is subject to change w/o notice.

DUNE HD Interface

 

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

Direct network access: directly browse and play files stored on PC or NAS in local network via SMB, NFS, UPnP/DLNA

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

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

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

Favorites menu: easily access your favorite items: files, folders, movies, persons, applications, etc

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

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

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

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