The core code is written in C++ and is open-source licensed under GNU GPL v2. Kodi/XBMC is royalty-free and cross-platform. Kodi Entertainment Center (formerly XBMC / Xbox Media Center) Runs on Windows, OSX, Linux, and Android. Ĭonnects an ordinary TV (or set-top box) to get IPTV. Popular fork of the Kodi/XBMC media center software with custom graphical user interface and some proprietary application framework for apps. Gives access to Android apps through the Play Store. TVB (myTV SUPER Box and TVB Anywhere Android TV Box).StarHub (StarHub Go Streaming Box, StarHub TV+ Box and StarHub TV+ Pro).First Media (X1, X1-4K, X1 Prime, X1 Prime-c, X1 Prime-i and One Stream). Airtel (Xstream Box, Xstream Stick and Internet TV).It's not perfect, but the DMP-BDT370 is a fine Blu-ray disc spinner, and delivers on its 4K upscaling promise. The effect the DMP-BDT370 creates from standard 2D Blu-ray discs does, at times, look like native 3D, though just as often the parallax is all over the place and there's depth visible where there shouldn't be. Meanwhile, 2D-3D conversion, a feature unique to the DMP-BDT370 in Panasonic's crop of Blu-ray players for 2015, is the usual mix of unwanted and ineffective. If the DMP-BDT370 upscales 2D Blu-ray spotlessly, it does less well with 3D Blu-ray. Viewed on a 55-inch 4K TV supporting the passive 3D system, images were clean but appeared to break-up a little, exposing its (relative) low-resolution origins. The story continued with a DVD though the softness becomes very noticeable, it was displayed with impressive clarity.ģD playback is a little more disappointing. Jagged edges were rare, and though there is the occasional judder, the DMP-BDT370 always provided exceptional contrast and colour. However, at no point during the rest of Gravity was I desperate for a native 4K version, which suggests that the DMP-BDT370 is doing a good job. The opening sequence of Gravity, with Earth as a backdrop, looks softer than native 4K, which does tend to excel with wide-open vistas and nuanced colours. For the most part this works really well, with my Gravity test disc looking far sharper when viewed on a 55-inch 4K TV than TV channels broadcast in HD. It's important to understand that 4K upscaling isn't something the user has to activate if the DMP-BDT370 detects that it's being hooked-up to a 4K TV, it will upscale automatically. Judged purely on disc-spinning and upscaling Blu-ray discs to fit a 4K TV, the DMP-BDT370 is hard to fault. There is some attempt at speeding things up using the fastext colour-coded keys, but otherwise it just underlines how poor a match web browsers and TVs are. It's split into three areas – History, Tabs and Bookmarks – though entering search terms is via a pop-up virtual keyboard, and moving around pages, requires hitting the remote's navigation buttons about fifty times just to move an inch or two. The web browser is nothing to get excited about, though it has been streamlined. All of those pages also include a link to the Panasonic Market, which holds various other apps. All are ranged around a Blu-ray window at the centre.Ī second and third pane holds CNBC Real-Time, PlayJam Games, Dailymotion, euronews, Twitter, Facebook, Aupeo personal radio, SHOUTcast Radio and a web browser. Aside from the trailed Netflix app, the bright, colourful grid-like pages of what used to be called VieraCast play host to the likes of the BBC iPlayer, Amazon Instant, BBC News, Netflix, BBC Sport and YouTube. The DMP-BDT370 hosts plenty of must-have apps. Network Services is Panasonic's name for the DMP-BDT370's rather dated-looking smart TV pages. Choose the former and there's a three-way between Media Renderer, Miracast and the DLNA Client. Network is code for 'smart stuff', and takes you to another screen with a choice between Home Network and Network Service, which is clunky language indeed. It's only on the next page that you choose between USB or Blu-ray as the source. The basic OS (and it is really basic) is structured around choosing between Video, Photos, Music and Network, which is a novel way of doing things. The DMP-BDT370 supports Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD soundtracks, though if you're after analogue audio outputs, you'll have to head for Panasonic's flagship Blu-ray player from 2014, the DMP-BDT7000, though Panasonic is also still selling the DMP-BDT460, which has an SD Card slot and dual HDMI outputs. Aside from apps, wireless goodies include networking and, for Android users, Miracast for screen mirroring.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |