Zidoo UHD8000 - 8K UHD Media Streaming Player

The UHD8000 is an 8K media player compatible with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ and built with high level craftsmanship all round. Equipped with a powerful Amlogic S928X-K chipset and 8GB DDR4 + 64GB eMMC of internal storage. The UHD8000 is also a high-performance music streamer & DAC, using the new XMOS + ESS9069Q DAC for hi-res audio decoding via the analogue outputs, and is equipped with powerful music library management functions.

● HDMI 2.1 connection supports 8K 60Hz output
● Dual HDMI output for split audio
● HDR (HDR10/HLG/HDR10+/Dolby Vision)
● 12Bit, BT2020, YCbCr 4:4:4 colour space
● ESS9069Q DAC decodes DSD512/PCM768KHz 32Bit
● Supports Atmos/DTS X audio pass-through
● Penta-core 64-bit new-generation processor
● 8GB DDR4 memory and 64GB eMMC internal storage
● Dual hidden HDD bays support hard drives up to 16TB
● Bluetooth 5.2 & WiFi 6 dual-band modules built-in
● Android 11 OS and thousands of apps available

 

 

 

Powerful CPU

The UHD8000 is equipped with the Amlogic S928X-K ARM A76+A55 five-core processor using 12nm technology. Featuring a 3.2 TOPS NPU and built-in AI picture quality optimisation engine, it boasts better processing capabilities and more powerful decoding performance, to achieve outstanding audio/visual playback.

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Dual Power Supplies

The UHD8000 digital and analogue circuits are equipped with independent power supplies. A set of large toroidal linear power supplies provides strong and clean power for audio components, offering excellent efficiency and significantly reducing external magnetic field interference. Another set of switching power supply is specially designed for digital circuits. The efficient direct current output improves the quality of audio and video output.

 

 

 

 

 

XMOS + Dual Crystal Oscillators

The UHD8000 is equipped with a high quality XMOS chip, which works perfectly with the Zidoo music player. It can process high-sample-rate master-level audio formats and losslessly transmit the original data 1:1 to its high-spec DAC for decoding output. Two high-precision crystal oscillators (45.1584MHz and 49.152MHz) respectively correspond to 44.1KHz and 48KHz multiplier sampling, which effectively reduce jitter and ensure accurate audio decoding.

 

 

 

 

Large Display Panel

Showing various working states on large VFD panel; Supports brightness adjustment and power settings.

Hidden Dual HDD Bays

Dual HDD bays support up to two 16TB hard drives, accommodating up to 32TB of movies, TV series, and music files.

Rack-mounted Design

Install the device in a standard 19-inch cabinet easily with the included rack ears, saving space and allowing flexible professional placement.

Multiple Gold-plated Connections

Multiple interfaces for various audio/visual equipment. All interfaces feature gold plating for stable and reliable electrical connections.

 

Large Memory and Smooth Response

8GB of new-generation DDR4 RAM provides fast & smooth playback response while enjoying wonderful movies and music. 64GB eMMC internal storage meets the needs for installing numerous applications, creating more possibilities for audio-visual entertainment.

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

The UHD8000 is equipped with a built-in 2.4G+5G dual-band 2R2T MIMO Wi-Fi module that supports Wi-Fi 6, offering wireless transmission speeds of up to 1201Mbps. This ensures a stable and high-speed connection even in harsh network environments. Additionally, it features Bluetooth 5.2, supporting a wider range of Bluetooth connections such as remote controls, mice, speakers, and headphones.

 

Dual HDMI A/V Separate Output

Zidoo has pioneered the development of dual HDMI audio/video separation technology based on two custom chips. Utilising digital separation technology, it efficiently isolates interference. The HDMI Main port is equipped with HDMI 2.1, supporting up to 8K/60 output. Two high-precision audio-specific crystal oscillators reconstruct the clock for the HDMI Audio Only output port, accurately reproducing sound and greatly improving audio quality (supports multi-channel DSD 64 Native output). The audio/video separation technology is better compatible with existing AV receivers and integrated receivers, no need to update AV receivers for 8K support.

 

ESS9069Q Flagship DAC

Zidoo has established a long-term strategic partnership with ESS. The UHD8000 employs the latest generation ESS high-spec 32-bit Hyper-Stream decoding chip, the ESS9069Q DAC. It supports up to DSD512 and PCM768 @ 32bit decoding, delivering an enjoyable listening experience.

Hi-end Hi-Fi Audio Decoding

The UHD8000 features a USB DAC input port, greatly enhancing the versatility of audio playback. By connecting an external music streamer with USB output, the UHD8000 can transform into a high-performance audio decoder. Utilising the ESS9069Q DAC chip for decoding, it delivers a purer, high-resolution sound output.

Fully Balanced Signal

The UHD8000 adopts a fully balanced design for the DAC decoding and XLR output. Even the RCA stereo output signals are derived from the balanced output. This design provides better noise immunity. The channel separation degree is improved and the signal quality is more stable and powerful by eliminating the shared loop.

Exquisite Craftsmanship Handpicked Components

The UHD8000's analogue output is designed to deliver audiophile-grade quality, featuring meticulous circuit design and high-quality materials. It uses a gold-plated PCB, four audiophile-grade operational amplifiers, and selected high-end components including NICHICON, WIMA, and ELNA capacitors etc. Every detail is crafted to enhance the listening experience.

 

 

Global 4K UI, Clear & Beautiful

The new Zidoo 8K series boats powerful performance, supporting global 4K GUI display. Poster walls and music player covers are clearer and more aesthetically pleasing, while also supporting third-party applications' 4K UI. Users can freely switch between 4K UI and 1080p UI in the settings.

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Vision

The innovative visual technology of Dolby Vision® delivers vivid images, making shadows darker and highlights brighter, providing an extraordinary colour range that brings characters to life like never before. With clearer contrast and incredible brightness, it makes you feel more like looking through a window than at a screen.

The UHD8000 media playback technology supports direct playback of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (BDMV and ISO) and various file formats, including MKV, MP4, TS, and M2TS. It supports all mainstream Dolby Vision profiles, utilizing extended Dolby Vision metadata and transmitting it to the TV to enhance picture quality.

 

 

 

 

Dolby Vision® VS10 Image Engine

The advanced Dolby Vision VS10 video processing engine ensures the highest image quality when playing any type of content (SDR, HDR, Dolby Vision) with any type of video output signal (SDR, HDR, Dolby Vision). It improves the quality of SDR/HDR/Dolby Vision conversion, minimizing the colour banding effect. This benefit extends even to older TVs that do not support Dolby Vision. Moreover, the UHD8000's VS10 engine, further developed by Zidoo, can be customized to optimize the viewing experience for different content

 

 

 

 

 

HDR10+

The UHD8000 is compatible with HDR10+ technology. HDR10+ is the latest and most advanced HDR technology, enhancing the viewing experience beyond HDR10. HDR10+ represents the dynamic range of video content on a per-scene (or even per-frame) basis, providing essential scene characteristics with minimal metadata to preserve important details. While static HDR uses a uniform static tone mapping throughout the content's duration, HDR10+ employs dynamic tone mapping to optimize each scene, individually increasing brightness and contrast to match the capabilities of the display.

 

 

 

 

12 Bit Colour Depth

The UHD8000 not only supports 10 Bit (approximately 1.07 billion colours) decoding and output at the resolution of 4K 60Hz, but also supports 12 Bit (approximately 68 billion colours) colour output. The 12 Bit colour depth has more balanced colour representation and natural colour transition.

 

 

 

 

Accurate Frame Rate Switching

The UHD8000 supports switching original resolution and frame rate automatically and accurately (23.976, 59.94, 25, 30, 50 and 60). The new automatic switching algorithm allows completing the film frame rate switching in advance to ensure smooth and integral film playback.

 

Cool Poster Wall

The UHD8000 comes with new movie posters management system. It has concise navigation, personalized category, record viewing and custom collection etc. It makes movie collection more convenient and fully improves the efficiency of mass movies management.

Smooth Blu-ray Seamless Branching Playback

Z9X PRO optimizes the video playback engine, which improves the Blu-ray seamless branching playback and says goodbye to stuttering and messy playback issues. BD and UHD Blu-ray navigation are played just like enjoying movies in a cinema.

 

 

Wider Colour Range

UHD8000 supports BT.2020 wide colour range which could display 75% nature colours and closer to what human eyes could see, while traditional BT.709 could only display 35% nature colours. It has bright and eye-catching colours, rich and full images, and a better sense of space, three dimension and layering.

Smooth Blu-ray Seamless Gapless Branching Playback

Z9X PRO optimizes the video playback engine, which improves the Blu-ray seamless branching playback and says goodbye to stuttering and messy playback issues. BD and UHD Blu-ray menus are played with authentic viewing experience.

 

 

Powerful Subtitle Features

The UHD8000 features Zidoo's most powerful subtitle system to date. It supports all forms of special effect subtitles, including built-in/external ASS and built-in/external SUP. All text subtitles (including ASS) can have their position, size, colour, font, and timeline (advance or delay by up to 10 minutes) adjusted. The brightness, position, and size of PGS/SUP subtitles can also be adjusted. The resizing of ASS and PGS subtitles is not a simple full-frame adjustment but is instead region-specific based on the subtitle display position, ensuring that resizing does not alter the relative position of special effect subtitles. The UHD8000 supports mounting two subtitles simultaneously, allowing for the display of both Chinese and English subtitles at the same time. It also supports forced subtitles for PGS based on the original disc and SRT in MKV files.

 

 

Music Library Management

The Zidoo music library offers powerful local music playback function and comprehensive local music management. You can add music files from local hard drives or network storage across platforms. The Zidoo music library will automatically fetch music information from the cloud, matching music artists, album covers, descriptions, local CUE files, and more to create a personalized music database. It supports personalized categorization of music by genre, sampling rate, album, artist, and more. You can create custom playlists and it supports high-resolution audio files (such as DSF, DFF, SACD ISO, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, APE, ALAC). The library also supports gapless playback at the same sampling rate and playback gain features.

 

 

 

Music Streaming

The UHD8000 can be used as a network music streamer, supporting Tidal Connect streaming and DLNA casting. This means you can use music streaming apps installed on mobile devices within the same local network to wirelessly stream or cast high-quality music to the UHD8000 for playback. This allows you to enjoy more selection of online music services and experience lossless playback with superior sound quality on the device at the same time.

Lossless Music Playback

Support master-level DSD (SACD ISO, DFF, DSF, DSD etc.), regular lossless formats (FLAC, WAV, APE, DTS etc.), CUE track and CD-ROM playback (CD-ROM is not included).

 

 

Multiple Network Protocols

The UHD8000 supports NFS, SMB v1/2/3, and UPnP sharing protocols, allowing users to browse and play multimedia content saved on NAS or network drives connected in the same LAN with gigabit network. Even high-bit rate DSD512 master recordings can be played without stuttering.
Additionally, it supports mounting and streaming from various cloud storage services such as WebDAV

Powerful File Management and Transfer Capabilities

The UHD8000 features a comprehensive media file management system. It allows you to perform regular quick edit and management operations such as copying, pasting, cutting, and deleting files on local hard drives and network storage.

 

 

Comprehensive Smart Control

The UHD8000 offers advanced smart control with specially developed Android/iPhone/iPad apps. In addition to basic playback control and system settings, the app allows asynchronous viewing of music library data, system applications, and menus. You can also browse and select built-in streaming services through the control app, making it very convenient to play songs or view music data; For better control, the UHD8000 also comes with a remote control that supports infrared mode; The UHD8000 also supports WOL (Wake-on-LAN) functionality (requiring a wired network connection), enabling remote control for turning the device on and off on the app.