Nvidia Shield Tv Pro Vs Zidoo Z9X Pro

[bpranay]

Hello All,

Opened my Zidoo Z9X Pro for the first time 2 days back, watched around 4 movies on weekends and then switched back today to shield TV. Here are my impressions:

• PQ is slightly better with Zidoo
• User interface is slightly better by a thin margin as compared to kodi (installed on shield)
• Didn't find any difference in sound quality and sound processing between the two.
• Remote control in Zidoo is little clumsy with too many buttons.
• Both players handle heavy files without any glitch.
• But shield offers best of both the worlds - streaming as well as for files to play from your HDD. I can always easily come back to Netflix on shield easily. It's not the case with Zidoo and I don't believe in sideloading.
• Given a chance I would always stick to shield TV and would upgrade the same in case a newer version arrived in the future.
• Zidoo is best for those who has android tv but can't play HDD files with dolby & dts soundtracks.

Let's check if someone has different impression.

 

[Nitin K]

Hello All,

Opened my Zidoo Z9X Pro for the first time 2 days back, watched around 4 movies on weekends and then switched back today to shield TV. Here are my impressions:

• PQ is slightly better with Zidoo
• User interface is slightly better by a thin margin as compared to kodi (installed on shield)
• Didn't find any difference in sound quality and sound processing between the two.
• Remote control in Zidoo is little clumsy with too many buttons.
• Both players handle heavy files without any glitch.
• But shield offers best of both the worlds - streaming as well as for files to play from your HDD. I can always easily come back to Netflix on shield easily. It's not the case with Zidoo and I don't believe in sideloading.
• Given a chance I would always stick to shield TV and would upgrade the same in case a newer version arrived in the future.
• Zidoo is best for those who has android tv but can't play HDD files with dolby & dts soundtracks.

Let's check if someone has different impression.

Very nicely described and will help others in choosing.

 

[sidvee]

Hello All,

Opened my Zidoo Z9X Pro for the first time 2 days back, watched around 4 movies on weekends and then switched back today to shield TV. Here are my impressions:

• PQ is slightly better with Zidoo
• User interface is slightly better by a thin margin as compared to kodi (installed on shield)
• Didn't find any difference in sound quality and sound processing between the two.
• Remote control in Zidoo is little clumsy with too many buttons.
• Both players handle heavy files without any glitch.
• But shield offers best of both the worlds - streaming as well as for files to play from your HDD. I can always easily come back to Netflix on shield easily. It's not the case with Zidoo and I don't believe in sideloading.
• Given a chance I would always stick to shield TV and would upgrade the same in case a newer version arrived in the future.
• Zidoo is best for those who has android tv but can't play HDD files with dolby & dts soundtracks.

Let's check if someone has different impression.

I disagree on points 1 & 3 by a big margin. PQ - especially 4k - HDR is significantly better with Zidoo - especially on challenging dark scenes and overall resolution, and sound quality especially surround channel usage is also significantly better, you get a more immersive feel. If one is not streaming, and can play local files zidoo is vastly superior imo. Yes Zidoo is useless for streaming - so in that case shield is definitely better.
Cheers,
Sid

 

[bpranay]

I disagree on points 1 & 3 by a big margin. PQ - especially 4k - HDR is significantly better with Zidoo - especially on challenging dark scenes and overall resolution, and sound quality especially surround channel usage is also significantly better, you get a more immersive feel. If one is not streaming, and can play local files zidoo is vastly superior imo. Yes Zidoo is useless for streaming - so in that case shield is definitely better.
Cheers,
Sid

Believe me, I am binge watching since Friday on both the devices, playing HDD on my media. What I’ll do is I’ll share the pic of the same scene played by both the devices and let’s analyse it slightly or superiorly better.
Coming to SQ, I believe it’s more depends on the kind of source & output device you have.

May be for me what is slightly better is superior for you.

 

[sidvee]

Believe me, I am binge watching since Friday on both the devices, playing HDD on my media. What I’ll do is I’ll share the pic of the same scene played by both the devices and let’s analyse it slightly or superiorly better.
Coming to SQ, I believe it’s more depends on the kind of source & output device you have.

May be for me what is slightly better is superior for you.

No need for sharing the pics boss, you are probably right and I am wrong. Enjoy. My equipment is also perhaps not upto the standard that you are experiencing - it is only entry level.
Cheers,
Sid

 

[bpranay]

No need for sharing the pics boss, you are probably right and I am wrong. Enjoy.
Cheers,
Sid

No no. Not at all. I don’t mean to say like that. Nobody is wrong or right here. Sometimes some things are based on what kind of analysis one’s eyes & ears make. Full respect to your views.

 

[Love4sound]

I disagree on points 1 & 3 by a big margin. PQ - especially 4k - HDR is significantly better with Zidoo - especially on challenging dark scenes and overall resolution, and sound quality especially surround channel usage is also significantly better, you get a more immersive feel. If one is not streaming, and can play local files zidoo is vastly superior imo. Yes Zidoo is useless for streaming - so in that case shield is definitely better.
Cheers,
Sid

Are you using a projector or TV? IMO the display medium used also plays a huge role with PQ. May be the zidoo output for your display medium fairs well over the shield. Surrounds does feel thin with shield. I have done A/B tests against PS4 and Bluray player

 

[bpranay]

Are you using a projector or TV? IMO the display medium used also plays a huge role with PQ. May be the zidoo output for your display medium fairs well over the shield. Surrounds does feel thin with shield. I have done A/B tests against PS4 and Bluray player

My display is LG OLED 65” which supports HDR with DV

 

[sidvee]

Are you using a projector or TV? IMO the display medium used also plays a huge role with PQ. May be the zidoo output for your display medium fairs well over the shield. Surrounds does feel thin with shield. I have done A/B tests against PS4 and Bluray player

I am using a Sony projector hence I stated earlier that it may be inferior to OP's display.
Cheers,
Sid