Zidoo NEO S is a new concept Media Player from Zidoo. It places the emphasis firmly on audio whilst retaining the industry leading video playback characteristics of previous Zidoo products. Zidoo NEO S has unmatched professional audio capabilities including dual ESS9068 DACs with MQA, linear toroidal PSU specifically for the audio circuitry, headphone amplifier (4.4 balanced and 6.35) and 5″ OLED display for audio use without a separate display.
Realtek RTD1619DR chipset designed specifically for media playback and audio/video quality. ‘DR’ chipset version incorporating Dolby Vision.
Dual audiophile ESS9068 DACs supporting hardware decoding of MQA/DSD512/768kHz@32-bit. USB DAC input compatible with Windows/MacOS/Android. Balanced XLR, RCA and headphone outputs. USB DAC input allows DAC use with PC/iOS/Android. Eliminate jitter with dual high-precision clock oscillators for 44.1 and 48kHz.
5″ OLED display mounted on the front of Zidoo NEO S allowing quick change of track, view album art and change settings without the need for a connected TV/projector. Alternatively Zidoo’s iOS/Android control app performs a similar function remotely.
Clinical modern design in silver aluminium alloy with OLED on front. Vibration dampening feet. Front panel volume control. Modular professional circuit design with shielding. Immersion gold main board, 6 operational amplifiers and selected Hi-Fi components such as NICHCON, WIMA and ELNA.
Multiple ports including USB DAC, optical, coaxial and AES/EBU input.
Qualcomm flagship CSR8675 module supporting aptX and LDVS lossless audio compression technology for best possible Bluetooth audio quality.
Toroidal linear power supply for analogue audio circuit only. Completely seperate standard PSU for video circuit.
Zidoo NEO S supports all Dolby Vision profiles (4, 5, 6, 7, 8 all levels) including dual layer profiles 4 and 7 using the base layer + RPU. Specific format support includes P7 BD-ISO/MKV/MP4 MEL&FEL, P4 MKV/MP4 MEL&FEL, P5 MKV/MP4 and P8 in MKV/MP4. In addition to Dolby Vision Direct and Dolby Vision LLDV, Dolby’s VS10 HDR processing engine can improve dynamic range for all HDR material. HDR10+ dynamic metadata processing with accurate HDR10 metadata (MaxFall, MaxCll).
Classic integrated media player (video/music/file) home screen with fast access to media. Clean professional design. Zidoo have developed their Zidoo Home Theatre media browser over successive product generations, it is fast, fully featured, and the best way to browse your movie/TV collection. Zidoo Home Theatre supports full and accurate automatic media scraping (multi-language), thumbnails, posters, synopsis, search, categories, remote database edit (from any web browser on same network), and support for NFO (Kodi) parsing. Support for SMBv1, SMBv2, SMBv3, NFS, and DLNA network protocols.
Modern and easy to use Zidoo Video Player with powerful subtitle function. Format support including Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, BT.2020, H.265, MVC 3D @23.976Hz, HDR>SDR and SDR>HDR, ATMOS, DTS:X. Easy access to image parameters. Multi-language subtitle function with customisable fonts, subtitle download, SUP&ASS special effects, and forced subtitle support.
Zidoo Music Player with music library, lyrics and search. Audio format support including native DSD passthrough, DSD512, PCM 768KHz@32bit, CD output at 44.1Khz, SACD, DFF, DSF, FLAC, CUE lists, MP3, OGG. etc.
Zidoo have manufactured specialist media playback Android boxes for more than 6 years and have proven their commitment to continuous product development. Previous generation products from 4+ years ago still receive updates to latest software. Zidoo’s playback interface and media browser represent the culmination of many years’ work. They are stable, fully featured, and represent the best possible way to enjoy your media.
Zidoo have a popular web forum where users are welcome to post feedback. This active engagement from Zidoo results in faster firmnware development and a firmware developed reactively according to user needs.
4GB high specification DDR4 RAM. 32GB onboard eMMC storage. 256GB SSD for local media storage, user upgradebable up to 1TB via M.2 SATA 3.0 2280 port on mainboard.
Fully configurable fast automatic resolution switch (e.g. 1080p video at 1080p HDMI output, 4K video at 4K HDMI output) and fast refresh rate change (output Hz = input fps, e.g. 23.976fps @ 23.976Hz).
Smooth playback of DVD/BD/UHD-BD and 3D Blu-Ray ISO, including full support for auto resolution/refresh and seamless branching, including 3D ISO seamless branching.
UHD Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/3D Blu-Ray/DVD ISO full menus. BDJ 1.0/1.2/2.0. Supports BD region switch. Note, BD and UHD-BD ISO full menu support is not 100% due to continuous evolution of BD and UHD specification. Where no full menu ISO support the video can be accessed by text menu.
Full sized backlit remote with Bluetooth for non line-of-sight operation. Zidoo developed Android/iOS remote app with full Zidoo Home Theatre browsing. Custom Zidoo developed web access interface with full access to device interface via web browser on same LAN. Comprehensive media library editing via web browser.
Fully functional home computer. Any Android app can be installed including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Polaris Office, Skype, ES File Explorer. Excellent platform for Android games and emulators.
