UHD8000

More Than 8K: An Ultimate All-in-one Media Player
The UHD8000 is an 8K media player compatible with Dolby Vision and HDR10+, and a music streamer that supports Hi-Fi streaming and decoding. It features an exquisite craftsmanship, equipped with a powerful Amlogic S928X-K chipset and 8GB DDR4 + 64GB eMMC of large storage. Being the first to develop dual HDMI port audio-video separation technology based on this chipset, Zidoo has achieved it with two custom chips and uses digital separation technology to isolate interference. The HDMI Main port is equipped with HDMI 2.1, supporting up to 8K@60P 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 upgrade to 8K AV receivers.

The UHD8000 is also a high-performance music streamer & DAC, using the new ESS 9069 DAC chip to decode and equipped with powerful music library management functions. It supports various streaming protocols (TIDAL Connect, UPnP/DLNA, squeeze lite) and integrates multiple music streaming services with API integration.

Large Display Panel
Showing various working states on large VFD panel; supports brightness adjustment and power settings.

Hidden Dual HDD Bays
Dual HHD 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 included rack accessories, saving space and allowing flexible placement.

Multiple Gold-plated Ports
Multiple interfaces for various audio-visual equipment. All interfaces feature gold plating for stable and reliable electrical connections.

Powerful CPU
The UHD8000 is-equipped with the Amlogic S928X-K ARM A76+A55 five-core processor using 12-nm technology, featuring a 3.2 TOPS NPU and built-in Al picture quality optimization engine. It boasts better processing capabilities and powerful decoding performance that achieves outstanding audiovisual 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.

Large Memory, Smooth Response
8GB of new-generation DDR4 RAM provides fast and smooth playback response while enjoying wonderful movie 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 1201 Mbps. This ensures a stable and high-speed connection even in harsh network environments. Additionally, it features a BT 5.2 module, 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. Utilizing digital separation technology, it efficiently isolates interference. The HDMI Main port is equipped with HDMI 2.1, supporting up to 8K@60P 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 to 8K supported.

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

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. Utilizing the ESS9069Q DAC chip for decoding, it delivers a purer, high-resolution sound output.

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.

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 Craftmanship, 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 and Beautiful
The new Zidoo 8K series boasts 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.

Colour 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 Gapless Branching Playback
The UHD8000 optimizes the video playback engine, which improves the Blu-ray gapless 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 Services at Your Fingertips
The UHD8000 integrates a wide range of mainstream music services, including TIDAL, Qobuz, HIRESAUDIO, Amazon Music, Deezer, Internet Radio, Radio Paradise, SoundCloud, Calm Radio, KKbox, TuneIn, and IDAGIO etc. The built-in music services can be browsed and played both through the device's screen and the mobile control app, allowing users to experience the charm of unlimited high quality streaming music conveniently.

Wireless 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.

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 both infrared and Bluetooth modes; Additionally, by using the Trigger Out interface on the UHD8000, you can control the power on and standby states of your AV receivers without manually turning them on, achieving coordinated control of multiple devices; 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.