As far as the actual player goes, it seems more like an unfinished product than one for which I would be wiling to pay the current sale price offered of 14.95$USD. I will try it with actual DVDs and Bluray discs later, but it will not open subtitles on my other various video files. It does not even offer them as an option. All I get is an option that says "Do not show subtitle." It does not recognize .srt files. The manual you can read online, or download, is not very helpful. Options for settings are only available after you start a video file. There is no way, at least that I can find, for one to be able to choose options before actually running a video file. So it is a minimal playback app that really does not meet the needs I have for such players.

What I do like, and will continue to experiment with throughout the day, and perhaps the only reason I will keep this one installed, is the ability to do screen saves, screen recording, and GIFs. (My early attempts are not very good, but that may be more on my part than the player's.)

Over all, at the moment, I give it a thumbs down for lack of options.

Louis H  –  4 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+18)

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Why does Dimo keep listing this or naming this software as an 8K player? There aren't to my knowledge any 8K videos in existence that most of you and I have access to. And, even if they were, the highest quality videos that it can play are up to 4K. Due to the different releases that I keep seeing of this software as a GAOTD offering, why can't this company be fair and call it DIMO 4K Player v.x.x.x, and then when 8K does become available create a brand new Dimo 8K Player 1.0.0? I know this is a somewhat picky question, but I feel that by naming it as an 8K player, Dimo is being somewhat deceptive in their naming. Has anyone else given this some thought?

I will now step down off my soapbox. lol

Starchild  –  4 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+17)

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Think of the *8K* in the Dimo 8K Player as just part of the name. *If* you had 8K video files, and an 8K display, Dimo or VLC or a bunch of other players can handle it. 4k Blu-ray is more rare than regular 1080p, is more expensive, requires a more expensive standalone player, and hasn't achieved anywhere near the limited adoption or popularity of regular Blu-ray, so I think most people will use the Dimo 8K Player with standard 1080p Blu-rays, and that's fine. It'll still look good on a 4k TV, which are increasingly common -- how good it will look depends on the upscaling capabilities of that TV.

While the Dimo 8K Player has some extra features, like screen recording, that many won't bother with, it advertises Blu-ray/DVD support, which if you carefully read the feature list for VLC, is missing. Blu-ray discs use heavy amounts of DRM, which most players cannot handle -- VLC for example works with Blu-ray discs that have been copied with that DRM removed. So you either use special software to copy your Blu-ray discs, then use whatever player you like, or use Blu-ray player software that can handle the DRM.

Note: Cyberlink pays the necessary licensing fees so PowerDVD Ultra can handle Blu-ray DRM the same way as a standalone player. IOW it obeys it. Software that removes or bypasses that DRM, including players where those licensing fees have not been paid, will not always work, at least on the newest DRM until it's been figured out, so that's something to bear in mind if you rush out & buy or rent a movie the day it's available. OTOH Blu-ray DRM doesn't always work like it's supposed to, and can sometimes give you problems using a standalone player or something like PowerDVD Ultra.

The Blu-ray discs you buy use a Java-based menu system. Player software like PowerDVD Ultra can handle those, though some may find it a bit clunky opening a 2nd, smaller window with the navigation buttons you'd find on a remote control. Some other players, including VLC, now support Blu-ray Java menus, IF you install the 32 bit version of Java, which lots of people will not. The web site & manual for Blu-ray/DVD support are silent on the matter -- you likely just have to select the video title, e.g. movie or special feature, that you want to watch.

PowerDVD Ultra has options to improve the picture, or you can use madVR &/or the LAV Filter software, and some players have those last 2 built in. How much it matters depends on both your eyes and the TV you're using. How well, or if it works depends on the CPU/GPU of the PC. It doesn't take a lot of horsepower to play Blu-ray, though dual channel RAM definitely helps -- my miniPC running a Celeron does fine -- but those sorts of enhancements do require more powerful hardware.

mike  –  4 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+15)

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I note from the link in the Readme file it says "copies left today" and 74 (now 55) on the page, although there idea of when tomorrow starts (and another 2000 become available) is hard to work out as they don't have an address I can find.

Oh and which version is this, I assume from the pricing and Blu-ray comments it's the "Power" one, although currently the Pro one is cheaper than the price listed above?

Also is there a privacy statement somewhere (I did look around the website), or are they going to watch and monetise everything you do? (Which is semi-reasonable in free software if stated, less so in paid software, but happens all the time of course.)

JohnL  –  4 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+10)

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P.S. the installer in the GAotD archive appears to be just the installer and without a wrapper, but is different to the installer you get if you download from the activation link page. Okay, here you get 4.5.0 and there you get 4.6.0, although they both seem kinda clunky to me.

P.S. the installer in the GAotD archive appears to be just the installer and without a wrapper, but is different to the installer you get if you download from the activation link page. Okay, here you get 4.5.0 and there you get 4.6.0, although they both seem kinda clunky to me.
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JohnL  –  4 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+11)

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