Prior to buying a 4K Fire Stick I thought picture quality would be pretty similar across all boxes. I am not talking about drop outs, stuttering etc but the quality of the picture itself.
My old Zgemma H5.2TC is set up to run freeview, freesat and IPTV. Whilst the picture quality over IPTV has the worst picture quality of the 3; via my external scaler it is only marginally worse, especially on 1080 feeds.
The Stick is for me a big step down in picture quality.
Its far more responsive, faster and easier to use but the picture quality has taken a noticeable step downwards.
The picture is grainier and has less detail.
The difference it is in a similar in nature to the change you see going from 1080 to 576, but not as dramatic.
Native Resolution
The Stick only outputs at fixed resolutions and given its low cost it is probable that the internal scaling/de-interlacing is not as good as my external scaler and probably most TVs
Player
Moving from an Enigma 2 box to Android means different processing software and players, this might have some bearing
I would appreciate some input on possible ways forward
My old Zgemma H5.2TC is set up to run freeview, freesat and IPTV. Whilst the picture quality over IPTV has the worst picture quality of the 3; via my external scaler it is only marginally worse, especially on 1080 feeds.
The Stick is for me a big step down in picture quality.
Its far more responsive, faster and easier to use but the picture quality has taken a noticeable step downwards.
The picture is grainier and has less detail.
The difference it is in a similar in nature to the change you see going from 1080 to 576, but not as dramatic.
Native Resolution
The Stick only outputs at fixed resolutions and given its low cost it is probable that the internal scaling/de-interlacing is not as good as my external scaler and probably most TVs
Player
Moving from an Enigma 2 box to Android means different processing software and players, this might have some bearing
I would appreciate some input on possible ways forward
- Are there any apps, players, etc I can load onto the Stick that might improve quality, It is currently running a smarters app with everything default?
- Which current favourite Android boxes are able to output at native resolution, or simple resolution, along the lines of the E2 boxes.
- Is there an E2 box that handles both freeview, freesat and has lots of RAM for IPTV
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