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AUDIO & VIDEO QUALITY

Thanks to several full MKV rips of our blu-rays and "pure" 4k content courtesy of SONY (unfortunately our screen does not support 3D so we couldn't test with such content) we had the chance to test the Solo 4k quite thoroughly and so just like always Sigma Designs has launched a media processor that might as well offer the best image and audio quality among similar solutions. Now you may not be able to see the complete detail in each of the above screenshots (Avatar is at FullHD 1080p - upscaled obviously - and all the rest are UHD 4k ones) since unlike KODI we can't "grab" screenshots directly from the player so we had to use our D3300 for that but that aside you should be able to see the vibrant colors and level of sharpness (wish you could see the smooth playback as well). Audio quality is also quite impressive even though my 5.1/7.1 surround sound systems are certainly not state of the art (can only imagine how a better system would perform. Unfortunately during 4k playback we did encounter some audio issues and although at first we thought it was because some of the content we used was 4kp50 (only 4kp30 is officially supported) in the end the "culprit" was no other than the USB 2.0 port so these issues were all resolved by mounting a Seagate 2.5" HDD and playing the files from there.