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28 de mayo de 2024
This review is for the new Micca Speck 4k-Ultra
I've been streaming HEVC video over WiFi from a shared network PC drive to a Fire Stick 4k Max using VLC Media Player app. Using 5GHz WiFi band, my WiFi is fast with good streams on all services. The Fire Stick often stutters or stops on any files over 1 GB streaming from the a shared network drive on my PC. Research shows the new Fire Stick lacks the processing power needed for decoding larger HEVC files.This little Micca device is golden. It plays even the largest HEVC and all formats I've tried with never a hang up, no buffering, or stutter. It plays them all perfectly with great HD quality. It won't stream from my network drive of course, so you have to write the files to a USB drive and plug the drive into the Micca. I use the Buffalo 2TB SSD-PUT, formatted NTFS.The Micca has a small remote about the size on the Fire Stick remote. Better is that all remote buttons are for the Micca player only, so you can't accidently press one that sends you into limbo like what happens on the Fire Stick remote while trying to pause a video. So aggravating...The only aggravating bug the Micca has is sometimes when trying to click/rewind a scene back 10 secs. That only works intermittently. The Firestick using the VLC app does not have this problem. The Firestick remote also controls TV on/off and volume, the Micca does not. After getting very used to both methods of playing/streaming downloaded files of various formats and sizes, I've switched to only using the Micca as the better choice because of its smooth flawless playback on anything and everything. You can work around the few bugs it has, whereas you cannot work around the Fire Stick 4k Max not being robust enough to play the larger size files, and/or unknown WiFi glitches.The Micca Speck 4k-Ultra also has the added bonus of letting you delete a file that you have watched. That saves you from having to take the flash drive to a PC to delete a watched file.When ordering the Micca Speck 4k-Ultra, keep in mind that it does not come with an HDMI cable. If you have an extra, you're fine. I had to borrow one from something else and then ordered the Amazon 8k deluxe cable. You will need two AAA batteries for the remote.Also, after getting used to the Fire Stick remote which is mostly Bluetooth, I didn't like having to point the Micca remote directly at the little box. Even when pointing it in the general direction, buttons didn't seem to work on first press. The solution to this, is a much more sensitive remote I/R sensor that plugs into the Micca box and has a 10 foot cable allowing you to place it anywhere. It is ten times more sensitive now, and you don't have to point the Micca remote because the sensor will pick up signals reflected from surrounding areas.I've changed this review several times, only because I want people to know I've tried many methods and devices for playing and streaming downloaded video files of various sizes and formats, and the new Micca Speck 4k-Ultra is the best method so far.Sensor:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N224O0J?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_detailsHDMI Cable:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M9HND4F?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_detailsVer másVer menos
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