Toward the centre there is the HDMI 2.0a output and a pair of USB ports, one Version 2 and the other V3. From left to right we have Toslink and Coaxial (S/PDiF) digital audio outs, a composite video output – maybe useful for a control device with a display but not to your TV or projector – as well as Left and Right stereo audio jacks.

Around the rear are the remaining physical connections. On the right-hand side is where you’ll find the SATA Hard Drive bay which features a clip and spring mechanism that makes inserting drives a breeze while also keeping them firmly in place – the DVD Fab Movie Server will format your drive to EXT 4 on insertion, by the way. There is 16GB of eMMC flash memory, built-in, but as we said above, there’s also capacity for a 3.5 inch SATA HDD with up to 8TB of storage supported. Lending some video support is the MaliT720 GPU, while there’s 2GB of 1866MHz DDR3 RAM propping up operations. Can it broach the gap between NAS and player or will the DVDFab Movie server end up falling between two stools?ĭVDFab has been pretty cagey with the precise specifications of the Movie Server but, having spent time with it, we’d lay money on the device running a HiSilicon Hi3798CV200 processor, as previously seen with the HiMedia Q10 Pro and Egreat A10. £215 at the time of publishing), it would be a touch on the expensive side for such a specific designation. One thing to note, however, is the DVDFab Movie Server will not function without a SATA hard drive inserted so you couldn’t just use it as a straight player. On the other, the Movie Server has a built-in bay for a 3.5-inch SATA hard drive with SMB networking capability so it can act as both a (heavily stripped-down) Network Attached Storage (NAS) device and an Android Media Player with support for video including Ultra HD, HDR (HDR10) and frame-packed 3D, while audio formats up to and including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X are catered for. On the one hand, the device runs on Android and is equipped with dedicated apps for video/audio playback and organisation. The DVDFab Movie server is, therefore, a debut product and is somewhat troublesome to define. We’ve known the name DVDFab for some time but the company (Fengtao Software) has hitherto been a solely software based outfit.

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