Netogy Nova Feedback

Straw786 said:
I was watching Netflix on the Netogy Nova
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this is not the way to make a comparison - you have to have the DSTV now app open on the nova and watch a program on that and instantly shift over to the explora and watch the identical program there and keep swapping between them to compare

unless you checked on Netflix on both devices but even then some factors such as volume levels come into play ie you need to set the volume on the nova using a mic and SPL (sound pressure level) meter to be the same as the when its playing on the Explora which most people wont be able to do because they don't have the necessary measuring equipment - because if one plays louder than the other because for example if the Nova volume is set lower by the Nova remote control you need to pick that up to identical SPL levels and only then can you do a comparison as to which actually sounds better, and my guess is that when set to the same SPL levels they will sound pretty much the same watching the same program material

and setting SPL levels is not the same as setting volume levels ie for example setting both to 60 out of 100 is not actually level matching because each device could have different gain levels - you have to measure that the volume levels are set to as close together as they actually can be by measuring those volume SPL levels and then keep swapping and listening, then only can you be sure that one sounds better than the other - also judging from TV set audio is not exactly going to be accurate either
 
okay .... I have been using the Nova for around one and a half months now and i am 95% satisfied with it - only missing Dolby Vision and proper surround sound including the DTS-HD (and DTS-HD master Audio) but i don't have a surround system any more so the audio thingie is not so important for now

Kodi is still my preferred local file app player of choice as well as streamer with add-ons instead of having to use some other app - and while there are still minor problems i don't think a player exists that will give you 100% (even including the Nvidia Shield) and IMHO only the very latest android or even newer "Google TV" boxes are going to be better than the Nova .... i reckon even the shield is not going to be 100% due to its age so there will be boxes with newer operating systems or other hardware features

The files that don't play properly well they are few and far between - and the player solves more issues than it creates in terms of that particular point - the biggest advantage is that it does play the 100s of MP4 encoded 4k files that i have on my hard drive as opposed to the previous android box that i had

Right now i am also using a G8 Microserver as an HTPC and even though that has a decent graphics card it isnt good enough for 4k playback but using UPNP or SMB i can actually share the 4k files using the microserver as a NAS and play the locally stored 4k files via the Nova with almost zero issues which is truly appreciated because trying to play those files on the microserver is not going to happen ie slowdowns and stuttering and juddering and glitching is what i get with direct playback on the microserver and those issues are non existent even with an inefficient sharing solution like UPNP on the Nova

But yep while new boxes are being released almost monthly i am enjoying the Nova which is pretty decent for a locally produced Item and it is IMHO well worth the R1200 i paid for it at Makro if i manage to use it for at least a year ..... definitely money well spent on an item that LARGELY outperforms what i had before this (Mecool KM2 which is a rebranded Skyworth Leap S1) :thumbsup:
 
naughty001 said:
okay .... I have been using the Nova for around one and a half months now and i am 95% satisfied with it - only missing Dolby Vision and proper surround sound including the DTS-HD (and DTS-HD master Audio) but i don't have a surround system any more so the audio thingie is not so important for now

Kodi is still my preferred local file app player of choice as well as streamer with add-ons instead of having to use some other app - and while there are still minor problems i don't think a player exists that will give you 100% (even including the Nvidia Shield) and IMHO only the very latest android or even newer "Google TV" boxes are going to be better than the Nova .... i reckon even the shield is not going to be 100% due to its age so there will be boxes with newer operating systems or other hardware features

The files that don't play properly well they are few and far between - and the player solves more issues than it creates in terms of that particular point - the biggest advantage is that it does play the 100s of MP4 encoded 4k files that i have on my hard drive as opposed to the previous android box that i had

Right now i am also using a G8 Microserver as an HTPC and even though that has a decent graphics card it isnt good enough for 4k playback but using UPNP or SMB i can actually share the 4k files using the microserver as a NAS and play the locally stored 4k files via the Nova with almost zero issues which is truly appreciated because trying to play those files on the microserver is not going to happen ie slowdowns and stuttering and juddering and glitching is what i get with direct playback on the microserver and those issues are non existent even with an inefficient sharing solution like UPNP on the Nova

But yep while new boxes are being released almost monthly i am enjoying the Nova which is pretty decent for a locally produced Item and it is IMHO well worth the R1200 i paid for it at Makro if i manage to use it for at least a year ..... definitely money well spent on an item that LARGELY outperforms what i had before this (Mecool KM2 which is a rebranded Skyworth Leap S1) :thumbsup:
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For locsl files I use VLC from a Samba Share on my PC, the Netogy Nova is a pretty good box. Not in the market gor a bew nix for my own use, but am going to wait vefore I buy a nox for my Foster Son. The new Mi-Box is due soon, either that or the Netogy Nova.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
For locsl files I use VLC from a Samba Share on my PC, the Netogy Nova is a pretty good box. Not in the market gor a bew nix for my own use, but am going to wait vefore I buy a nox for my Foster Son. The new Mi-Box is due soon, either that or the Netogy Nova.
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the new gen Mi-Box still doesn't have ethernet - and if you really want ethernet then you have to use the single USB port with an USB to Ethernet adapter but other than that the new gen Mi-box hardware specs and software look golden :thumbsup: so if you have a wi-fi mesh system at home then the Mi-box might be a great solution

also in my post up above i forgot to mention that the Nova has significantly noticeable better image quality in the video playback compared to the Mecool when playing the exact same files over the same app - possibly because the Nova has the stronger GPU and CPU too
 
naughty001 said:
the new gen Mi-Box still doesn't have ethernet - and if you really want ethernet then you have to use the single USB port with an USB to Ethernet adapter but other than that the new gen Mi-box hardware specs and software look golden :thumbsup: so if you have a wi-fi mesh system at home then the Mi-box might be a great solution

also in my post up above i forgot to mention that the Nova has significantly noticeable better image quality in the video playback compared to the Mecool when playing the exact same files over the same app - possibly because the Nova has the stronger GPU and CPU too
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Well aware that the Mi-Box only has a single USB port, but if ethernet becomes an issue, I have long had a few UGREEN 3 port USB hubs, with ethernet port, in the drawer, due to having a few RPI Zero's.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Well aware that the Mi-Box only has a single USB port, but if ethernet becomes an issue, I have long had a few UGREEN 3 port USB hubs, with ethernet port, in the drawer, due to having a few RPI Zero's.
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that should do the trick
 
well sadly my Nova just shat itself and stopped working - i tried the PSU on my Mecool KM2 and that seems to be working then i tried the Mecool PSU on the Nova (it works on the KM2) but the Nova just does not power up ..... my big problem is that i can't find that Makro invoice - i thought i had left it in the Nova packaging but it isn't there - so now its a huge problem ..... Makro wont just take it back and accept that i purchased it at Makro even though they probably have a serial number on the invoice and they are supposed to have a copy of it anyway - but i reckon they won't find it in a month of Sundays given that they would have to look through millions of invoices to find it

whats the odds that Nology will honor the warranty and fix it?

for now i'm using the KM2 and that is an unsatisfactory solution because the Nova gives a huge jump up in image quality and plays files that the KM2 cannot
 
naughty001 said:
well sadly my Nova just shat itself and stopped working - i tried the PSU on my Mecool KM2 and that seems to be working then i tried the Mecool PSU on the Nova (it works on the KM2) but the Nova just does not power up ..... my big problem is that i can't find that Makro invoice - i thought i had left it in the Nova packaging but it isn't there - so now its a huge problem ..... Makro wont just take it back and accept that i purchased it at Makro even though they probably have a serial number on the invoice and they are supposed to have a copy of it anyway - but i reckon they won't find it in a month of Sundays given that they would have to look through millions of invoices to find it

whats the odds that Nology will honor the warranty and fix it?

for now i'm using the KM2 and that is an unsatisfactory solution because the Nova gives a huge jump up in image quality and plays files that the KM2 cannot
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It will be on the makro system under the makro card used to make the purchase.

Should also be able to see it in the app iirc, but I haven't used it in a long time
 
naughty001 said:
well sadly my Nova just shat itself and stopped working - i tried the PSU on my Mecool KM2 and that seems to be working then i tried the Mecool PSU on the Nova (it works on the KM2) but the Nova just does not power up ..... my big problem is that i can't find that Makro invoice - i thought i had left it in the Nova packaging but it isn't there - so now its a huge problem ..... Makro wont just take it back and accept that i purchased it at Makro even though they probably have a serial number on the invoice and they are supposed to have a copy of it anyway - but i reckon they won't find it in a month of Sundays given that they would have to look through millions of invoices to find it

whats the odds that Nology will honor the warranty and fix it?

for now i'm using the KM2 and that is an unsatisfactory solution because the Nova gives a huge jump up in image quality and plays files that the KM2 cannot
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It'll be on your card used. One advantage of using the card
 
ah, off course .... what a doefus i am - i should have thought of that

thanks guys replies regarding transaction record being easily found via the Makro card much appreciated
 
okay - so went in to Makro and handed the Nova in - they say that they should get feedback from Nology within 10 working days - hope that this gets resolved because the Nova is fairly better than the Mecool KM2 in terms of image quality - the video looks so much better (even the 1080p) [i suppose due to the stronger CPU and GPU in the Nova] and this issue was totally sudden ie i was playing a video and put it on pause to go and get some snacks/food and when i came back it was totally just switched off and refused to come back on (the advice from Nology support did not work) so i hope that that it is something that can be repaired

and yes the both posters up above are 100% correct - they managed to pick up the invoice from the card details

have to say though that i am alarmed that this type of issue can present within only two months - i have been using the Mecool for almost 2 years now .... though i suppose if its something that is easily repaired then i suppose no harm done
 
No manufacturing process is perfect. There can be out of box failures even.
naughty001 said:
okay - so went in to Makro and handed the Nova in - they say that they should get feedback from Nology within 10 working days - hope that this gets resolved because the Nova is fairly better than the Mecool KM2 in terms of image quality - the video looks so much better (even the 1080p) [i suppose due to the stronger CPU and GPU in the Nova] and this issue was totally sudden ie i was playing a video and put it on pause to go and get some snacks/food and when i came back it was totally just switched off and refused to come back on (the advice from Nology support did not work) so i hope that that it is something that can be repaired

and yes the both posters up above are 100% correct - they managed to pick up the invoice from the card details

have to say though that i am alarmed that this type of issue can present within only two months - i have been using the Mecool for almost 2 years now .... though i suppose if its something that is easily repaired then i suppose no harm done
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abudabi said:
No manufacturing process is perfect. There can be out of box failures even.
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Yup - at the factories they work on a certain number of failures of any consumer electronics.
 
Sure, i agree with you guys but up to now i have been isolated from failures like this - most of my Hi-Fi and Home Theatre stuff as well as PC and phones stuff has generally given me years without problems ..... but yep these things happen as i said if this is resolved then no issues, though since i have had a decent record generally without major issues i reckon i would have have had to experience something like this eventually ..... and i suppose it was time though thank god things like this did not happen with any of my amps or CD/DVD/Blu-ray players etc which cost really big amounts most of the time (some of my amps/AV Recievers were worth over R50k each when i was hardcore into Hi-Fi stuff) - in terms of electronic goods i have been so lucky that nothing like this has really happened to me, so that when things like this do actually eventually happen to me then i should really not be complaining because it is more of an exception than the norm
 
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Should I be setting the device’s display mode to 4k2k-23.976hz?

I assume that would remove the soap opera effect.

When would you want to use 60,50,30,25hz?
 
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