Other formats

The player found it difficult to play DivX, DivXHD and Xvid videos. The VP9 codec, although it is clearly listed in the player's specs, was also not fully supported. Things got better with the VC1 codecs.

Using ISOs with the default video player isn't a good idea, so you'd better choose the ZDMC in order to get support for menus.

The Panasonic 55CMX710E TV supports active 3D and we had no issues getting 3D movies correctly displayed on screen, using both the stock video player or the ZDMC player.

Other benchmarks

Read and Write Performance Storage Tests

Moving on to the important read/write tests, the player scored the results you see below for various read and write tasks through the ES File Explorer, using external storage devices and moving/copying a 716MB file:

Using the USB port is the fastest way to get your files to the player and vice versa. The WiFI performance of the player is very poor.

We should also not overlook a special feature of the player.

ZIDOO features a PMU power management chip, which allows the player to support auto power off and standby functions. A short press on the remote’s power key will show a menu with Power off, Standby, Reboot, and Auto power off. The first three option work as expected, and auto power off let you set a timer from 30 minutes to 48 hours, in thirty minutes increment, to either power off the device, or go into standby. A longer press on the power key will also turn off the device cleanly. The remote control can also be used to power on the device from your sofa.