Zidoo Z9S Set-Top Box: Business Solution, Review

A quite interesting review of the Zidoo Z9S set-top box is offered by the Technozon channel. The author emphasizes fine-tuning the device for video playback on TVs. Plus, he conducts some performance tests.

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Prolonged battles between TV box manufacturers have become quite tiring. Essentially, excluding budget solutions (priced up to $100), any device can handle 4K video with HDR and support resource-intensive games. The Zidoo Z9S set-top box belongs to a slightly different category. It is a full-fledged media player offering additional features, particularly network capabilities.

What does business have to do with it?

Most owners of 4K TVs (with a diagonal of 65” and more) are affluent. Entrepreneurs, management staff, children and parents of businessmen. People who know how to earn money but have difficulties with IT. Ask your acquaintances in this category — they all bought modern TVs, but no one watches UHD movies.

And why?

You need to find the movie first. One ready-made solution is IPTV or torrent-online. But that also causes difficulties. Plus, the desired content is not always available on Netflix or LostFilm. It’s easier to press a button and go to the “Movies” folder to select the needed file. And for movies to be in the catalog, someone must put them there. And here we come to the main point.

Zidoo Z9S Set-Top Box: Business Solution

The main feature of the device is that it is a symbiosis of a media player and a network storage. Yes, a TV box + NAS. With full network functionality for remote management and video playback.

How is this solved?

1. Purchase the Zidoo Z9S Set-Top Box and a hard drive (HDD) with a capacity of over 1 TB.
2. Connect the set-top box to the TV and fully configure it for the user’s tasks.
3. The Zidoo Z9S runs on Linux OS (Open WRT), where the administrator sets up remote access. This can be management via Web or file uploads via FTP.

And that’s it. The administrator signs a contract with the owner of the device for mutually beneficial cooperation. For a certain monthly fee, the user receives a specific number of movies in UHD quality. These can be recent or old movies, series, shows — anything. You can even download on demand, coordinating the selection via messenger.

Such services have long existed in European, American, or Chinese markets. The cost ranges from $20 to $100 per month. It’s a ready-made business for a responsible IT specialist and maximum convenience for a user who doesn’t want to delve into the video search process.

Zidoo Z9S Set-Top Box: Specifications

Why this particular device, when there are interesting solutions from Beelink, Ugoos, Apple, Xiaomi? Moreover, the listed brands offer powerful TV boxes for gaming. The difference is in ease of use. The device is initially designed for network capabilities and multimedia playback. Easier to manage, configure, download, update, and service. The Zidoo Z9S set-top box is a single entry point for people with different levels of knowledge and experience.

And not only multimedia. For business owners, you can set up a home network storage and provide remote access from outside. Full NAS server functionality. This includes backups, office data, and even accounting. All combined in one device.

More advanced users who want to organize a business will need to independently study the OpenWRT functionality, using the instructions available on the manufacturer’s website.