{"id":170994,"date":"2023-10-09T17:58:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=170994"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:54:19","slug":"zappiti-has-released-their-last-4k-media-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/home-cinema\/zappiti-has-released-their-last-4k-media-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Zappiti has released their last 4K media player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zappiti\u00a0has been one of the few equipment manufacturers with a wide range of 4K media players that have\u00a0gained popularity\u00a0\u00a0among movie lovers and experts alike.\u00a0In a statement released to customers, Zappiti said:\u00a0<i>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we have to announce that Zappiti will soon cease to exist.\u00a0As you already know, since January we have been fighting to save the life of our brainchild, but, unfortunately, justice has refused to hear us<\/i>\u00a0. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/64_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Zappiti 4K media players\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is believed that there were disagreements within the company over ownership and that workers continued to maintain the services without pay.\u00a0Zappiti used a cloud-based solution to catalog user content, which it said in a statement will be taken offline before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/image\/2023\/10\/Pasted-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-11.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pasted-11-770x533.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Regarding existing Zappiti equipment owners, the company said:\u00a0<i>\u201cWe are working on an alternative solution that can be offered to all Zappiti player users.\u00a0There are plans to release a new app so they can continue to use Zappiti products.\u00a0There will be a small fee for this application<\/i>\u00a0. &#8221;\u00a0It also means that customers will not be able to automatically migrate their movie library metadata to the new app and will need to re-register and rebuild their library.\u00a0In the meantime, Zappiti players will still work with local offline collections, but new content will no longer be recognized.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/65_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Zappiti 4K media players\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zidoo remains one of the last dedicated hardware manufacturers working with local 4K film libraries, and given the recent success of its sister brand EverSolo, it&#8217;s fair to assume the company is firmly on its feet.\u00a0Also, don&#8217;t forget that alternative products like Apple TV and Nvidia Shield, which use software solutions like Emby, Plex and others, are also capable of working with locally stored content, such as copies of Blu-ray discs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zappiti\u00a0has been one of the few equipment manufacturers with a wide range of 4K media players that have\u00a0gained popularity\u00a0\u00a0among movie lovers and experts alike.\u00a0In a statement released to customers, Zappiti said:\u00a0\u201cIt is with great sadness that we have to announce that Zappiti will soon cease to exist.\u00a0As you already know, since January we have been [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" 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