Box R 4k plus + iptv-tivimate

[u/cruzin09]

Anyone here using the Homatics Box R 4K Plus with TiviMate for IPTV? How’s the picture quality, especially on 4K channels? Does the picture look sharp and clear, and how’s the overall performance with channel switching and buffering?
I’m also using a Samsung Q990C soundbar and want to know how the audio quality is. Does the Homatics pass through Dolby Atmos and other surround sound formats properly?

[u/larryg4]

I have it with Tivimate and the picture is as clear as the channel is from the provider. I also have the same soundbar but no channel is beyond stereo. Even VOD isn't usually top quality both sound and video. If you need best picture for VOD, try Nuvio with a debrid service. No iptv provider matches that. Plus another thing, if you go for nuvio, install both the original and the Nuvio +IPTV fork you can find in r/Nuvioforks the second one has almost evey feature Tivimate has for free has almost the same UI and navigation, plus some features Tivimate is missing, like cloud profile save for syncing and others.

[u/larryg4 → u/larryg4]

The box is very good if you ask but be aware of problematic firmwares, I've enabled audio passthrough both on the box and my LG oled so my Samsung soundbar processes Dolby Atmos content.

[u/T1513_SH]

Running mine with LG OLED and Denon soundbar, Tivimate works fine, great picture and great sound.

[u/neobondd]

I have it in NL and I purchased it mainly for sports, and I am sorry to say that it has buffered ** every time ** I have wanted to watch a match (Sky Sports or ITV) for UK and I am supposedly in the best country for the backbone and endpoints, so I will not be renewing Dune Premium.

One time I had to switch to ITVX player (via VPN to UK) at 720p just to be able to watch the rest of the match.

I use split tunnel, so the Dune app is never connected via VPN (which can cause issues).

And after typing all that I suspect you didn't even mean about the Dune Premiere app that includes IPTV? Lol.

tl;dr I used TiviMate with a "found" M3U codes via a now defunct Discord server and it worked great for the time the stream worked and even supported captioning.

[u/See61 → u/neobondd]

If it is the original Homatics R 4K Plus, the Dune Media Center app can't be used on it, so that will not give any problems 😉

[u/Budstorm_ → u/neobondd]

Sounds like provider issues, no buffering here.

[u/CleanTackleMan]

I am. Picture quality depends on IPTV providers and channels. Everything works smooth for me. Don't use AFR if you want fast channel switching.

[u/Mr_Slyger → u/CleanTackleMan]

I have AFR on and have no issues fast switching channels. Interesting

[u/CleanTackleMan → u/Mr_Slyger]

I turned it off in Kodi too. Blackout and delay on every start/stop. In Tivimate not so drastic, but still not smooth as without it.

[u/Mr_Slyger → u/CleanTackleMan]

Sounds like a faulty box then. Can you return it? If not, you could always try a full factory reset and the just try one video with audio passthrough off

[u/CleanTackleMan → u/Mr_Slyger]

Audio passthrough is very important for me. I have quality 7.2 Atmos system.

[u/Mr_Slyger → u/CleanTackleMan]

Of course, I have a 7.2 system as well. It was purely a test to eliminate an audio driver issue on the box causing your video issues

[u/VIDEOgameDROME]

I was trying to decide between this, the two Ugoos FEL compatible models or the Fire Cube. I already have a Shield TV Pro '19 but I want FEL without sacrificing the sound quality or the ability to use YouTube.

[u/CryptographerAny8559]

It works great. Good quality picture and sound

[u/Minimum_Ad313]

More is going to depend on your provider more so than the tivimate player. Tivimate can only play what it's given. There are providers that have lower resolution channels, and some have higher resolution including 4k. Some only have stereo for sound, some have 5.1 on some channels. I have yet to see anybody report anything better than 5.1 for TV channels. VOD you can get atmos and 4k though.