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Been pinging the Open API team for the last month and we finally got a response back clarifying something. I've got another (hopefully final follow up) email back to them with the last piece of information they needed.

Not only does the install base for C4 of iPhone vs Android likely lean toward Apple, it becomes really damning for general population of smartwatches: 2021 Market Share: Apple: 33.5% Huawei: 8.4% Samsung: 8% iMoo: 5.1% Fitbit: 4.2% Other: 40.8% ...with the 40.8% being mostly glorified fitness trackers and not true Android watches

It's a 10"

Well @dinom when a mommy T4 and a daddy T4 love each other very much...

Do we have a model number diff between orig and reproduced and what to look for? Unit was ordered in Nov 2020, received in July '21 I believe

Is this sort of bleed from the edges normal? This is at one of the lowest brightness settings as it was early this morning when taken. Regardless of brightness of the screen, get lots of white light bleeding from edges on the black screen.

Thanks for sharing @msgreenf. Still unfortunate it's only a hotfix (and what comes along with it) instead of a true patch. Never seen a STB/Media player broken so much from an update....but so it goes. Must be hard to hire good QA-ers these days.

Hey @csekar15-- perhaps reach out to directly to support for the driver instead of here on the forums. You'll likely get a more immediate response and better support.

Hey @alanchow

The above are 1-second window captures of one of the more poorly transferred 4k films: Pirates of the Caribbean. As can be seen at about the 130 minute mark, the video bitrate alone (not including audio) jumps to about 110Mpbs. Note this film does not contain the DV metadata layer as it's only HDR10; this usually adds about 10-15% in file size and thus bitrate as well. In this case, you are correct that the bitrate generally sites below 90Mpbs. But that's not accounting for audio, subtitles and DV metadata. Yes those are relatively small in size, but it eventually all adds up and can easily push the total bitrate above 100Mbps.

No. Freaking. Kidding. Constant crashes. Shield not handling EDID properly. YouTube TV constantly crashing. Plex bitstream audio cutouts still present. Netflix randomly starting. Just the tip of the iceberg.

HOW TO FIX THE LACK OF CONTROL AFTER UPDATE Use the Shield remote Wake device if asleep (duh) Navigate to Settings -> Device Preferences -> Display & Sound -> HDMI-CEC Enable (TURN OFF) Reboot the device as prompted This is a new distinct setting on all the Shields (likely split out from another menu) and has been enabled by default after update regardless of prior settings. I did this for all of my 2019 Shield Pros and upon reboot, C4 could control the device again. Good luck!

I've actually noticed this to not be the case as much anymore. No idea why. The three Shields I share under one set of mini-apps with my video matrix will show the mini app icon, the one dedicated to the HT will not.

Would recommend using the IFTTT driver from @alanchow for location tracking/geofence w/C4 via Pushover; it's solid and isn't using anything like an unofficial API. I've been using it for over 18 months now w/o any issues. Works really well for my wife and I when entering/leaving the home. I had to create some variables to track events, but I now have 4 macros based upon it: First person arrives home Anybody arrives home Anybody leaves home Last person leaves home Additionally, I've been able to have other scheduled events to only fire if someone is home or nobody is home. Do I feel geofencing should be part of the official C4 app with 4sight? Yes--but this is what we've got.

May be wrong here but this thread would seem to indicate that the iPad Mini 2 may cause some headaches.

Most rechargeable AA and AAA batteries do not report charge level correctly compared to standard AA or AAA batteries. The same thing happens with our Roku remotes that use rechargeable Eneloop batteries.

YUUUUUUP. These things are amazing. Can program to just about anything in C4.

I did confirm. I force all local playback to not transcode anyways. Very much was getting stuttering and then was getting the "not enough bandwidth to play this back without transcoding" message. This is because Plex will buffer for 4K streams at high bitrates, usually well above 100mbps, even when direct playing so fast ethernet is well, still too slow.

Interesting. My most recent trial of using one for Plex this past spring had it choking constantly. Also had issues with the TrueHD and DTS:X audio tracks in movies. Had it at home for about 90 minutes before taking back to Best Buy and just getting a Shield Pro TV. Now have 3 of those guys and about to get a 4th.

This is my stance as well. Savant has it figured out. They know how to deeply integrate with Apple/HomeKit. Granted it helps their entire platform is built on top of Mac's so that integration is super easy. I know this is how Roomie Remote has gotten phenomenal integration as well w/Apple devices/ATVs for directly launch apps as well as showing metadata for w/e is playing on the Apple TV into the remote.

But also doesn't haven't GbE which is almost necessary if using HDR/DV (especially so w/Plex).

I believe there is a built-in delay of power control with the IP Control drivers for the newer Samsung TVs. As @msgreenf mentioned, the TVs use WoL (sending magic packets--yes that's what it's called) to turn them on over IP. I tested today and was able to write a quick custom driver to turn on and off the TV nearly instantly multiple times w/o the delay my standard driver is using for my 2021 Samsung TV (not 'Frame', however).

Good call @Cyknight on NAD! I was hoping to get around to mention them for upgrades and their boards but got a bit sidetracked today. In principal, I absolutely LOVE that design/business decision, but I just haven't seen many board updates from them of value. However, I do feel that the introduction of 8k/HDMI 2.1 is the perfect opportunity to leverage this design.

And this is why in the enterprise world, many brands have gone to using tool-less rails and mounts, especially for 4 post mounts. Keeping tabs of screw-size when having to install REALLY heavy equipment is no fun.

Bums...thanks though @msgreenf. May have to reach out to C4 directly to see how to make it work or report it as a bug.