we have released a service update v1.1.01 on 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z and v1.1.02 on 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z, which fixes some urgent issues:
Graphics performance improvement preference is now remembered across reboots. To be sure this is active for you, please go to Settings > Image > Keystone Correction > Automatic Keystone Correction, turn it off and then back on.
The HDMI-related bug which was causing the PicoPix to turn on randomly, sometimes overheating, is solved now. Note that with this, HDMI CEC control is completely disabled. It was enabled recently with an update as an experiment, but in the interest of safety & reliability we have decided to disabled it. The CEC settings in Android hidden settings will have no effect.
v1.1.02 fixes a rare issue where the light engine might not power on at all.
Known issues
IMPORTANT: Preloaded apps may lose their user configuration data. In particular, as Kodi is now a preinstalled app, your Kodi configuration may get overwritten with this update. Please backup your Kodi config before updating and restore it after the update. We are looking for a solution urgently.
All other bug fixes and improvements will be made in upcoming releases. In particular, we are aware that:
Manual keystone is not saved across reboots
SD Card and USB drives may not be writeable by 3rd party apps
The battery ātime remainingā may sometimes display negative durations
We are working fast to fix those bugs and add more features for you. Thanks for your patience.
Thank you for this quick update for fixing urgent issues.
Do you think in the next update, the performance improvement will be enabled even with automatic keystone is disabled? Perhaps you should move your code in the 4 corner correction which will only be triggered if all corners are at (0,0).
Also, I have to be honest, 4 corner correction has been proven more āuselessā with the discovery of big performance hit. Itās not available in external sources and only takes effect internally but it takes massive performance hit. I think you made a bad decision not putting dedicated hardware for this feature. Honestly, might as well remove the feature so that new people wonāt complain about it anymore. Anyway, just my opinion. I donāt use it much anyway
The dedicated part would have easily added another 100ā¬ or more to the price and 1 month to the timeline, plus added another critical dependency in the supply chain.
It should be noted that the performance hit does not apply to video playback for the vast majority of apps.
Wow thatās a lot! But still, I just think the feature is just there to say that itās there but basically it;s not that useful. I was fine for it not being available on external sources but the performance hit really let me down. Anyway, looking forward for more improvements to the software
Well, you are right. To be fair, it still have its uses especially once the linearity issue has been fixed. But itāll be very limited uses such as 1080p@30fps on youtube and no kodi, etc. I wonder if the competitions have the same issue with 4 corner correction. I guess weāre getting off-topic
Updated OTA within few minutes. Tested S YouTube and VLC Player as I only use these. No issues so far. Well done on delivering quick updates. Thank you and keep up the good work.
I donāt think that would be ideal since the purpose of the focus pattern is to cover the whole screen so the focus algorithm will get the best focus for the whole screen
Well you are right. But most of the time I use the text in the middle when I adjust manually.
Also, I noticed recently that I think you have to give it a few more seconds after you hear the autofocus sound stops and it seems to adjust the focus better with more accuracy. Not sure though if itās real or itās just me convincing myself it focuses better
I thought the purpose of the focus ring is to help in focusing. For me, I look at the lines on the focus ring when I do arrow left/right for fine-tuning the focus.
