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I thought about this but what would it have that is missing? Hardware decoding for newer codec like AV1 is one thing, but what else?

I have two of these one in my living room and one in my bedroom. They are the best devices for playing pirate Emby servers 4k Remuxes with dolby vision and dolby audio support direct play.

A refresh comes out I'm not sure I would buy one.

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They're missing support for newer codecs and current WiFi standards, can't decode Dolby Vision FEL, and, unless something had changed recently, they don't keep up on security updates (even if they are pushing out other updates).

I suspect the last point would be true even if they launched new hardware, though.

Also the current hardware has lots of overheating problems that hugely affect performance (you have to re-paste the heat sink to the CPU after only 2 years), and thier Bluetooth antenna is so awful it makes Bluetooth controllers for gaming completely unusable due to lag from lost/dropped packets (and the remote constantly disconnect and reconnect randomly).

In addition to hardware support for more modern codecs, USB C seems to be an easy upgrade, it would also benefit from being able to detect frame rate to auto-switch for the HDMI (this likely needs hardware support).

More horsepower would be nice. More connectivity.

But I think most importantly: confirmation that this isn't a dead end product.

You mean "finished", as in complete

WPA3 support for one would be nice, so I don't have to create a separate, insecure, SSID just for it.