Series 3 & 4 Differences

this page outlines differences in functionality and features between series 3 (xtx43, xdx33, hdx23, ls423) and series 4 (xtx44, xdx34, hdx24, ls424) models hdr10, dolby vision xtx43 players support hdr, while xtx44 players support both hdr and dolby vision wmv codec series 3 (xtx43/xdx33/hdx23/ls423) players support video only wmv (i e without wma audio), while series 4 (xtx44/xdx34/hdx24/ls424) players do not support the wmv codec at all video decoder series 4 (xtx44/xdx34/hdx24/ls424) players can only use one decoder when streaming videos portrait video while xdx33 players can play two hd portrait videos simultaneously, xdx34 players can play only one hd portrait video at a time both xtx43 and xtx44 players can play two simultaneous portrait hd videos note selecting a full screen presentations docid 8bmhunx8lfmfd5vehvckj in brightauthor classic will set all video zones in that presentation to portrait, while a custom brightscript/html presentation can set video zones to portrait/landscape individually this means that a brightauthor classic portrait presentation for xdx34 players is effectively a single video presentation, while a custom brightscript/html presentation for xdx34 players can have both a portrait and landscape hd video zone 3 5mm serial hdx23 players (and xtx43/xdx33 players that are rev g or earlier) do not support full rs 232 signaling xtx44/xtx34/hdx24 players (and xtx43/xdx33 players that are rev h or later) support full rs 232 signaling see xtx43 hardware interfaces docid\ olyj6k5zh dmxpiqrklfc for more details ssd xtx43/xdx33 players support the atapi logical interface for ssd, while the xtx44/xdx34 players support the nvme interface see ssd requirements docid\ aedgj5b7oao861a on62 for more details persistent clock all series 3 and 4 players have a real time clock (rtc); however, the ls424 does not have a supercapacitor to keep the clock running when there is no other power source if you power cycle an ls424, the player will lose its configured time settings, and (unless the player can reach a local or remote timeserver) it will not be able to play day parted presentations at scheduled times or communicate with ssl servers (including the brightsign network) player security xtx44/xdx34 players don't accept "{a|a}" aes encryption keys (i e where the top and bottom 64 bits of the key are identical) xtx44 xtx43 xdx34 xdx33 hdx24 hdx23 ls424 ls423 dolby vision o hdr10 o o 4k video decode o o o o o wmv codec o o o o hd portrait video dual dual single dual single single single single full rs 232 o o o o o nvme (ssd) o o atapi (ssd) o o persistent clock o o o o o o o requires units that are rev h or later