On-device intelligence
Air-gapped AI.Your library, your business.
Qwen3-7B INT4 runs locally on the 6 TOPS NPU. Pull the ethernet cable — voice search, metadata, upscaling all keep working. Nothing leaves the box.
QWEN3-7BINT4
KinoFrom $179. Reserve at $149.
The Apple TV killer for AV nerds.
A $179 living-room AI media hub. On-device. Air-gapped. One query across every streaming service and your NAS.
RK3588 8nm
6 TOPS NPU
Qwen3-7B INT4
Dolby Vision 5/7/8
HDMI 2.1a
Cross-library search
Ask in English. Find anywhere.
"A 90-minute thriller with a twist." Returns three results — across Plex, Jellyfin, Netflix, Disney+, your NAS — in one query.
90-min thriller with a twist
Memento
Primer
Triangle
Real-time upscaling
1080p in. 4K HDR out.
On-device super-resolution INT4 upscales legacy 1080p — classic films, vintage anime, old documentaries — to 4K HDR in real time.
1080p
4K HDR
Privacy
Never phones home.By default.
No telemetry. No cloud queries. No library scans. Only OTA update checks leave the device — and you can turn them off.
Cloud
✕
Open at launch
3 years OTA.Engine open-source.
The on-device AI engine ships open-source at launch. Even if Kino disappears, your unit keeps working. Apache 2.0.
1// Apache License 2.0
2model: "qwen3-7b-int4"
3runtime: "on-device"
4cloud: "never"
5ota: "3-year-paid"
6// kept alive by you.
Built like AV equipment.
Apple TV-grade hardware. Premium streaming-box specs. Half the price of a Shield Pro.
SoC
RK3588 8nmOcta-core ARM, big.LITTLE
NPU
6 TOPSQwen3-7B INT4 @ 4–8 t/s
Memory
8 GB LPDDR4X64 GB eMMC storage
Display
HDMI 2.1a4K@120 · 8K@60 passthrough
HDR
Dolby Vision 5/7/8HDR10+ · HLG · BT.2020
Audio
Atmos · DTS:XTrueHD · DTS-HD MA passthrough
Codecs
AV1 · HEVCVP9 · H.264 · AVS3
Connectivity
Wi-Fi 6 · GigabitUSB 3.2 ×2 · USB-C
Engine
Apache 2.0Open-source @ launch · 3-yr OTA
Engineering targets. Measured values land in the public BOM tear-down PDF and Beta long-form reviews before launch (Q3 2026).
Questions, answered.
New brand. What if Kino folds in a year?
Kino's on-device AI engine weights ship open-source at launch under Apache 2.0. Even if Kino disappears, your unit keeps working — fully local, no cloud dependency. We commit to 3 years of paid OTA + indefinite security maintenance. AVSForum and r/htpc Beta members co-publish a public bug-tracker timeline.
Apple TV 4K is $129. Why pay $179 for Kino?
Apple TV's Siri runs in the cloud — every voice query, viewing pattern, library scan goes to Apple. Kino's Qwen3-7B INT4 runs on-device at 4–8 tokens/s on RK3588's 6 TOPS NPU. Pull the ethernet cable, you can still ask "find me a 90-minute thriller" across your Plex library. tvOS does AirPlay better than us; we do edge AI better than tvOS.
I already own Nvidia Shield Pro / Zidoo / Dune HD. Worth switching?
Hardcore disc-collector with a 7.1.4 Atmos rig + Profile 7 originals + dual-HDMI separation? Honestly no — Zidoo and Dune HD beat us at engineering purity. If you're like 80% of AV enthusiasts whose content is now streaming + NAS digital + occasional UHD rip, Kino's on-device AI metadata + cross-library semantic search is a real upgrade.
Dolby Vision Profile 7 dual-layer BD passthrough?
Yes — Profile 5/7/8 full certification (Dolby Lab cert pending, completing before launch). Profile 7 dual-layer BD passes through identically to Zidoo Z9X / Egreat A11. AVR routing via HDMI 2.1a.
Privacy — what data leaves the box?
Default mode: nothing. The entire AI inference pipeline (Qwen3-7B, semantic embeddings, metadata scraping, subtitle translation, upscaling) runs on-device. Streaming-service login tokens stay in their respective apps' encrypted stores. Only OTA update checks (a daily HTTPS HEAD to our update server) leave the device — and you can disable those.
What's the roadmap?
v1 (Q3 2026): everything described above + AVSForum / r/htpc Beta + 3-year OTA. v1.5 (2027): diaspora-language OTT integration + simplified eldercare mode + projector daisy-chain. v2 (2028): optional Pro variant with built-in 1TB SSD + native NAS protocols ($299–349). Not in roadmap: physical Blu-ray drives, OTT licensing, our own content.
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