3GB/32GB Android box Amlogic S912 Octacore -€40

dodzy · 25-09-2017 08:00AM

brightkane wrote: »

I have an mxiii 1gig and it's still flying it. I am amazed by it. Waiting for it to give me an excuse to dump it!

the old original mxIii were a cracking little box alright. Unfortunately the quality of the replicas that flooded the market were nowhere near as good.

vectra · 25-09-2017 08:31AM

brightkane wrote: »

I have an mxiii 1gig and it's still flying it. I am amazed by it. Waiting for it to give me an excuse to dump it!

Same here.
I have the 2gb one and it still works great.
I did hit the button on one of these though.

coldfire1x · 26-09-2017 10:51AM

Got the delivery from Gearbest today. Ordered on 8th of this month.

discobeaker · 26-09-2017 09:40PM

coldfire1x wrote: »

Got the delivery from Gearbest today. Ordered on 8th of this month.

I ordered on the 9th,dispatched on the 12th but can't track as the tracking number doesn't work. Fingers crossed it arrives this week.

piplip87 · 26-09-2017 09:59PM

Del007 wrote:

One of the best ways of replacing your sky box is to get iptv, you can get lots of stuff on that.

Sasso wrote:

Is this a plug and play type thing for a dummy like me ? Will it turn my tv into a smart tv, is that it ? What else ? Excuse the basic questions but I was thinking of a receiver type box to replace sky etc.

I have replaced my Sky with android boxes. All major Irish Channels have players plus there are plenty of apps which let you watch on demand.

If you are the kind of person who watches a lot of US tv shows that do not air here go for it. Plenty of apps that give you access to sport streams too

coldfire1x · 27-09-2017 12:41AM

discobeaker wrote: »

I ordered on the 9th,dispatched on the 12th but can't track as the tracking number doesn't work. Fingers crossed it arrives this week.

The tracking never worked for me.

I was playing around with it tonight. Its a decent enough box. Look wise probably not as well made as the likes of Minix and doesn't feel as solid (cheap plastic and all) but these are just minor things.

Performance wise its quite snappy. 3gb RAM added with 32gb ROM and its flying. Android 7.1.2 pre-installed, that's a big plus. CPU/GPU is as good as any of the boxes out there (I am not taking about Nvidia here).

For the price of €40 its a great bargain. New version of Minix cost around €150.

discobeaker · 27-09-2017 12:52AM

coldfire1x wrote: »

The tracking never worked for me.

I was playing around with it tonight. Its a decent enough box. Look wise probably not as well made as the likes of Minix and doesn't feel as solid (cheap plastic and all) but these are just minor things.

Performance wise its quite snappy. 3gb RAM added with 32gb ROM and its flying. Android 7.1.2 pre-installed, that's a big plus. CPU/GPU is as good as any of the boxes out there (I am not taking about Nvidia here).

For the price of €40 its a great bargain. New version of Minix cost around €150.

That's great that you are liking it so far. I have a m8s box that works perfect but I couldn't resist shiny and new toys to play with.

A lot of people on YouTube commented about the cheap plastic feel alright but it's what's under the hood of it is the most important. Have you found any problems with the colour? Afew reviews on YouTube said they found the black colours to be too dark (if that makes sense) so like in the first episode/first scene of stranger things it was just one dark screen until they did a firmware upgrade. I take it you didn't notice anything like that?

coldfire1x · 27-09-2017 08:13AM

discobeaker wrote: »

That's great that you are liking it so far. I have a m8s box that works perfect but I couldn't resist shiny and new toys to play with.

A lot of people on YouTube commented about the cheap plastic feel alright but it's what's under the hood of it is the most important. Have you found any problems with the colour? Afew reviews on YouTube said they found the black colours to be too dark (if that makes sense) so like in the first episode/first scene of stranger things it was just one dark screen until they did a firmware upgrade. I take it you didn't notice anything like that?

No I didn't notice that. I will check that episode but so far it's looking fine.

Tinder Surprise · 27-09-2017 08:44AM

discobeaker wrote: »

That's great that you are liking it so far. I have a m8s box that works perfect but I couldn't resist shiny and new toys to play with.

A lot of people on YouTube commented about the cheap plastic feel alright but it's what's under the hood of it is the most important. Have you found any problems with the colour? Afew reviews on YouTube said they found the black colours to be too dark (if that makes sense) so like in the first episode/first scene of stranger things it was just one dark screen until they did a firmware upgrade. I take it you didn't notice anything like that?

You'll be happy to hear that problem with darkness was resolved in 7.1 and was the #1 reason folk updated.

deadlybuzzman · 27-09-2017 08:51AM

What would be the minimum speed broadband connection you could get away with?
I only have a mobile broadband connection. It's fine for Google movies etc but every so often it does go down to the lower resolution picture when the connection speed drops.

Missymoohaa · 27-09-2017 09:01PM

Just ordered from op link at 50 odd euro and then I ordered a mouse pad for 13 euro. I'm just in from a work do with a couple glasses of wine on me so hoping I did the right thing. I did have the wherewithal to tick the UK box so hoping I didn't do too much damage. Tell me nothing can go wrong!

bloodless_coup · 27-09-2017 09:29PM

Decided I'm going to return the Shield I got from Amazon.

Although watching a 4k movie on it right now that my HTPC was struggling with...

If the Shield is the best Android TV box right now I might wait until the next generation to get one.

Invincible · 27-09-2017 09:44PM

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

What would be the minimum speed broadband connection you could get away with?
I only have a mobile broadband connection. It's fine for Google movies etc but every so often it does go down to the lower resolution picture when the connection speed drops.

2-3 Mbps for SD
5+ for HD live streams

bloodless_coup · 27-09-2017 10:10PM

Interesting, New Amazon Fire TV for ~$70:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16375134/new-amazon-fire-tv-announced-4k-hdr-price-date-2017

Tinder Surprise · 28-09-2017 02:14PM

Belgium tracking eventually showed on An Post website today...

ITEM RECEIVED DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE
DUBLIN 12 28-Sep-17
09:55 ITEM SENT TO CUSTOMS DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE
DUBLIN 12 28-Sep-17
09:55

....am i doomed??

headnorth · 28-09-2017 02:56PM

I emailed customer service when I ordered and asked for the price of goods on the outer packing to be put at $20 USD. Reply said no bother so hopefully it won't get caught at customs in Dublin.

halkar · 28-09-2017 03:12PM

They will ask for the invoice. I think they scan the packages and guess what is in it. Got caught for a phone. I had to send them the invoice and they calculated the tax.

Tinder Surprise · 28-09-2017 03:54PM

headnorth wrote: »

I emailed customer service when I ordered and asked for the price of goods on the outer packing to be put at $20 USD. Reply said no bother so hopefully it won't get caught at customs in Dublin.

banggood?

headnorth · 28-09-2017 04:22PM

Yes Banggood

poitinstill · 28-09-2017 04:23PM

dont think the value on the outside really works. think they must scan it or whatever hard to bluff them

Tzardine · 28-09-2017 05:19PM

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Belgium tracking eventually showed on An Post website today...

ITEM RECEIVED DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE
DUBLIN 12 28-Sep-17
09:55 ITEM SENT TO CUSTOMS DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE
DUBLIN 12 28-Sep-17
09:55

....am i doomed??

When did you order. I ordered on 9th September but tracking number still dead.

Tinder Surprise · 28-09-2017 05:22PM

Tzardine wrote: »

When did you order. I ordered on 9th September but tracking number still dead.

8th shipped 9th

if tracking number ends in 'BE' then try it on the Belgium Post website....http://track.bpost.be/btr/web/#/home?lang=en

Peatys · 28-09-2017 05:26PM

doylefe wrote: »

Interesting, New Amazon Fire TV for ~$70:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16375134/new-amazon-fire-tv-announced-4k-hdr-price-date-2017

Can non Amazon/play store apps be loaded on to this?
You know the ones i mean......

Tzardine · 28-09-2017 05:27PM

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

8th shipped 9th

if tracking number ends in 'BE' then try it on the Belgium Post website....http://track.bpost.be/btr/web/#/home?lang=en

My parcel is "on the way to Belgium" apparently.

discobeaker · 28-09-2017 08:06PM

Just got a message from gearbest "item has been accepted in port laoise mail centre" so hopefully I've no customs to pay and it will arrive tomorrow,fingers crossed

munsterbear · 28-09-2017 08:09PM

Got my gearbest in the post. Nice and fast but can't change the mediabox launcher. Any ideas?

Missymoohaa · 28-09-2017 08:12PM

discobeaker wrote:

Just got a message from gearbest "item has been accepted in port laoise mail centre" so hopefully I've no customs to pay and it will arrive tomorrow,fingers crossed

Come back and tell us your verdict straight out of the box please. I'll be interested to hear how its working on WiFi I've read a couple of complaints about this and I'm hoping they're rectified with the update. I've to wait at least 3 weeks I'd say.

discobeaker · 28-09-2017 08:20PM

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Come back and tell us your verdict straight out of the box please. I'll be interested to hear how its working on WiFi I've read a couple of complaints about this and I'm hoping they're rectified with the update. I've to wait at least 3 weeks I'd say.

Will do indeed

Coldfox posted about the box and his first impressions already afew pages back. My box was dispatched on the 12th so if it arrives tomorrow it will give you a rough idea on the length of time it takes to arrive

Missymoohaa · 28-09-2017 08:23PM

That's just over 2 weeks, not bad at all. I ordered it late last night and it was despatched first thing this morning. I ordered from Bang good. I can't wait. Enjoy.

corks finest · 29-09-2017 08:38AM

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Belgium tracking eventually showed on An Post website today...

ITEM RECEIVED DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE
DUBLIN 12 28-Sep-17
09:55 ITEM SENT TO CUSTOMS DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE
DUBLIN 12 28-Sep-17
09:55

....am i doomed??

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3GB/32GB Android box Amlogic S912 Octacore -€40

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