Recommend an Android Box that runs XBMC - [No copyrighted material]

BenEadir wrote: »

Thankfully my bank responded promptly and having examined the situation (on the phone when I called them) all I had to do was answer some security type questions (had I left my card out of my sight recently, shared the PIN with anyone etc) and they confirmed they would refund the cash into my account by 6pm this evening. Can't complain about that can I?

Nope, can't. That's pretty cool.
What i Meant was, I doubt it was hacked in Aliexpress. The person wouldn't have had to use a list of the buyers of the box, they could have gone after everone/anyone, unless they found some loophole using Store/product ID, but that would be unusual also.

It would be a massive breach if something like that happened.

In any case, glad you got it sorted. I checked my account after you posted and all seems to be okay, thankfully. And thanks for the heads up

Allyall wrote: »

I don't see how someone could have done that. Also hope you get your cash back, but that's a serious breach if that is what happened..

I may never know how it happened but the fact it happened hours after ordering the media box from Ali Express (which was the only online use of that card for over a week) suggests there is a connection between the two especially given the fact Ali Express have themselves shut down the seller for "suspicious seller activity".

Thankfully my bank responded promptly and having examined the situation (on the phone when I called them) all I had to do was answer some security type questions (had I left my card out of my sight recently, shared the PIN with anyone etc) and they confirmed they would refund the cash into my account by 6pm this evening. Can't complain about that can I?

Big Nelly wrote: »

Think I will get the following

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_67807.html

I had that box..

It's a great box, I sold it for the same I paid including shipping, so I was happy with that. Then I (still) wanted to get one of the newer hybrid boxes, but I can wait for one of them, as they seem to have bugs..

pauleoin wrote: »

Aliexpress use an escrow system where they hold your payment until you confirm the goods received or the buyer protection runs out, so unless some has cracked their security the seller should never see you credit card details (they never took PayPal while I have been using them). Hope you get the money back.

This +1.
I don't see how someone could have done that. Also hope you get your cash back, but that's a serious breach if that is what happened..

pauleoin

BenEadir wrote: »

Lads,

It might be a co-incidence but I was just on my online banking account and I've had a total of €1,750 taken from the account yesterday by an apparent "pharmacy" in Australia shortly after I paid for the "cheap" media boxes I ordered on Ali Express.

I don't believe in co-incidences and neither do my bank.

Check your accounts lads!!!

I should have trusted my instinct - if it looks too good to be true...........

Thanks for the warning, checked my bank account and nothing untoward yet, will keep an eye on it, afaik Aliexpress use an escrow system where they hold your payment until you confirm the goods received or the buyer protection runs out, so unless some has cracked their security the seller should never see you credit card details (they never took PayPal while I have been using them). Hope you get the money back.

I was going to buy the following: http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_94470.html

But after seeing you post done some research....

Think I will get the following

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_67807.html

This has the 8 core GPU on it and only 6 dollers more

Thanks allyall, would of never noticed apart from your post :-)

Allyall wrote: »

Haven't got them yet...

If they don't arrive by tomorrow I'm not going to be happy. Next week will be nearly 3 weeks for a paid DHL delivery.

I don't know if the S805 (A5) are as good as the S802 (A9) but definitely not the S812 (A9), but unfortunately i misread one of the boxes and thought that one of them had an S802.
It can do anything S812 does, but only with 1080p, so if you don’t need 4K video playback and output (I don't), this is a cheaper solution. Power consumption should also be lower to the Cortex A5 cores instead of Cortex A9 for the others.

But I'm pretty sure that they're better than the RK3188.
Hopefully I'll know for definite tomorrow.

Hi, is there anywhere to check the difference between the S802 etc?

I was going to order a MXQ S85 Amlogic S805 but just want to compare the processors?

Sorry I think I found the answer myself :-)

http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/04/25/amlogic-stb-socs-comparison-aml8726-mx-s802-s805-and-s812/

Lucas Hood wrote: »

I've used allexpress dozens of times before and never had a problem with them. You're not actually buying off allexpress you're buying off of a seller & Ali only pass the money on when you confirm you've received the item afaik.

Correct but the seller must get your card details??

I've only used Ali Express a couple of times prior to this and I had no problems plus I felt very confident in their policy of holding back payment from the vendor until you actually confirm receipt of the goods and that the goods are what they are supposed to be.

I didn't recall having to give my card details when paying for Ali Express stuff previously, I thought I must have paid by PayPal (which I always prefer) but yesterday for the media box PayPal wasn't an option so I had to pay with my debit card and that must have been how my card details were compromised.

The real issue is having €1,750 taken out of your account not not receiving a €20 media box!!

Lucas Hood

BenEadir wrote: »

Lads,

It might be a co-incidence but I was just on my online banking account and I've had a total of €1,750 taken from the account yesterday by an apparent "pharmacy" in Australia shortly after I paid for the "cheap" media boxes I ordered on Ali Express.

I don't believe in co-incidences and neither do my bank.

Check your accounts lads!!!

I should have trusted my instinct - if it looks too good to be true...........

I've used allexpress dozens of times before and never had a problem with them. You're not actually buying off allexpress you're buying off of a seller & Ali only pass the money on when you confirm you've received the item afaik.

Lads,

It might be a co-incidence but I was just on my online banking account and I've had a total of €1,750 taken from the account yesterday by an apparent "pharmacy" in Australia shortly after I paid for the "cheap" media boxes I ordered on Ali Express.

I don't believe in co-incidences and neither do my bank.

Check your accounts lads!!!

I should have trusted my instinct - if it looks too good to be true...........

Invincible wrote: »

Looking forward to your report
Was that the seller you dealt with that you linked to for the MXq?
Ther's another seller that has 283 orders (Shenzhen Yojia Technology) for about €6 less.

No, I was looking around one night, and I had intended on getting one of the Hybrid Kit Kat boxes, 4 hours later, bleary eyed and 5:30AM, I started settling for the cheaper ones. Then I started looking at the S805's..
I had been talking to a few sellers, bartering etc..

and then just went for the 2 MXq's.

I had thought one said S802, so I was curious as to the difference too. Tired and a decent price for both, I bought them and went to bed.

I think I got them both for €96, and shipping was €12 (For both). But I ordered other bits and pieces too, so I can't be 100%. One delivered with DHL was €55 incl. €8 shipping.

Invincible

Allyall wrote: »

Haven't got them yet...

If they don't arrive by tomorrow I'm not going to be happy. Next week will be nearly 3 weeks for a paid DHL delivery.

I don't know if the S805 (A5) are as good as the S802 (A9) but definitely not the S812 (A9), but unfortunately i misread one of the boxes and thought that one of them had an S802.
It can do anything S812 does, but only with 1080p, so if you don’t need 4K video playback and output (I don't), this is a cheaper solution. Power consumption should also be lower to the Cortex A5 cores instead of Cortex A9 for the others.

But I'm pretty sure that they're better than the RK3188.
Hopefully I'll know for definite tomorrow.

Looking forward to your report

Was that the seller you dealt with that you linked to for the MXq?
Ther's another seller that has 283 orders (Shenzhen Yojia Technology) for about €6 less.

Invincible wrote: »

What's the WiFi performance like on the MXq, just that it hasn't an external antenna?
Is there much of a noticable difference between this and an RK3188 box?

Haven't got them yet...

If they don't arrive by tomorrow I'm not going to be happy. Next week will be nearly 3 weeks for a paid DHL delivery.

I don't know if the S805 (A5) are as good as the S802 (A9) but definitely not the S812 (A9), but unfortunately i misread one of the boxes and thought that one of them had an S802.
It can do anything S812 does, but only with 1080p, so if you don’t need 4K video playback and output (I don't), this is a cheaper solution. Power consumption should also be lower to the Cortex A5 cores instead of Cortex A9 for the others.

But I'm pretty sure that they're better than the RK3188.
Hopefully I'll know for definite tomorrow.

livEwirE

BandMember wrote: »

Can we start a seperate thread for this, please? It would be very handy as there are new add ons becoming available all the time while others become obsolete and it would be great to get a heads up from others as to what they are using, ideal for problem solving as well.

So, what do you all think? Yay or nay?

Would agree 100% with having a separate XBMC addons thread. It would be VERY useful!

Invincible

Allyall wrote: »

I was supposed to have one of them last week, but something happened in shipping. I'm expecting it in the next couple of days.
I have since read some not-so-good comments about it on one of the Russian forums using Bing, so I'm not looking forward to it as much as I was. But I'm also hoping it didn't translate properly, because of the way it was worded..

I also have the other MXq on it's way over, beside it.

Assuming all the delays are over, they should both be here before or on Friday at the latest, I can post which (if either), I think is better.

What's the WiFi performance like on the MXq, just that it hasn't an external antenna?
Is there much of a noticable difference between this and an RK3188 box?

dahat

BandMember wrote: »

Yes, that is what I'm using at the moment. It's being working fine for me although the times are messed out and I could never figure out how to fix it properly - could only move it to odd times (e.g. 10.02 or 9.57).

I noticed that there was no guide last night though so maybe it's down temporarily?

He is on holidays at present.

BandMember

Lucas Hood wrote: »

They're the same thing.

I know, that's why I put the "/" in. I'm more looking for information on pricing and how to get an invite etc.

It doesn't seem like anyone here is a member though....

BandMember

Jack_Reacher9 wrote: »

Thanks man - I am using "http: // is.gd / vguide2" for the EPG; is that wrong. (no spaces included, boards won't let me post URL)

Yes, that is what I'm using at the moment. It's being working fine for me although the times are messed out and I could never figure out how to fix it properly - could only move it to odd times (e.g. 10.02 or 9.57).

I noticed that there was no guide last night though so maybe it's down temporarily?

BandMember

bazzz wrote: »

This is about devices that run XBMC/Kodi not what plugins are best for XBMC/Kodi.Lets get back to it

Can we start a seperate thread for this, please? It would be very handy as there are new add ons becoming available all the time while others become obsolete and it would be great to get a heads up from others as to what they are using, ideal for problem solving as well.

So, what do you all think? Yay or nay?

Invincible

Monokne wrote: »

Thirded

Please

Those order's are frozen at the minute and seller's account is suspended so you won't get to order as of now.

Monokne

mightybashful wrote: »

Would you send us a pm too please All?

Thirded

Please

Hey guys

As mentioned before I am looking at a new box, no reason really, have the Minix a while and working ok but due a change.

Was looking at maybe going for the RK3288 chip. I bought some stuff recently from GearBest and found them great to deal with so going to go with them again. Was looking at this box...
http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_79506.html
but couldn't really find anything in terms of the processor and if they have brought out a T version like they did on the RK3188. Has anyone seen anything?

I can't see anything mentioned on the wiki site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockchip

bazzz wrote: »

Has this thread not been way off topic over recent weeks??Many of the regular posters culprits too.I even stopped reading the thread for a bit,it was like addon central here:rolleyes:.

This is about devices that run XBMC/Kodi not what plugins are best for XBMC/Kodi.Lets get back to it

You are correct, when I first found this thread there was no discussion about streams/addon's....everyone was pointed to Youtube and this was a discussion on the hardware to run XBMC....as the thread title confirms......

Lucas Hood

Kristopherus wrote: »

IIRC Starstreams is gone to that great streamer heaven in the sky. For smoothstreams have a look here:

http://superrepo.org/repository.smoothstreams/

They're the same thing.

massy086

michael999999 wrote: »

And me.

and me

michael999999

reni10 wrote: »

Yep i just got the same message from aliexpress!

And me.

reni10

Yep i just got the same message from aliexpress!