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

iba

Guys/Girls,

Would be graetful for recommendations for an Android box that runs XBMC.

Would be grateful to know things like which firmware is best, which processor i.e. quad core or dual core

Any other info. that you boardies think is imporatnt would also be appreciated.

Regards

Iba

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dahat

yabadabado wrote: »

Folks ,mate of mine emailed today wondering about what box to buy.He wants it preloaded and wont do it himself even though I have said I will help him with it.
Just wondering can anyone recommend a site/seller that will have all the main apps loaded on them ?

I have been talking to a guy from Satbox.ie through a Facebook group. He does a range of sat boxes and has bricks n mortar shop on Waterford.
He seemed quiet a decent chap so maybe try him.

Or Droidsticks in the UK, I have used their wizard to set up a box and it's spot on.

michael999999

yabadabado wrote: »

Might be an option but he isn't living in Ireland so I was sorta looking for a more reliable seller than adverts.
Maybe something of amazon ?

Done deal.

yabadabado

Allyall wrote: »

Adverts?

Might be an option but he isn't living in Ireland so I was sorta looking for a more reliable seller than adverts.
Maybe something of amazon ?

Allyall

yabadabado wrote: »

Folks ,mate of mine emailed today wondering about what box to buy.He wants it preloaded and wont do it himself even though I have said I will help him with it.
Just wondering can anyone recommend a site/seller that will have all the main apps loaded on them ?

Adverts?

yabadabado

Folks ,mate of mine emailed today wondering about what box to buy.He wants it preloaded and wont do it himself even though I have said I will help him with it.
Just wondering can anyone recommend a site/seller that will have all the main apps loaded on them ?

dahat

Anybody using the M8 or M8N box there is now a ROM available which has seemingly solved a lot of issues with the box.
1080 playback and WiFi issues among others but the Bluetooth is not working on it.

Will put a link up later but it is done by Mediaman afaik.

dropzone

Big Nelly wrote: »

Bought a phone from them and they where great, took a little bit extra but that was because of a holiday over there.....

Thanks very much for your help. Going to order one this evening.

Big Nelly

dropzone wrote: »

No usb on the TV too, it's an older tv in my bedroom just want a box for streaming movies and late night NFL matches.

That box looks great everything I want and at a good price too. What's your experience with that website with regards to delivery time?

Bought a phone from them and they where great, took a little bit extra but that was because of a holiday over there.....

dropzone

No usb on the TV too, it's an older tv in my bedroom just want a box for streaming movies and late night NFL matches.

That box looks great everything I want and at a good price too. What's your experience with that website with regards to delivery time?

Big Nelly

dropzone wrote: »

Hey everyone I'm looking for a bit of advice. I have been running xbmc from my laptop for over a year now and I want to get an android box to do it for me now. I don't have a tv that has hdmi so can anyone recommend a descent android box with an av output that's future proof for the next while at least.

Im getting this one in and from what I can see it supports AV

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

Big Nelly

dropzone wrote: »

Hey everyone I'm looking for a bit of advice. I have been running xbmc from my laptop for over a year now and I want to get an android box to do it for me now. I don't have a tv that has hdmi so can anyone recommend a descent android box with an av output that's future proof for the next while at least.

USB port or anything on the TV?

dropzone

Hey everyone I'm looking for a bit of advice. I have been running xbmc from my laptop for over a year now and I want to get an android box to do it for me now. I don't have a tv that has hdmi so can anyone recommend a descent android box with an av output that's future proof for the next while at least.

dahat

Invincible wrote: »

Best of luck with it!
I remember you mentioned that Facebook group before, xbmc orientated.

In 2/3 of them,some are quite good and informative with plenty people to bounce stuff off.
Have been assured this box and ROM are up to scratch so fingers crossed.

Invincible

dahat wrote: »

Indeed,refund has been advanced as well. Likely get same agwin but with different firmware.
There is a seller in a Facebook group I'm on for the M8 box and he will flash better firmware on it so will likely buy from him.UK resident.

Best of luck with it!
I remember you mentioned that Facebook group before, xbmc orientated.

dahat

Invincible wrote: »

That's one plus for Amazon, never hassle returning faulty products, even give you label to print off for postage!
What box are you replacing it with?

Indeed,refund has been advanced as well. Likely get same agwin but with different firmware.
There is a seller in a Facebook group I'm on for the M8 box and he will flash better firmware on it so will likely buy from him.UK resident.

Invincible

dahat wrote: »

Will.link my card to it then.thanks.

Yeah it was the M8 from Amazon. I reckon I corrupted something flashing over and back over a week. I also installed TWRP and then It couldn't read any SD card to flash a ROM that was supposed to be pretty good.

All in all I did pretty well to get a refund.

That's one plus for Amazon, never hassle returning faulty products, even give you label to print off for postage!
What box are you replacing it with?

dahat

Invincible wrote: »

Yes think 10 is minimum unless you link your card to it and pay as you go, €3.95 is their delivery, used to be €3.50.
Good while since I used it, but when you register, they should provide you with personal PM number to include in their Antrim depot address.
What box are you getting?
Did you get the M8 from Amazon last month?

Will.link my card to it then.thanks.

Yeah it was the M8 from Amazon. I reckon I corrupted something flashing over and back over a week. I also installed TWRP and then It couldn't read any SD card to flash a ROM that was supposed to be pretty good.

All in all I did pretty well to get a refund.

Invincible

dahat wrote: »

Using Parcel Motel to order a new box, is it £10.00 minimum deposit? .

How much will it cost me to get it delivered from UK?
Will I be issued with the address once deposit is paid to Parcel Motel?

Yes think 10 is minimum unless you link your card to it and pay as you go, €3.95 is their delivery, used to be €3.50.
Good while since I used it, but when you register, they should provide you with personal PM number to include in their Antrim depot address.
What box are you getting?
Did you get the M8 from Amazon last month?

Szero

branners69 wrote: »

This is a great add on, you will need to sign up to Wiziwig to download it. It has RTE, RTE 2, RTE News and RTE JR channels streaming live in different qualities.

RTE 2 HD is superb quality but it seems to suffer from buffering!

I keep getting an interdependencies error when I try to open this add-on. Any idea what might be causing this? Are there any similar add-ons?

Thanks.

dahat

Using Parcel Motel to order a new box, is it £10.00 minimum deposit? .

How much will it cost me to get it delivered from UK?
Will I be issued with the address once deposit is paid to Parcel Motel?

RiskItAllRick

sugarman wrote: »

Still havent got an email from AliExpress about this, funds have been taken tho

Got this msg too after ordering last night not sure if money takin out as I've a few transactions pending.

Allyall

coldfire1x wrote: »

Cant see any mention of XBMC?

There are a few XBMC builds ported to it. I don't think it comes with it.

http://kodi.wiki/view/Amazon_Fire_TV
http://www.alashiban.com/running-xbmc-amazon-firetv-step-step-tutorial/

Lots of copies

They may be decent, even have decent packaging, but you mightn't get them, as they are seriously clamping down on them now in China.
Worse, it could make it all the way to customs here, and then get destroyed. In which case you wouldn't even get your money back :eek:.
That's not the best one, there are near identical ones.
I'd love to try it out, to compare, but I wouldn't risk ordering it. Nor would I recommend anybody order it...

coldfire1x

Trojan00 wrote: »

This is Android. Well Amazon's version. It runs Android apps including XBMC already.

Cant see any mention of XBMC?

Trojan00

coldfire1x wrote: »

Not really Android but this is released. Looks nice, lets see if it can be hacked to install Android.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KQEJBSW/ref=gw_aftv_183787007_1?ie=UTF8&nav_sdd=aps&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=gateway-takeover&pf_rd_r=1FCY0Z43WX4SXYF7BFC9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=541821507&pf_rd_i=468294

This is Android. Well Amazon's version. It runs Android apps including XBMC already.

Monokne

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced box for me to buy? I've been advised that the one I had linked earlier was a ripoff...

Also, consider me an idiot - how simple is it to load up XBMC and get the thing up and running to watch?

Thanks in advance!

coldfire1x

Not really Android but this is released. Looks nice, lets see if it can be hacked to install Android.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KQEJBSW/ref=gw_aftv_183787007_1?ie=UTF8&nav_sdd=aps&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=gateway-takeover&pf_rd_r=1FCY0Z43WX4SXYF7BFC9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=541821507&pf_rd_i=468294

coldfire1x

^^ It may or may not be a coincidence. I am not sure how it can be hacked from there but I guess somehow it has been.

Thanks for the heads up. I did order on as well using Credit card, not debit. It all looks fine so far apart from the mail from Ali express.

BenEadir

Blade wrote: »

I too had ordered one of those boxes and got the email today that the seller was suspended. I checked my bank account there now and all seems fine. Thanks for the heads up, you're right to warn us. I know it might seem too coincidental but like the others here I just can't see how they could have got our CC details from AliExpress, it's possible your details were compromised weeks ago and have only been used now. Can you think of any other purchase you made recently that might have caused this? Somewhere else you gave your CC details to directly and not through a 3rd party like Paypal etc?

Glad you got sorted but still, should try and find out WTH happened!

I might have given my card to a well known fine dinging establishment

Only kidding.

I buy a lot of stuff online but 90% of it is from Amazon which is mega secure and eBay which is all PayPal. I did a few other transactions but very few and all with well established reputable companies such as http://www.planetx.co.uk for some cycling gear. The only sites I used in the last three months (other than booking hotels and flights with established airlines and using Hotels.com etc) are Ali Express (which I don't actually consider "dodgy" as they are the largest eCommerce business on the planet now worth ore than Amazon and eBay put together) and http://www.geekbuying.com who I bought my first X8-h from a good while ago. I guess they could be a bit dodgy all right.

Maybe (my Debit not Credit) card was compromised elsewhere and they just took advantage of it yesterday by coincidence but it's some coincidence.

Missymoohaa

So if I understand you correctly even though I paid by visa not PayPal the seller would never have had access to these details as the payment is made directly to aliexpress? Feeling a bit stupid over this now.:o

Blade

Allyall wrote: »

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 .

I too had ordered one of those boxes and got the email today that the seller was suspended. I checked my bank account there now and all seems fine. Thanks for the heads up, you're right to warn us. I know it might seem too coincidental but like the others here I just can't see how they could have got our CC details from AliExpress, it's possible your details were compromised weeks ago and have only been used now. Can you think of any other purchase you made recently that might have caused this? Somewhere else you gave your CC details to directly and not through a 3rd party like Paypal etc?

Glad you got sorted but still, should try and find out WTH happened!