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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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acelt67

Can someone PM me too please

Mickalus

dahat wrote: »

What ROM are you using?

Not sure, bought from droidsticks.

dahat

Mickalus wrote: »

Going to randomly start PM'n people just for the craic, seems like the thing to do on this thread. :D:D

What kind of experience were you having?

I have one and not really finding any problems with streaming content. Not using it overly much, but have watched a few football games online, and streaming from other boxes on the network with no issues. (Slight bit of buffering for a large BR rip over the network about half way thru the movie - had to pause and make tea but grand after that)
I do have a decent wireless N router (eFibre) and it's not all that far from router to box so no real interference going on.

What ROM are you using?

Mickalus

Going to randomly start PM'n people just for the craic, seems like the thing to do on this thread.

:D:D

michael999999 wrote: »

The WiFi is abysmal.

What kind of experience were you having?

I have one and not really finding any problems with streaming content. Not using it overly much, but have watched a few football games online, and streaming from other boxes on the network with no issues. (Slight bit of buffering for a large BR rip over the network about half way thru the movie - had to pause and make tea but grand after that)
I do have a decent wireless N router (eFibre) and it's not all that far from router to box so no real interference going on.

nano267

i like a pm also please

BandMember

Is anyone having issues with a certain biblically named add on? I keep getting booted out of the streams every couple of minutes and the video/audio is badly out of sync. Any ideas please?

PM if preferable.

robbie67

Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Nelly View Post
Cant be discussed on thread.....PM is ok

Can someone PM me as well, much appreciated!

houseinthesun

Big Nelly wrote: »

Cant be discussed on thread.....PM is ok :P

Can someone PM me also, much appreciated!

dahat

michael999999 wrote: »

The WiFi is abysmal.

Have you tried Linux? Or any other ROM?

dahat

Invincible wrote: »

Good bit more expensive than the M8 you mentioned earlier for €63 delivered from Gearbest.com.

Yep but no customs and ready to go, suits some people.

deckie27

ainm usaideoir wrote: »

Would like a pm also please

And me. Thanks

michael999999

dahat wrote: »

Guy from Ireland, Satbox.ie selling M8 box at €104 euro,loaded as they say.

He has quite a good rep as a seller by all accounts. Decent price for a good box and he will have updated firmware on it.

The WiFi is abysmal.

Invincible

dahat wrote: »

Guy from Ireland, Satbox.ie selling M8 box at €104 euro,loaded as they say.

He has quite a good rep as a seller by all accounts. Decent price for a good box and he will have updated firmware on it.

Good bit more expensive than the M8 you mentioned earlier for €63 delivered from Gearbest.com.

dahat

Guy from Ireland, Satbox.ie selling M8 box at €104 euro,loaded as they say.

He has quite a good rep as a seller by all accounts. Decent price for a good box and he will have updated firmware on it.

ainm usaideoir

newballsplease wrote: »

Can someone please PM me also

Would like a pm also please

coldfire1x

Got OTA update for Lollipop on Nexus 7. Just to let you know XBMC still working without doing anything on lollipop.

newballsplease

cullenswood wrote: »

Ooops, sorry about that. PM's welcome!

Can someone please PM me also

cullenswood

Big Nelly wrote: »

Cant be discussed on thread.....PM is ok :P

Ooops, sorry about that. PM's welcome!

Big Nelly

cullenswood wrote: »

So what are people using instead of mashup? Hadn't used his addon in about a week, and went on to watch something on Saturday nite only for it to do the whole deleting itself.

Cant be discussed on thread.....PM is ok :P

cullenswood

So what are people using instead of mashup? Hadn't used his addon in about a week, and went on to watch something on Saturday nite only for it to do the whole deleting itself.

Big Nelly

Allyall wrote: »

That one linked, has (like most new ROMS) a media skin, and it uses up 80% RAM when running. Very easy to turn it off though.
There was a few issues, but nothing major.

Hey just wondering about the media skin you mention, are you refering to the launcher? I seen they had this installed on the box I bought recently. I left it running.....didn't think it was resource hungry

Allyall

DubDJ wrote: »

Thanks again for the tips, so you reckon the MXQ will be slow? I'm thinking of going with one of these to familiarise myself with the whole flashing ROMs things. I might pick one up, what shipping method did you use and did you get hit with customs?

It's not that I think it's slow, the hardware should be fine.
The stock rom seemed to be buggy and a bit of a resource hog. I had noticed it and as it was rooted, I was able to apply some small tweaks. Not enough.
I'll know more tomorrow, as I'm grabbing it early in the morning.

I was supposed to be going away last month, that has been a disaster so far, So on Thursday (instead of doing nothing) I ordered another 6 boxes, all different.
None were too expensive, one was a fair bit different than the others (Different OS), but I imagine I'll get hit with customs on all of them. I should've ordered 4 and 2. It works out cheaper. But I can post them here when I get them.
You may or may not get hit with Duty/VAT after shipping. DHL have officers in their offices, but they seem to be making up the value, or using amazon. That can be an advantage or a disadvantage.
Sometimes they undervalue them, and sometimes overvalue them.
DHL/UPS/FEDEX/EMS etc.. all can get hit, but some don't notify you of it for a few weeks :mad:.
I am guessing, but I think a single box has an okay chance of passing through without getting stopped for VAT.

DubDJ

Allyall wrote: »

I bought that a few weeks ago, it arrived about 2 weeks ago, and the other MXq.
The other one has just been hassle, I left aside, as I have plenty to do.

That one linked, has (like most new ROMS) a media skin, and it uses up 80% RAM when running. Very easy to turn it off though.
There was a few issues, but nothing major.

It is in a friends house, as I asked him to tell me anything that he found annoying or errors. I haven't actually heard from him since . (I assume that's a good sign).
EDIT - Just rang him and asked, and he said it slow as f**k.. Said it has loads of bugs, so I'm grabbing it tomorrow and flashing it.

I was going to put this ROM on to it, but so far haven't had the chance.

S85 106k4 ROM [0912] - ALTERNATIVE LINK
using
PROBOX Burning Tool

If anyone else wants to do it also - How To Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NmSIOqQgMc

Thanks again for the tips, so you reckon the MXQ will be slow? I'm thinking of going with one of these to familiarise myself with the whole flashing ROMs things. I might pick one up, what shipping method did you use and did you get hit with customs?

Invincible

Have any of you dealt with dealsprime.com?
They have the Ugoos UT3 for $127.99 by using $12 discount coupon.

Allyall

DubDJ wrote: »

Think I might jump on one of these, I might be picking up a few but unsure which to go for. I'm gonna give this a try and if I'm happy with it I'll go for more. I was originally going for the MXiii but this is a great price.

I bought that a few weeks ago, it arrived about 2 weeks ago, and the other MXq.
The other one has just been hassle, I left aside, as I have plenty to do.

That one linked, has (like most new ROMS) a media skin, and it uses up 80% RAM when running. Very easy to turn it off though.
There was a few issues, but nothing major.

It is in a friends house, as I asked him to tell me anything that he found annoying or errors. I haven't actually heard from him since

. (I assume that's a good sign).
EDIT - Just rang him and asked, and he said it slow as f**k.. Said it has loads of bugs, so I'm grabbing it tomorrow and flashing it.

I was going to put this ROM on to it, but so far haven't had the chance.

S85 106k4 ROM [0912] - ALTERNATIVE LINK
using
PROBOX Burning Tool

If anyone else wants to do it also - How To Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NmSIOqQgMc

DubDJ

Big Nelly wrote: »

Any chance you could ship via DHL and do a review?

I was going to ship via Netherlands post as I heard it usually passes by customs. Is DHL an option? What's the usual price on this?

Big Nelly

DubDJ wrote: »

Think I might jump on one of these, I might be picking up a few but unsure which to go for. I'm gonna give this a try and if I'm happy with it I'll go for more. I was originally going for the MXiii but this is a great price.

Any chance you could ship via DHL and do a review?

DubDJ

wildrover444 wrote: »

http://m.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_80703.html

Is this the cheapest the mxq s85 has been. Only 38 euro. Surely worth buying at that price. Might place an order tonight.

Think I might jump on one of these, I might be picking up a few but unsure which to go for. I'm gonna give this a try and if I'm happy with it I'll go for more. I was originally going for the MXiii but this is a great price.

Big Nelly

captain_boycott wrote: »

According to the articles I have read, not recommended for flash/sd memory, but fine if you have installed xbmc to a hard disk. It will work, just causes a lot of wear and tear as everything you play is getting cached to storage. As to the size, depends on how much RAM memory your device has installed.

I found these links useful

http://totalxbmc.tv/new-forum/index.php?topic=19.0

And

http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Modify_the_video_cache

Yeah aware of it caching to flash and not recommended, was more of a check to see if people have used?

Big Nelly

wildrover444 wrote: »

http://m.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_80703.html

Is this the cheapest the mxq s85 has been. Only 38 euro. Surely worth buying at that price. Might place an order tonight.

yeah I was going to buy, it is great value....