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kmrm wrote: »

How long did take for parcel to arrive once customs had it?

I'll let you know when it arrives

kmrm

DubDJ wrote: »

They sent me a letter for proof of purchase because the value wasn't declared.

How long did take for parcel to arrive once customs had it?

5500

dahat wrote: »

Mine is at Dublin 12 Mail Centre.

If you put your NL tracking number in anposts search you'll get a quicker update if customs have it or not. Still waiting for the letter from them myself in the hope there's a big backlog and they push it through.

I went to backup the box I currently have here and it appears it was shipped with xbmc 13.2 on it, I also found a "droidwizard" zip on a usb stick from my mx2, flashed it in xbmc and bobs your granny its now filled with what I was after.

Big Nelly wrote: »

You might be lucky, my first box was valued by customs as $20:D

Hopefully so,still haven't heard anything by phone or email.
The wait goes on.

Mickalus wrote: »

And you didn't photoshop it to a smaller number first?

I was tempted to but didn't want the hassle.

Mickalus

DubDJ wrote: »

They sent me a letter for proof of purchase because the value wasn't declared.

And you didn't photoshop it to a smaller number first?

Big Nelly wrote: »

You might be lucky, my first box was valued by customs as $20:D

They sent me a letter for proof of purchase because the value wasn't declared.

dahat wrote: »

Same as I pain then. Will get the bucks ready.

My first ever Customs stoppage.

You might be lucky, my first box was valued by customs as $20:D

DubDJ wrote: »

23% on the original price plus €7 Handling charge. My box was under €52 and got charged €18.90.

Same as I pain then. Will get the bucks ready.

My first ever Customs stoppage.

dahat wrote: »

Sent to Customs. Feck em. ..

What kind of bill shall I get now? €20 or so?

23% on the original price plus €7 Handling charge. My box was under €52 and got charged €18.90.

dahat wrote: »

Sent to Customs. Feck em. ..

What kind of bill shall I get now? €20 or so?

The MXIII 1GB box I bought and shipped with DHL cost me 16 euro....but that was a 10 euro DHL handling fee

dahat wrote: »

On the Factory Reset part, interesting idea.

Has anything go aray from doing that on each new box?
Did you read something that encouraged you to do this as a rule?

Not read anything to be honest, it is just from experience. From what I can see they must test these boxes before shipping out and have put in some settings, as soon as I turn them on I will do a factory reset and then start building.

Like the MXQ box as mentioned it seemed to be a bit off if you know what I mean when setting it up....once I reset to default and started again it ran alot better

dahat wrote: »

Mine is at Dublin 12 Mail Centre.

Sent to Customs. Feck em. ..

What kind of bill shall I get now? €20 or so?

WeleaseWoderick wrote: »

Has anyone experience of using one of these with an Android box?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301409978908

I have similar, the Logitech K400 which cost €40 and the Measly RC12 which cost €15 form China.

Both do a great job but I'm using the RC12 a lot more now, only downfall is they aren't backlight.

On the Factory Reset part, interesting idea.

Has anything go aray from doing that on each new box?
Did you read something that encouraged you to do this as a rule?

Big Nelly wrote: »

Might be worth looking at the following:

Link: http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_80704.html
Coupon: MXQBLG, which will bring the price to €37.18.

Guy in Gearbest who helped me with a couple of orders keeps sending me codes, he must think I am loaded :eek: probably sending them because I end up buying them half the time :P

Just a bit of an update on this. I got to play around with it for 20 mins last night. The issues I had with firmware where simple and school boy error by myself. I normally do a full factory reset on all these devices when they arrive and I forgot to.

After a full factory reset there was no issues with it. Ran everything without an issue. SO great value. I haven't tried a H.265 file yet. Didn't get a chance.

There is new firmwares available as posted already so I am going to go with the unofficial one to get rid of the default launcher. When you boot up the box and launcher kicks in I already see 60% of memory been used. I use the memory cleaner and it drops to 40% but then back up again once the launcher is going. Going to see if different launcher helps.

Apart from that, nice little box and great for the price. Only issue now is the developer for OpenELEC bricked his MXQ box so no sign of OpenELEC for it anytime soon....:mad:

reni10 wrote: »

MXIII does not support H265, the only boxes that support hardware H265 AND 4K decoding are the S812 processor boxes like the M8C and M8S and Minix X8-h plus

The MXQ box I linked before for 37 quid or so supports H.265.

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_94470.html

I have this one at home....need to update firmware and get it up and running.

reni10

MXIII does not support H265, the only boxes that support hardware H265 AND 4K decoding are the S812 processor boxes like the M8C and M8S and Minix X8-h plus

Heraldoffreeent

Slunk wrote: »

Ordered mx3 on 3 december. Nl post. Asked to mark low value. Delivered this morning by an post. No charge, declared value $28 happy days

Who did you order from?

I ordered a A2 airmouse from Gearbest on the 3rd of Dec and its by slow mail, but I cant track it on swiss post tracking for some reason.

My X8 H plus was ordered on the 12th so I've no hope of getting that pre xmas.

eamondunphy wrote: »

Haha Is that all though?

Any advantages to the neo?

The MXIII I got said it supported H.265 on the box. I did try to play a H.265 video but didn't play very well but this was probably just because it is so new and the players where not the best. It will be interesting to see if the 2GB version support H.265 as well. It is not marked on the site but was marked on the box when it arrived. I have since let the MXIII go, should have kept it as there is a linux version available for it.

The NEO supports 4k which the MXIII does as well.

I think the NEO has a build in hardware decoder which the MXIII doesn't, well from what I read it doesn't. But you need the X8-H to get the hardware decoder.

The Minix was the best spec box on the market around 6 months ago. The market is changing all the time so now you can get the MXIII and other devices with similar spec's at half the cost.

If I could safely say if you buy a X8-H with the newest firmware it might have an advantage but I would say most of the boxes available out there are not running the newest firmware so you will have to upgrade the firmware out of the box. After that you will be able to do OTA updates which is an advantage over the MXIII.

Edit sorry you mentioned the plus which has H.265 support as well. It also comes with Gigabit ethernet which the MXIII has standard 10/100. If you plan on using direct ethernet connect and your router supports it this would be advantage

WeleaseWoderick

Has anyone experience of using one of these with an Android box?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301409978908

dahat wrote: »

About €100 !

Correct

And depending on what firmware ships with the X8-H the MXIII has a more stable firmware.....

eamondunphy

Haha Is that all though?

Any advantages to the neo?

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?14126-Stock-Firmware-Beelink-S82-M8-MXIII-1-2G-Official-FW-Releases-from-Beelink-user-feedback-thread

Might be worth having a look at this thread for the MXIII

Or have a look here for some of the unofficial firmwares

http://mbox.co.za/forum/viewforum.php?f=64&sid=12a78b8be60fab898ac192f1e33e434b

I am going to put on the unofficial one on the MXQ, just to get rid of the packaged launcher that comes with the box. It seems to be memory hungry. The firmware replaces with Nova which seems like a better alternative.

eamondunphy wrote: »

What's the difference between the mx3 and the minix neo x8-h plus?

About €100 !

eamondunphy

What's the difference between the mx3 and the minix neo x8-h plus?

Mine is at Dublin 12 Mail Centre.

That's my current movement, it now says the item is being processed by customs.

15-12-2014 04:47 The item has been processed in the country of destination
14-12-2014 16:49 The item is on transport to the country of destination
14-12-2014 16:48 The item is on transport to the country of destination
14-12-2014 09:52 The item has arrived in the country of destination
13-12-2014 08:12 The item is on transport to the country of destination
11-12-2014 20:10 The item is at the PostNL sorting center
02-12-2014 07:48 The item is pre-adviced

If your box skipped any of these maybe you won't get hit with customs.

Slunk

Ordered mx3 on 3 december. Nl post. Asked to mark low value. Delivered this morning by an post. No charge, declared value $28 happy days