Saw this the other day at 1/2 price at Vodafone, free express delivery ordered Sunday here Today
Bit of a bargain I thought, why not add it to the collection always room for one more
Amlogic 905d tv tuner, 2/8GB AC WiFI 10/100 Lan HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2 usb 2 Voice remote...
Running ATV 7.1, very easy setup, BT Voice remote, Full ATV
No Root L1, etc etc etc...., Same as Mibox and others in this field
Fired up ran for 30 minutes easy
Update as soon as powered up
Tv Tuner Ok...not checked to much as yet...Netflix etc
Installed Puffin Browser, then Aptoide...easy
Box
All the Bits in the box
Had to Rip into it...T7 torque screws, Gets warm Huge Heat sink and stuff More Later
Boring Underneath
Case
More a bit Later
Look Here -> |
After another 5 screws all is revealed
Groovy looking Antennae going on....
Good looking hardware,
Like that heat sink. some vents would have been good
Bit closer, USB 2 port on Side, all Lids Soldered
Ports rear
Serious DX with those Antennae
I missed this review o-i-c...
I bought 2 of them last week
Arrived yesterday
What a professionally packaged product.
Had watched a few reviews and read about many happy users.
$72 for a Hybrid Android - DVB T2 box
Running official ATV
With free Delivery and an AU Warranty.
How can you go wrong?
And nice to have an AU power adapter for a change
Last edited by ol' boy; 10-07-19 at 09:53 AM.
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LeroyPatrol (10-07-19)
After a small amount of time with this box
It is so closed up and protected compared the U4 or U5 Hybrid boxes
You seem stuck with a protected version of YouTube and Netflix
(I'd like to know how to delete the YouTube that comes with the box and install my own version)
You also are stuck with a watered down version of Playstore as it is an Official Android TV OS
(But you can sideload or direct download)
Last edited by ol' boy; 13-07-19 at 01:27 PM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
Guiseppe (13-07-19)
Would you buy one again knowing this Ob ?
Very early days with this box for me
I bought 2 for the reasons they had a DVB-T2 tuner and its a newer version of Android
The fact it comes with official ATV is just something new for me, i'm sure i'll work around it.
For $72 it is easy to use, fast, small, Youtube takes a while to load?? No idea why
Great Remote Control, Voice Commands are very handy
Would i buy another.....???
Yes and No, but more Yes.
Yes for price, speed, ease of use, compact, great for a caravan of second room (or a main unit)
No only because i'd like to try something else.... I am too used to the "Proper" Hybrid experience the U4 and U5 brings
(They are just DVB-T2 boxes that default as a Set Top Box with Android in the background, as an Android TV would be)
The Remote doesn't have some buttons i often use on my U5 Hybrid
There is no "Mouse" or "Cursor" button, which helps with some Apps that don't scroll well
There is no >> or >>l button for searching through content or menus in some Apps
Last edited by ol' boy; 13-07-19 at 02:27 PM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
For $72 i will take a punt, our aldi coccoon is ok but quite clunky.
Last edited by ol' boy; 13-07-19 at 02:39 PM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
loanrangiel (13-07-19)
Changing the Home Screen
I managed to find this,
Go to Settings
Under the Device heading, select Apps
Under the System apps heading, scroll to and select TchCustomizer
Select Notifications, then select Off
"Vodafone Recommends" disappeared and You Tube and Netflix moved to the App Section.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
A better YouTube
Suggestion: install the File manager X-Plore from the Playstore, then....
SmartYouTubeTV_v6.12.82 App = No Youtube Adverts.
You can also play around in Options and pick the quality of streamed video and video compression codecs used.
Save to a USB stick, install using the X-Plore App.
Home Screen
I have no idea how to get the 2 rows of apps showing like my U5 Hybrid
You can have a "Vodafone Recommends" and "Apps", but the Apps is only 1 row
You can remove the "Vodafone Recommends" then you lose your Netflix and YouTube App short cuts and you still only get 1 row
I'm sure you can much around or just use a totally different launcher
Bluetooth Remote
Is fantastic with its range but lack of buttons hurts some Apps
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Last edited by ol' boy; 14-07-19 at 10:32 AM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
Playing a YouTube in 1080p i've had it stop a couple of times and lose audio sync for a small moment
This shouldn't have anything to do with internet connection and speed, as the Video was 20min in and there should be heaps of buffer in front.
This is with the horrible version on YouTube the box comes with
Last edited by ol' boy; 14-07-19 at 10:34 AM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
tristen (15-07-19)
I did some reading on whinge pool and a harmony 650 works with the VTV which is good since i upgraded from an old 515 to a 650 a couple of weeks ago.
Yes, good thread that one
Few members from here on that thread
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
Finally got to using the DVB-T tuner via the Live Channels App.
What a disgrace!
The unit can't decode MPEG4 without losing heaps of frames...
Then it loses Audio on all channels.
Then after reopening the Channels App audio came back.
I can see why these units are marked down.
Zapping Channel to Channel is slow, almost like loading a new streaming channel everytime.
Some channels you can't use the remote for volume (like it's Digital pass through) then the next channel you can use the remote for volume???
Still can't beat the U4 and U5 for DVB-T and Sat use!
Last edited by ol' boy; 27-07-19 at 12:28 PM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
that's disappointing. I was thinking having the DVB-T was a great idea! Hard to find one box that does everything you want well.
Yup, like others selling Hybrid boxes on here.
I just don't trust them if the DVB-T has to go through an App.
It has to be native and default
Last edited by ol' boy; 28-07-19 at 01:15 PM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
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