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@ sebvalmontx360

I bought it purely for offline playback. I knew what I was getting into. All I wanted was basic playback. I didn't buy it to fiddle around with firmware or crack it open. It works fine out of the box.

@ Ned Scott

I bought it from Ebay. Aliexpress didn't send a confirmation email on sign-up. And even if I did buy from there the seller was established for years. Everything you buy off the Internet has an element of trust to it - otherwise we'd all be sticking to face to face bricks and mortars stores (which I prefer). Still no issues. And it wasn't thousands.

I think the problem is more the buyer expecting a Shield box for $50.

I also wanted it for local playback. That was the main reason I wanted openelec on it.

The problem was not to expect a shield for $50. If it was the one I bought (MXIII-G) I was satisfied. But it wasn't. And, in general, it is not a reseler fault. They receive apparently the same unit, from the same China retailer, but it has a different PC Board.

I am not saying it from myself. Check freaktab foruns and you will find hundreds of posts relating the same that happened to me.

As I said, very good that you were lucky with your unit. However, it is not the general rule.

In freaktabs you can find posts saying that they bought an unit and they were very satisfied with it. Two or three months later they bought another unit from the same retailer and it had a different firmware and PC Board. In these units you never know what is coming.