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2015-03-04, 13:23
(This post was last modified: 2015-03-04, 13:31 by AuXBoX.)
If you want my advice get an AmLogic AML8726-MX dual core box. They are cheaper and run a lot better with mxlinux. This was the original box croniccorey made it for. I've had all boxes and this is the most stable out of all. You don't get any of the freezing issues and no problems with WiFi. You can't use the builds on here though. I can make you some
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These look interesting Auxbox, many thanks for the info. Will they support the latest Linux KODI Helix 14? Do they support WiFi switching like we have with WiFi Manager without any Broadcom type incompatibility? DO they produce true 1080 HD like the ATV1200 box does with Linux Gotham 13.2 and Helix 14.0 ?
I see they have a faster speed CPU than in the ATV1200 box but they do apparently suffer form heat problems when the cpu is working hard from what I read. What experience have you with this heat problem. DO you find them more responsive and generally snappier than the ATV1200 type boxes or pretty much the same.
I will check with my Chinese supplier to see how much cheaper they are than the ATV1200 boxes and maybe try one out if you have3 a suitable Linux compile.. They certainly look interesting so will be interested in what compiles are available for Linux KODI builds.
The ATV1200 box is the best Linux MX box I have tried so far but I do trust your judgement mate so I am very interested.in looking at these AML8726-MX based boxes
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Aren't ATV1200 based on AML8726-MX too ?
I own an ATV1200 though, and i must say i totally agree with raymw, running MX-linux (and soon Ember ^^) is absolutely fabulous lol
I've used this box a few months running Android (before to discover Mx-linux), and it was slow as hell.
Now it's fast, and i too don't think more cores would change anything.
Plus it plays all my full HD videos without any hiccup, and wifi is powerful enough to stream HD videos from my various HDD in the house.
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I buy my ATV1200 boxes in bulk NeBiouse as I supply my friends and contacts here in Thailand and order usually 5 to 10 units at a time when I have the orders here. So I get a special private deal with my Chinese supplier. But I have to pay Thai import duty at 10% plus Thai VAT at 7% too but that is passed onto my friends who are ordering them for me to set up for them with Linux MX and a good collection of popular add-ons. So I do earn a few welcomed beers from them for my troubles and efforts :-) .
I have asked him for a one off box quote to ship direct to Europe for you, but I honestly do not expect it to be any cheaper than you already quoted and you will still have the very real chance of incurring import duty and European high levels of VAT too,.so that would be a major deal breaker. These CMX boxes Auxbox mentioned are about US$24 cheaper to me from my Chinese supplier, so if they are as good as claimed, as I expect they are, then will be well worth the saving. Also apparently they have a better and more stable performance.as Auxbox mentioned too.
I expect to have one of these CMX boxes with my next ATV1200 box order within about 2 weeks though will be out of action for about a week from 21st March.
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Guys, there are far better options than MX based boxes these days. I have a couple of ATV1200 boxes (Sumvision Cyclone X2) but I am now using the Sumvision Cyclone X4 box running OpenELEC. These are S805 based boxed and can do HEVC decoding in hardware up to 1080p. OpenELEC is very similar to MX Linux (based on same family of Amlogic linux kernels) but there is far more in the way of current development and new releases. I am finding more and more HEVC streams online that MX boxes just can't handle. These S805 boxes are really cheap, but if you want a bit better performance then the S812 based CX-806 box can do HEVC at 4K now under OpenELEC.
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Bobones thanks for the info but personally at this time I want to stay with the well established XBMC/KODI as just cannot really fault it right now with excellent HD streaming and of course being well established there are hundreds or thousands of world wide servers available so can stream almost anything I want.
Still cannot see that a quad core over a dual core will give any benefit for this sort of operation. Sure it might help bloatware Android to cope better, but who needs Android anyway when we have the far superior Linux MX without all the unnecessary Android bloatware either. Also quadcore will not usually improve streaming as that is primarily and almost totally dependant on the end to end internet link quality and far end server capability. Certainly for me streaming here almost always works brilliantly on my ATV1200 / Linux Helix 14.0 box as long as I chose the better far end servers for which you soon get to know which ones work best for you..
I will only change to quad core when the dual core boxes are no longer available and there is a Linux KODI build available for them which I am still sure will be fothcoming. THat Openelec system is really still very much beta and experimental so certainly will look at it before too long but for me not a priority.