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Can't decide between the MK802 and the OE branded device. Any thoughts on them?
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(2012-07-18, 19:51)madgeek Wrote: Can't decide between the MK802 and the OE branded device. Any thoughts on them?
Just received both of them. Shall I do some sort of comparison type of review?
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OK, no problem, but ....
I have absolutely no experience with hardware reviews. Do you guys have any tips? Which aspects to highlight/compare etc.
Give me a day or two.
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I received my Oval Elephant yesterday. It has a very nice feel to it. The outer casing reminds me of an apple newton.(it almost feels soft)
-It plays pretty much everything I've thrown at it. I did have to install MX Player to play avi's in software mode.(MX Player can also play mkv's, mp4's in hardware mode)
-720p output is great.
-In settings-->display you can change resolutions and overscan options.(1080p did not work for me though...it just blinks every 30 seconds or so)
-Play Store works well, I was able to install ES File Manager and MX Player without problems.
-WIFI seems to work well and is pretty quick. I haven't run speedtest yet.
-The Shutdown command works and actually turns off the device.(I've heard on the MK802 this is not the case due to the missing AXP209).
I'll be buying a gender changer for the HDMI so I can use it with my htpc HDMI cable because getting to the back of my tv can be a bit of a problem.
I can't wait for the XBMC android port to come out of pre-alpha with some hardware decoding. As of right now is software mode it playing an avi it drops 3 frames a second.
All in all I'm really happy with my Oval Elephant. It works very well.
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$51.49 including delivery on flea bay from China. Might be worth a punt.
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I was under the impression that XMBC on the mk802 lacked ahrdware video accelration. I'd love to see it work. Personally for my video streaming on my box I use EMIT. However it lacks the pretty interface that XBMC features. However it does support server side transcoding and connecting to the server over the internet. I also have an mk808 that I want to try out as well with xbmc though.
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I'm losing track... So there is still no HW decoding support for this device? That's a shame. It would make the device (the chipset at least) immensely popular. I would buy several!
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There's hardware decoding for some other Android video apps out there, but not for XBMC.