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I really like this little box. It really passes the WAF snuff. Especially once I get a few glitches worked out. She was playing around with the remote. Loves, how it boots right into XBMC. She doesn't have to work it like a computer, etc....
davilla,
I took your advice and posted a topic over at pivos forums. I appreciate your helping me here and I apologize if I was cluttering up the topic. I didn't mean to do that. It hadn't even dawned on me that this wasn't really a support topic until you said something - my fault. Hopefully my topic will get a few takers and I can figure this out.
Thanks for all your work with this device. I can truly see how much potential this little guy has.
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I just got a Pivos Xios yesterday, and I installed the new Frodo version for android on. I dont know if this is normal, but it took about 20-30 minutes to install. When I open XBMC, it says wait for first time use. The meter bar goes real slow. Once the meter bar finishes, it goes to a black screen. It keeps doing that. I have to unplug the Pivos and plug it back up to get it going again. It seems real slow overall for getting things done. I cleared the cache, and it lead me to the first time startup screen again. It only let me into XBMC once but wont open anything and the screen was real dark. I couldnt choose anything, and I had to unplug my system again. This is getting real frustrating especially on something you got that same day and cant get it working. It has 4.0.4 and is an M3. I would appreciate any help.
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davilla
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Please visit the pivos forums and follow the guides.
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Hey guys,
Has Pivos made some progress, how god does XBMC work on this little guy (in linux I assume).
I am hoping for 1080p streaming possibility, access to some online channels perhaps?!? What can this guy do?
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Thanks!
I am torn between the cost savings of this and laying down the big bucks for my own custom htpc...
You are running on Linux yes?
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touser,
Did your work over network straight out of the box? Or did it take some tinkering?
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Yeah I would for sure get one and try it out if it would have been available for 99$ here in Sweden. Unfortunately that's not what it costs from Pivos Europe, instead it's almost twice that 142.57 EUR = 190.523 USD. Also I got another Amlogic dual core box for free... But still would have gotten the Pivos for 99$ but never for almost twice that.
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davilla
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EU Import fees are a bitch. When you order from some chinese site, they try to avoid those taxes by claiming a low cost or gift status. Highly illegal and subject to seizure and destruction at the boarder.
Pivos must play by the rules and in fact is the only box that actually carries a valid ac3/dts license. Your choice is something else cheap and maybe it you get it and it works, or get Pivos and know you have a company that stands behind their product, now and in the future.
Remember that all the other Pivos clones are simply trying use the Pivos written source code, they do not understand it nor care to actually fix any issues or improve the software. They pray that Pivos might do it for them so they can profit.