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ilovemymac Yeah. Excellent points on the X7. It was my fav until the FTV. And I actually sold it before the newer Finless ROMs came out. (My buddy who has it now still raves about it daily.) So I can't and definitely won't say anything negative against it. I shouldn't have grouped it in with the rest so casually and without more explanation. X7 was and still is one of if not the best boxes out there for its openness, speed, and smoothness. I should have kept it longer if not permanently. In fact, I was almost going to buy another one last week when I heard about the release of FTV and bought it instead on release day. But the out of box experience of the FTV has been the best experience so far. Could never say that about the X7. Especially so for regular non-tech consumers. So if that helps anyone feel better about getting one, then I hope that helps.
And the FTV will only get better and better as everyone mods it further. Great value piece of hardware.
@DiegoMegia Thanks man. So you can load up emulators on the FTV!? Hmmm.. Will have to look into that at some point. Need my Galaga and 1941 fix again.
Just gave away my original upright arcade Sega and PCBs of those. Had an original 1941 board!
And yeah, the FTV has what seems ZERO lag in menus and start of streaming. Been waiting for that in all the boxes I've tried. Love it.
Yeah, and not a crash yet on the FTV.
As for who wins the crown on XBMC, I can't say for sure as I haven't had my X7 for at least three months now. My buddy says he's moved over to MX Player on it for it's smooth 60 frame look vs the slower/ choppier? look on the XBMC release he has even though originally he much preferred the XBMC 24p cinematic look much more before. I've told him about the mediacodec off / libstagefright on thing just now but I have no idea if that's something that applies to the X7 or not. If it does and these releases also worn on the X7, then it could be just as smooth now as the FTV. I've asked him to try Koying's latest release and see. Anyone know if these builds don't apply to the X7?
Anyway, hope that helps.
R