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2016-10-20, 14:29
(This post was last modified: 2016-10-20, 14:30 by JonSnow88.)
I see this being an excellent way to counter the cheap chinise boxes, Google and the hardware manufacturers just need to flood the market with these boxes for under a $100 no one will look to buy the cheap boxes and won't have to worry about support or cheap power supplies.
This will not only help the Kodi team but also the average joe buying a box to watch videos and HD Netflix. Call me paranoid but i would never sign into a Chinese box with my Google ID, no idea what back doors maybe in place, however they do make excellent LibreELEC boxes.
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I thought I read somewhere that in order to gain the use of the Android TV OS the company wanting to use it had to send several employees off to meet with Google and conference with them for a week or so out west (for want of a better term). That was the stumbling block for WeTek, it doesn't make financial sense for small companies to have to eat the cost of a multi thousand dollar business trip even before getting started.
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That is one of the things on the road to Android TV, though.
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Proper Dolby and DTS Audio Licensing would be another must have requirement...
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i just got my mi box,
i was disappointed that it doesn't play 10 bit hevc files in kodi or outside the kodi...
did you guys know if it may be change in the future? maybe an software update ?
thanks.
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To be a certified Android TV device Google now requires to have VP9 hardware decoding. Wetek should have opted for S905X if they wanted official Android TV on their devices.
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My first post here, been reading for a good while. Started with the Fire Stick, then Box, then got the Shield, Odroid C2, Beelink MXIII which I am finally going to flash a MicroSD with LibreElec. Also my daily driver is a Chromebox with LE.
All this to say, I wasn't in the market for a Mi Box until I went to the local WM to get that MicroSD and saw the Mi Box on the shelves for $35. So I got one. Putting SPMC on it now. I don't know what the deal is with the price here in Carlsbad, NM. Couldn't pass up that deal though..
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$35 bucks, awesome. Guess WM can make a mistake.