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Don't hit me people, I have a question which is most likely already answered but the look of the search results is confusing.
Since there are serveral software upscalers included in kodi like Bicubic, Lanczos2 and Spline36 and so on... which device can even handle Spline36 SD to FHD? Only fully equipped PCs?
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For a Snappy device, any device = a wireless remote = no more missed button pressings, no more Phone falling asleep. It really is the way to use Kodi in 2018.
But there are issues especially for poorly engineered devices with Bluetooth only remotes. You only need to browse the NVIDIA Shield forums to see Lots of complaints about 2017 Shield Mini wireless remote RF interference problems.
Devices with Plug in Mini USB RF receiver dongles are fine, like the Vero 4K, MINIX's devices and some MECOOL's.
For LibreELEC 1GB, 2GB, 3GB - it does not matter.
What does matter is the quality of device RAM, quality of eMMC flash storage, onboard WiFi/Bluetooth chipset and the Ethernet speed once you get into high bitrate 4K HDR streaming.
It's a few reasons why branded devices like WeTek, MINIX, Vero, Mi Box, Shield and ODROID etc cost more.
Having said all that the S912 Gigabit Tanix TX92 will be pretty decent Bang for the Buck for 4K HEVC - LE usage.
DIY LE can be installed to internal eMMC once you have it running from a SD card or USB Stick first.
But there are risks involved, particularly when upgrading. See the LE forums for details.
I've never done install to internal personally but it can be done.
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Where's best place to get the tanix tx92?
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2018-04-22, 14:48
(This post was last modified: 2018-04-22, 14:52 by New York.)
Hello, I am considering replacing my current android tv box.
I think that the ideal replacement would be an android tv box fulfilling the following criteria:
A specific requirement: Correct playback of 1080p h264 Hi10P... Hi10P support seems very rare (non-existent?) among android tv boxes.
- 4K support
- auto frame-rate switching
- HDR
- (video) format support pretty much the best possible
- good audio support
In short I'm pretty much looking for the best, top-of-the-line, android tv box. I've seen that the MINIX U9-H is very popular and seems to be a quite good tv box, maybe it's a potential choice for me, maybe there are other alternatives to consider. However, it seems like the MINIX U9-H can't handle 1080p h264 Hi10P which is something of a deal-breaker for me.
I'm wondering if there's any opinions on these powerful Rockchip RK3399 android tv boxes that have started to appear, for example RKM MK39, X99, R99. How well would they match the requirements?
Also I'm thinking of if it would be good to wait some period of time until later this year, if some new tv boxes are released that are better than the current ones.
What are your thoughts and opinions?
Thanks for the help!