Hi,
(for readability reasons, i call the box "refee box" here)
since there is no thread about this box already, yet some users already seem to use it, i decided to start one to share the information i already got.
The box is available at dx and via several dealers on ebay. Since you can get it with there, possibilities to get one are higher because you don't have to mess around with customs.
The link at dx is here.
(The box is offered as 512gb/2GB and as 1GB/4gb version) (ram/nand flash)
Producer is either refeedigital or webphd. Haven't found out which one exactly yet.
The soc is the same as in the g-box midnight, an amlogic-M3. Sources for this SOC are not available, yet there is some effort to raise money to buy 500 boxes and get the source from the manufacturer. See here.
The best point to loook for firmware is g-box atm, because they actively work on the midnight and try to get XBMC running there. If anything does not work, they get back to the manufacturer, amlogic, to sort the problems out. So g-box is our best bet atm to get the refee box running.
There are two different G-Box midnight hardware revisions. One is called 2.0 and one, "with the sticker", is the 2.1. The refee seems to match the midnight 2.0, which is not supported as good as the midnight 2.1 and seems to have wired ethernet issues. g-box is a little quiet about that, but if you look at the forums it seems this is an hardware issue and hardware rev. 2.1 was made to fix that issue. As far as i see atm, 2.0 owners can use 2.1 firmware, you "just" lose the wired network in that case.
If i get more information i'll post here.
(for readability reasons, i call the box "refee box" here)
since there is no thread about this box already, yet some users already seem to use it, i decided to start one to share the information i already got.
The box is available at dx and via several dealers on ebay. Since you can get it with there, possibilities to get one are higher because you don't have to mess around with customs.
The link at dx is here.
(The box is offered as 512gb/2GB and as 1GB/4gb version) (ram/nand flash)
Producer is either refeedigital or webphd. Haven't found out which one exactly yet.
The soc is the same as in the g-box midnight, an amlogic-M3. Sources for this SOC are not available, yet there is some effort to raise money to buy 500 boxes and get the source from the manufacturer. See here.
The best point to loook for firmware is g-box atm, because they actively work on the midnight and try to get XBMC running there. If anything does not work, they get back to the manufacturer, amlogic, to sort the problems out. So g-box is our best bet atm to get the refee box running.
There are two different G-Box midnight hardware revisions. One is called 2.0 and one, "with the sticker", is the 2.1. The refee seems to match the midnight 2.0, which is not supported as good as the midnight 2.1 and seems to have wired ethernet issues. g-box is a little quiet about that, but if you look at the forums it seems this is an hardware issue and hardware rev. 2.1 was made to fix that issue. As far as i see atm, 2.0 owners can use 2.1 firmware, you "just" lose the wired network in that case.
If i get more information i'll post here.
I've never seen one over 20 I don't think, even for the uber blu ray rips.