2014-11-16, 22:44
I have one of these boxes and can offer some impressions. The main reason I got this is not for digital audio pass through, but because of the advertised 3D iso support plus xbmc. I can't comment on the digital audio pass through I'm afraid, other than to say it appeared to work when I asked it to pass 5.1 digital audio to my TV.
As Android TV boxes go, I find this one reasonably snappy. The box does not have a standard Android looking interface but something a bit more remote friendly - you can see some pics here:
http://www.iboum.com/wordpress/?p=25
The native media centre app on the box does not offer any form of library type ability for files stored on the network but played everything I threw it at it flawlessly. I don't have any 4K stuff, but it played Blu-Ray 3D isos perfectly. 24hz output is available too if you set the option.
The version 1.06 firmware comes with XBMC based on 13.1. This works fine except with all my 3D isos the playback stutters from the moment it starts and is unwatchable. I also could not get any 24hz playback from the bundled XBMC. I am hopeful the 3D iso playback from within XBMC will be fixed - should be possible using the external player which works really well. All my 3D rips are using AnydvdHD with generic options, but all stutter when played from XBMC (even from a local esata disk as opposed to nfs). The supplier of the box (www.futeko.com) has tested 3D from within XBMC and found it working, so not sure what is going on here.
As Android TV boxes go, I find this one reasonably snappy. The box does not have a standard Android looking interface but something a bit more remote friendly - you can see some pics here:
http://www.iboum.com/wordpress/?p=25
The native media centre app on the box does not offer any form of library type ability for files stored on the network but played everything I threw it at it flawlessly. I don't have any 4K stuff, but it played Blu-Ray 3D isos perfectly. 24hz output is available too if you set the option.
The version 1.06 firmware comes with XBMC based on 13.1. This works fine except with all my 3D isos the playback stutters from the moment it starts and is unwatchable. I also could not get any 24hz playback from the bundled XBMC. I am hopeful the 3D iso playback from within XBMC will be fixed - should be possible using the external player which works really well. All my 3D rips are using AnydvdHD with generic options, but all stutter when played from XBMC (even from a local esata disk as opposed to nfs). The supplier of the box (www.futeko.com) has tested 3D from within XBMC and found it working, so not sure what is going on here.
