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Hi all, I`ve currently got a Droidbox DualCore 1.5GHZ A9-MIII Neon Cortex CPU & Quad Core Mali400 Graphics Processor, running Gotham. I`m looking to upgrade later this month. Ideally I want a box running Kodi. I have my eye on a DroidBOX X7 quad core.
Basically, I`m looking for the best Android box I can get for around £100. Help / advice appreciated.
Thanks !!
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2015-01-21, 14:00
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-21, 14:00 by Ned Scott.)
There's a lot of factors to consider, like how we're defining "best". Kodi doesn't necessarily need the "best" CPU performance in the Android area, but if for some reason you need the box to also be fairly beefy in the CPU area, maybe something with an RK3288 chip inside. At least from what I've read, it got good benchmarks, should work fairly well with Kodi, has new features like h.265 and 4k output, and is a good bang for your buck all around. Which exact box to buy? Meh, whatever's on sale and has good reviews. Avoid things in stick form (at least for RK3288) and units that didn't put a heatsink on the chip.
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This is the spec of the box I`m looking at, 4 out of 5 on Amazon.
DroidBOX X7 Ultimate Android TV BOX with VIP mini Keyboard and 16GB Memory- Quad Core Android 4.4.2 MINI PC - Free Movies,TV and SPORTS, Loaded Gotham 13.3.3 XBMC,AirPlay UPnP DLNA IPTV Mini Web Streaming HTPC Player, 2Gb Ram, 16GB ROM Memory, WiFi, Bluetooth, 100mbps LAN, 1080P 3D movies support,Internet Streaming Player,similar G-Box Midnight MX2, Droibox, Jailbroken AppleTV, Boxee Box,Google TV,Roku 2 XS, Roku 3, CS918, Minix Neo,DroidPlayer, X7, Q7, T8, M8, XstreamTec, Phantom M8, SkyDeals
I hope this makes sense !
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Just found this one:
Skydeals Android TV box QUAD CORE MXIII XBMC Streaming Mini HTPC TV Player, UK adapter included***FULLY LOADED***NEW VERSION, XBMC PLUG AND PLAY,WIFI AND ETHERNET CONNECTION 8GB STORAGE 5G WIFI 4X CPU CORTEX A9 GPU MALI 450
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Neither of those are "the best" for around £100. What is it that you want to do with the box? Just Kodi stuff? Or games as well?
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Just Kodi, I`m looking for a quick reliable box. I`ve had a few problems with Gotham crashing on on my current box.
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I understand about the "fully loaded" term, it was just copied & pasted from the amazon info. I`ve been looking at the MINIX NEO X8-H Plus, and I don`t mind spending a few extra quid to get the right box. The only thing is I`ve never installed Kodi on an android box before, is it pretty simple?
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Thanks for all your help, I`ll let you know how it goes !!
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Why not a win8.1 cheap box? How would you compare these? I think mygica has some decent ones?
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2015-01-23, 13:10
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-23, 13:10 by DrByrd.)
I've had a fairly good experience running Kodi 13.2 on the Ouya.
Definitely going to look for something a little more powerful for the living room. But, I can't complain at the moment.
Cheers.