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Hi all.. first post so don;t bust me up to bad..... Looking to test the waters and get into this hobby, possibly lower my cable bill, and hoping to get in for less that $150.00
Have been searching, reading, downloading, building usb bootable stciks with different versions of os's and kodi for testing and entertaining knowledge for days, including this post and the other hardware post. Must say I'm confused.
I see a lot of stay away from Android !!! but also a lot of old post when it comes to why. Seems like most boxes you can find are Andriod boxes.. Seems like OpenELEC has taken some split and there is LibreElec, and there is also OSMC in the blinds. Not to mention Kodi has upgraded form 14, 16, to 17 then they throw in Krypton.
In todays world 2017, technology move forward in this world very fast and review for a box in early 2016 are likely no longer valid.
I don;t mind getting my hands dirty and have technical skills after working in the computer field since '73, starting with vacuum cleaner, oscilloscope, voltmeter, solder sucker and iron with a bag of transistors and capacitors... til 2013 when I retired, but I just don;t want to buy and build a Rasberry.
I found a box, plug and play ready to run (marketing babble) box that fits my budget and claims to do what I want called the "TickBox" but searcing this forum I see no reference to it... I'm sure there are other sellers out there with similar products.
Any good, bad, indifferent comments on the "TickBox" ?
In the US, yes US as many boxes have EU plugs, whats a good inexpensive, sub $150.00, box to buy that has an OS installed & Kodi recent release, good remote, that will stream and play 1080p video ?
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Almost any android box with s905 or s905x will work with libreelec. I got a scishion v88 pro and loaded le on a sd card. Booted, works perfectly. Make sure you get the s905x version, not the rk chip one. got mine from gearbest.
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Just bought the Wetek Play 2. And, installed on sdcard Libreelec.
Now, I just don't know if I should buy an airmouse with keyboard like Mele F10 Deluxe, or a combo of keyboard and mouse like Logitech K400!
What are your opinions based on experiences?
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2017-04-14, 17:12
(This post was last modified: 2017-04-16, 03:43 by wrxtasy.)
wrxtasy, thanks I think I hear ya..... will be looking at Minix U1 or Xiaomi Mi box, with a flash to LibreElec.
Any further coments on the likes of "t....x" ....
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2017-04-15, 20:49
(This post was last modified: 2017-04-16, 03:46 by wrxtasy.)
t....x is perhaps apparently a company, https://t.....x/, that advertises and sells an Android box, a bit sketchy on the specs.. 64bit, quad core, 1g/8g, ready tp play with Android 5.1 or 6.0 Kodi.. and some other apps installed, with a sub. to .tv too..
sounds to good to be true....
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2017-04-16, 03:42
(This post was last modified: 2017-04-16, 03:45 by wrxtasy.)
I'm removing the Tbox name from Posts above as its clearly a Pirate Kodi Box.
All the advertising they have is BS - stating free Sports Streams, and free Hollywood Movies are Legal - My Ass !
Pirate Kodi Box Sellers in the UK are being hauled before the courts and heavily fined and/or jailed for this sort of thing.
These types of Box Sellers are exactly the guys who give Kodi a bad name - taking dirt cheap Hardware and adding some Pirate Software, then sell at a Markup of 300-500%
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great explan... thx. "Stay Away"
WeTek or U1 back to the top of my list.
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Just wondering how flexible is LibreELEC OS?
I'm currently running Android 6 and it allows me to run a Samba Server to get network access to the storage from my Computer.
I use it for editing favorites and storing the occasional file.
The other advantage is I added the Android Google Cast functions so the box can be targeted as a CCast when I want.
I'm sure I would lose that moving to LibreELEC but if I can configure the Samba server to run in the background I might be tempted to switch away from Android.