[THRobinson]

Sorry if been asked before, just learning about this stuff now. Another thread someone recommended to me to get a cheap box and wipe it out and install LibreElec, which I have now on an old 10+yr PC. Runs fine, except 10-bit playback sucks on it and it's a giant Silverstone case. I plan to put my 2x3TB media drives in a NAS and downsize my player size.

I was looking at a T95Z S912 Octa-Core 3GB on Amazon.ca (Canada) which was a bit more than wanted to spend compared to the $40 units, but less than the top of the line... not sure if need an Octacore or if Quad will do.

My 2 questions are

1) Would this work for my needs? I only have maybe half a dozen big 4K 10bit H265 movies, stuff like Infinity Wars, the rest is all 8bit H265 1080p, around 4000-5000kbps variable bitrate. I'm getting a new TV next week, TCL 55R617 4K Dolby Vision, 10bit colour, and trying to futureproof a bit.

2) Is it better to take an Android box and install Kodi? or... wipe it and just have LibreElec?  I have no use for stuff like Netflix but, also assume the warranty goes when the OS is wiped. But, if a decent increase in performance and load time, it gets wiped.

EDIT - 3 questions I guess... RK3399 seems to be much better than S912. Better to have an S912 with LibreElec or RK3399 with Android + Kodi?