(2017-06-24, 07:32)wrxtasy Wrote: Yes agreed.
The extra heaping of bullshit in such advertising with this MECOOL M8S Pro+ is pictures showing 4K HDR Netflix capabilities - which is completely impossible unless you meet the above requirements + HDCP 2.2 and you are running the Android TV Netflix App & have your hardware platform also "baptized" by Netflix.
You could use that advertisement as a perfect example for newbies looking for the holy grail for $40. These boxes have come a long way, however. Four years ago, I was pleased, if the box could play for 5 minutes without rebooting. It took a couple of years for those Chinese boxes to finally get Dolby Digital working. Today, the goal is to find one of these boxes that will play HD audio from the stock Android OS, my Zidoo X9S is the closest one I have that seems to just work.
I have/had more that two or three dozen of these boxes/sticks in the last four years, and most are Junk. I do have a couple that just works, but they are boring for me, so I don't use them. My Zidoo X9S does play with HD audio, but I don't use it, I prefer my $40 Android boxes running OpenELEC/LibreELEC, or Linux.
For a very long time, I used my $35 MK808B plus for my Tvheadend server, and it worked fantastic for that purpose.
I did finally decided to stay away from Rockchip, because their support is horrible, and I have several boxes with their SoC's. I did read someplace that Intel has partnered with Rockchip a year or so ago, but not sure if that is true, or how Rockchip has benefited from that partnership.
I guess what I am saying, is these inexpensive Amlogic boxes are great to tinker with, but as Wrxtasy says, don't expect much out of the box running the stock Android OS, because the ads lie big time, and this box is a perfect example of that huge lie.
