Lately i had the chance to review some RK3288 devices, one of them is the succesor of the famous CS918 which was powered by the older RK3188 Rockchip processor.
I am talking about the CS918II of course which returned more powerfull than ever before. This time the newer model sports the latest RK3288 processor by Rockchip and it doesn't have the h/w acceleration limitations the previous cpu had. I am talking about xbmc of course because as we all remember to playback 1080p videos needed some work to be done and you couldn't play them out of the box. This is not the case here and everything runs great, back first let's talk about the looks and hardware of the device.
Hardware
The CS918II has a very nice blue colour accompanied with grey and black as well giving it a very stylish appearence
On the side we have 2 USB 2.0 ports along with the MicroSD card slot
Loking at the back we have one more USB 2.0, Ethernet, MicroHDMI, SPDIF Optical audio output, MicroUSB OTG, A/V Output, D/C Input and an external wifi antenna
On the front we can see the IR Receiver as well as the built in microphone for voice controls
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Here I'm using voice search using the built in microphone
So to sum it up, the ports we get are:
3x USB 2.0
MicroHDMI Output
MicroUSB OTG
SPDIF Optical audio output
Ethernet
A/V Output
D/C Input
IR Receiver
Microphone
External WiFi antenna
MicroSD Card Slot
On/Off Button
The external antenna gives great wifi signal and it looks a lot like the one Minix Neo X8-H has
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Specifications
The CS918II has one great aspect which is RAW POWER. It's main specifications are:
CPU: Rockchip RK3288 running at 1.8 Ghz max
GPU: Mali-T764
RAM: 2GB DDR3
NAND FLASH: 16GB
WIFI: 802.11 b/g/n dual band 2.4G/5G
Bluetooth 4.0
4k video playback
XBMC full H/W Acceleration
Everything runs smooth with no lags and it is based on the stock android experience
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Google Earth is a very CPU intensive application and yet the CS918II didn't give me the slightest lag. It ran perfect with no hiccups and due to the great wifi reception, the map loaded quickly too.
Performance
According to the benchmarks i performed on the device you will find out that the performance is excellent
Firstly i ran the very well known and one of the most reliable benchmarks on the play store, the Antutu Benchmark and our device gave us the score of 35687 points which is great
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Next test is 3D mark and we got a score of 7207 points
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The final test i made showed us that the CS918II handles a great amount of video files perfect. Here are the results
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Video Playback
XBMC also satisfied me because i tried some 1080p high bitrate videos and i got the perfect playback
The first video i tried is 1080p 10Mbps
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And the second one is 1080p 40Mbps
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I tried a 4k video file too and there was some frame loss but that may be due to the fact that the videos where loaded from an external USB flash drive
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Gaming
Lastly i tried to play some PSP games through an emulator called PPSSPP. To do that i connected an original Dual Shock 2 controller from PS2 using a USB adapter and the CS918II recognized it perfectly which means that it has gamepad drivers preinstalled.
Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection gave me perfect playback as well as the Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny but Tekken 6 and Gran Turismo didn't give me good results and the playback was slow. This is somewhat normal though because these two games are very intensive and maybe the most intensive PSP games to date.
Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection
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Tekken 6
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Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny
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Gran Turismo
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Final Thoughts
CS918II is a great device and it gives you an excellent experience with no lags or slowdowns, plus you can use it as a gaming console as well because it has native gamepad support and in combination with its powerfull cpu and gpu you can play hundreds of PSP, PSX, android and other console games using emulators.
Pros:
Native gamepad support
Raw power
Lots of ports
Great video playback including 4k
Excellent XBMC support
Perfect wifi reception
You can use it as a game console too
Price
Size
A/V Output to use it on a non HDMI tv
Dual band wifi
IR Remote included
Cons:
Slightly warm after some hours of usage
As you can see the device is almost perfect and at this price you can't go wrong
You can watch my Unboxing and full review by clicking the links below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZd37zEjXFI&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Qj-QV7Q2Y&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QzISCtdFs&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyT2S5h7_4A&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
For orders visit the official product page and use this COUPON CODE: GBCSLG to get it at 99.99$
Thank you
I am talking about the CS918II of course which returned more powerfull than ever before. This time the newer model sports the latest RK3288 processor by Rockchip and it doesn't have the h/w acceleration limitations the previous cpu had. I am talking about xbmc of course because as we all remember to playback 1080p videos needed some work to be done and you couldn't play them out of the box. This is not the case here and everything runs great, back first let's talk about the looks and hardware of the device.
Hardware
The CS918II has a very nice blue colour accompanied with grey and black as well giving it a very stylish appearence
On the side we have 2 USB 2.0 ports along with the MicroSD card slot
Loking at the back we have one more USB 2.0, Ethernet, MicroHDMI, SPDIF Optical audio output, MicroUSB OTG, A/V Output, D/C Input and an external wifi antenna
On the front we can see the IR Receiver as well as the built in microphone for voice controls
Here I'm using voice search using the built in microphone
So to sum it up, the ports we get are:
3x USB 2.0
MicroHDMI Output
MicroUSB OTG
SPDIF Optical audio output
Ethernet
A/V Output
D/C Input
IR Receiver
Microphone
External WiFi antenna
MicroSD Card Slot
On/Off Button
The external antenna gives great wifi signal and it looks a lot like the one Minix Neo X8-H has
Specifications
The CS918II has one great aspect which is RAW POWER. It's main specifications are:
CPU: Rockchip RK3288 running at 1.8 Ghz max
GPU: Mali-T764
RAM: 2GB DDR3
NAND FLASH: 16GB
WIFI: 802.11 b/g/n dual band 2.4G/5G
Bluetooth 4.0
4k video playback
XBMC full H/W Acceleration
Everything runs smooth with no lags and it is based on the stock android experience
Google Earth is a very CPU intensive application and yet the CS918II didn't give me the slightest lag. It ran perfect with no hiccups and due to the great wifi reception, the map loaded quickly too.
Performance
According to the benchmarks i performed on the device you will find out that the performance is excellent
Firstly i ran the very well known and one of the most reliable benchmarks on the play store, the Antutu Benchmark and our device gave us the score of 35687 points which is great
Next test is 3D mark and we got a score of 7207 points
The final test i made showed us that the CS918II handles a great amount of video files perfect. Here are the results
Video Playback
XBMC also satisfied me because i tried some 1080p high bitrate videos and i got the perfect playback
The first video i tried is 1080p 10Mbps
And the second one is 1080p 40Mbps
I tried a 4k video file too and there was some frame loss but that may be due to the fact that the videos where loaded from an external USB flash drive
Gaming
Lastly i tried to play some PSP games through an emulator called PPSSPP. To do that i connected an original Dual Shock 2 controller from PS2 using a USB adapter and the CS918II recognized it perfectly which means that it has gamepad drivers preinstalled.
Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection gave me perfect playback as well as the Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny but Tekken 6 and Gran Turismo didn't give me good results and the playback was slow. This is somewhat normal though because these two games are very intensive and maybe the most intensive PSP games to date.
Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection
Tekken 6
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny
Gran Turismo
Final Thoughts
CS918II is a great device and it gives you an excellent experience with no lags or slowdowns, plus you can use it as a gaming console as well because it has native gamepad support and in combination with its powerfull cpu and gpu you can play hundreds of PSP, PSX, android and other console games using emulators.
Pros:
Native gamepad support
Raw power
Lots of ports
Great video playback including 4k
Excellent XBMC support
Perfect wifi reception
You can use it as a game console too
Price
Size
A/V Output to use it on a non HDMI tv
Dual band wifi
IR Remote included
Cons:
Slightly warm after some hours of usage
As you can see the device is almost perfect and at this price you can't go wrong
You can watch my Unboxing and full review by clicking the links below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZd37zEjXFI&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Qj-QV7Q2Y&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QzISCtdFs&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyT2S5h7_4A&list=UU3vKQBLV1YEl2sXura8yIow
For orders visit the official product page and use this COUPON CODE: GBCSLG to get it at 99.99$
Thank you
