MECOOL M8S PLUS L Amlogic S912 Android 7.1 TV Box

[trebor]

MECOOL M8S PLUS L Amlogic S912 Android 7.1 TV Box -
2GB RAM + 16GB ROM 2.4G WiFi BT4.2 Support 4K H.265



Main Features
● Android 7.1 operation system
● Amlogic S912 CPU, octa core, Cortex A53, 1.5GHz
● Mali-T820MP3 GPU, 75MHz
● 2GB DDR3 RAM + 16GB ROM
● 2.4GHz WiFi and 100Mbps Ethernet
● Support H.265 decoding
● Support HDR 4K image

Gearbest

[Intrinsic]

Why?

Where is the 4GB ram, 32GB USB3 supporting android Tv box?

[Magendanz]

Does this have Widevine L1? Google Cast support?

[mo123]

Normal Android, no AndroidTV, so probably not supported.

[trebor]

YEP can confirm, so far.

[Magendanz]

That's very strange, since it seems to be a knock-off of the Xiaomi Mi Box. This should really be their Google Certified Android TV device.

[trebor]

Thanks to gearbest today we get to have a closer look at the
MECOOL M8S PLUS L Amlogic S912 Android 7.1 TV Box


Specification:

Brand: MECOOL Model: M8S PLUS L Type: TV Box GPU: Mali-T820MP3 System: Android 7.1 CPU: Amlogic S912 Core: 1.5GHz,Cortex A53,Octa Core RAM: 2G RAM Type: DDR3 ROM: 16G

Decoder Format: H.263,H.264,H.265,HD MPEG4 Video format: ASF,AVI,DAT,FLV,ISO,MKV,MOV,MPEG,MPG,RM,RMVB,TS,VO B,WMV Audio format: AAC,APE,DDP,FLAC,HD,MP3,OGG,TrueHD,WAV,WMA Photo Format: BMP,GIF,JPEG,PNG,TIFF Support 5.1 Surround Sound Output: No

5G WiFi: No Power Supply: Charge Adapter Interface: AV,DC Power Port,HDMI,HDTV Out,USB2.0 Antenna: Yes Language: Multi-language HDMI Version: 2.0 Other Functions: Airplay,DLNA,Miracast External Subtitle Supported: No HDMI Function: HDCP

System Bit: 64Bit System Activation: Yes

Power Type: External Power Adapter Mode

Remote Controller Battery: 2 x AAA Battery ( not included )

Product weight: 0.1100 kg Package weight: 0.4000 kg Product size (L x W x H): 10.20 x 10.20 x 2.10 cm / 4.02 x 4.02 x 0.83 inches Package size (L x W x H): 17.90 x 11.00 x 6.50 cm / 7.05 x 4.33 x 2.56 inches

Package Contents: 1 x TV Box, 1 x Power Adapter, 1 x IR Remote Control, 1 x HDMI Cable, 1 x English User Manual, 1 x Gift Box

Let's continue with a bit of a look and see of what we have

The Box



What's in the Box


A Underwhelming array of ports, enough if you have a Hub etc


The Ski Slope, thin and small foot print Casing


Sleek, thin and smooth.
No Voice remote.
Wonder what it has to offer ?
more to come soon.

Gearbest

[trebor]

Lets Rip into it the MECOOL M8S PLUS L Amlogic S912 Android 7.1 TV Box by pulling it apart and seeing what we have.

Remove the base we can see under side of PCB:
Power Led, IR Pickup and Wifi Antenna and Ram not to much happening.


Remove 2 screws and carefully peel WiFi Antenna only get one chance at this bit
We have Ports:
Reset button behind AV Port, more Ram, CPU, eMMC, WiFi Chip and other bits to make it all happen

Good use of Weight Block as Heat Sink leaving a slight impression in, unsure of its thermal properties
Would have been cool to have a raised Small heat sink instead of Pad, maybe all machined out of a slab of Copper/Brass/Alloy then a small dob of heatpast
Glue a thick shim (alloy) to CPU then heat paste between top ot shim and metal plate or a shim with paste either side.
Or what seems to be the Go Drill lots of holes and stick a fan


Closer Look at all the Top Side and bits: next to the eMMC looks like we have another Pad to take eMMC maybe 3GB or something ?


Closer Look Bottom side and bits:

[trebor]

Firing up the MECOOL M8S PLUS L Amlogic S912 Android 7.1 TV Box
Appears nice and zippy UI and all

Mecool is using its Own A7 Launcher it's doing OK, clean and neat
Mecool M8S pro L has L1 and also has Root
Unfortunately so far Netflix 480p and with the Meecol launcher there is no upper
Lower Status can be activated in thru Android settings.

Setup of WiFi and Google account All good
Updated Apps and installation of tester Apps again no problems
Wifi sorta surprised me a bit, as it running on a box with a bit of get up go dloads and all excellent here.

Temps cool idle low mid 40c at present, Antutu Mid to High 60c
Remote working ok from most angles so far

Need to mod the KL file to get Enter to work ok on Keyboard and as we have root easy peasy.

On with show so to speak
Ui, Installed apps basic Info etc









By Clicking on Model Name above many times the Normal A7 Settings appear if required.






DRM: L1


Root Explorer:


Ram and Storage truth


Antutu:



CPU-Z:




SD Card Test:


Geekbench 4 CPU:
More >> http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10095980



Geekbench 4 Compute:



Its a Amlogic S912 has been around for a while and working pretty good I feel.

[Beaver42]

Hi everyone.

I just received this box, I was a bit disappointed that it does not include Android TV stock as it was written on it... I mistaken M8S plus L with M8S pro L

Do you think I can hope an Android TV unofficial ROM update as for the old good M8S pro plus?

Sorry if I post in the wrong topic.