Greets fellas,
I have to put this question out of me, i am quite interested how the TV Box industry will develop in the coming years. I dont want to deviate this in to an Utopia TV Box, but i just want to gather a few facts regarding the by-product of researching.
The History
When the TV sticks arrived in the beginning, it was the time that i had problems with the hardware i had presently at home and was a bit pissed not being able to have a proper Home Entertaining System.
-Initially had a Hackintosh Laptop without a screen used as a HTPC, which i later accidentally nuked trying to make a custom case for it.
-Then came my TV upgrade time, and i was stuck on the issue that Smart TV's were not for me.
Basically i needed a new TV and a new computer, then i thought lets give the Android TV world a research...and found Minix X7. Specs showed a powerful beast and a good looking device that may spare the Smart part of the TV and also exchange my painful Windows era. And it did, painfully but it did it.
I am a semi-happy owner, and we all know why there is a part that is not Happy about what is going on.
When one gets in to these tiny devices, it's impossible to let go after. But there is way too much room for improvement, and competition is showing that.
The Future
So what does it take to have the best box? What have we learned from the already released products?
It's a simple question with a strange answer, whatever you want is already out there, but somehow wont suite you.
I've seen boxes that have/are:
You may sense where im heading, and personally an optimal device would be something like this:
Having the option to exchange multiple devices with a single all-in-one? It's a good idea, it's actually what we need.It does have enough processing power to do all that. I reckon people wouldnt mind paying a 200-250$ for a device packed with features, i wouldnt at least.
anyway, i started this thread to see what sort of expectations people have, there is a slight chance that we might be heard, read or even influence someone who might end up releasing something for us, the Devs here have been heard, maybe not credited but their work has been used.
I am aware of other options, such as NUC or even investing on something as multi-talented as a SteamMachine, but i want an Android world on my TV, it is FUN and ENOUGH for my daily techy needs.
What are your 2 cents people?
I have to put this question out of me, i am quite interested how the TV Box industry will develop in the coming years. I dont want to deviate this in to an Utopia TV Box, but i just want to gather a few facts regarding the by-product of researching.
The History
When the TV sticks arrived in the beginning, it was the time that i had problems with the hardware i had presently at home and was a bit pissed not being able to have a proper Home Entertaining System.
-Initially had a Hackintosh Laptop without a screen used as a HTPC, which i later accidentally nuked trying to make a custom case for it.
-Then came my TV upgrade time, and i was stuck on the issue that Smart TV's were not for me.
Basically i needed a new TV and a new computer, then i thought lets give the Android TV world a research...and found Minix X7. Specs showed a powerful beast and a good looking device that may spare the Smart part of the TV and also exchange my painful Windows era. And it did, painfully but it did it.
I am a semi-happy owner, and we all know why there is a part that is not Happy about what is going on.
When one gets in to these tiny devices, it's impossible to let go after. But there is way too much room for improvement, and competition is showing that.
The Future
So what does it take to have the best box? What have we learned from the already released products?
It's a simple question with a strange answer, whatever you want is already out there, but somehow wont suite you.
I've seen boxes that have/are:
- Freshly released that have a case which fits a 3.5' disk, giving the box NAS features as well, PERFECT, buuuuut, it has Android 2.3, which leaves you all with question marks up your head.
- eSATA, USB 3.0, and Gigabit NIC's, all elementary things, and yet they are still above the luxury level, we wont see them as standards for another year at least.
- Powerful CPU's such as Quad Core 1.8 ghz, but my Galaxy S connected through HDMI performed better.
You may sense where im heading, and personally an optimal device would be something like this:
- Have an Open hardware and software platform and Be open to the community while supporting well
- Have multiple services and be feature rich like the all above noted techs in on device.
- Have a proper WiFi radio, dual band and at least 3 antennas. (Wireless Router)
- Have Dual HDMI (2.0 for the future), DisplayPorts, SPDIF (optical & coax), Analogue/Digital Outputs (Semi AV Receiver)
- Have 4 gig ethernet ports (A Switch)
- Have option for SATA Drives (a Large 3.5' acting as a NAS, and a SSD for the system maybe)
- Have at least more then one USB bus channel. lots of devices have 4 ports where in fact it is a single port being shared.
Having the option to exchange multiple devices with a single all-in-one? It's a good idea, it's actually what we need.It does have enough processing power to do all that. I reckon people wouldnt mind paying a 200-250$ for a device packed with features, i wouldnt at least.
anyway, i started this thread to see what sort of expectations people have, there is a slight chance that we might be heard, read or even influence someone who might end up releasing something for us, the Devs here have been heard, maybe not credited but their work has been used.
I am aware of other options, such as NUC or even investing on something as multi-talented as a SteamMachine, but i want an Android world on my TV, it is FUN and ENOUGH for my daily techy needs.
What are your 2 cents people?
, would make my PS4 look like last decade
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