new poster with so many questions

[aardvark]

Hi Folks, happened across this forum. my god I just spent two days reading. So confused now....hoping someone can help. Currently using an ATV2 and its ok but just not up to the job anymore. I have been looking at the tronsmart and the beelink amlogic s89 models although now I am so buried in info not sure which is which.. I am looking for something that does full 1080p dolby etc via passthrough to a sony amp, will allow me to use bluetooth headphones in the wee small hours and can be upgraded via solid working roms. Questions which one should I focus on the beelink or the tronsmart the H or not and is aliexpress reliable or is geekbuying the way to go and in scotland so stereotypically want to save my pennies what about customs and additional charges and how quickly are these delivered,

Any help here would be more than appreciated, sorry for all the questions and if this is in the wrong place my apologies in advance or if i has been answered elsewhere . still finding my way around
Thanks in advance

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- At the moment all round devices use the same pcb/motherboard.
- Aliexpress is only a platform for different trader... to be sure to get good support use geekbuying.
- Every S802 do pass through (e.g. via xbmc at the moment), the -H also do hardware decoding DD/DTS to stereo (instead of software decoding e.g. at xbmc).
- At Europe I use normal air mail, it is slower than DHL but if you use DHL you are at a high risk to pay tax, with air mail it's much less.

[aardvark]

- At the moment all round devices use the same pcb/motherboard.
- Aliexpress is only a platform for different trader... to be sure to get good support use geekbuying.
- Every S802 do pass through (e.g. via xbmc at the moment), the -H also do hardware decoding DD/DTS to stereo (instead of software decoding e.g. at xbmc).
- At Europe I use normal air mail, it is slower than DHL but if you use DHL you are at a high risk to pay tax, with air mail it's much less.

Many thanks for response I will use geekbuying, from reading the forum they seem to have an excellent reputation and you reckon normal air mail is as good but a wee bit slower.....patience seems to be the key