I have fought with and gave up on my FireTV Stick. Its a great device if you keep it stock but I wanted fluid support for XBMC and its various add ons for media streaming. So I am interested in either the Minix X8-H or the Tronsmart AW80. Both are around the same price and offer I think the best support for what I want.
The AW80 is my first choice I think because of the hardware but I feel like it will need constant tweaking due to piss poor firmware support. Will a custom ROM be stable enough to load, add a launcher and then leave it? I don't want to constantly be messing with settings and things until the end of time.
The X8-H seems more polished out of the box but will it be decently future proof? I won't be doing a 4k setup for a couple years at least so that's of little value to me at this point but if I don't have to buy a new box to really support that, then that would be ideal.
Last option is the FireTV box but I am scared after my poor experience with the stick version. And I know its not future proof so its basically all but ruled out.
Which should I buy?
The AW80 is my first choice I think because of the hardware but I feel like it will need constant tweaking due to piss poor firmware support. Will a custom ROM be stable enough to load, add a launcher and then leave it? I don't want to constantly be messing with settings and things until the end of time.
The X8-H seems more polished out of the box but will it be decently future proof? I won't be doing a 4k setup for a couple years at least so that's of little value to me at this point but if I don't have to buy a new box to really support that, then that would be ideal.
Last option is the FireTV box but I am scared after my poor experience with the stick version. And I know its not future proof so its basically all but ruled out.
Which should I buy?
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