What is the best RK3288?

[acki]

Upscaled 1080p on my 4K set looks better than 1080p and 60Hz looks better than 30Hz...so if I had true HDMI 2.0 (4K @ 60Hz) I would be satisfied.

Alright. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you are satisfied with a 1080p upscaled and think it looks better, good for you

But 24, 30 or 60Hz won't make an image look better, not matter what. It'll certainly be smoother, more fluid and all, but in terms of picture quality I don't see the advantage.

[Steveboroughs]

Alright. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you are satisfied with a 1080p upscaled and think it looks better, good for you

But 24, 30 or 60Hz won't make an image look better, not matter what. It'll certainly be smoother, more fluid and all, but in terms of picture quality I don't see the advantage.

Smoother is the point! Hz (or frames per second) IS a quality of playback not a quality of picture! Your point is? Of course I'd prefer real 4k (not upscaled) but HDMI 2.0 as a standard provides many benefits including color subsampling, look it up.

[no_spam_for_me]

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Unfortunately the true 4k@60hz won't be of much use at the moment because of my country's slow internet and no 4K TV's available at this stage.

That's another story why I don't understand this 4k hype because of missing content
OK, large screen from a good manufacture with good upscale 1080P could be nice, but for this price I buy an used car

[acki]

Smoother is the point! Hz (or frames per second) IS a quality of playback not a quality of picture! Your point is? Of course I'd prefer real 4k (not upscaled) but HDMI 2.0 as a standard provides many benefits including color subsampling, look it up.

Quality of playback, agreed.

Color/Chroma subsampling has been there for... ever. I'd say that most digital video content is subsampled to 4:4:2 or 4:2:0, as HiDef TV (probably SD too, not sure about that), DVD or Bluray. But for some reason unknown to me, HDMI 1.X used no subsampling (4:4:4) or 4:2:2, so content had to be "upsampled" from 4:2:0. With HDMI 2.0, 4:2:0 subsampling can be used thus even more bandwidth is available.

Anyway... my original point was that 1080p upscaled to 4k doesn't necessary mean better IMAGE quality. Indeed, it could be even worse depending on how good or bad are the scalers (HW or SW). In my case, my samsung bluray player upscales DVD quite badly. And don't forget what kind of "premium" devices we are discussing here

But as usual, YMMV.

Regards.

[TitoXx]

The Razer Forge Tv Box is probably my next device. A lot of these Chinese boxes are powerful but have software and DRM issues.

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-forge-tv#specs

I have the Beelink R89 which works powerful SoC, but has no Netflix HD(DRM), DD/DTS not fully functional, random freezing or stutter on videos.

I also have the M-195 RTK1195 which also works but the UI is slow and sometimes freezes. Video works but the SoC is underpowered and everything feels sluggish. Kodi support is bad.

I also have the Ugoos UM3 on the way.Seems to be supported well, I'll reserve my judgment until I get to use it for a while.

[no_spam_for_me]

Hmmm, but I can't read the lable at the pcb... and it would be nice to get a picture with a view of top (180°) to the pcb for the overview thread...

[no_spam_for_me]

After I found a nice picture of the older pcb, I think it means TRN6A_V20 2014-9-19 HWQ
But I hope 2014-9-19 doesn't mean a dev/prototyp pcb, and btw why at Jan 2015 the first time available
I had done a little update at the overview but will wait for a better pcb picture...

[Newcota58]

anyone can help me to choise mini-smartv rk3288??

anyone can help me to choise mini-smartv rk3288??

Alô people

i have 2 at 3 quotaction to mini-smartv RK3288 from Shenzhen all with CPU>1,8GHZ/GPU is Mali-T764:

-From Yubin Model:CX929 2GB/8Gb - US$65/pcs+US$13 byHK post (8-20 days) but only 2.4G wifi (AP6210) low wifi??

From Realtime M&C Co -M4 RK3288 tv dongle 63.5 Usd - 2Gb/8Gb Android 4.4 Bluoth4 HDMI2.0 3D 4k + R45 Ethernet - 2.4G-5G WIFI ( AP6330 ?? better ?)

from Sunchip-tec - CX929- 2gb/8gb - with2,4/5,8G wifi ( Ap6330) - 65usd

Somebody know this devices ?? what can tell about hardware/software stability ??

Some reviews /youtube tests show ranking Antutu 5 around 35000, its realy??

thanks by your comments.

[theeze]

Currently best RK3288 boxes are Ugoos UT3 and HPH NT-V6 IMO. Both device have very strong software support in this community.

Beelink and Tronsmart R28 devices are totally disapoinment in terms o software support. It was fantastic at the beginning but currently is very very poor.

To be fair, all RK3288 roms are pretty much compatible. If you're talking about official support, then I agree, but in terms of community, they're all the same. If HPH has better community support, then it's just as good as the R89 and R28 can use it's roms.

[bloodgnome]

What is the best RK3288?

mo123 is right. B89 & tronsmart use slow emmc, big mistake in my opinion...and for what? just to save some bucks. ENY is even worse... they use the slowest emmc that you can buy. So it's like they say: you get what you pay for... better save some money and buy a better box instead going after the cheapest.

Sent from my thl 5000 using Forum Fiend v1.3.

[theeze]

mo123 is right. B89 & tronsmart use slow emmc, big mistake in my opinion...and for what? just to save some bucks. ENY is even worse... they use the slowest emmc that you can buy. So it's like they say: you get what you pay for... better save some money and buy a better box instead going after the cheapest.

Sent from my thl 5000 using Forum Fiend v1.3.

I believe the meta version of the R28 has a faster EMMC than the original R28. Not as fast as the HPH or Ugoos but not nearly as slow as the pro model.

[Gilgamesh]

I believe the meta version of the R28 has a faster EMMC than the original R28. Not as fast as the HPH or Ugoos but not nearly as slow as the pro model.

nope thats wrong, I had the R28 Meta and now the HPH NT-V6 and the HPH has faster eMMC...

[theeze]

nope thats wrong, I had the R28 Meta and now the HPH NT-V6 and the HPH has faster eMMC...

You misunderstood me, I never said the meta had faster emmc than the HPH but faster than the original R28. I looked it up and where the HPH really outshines is the read speed. Write Speed they are nearly identical .

Basically boot up and app load time is far superior on the HPH but in terms of file transfer and anything to do with write the hph has a slight advantage.

Don't forget firmware also plays a factor. I've tried Mo's 1.4 firmware and the bootup time was cut in half. So I imagine the bootup time on the HPH is close to non-existent.

The Minix X8 H Plus has read and write speeds are lower than a beelink but still manages to be much smoother experience than most of these RK3288 boxes, which is why it costs even more than a high end RK3288 box. Only reason why I got an RK3288 box is because of the better gpu.

At the end of the day, if the software isn't well optimized, the experience will suffer.

[atomizasser]

So, what's the conclusion?
i want to buy a new box for play mkv some games and kodi/xbmc staff related. My preferences are:
- 1080@24hz support.
- DTS/AC3 passtrought
- HDMI-CEC
- Communty support
- Kodi support for stream content.

My options are:

Beelink r89-->107€ from Amazon
HPH NT-V6-->150€ from Amazon
RKM MK902II --> 106€ from redcoon.es

The most important things is the ROM support comunity, because official support is very limited.

Actually i think that the most active support is openhour chamaleon player. Is this firmware compatible with other boxes? What are the bugs?

I have read that HPH NT-V6 has a good hardware, but is the most expensive. What do u think? Pay 40€ more for this boxes is recommended?

Thanks.

[atomizasser]

You can buy the HPH box through Aliexpress.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Android-TV-BOX-with-RK3288-2G-4G-DDRIII-8G-16G-32G-64G-optional-FLASH-Support-1080P/1826664727.html

It then costs $150, about Euro 131 or Euro 140 with Airmouse
Separate airmouse costs $25-$30
Delivery time was 5 days for me.
Might need to wait for Chinese Spring Festival to end first.
If you are in a hurry then buy through Amazon, but more expensive.

Thanks for your answer, but that guy send box with DHL to spain. In spain all products that come outside europe is stopped in Customs Office and i have to pay a 21% of taxes.
So my question is, the difference on price between r89 and HPH is enough for pay more?

can i flash your firmware on beelink r89?