Hi folks,
Just in time I've got this new box (from Gearbest), after my previous S82 box died when (2nd time) tried to fix HDMI with soldering... yeah, I messed up something. But now the new box is here.
I don't care about antutu score and gaming power, I bought it for watching movies.
I've still got not enough time to test the unit, but here's what I could:
- the unit comes with pre-rooted,
- the unit comes with 115k4 FW,
-WEB-DL rips and 720p + 1080p moveis are looking fine in XBMC 13.4 (oman's version). The box came with KODI 15 I think, but my xbmc-datas are unable to properly update in latest KODI (lot of series, and watched status are missing),
- HDMI-IN works without any hitch (T-Mobile IPTV), quality is good, sound only works in full-screen mode,
- HDMI-IN app is very basic at the moment, only PIP (picture in picture) and QUIT buttons are available,
- funny but the S82's remote is 100% compatible with the new box,
- low res x264 and Xvid videos are not so good. Too much "ghosting". Disturbs the eyes. Tried with latest Kodi + Spmc + 13.4 XBMC. Still the same.
I hope it will get Lollipop.
I'll test the Miracast feature with my phone, because with S82 box it didn't work (neither with Galaxy Alpha or Galaxy S3).
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"UPDATE 1"
Okay, I've got an hour to test this unit. It's enough for me at the moment.
I'm using a Pioneer AV receiver (VSX-322K) for watching movies.
I have a MeLe F10 PRO remote controller, and with the previous box, I had to use an external app (soundabout) to get proper sound from hdmi when MeLe was plugged in (the sound came out from the remote). This time there's an option in the settings menu to disable USB audio, and it works. Good feature.
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Here's the info page from the settings menu, just to see the Kernel version, and build date if you want.
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The pre-installed EShare app does its job well. Photos, musics, and video files plays well from my phone to this box. Just one problem: the photos quality are not full quality (I can see the jagged edges on the details if I zoom in a little bit). Weird.
It has got a good feature: it can stream the box's screen to another device (in my case: Vivo Xshot), with 10 fps (?), but usable.
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I hope Beelink can make a professional PVR app like Zidoo X9 has.
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I did some benchmarks with the latest versions of the apps (antutu, sdcard write/read speed, wifi and ethernet speed, antutu video test):
It's all in hungarian, sorry for it, but I forgot to set back the language to english. However you can clearly see the values.
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If you have any request to test on this box, leave a comment, and as soon as I can, I'll test it. (don't ask Netflix and co., they won't work in my country)
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Two tiny bugs so far:
- there's a little bug when I switch HDMI output to 1080p-24Hz, and I try to open spmc/xbmc/kodi. The screen goes into a zoomed in interlace+ghosting thing. Weird. Setting the AV reciever into another input, and back to the box, solves the problem.
- google account userID + password refused when I tried to add a google account. It says: "Wrong password, try again.". The password was good. At first I was disappointed that I'm unable to link this box with my account. However I've found a fix. I had set the Date&Time to manual, and also clicked on the Backup & reset / Automatic restore option.
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"UPDATE 2"
Miracast: tried it with a Galaxy Alpha. Worked great. Proper sound and video. Minimal lag. I'm not sure that whether it's ~30fps, but looks fine.
- and well, low res x264 and XViD movies/series looks a little bit bad. Maybe it's not the right word, but: ghosting. No matter what I set in XBMC and in the settings menu for HDMI output.
1109K4 was the best from beelink to play these kind of movies.
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greetings,
eM
Just in time I've got this new box (from Gearbest), after my previous S82 box died when (2nd time) tried to fix HDMI with soldering... yeah, I messed up something. But now the new box is here.
I don't care about antutu score and gaming power, I bought it for watching movies.
I've still got not enough time to test the unit, but here's what I could:
- the unit comes with pre-rooted,
- the unit comes with 115k4 FW,
-WEB-DL rips and 720p + 1080p moveis are looking fine in XBMC 13.4 (oman's version). The box came with KODI 15 I think, but my xbmc-datas are unable to properly update in latest KODI (lot of series, and watched status are missing),
- HDMI-IN works without any hitch (T-Mobile IPTV), quality is good, sound only works in full-screen mode,
- HDMI-IN app is very basic at the moment, only PIP (picture in picture) and QUIT buttons are available,
- funny but the S82's remote is 100% compatible with the new box,
- low res x264 and Xvid videos are not so good. Too much "ghosting". Disturbs the eyes. Tried with latest Kodi + Spmc + 13.4 XBMC. Still the same.
I hope it will get Lollipop.
I'll test the Miracast feature with my phone, because with S82 box it didn't work (neither with Galaxy Alpha or Galaxy S3).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"UPDATE 1"
Okay, I've got an hour to test this unit. It's enough for me at the moment.
I'm using a Pioneer AV receiver (VSX-322K) for watching movies.
I have a MeLe F10 PRO remote controller, and with the previous box, I had to use an external app (soundabout) to get proper sound from hdmi when MeLe was plugged in (the sound came out from the remote). This time there's an option in the settings menu to disable USB audio, and it works. Good feature.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's the info page from the settings menu, just to see the Kernel version, and build date if you want.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The pre-installed EShare app does its job well. Photos, musics, and video files plays well from my phone to this box. Just one problem: the photos quality are not full quality (I can see the jagged edges on the details if I zoom in a little bit). Weird.
It has got a good feature: it can stream the box's screen to another device (in my case: Vivo Xshot), with 10 fps (?), but usable.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
I hope Beelink can make a professional PVR app like Zidoo X9 has.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
I did some benchmarks with the latest versions of the apps (antutu, sdcard write/read speed, wifi and ethernet speed, antutu video test):
It's all in hungarian, sorry for it, but I forgot to set back the language to english. However you can clearly see the values.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
If you have any request to test on this box, leave a comment, and as soon as I can, I'll test it. (don't ask Netflix and co., they won't work in my country)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Two tiny bugs so far:
- there's a little bug when I switch HDMI output to 1080p-24Hz, and I try to open spmc/xbmc/kodi. The screen goes into a zoomed in interlace+ghosting thing. Weird. Setting the AV reciever into another input, and back to the box, solves the problem.
- google account userID + password refused when I tried to add a google account. It says: "Wrong password, try again.". The password was good. At first I was disappointed that I'm unable to link this box with my account. However I've found a fix. I had set the Date&Time to manual, and also clicked on the Backup & reset / Automatic restore option.
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"UPDATE 2"
Miracast: tried it with a Galaxy Alpha. Worked great. Proper sound and video. Minimal lag. I'm not sure that whether it's ~30fps, but looks fine.
- and well, low res x264 and XViD movies/series looks a little bit bad. Maybe it's not the right word, but: ghosting. No matter what I set in XBMC and in the settings menu for HDMI output.
1109K4 was the best from beelink to play these kind of movies.
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greetings,
eM
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