Zidoo X5 S905 Cortex A53 64bit

[trebor]

Had to happen ZIdoo will be releasing there version of the S905 series
This is there 1/8gb unit unsure at this stage if there will be 2 GB

Zidoo has a good reputation with keeping products firmware well maintained.

• Shell Material: Plastic
• Operating System: Android 5.1 Lollipop
• CPU: S905 Cortex A53 64bit Processor 2.0GHz GPU:
• Penta-Core ARM Mali-450 RAM: 1GB DDR3 ROM:
• 8GB eMMC Wifi Connectivity: IEEE 802.11b/g/n Ethernet: 10/100M Language:
• English/French/German/Spanish/Italian/ etc multilateral languages
• Bluetooth: yes

Video Supported HD MPEG1/2/4, H.265, 4K-HD, HD AVC/VC-1, RM/RMVB, Xvid/DivX3/4/5/6, RealVideo8/9/10 Avi/Rm/Rmvb/Ts/Vob/Mkv/Mov/ISO/wmv/asf/flv/dat/mpg/mpeg 4K@60 Hz video decoding 10-bit HEVC and AVS+ codec support; H.264 up to 4K Audio Supported MP3/WMA/AAC/WAV/OGG/AC3/DDP/TrueHD/DTS/DTS/HD/FLAC/APE Picture Supported HD JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG/TIFF Interface: HDMI Port: Standard HDMI 2.0@60hz
Support CEC:
Other Interfaces: 2*USB, 1*HDMI, 1*RJ45, 1* TF card slot, 1*AV, 1*DC in, 1*SPDIF Power Supply: DC 5V/2A
What's in the box: * TV box 1 * Remote control 1 * HDMI cable 1 * Power adapter 1 * User manual

Cheers

[RISCy Dude]

Zidoo sure likes nontraditional case styles. Sleek, but 2GB would be attractive.
Thanks for the post.

[Damac10]

No gigabit lan? Even the cheapest so have it...

Sent from my GT-I9190 using Tapatalk

[goujam]

There goes any chance of getting the x6 working properly. Was hoping they would get the basics right before moving onto the next box

[alwaysbless]

Zidoo sure likes nontraditional case styles. Sleek, but 2GB would be attractive.
Thanks for the post.

With them it seems like every other gen has some funky change to the case design lol. Hopefully this time they take it easy on the customizations to Kodi because on the X6 pro it light weight ruined it.

[bluesmanuk]

Not very imaginative with the name considering that we already have a box called the X5.

The specs don't scream out 'buy me' so how they implement the software side of things will be the one thing that could make it stand out, although bearing in mind how things have gone so far with the X6 and X1, I'm not that confident.

[trebor]

Will be interesting to see what goodies this unit can produce:

[6Hzzztj]

[trebor]

Interesting and thanks any chance of a close up of the WIFI chip on the Zidoo X5
Cheers

[trebor]

Zidoo has released: New Firmware v1.0.9. for the Zidoo X5
Support DTSHD/trueHD passthrough via kodi

link: http://ota-cloudfront.zidoo.tv/zidoo...a_20160111.zip
Mediafire mirror:http://www.mediafire.com/download/u0...a_20160111.zip
Amazon mirror: http://ota-cloudfront.zidoo.tv/zidoo...a_20160111.zip

[trebor]

Whats in the Box


Power by Amlogic S905,Quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 CPU,
Maximum frequency up to 2Ghz,Penta-core ARM Mali-450 GPU,
ZIDOO X5 features itself the true 4K media player.Based on 64-Bit CPU,
ZIDOO X5 is compatible with 64-bit Android Lollipop & Games etc,
HDMI 2.0 HDCP 2.2 it easily supports the 4K @60fps TV.

ZIDOO X5 can hardware decode 10-Bit HEVC(H.265).

Built-in ZIDOO unique PMU power management chip, ZIDOO X5 can achieve completely switch
IR Control and dormancy function
It is the first Android TV BOX support auto power off and standby
Can be powered on/off using the IR-Remote,also support Timing auto power off or standby

Built-in OTA online Update System based on Amazon cloudfront

ZIDOO X5 original firmware uses unified storage,
More available space than other device,you can install more applications

Built-in ZIUI, you can use the most simple operation to manage applications, files,
set the parental lock, speed system, everything goes with the flow Certainly, it is pretty nice

ZIDOO MEDIA CENTER
X5 has been built-in the program paket of ZIDOO MEDIA CENTER,
which cost ZIDOO a whole year to develop
It’s been never so simple to operate album, manage files, play music, access to LAN.
During using a number of features, you would know how powerful it is.

IR Shortcut and learning
The new smart IR remote with programmable keys offers a great easy way
to control not only the X5 Octa-core but also the TV at your home
It also supports three programmable color-keys that customizes to open apps quickly

Built-in KODI 15.2 support amlcodec hardware decoding,and support 7.1 passthrough

ZIDOO RC
Through ZIDOO RC, you can use your favorite operating way to control X5 with your cell phone

Support HDMI CEC Control

Supports 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound pass through via HDMI
DD+/DTS (pass-through)
Dolby TrueHD (pass-through)

1GB RAM
8GB eMMC

From Zidoo website

[trebor]

The ZIdoo X5 arrived today so time for a bit of a fiddle, typical Zidoo UI, nice and snappy looking good
This is a 1/8 GB unit so we will see how it compares
Good looking Media Player, Glossy silver wedge shape,
Supplied with AU power adapter Great to see.
HDMI Cable and Remote.

Easy switch on and boot no problems
Not full of Junky apps good to see, and with 1/8 GB not a lot of room to play with.

First of the Rank Vellamo


Small heat sink on cpu then plate and thermal pad to get the heat out

Underside not much to see here



Looks like they may have been going to use the tin lid method





More to come

[trebor]

Bit of time this weekend for some more testing of the Zidoo X5 S905 1/8GB
Performance is good considering the limit space available I find,
Price is good and even a little better with a Geekbuying Coupon ZIDOOX5 ($8)us

[trebor]

From Zidoo
Root apk, and you can install this apk to root your system.
download from this link: http://apidl.zidoo.tv/zidoo_x6/OnkeyRoot_1.0.6.apk
this apk can be run in X6 and X5 (use the new version V1.0.10).
Note From Zidoo.
Root system may bring unsafe hidden danger,
If you encounter problems in the process of using,
please return to unroot system first, otherwise, we will not deal it.

If you root the system, it can't OTA online.

[trebor]

More From Zidoo
They go on Holiday as of the 31 Jan and Back on the 16th Feb

Zidoo X5 s905
New firmware V1.0.10.
change list:
1: Fix google play can't connect bug. if you only could see the game list in google play, please do factory reset to clean cache.
2: Improve the audio sync for pass through in Kodi.

Download link: http://apidl.zidoo.tv/zidoo_x5/p201-ota-20160130.zip

How to upgrade: http://blog.zidoo.tv/2015/02/how-to-...o-x9-firmware/

This version support on key root, link:
http://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?thre...root-tool.997/