Alfawise H96 Mini TV Box - Amlogic T962E 2/16GB ROM 4K Android 7.1 Dual WiFi HDMI In + HDMI Out

[trebor]

Alfawise H96 Mini TV Box
Alfawise H96 Mini adopts Amlogic T962E chip, comes with quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU up to 2GHz and ARM Mali-T820MP3 GPU up to 750MHz. High performance, high integration, low power consumption. It runs on the Android 7.1, which has good performance. You can connect to a world of content and entertainment at home. Smoothly watching TV shows, movies, browsing webpage and photos, and playing Android games with your family and friends. It is the best choice for you to have the smooth experience to watch the video or play games.

Main Features:
● A full-4K high-performance SoC that supports H.265 video decoding up to 4K at 60fps
● 2GB LPDDR3 + 16GB eMMC, you can download whatever you like, keep them and enjoy them
● It runs on the Android 7.1, which is good to use. You can connect to a world of content and entertainment at home with the box
● A high performance of quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU can play a wide range of games
● Built-in dual-band WiFi. Support IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac. A more stable signal for you to enjoy higher quality video experience
● HDR vivid world. Watch videos in detail like never before with select HDR content. Witness scenes and characters come to life in vivid contrast, color, and clarity
● HDMI 2.0 is a faster way to send video and audio output to your TV



Gearbest

[trebor]

More the T62E Amlogic:

HDMI input can be a useful addition to Android TV boxes, or media centers, as they allow for functions such as PiP (Picture in Picture), PVR/DVR (Personal / Digital Video Recording), and potentially video broadcasting with the box taking input from your set-top box (or other HDMI device), and broadcasting the video over your network in order to make it accessible to other computer or mobile devices on your home network, or the Internet.

We started to see HDMI input on devices powered by Mstar MSO9810 processor a few years, and more recently Realtek RTD1295 processor has become more popular with products such as Zidoo X9S, Beelink SEA I, or EWEAT R9 Plus.

Amlogic appears to have joined the fray with Amlogic T962E processor, a family normally used for TVs instead of TV boxes, found in Alfawise H96 mini 4K TV box with HDMI In and Out, 2GB RAM, and 16GB flash.


H96 Mini specifications [Updated based on comments]:

• SoC Amlogic T962E quad core ARM Cortex-A53 processor with ARM Mali-450 MP3 (GearBest says Mali-T820MP3)
• System Memory 2GB LPDDR3
• Storage 16 GB eMMC flash + micro SD slot up to 128GB
• Video I/F HDMI 2.0a output with HDR, CEC, and HDCP 2.2 support, HDMI 2.0 input, AV port (composite)
• Audio I/F HDMI In/Out, AV port (stereo audio), optical S/PDIF
• Video Playback 4K HDR; 10-bit H.265 up to 4K @ 60 Hz, VP9 Profile 2 up to 4K @ 60 Hz, H.264 up to 4K @ 30 Hz, H.263, MPEG-4 codecs
• Connectivity 10/100M Ethernet, dual band 802.11 b/g/n/ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0
• USB 2x USB 2.0 ports
• Misc TBD
• Power Supply TBD
• Dimensions 10 x 10 x 1.9 cm
• Weight 130 grams

The device runs Android 7.1, and ships with a power adapter, a remote control, a HDMI cable, and an English user manual.




While Amlogic T962 is listed on Amlogic website, T962E is not, and provided the info on GearBest is correct, it appears to be a bit different with a least the GPU being Mali-T820MP3 instead of Mali-450MP3. The solution is quite not as powerful as RTD1295 since it lacks Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, and SATA interfaces.

You’d think that with a fairly unique feature such as HDMI input, even claiming “the only one with HDMI IN / HDMI OUT, that they’d explain the capabilities of the port, but nothing. Worse case it’s just a mostly useless built-in HDMI switcher, and best case, it rivals Realtek feature set with PiP, DVR and video broadcasting features. We could assume it support DVR since it’s likely derived from a TV SoC, but honestly we just don’t know. I’ll try to see if I can find more info.

What we know for sure is that the price is much cheaper, with H96 Mini selling for just $54.99 on GearBest with coupon GBH96MINI.

Source CNXSoft
Via AndroidPC.es

More as it gets revealed

[bluesmanuk]

The USB 2.0 functionality on this is going to have to be top of the line to support 4K recording but based on all previous boxes I would say that this is highly unlikely.

[trebor]

Today we can have a close look at the Alfawise H96 Mini TV Box - Amlogic T962E 2/16GB ROM 4K Android 7.1 Dual WiFi HDMI In + HDMI Out
Thanks to Gearbest

Another Budget CPU by the looks, and performance.

The HDMI in is a Video Switcher with many adjustments to enhance your viewing experience.

Small sample recorded by another device used the R10 3328 playing YouTube thru the Alfawise H96 mini showing the Input adjustments available to dare I say enhance your viewing experience , unit does not have a record/capture function.

More Soon

[trebor]

Lets have a close look at what we have:

A Black Box, nothing no printed Material and what's in it.


Ports



Remove the Base, not much to see


Topside all happen here. and NO heat sink at all...temps in the 70c while testing


Closer Look, There is small light show in the front thru the clear tube not very bright or annoying.


WiFi Chip

More later

[trebor]

Not a bad unit at all, not a speed demon, appears to do as it should.
The Video In was hopping for some capture but No, switch only, I guess it will have some use.
The Startup was all good, Google and Update apps etc no Problems
WiFi and Ethernet does the job.

Not heat sink on the Main Chip, gets into the 80c and idle 50~60c, hunk of metal may improve things.
We have Root with Upper and Lower Bars, also more settings is now Droid settings, separate icon.
Lets have a look around UI, System Information and some Tests

UI and Installed apps



System Information:




Droid Settings



DRM Info L3


Ram and Storage Truth



CPU-Z 4 frames


Antutu



A1 SD Bench, New update ...

SD Card Test


Geekbench CPU > http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/5438017


GeekBench Compute


Aida64 10-frames

Not a bad box as mentioned, and numbers are OK for the CPU type in use

Not 100%o keyboard friendly, a few tweaks needed in the .kl.
In Video switch Mode menu button on remote calls up features as seen din Video above, and remote works OK as well.



Thanks to Gearbest

[trebor]

Bit of a Deal happening today must be a Holiday thing
http://freaktab.com/forum/advertiser...236#post695236

[mXHX]

no PiP function (you can delete it from spec), just fullscreen view of HDMi input. Very missing function opposite to RTD1295
This is PiP function how it should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy53xu-0Yjw

[mXHX]

Do not try to update this device with OTA from https://www.chinagadgetsreviews.com/...ni-tv-box.html
It's mistake for p281 X96mini, not H96mini.

If anyone with stock img file, please provide link.... If it helps to somebody I have TWRP backup, but without recovery.img for this box.

[Txemoto]

trebor , thanks for the review. Can you explain what are the tweaks in the .kl?

Thanks

[trebor]

The Enter Key as I recall it
change /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl 28 from DPAD_CENTER to ENTER

[Txemoto]

trebor , thanks for the review. Can you explain what are the tweaks in the .kl?

Thanks

Thanks

[ftun18]

If anyone with stock img file, please provide link.... If it helps to somebody I have TWRP backup, but without recovery.img for this box.

I've made backups by TWRP app from OS booted. There were two options: recovery and boot. Here are both files. Is it what you need?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...g_?usp=sharing
I didn't find TWRP for writing to recovery partition for this device. Can you advice me right TWRP image for recovery boot?

[Calamaro]

Hello, i need to fount the short location for this board... any clue?

Thanks a lot.

[Calamaro]

Do not try to update this device with OTA from https://www.chinagadgetsreviews.com/...ni-tv-box.html
It's mistake for p281 X96mini, not H96mini.

If anyone with stock img file, please provide link.... If it helps to somebody I have TWRP backup, but without recovery.img for this box.

You have here the firmware in IMG format

https://androidpctv.com/firmware-tv-box-alfawise-h96-mini-with-amlogic-t962e-soc-12-09-2017/

Any clue about he shot circuit?

[Triak]

is there a stock firmware for this box? where to close contacts?