I just got myself an acer a200 thinking it would be a vast improvement to my original galaxy tab. I use mx video player both on my galaxy tab and on my galaxy s2, and they can play any video I have. Even the old galaxy tab plays 1080 videos without skipping a beat. For some reason the a200 will not let me select hw mode, and the sw mode is not capable of playing the video. There has to be a fix for this?
Unfortunately, you bought the A200, which still use the old Tegra 2. I used like 4 different tablets with that cpu, its just not that great for HD video, but should manage HD h.264.
If you are good with flashing, what you should do is sell the A200 and get yerself a Kindle Fire and install CyanogenMod9 to it. Kindle Fire use an OMAP 4 cpu like the Galaxy Nexus, but at 1GHz. Tegra 3 devices would do well too, but I think those tablets are currently more expensive.
"All OMAP 4 come with an IVA3 multimedia hardware accelerator with a programmable DSP that enables 1080p Full HD and multi-standard video encode/decode." Due to this, my Nexus play HD MKV videos smoother than the Galaxy Note which has a higher frequency Exynos.
I've just realized that it plays straight DVD rips perfectly smooth. not sure how this makes sense when it can't play 1080 and struggles on 720
So i need a new 10 inch tablet and i'd like not to strugle to play 1080p (that means 1920p width) video.
My old tablet (acer a500) had a 2-core cpu at 1Ghz and was not even able to play 720p that well. So assuming the new one will be quad core would it be able to decode 1080p video or not ?
And if yes will it be on HW or SW mode ? (MX player)
Or should i buy a 1920x1200 tablet just to be sure ??
Well...
You need a full HD tablet to play full HD videos which means the screen resoultin must be higher or equal to 1920x1080.
1280x800 is NOT full HD/1080p
I am looking to pick up a shield android tv my main concern is how well does kodi work on this compared to an amazon fire stick? I currently have a fire stick and it streams all my local media pretty well. Is there going to be any difference in kodi running on the shield?
Any decent reviews of Android TV boxes? I just want to get a decent Android box to stream NetFlix, Amazon Prime, ShowBox and Kodi in 4K on a box with a fairly new version of Android.
Best Android TV box
Hi if you are looking for decent android TV box then you can check EVANPO T95Z PLUS Smart TV Box. It's review on amazon look great.
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Any decent reviews of Android TV boxes? I just want to get a decent Android box to stream NetFlix, Amazon Prime, ShowBox and Kodi in 4K on a box with a fairly new version of Android.
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While I've been looking for cheaper android tv boxes for iptv for friends, I can say without a doubt Nvidia Shield is by far the best. I've had mine since 2015, and the newer 2017 model is shrunk down same innards. 3gb ram, Nvidia Tegra processor is the best on it. Netflix full 4K HDR support officially. Official real android TV that receives updates all the time (Currently they are intentionally waiting to release Android Oreo on it as launcher is not good yet and are working with Google on that, but it's pretty solid with Marshmallow official androidtv version). Amazon Prime 4K HDR built in (first android tv to get it officially actually).
HDR support on every app Except Youtube... simply because Youtube uses a different Codec VP9 that requires a specific chip that came out after Shield was released. I'm using PerfectPlayer for IPTV on it now and it's really impressive with customized hardware decoding. Kodi runs great on it too when I tried it. Not sure about Showbox but do keep in mind the Google Play Store on official Android TV is limited to Apps that developers specifically support TV interface on. You can easily use your phone or browser to get the APK and install it on the Shield though if you can't find it in store. They call this sideloading and it works great once you figure out how. I personally use Solid Explorer on both Shield and my phone and find apk in the app on my phone, then copy it over the network to my Shield Network Shared folder (officially supported), then open it on Shield and install it.)
Keep in mind Nvidia shield will work with anything bluetooth and it does support Android TV Remote app so you can control and type from your phone. 2 USB 3.0 ports so you can even connect older xbox 360 controllers if you have pc dongle, etc..
Problem I'm seeing with every other Android TV Box is they're all Android Phone version with an added UI to make it look like Android TV, and I really feel like most of them won't get updated and might freeze if you push it with limited RAM and chinese-made processors. Official Android TV FTW. Honorable mention from research not experience - Xiaomi Mi Box, built in Android TV on non samsung/nonlg tvs... especially on Sony Android TV.
I have a very simple box, but very good for streaming MXQ PRO. Very inexpensive - $35. I got it from AMTRADE TV Boxes
I've just purchased a new box from China that I'm waiting delivery on. I had help from Robert Joseph of ghostware. He's awesome.
This is the info and specs on it. Like I said it has everything I want and even a little more with the extra hard drive space for which I've ordered a 240gig SSD drive from Amazon.
I got the version with 4 gigs of RAM and 64 gigs of hard drive space. And it's pretty much dirt cheap for one of the best hardware setups on the market. Only about 65 US dollars.
These are some more of its specs. The gigabit Ethernet port is just as important as everything else. Especially if you have a fast connection like I do. You don't want to be limited to a hundred megabits.
I followed the advice SdM123, and I must say that Sidiwen A95X MAX TV Box Android 8.1 4GB RAM 64GB ROM Amlogic S905X2 Quad Core Dual WIFI 2.4G / 5G Ethernet is one of the best 0 buffering problems. I am satisfied with the purchase and thank SdM123 for pointing it out.
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Which streaming device has the most internal storage?
Hi guys, what do you think of switchonshop.com ? I think to buy there, but I do not know if it is worth it.
At SwitchOnShop.com. I saw a set top box model MAG425A. Has anyone used such a model?
Hello people,
I just purchased the asian version of the xiaomi laser projector 4k 1S. Before I had the same model but the european version with 1600 Lumen instead of 2000 that I have got now. On my European Version I had Android 9.0 as OS installed and could stream everything on 4K but since I got the "better" Asian version, it´s only possible to play these apps on my fireTV Stick (wich is also 4K) in 2160 to 60 quality. I tried everything but still don´t get the answer and im thinking about sending this beamer back.
I would really appreciate it, if someone could tell me how to change the resolution or the format to 4K on Netflix and Youtube.
best regards,
Morris