Hi guys. From all the array of sticks and tv settops with such characteristics, what would you recommend? The chipset should have some developer community so i can keep it updating with the latest android version and perhaps more codecs.
I'd mainly use it for watching youtube (my LG42LS5700 lacks memory and buffers a lot when streaming 1080) and web browsing plus awesome Android apps.
Also, i have a LG magic remote, would it work with one of these or i'll have to purchase one of those awesome giroscopic based airmouse+keyboard (very handy BTW).
My budget would be 80-100 for the stick/settop. If i have to get the giro airmouse/keyboard that would be considered separately.
Thanks!
Hi,
I am looking to get Skype on my TV. There are a couple of options - tv specific skype cameras, universal skype cameras that can be hooked to any led tv- but these are too expensive. Another option being android tv box that can support skype. Android TV box seem to be the cheaper option as well as they can actually add on a lot of features. But all I could find on amazon is some unknown chinese companies selling android tv box that can support skype. Is there any good brand that I go with, even if it means buying a web cam separately? Any suggestions pls!
Thanks!
moonfang173 said:
Hi,
I am looking to get Skype on my TV. There are a couple of options - tv specific skype cameras, universal skype cameras that can be hooked to any led tv- but these are too expensive. Another option being android tv box that can support skype. Android TV box seem to be the cheaper option as well as they can actually add on a lot of features. But all I could find on amazon is some unknown chinese companies selling android tv box that can support skype. Is there any good brand that I go with, even if it means buying a web cam separately? Any suggestions pls!
Thanks!
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I think, you should first find all the devices that fits to you (hardware, functions, shape, color)
When you get devices' short list you can check and ask for their real functions and issues(find some videos on youtube as well)
After these steps, it seems to me, a few devices left.
I use skype on my UGOOS UT3s without any issues and troubles. Talking to skype wasn't my main task when I bought it, but then I got my PC webcam and start using big screen. Webcamera should be UVC supported.
Has anybody started a thread with their 'best' or 'favorite' Android Stick & Console Computer hardware? I currently have a Google ADT-1 (w/ PureNexus), but I'm looking to sell this and upgrade in favor of something newer.
I guess I'm looking for suggestions based upon cost, performance, support for newer android versions, ease of use, root access, etc. I recently was helping a friend who had a 'Minix' device, and was impressed with the UI and how easy it was to add shortcuts to the 'desktop' for apps (no need to rely on Leanback Launcher apps, etc). I don't necessarily need support for 4k, but was seeing what people are buying.
Ultimately the goal is that this device will replace my TV set top box, so I will have Xfinity Stream TV, Netflix, Kodi, and other streaming platforms on my television screen.
Thanks in advance!
Since there hasn't been any traction on this thread, I thought I would add an update. After a little research, it seems I should definitely look toward Android TV 'box' with the s905x processor. Then the next step would be to find one of these devices that can rooted and / or one the supports a custom ROM. BTW, this would be for use in the USA.
First of all, sorry for my spelling, my english is not the best.
I know that there's a lot of chinese tv-boxes that run android and also a lot of single board computers in which you can install it (for example pine64 boards)
But it's well known that, in opposite to mobile phones, there is no brand or manufacturer that is critically acclaimed based on price, community support and regular updates.
I mean, if you have a smartphone you know that if you buy a google pixel, a oneplus, a samsung galaxy, a xiaomi etc. you know that you're buying a good phone (in some cases also cheap like the oneplus or xiaomi), and you 'll have official updates for a while, and in the case you don't, you have a large community cooking roms and extending your phone life.
I don't see this on tv boxes, and this become important in the case of tv subscription apps.
There's a lot of android apps that drops support on old versions of android (for example netflix, directv, fox, etc.). So, you can have a hardware capable box in terms of hardware (processor, RAM, GPU, etc.), able to upgrade to a new android version, but you get caught on the lack of will of your manufacturer on upgrading your android version.
You end up with a box with good hardware but you can't use your updated apps (because of course, the majority of that apps don't let you watch content anymore until you upgrade).
So, all this introduction is to ask if any of you know any box or single board computer that have regular official updates or a good community.
I know, raspberry is the best choice on community resources, but is well know that at the date it cannot run android normally.
I have a pi3 and it's terrible on running android, i also know that the new pi4 (with 4gb of ram!!!) does not come with out-of-the-box or official android compatibility and the guys that tried to install it came up with the same results as in the raspberry pi3.
Libreelec on rpi is not an option, because what i want is to run subscription sites (like fox, tnt, directv, my own cable operator app, etc.) and libreelec doesn 't have any addon to run these (i now that there's a lot of iptv sources but is difficult to find a good stream and i'm paying for these subscriptions)
Raspbian on rpi is also not an option ¿why? because, of course, this tv services can be accessed by their own site, but hardware aceleration for streaming video on raspbian doesn 't work well, so, yo cannot play youtube videos on 1080 fullscreen, and of course no other suscription page (is not a hardware thing, is a software thing, libreelec can play 1080p videos on raspberry). There is a solution specifically for youtube via omxplayer but doesnt work for other html5 sites.
I know that the pine64 androck64 boards come with android support but i dont know if those are good buys.
I don't want speccifically an android OS, but i think i will be easer an cheaper, if there´s one that run linux and you can have HW accelaration it would be great (because sites like netflix, fox etc. has their own html5 webpages to watch content).
What i have and what and tried:
1-) I have a raspberry pi 3, an incredible device that can run kodi, linux, and almost anything, unless android.
- libreelec: its almost perfect, but doesn't have addons for pay sites like fox, directv, hbo tc. to watch suscription content
- android: There's a lot of community builds but they are really alpha stage, really slow, and can´t do any HW acceleration and, if you want to have a tv box you will use it 90% to watch video, so it´s not an option.
- raspbian: you don 't have HW acceleration on html5 pages
I think if this one had the android compatibility will be the best choice, its a huge community , but it doesnt
- I bought a kii pro tv box (CPU: Amlogic S905 Quad Core - GPU: Mali-450 - 2GB), it runs well 1080p but it start to get slow when you try 4k videos.
But that's no problem for me now.
It also, of course, comes with a really little support (official and community) it is difficult to find how to root it, how to patch some things etc.
The real problem with this device is that for now i'm stuck on lollipop and i know that some time form now i will be unable to run some apps (not because of the hardware, like a said, but because of the android version).
So, in some months from now maybe i'll have a box with good hardware but no possibility to use it like a want.
I don't want this to happen again to me. If i buy some device i want to extend my device life for tv use.
Do you have any recommendation ?
Resuming, i want something relatively cheap to watch NAS content, and also streaming services (netflix, hbo, fox, etc.), but i want you to reccomend me something with a good community and by a manufacturer that periodically updates the roms or firmware,
I don't care if its linux, android, windows etc.
The closest to this is the raspberry but like i said it lcks support for this particllary thing
i also benn putting my eyes on the pine boards.
are ines ingleboards good?
is tehere any singleboard better?
and, out of the single boards, are there any android tv box well mainaned by community or manfecuater?
Thanks in advance
Resuming, i want something relatively cheap to watch NAS content, and also streaming services (netflix, hbo, fox, etc.), but i want some recomendations on something with a good community and by a manufacturer that periodically updates the roms or firmware,
I don't care if its linux, android, windows etc.
The closest to this is the raspberry but like i said it lacks support for this particullar thing.
i also been putting my eyes on the pine boards.
are pine ingleboards good?
is there any singleboard better?
and, out of the single boards, are there any android tv box well mainaned by community or manfecuater?
Thanks in advance
https://androidpctv.com/
For the past couple of years i have been running my home Kodi / Android TV boxes setup via a couple of Ugoos X3 boxes accessing LAN stored media files.
Lately i have been getting frustrated by the poor wifi performance of the ugoos box and looking to upgrade.
There are various uses of the box (streaming sports events via the internet, better youtube) for which I find AndroidTV much preferable to Kodi so Sasvlad's dualboot option on my Ugoos X3 has been amazing for me. (By the way, I have been living under the presumption that simply running Kodi within Android will not be a great solution for me to get an optimal smooth Kodi experience - especially regarding accessing my SMB LAN stored library of media etc - is this a correct assumption?)
So...I was just hoping to see if anybody knew if Sasvlad's builds were still the best way to get the ATV / Openelec dualboot (or equivalent) that i want...and if so, what is the best current box for this? I am looking at Ugoos AM6 or AM7 or UT8, although all seem a little tricky to get ahold of in the UK.
Thanks very much if anybody has any input on this