The point is to keep costs down.
MS allowed Windows 8.1 (with bing) for free for devices with screens smaller than 10inches.
remove the screen and the manufacturer would have to pay for the Windows 8.1 license.

basically this device is cheaper with the screen than without
.

​well don't buy it then jesus.

Of course, it's the most bizarre form-factor ever, but for £60 with both operating systems and 64GB of storage, you're getting a lot for your money.

Mine is still going strong today, I kept 8.1, and lucky enough mine came with the UK power lead as well.
Still using the Ebay fan from above, and also no problems, touch wood. :smiley:

Have this and no problems at all. Easily updated to Windows 10. Mine came with a UK power lead/plug as well as the adaptor the thread suggests. I use mine for streaming Kodi. Took a while to arrive but had no problems at all.

Has anyone replaced the power adaptor for a 'proper' UK one and if so, any links? I'm thinking Maplin etc.

Mine is still going strong, to be on the safe side, I use this fan from Ebay, excellent.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171677801551?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Have had few problems with mine, except that Gearbest didn't send the UK adapter I asked for, so I had to buy one. And they've ignored my ticket completely. Wouldn't use them again, seem well dodgy.

Ohh the X9... we grabbed the X8 because it has twice the memory (64GB) and cost a lot less (£51) from Gearbest EU.

Besides the bigger screen, are there any other differences?

Well, mine arrived yesterday - as I said I went for the X9 and it works perfectly. I need to have a proper play with it tomorrow I guess but all working great so far, very impressed with the device.

Unfortunately an adapter is my only option as it came with a US plug fitted. I only have the one adapter to try (one I had already as Gearbest didn't send me one), and I'm unwilling to pay £10 for the UK power unit someone mentioned early in the thread as that would possibly be throwing good money after bad. :disappointed:

While I agree that for the price it is a good deal even with it's flaws, I think it is also fair to say quality of the item is not great:
- Heat issues as there is no heatsink
- USB ports not powerful to support some USB appliances
- Ethernet is using USB (like an internal usb to ethernet adapter)
- Changing bios settings will brick it
- bios can't be reset as there is no battery, you need to de solder a chip, source a new one, program it and solder it to reset bios
I'm not saying don't buy it, just that it is a risky buy.
On the face of it I would give a bit more to get a better quality item (from a brand name for example) with same features (several USB ports, ethernet, bluetooth, touchscreen, dual boot etc).
My aim was to put it next to my tv and use it as a clock +squeezeplayer on android then steam in home streaming/kodi on windows.

Well, after the wait it would appear that my X9 is out for delivery tomorrow via Yodel. This has been confirm by Yodel too. Looking forward to setting this device up as a super low-cost HTPC for the bedroom ...

Sorry to hear about the issues you guys have had - I'm hoping as I have the X9 that I won't suffer the issues you guys are with the X8.

Not sure why some people are having issues with this awesome device.
Are you guys plugging it in via a 2 to 3 pin adaptor.
Sometimes, those adaptors can be the cause of electrical problems.

I raised a PayPal dispute after they didn't respond for 3 days to my ticket, then they answered straight away saying they need help from the supplier, looks like they are just delaying things... Personally I wouldn't settle for their 'wallet points' they have to exchange or refund by law. Not sure about paying for postage, but that should just be to the oneworld office in Hayes, seeing as that's were they shipped it from.

It has been raised to a PayPal dispute in which they haven't responded to. They have until the 20th of Dec to respond to PayPal in which hope PayPal will claw the money back.

My tracking shows with yodel and another link on here. Yodel states still with seller.

Unfortunately I've had problems with my Pipo X8 too.
- It wouldn't switch on to start with but after four or five attempts it did
- I booted into Windows and it crashed. It did this multiple times
- I booted into Android and every time the onscreen keyboard appeared there was a loud 'white noise' sound from the unit's speakers
- I left it a while, tried to turn it on and it won't. Have tried a couple times since and still no luck

It looks like I'll now have to do battle with Gearbest's returns - although it looks like I may have to pay the return postage. Maybe a PayPal dispute would be a better option?

Who are you checking for tracking? This confirms my worst suspicions with Gearbest because online reviews of them as a company suck, but this is no surprise when it comes to Chinese providers in my experience.

Be warned; your 'refund' I believe will come in the form of Gearbest store credit - that's how they dealt with me questioning why the price had dropped by a fiver since I placed my order with them. Also, should you are, Google some stories of peoples experience with them and you'll see that refunds are rarely, if ever given back in sterling. Did you pay by credit card?

On the 10th of December my parcel left Hong Kong airport, nothing since however ... I'll give it until Christmas to arrive, if nothing by then I'll raise a Paypal dispute.

Ordered on the 2nd from eu store. Still no arrival, had no responses to tickets for 4 days after the item just stated processing for 7 days. Raised to paypal, then had a immediate response to ticket stating not in stock. I have 3 choices, wait,refund or buy somethings else.
Requested a refund, then had a response later in that day stating it could be shipped after i close my request with paypal even tho earlier requesting a refund and telling me it wasn't in stock.
Next response later that day is that it has been shipped.
This was 4 days ago. Checked tracking again today and courier has stated it is still with the seller, it has been not been shipped out. Just the courier ticket raised.
First and last order through gearbest it seems.

Hopefully just a one off and you are unlucky, on the face of it the components are good, and the reviews are good.

Not really, it had out of box issue:
- there is a lot of light bleeding in one corner
- dirt under screen
And it now seems to be bricked, it crashed with a few error messages and it doesn't boot anymore...
It also had issues with ethernet not connecting after boot.
On paper it looks good, but maybe they cut too many corners in choice of components and quality checks.

So are you guys happy with your X8's then? Still waiting on mine to be delivered - tracking tells me it has left Hong Kong airport, haha.

Mine's out for delivery today too.... unfortunately Gearbest sent me a message to say they have not sent an adapter as they are out of stock. Luckily I think I have one somewhere........

Out for delivery today, nice for the weekend :-)

Yes I'm sure the parcel exist, in which dimension I don't know...

My tracking code doesn't even show up with Yodel - but that's not really bothering me to be honest. It's a shipment from China, I certainly don't expect the wonderful service that Royal Mail usually provide *ahem* - however, I did get the pic below uploaded to my order which had my details on so I have faith the parcel exists and will be with me in the next week.

Well my Yodel tracking says the parcel is still with sender, so it seems gearbest booked the yodel delivery on monday that's when I got the tracking number but they haven't passed the parcel to Yodel yet, it is also possible they don't even have the parcel themselves.

forcedv11 hours, 3 minutes ago#143
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Had a similar issue with anther device when windows booted.
The crackling @ boot is from the tv speakers right?
I find switching the tv off and back on fixes the problem.


no its when im using the android OS. when its doing graphical stuff i get like a hissing from the internal speakers
it doesnt do it on the windows os

I got a tracking number yesterday too. It does work, I'll post the link later when I get chance as to where to track it from. They sent me a photo of my actual parcel too so fingers crossed!

Respect.

Haha, I did think that, but they were so vague about it that I wasn't sure and then there is a company at http://www.ukxd.co.uk that I thought it might be!

Edit: Actually, I take it all back, this was in my email! What was I supposed to think? Eh? Eh?:stuck_out_tongue:

Exactly right, if you have a tracking number it is on its way. :stuck_out_tongue:
In the UK, if it starts JD it is on the Yodel website after about 24 hours. This has all been mentioned before.
Don't Panic. :laughing:

Lol. UKEXP is the despatch method = UK express ! Typically your UK tracking ref starts JD where the package can be tracked at http://www.yodel.co.uk/track/

Hmmm, the website isnt working this morning but go to http://www.oneworldexpress.com and put the 'JD' tracking number in there.

The stuff I have had from here have been delivered by yodel ,try there tracking

I got a tracking number yesterday too. It does work, I'll post the link later when I get chance as to where to track it from. They sent me a photo of my actual parcel too so fingers crossed!

I've got the same tracking details as well since Monday.
I think it will indeed come from China, their stock count doesn't look accurate at all, so they are probably waiting for re suply. I wish they would be more open\honest...

Hmmm, starting to have doubts again about this lot. They've give me a tracking number for a company that I think is called UKEXP (?), but tracking number is not found. What are they playing at? Coming from China perhaps?

Had a similar issue with anther device when windows booted.
The crackling @ boot is from the tv speakers right?
I find switching the tv off and back on fixes the problem.

ive had mine delivered and its brilliant apart from one thing - i have like a slight humming/ crackling sound when i boot into android. it doesnt do it in windows ???? has anybody else got this issue ???

Had an email this morning saying it had shipped. Yay! I hope it doesn't take the full 15days, I just went for Flat Rate Shipping as was trying to do this as cheap as possible.

Despite them saying it would take 10-15 days to restock I've just got an email to say mine has shipped today! :smiley: Looking forward to seeing what it can do.

I ordered on Wednesday, sent a ticket this morning as it was still "processing", and instead of a reply, I just received a mail to say the thing has shipped...

For all those waiting, keep the faith and hopefully you will be rewarded, it does everything it claims to do.
As stated, mine only took four days, but I was probably the first as I posted this a day after I ordered it.:sunglasses:

Well I ordered Thursday (the X9) and I'm still on processing at the moment - I also sent Gearbest a ticket in regards to the fact the price had dropped and that I needed a UK plug but didn't put it in the comments ... I'm a little apprehensive as to how this company operates I must admit.

I ordered last Wednesday (2nd) and my order is still processing. Opened a ticket and had a reply this morning to say the TV box is in their UK warehouse but they don't have any UK adapters which they are waiting to come in from their Shenzhen warehouse. They asked me if I wanted to send the box out and follow with the adapter or wait.

Strange, at time of post qty 135 listed as available from EU warehouse (url suffix ?wid=3)
http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_203363.html?wid=3
maybe contact GB to confirm - might be due EU stock w/c 07 Dec :wink:

Hmm, I ordered the X9 which was on offer at £65, and with the threat of the offer running out on Thursday at 4pm - the following day it dropped to £59. Thanks Gearbest. My order is still processing but any shop that won't give you an actual refund and only offers credit (Sports Direct come to mind after a recent debarkle!) aren't cool with me.

I hope you get it soon anyway mate. I'll update when I know what's happening with mine ...

I ordered the one the op posted from the eu warehouse. I opted to wait for it to come back in stock as I didn't want anything else from the site and did not want store credit. A sterling refund was not an option I was given. As I'd like the item it seems the only option is to wait, but needless to say I'll probably avoid Gearbest in the future!

Not such good service here..... ordered Wednesday lunchtime, still says 'processing' so I contacted them and it's out of stock (despite saying there were 45 in stock when I ordered it). Now have to wait 10-15 days before they get stock in (only other options are to order something else or to refund as store credit). :disappointed:

Excellent service from Gearbest EU.

Fast delivery and the X8 actually came with a proper UK 3 pin power cord.
Awesome.

I ordered my X8 on Monday and it was delivered yesterday Thursday, well packed.
I have bought three phones over the last couple of months for Me/Wife/Son-In-Law, all excellent and all delivered within 5-7 working days from an EU Warehouse.

I also received an email that order has been shipped for the X9 that I ordered on Wednesday.

I bought the X9 from the China warehouse yesterday on a whim ... Hmmm, I hope it ships soon. Gearbest have that type of website I can't stand to be honest, the type that makes me uncomfortable like Alibaba, haha.

Just got an email from them saying it is in stock and they will ship it it soon. they say we should allow wait 3-4 days before receiving the tracking information.
Looks to me this isn't really EU warehouse...

Has anybody else got theirs already or confirmation of shipment?
I ordered wednesday midday and order is still being processed.

Have to say, as well as all the help from good friends on here, spent a few hours reading on Google as well, learning all the time, at this moment I am over the moon for approx. £60. Bargain of the year. :innocent:

Some excellent info regarding the X8 here:
http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/intel-based-tv-players/505731-first-day-pipo-x8-mini-tv-box-windows-8-1-android-4-4-dual-boot-intel-z3736f-update

It was the geekbuying blog where somebody uploaded an image of the 14 partitions, to which GB responded by saying:
"Dear friend,there is only 1 partition"
Priceless !
Whatever, still looking forward to playing with mine.
http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php/2015/06/17/pipo-x8-dual-boot-system-upgrade-method-186834-20150617/#comment-2178700968

Good. To cover all bases: in windows, long press on the task bar yellow folder, select manage, from the storage section select disk management. That should show all partition sizes. There's other ways of accessing same info, but the suggested route should do the job.

Hi Andy, I believe you are right. I am in the Windows now and that is showing "31.5Gb free of 36.5Gb" plus 29.7Gb for my SD card, it seems I was mistaken, big thanks for your help Andy.
It must be partitioned as you say, big piece for Windows and smaller for Android.

Wouldn't worry too much yet. Windows and Android are allocated their own storage space / partition. From windows, you can check all the partitions' space from Disk Management, there may be a similar utility in Android to view details of all the partitions, not just the Android partition. Vague recollection of somewhere suggesting this might have upto to 14 partitions! Whatever, I suspect you have total 64GB as advertised.

Have you switched to Android yet and checked the storage size?

Jeez this fell out of the ugly tree didn't it :wink:

I have a problem, this internal disk is only 16Gb!!!!!!!!! That is why I probably have a 13a plug on mine, it should have been 64Gb :disappointed:

Personally, windows 8.1 is far superior to Windows 10 for these touchscreen devices (better interface).

I am sticking with 8.1 for the moment, I have added a 32g micro card and a wireless mouse from Ebay came this morning, I am an OAP so I am slow at learning. But I already have a cheaper Android TV box, so far all is good.

Oops. I just bought the X9 :confused::confused::confused:

Cool. Windows 8.1 or 10?

I didnt push the button in the end, there was something (I'm not sure what!) putting me off ...

Just received my Yodel (JD) tracking number from Gearbest should arrive maybe Friday.
My previous two orders/deliveries have been excellent.

Anyone got theirs delivered yet?

If it's delivered with windows 10, I'll be disappointed because we'll lose out on the 365 office licence.

When connected to tv via hdmi does the sound come out of the tv? Or the little speakers on the box? Will this work ok for general computing needs when running windows and on tv? Sorting spreadsheets etc?

Whats the point if you want it to Kodi. Just buy Any 7 Inch Android/Windows/Fire tablet for £30-£40 and install kodi there

As far as I am aware, it is illegal to supply electrical items into the UK without a properly fitted 3 pin plug, unless a converter is supplied, (there are exceptions for electric shavers though). A converter is not an adapter, a converter must need tools to remove it, so it must be either permanently fixed, or be held in position by screws so that it is not easily removed. With mobile phones, Gearbest could get around this by not supplying the charger if it is the standard USB 5v 1amp type, (which a lot of people will already have), and just supplying the USB cable, but the current/voltage required for this item (12v 2.4A) would probably mean that a separate charger must be used, and if so, Gearbest should be providing a proper converter for the charger or they are breaking European and UK law. European law states that European companies must comply with the laws of the other European countries they are supplying, so items from Gearbest Europe should be complying with this if they really are a European outlet.

Possibly a shuttered & fused electric shaver adapter. The shuttered variants are easy to spot when the shutter is coloured red. Mains current draw by the Pipo will be well under 1A which is a typical rating of a fused shaver adapter.

If the UK adapter is the same as supplied with my phone order from Gearbest, then just beware, it does not comply with UK regulations and is potentially very dangerous once the adapter is inserted into a socket, exposing live terminals which could be be easily touched by a small child holding a short metal object.
Below is a link to a page that shows the adapter supplied to me by Gearbest, (it is the first one on that page), and the page explains some of the dangers of using this type of adapter.
Illegal UK adapters

I posted earlier (post #25) in this topic about these adapters being illegal in the UK, highly dangerous, and could result in electrocution, especially to a small child. Here is a copy of my earlier post
If the UK adapter is the same as supplied with my phone order from Gearbest, then just beware, it does not comply with UK regulations and is potentially very dangerous once the adapter is inserted into a socket, exposing live terminals which could be easily touched by a small child holding a short metal object.
Below is a link to a page that shows the adapter supplied to me by Gearbest, (it is the first one on that page), and the page explains some of the dangers of using this type of adapter.
Illegal Adapters

the price I see is $115 which is £76. how to get it for £61?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/Universal-US-AU-EU-to-UK-AC-Power-Plug-White-Travel-Wall-Adapter-Plug-Converter/221783712501?hlpht=true&ops=true&viphx=1&_trksid=p5197.c100068.m2280&_trkparms=ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140211125758%26meid%3Ddf3e4a4ef61943afbb60185bd89083de%26pid%3D100068%26clkid%3D1601317106006892726&_qi=RTM2108002

For anyone who forgot to ask for a UK adapter like me.

so, can you download to this, like transport tycoon deluxe so i can finally get round to playing it again?
what about hooking it up to a monitor with only basic vga input?

Reading £75.65 now!

Reading £51.65 now???

I am going to buy the 32gb version because I have some spare USB storage I will be using and I also own a NAS what I can access once its connected to the net.

Ahhhhhh!, wasn't aware of the Windows 8.1 'Screen issues' thang?, thanx for that. :-)

showing £58.55 for me.

Anyone? And is the power hard wired or can i just find a decent adapter with same pin and use that, rather than what they supply?

Good luck :stuck_out_tongue:
P.S. Is it like for like 2G/64G ?

Ok I will give it a go lol Wish me luck :P

Looking at ordering the x9 version but the cost is Limited Sale Price £65 shipped from China or £81. EU warehouse. Has anyone ordered from the China website and can comment on delivery?

Realty is that most electronic purchases from the far east will need a UK 3 pin adaptor.
Companies supply whatever adaptor is cheaply available.
They're not really counterfeit, but simply mass produced adaptors made to serve a purpose without the kind of quality control found in the UK

Also the resolution on the X9 is Resolution: 1920 x 1200 pixels. compared to 1280 x 800 on the x8. Go for the bigger higher res screen IMO.

Seriously torn between the X8 (http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_237096.html) @ £61.51 (2GB and 64GB) and the X9 (http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_235414.html#customer_review) £65.12 (bigger screen, 2GB and 32GB) ...

What to do?!?

its either this deal http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_237096.html

or a amazon fire tv £64.99

or a android mqx 8gb £40

HELP!

:laughing:

just found the Pipo x9 8.9 inch for 65 quid shipped from china, comes preshipped with Windows 10 as well

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_235414.html?wid=1

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_237096.html

original seems to have ended, is this the same? just with win 10?

ugly but for the price and specs. heat

Does it comes with 3g slot. Can I use this in car?

Those of you who bought the Unified Remote app during the Google 10p sale can use their smartphone as a wireless keyboard and mouse with this Pipo x8 (if it's hidden behind your telly).

Perfect for Kodi in the bog

Surely an Amazon firestick will do all this does at more than half the price ans you can stick that in your pocket!

They missed a marketing trick;
you read you recipe on the screen and prepare your food, then flip the unit over to cook using the heat generate by the power of Windows!

The 8.9 inch one is pricey, but probably has better usability. Also read reports of someone trying (but failed) to put Linux on it after he borked a Windows 10 upgrade. I wonder why this isn't possible?

Interesting Device to put in a Bartop arcade machine :smile: Hot from me and ordered

Windows, haven't even booted to android yet.

Possibly, yeah. From the pictures, it looks like they're marketing it as some kind kitchen/kiosk appliance, as they're showing it with a bunch of recipes on the screen. as a kiosk appliance, I can totally get that, but I personally wouldn't fancy cooking with one of these fellas! Think it would be great if you ran a small shop and had your paypal card reader attached to it or something.

I really like the fact that it has a ton of ports that the tablets don't have. It's just a bit odd for home use is all.

Does anybody know what the boot time is for this? Windows, and Android? Ta.

This form factor is very interesting. It has full sized USB, ethernet and HDMI ports so potentially easier to make those connections compared to a bog standard tablet.
I'm really on the fence with this one. The form factor doesn't lend itself to mobile use of the screen, it's really meant to live under the TV connected via the cables. As someone has rightly commented, it would probably have been cheaper for Pipo to pay for the screen and avail of the free full Win 8.1 OS offer from Microsoft, than to supply it as a media box without the screen but having to pay for the OS. With the 64GB eMMC It's still a pretty capable computer if you want to use it as such.
Definitely a weird and wonderful device, maybe one of those which you realise you could not have done without after buying??

Definitely deserves some heat for the price.

Any digital audio outputs on this (aside from the HDMI)? I'd like to run Squeezeplay on something like this, and output into a DAC without having my TV on to use the HDMI.

Looks like it does have headphone outputs, but these can be badly-implemented on this type of gadget.

Been offered a mxq box running wookie and kodi for £35 from a guy at work, any advantages or disadvantages over using this? Basically every time I want to use kodi I have to turn laptop on, login, plug into tv etc etc, just want something I can leave by tv and turn on when I want something. cheers.

I have one.
One of the fastest emc drives inside, it miles faster than my Teclast X98 while it uses the same cpu, just because the drive is that much faster.
The screen is one of the IPS type, fine angles en colour.
I use it with kodi, still thinking of a project hanging it up on the wall and using the screen as an interface (should be possible with mediaportal)
Lan is just 100mbit, which is fine for streaming content.
I use windows btw and it upgraded fine to windows10.

nice specs and price but it sure does look like an eyesore

ordered no idea why ha

They don't come uglier than that.

Are people basically using this as a method of exporting showbox or the other app to your TV?

Please, somebody save me from a dull afternoon wading through Intel graphics spec to find out: can the HDMI-out be set to 1080? Thanks. Edit: vrs reviews say it's simple to achieve, so will wait until it arrives.

Of course, it's the most bizarre form-factor ever, but for £60 with both operating systems and 64GB of storage, you're getting a lot for your money.

But its as ugly as sin...

Any recommended reading?

yay, it finally got hot :-)

Logitech wireless keyboard (with built-in touch pad and left/right buttons work well for both operating systems.

Personally I also recommend connecting a Bluetooth mouse as it's quicker than a touch pad.

Thanks, weird that it didn't show the warehouse options for me, but it is now when I re-click on the link...

Ordered in any case! Anyone got any tips for a good remote for this thing, apart from smartphones?

Hmmm, can't see the EU warehouse option on the desktop page? UK option seems to be the cheapest, is that the right one to choose? Says it ships from China, and it's the Win 10 version?

Purchased......damn you hotukdeals......

How to activate tea and toast?

Funny reading this post....
Does it make tea?
Does it butter my toast?

Look guys, you are getting a fully licenced Windows 8.1 PC with 2GB ram 64GB storage, 4 full USB ports, Ethernet port, Micro SD slot, Bluetooth, WiFi, full size HDMI and possibly Office 365 (one year) for less than £60 delivered (upgradable to Windows 10).... Oh and it's also a proper Android device with a screen.

It's a no brainer.

how does this compare with Amazon TV box and is there a 4GB RAM box at reasonable price?

pipo x9. more or less same price but larger screen and full hd

This would be great in a campervan with an external antenna for the local wifi

Only 32gb though.

Thanks kriss. Just looking for something silent so this will be great. Shouldn't have any overheating issues where i put it anyway.

Anyone think this would make a good plex server? I'm tempted but can anyone tell me if it has any fans in it?

Wish they would make one of these with optical out, would be a perfect little plex player for me

​now I get the idea of the screen. thanks

I'm guessing that 0 inches of screen is less than 10 inches of screen, but I've not read the qualification requirements.

What an odd device. No battery so needs to be plugged in. Probably best connected to a TV so I don't see the point of the screen?

This Pipo one has double the ram (64G) as that one as well.

Probbly reduced due to the dreadful Wolfgang Puck desktop...
Has anybody been able to work out the win10 upgrade procedure? http://pan.baidu.com/s/1i3yB969#path=%252FX8-android%252Bwin10
Maybe to answer my own Q: http://chinagadgetsreviews.com/video-how-to-easily-install-windows-10-pro-with-all-drivers-on-pipo-x8-mini-pc.html

It is $128.22 though?

Heat. I was looking at these a while back, think they were around £130 6 months back. I have a super cheap tronsmart MK808B tv box which needed an extra £10 usb antenna to actually work reliably and the wireless keyboard/mouse I bought for it sucks. This with its touchscreen would be pretty awesome for the money - 64GB & Win 10 is also nice - can buy a touch compatible stylus and use photoshop on my 55" tv using the touchscreen for input - nice.

This device is pretty awesome because it's a dual OS pc (with a screen).

Benefits of this over a tablet:

-Plenty of full size USB's

- Ethernet input

- low power consumption

This thread went red hot http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cenovo-mini-pc-tv-box-64-quad-core-intel-z3735f-bluetooth-4-0-windows-8-1-android-2312971
and that's the same device without a screen (for just £5 more you get a screen here if you don't want to connect it to a tv).

If it comes with Office 365 for one year....bargain!!!!!!!

It is an Android TV Box with a dual boot and a touchscreen to connect to your TV, that is why it has a full size HDMI out!

Not just like a phone as I can't take it wherever I go and use where there is no power supply? Surely if that is what you want you would be better off with a tablet?

No you won't, you should read up about what this little gem of a box can really do!

Perhaps I won't then Aristaeus.

​well don't buy it then jesus.

But I'd still need to pay for Amazon Prime and Netflix etc...

That is the WRONG option, it will not come from a EU warehouse, and you may get Custom charges?
Just click the EU button on the opening page, you get the US version with a UK adaptor, which works fine for $89.:stuck_out_tongue:

Try changing the warehouse to the EU warehouse

And still the best price is $93.01 using the UK option?

Ah. Hm. Tempted. But then, why, what on earth would I use it for ;o)

Click EU Warehouse button to get $89 :sunglasses:

I have just ordered this for myself, after reading a lot of reviews online, most agree it is a bargain for what you get.
In the last two weeks I have ordered two Doogee phones from Gearbest, one for the Wife and the X5 for me. The service was great, both delivered in 5 days from order and from their EU warehouse, I always pay the $2 insurance, and was delivered by Yodel, no problems.