With your eyes.

As illegal as a kitchen knife. All depends on what you do with it. A lot of free and paid services are available on it. But it's essentially a machine with Android.

may be useful for some:-

Then we get to the Army of AMLogic devices including the likes the S812-H WeTek Core and the S905 MINIX U1.
There is also swarm of cheaper AML devices shipping out of Asia daily. For a first timer its hard to find a decent, reliable Kodi Android device.

Its very common with dirt cheap Android devices to come with lots of Bugs and no after sales support. Most are absolute rubbish, using pump and dump Marketing techniques to seduce unwary newbie buyers. False product reviews are very common.

Both the Core and the U1 are running the Android Lollipop OS, which results in a faster Android OS due to modern ART Android runtime optimisations, compared to Android KitKat you get on an older MINIX X-8H+.
I would no longer recommend any expensive Android device running KitKat because of this in 2016

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You need all the after sales support you can get with new Android Hardware. I cannot stress this enough.
The best Android device support comes from the 3 Kodi Diamond Sponsors - MINIX, nVIDIA and WeTek.
You get what you pay for with Android hardware devices. Smile

24p / 10-bit / HDMI 2.0 from here onwards...a peek into the future...without a Delorean !

You will need a compatible 4K HDMI 2.0 10-bit TV to take full advantage of these devices.
10-bit Video gives over 1 Billion colors vs 16,777,216 for 8-bit, see HERE for further details.
Even though these devices can decode 10-bit, video output will be 8-bit only due to lack of video player Software support (this includes Kodi)
The new AMLogic S905 has a fresh out of the wrapper, Android Lollipop 5.1.1 SDK, new Linux Kernel and comes with upgraded 10-bit / HDMI 2.0 tech specs compared to the S812-H's.
Excellent AMLogic VPU Hardware deinterlacing when using the amcodec decoder. However Android mediacodec uses inferior ff-mpeg2/h264 Software deinterlacing.
Speed is a tiny bit quicker compared to a Lollipop equipped S812-H device, but with a reduced number of cores in the GPU/VPU.
HD Audio Passthrough is activated in Android API Level 22 Firmware and will work when Kodi finally supports it in Krypton.
As all this is very new, users need to be aware the Firmware is immature with bugs currently being ironed out.
3D MVC (half res.) is a mixed bag too.
Hi10P H264 Anime decoding is not supported on the AMLogic S905's.
Even bug free 10-bit video output is an unknown quantity at this stage, and there are Hardware Problems with current SoC's.
After sales support is usually a BIG problem with dirt cheap AML Android devices.
S905's can be used as Fast cheap, 10-bit decoder, HDMI 2.0 boxes for those on a budget. If you can find one with decent firmware they represent good value, just beware of the current bugs for full Kodi feature compatibility.

Phoenix, Spartan, beast. Just watched a screener of batman vs superman on salts.
I bought this box last week from gearbest but it hasn't come yet. Gearbest send your stuff by Belgium to prevent customs getting hold of it. I've had about 10 items delivered from gearbest since Christmas and never been hit with vat.

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Description:
Mini M8S TV Box is a multimedia center which enables you to have the absolute best and most versatile home media experience. It is worthwhile for you to possess this TV box because it will let you enjoy plenty of HD movies, TV dramas and more videos on demand whenever you like with your friends and family.

Main Features:
● Amlogic S905 CPU is rapid and stable which can give you high speed feedback and smooth response.
● ARM Mail-450 as GPU of this TV box which gives you the high definition pictures and videos.
● 2.4G WiFi, offers a more stable WiFi signal for you to enjoy higher quality video experience.
● 2GB RAM + 8G ROM capacity, extendable capacity up to 32GB gives you more space to download your favorite apps and caches to browse websites, play games, run apps, watch movies more smoothly.
● Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity: Easy pairing with most Bluetooth-enabled devices (computer, mobile phone, keyboard, and others).
● Supports sync screen technology which can sync your phone displays to a larger screen to make you game experience more real.
● Infrared remote control lets you enjoy your wonderful life which the wireless brings to you.

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A lot of spec for the money. Remember import duty is a possibility.

Where is gearbeast located?

Anyone know any decent addons... Other than Genesis and navy

Phoenix, exodus, live mix and Turks are all good

Good value, i paid £40 recently for my M8S which is the same spec.
Performance wise i am perfectly happy with it.

OpenELEC builds for the S905 should be coming out eventually, if not early builds already. Something to look forward to.

Didn't think HUKD allowed deals form China?