Anyone know if these are capable of x265? Looks promising but would love to know how they compare to the s905/s905x 2gb models.

Anyone know?

these should run better. it's Android TV vs full Android. it's the same OS as the Nvidia Sheild. can also buy the controller for 29.99 on eBay for games. under Asus Nexus controller.

does it allow installation of kodi and if so does it work smoothly?

Not really great, Android TV is slowly dying and add in the better boxes that can be bought for half this price makes this a no go.

Sorry.

I'd disagree with that. none of these cheep boxes have Android 7 support like this. if google were abandoning this they would not be releasing a big update for it. there is a new nexus player imminent and a new Nvidia shield

Except this will do Netflix HD unlike the bargain basement android boxes. And a few other things besides. Sorely tempted to replace the fire stick.

had mine a year love it kodi runs really nice on it

​What else is better for the price?
these cheep boxes and sticks that can get from China for half the price are unreliable. the remotes don't do voice recognition or work with integrated OS like Android TV.
Spec wise yes there are better for less. but this is reliable. It will receive updates unlike the cheep boxes. I also bought a Madcatz Mojo box prior this that did support 4k. But support had been dropped so no OTA updates. had to root and install custom roms.
The Fire OS is locked down on fire sticks. they are limited and only really good if have prime and want to use for Kodi. These have got to be the best and most reliable for the pricd

I have nivida shield got it on prime day if I didn't would get this next on the list

:neutral_face: Wish I'd bought this instead of my Fire Stick

​Why? the internals are roughly the same hardware wise. How is this better? Also, can you power it through the TV's USB?

Personally i think the only thing that keep these going is Kodi and that is so unstable, people without knowledge will never know how to update the program list. I didn't vote i actually voted hot as i don't know what these go for and you say it is a deal. I just think they are not worth £50 no matter how many updates you get.

Many people in this thread seem to be confused by the offering. This is nothing like the cheap android boxes. This is the Android TV operating system and a completely different beast.

The only similarities are the fact that they both run Android.

Nothing unstable about Kodi...it's the crapy addons people install that are unstable.
Kodi has been around long before the buggy pirate TV plugins and will hopefully out live them.
I think the future of Android TV though lies in TV's running Android as the OS, as per the current Sony and Phillips range, hopefully TV manufacturers will stop making such a pigs ear of it soon....

​they are way more stable now. in the beginning I had loads of issues. Plex support is awesome, they pay a lot of attention to android TV.

What's this remote like ?

Can Plex media server be installed on this?

needs more ram, 2gb minimum for kodi, 1gb sucks

have just bought one, put kodi on, runs fab, 1080p no probs (avatar 25 gig mkv) for £50 its better than anything in this price bracket. also whoever said this the remote for this is BETTER than the nvidia shield, obviously has never have an nvidia shield remote. whilst functional the nexus remote is plasticy and hollow, but who cares at £50 it works very very well.......

I've had a fire stick and a and a ouya there both slow as streaming even with 38mb internet

Tempted as I am, I just can't press the button. I believe voice search works with plex on this which is tempting. But its also a dying box.. Heat for the deal but I just can't sell it to myself

Hi guys would you recommend this or the Amazon fire TV 4k?
Edit: I'm not too fussed about 4k but Cex are selling both at a similar price, not sure which to go for?

Is this any better than the Fire TV 2? and if so, for what reasons?

Cheers for the info

I've bought a silly amount of boxes over the years from Fire boxes to many many Android boxes.

Chinese Android boxes - Have superb specs, but are let down with software. I have at least four that state 4k but can't because something wasn't agreed at the hardware level (A night of searching discovered the other day) and therefore its something that can't ever be fixed

Fire sticks(I hate wifi as it's always ****, and when things don't work you blame it, but if you don't use it in the first place then you can miss out that avenue) So it's always boxes rather than sticks

Fire Boxes - You can do what you want with them, the remote is one of the best I've ever used, simple is always best. 4k (4k is still pissy with TV's with anti piracy crap etc) I suggest everyone looks into 4k just to see if your 4k tv actually gets it.

Btw this is a very drunk review of a totally different product that is actually better (And I dont work for amazon, and haven't had a freebie of them (yet)