Cheapest I have seen for a S905X box with 2GB RAM for a while now, and in stock in the UK with Prime delivery as well. Details from Amazon below.
Amlogic S905X Quad Core Cortex-A53, Android 6.0 OS.
2GB DDR3 and 16GB EMMC Nand Flash, also support Micro SD Card, up to 32 GB.
Support 2.4G/5G Dual WIFI Bands and 100M Ethernet, offering highest speed,without buffering.Built in bluetooth 4.0 and HDMI output,comes with IR remote.
4K 60fps display, 4K x 2K H.265 hardware video decode and 4K x 2K output.
Make your tv into smart tv, just enjoy it!
Top comments
SweeneyUK to Tiny_Clanger
22 Feb 176#24
U returned it because of a light? Couldn't you just put a sticker or something over it? Lol
Latest comments (78)
louiselouise
8 Mar 17#78
I'd probably have went for this if I was quick enough - my brother's looking for one.
Anyway, added this to the Mini M8S II thread and may be of interest to someone:
caspre12
27 Feb 17#77
would it be possible to buy a USB dvb tuner and plug it in to use as recordable device ? and can you install stock android 6.0 firmware?
Pjcity
25 Feb 17#74
why would you wipe it? just install kodi as an app
zaheer2003 to Pjcity
26 Feb 17#76
because it's runs Kodi faster without android bloat running.
Pjcity
25 Feb 17#75
mine arrived earlier today so will try out later
asf76uk
25 Feb 17#73
can anybody help me understand how to wipe it and then just have kodi on it
Pjcity
24 Feb 17#72
Mine should arrive on monday so will report back when its up and running.... I see the link doesn't work any longer??
Herc
24 Feb 17#67
Got mine yesterday seems to choke on a 4k h265 file and a 2160p file h264 file, will try updating kodi but not great so far....
simes to Herc
24 Feb 17#71
Kodi on Android has not really caught up with 4K yet ( because of the sheer number of different video drivers needed for all the different Android chipsets ). Probably if you enable amcodec in the video settings they may play - but amcodec can cause other Kodi issues.
Try the separate video player app on the box - if that works you can set Kodi up to use it as an external player ( if you want to use Kodi )
blueybarnes
24 Feb 17#70
I currently use Pulse and imo it just about shades The Beast, although it's all down to personal taste.
Herc
24 Feb 17#69
Updated Kodi to rc build....still the same :disappointed:
tonysat
24 Feb 17#68
Just put the Beast on an older box. Well impressed. How does Pulse measure up?
Eagerbeaver
24 Feb 17#66
I've found using an external mouse sorts my remote control issue. I suspect this is a problem for all of these Android boxes. For under £26, amazing value.
rocker1
24 Feb 171#65
Got mine today, opened it up and it's a tx5 pro 9377,you can flash tx5 pro firmware but i put LibreELEC. also from another site (if you want LibreELEC) : "For TX5 Pro owners you need to restore firmware version 20160805. Newer versions disabled the ability to boot from SD". you need Male to Male USB and USB Burning Tool.
hope it helps someone!
Eagerbeaver
23 Feb 17#64
Mine arrived too. The remote doesn't operate apps like iplayer and ITV Player too well. You have to put it into mouse mode which is a bit crap.
mrjackson90
23 Feb 17#63
Mine came today and is nice and responsive. Can seem to update kodi to 17.tried uninstalling the new APk and through the box
zaheer2003
23 Feb 17#62
is there any way to get plex for free on android? it works for free on the now TVs box but asks to buy a plex pass when running on the android box. I wanted to just use one box for everything.
zaheer2003
23 Feb 17#61
the more decent remotes have keys to control TVs, numerical keypad etc, this looks really basic.
Pjcity
22 Feb 171#60
not bothered how it looks just how it runs
benlabi
22 Feb 17#59
Would rather a metal cased box. Much nicer. These plastic ones look crap.
moneysm
22 Feb 17#58
What makes u think they are naff
dawny10
22 Feb 17#53
Ordered this last week when it was £29.99, arrived yesterday. Had loads of addons already installed, plus apps including mobdro. Bit slow within Kodi but I'm going to try a fresh install and build. My main issue is that its remote is obviously on the same channel as my TV so I'm turning the sound off, changing the source and getting the picture menu pop up when trying to navigate the box! Anyone had this and any ideas of way round it?
Also any recommendations of builds - don't want anything fancy, 90% of what I watch is on Exodus, Phoenix or UK Turks and a few others for sports.
zaheer2003 to dawny10
22 Feb 171#55
try the kore app to control box from you mobile.
the 2gb versions pop up at this price regularly and usually the better mini m8s or nexbox a95x. this one looks a bif naff, check out the rubbish remote.
can anyone comment on the wifi performance?
blueybarnes to dawny10
22 Feb 17#57
Pulse or The Beast
dawny10
22 Feb 17#56
Picking up my wifi fine, doesn't seem to have obviously dropped out, my router is in a different room and no sight line between them
i have a m8s+ with crazy blue triangle light on front that lights up the room and is really off putting when its sat under the tv. some electrical tape over that and its gone :smiley: remote still works as before aswell as i think the IR sensor is in the triangle aswell.
woweecat
22 Feb 171#46
I can't understand the amount of heat for an item nobody has used.
Personally I stay clear of S905x, a quick Google identifies WiFi, brightness and crashing issues.
I would recommend an S905 box over S905x.
tonysat to woweecat
22 Feb 17#51
While a different brand, I've had S905x, same spec as this box, for quite a while now and have had none of the issues you have mentioned. At this price, I think it's a cracking deal, which is why I bought another. Thankfully before the price went back to £49.99.
Sphere
22 Feb 17#10
Is there a SIMPLE guide on how to set these up or is Kodi all setup with the channels/add-ons?
johnro to Sphere
22 Feb 172#12
try YouTube
Bristol1883 to Sphere
22 Feb 171#14
NOPE! Though it does get easier with practice, plenty of step by step guides on you tube etc :smiley:
spencerasmith to Sphere
22 Feb 17#50
I am good with tech but installing this software and getting it to run smoothly is a right faff.
balsingh458
22 Feb 17#4
picked this exact item up for 19.99 last week. its actuallu gone up in price!
bootle.buck to balsingh458
22 Feb 17#6
So is it any good?
mash8 to balsingh458
22 Feb 171#16
I think you will find yours is a 1gb ram 8 gb rom box....this is a far better spec.
It doesn't look like it's been £19.99 on amazon. Did you buy it from a third party seller or did you buy a lower spec version, 1GB RAM, less storage etc?
nige182 to balsingh458
22 Feb 17#48
Would the Nexbox just not power on, or reboot randomly? My Nexbox started to reboot randomly and then wouldn't turn on, so I opened it up, the box is actually well put together, the case just clips shut, the board is neat and tidy. Then I thought to try a different power supply and it worked perfectly, the mains power supply for the Nexbox was the weak point. I went one step further though and opened that up, it was actually reasonably well put together, didn't look like lots of poorly hand soldered connections or anything, but there was some buildup causing a short between two parts of the PCB, scratched off the excess so it had clearly defined tracks again, gave the board a clean and put the mains supply back together and it worked.
Gollywood to balsingh458
22 Feb 17#49
That was 1Gb/8gb
r3m1xn9
22 Feb 17#47
Price jumped to £49.99
mrscott31
22 Feb 17#19
Was thinking about investing in another Amazon Fire stick or an Amazon Fire TV Box, but if I was to purchase this could I install/access my Amazon account?
paulandpam1 to mrscott31
22 Feb 171#25
If I was you I'd get a fire TV box if you can afford the price difference.
I've had one of these android boxes and sent it back because it never scaled Netflix or prime video very well and was never in HD even BBC iPlayer was in a lower definition.
Maybe they have sorted it out by now but I'm so happy with my fire TV box I'm not thinking of trying another.
colgrigson to mrscott31
22 Feb 17#45
Yes, you can get Amazon Video from the Amazon App Store (Underground). I don't think it does 4K Amazon though.
messiahcomplex8
22 Feb 17#44
Gone up to 49.99 now :disappointed:
mac1611
22 Feb 17#43
now gone up to £49.99 !!!!!!!!
mac1611
22 Feb 17#42
kodi kept crashing ,i have another 1gb box dolamee which has never been a problem
now gone up to £49.99 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hafizpatel
22 Feb 17#41
Has any one on here got this box. if so i want to know if the box is good, i,e performance wise
Skaman
22 Feb 17#40
Was this just when you used a particular add on as I had this problem with the 1gb box but did resolve it in the end as other than that the box was working fine with every other add on?
scaryvonne
22 Feb 17#39
thank you ordered one heat added
BigG9262
22 Feb 17#38
Great spec for the price,same as the one I've got which works well compared to older versions which required a bit of patience to say the least.
tobycgraham
22 Feb 17#37
Ordered. 2GB boxes seem to have gone up in price recently. Brexit ?
Sancho
22 Feb 17#36
Does this do dts pass from a hard drive without sound drop outs? I had problems with my blink mini box.
HotUkDale
22 Feb 17#35
Heat added thanks :smiley:
chimp14uk
22 Feb 17#33
I bought a box off this company and they sent me one that looked already used and had no power supply.
mac1611
22 Feb 17#32
price gone up to £27.99 now :disappointed: .I bought the 1gb version last week but kept on resetting itself so had to go back :disappointed:
Tiny_Clanger
22 Feb 17#11
Does it have an insanely bright LED on it that you can't turn off? I've already had to return one box to Amazon because it thought I wanted disco lights next to my TV...
SweeneyUK to Tiny_Clanger
22 Feb 176#24
U returned it because of a light? Couldn't you just put a sticker or something over it? Lol
Uridium to Tiny_Clanger
22 Feb 171#31
A small piece of Black insulation tape cut to size/shape is a quick invisible fix for any device with stupidly bright LED's...
Tiny_Clanger
22 Feb 17#30
Not this one — it was a band of lights around the whole width of the thing. (Have a look at the third picture below.) There was an "LED" button on the remote, but it did nothing. It would have been OK if they'd picked one colour and stuck to it, but changing colour every four seconds was a bit off-putting, especially for a box that I wanted to put in the bedroom.
Plus the remote reception was rather iffy, which didn't exactly help :innocent:
emcbar
22 Feb 17#29
looks like the price has just gone up £2 :disappointed:
Pjcity
22 Feb 17#28
cheers op.. heat added. Just ordered one to try as replacement for a firestick.... hopefully not going to be disappointed!
qwales
22 Feb 171#27
Is this likely to be any more reliable than my Nexbox that died after 6 months use? Do you have to be extremely careful about shutting it down using the remote instead of powering it off on the wall? Gave up trying to train the kids to do that. Any Warranty?
deewbee
22 Feb 17#26
£27.99 now :disappointed:
woldranger
22 Feb 17#17
Just out of interest, what else are people running on these, apart from kodi? I've got a firestick that runs kodi just fine but I was just wondering what else people are using these for? The obvious stuff like Netflix, iplayer, but I'm sure there's more uses out there...
Toon_army to woldranger
22 Feb 17#22
Watch mkv files from a memory stick or hard drive, install games emulators and with it having Ethernet ports people like that
covforce to woldranger
22 Feb 17#23
Get Mobdro
whiteranger87
22 Feb 17#21
Not a hugely techy person and I know that this is a popular question with these devices but, I have Kodi on a firestick and it lags quite often. If I install Kodi on one of these bad boys will I see less of a lag? Or is it the Kodi software that is lagging and not my firestick? (It;s not the net connection that is causing the lag either).
Eagerbeaver
22 Feb 17#20
This does look very good value. Ordered.
tonysat
22 Feb 17#18
Brilliant price. Especially for 2GB/16GB AND 2.4/5G WIFi.
moneysm
22 Feb 17#8
anyone know about if this updates itself ?
shauneco to moneysm
22 Feb 17#15
I've got the Nexbox branded version as this with same specs etc and it updates itself so would assume this one will too.
coco_cool
22 Feb 17#13
Super-hot! Was contemplating buying one yesterday at £29.99, just as well I waited.
Ordered! Many thanks OP;)
livid_chimp
22 Feb 171#9
Heads up that the reviews on Amazon are for 3 types of boxes, combined. Most of the good reviews are for the more expensive box...
HankHandsome
22 Feb 171#7
as it's got a S905X chip, it's likely that this version of LibreElec will work on it as well
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Opening post
Amlogic S905X Quad Core Cortex-A53, Android 6.0 OS.
2GB DDR3 and 16GB EMMC Nand Flash, also support Micro SD Card, up to 32 GB.
Support 2.4G/5G Dual WIFI Bands and 100M Ethernet, offering highest speed,without buffering.Built in bluetooth 4.0 and HDMI output,comes with IR remote.
4K 60fps display, 4K x 2K H.265 hardware video decode and 4K x 2K output.
Make your tv into smart tv, just enjoy it!
Top comments
Latest comments (78)
Anyway, added this to the Mini M8S II thread and may be of interest to someone:
Try the separate video player app on the box - if that works you can set Kodi up to use it as an external player ( if you want to use Kodi )
hope it helps someone!
Also any recommendations of builds - don't want anything fancy, 90% of what I watch is on Exodus, Phoenix or UK Turks and a few others for sports.
the 2gb versions pop up at this price regularly and usually the better mini m8s or nexbox a95x. this one looks a bif naff, check out the rubbish remote.
can anyone comment on the wifi performance?
Personally I stay clear of S905x, a quick Google identifies WiFi, brightness and crashing issues.
I would recommend an S905 box over S905x.
It doesn't look like it's been £19.99 on amazon. Did you buy it from a third party seller or did you buy a lower spec version, 1GB RAM, less storage etc?
Would the Nexbox just not power on, or reboot randomly? My Nexbox started to reboot randomly and then wouldn't turn on, so I opened it up, the box is actually well put together, the case just clips shut, the board is neat and tidy. Then I thought to try a different power supply and it worked perfectly, the mains power supply for the Nexbox was the weak point. I went one step further though and opened that up, it was actually reasonably well put together, didn't look like lots of poorly hand soldered connections or anything, but there was some buildup causing a short between two parts of the PCB, scratched off the excess so it had clearly defined tracks again, gave the board a clean and put the mains supply back together and it worked.
I've had one of these android boxes and sent it back because it never scaled Netflix or prime video very well and was never in HD even BBC iPlayer was in a lower definition.
Maybe they have sorted it out by now but I'm so happy with my fire TV box I'm not thinking of trying another.
now gone up to £49.99 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The box in question
Plus the remote reception was rather iffy, which didn't exactly help :innocent:
Ordered! Many thanks OP;)
http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/amlogic-based-tv-players/s905x/601907-libreelec-7-0-for-s905-x
It's the same one i've got on mine and it's working very nicely at the moment