At last, what seems to be a well priced Windows Mini PC with full [email protected] output and support for 10 bit and VP9 video plus HDR (not direct through Kodi just yet though).
It's certainly a step up from the Cherry Trail boxes with room for some expansion,so would seem equally at home as a general use Windows PC and Media Player/TV box.
Apollo Lake J3455 (1.5-2.3Ghz), Intel® HD Graphics 500 4G RAM LPDDR3 (1600MHz) 64GB Msata SSD SATA 3 internal port (1Tb HDD, 256Gb SSD (I believe)) Windows 10 Home Gigabit Ethernet Dual Band WiFi with AC support (2 antennas) Wake-On-Lan support (Soft Off state (S5)) HDMI 2.0 VGA Bluetooth 4.2 2 x USB 3.0 2 x USB 2.0 MicroSD card slot MIC/Audio jack port 12v/3a AC
There is an option for a Vesa mount for an extra £4 or so.
An update on the IR. Although the IR is present, at the moment it won't work with the Harmony but apparently an update is coming to resolve this.
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cecilmcroberts
9 Jul 17#1
Good deal. Many people are overlooking this style of mini pc whenever they are about the only thing around that can cover all bases for on demand/streaming. The only devices I can think off that cover all off NowTv/SkyGo/Amazon Prime 4K/Youtube 4K/Netflix 4K/Kodi/Plex. Most exclude SkyGo or not have the NowTV and Amazon Prime combo. Never mind the cheap android boxes which will not allow Prime 4K, Youtube 4K or Netflix 4K (except for the Shield or MI box)
paulday564 to cecilmcroberts
9 Jul 17#3
Completely agree, not the same pc, but i bought a Justop G-PC mini pc for £90 off Amazon a couple of years ago and it's been perfect for me as someone who basically just uses it for web-browsing, plex media server and a bit of retro gaming. It's literally been switched on for 2 years and is still going strong. I assume from the specs this one will be even better. Good stuff.
reddit
9 Jul 17#2
A good point about the streaming services, which are often seriously limited in Android because of the DRM/Widevine support issues.
Reebok.Ron
9 Jul 17#4
Would there be any way to expand the USB3 ports to at least 6 and preferably 8? Will it play high bit rate hevc (x265) codec videos?
tarantulas
9 Jul 17#5
You won't get 4k streaming services with this - netflix requires a Kaby Lake CPU and either IGP or Geforce GTX10 series card.
reddit
10 Jul 17#6
I had read the same earlier on this year but there are now reports that it is supported.
Opening post
It's certainly a step up from the Cherry Trail boxes with room for some expansion,so would seem equally at home as a general use Windows PC and Media Player/TV box.
Apollo Lake J3455 (1.5-2.3Ghz), Intel® HD Graphics 500
4G RAM LPDDR3 (1600MHz)
64GB Msata SSD
SATA 3 internal port (1Tb HDD, 256Gb SSD (I believe))
Windows 10 Home
Gigabit Ethernet
Dual Band WiFi with AC support (2 antennas)
Wake-On-Lan support (Soft Off state (S5))
HDMI 2.0
VGA
Bluetooth 4.2
2 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
MicroSD card slot
MIC/Audio jack port
12v/3a AC
There is an option for a Vesa mount for an extra £4 or so.
An update on the IR. Although the IR is present, at the moment it won't work with the Harmony but apparently an update is coming to resolve this.
All comments (80)
Will it play high bit rate hevc (x265) codec videos?
Linky