Maybe the best priced budget box available on Market?
7day expedited postage available for ~£2 but suggest go for the unmarked postage option to hopefully avoid import duty/handling fees.
Model: H96 Pro+ Type: TV Box GPU: ARM Mali-T820MP3 System: Android 7.1 CPU: Amlogic S912 Core: 2.0GHz,Octa Core RAM: 3GB RAM Type: DDR3 ROM: 32G Maximum External Hard Drives Capacity: 2TB Color: Black
Media supported.
Decoder Format: H.263,H.264,H.265 Video format: ASF,AVI,DAT,FLV,ISO,MKV,MOV,MPEG,MPG,RM,RMVB,TS,VOB,WMV Audio format: AAC,AC3,MP3,OGG,WAV,WMA Support 5.1 Surround Sound Output: Yes
Product details.
5G WiFi: Yes WIFI: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth: Support Power Supply: Charge Adapter Interface: AV,DC Power Port,Ethernet,HDMI,SPDIF,TF card,USB2.0 Language: Multi-language HDMI Version: 2.0 Other Functions: 3D Video External Subtitle Supported: No
All comments (45)
paulwhitehead66
14 Aug 17#1
Impressive stats
AndyRoyd
14 Aug 17#2
I guess the "7day expedited postage available for ~£2" will increase likelihood of circa total £20 VAT+handling import fee?
aforumac to AndyRoyd
18 Aug 17#44
Ordered a mecool pro £30ish and thought great a couple quid for 5-8 delivery. Got an email from DPD asking for £15 taxes. Got it in 10 days but paid 50% more. The admin fee is the biggest chunk of the demand
AndyRoyd to aforumac
18 Aug 17#45
Assuming admin fee is £8, then the VAT element of the import charges will be more than the additional admin fee when the combined purchase price plus shipping is over circa £40.
danfr
14 Aug 17#3
mecool m8s pro + with s905x and widevine level 1 is the box you should be buying. it's like £28 and supports DRM and full hd netflix unlike this.
Pyrrhic to danfr
14 Aug 17#5
Have you got one / can you confirm that's the case? A box that cheap that can do HEVC 10 bit and Netflix would be very appealing (Do you know if Amazon Video is the same?)
! That's a shame. What I'd really like is Amazon to have a special flash sale on one of their fire tv 4k boxes. I'd easily buy another for £50. The first is perfect for playing basically everything.
danfr to amb47uk
14 Aug 17#9
i think scuba is the only one who has had problems
Rarnik to danfr
14 Aug 17#10
Yep, a poster says that it's the pro version with the issues, not the pro plus. Worth checking but possibly not a turd.
danfr to Pyrrhic
14 Aug 17#8
yes, it does 1080p netflix, I have three. it's 720p with the stock rom, but 1080p with android TV ROM from freaktab. best box ATM, has nougat, and because of the widevine it will be well supported and any bugs will be fixed.
robocop999 to danfr
14 Aug 17#29
I can't find it for that price? Can you help out with a link please
boro_boy
14 Aug 17#4
Fantastic price for a excellent box
danfr
14 Aug 17#11
the pro is s912, with no widevine level 1, and Pro plus is s905x with widevine level 1. you can check with an app like DRM info. In theory it would be capable of 4k netflix like the wetek play 2/hub or Xiaomi Mi box 3.
Amazon won't do above 480p on pretty much any android box, apart from Amazon fire stuff.
jaydeeuk1
14 Aug 17#12
Don't see the point of these android boxes. You won't get 4k HDR through netflix or amazon and never will.
kendosteve to jaydeeuk1
14 Aug 17#13
Plenty of points really, of which Netflix and Amazon make up less than 1% of my uses.
jaydeeuk1 to kendosteve
14 Aug 17#22
What 4k HDR sources do you mainly use then?
Quickblood to jaydeeuk1
14 Aug 17#15
Do people really buy them for Netflix and Amazon though?
danfr
14 Aug 17#14
well, the xaiomi mi box does 4k HDR through netflix. which is an s905x chip, like the mecool m8s pro plus. so it has already happened. wetek make boxes that do 5.1 uhd, but it's s905 which doesn't support hdr.
I think with updates and tweaks mecool could play 4k hdr eventually.
more and more boxes will do this in an attempt to go more legit, and not just rely on kodi support.
Kodi, it's like a seedbox running Plex, Sonarr and Radarr for poor people.
restyler to ollie87
14 Aug 17#27
I've just got no idea what this means???
I just use the boxes for watching downloaded movies via usb stick but Ive recently looked into getting plex on the android box but it seems to want me to pay for a plex pass for streaming from pc to tv - can it be had without a paid pass?
ollie87 to restyler
14 Aug 17#28
To use it it properly you have a Seedbox running in your own server, with Plex for transcoding and Sonarr and Radarr for downloading the content automatically. Basically it's like having your own version of Netflix, except it has things you actually want to watch.
Plus stuff is added in real time as it appears on the internet.
drasim to ollie87
15 Aug 17#36
I prefer running Emby over Plex, the integration with Kodi is great as it can take over the library database.
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Opening post
7day expedited postage available for ~£2 but suggest go for the unmarked postage option to hopefully avoid import duty/handling fees.
Model: H96 Pro+
Type: TV Box
GPU: ARM Mali-T820MP3
System: Android 7.1
CPU: Amlogic S912
Core: 2.0GHz,Octa Core
RAM: 3GB
RAM Type: DDR3
ROM: 32G
Maximum External Hard Drives Capacity: 2TB
Color: Black
Media supported.
Decoder Format: H.263,H.264,H.265
Video format: ASF,AVI,DAT,FLV,ISO,MKV,MOV,MPEG,MPG,RM,RMVB,TS,VOB,WMV
Audio format: AAC,AC3,MP3,OGG,WAV,WMA
Support 5.1 Surround Sound Output: Yes
Product details.
5G WiFi: Yes
WIFI: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth: Support
Power Supply: Charge Adapter
Interface: AV,DC Power Port,Ethernet,HDMI,SPDIF,TF card,USB2.0
Language: Multi-language
HDMI Version: 2.0
Other Functions: 3D Video
External Subtitle Supported: No
All comments (45)
Amazon won't do above 480p on pretty much any android box, apart from Amazon fire stuff.
I think with updates and tweaks mecool could play 4k hdr eventually.
more and more boxes will do this in an attempt to go more legit, and not just rely on kodi support.
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I just use the boxes for watching downloaded movies via usb stick but Ive recently looked into getting plex on the android box but it seems to want me to pay for a plex pass for streaming from pc to tv - can it be had without a paid pass?
Plus stuff is added in real time as it appears on the internet.