Android TV Device Comparisons

[stuckless]

I just wanted to link to this post where I rant about the crappy NexBox.

[Ian Davies]

Xiaomi have put the price of the Mi Box on their website now. It's confirmed at $69. Can't see that you can buy it from them yet, though.

http://www.mi.com/en/mibox/

[reggie14]

Do you think a Mi Box would work with a FLIRC? I'm not going to go back to juggling remotes.

[NetworkGuy]

I wonder if it will run the Comcast Xfinity TV app?

[jchiso]

Originally Posted by reggie14

Do you think a Mi Box would work with a FLIRC? I'm not going to go back to juggling remotes.

It should. Flircs are Android-compatible ...

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by NetworkGuy

I wonder if it will run the Comcast Xfinity TV app?

The new Mi should be able to run anything a shield can, just not as fast. Should is the key word. I plan to grab one to see how good it is. I can't find my nexus player, but that little guy was good, but slow.

[Jabroni]

I just came back from my local walmart and got 5 Mi Boxes for me/friends/family

Can say that the SageTV client runs great on it, will continue to test it and report back if issues are encountered. I think this unit is a great replacement for the aging Nexus Players, still ShieldTV is faster and more responsive, but for 69usd this unit is great for living room tvs.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Jabroni

I just came back from my local walmart and got 5 Mi Boxes for me/friends/family

Can say that the SageTV client runs great on it, will continue to test it and report back if issues are encountered. I think this unit is a great replacement for the aging Nexus Players, still ShieldTV is faster and more responsive, but for 69usd this unit is great for living room tvs.

that is great to know. Thanks for the update.

[jchiso]

Originally Posted by Jabroni

I just came back from my local walmart and got 5 Mi Boxes for me/friends/family... for 69usd this unit is great for living room tvs.

I checked my local Walmart and they had quite a few of these, so I picked up one, as well. I'm surprised how good this thing is. The menus fly on it. I ran the miniclient (though, an older version) and it worked great on mpeg4 stuff; mpeg2 video was shaky. It's also worh noting that the 4K playback on the thing is pretty good ...

[NetworkGuy]

I also picked one up yesterday. Just started playing with it, but it looks really good.

[jptheripper]

Anyone tried any of the octo core s912 boxes?

[Fuzzy]

So does the Mi box have an ir receiver on it? or is it stuck with the minimal factory remote?

[Jabroni]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

So does the Mi box have an ir receiver on it? or is it stuck with the minimal factory remote?

No builtin IR..

Check the other thread how I managed to get full remote control on the SageTV Client using the Logitech Harmony Remote + bluetooth. So far Im able to use even the Numpads and everything on it

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by Jabroni

No builtin IR..

Check the other thread how I managed to get full remote control on the SageTV Client using the Logitech Harmony Remote + bluetooth. So far Im able to use even the Numpads and everything on it

Yeah, a FLIRC dongle would likely be FAR cheaper than a "Logitech Harmony Remote + bluetooth"

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by Jabroni

I just came back from my local walmart and got 5 Mi Boxes for me/friends/family

Can say that the SageTV client runs great on it, will continue to test it and report back if issues are encountered. I think this unit is a great replacement for the aging Nexus Players, still ShieldTV is faster and more responsive, but for 69usd this unit is great for living room tvs.

Only drawback I can see is the lack of Ethernet. Would like to have not needed a USB dongle to hardwire.

Do you use Plex? I've seen a number of reports that Plex has issues on that box.

[dinki]

Originally Posted by jchiso

... mpeg2 video was shaky. ...

Sigh! This seems to always be a problem. Too bad all of my tuners are MPEG2 only AND that I like to watch in progress recordings (no transcoding).

[CollegeProject]

Originally Posted by dinki

Sigh! This seems to always be a problem. Too bad all of my tuners are MPEG2 only AND that I like to watch in progress recordings (no transcoding).

Is this true for Shield please tell me no I don't have one yet been having an issue getting one.....

[reggie14]

Early user reports on the AndroidTV subreddit are mixed. I know that's not terribly uncommon for a new device, but I still think caution is warranted. There's allegedly a new version of the Shield TV coming out fairly soon (although, we said that about the Shield tablet before the successor was shelved). The general expectation is that it will just a hardware refresh intended to make it a bit cheaper. But, I'd still expect an MSRP at or above $150.

[Fuzzy]

Actually grabbed a Mi Box this afternoon and gave it a spin. Also found the stuttering on MPEG-2 in the SageTV Miniclient (but only there). Did not try changing anything from default yet.

[CollegeProject]

So does the shield stutter as well on mpeg inside sagetv?

Btw they are getting hard to find Amazon has been out of stock for some time.