This blog is to chronicle my experience with a few cheap Chinese android TV boxes. Mainly can they play Netflix flawlessly and xbmc. My TVs are only 720p so that is what my experiences will be based on.
Feel free to ask questions. I will also try to post firmware and xbmc/Netflix apps I find work best.
The two boxes I have purchased so far are as follows:
http://xinyutech.en.alibaba.com/product/1008624630-218703621/A20_dual_core_1_7Ghz_CPU_android_4_2_OS_1080p_hd_network_media_player_allwinner_A20_dual_core_android_tv_box.html
I got that on for $60 with free shipping off eBay shipped within US. I have been following the forums of a couple groups that rebrand and sell these type of boxes (not this one exactly) and they say next month a hardware acceleration xbmc for the a20.
The next is:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/1045726195/4_2_2_dual_core_mx.html
This I got for 75 shipped from China. It seems to be the same as the g-box midnight mx2 but the rumor is that the manufacturer is shipping the cheaper ones with a audio sync issue so you buy the more expensive gbox. There is a forum group out of UK that seems to have gotten the firmware from the mx2 to put on these cheaper ones. Going to try that first.
If anyone has the original firmwares for either box share with me so people can always put them back to stock if they need.
Next past should come tomorrow as I open the first one tomorrow.
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