Grebel Posted April 3, 2019 Share I am starting to lean towards the H96MAX X2 Just read a review and it looks to have enough RAM, storage and USB Ports to keep one happy for a while at least. Price is also fair (About half if you go the Banggood/Gearbest/DX route but that's hit and miss with delivery...) Here's a cheaper alternative with a little less punch but still looks good IMO And if you haven't seen enough specs yet... Android TV vs MiniPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefmeister Posted April 3, 2019 Share I am starting to lean towards the H96MAX X2 Just read a review and it looks to have enough RAM, storage and USB Ports to keep one happy for a while at least. Price is also fair (About half if you go the Banggood/Gearbest/DX route but that's hit and miss with delivery...) Here's a cheaper alternative with a little less punch but still looks good IMO And if you haven't seen enough specs yet... Android TV vs MiniPCWhat's Banggood's shipping like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted April 3, 2019 Share What's Banggood's shipping like? If you use std mail it will probably be hit and miss with SAPO. Once you add priority shipping it's almost the same price as local... stefmeister 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted April 3, 2019 Share Grebel,Thanks for all your input. Just bought the H96MAX X2 from Takealot. I'll see how it goes, but thanks again. Grebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted April 3, 2019 Share Grebel,Thanks for all your input. Just bought the H96MAX X2 from Takealot. I'll see how it goes, but thanks again. Awesome! Looks like I might go that route as well. Please let me know which remote it comes with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted April 3, 2019 Share Sure. Delivery scheduled next Tuesday. Grebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted April 3, 2019 Share I also joined the Data revolution last week and am now streaming , via Fibre.I have a Xaomi Mibox 3 but have been wondering how to stream sports , I have found via google on my laptop sites where I can stream cycling but these can not be reached via the Mibox, is there another way or is the only way to do it via the chromecast from the Laptop.For instance this weekend the cycling was not shown on DSTV now due to the golf etc, while it was streamed on Tizcycling and cyclingtoday. I would appreciate some inputs here as my mean reason for streaming anything live wlll be cycling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted April 3, 2019 Share Mobdro has many streams and sports but it's a bit hit and miss because there is no schedule. TV2 has Motogp, I know that. Grebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted April 3, 2019 Share I also joined the Data revolution last week and am now streaming , via Fibre.I have a Xaomi Mibox 3 but have been wondering how to stream sports , I have found via google on my laptop sites where I can stream cycling but these can not be reached via the Mibox, is there another way or is the only way to do it via the chromecast from the Laptop.For instance this weekend the cycling was not shown on DSTV now due to the golf etc, while it was streamed on Tizcycling and cyclingtoday. I would appreciate some inputs here as my mean reason for streaming anything live wlll be cycling. Mobdro has many streams and sports but it's a bit hit and miss because there is no schedule. TV2 has Motogp, I know that. There is a UK TV Guide App on the Play Store that I find useful to see what is showing as well as what is coming up. Otherwise use the Sky Sports/ ITV site and browse their schedules. Edit: obviously UK TV biased but helps a lot if you are using Mobdro Edited April 3, 2019 by Grebel sawystertrance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted April 3, 2019 Share I also joined the Data revolution last week and am now streaming , via Fibre.I have a Xaomi Mibox 3 but have been wondering how to stream sports , I have found via google on my laptop sites where I can stream cycling but these can not be reached via the Mibox, is there another way or is the only way to do it via the chromecast from the Laptop.For instance this weekend the cycling was not shown on DSTV now due to the golf etc, while it was streamed on Tizcycling and cyclingtoday. I would appreciate some inputs here as my mean reason for streaming anything live wlll be cycling.https://www.livenettv.to/ has all the UK and USA sports channels. Eurosports will cover all the cycling As Grebel said download any of the UK and USA TV Guide apps to your phone or tablet, then you can check the schedule of what's on when gemmerbal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted April 8, 2019 Share Grebel,Just received the delivery but am hugely disappointed. The device is scratched and i clearly not new so it's going back. Attached is a photo of it although to be fair in real life it does not look as bad as it does in this photo. I know you wanted to see the remote so here is a photo of that too. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted April 8, 2019 Share Grebel,Just received the delivery but am hugely disappointed. The device is scratched and i clearly not new so it's going back. Attached is a photo of it although to be fair in real life it does not look as bad as it does in this photo. I know you wanted to see the remote so here is a photo of that too. Cheers. scratches.jpg remote.jpg Aah bugger, that is disappointing. On the plus side, Takealot are really good with returns so the process should be quite painless. (That is the std remote and not the voice activated one) I messed around with my Raspberry Pi this weekend. Loaded Libreelec with Kodi 17.6 I loaded the RedvbullTV addon as well as the Youtube addon (Didn't have a chance to test them yet) and tried to load the Mobdro addon without much success. I couldn't see my media drive over the network either.... Need to figure out why it isn't visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted April 8, 2019 Share .So it's back to the drawing board for me. Perhaps for you too.I have a Xiaomi phone so that draws me to the Mi box but one USB port - Eish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted April 8, 2019 Share .So it's back to the drawing board for me. Perhaps for you too.I have a Xiaomi phone so that draws me to the Mi box but one USB port - Eish! What about a using a USB hub? Wonder if a hub would accommodate a wireless keyboard and a HDD or two? Other option is to have a network based HDD/NAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted April 8, 2019 Share I have a USB hub but as far as I know, the voltage to each device gets set as the total divided by the number of devices per port. Or something. Perhaps I should just try it. I wouldn't even consider a network . Or are you talking wireless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted April 8, 2019 Share I have a USB hub but as far as I know, the voltage to each device gets set as the total divided by the number of devices per port. Or something. Perhaps I should just try it. I wouldn't even consider a network . Or are you talking wireless? No not wireless. I have run LAN cables from my router and switch through to all our rooms. Everything is wired (Except for mobile devices) External HDD's with their own power supplies should be fine. If you are going to use flash drives than maybe a powered hub is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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