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How many people use Android Boxes
27-08-2016 8:24 PM
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27-08-2016 11:05 PM - edited 27-08-2016 11:06 PM
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Over 10 years ago I was something of a MythTV enthusiast and built a PVR / media centre / streaming server around it. Perhaps 'enthusiast' isn't the most appropriate word though as, as enjoyable as it was, the lasting memory is one of pain as the term 'plug and play' wasn't really in the Linux lexicon in those days! I think that in part it is for this reason that I've generally avoided this area of technology ever since - even if setup and usability will have improved massively in the interim I am sure - and tend just to use the various on-demand streaming services from the likes of YouView.
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27-08-2016 11:15 PM
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Depends what you mean by "android box", My phone runs android, does that count?
I didn't think it was available for anything other than phones and tablets? - I thought chrome OS was for desktops and anything else but I might have misunderstood.
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28-08-2016 1:01 AM
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28-08-2016 5:45 AM
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I’ve a cheap Andriod smart phone (huawei) never used as a phone but useful for detecting WiFI signals (app Fing plus others) and a Nexus 7 tablet which is used mainly for skype.
I’ve plans this winter to develop an app for wild flower plant recording on the smart phone (date, time, location and species), maybe I’ll get around to it.
Can’t say I’m enthused by android as it keeps updating and wanting to remain in contact, we don’t have 2G mobile and don’t have WiFi in the house (walls are too thick), hence the devices sit for days on end on the shelf unused.
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28-08-2016 1:14 PM
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I've thought about getting an Android box to hook up to the TV,it's just whether I'd use it or not that is the deciding factor, got my own Plex server on the go, my TV is a smart TV with Plex on it, sooooo, aside from repeating the same features my TV already has, what would an Android box gain me?
Got a Roku 2XS somewhere though (used about 3 times when it turned out that the apps on there were utter carp, no wonder sky peddles a lobotomised version of a Roku for their NowTV service), about the most entertaining thing on there was Angry Birds and the remote worked like a nintendo wii remote, buuuuut, that was the only app that used the remote's best feature, so utterly pointless really...
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28-08-2016 5:13 PM
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However I don't use online services, just stream from my "server".
I started using XBMC on a old original xbox with a dvd remote. Just kept upgrading the playing hardware (never over £30). Currently using a quad core box that "does 4K" but works fine at 1080i. (£25)
I have a "smart TV" but don't use the services on it, just switch between video/movies/radio on Kodi.
My video's are arranged as I want them to be not how Kodi want's to arrange them, and the Movies are arranged by Kodi into genre's etc.
I did use a PI (openelec) for a while but the whole experience on a TV box is better, and you get a remote.
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29-08-2016 8:04 PM
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@ journeys, I too have a Huwaei phone (honor 7, Octacore,3gb ran, very fast) and a nexus 7 tablet. I often stream to my tablet using tethering via Bluetooth from the phone. I'm on Three and get 12Gb month allowance. Almost always 3G, never buffers once it starts! I can't fault it.
I would suggest that issues with streaming are related more to equipment that operating system.
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30-08-2016 4:03 AM - edited 30-08-2016 4:09 AM
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I have just been given a MINIX NEO X8-H Plus its well spec'd & has quite a slick interface with Kodi installed & tv catch up for BBC, ITV, C4, C5 & others, so useful as i have an old plasma tv which has no smart function & i do not subscribe to a tv service like Sky since i dont watch much tv nor am i interested in sport. Would be at a loss at how to use it without the internet to search for content to add. The films stored on servers can be of decent HD quality & theres lots of old archived tv shows, however the live streaming of premium encrypted content such as Sky doesnt work so well. The unencrypted streams get blocked / taken down pretty quick & if you do find a live stream then its usually of pretty poor quality with buffering its unwatchable.
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