Android TV box?

[Spacecadet]

I bought an MK809. It works, but it was a bit of waste of money really. You can use YouTube/iPlayer/ stream off other devices, but none of it integrates that well and is all a bit clumsy to use. But YMMV.

WHS although I got the MK808

the problem with these devices is that xbmc which would be perfect on them, cannot use the hardware acceleration so video can be a bit rubbish.

Having said that, they do play HD video perfectly well on something like mx player and you can use plex to stream from your PC/Media server

I've rooted mine and reflashed with this:
NEW - MK808-B (original) JB 4.2.2 Official - Finless ROM 2.1

There are other cheap linux devices around which might be better at running XBMC which is what you want from a device like this

If you are into your retro gaming and have a PS3 controller then you'll find that the Android sticks do make excellent little games devices as well. I've got snesdroid running on mine and happily played Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World and few other games

And finally... Spotify now runs in Landscape mode on Android so you can have that playing as well

[VectraMan]

I bought an MK809. It works, but it was a bit of waste of money really. You can use YouTube/iPlayer/ stream off other devices, but none of it integrates that well and is all a bit clumsy to use. But YMMV.

[mickey]

Duplicate, pls delete.

[mickey]

Hi, anyone uses Android TV boxes? Mele looks good (search on YouTube).

Any opinions appreciated!