Reliable Android TV Boxes?

>>58767633
>giving your parents a botnet

>>58767650
Got it, I'll go out and buy $200 apple TVs. Thanks for the advice anon.

>>58767633
>dual core
>jelly bean
>A9

puke

The only android tv worth buying is the mi box. Everything else is overpriced and/or shit.

>>58767633
Have you considered getting an Amazon Firebox and Kodi?

>>58767786
I don't know how locked down Amazon's stuff is. I planned on getting my parents Playstation Vue, as it would suit their TV needs. (Dad's gotta have all his shit, and I'm not going to try to teach him how to use Kodi VOD plugins)

>>58767771
The one with the chink android skin or the one running Google's Android TV?

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>>58767633
chromecast + any tablet/phone or pc

dont buy a shitty chinese android box, they are fucking terrible

>>58767800
I installed Kodi on mine in minutes and you'd can get pretty much any IPTV or on demand show/movie through that so not too locked down as far as I'm concerned. You're not tied into needing to purchase an Amazon subscription.

>>58768011
My parents have an amazon subscription, but I was hoping to access the google store, not just Amazon's walled garden.

Roku is worth looking into

MXQ Pro 4K UHD on Geekbuying for around 35 to 40 fatbux.

As someone who went through 5 of these shitbirds ranging from 30-70$ I can confidently say they are all fucking shit despite the 4+ reviews on amazon.

What I finally ended up doing was building an A8-7600 FM2+ build for ~$200. Performance is stellar no matter what I chuck at this thing for a HTPC.

Xiaomi mibox
Nvidia shield

>>58768106
I thought you could install playstore on Fire via a hack but have never tried

>>58767800
FireTV is shit don't buy one. Sideloading works on very few applications, no play store. low internal memory, kodi fucks up all the time if you background it. None of those issues exist on a normal android box.

>>58767942
this

>>58768334
You can but since gapps don't work its a crapshoot. Even something as simple as the twitch app doesn't work. Hope you like going to xda and looking at sideloading compatibility lists. Even if you have one that is rootable you can't get custom roms for it or remove the amazon shit completely. Best thing you can do is freeze amazons launcher and run a different one.

>>58767633
This thing looks like cancer

>>58767633
You can't trust generic Chinese shit with AmLogic chips they lie about specs

You don't want to hear it but the only good android tv device is the shield tv.

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I got a Nvidia Shield Pro (2017) last week and it's fucking awesome.

>>58768757
Yeah but, $300

>>58768936
you can get a good pre-owned Mac Mini for that kind of money 4K tv's can do their own upscalling

>>58768757
I too have issues of my controller being detected by radar.

>>58769047
>being homosexual products
You might as well tell anon to become a catholic priest

>>58767633

Just get a RASPi OP. Mines going on 3 years old, and is flawless.

Android is a giant piece of shit, and there is no reason to run Kodi over that shitty shitty OS, when you can just run OpenElec as your OS.

Honestly OP just get them a 32GB Apple tv. If they have iPhones then it's completely worth the "experience". Really, Apple is the only one who will cater to older folks. From a support standpoint, its not worth the hassle of walking them through anything and they will always have an Apple store to go to.

>>58768586
Using my fire TV stick makes me want to bang my head against the wall some times. It's shit slow and casting YouTube videos from the desktop chrome browser doesn't even work even though it shows the device is there.

I might buy that mi box one day. I wish manufacturers would release streaming sticks that ran vanilla Android TV.

>>58767633
Roku is pretty good, famalam.

>>58770782
Roku 3 is nice. You can put movies on a usb stick and play them.

>>58769047
Or fucking get neither retard

>>58767633
Go buy a first gen apple TV on ebay, jailbreak it, and then use XBMC.

>>/csg/

>>58767633

Chinese shit, the lot of them.

Get a cheap Pi, install LibreELEC on an SD card, it'll be far more reliable than a box and last more than a year tops.

Hell, you could even get a cooling case for it for a few pounds and extend the lifetime by years

>>58767633
HiMedia. I got a Q10 at home. I don't use it though. My parents are. But it seems alright.
Or Minix, saw one at my brother's. He's been using it for couple of years with no problem.
And yeah they are chink shit. They are alright if you want something that "just works", enough for normal use, parents friendly, etc. Otherwise do as other anons said and build one with a Pi.

>>58768282
The only acceptable answers.

>muh chinese shit is terrible
Been using a MXIII box for 4 years now, use it for netflix and kodi + exodus.

Stupid niggers who pay more than $50 for this shit are retards.

Legitimate question but what's the difference between this and a Roku?

When the Roku is significantly cheaper

>>58778252
Roku gets continuous updates.

My dad uses Roku and he loves it. He can watch YouTube and Netflix from his HDTV on his couch.

>>58778252
Roku doesn't run android tv it never has and never will.

>>58778358
Roku is definitely a great option for normies.

>>58778380
Okay but that doesn't explain why it makes it better, especially if the Android TV costs more

>>58778389
You asked for the difference, not an analysis of what makes one better than the other.

Again though, with Android TV you actually use Android and for some this is a huge benefit as they get to use apps not available for Roku (ie Kodi).

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>>58778380
Normie here, have a couple roku's 3. Can confirm the love.

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>>58778531
Buy one with the headphone jack in the remote. Dad can watch porn without waking mom. There's even (hidden) channels for it.

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>>58778582
It's the main purpose in the bedroom. I can watch TV while keeping the wife from bitching.

>>58767650
>>58767701
He's literally right. I bought one and i know for a fact it phones home.

>>58779456
A google one or one of the shady chinese ones?

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Just bought a Beelink from GearBest to stream games over internet with Moonlight when I'm at hotels when I'm traveling at work.

Everything seems to be good.

Octacore
Dual band wifi
GB Lan
Bluetooth
H.265 decoding
Android 6.0
Kodi
+++


Did I dun goofed?