for my purposes, q5ii is good enough - streaming news, tv series, b grade movies, china tv, kids stuff, browser, u tube, astro go...

was told u can configure to dwnld with torrent but i never tried not even for playback.

i prefer to torrent on pc much easier, playback via ac ryan which gives better video n audio.

i have bd player, ac ryan, q5ii, astro beyond, 10mbps unifi - good for ipads, corners of the house, and whatever gadgets visitors bring.

astro will be terminated soon.

about lagging, many of them lag esp hd. even 10 or 20mbps becos it is due to infra, traffic and isp blockages, not likely yr speed. still, if u look hard enuf, u can find some hd channels ok, no lagging.

q5ii is great for streaming hollywood/chinese tv series, less popular movies (watch n forget), news, kids, utube, browser. i use hitv, cloudtv and xbmc 90% of the time - these 3 are good enough, no real need for others.

for higher grade stuff incl bdmv n flac, get files n playback on ac ryan for superior video. but ac ryan pohd/mini is really a media player, can't stream, can't utube.

q5ii can also handle playback 1080p, bdmv, dtshdma, 3d, i tested. not using it now but may come in handy one day, serve as backup player.

possible i hv been lucky - i spent money on ac ryan and q5ii n not others, found both boxes excellent, compliment each other to suit my total needs.

been doing more tests, my findings for hitv on q5ii 10mbps unifi....

.. daytime more lagging, night time much better, incl hd
.. hitv, best channel is vqq. youku n others not so good
.. if lagging, switch to low def using the control bar activated by ok remote... can see the buffer is good... setting remains for all hitv channels until u change again... low def resolution is still acceptable but is not as good as mid def which looks like 480
.. 40ft wireless still work but is marginally inferior to wired

Have you try controlling using Himediacontrol in android phone? That's the best way to me.

if u play files from hdd via usb, file manager, it shud work smooth as silk, good for just about any file type.

probably no use but check the settings for video output, display and audio and see if anything set very wrong.

another thing u can do is try playing with another tv and if same problem appears.

lastly, is the 1080p file mkv or some other type? popular ones incl avi-mkv-mp4-m2ts shud b no problem.

it is known playback via xbmc is not smooth, need to do something complicated.... was discussed in other thread.

using native player via file manager is easiest.

yes, subtitles is auto. to change font size, go to settings, display.

I see. Great idea. If there are any other such remote that be able to learn so that I can replace Unifi STB, I will be keen to. Do share if you have more findings. Thanks.

i tried but can't locate the posts but it's in one of these 2 threads:
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2598907/+1240
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1849024/+800

u got do any setting or just plug and play again?

as there is so much to watch, i have not tried all in hitv or histore. xbmx alone has kept me very busy.

just tried pps from histore - it's good, no lagging. this pps.... wa... thousands to watch. pps with pptv and vqq... will make u a junkie!

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a word about the latest q5ii emmc...

emmc starts up much faster... like 5 secs, old one takes 15 secs. shutdown, both same 3 secs.

other than that, not much change, not that i noticed.