USD$228.46 plus shipping direct from Amazon. Takes about one week to arrive.
Indeed. Reminds me a bit of the old PS2 slim.

It also runs iFlix.

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Yup that's the total price. No taxes.

Antutu Benchmark Scores.
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I can vouch for this model, real snappy, smooth, very stable firmware, great wi-fi connection, balanced picture quality, nice launcher, USB connect without problems unlike some other brand (full of various issues here there), good for Kodi and other apk for drama/movies... Took me less than an hour to setup everything to my liking

Yes it only comes with 8Gb memory, but if you using just for watching like myself, its more than suffice, currently with everything loaded, it only takes up 1.6Gb of the overall space. Some may say it only has single band 2.4GHz, but if your router is setup properly, the wifi should connect without dropping too much as opposed to other brand that has 2 band capability and yet still drop like 70% of the speed from 20' distance to router

However, did not try playing game but am guessing it should be good as well. Best all all, fits well below your budget

This is my exact experience using this.... SUNVELL T95M

Get the Minix Neo U1... I'd pick it over the Mi Box any day without blinking. Do a search on this thread for a personal review and that of others.. I can tell you right away that I haven't come across a 1080p HEVC file it didn't handle smoothly..

To reconfirm, tested the following....
"jellyfish-60-mbps-hd-hevc-10bit.mkv" (60 Mbps Bitrate, 1920x1080, HEVC)... Started & played smoothly.. No hiccups.
"jellyfish-90-mbps-hd-hevc-10bit.mkv" (90 Mbps Bitrate, 1920x1080, HEVC). Started off with some slight but noticeable jerking, till about halfway (15 seconds) into the file playback, smooth playback achieved (Vtec kicked in yo!  )... This is the highest bitrate 1080p file available from the popular Jellyfish Bitrate Test Files website. Guess, I have found the one 1080p HEVC 10-bit file that the Neo U1 struggled with smooth playback.

4K HEVC 10-bit is also supported..Untested..but has been confirmed by other users and online reviewers.

Depends on the PC specs.... No issues here on either files, while using VLC on an Octa-core i7-xxxxHQ CPU with dedicated GC.. Fan did ramp up higher than usual though for the 90 Mbps file