I start surveying on Nvidia Shield non pro, the design caught my attention, and I read many great things about Dolby Atmos and Vision support from Nvidia shield, price difference isn't much compared to Zidoo and Himedia, maybe it's a wiser choice to get the Nvidia Shield? Any downside for this option?

Beside the astro advantage, is there any technical shortfall in evpad like lagging etc because you but is making me worry. And Evpad is not cheap

if your absolute criteria are Android TV, DA, DV, and DTS:X? and you want the best possible experience with minimal hassles available today? You'd be hard=pressed to go wrong with the Shield. Others are still forced to play catch-up. Primarily because Nvidia is a HUGE hardware & software company with literal armies of experts at their disposal. So maintenance and updates are pretty much guaranteed. Plus, getting things like Netflix certification is significantly harder for non-American (Read Chinese companies...USA-China trade war not helping) TV box manufacturers.

Confirm no dedicated DV support on pretty much other lower-end boxes. Leaves you that choice... Get the Shield. It might be overkill but since you've got a DV TV and other equipment. Shouldn't be much of a financial stretch to grab it instead.

Yep.. That high cost is due to the IPTV service and not the hardware itself. Example, they are charging RM5xx (RM700 also got) for the EVPAD 5SMY (unspecified 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM) with "lifetime" viewing. That service no cheap. So to make profit, box probably cost them less than RM100 per pcs.. The rest is you having paid for a year or 2 IPTV sub. I'm not a fan of their hardware or business model. But people who tend to buy it usually don't care other stuffs like some of us do.. Just care to switch on and watch channels & VOD. If that's you? Pull the trigger.. Worst case is the service suddenly dies or is blocked. No Refunds and you are now stuck with that box which might not play friendly with other streaming apps.

the downside is...
u b playing more games instead of watching tv

I read Stadia game is also possible

hello sifus sekalian...looking for some help/advice here...I've been getting this error on my tv box..its StarBox TV Box...does anyone have any contact for any CS rep for this StarBox TV thing? My parents bought it and did not retain a name card of the sales agent...

You try add fluxus into tivimate and watch your heart out
SVI Go alternative

Haha.. and how is that a downside?.. Media playback is still top notch.

That's why.. People simply buy funny boxes..What's the app's name? or take photo of the box's hardware and software version? Maybe someone here might recognize it. I did a search and found these...
Singaporean sourced????
There's this seller on Shopee..it looks like a different box than the one above. Maybe contact the seller to ask for assistance?

i owned nvidia shield past few years. and all i do is mostly streaming movie, utube etc.
hardly gaming as most of the game quite boring. its not like PS
gamestream, i tested only just for testing sake, prefer to play at my PC.
geforce now - all high latency since most of their server at US/Europe. not playable.

so, i would say its the best media player box out there. but for gaming, better buy PS

Which USB fan can last long ? the tvbox get overheat and crash/freeze.If you got Allwinner H616 it'll get overheat issue over 85'c.
Those USB fan cost above rm15 even just for 8cm fan.

Can someone find something similar to it? https://shopee.com.my/(BEST)-USB-1200RPM-8C...7405.1186139107
but cheaper price below rm15 ?

This post has been edited by Maxieos: Nov 5 2020, 09:33 PM

Something must be wrong with your box, perhaps there's some application running behind...

I've not encounter such issues with all my boxes

can suggest android tv box with free live tv (no subsription) ?

seen myviu box or eplay box. are there any suggestion?

tv for old folks only. Astro mcb so expensive for basic tv.

What apps to check for CPU per apps usage ?

njoi may be.

I am planning to get my first TV box mainly for Unifi TV and maybe Kodi in the future preferably with at least HD quality. What should I be looking at?
Currently using an old 4K Smart TV with Netflix, Viu, Iflix, etc

I'm new to Android TV box, and considering buying the longtv. Is this "longtv" good? since the specs is only 1GB ram + 8GB rom.

What do you recommend, please suggest, TQ?

Go buy svi cloud boxes

I'm recommended to get evpad 5S by a friend. He said he has been using for a years with no issues, and it's also certified by MCMC. And, the evpad 5P seems to be the latest one with more ram + storage.
So, is this evpad 5S or 5P good? is your suggested svi cloud just the same and what is the price?
I meant getting the same variety of channels.

This post has been edited by ckimsem: Nov 7 2020, 09:13 PM

It's your friend so go ahead anything blame him 😉

Unfortunately some boxes are just like that.. Poor ventilation or hardware placements or could just be the firmware.. hard to recommend decent coolers if you already feel RM15 is too much.

Option 1: Get a decent box... Hunt down free services yourself and install as necessary.
Option 2: Get a decent box...Pay for some service.. Use till you find a better service... Switch at will.
Option 3: Get a poor or somewhat decent box from ehem "IPTV providers"...Pay them to handle the sourcing on their end.

Most boxes HD or UHD+HDR10 nicely.. Issue is if UnifiTV will play nice on the device. Take my testings on the Beelink GS-King X...Everything else is banging, but recently tested the latest UnifiTV app on it and it falls short. So sometimes, we can't always get what all we want in a single box. Same thing happens with the Asterruk Go app.. Very picky app lately.. Blocks and no worky all over the place. Can't be helped.

No...Just no... Unless your idea of a box is switch on and deal with LongTV IPTV app ONLY. Then by all means.. go ahead. Just don't expect much of anything else.

Right & Wrong... Some of their hardware are certified.. NOT the illegal stuffs service. Let's not mix it up.. But yeah, they have been around for years. Given the nature of their core business, it is not a guarantee that they'll be there for a couple more years or maybe they will..