Hi All, first time buying an Android Box. Have read the last 30 pages or so and seem like the most recommended is the Minex Neo U9 or Shield. Read couple of online reviews, youtube review and checked out the prices in Lazada.

Most probably will go more Minex since is 50% cheaper than a Shield. Will a Minex serve my primary needs below?

Primary Needs
1. Playback H.264/265 at 50/60FPS encoded video. One of the main reason i'm buying as my current SmartTV built in player can only play upto 30fps movies.

2. youtube and vimeo app

3. gaming for small kids. Will addon a gamepad, if so, does it makes sense to invest in Shield? Any gamepad recommendation that works well with minex?

4. Nice interface (ala netflix style) to browse my movie collection (via Wifi instead of direct USB). Can we set the Kodi to auto start upon boot? so that it behaves more like a kodi box instead of a andriod box.

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thanks. kodi default launcher is a setting in minex that came together or need install 3rd party? i was googling about auto boot to kodi and came across needing to install apk for OnbootKodi app.

btw sideloading apk on minex doesn't require rooting right?

miss out this point.. but i reckon for the immediate 1-2 years .. the Android OS will be better as i get the same access level to apps as my phone. When Android TV caught up.. then is time to change hardware liao...

i thought Kodi came preinstalled in U9..? if not mistakaen v17.1. but when i was watching those unboxing/setup youtube on minex, upon boot it allows choosing Minex default tiles launcher or the android phone-like launcher. no kodi launcher despite kodi already preinstalled.

just cod with a seller for a minix u9h+a3... tonight will be busy... thanks everyone..

spent couple of hours yesterday with my new minix u9...

the navigation for most 3rd party apps is very difficult.. most of the time i dunno where is the highlighted for command and some apps can't even navigate at all like Astro On The Go using the default remote. With the A3 airmouse remote it makes it a bit easier but i have to constantly using the airmouse which is quite tiring on the hand... lol... the default youtube app interface is hard to use with the remote..

the responsiveness of the system on action command still got a bit lag compare to smartphone.. i thought a typical 8 core should already be overkill for menu UI tasks nowadays...

somehow i can't get speedtest.net app to work. i installed it, launched it, saw the first 2 screen of it saying that it want to know my location to determine server to ping, then i click next but then it shows a loading animation indefinitely...

so u mostly use the trackpad for navigation with this?

Will check.. i asked the seller to update firmware and the kodi. My kodi now is v18.

Btw i think i heard b4 here saying that the default kodi from minix is optimized for minix. Should i be using that or use the latest official kodi?

is this the one? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...outube.tv&hl=en

but if the minix is not Android TV, can still install? i definite need this as half of the time my kids use it for youtube. i don't want them to keep bugging me to use the airmouse to change....

Need some help. I was using Kodi v18 on my Minex for months OK. but recently not sure why out of sudden the Kodi interface resolution seems lowered. The fonts appears not sharp and the movie cover art looks very low resolution. I tried to go to Kodi/Settings/Resolution - but the settings is greyout doesn't allow me to change. The current value for resolution is shown as Windowed.

Any idea how to rectify this? Tried googling around saw ppl suggest to change resolution but also found a lot of articles asking why the resolution settings is disabled. My last resort is reinstall Kodi.

OK found the solution. Apparently the \ key on my remote keypad can toggle between full screen and windowed mode.