I looked through all these threads and finally just bought a Minix Neo U9-H with A2 lite.After around 1 year deciding...

It came with FW002 firmware and i updated one by one via OTG up until the current FW006.This was very staight forward.

It came with Kodi 17.Beta 7, i simply updated to Krypton 17.3 via play Store.

I have never even used an android phone before now ,so you can imagine i was a bit in the dark to start off!

however so far everything is up and running without any problems..

I am also very impressed with the official Minix forum where one can get a ton of information and support from Minix itself.

Not he cheapest box but well worth it imho.

I am only using a basic FHD 32 LG TV,around 6 years old which is working fine...so next up on the list will be a new TV

i am thinking no need to get a 'smart' tv?