Unifi playTV app for Android TV (com.tm.unifitv) confirmed to be working on 2016 Sony Bravia TV running Android TV 8 (Oreo) installed from Google Play. Image quality confirm poorer compared to the VLAN500 STB.

Account still limited to 2 devices and installing on TV counts as one device.

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Jul 13 2020, 03:40 PM

The image looks more like HP43A. Hope the hybrid means VLAN600 + Wi-Fi. That way the dedicated multicast IPTV network can still be used and the image quality will be 'broadcast grade' like with previous STBs as well as uninterrupted by network congestion while having the possibility of running streaming apps.

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Oct 7 2021, 11:53 PM

Ya I meant VLAN600, thanks for pointing out. Been too long since I last manually configured the VLANs haha.

I can't access SPOTV and SPOTV2 also. I'm not on ultimate pack. Are they supposed to be free till end of year?

Well Netflix app is one that accepts number pad input. Can be used when entering profile PIN.

Using both VIU and iQIYI though not via TM. Both have different shows and I notice iQIYI has higher video and audio quality than VIU.

He is using a Samsung TV. Samsung TVs don't run Android TV OS. PlayStore is not available on Samsung TV and Unifi TV is only available on certain models (https://unifi.com.my/tv/devices/other-smart-tvs). I don't know whether can sideload on Tizen or not but even if can you'll need the Unifi TV app file that is for Tizen and not APK.

TM's UPS room caught fire. Source: https://twitter.com/unifi/status/1478189143955963904

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Jan 4 2022, 03:35 PM

The app is different stream that has a lower and adaptive bitrate compared to the old STB that uses VLAN. That's why I still use the STB on VLAN. VLAN stream has consistent and high bitrate. Furthermore, using the STB on VLAN can watch TV while using Internet at full speed without affecting each other.

That 3.5mm port should be composite/analog AV-out and not infrared.

Maybe can't have official Android TV branding because it doesn't support AV1 video decoding. It was said that AV1 is mandatory for newer Android TV devices.

source: xda-developers

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Apr 13 2022, 05:22 PM

According to Skyworth specifications, the STB has IR sensor/receiver. The remote control is dual Infrared and Bluetooth. Based on my experience with Android TV televisions, it can be either:
- IR for buttons on the remote and BT only for the microphone
- power button uses IR only (BT probably off when in standby mode) while other buttons on the remote uses IR/BT (BT so that no need to aim remote while using but third party IR remote still works) and the microphone also uses BT.

Last I checked, the VLAN is around 5 Mbps and app is 4.8 Mbps. Might be channel dependent.

I checked again the VLAN bitrates. I did not check every channel and just randomly picked a few. I see 3 types of bitrates.


SD channel for example.


Movie channel for example.


Sports channel for example.

For Unifi 1.0 app, I remembered it showed 4.8 Mbps in the app for movie channel if I remember correctly.

But bitrate does not tell the full story. It also depends on what encoder and encoding settings they used. Also the resolution and framerate.

For Unifi 2.0 app, wait till I get it. I cannot sign in that yet. For that one, since it uses buffer and downloads in bursts, need to get the total bytes transferred in a minute then divide by seconds and convert to bits to get an estimate of the average bitrate.

Anyone got the new HP4BF STB so far? Does it have the same design as previous one or different?

Also anyone who received the 'LINE CLEAR' SMS around 8 September received the STB yet? Still waiting for mine.

For my relative, there is an SMS that will inform when the account is migrated. Change the STB then.

I reconfigured the router to remove special VLAN on port 4 for my relative (for Asus router, change to Unifi Business profile instead of Home). The new STB still plugged at port 4 and not using Wi-Fi. It was streaming smoothly when I tested.

It might be better to use self-purchased Google TV box or TV such as Xiaomi box or Sony TV.

Same. Still waiting. No new messages received also.

My SMS same like this one:

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=112121721

Until now no more SMS or WhatsApp. Ask TM CS say Line Clear will message the tracking number but don't have so far.

Even expensive Google TV televisions have only 100Mbps Ethernet port. If Unifi TV box suddenly has 1Gbps it would be a surprise.

I don't have the STB yet so cannot compare but I am expecting that running the app on TV itself may have better image quality due to upscalling performed by the TV (if the TV is one that has better upscaler than the STB) and also TV handling HDR switching. The Unifi STB is known to always output at 4K HDR even when playing HD SDR content.

Features should be same but not 100% certain since it seems the STB is using different app integrated with launcher.

I see three Unifi TV 2.0 apps on Google Play.
- net.oregan.onyx.tm.unifi
- com.tm.unifitv.tv
- com.tm.unifitv.mobile

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Oct 5 2025, 09:07 PM

If using Unifi TV STB, need to press the button with the grid of nine squares to access Netflix and other apps that are not shown in the Unifi TV 2.0 app/launcher. If your remote has Netflix button, that should work too.

If you have your own subscription for Disney+, VIU, iQiyi etc that is not in your Unifi TV plan, you need to use the nine square button or the app button on remote instead of the tile inside Unifi TV 2.0 app/launcher to access them too. This also applies if using own Google TV box or TV, you need to access those apps using the Google TV launcher or directly from remote and not from inside Unifi TV 2.0 app.

In short, the app section / tiles within the Unifi TV 2.0 app / launcher only shows certain apps and not all installed apps. They also only work if you have a subscription for them as part of Unifi TV plan or else it will prompt you to subscribe instead of launching the app.