There are three silver STBs. We better specify which one exactly.

List of channels available on STBs (excluding new black STB) as at today:


This post has been edited by AV_2018: Jan 19 2020, 06:36 PM

Compared with new playTV (com.tm.playtv) app... only channels 110, 603, 641, 956 and 957 are not available via the app.

If the new STB / Android TV app (com.tm.unifitv) is indeed using the same video stream as the new playTV (com.tm.playtv) app, then there is no 4K for Love Nature. In fact there is not even HD... Not even proper SD... It's just 977kbps. So even SD channels will look better than it and of course the old white or silver STB will look way better since Love Nature is proper 1080i quality there.

In this case there is no need for me to bother about the new STB or Android TV app. Just continue to use the white STB on VLAN600 with the new interface and proper 1080i quality.

TM likely won't phase out the VLAN anytime soon since all white and silver STBs use it on Unifi and they even bother to redesign the UI.

Get white STB from elsewhere won't be usable on Unifi. Need the IPTV login and password (not the playTV one) as well as register STB MAC address in TM system.

When used on Unifi, all the silver and white STBs use the same account and VLAN, have the same video quality and have channel numbers. The new black STB is the only different one.

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Jan 19 2020, 10:58 PM

It seems the UI when watching TV is upgraded server-side independent of the system update though. The laggy inside UI didn't change together with the launcher UI when system update happen. Both changed on different day.

I mean the UI when watching TV may still change to new laggy UI even if block the system update. May not be able to stay on old UI forever. The system update change the outside launcher UI and add Netflix but doesn't seem to affect inside UI. I'm not entirely sure about this though. What I noticed is that after system update on mine, the launcher changed new but TV UI still old fast UI. Then some days later, the TV UI changed itself to the new laggy UI. New features also appear in the UI some days later. So looks like the TV UI is from server and not the STB itself.

The only good thing about the new TV UI is the info banner look more beautiful haha. But old EPG nicer and overall new one more lags.

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Jan 20 2020, 12:53 PM

New STB UI (excluding new black STB) and new playTV app info
New STB UI (excluding new black STB) and new playTV app FAQ

Ah, this one is the silver one with three LEDs in-front right? This model has HDCP issue where it will only output 576i when connected through an AV Receiver and not direct to TV. White STB fixes this and has newer Android version. Other than that should be the same video quality, interface and lag.
Your STB not really 'ancient' though. There are two other older models not running Android at all.

Can't do anything... other than complain to TM maybe...

So although TM says all versions of STB will get the new UI, the really old STB remains unchanged so far? AVFAN

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Jan 21 2020, 03:21 PM

When using on Unifi, all silver and white box should have same picture quality. The newer silver and white box that run Android can be used on Streamyx too but have lower picture quality on Streamyx mode.

White box laggy when using other apps and when navigating the newly updated TV UI. When navigating launcher and settings not so lag. Now can't use other apps also after system update removed the PlayStore last time and changed the launcher recently. If you want use other apps then get other box or use smart tv. If want to watch Unifi TV then no choice just use the laggy box because old box already no more and new black/plus box or other Android box not as good picture quality for Unifi TV channels.

If just want to watch TV1, TV2 and TV3, better use myFreeview. These channels are HD quality with switchable subtitles on myFreeview compared to SD on Unifi TV.

Just checked on mobile app. It's all still in SD. Even myFreeview don't have 7, 8, 9 in HD. Only all RTM channels and TV3 in HD on myFreeview.

So TM being inconsistent again. HD on STB using VLAN600 but no HD on playTV app. I'm guessing there's no HD on new Plus STB as that is playTV too. So they bother to upgrade Media Prima channels to HD but keep TV1, TV2 and those so called "HD" Chinese channels as SD.

If it works on Wi-Fi on your monitor then you must be using Streamyx or Unifi Lite. Then as long as the channel works, you can use Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi, no difference for monitor or TV.

Channel News Asia disappeared from playTV app.

There was rumour of ONE HD long ago but nothing happened.

com.tm.playtv one... Ya I usually use YouTube one or old STB if I wanna watch. Just informing here that it disappeared from unifi tv app.

APK for STB/TV/remote
HyppTV app in Android STB (VLAN600/Streamyx type) - net.sunniwell.app.ott.huawei - example version 1.0.88 (probably for EC6106V5 / Android 4.0.x) or 1.20 (EC6108V8 / Android 4.4.x)
Unifi TV app in Plus Box (Android TV type) - com.tm.unifitv - latest version 1.1.10

APK for phone/tablet/touchscreen
Unifi playTV phone (old) - com.huawei.phone.tm - latest version TM.APHONE.7.9.11
Unifi playTV tablet (old) - com.huawei.pad.tm - latest version TM.APAD.7.9.11
Unifi playTV phone/tablet (new) - com.tm.playtv - latest version 1.2.17

Real-time OS STB (for Unifi VLAN)
Huawei EC2108E - silver colour rectangle with LED screen

Huawei EC2108E-TM - silver colour square with LED screen


Android OS STB (for Unifi VLAN or Streamyx)
Huawei EC6106V5 - silver colour square, looks like EC2108E-TM but with three LEDs

Huawei EC6108V8 - white colour square

Android TV OS STB (only uses Internet)
Skyworth HP40A3 - black colour square


Need to use the app package ID (com.**) to refer to the apk because app ID will not change but version number and name can change and as you can see, three of them have 1.x version numbers and might one day have almost the same version number. Also need to use model number to refer to STBs because there are 3 silver STBs and only one of them runs Android.

The very old silver STB (EC2108E) that "runs on an embedded real-time operating system" has no apk. Only Android based ones uses apk app.

All the apk can be obtained from Google Play Store except the one in VLAN600 / Streamyx STB.

The Android OS STBs can be switched between Unifi and Streamyx mode but the features and image quality in these two modes are totally different. Unifi mode requires VLAN600 while Streamyx mode requires Internet. The firmware upgrade addresses are different for these two modes as well.

* let me know if there are any mistakes in the information above

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Mar 10 2020, 02:17 PM

Channel News Asia disappeared from Unifi playTV phone/tablet (new) - com.tm.playtv - latest version 1.2.17

Don't know if it's still on the plus box.

One is com.tm.unifitv... The other is com.tm.playtv... They're different.

EC6108V8 STB still have the channel also.

com.tm.unifitv 1.1.10 and com.tm.playtv 1.2.17 are two DIFFERENT apps. Refer to my long post above. com.tm.unifitv only works on Unifi Plus Box and require mod to use on Android TV or Mi Box. com.tm.playtv is for phone and tablet and is not remote control friendly.

This post has been edited by AV_2018: Mar 10 2020, 02:16 PM

I only download from Google Play. I have linked Google Play pages for all the APK types in my long post. I do not use Unifi TV or playTV on any Android box or Android TV so I can't help.