I've an LCD Toshiba ZV non smart paired to atv boxes for years now. Perhaps you may consider KM2 Mecool latest box as it may just meet your requirement without hurting your pocket while being reliable with stable firmware

my wife wanted to watch chinese dramas, hk, china n others, can i buy any box n install myself or just buy preloaded but suspiciously as to whether it works. its been years since i last played kodi or xbmc as was bz wt work. i saw many boxes for sale on net n wl read thru this thread for preferred box or any recommended box? i myself wont be using it as i am mostly on computer.
thx in advance.

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i would recommend SVI Cloud or EVPAD or LONGTV that is already preloaded with their own propeirtary apps and your MAC Address is registered on their server

that way u dont have to mess around installation . The apps available on google playstore or apk s are generally just streeaming like buffer and is not real streaming VOD content

I myself have earlier installed these apps on android tv boxes and still encountered slow buffering

Hi... Kindly go back one page to my previous post.. Yes, you can buy ANY good box and still achieve your requirements. App or Kodi addon Installation only takes a few seconds. Better to have a good box and know exactly what's in it and how to maintain it, than to be chained to any one particular provider with far less than the ideal box.

I'm still waiting for your reply to my comments.

Nobody wanna bother with KODI technical installation details and etc. All people wanna do is to buy the box , connect to the internet and watch dramas and movies. If there is any problem just call the box customer service and reset the app . The content in these VOD servers are faster and reuires less know how ..

I have kodi boxes in all my linux maker boards but the sources keep getting shutdown so time wasting .


I dont have to create a youtube channel trying to sounds like an expert ...and trying to direct all users in lowyat to your channel in the hope of bolstering more followers . If your youtube cant generate organic following . no amount of "expert" advices u dish out here will ever do that for your channel.


my confidence is based on me using all these boxes before and getting burned by the amount of time that is wasted just to watch free content . My discovery of vod boxes is so enlightening as I could just get the VOD boxes as I want . plug in internet and watch the content . Sometimes i could even make request to these platform to upload the movie i wanna watch for free . I dont have to resort to pay monthly subscription

Of course at the moment no all VOD boxes can output 4k quality videos and hence netflix original subscription is paid for to watch in smart tv apps.

but on other channels i use these readily available out of the box offerings. which is so easily maintained .

This post has been edited by chickenriceboy: Apr 26 2021, 03:07 PM

tq voncrane and chickenriceboy. both options are good and appreciated.
as to these SVI Cloud or EVPAD or LONGTV how much it cost? wifi stable? cos room quite far from router.
voncrane, i'll scroll back and check it out. tqvm

i may buy 1 for myself (must hv 5.1 surround at least) cos old tv box usb port problem and play around as suggested by voncrane and another for my wife w/o fuss as recommended by chickenriceboy.

This post has been edited by numbbell: Apr 27 2021, 12:05 AM

the audio part... may be disappointing to u.

android boxes are primarily built to to stream VIDEO, not much attention to audio.

plus, most of the streams, incl free/illegit ones are 1.0, or stereo at best like in youtube.

astrogo, unifiplaytv are 1.0.

only netflix in approved boxes will give u DD5.1 or higher.

for local playback, depends on your source; and box capability... varies a lot depending on price, brand, model... from DD5.1, DTS to Atmos, DTSX.


lastly, for china tv dramas, you can check out browser based sites, which work on both android and windows.

google gimy tv, olevod tv, pianku tv... u see what i mean.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 27 2021, 12:55 AM

thx for yr reply n directions. exactly my thots on sound system. my old media player serves my purpose but hv not been using past 3 years cos usb port issue as i plugged in hard disk. mostly i dwnld wt the best possible audio n watch as w/o good surround i rather not watch except dramas. noob question, whats local playback?

local playback = playback from yr own hdd, either via usb or hdd slotted into device compartment.

if u r demanding on audio and yr home theater is good, even netflix dd5.1 will not satisfy u, let alone lousy 1.0 sound.

watching a blockbuster is no fun if audio is crap; to me, min dd+, dtshdma, ddtruehd preferred.

which is why for me, i only watch live tv streams like astrogo on box as the audio doesn't matter much.

good shows, i go for local playback; of course... source, player and home theater must all be capable.

couldnt agree more wt yr comment. tq

See, that''s the difference between you and I.. You talk so much as if you know stuff but inside your talking, can see many loopholes d.. Perhaps you should stop digging that hole even more. I only asked the forummer to check the previous page because i already did the explanations. similarly for the videos.. i honestly don't care for clout.. if you have any idea who I am online.. You'd know that I've been dabbling in all this since you got your first box or before Android was even a thing. So yeah, just cause you fancy a particular method doesn't mean the basics is wrong. You repeatedly mentioned that those plug n play boxes give you Dolby ATMOS and I asked you to put your money where your mouth is.. Tell me a single... JUST ONE of those type of boxes that is capable of doing that. Till today, you can't even name one.. Now you talk about having Linux maker boards? Bruh pls, a tinkerer would know better. Which is, get a good device, then bend it to your will..

Lastly, I'll say it again.. All those evpad, longtv, svi cloud, etc.. All they do is take the same box you can buy yourself (or better) and slap on their brand on it.. Load up some software and hook up some servers.. They then charge you a premium for "plug n play". Guess who can achieve the exact same thing without buying a crapy box? Hundreds of thousands of users who bought a decent box.. Install a similar app and hit play.. No difference, but at least the latter aren't stupid enough to think that only evpads-type devices are good.

How's your search going for MyIPTV4K? Have you finally found that evpads are crap and you could do better with another service? oMG... Wonder if you should have just bought ..oh I don't know.. a non-evpad device and just slapped on an ehem IPTV/VOD source onto it.. Don't worry, once I'm doing reviewing another IPTV+VOD service. I promise to review MyIPTV4K's service for you. I'll do that free of charge and you don't need to visit my channel to see how well it works.. Oh wait, you will anyways cuz you like thousands of others (who decided ontheir own to watch or read my reviews). I got into the YouTube game by others request..I figured if I know these stuff and rather than having to keep repeating myself over and over again in text.. i can just make a video or 2 and direct people to them.. FYI, Youtube doesn't and hasn't paid me a single sen for all the work I have on there.. So what I do is not for the money. You don't even see my face.. So it's not for the fame either. That my dear, IS by my own design. Trust me, there are plenty of other things i can do IRL than spending days researching stuff and long nights audio and video editing. So that pretenders like you can appear smart. Ask around even on XDA who voncrane is and how far back he's been tinkering.. You'll be surprised at the response you get.

P.S. There is no such thing as a Kodi box.... much less Kodi boxes in linux maker boards.

You are much welcome.

This post has been edited by voncrane: Apr 29 2021, 08:47 PM

Hi,Ive been looking to get an Android box as I ditched Xstro and their repetitive screenings.
My requirements:
R1. I just want to watch movies, dramas and some variety shows eg korean, hong kong, china, singaporean. with English suubs preferably.
R2. Should support 5G wifi as I installed some other devices which run 5G so i turned off 2.4G to reduce interference.
R3. I don regard myself as techy but can do with sufficient instructions =P

TV boxes I'm looking at:
P1. TIVO 4k Stream
P2. EVPad 5S
P3. TX6 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM

Option P1 seems pretty straightforward too in that it has its own app to consolidate all the channels.
Option P2 is the easiest as its plug-n-play, and needs no further subscriptions and stuff - everything pre-installed and setup and best things is auto-update where I don't have to manually update if a source is shut down (or at least that's wad i was told).
Option P3 seems to be the best price point. I havent looked into it in detail.


Please advise me:
1. if 2GB RAM is sufficient to run the boxes smoothly
2. Does android version of the boxes matter significantly?wad r d benefits of using a newer android version?
3. I like Option P2 but the price tag is woah.
4. Im open to suggestions of other boxes to explore.

2/16 gb is suffice for norm streaming incl 4k Netflix provided it has stable firmware. Question is you do Netflix Disney Astro etc or non of it? Do you need 4k stream? Most box can do 5g but distance box fro router affects the connection so best get box with MIMU capability

2GB is more than enough cause u dont multitask with your box . The more important thing is wheher your source is stable enough .

that would be TIVO..i dun think Ill be needing disney and astro..netflix maybe in d future

ooh yah i hate having to look for new sources oce an existing one is shutdown..

if u r new to all these boxes, u need to read a LOT MORE.

netflix... if u have a smart tv that can do it, forget the rest - will be troublesome or cost u a bit.

disney - they haven't launched here yet... u need do something extra... VPN, dubious subscription, etc.

astro - u can use astrogo wih a compatible device and your fren's id/pw if u can find - this is legal and legit.


well... if u r looking for PAID illegal/illegit stuff, i can't help, others maybe can.

just remember and understand that if u go for paid illegal/illegit, u get no help or refund if they F up...

oic voncrane you're in xda. will look into yr threads over there. i was there too during early days of android flashing. long time didnt visit.

go with evpad then

not true . just get paid illegal stuff from a shop and they be more than happy to help you out .

agree . less hassle and you can straight away used without much hassle .. Do test a few more boxes like that besides evpad .