BTW: Exduct lowered the price on the MK802 (1GB) to 58.16-10+5.34= $53.50 (coupon "Minipcoupon") . They listed the "Air"-mouse for 27.50-1.38+3.59=$29.71 (coupon "BLFgiveaway") and bundles of Air-Mouse+MK802 for 85.66-15+7.43=78.09 (coupon "MK802RC11"). When someone needs a replacement/additional power plug for the stick, or wants to switch from US to EU plug without converters... they are available here.
Yea I was looking at that item about 1 month ago, while watching that Car DVR thread. looks decently strong. I need something to replace my old popcorn hour. They were great, but the newer ones are just way too much 300 bucks, when mainsteam is starting to get into this field along with expensive HDTV that does 3D and YouTube right off the box.
I'm reading good things about the Minix Neo X5 Box and it's little brother the Minix Neo G4 Stick. They seem to be devoloped to the specifications of the German Minix store... so hopefully they are a notch above the standard Chinese quality level.
I bought the mk802 V2 through Amazon, and I have to say it’s a little disappointing. Quirky interface, and it does run hot. The Wifi is ok, but loading pages from the browser seems slow.
The biggest problem is I can’t get Netflix to work which is really the main reason I brought it. There are some posts on this in the Android forums, but I can’t get the APK to load.
It would be a great little box if it would run Netflix reliably. Otherwise, I might return it if I can’t make more progress.
I was looking at this like 2 months ago. Really nice. ONly thing is does is support the latest andriod OS? Cuz from the chinese iphone standpoint there’s a lot of difference between 4.0.0 and 4.0.3 or w/e they are running. Also the Aninol Aurora II is Ipad clone with duo core processor that is running the same as Ipad 2 is only 136 with shipping and has HDMI support. Not sure if it’s 8 or 16 GB HD but yea. for 60 odd bucks I get a flat 7” touch screen.
I think the main difference between the cheaper tablets is in the number of USB ports and then you can leave the box on your TV/monitor and don't have to constantly plug/unplug them. MiniHDMI and Mini-USB ports wear out pretty quickly in my experience. Many battery powered devices also don't take it very well being constantly plugged in with a power supply -> the battery might age faster.
The stock firmware is 4.03 for the mk802.If you feel experimental you could also try some Android 4.1 custom ROMs. (4.03 CM9 + 4.1 CM10) or the Uberoid Roms 4.03). I'm now running Uberoid 1.1 on my MK802 and overall responsiveness has improved greatly.
Some of the newer RK3066 powered devices like the MK808 seem have to have some audio/video sync problems, so watch out if you are planning on buying those
I have read that there are a lot new android based mini pcs on the way (MK808 III, UG007, GK802 “Quad Core”). Therefore I guess the older ones will get cheaper and cheaper this year…
Not sure if its been mentioned before, but these Android wonders are becoming really cheap, cheapest one Ive seen was 42$ shipped.
Its not state of the art and is probably buggy as other cheapies are, so its still better to stick to better, slightly more expensive ones with Linux ported to them and bit beefier specs.
Still looking forward to buying quad core Android device that can be upgraded to Linux and used with all the regular software particular distro has and have it all for less than 40$ shipped.
Aint that crazy that they become cheap so quickly :D?!
Can someone do a review on these stuff? i really like one to replace my old xbox media center & ps3 as media center (500gb internal). Also how many ports they support and would like one to do say wifi, bluetoooth, port for both air mouse & usb external hard drive is that’s possible.
Pok nice fine on that post. Also any updates on those MK808 and MK802 III?
personally i don’t have any use for them, if i want a mediaplayer for a tv i’d go with a raspberry pi with xbmc and if i want a bigger android device for mails+internet i’d take a cheap tablet
but it is realy cool to see how fast these android devices (mini pcs + tablets) became cheap and as far as i can tell they are fast enough for everyday use
btw. i’m really exited about the $99 OUYA android game-console