Help choosing 4K TV Box

Alejandro3 · June 19, 2017 at 10:46 PM

Hey guys,

I have read many posts but I still have doubts when choosing the perfect TV box for my use..

I have a 4K TV and would like to take profit of it so, therefore, my desired box should have the following features:

- Support 4K
- Kodi
- Transmission (or similar to automate RSS downloads)
- Something like pi-hole if possible (just as an additional feature).

I don't really know either if you can install things like transmission or pi-hole in Libreelec...

My budget is around 50-60€ maximum. Any recommendations? I am looking at the following 905x currently but I am open to suggestions:

Mini M8S II: Mini M8S II 4K Smart TV Box Android Amlogic S905X Quad Core Processor 2GB+8GB

Xiaomi Mi 3S TV Box: Original Xiaomi Mi 3S TV Box Amlogic S905X Quad Core

Beelink MINI MXIII II: Beelink MINI MXIII II TV Box Amlogic S905X Quad Core 2G + 16G

Thanks in advance!

**Klojum** · June 20, 2017 at 5:49 AM Official Post

Pi-hole is not available on Kodi setups, better use a seperate box for that, such as a Raspberry Pi.

Transmission is possible via the Thoradia addon(s).

You can also have a look at this recommendation page for choosing 'the best' kodi hardware, although your budget is pretty tight.

I've removed your device links for now. The LibreELEC forum is not meant as advertisement space.

**wrxtasy** · June 20, 2017 at 6:05 AM

Quote from Alejandro3

Xiaomi Mi 3S TV Box: Original Xiaomi Mi 3S TV Box Amlogic S905X Quad Core

I'm not even sure this can run LibreELEC Kodi Krypton - certainly not one of the boxes I've seen people using.

The trouble with recommending cheap boxes is internal hardware, particularly WiFi chipsets - can change month to month - even for the exactly same named AML Boxes. Some do not even have Linux WiFi drivers available for them which makes support impossible.

Basically its all a bit of a gamble, choosing AML hardware unless you go with well knows brands like ODROID, MINIX or WeTek.

**Klojum** · June 20, 2017 at 6:15 AM Official Post

The Wetek Hub has recently changed its wifi chip, and hopefully it will be an improvement.

**kszaq** · June 20, 2017 at 6:55 AM

They changed the chip to AP6255 with the same 802.1ac WiFi and BT 4.1 instead of 4.0

Alejandro3 · June 20, 2017 at 8:08 AM

Klojum yep that's one of the posts I looked before asking but "various cheap AMLogic S905(X) devices" didn't solve my problem.. Btw sorry for the links, I wasn't willing to do publicity.

wrxtasy damn Wi-Fi is quite of a priority for me too cause I wouldn't be able to connect it via ethernet.

Let me know if you have any ideas of boxes I could get... I really don't know what to purchase with my budget...

kszaq I'll check it out.

**kszaq** · June 20, 2017 at 8:49 AM

Be careful with Mini M8S. There are units with 9082xs WiFi chip that is not supported.

Alejandro3 · June 20, 2017 at 9:00 AM

Quote from kszaq

Be careful with Mini M8S. There are units with 9082xs WiFi chip that is not supported.

thanks! I'll take it into account. Any brand you would recommend apart from the well known ones?

**kszaq** · June 20, 2017 at 9:05 AM

I am unable to recommend. I have some non-branded boxes only for testing - not using them on daily basis. The products I use for stable builds (family use) are from Minix, Wetek and Odroid...

Alejandro3 · June 20, 2017 at 5:13 PM

Damn it's difficult to find a bang for the buck... Which characteristics should i focus on? Amlogic 905x and...?

Brands such as Mini or Beelink are recommendable? Any Xiaomi box where you can install Libreelec? It would be easier if the Rasp had 4K support

Thanks!

bmoller · June 21, 2017 at 2:59 AM

And the answer is asrock beebox

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