I recently purchased a xgody x96 2gb and was able to reboot to recovery after installing terminal and installed the 8.2 release. Was very impressed although I had some issues with the tv flashing black when playing tvheadend recordings. So I decided to try this version instead and it's surprisingly stable for an alpha and so far no tv glitches with tvheadend. One issue I did have is my remote (a USB Microsoft media PC style one) only worked if I was real close to the receiver which did not happen with 8.2. I disabled CEC and joystick (as I don't need either) and problem is gone.
You guys are awesome.