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chewitt Sorry, I meant a winner overall when we might be talking price (with the current discounts), of course its a pointless overkill for Libre. I am assuming that that is another version lilke you mentioned, aside the basic/pro, but why a small number - for a test?

@chewitt  Shoog @kszaq

Plot twist, an interesting one, VIM 3 is probably going to be running A311D instead of S922X, which will feature a higher clock and neural network capabilities, so it might be a winner.

khadas_vim3_specs.pdf

eviltrooper In Eastern Europe you can't use anything, good thing I visit Germany, the bad thing is that these prices are much higher then the Odroid website, some like over 30% higher.

Also, does anyone know a work around on shipping prices with Odroid, it seems obnoxiously high - for example I need to pay over $30 for shipping to order it, but some times goes by and I want some module - the best point of these Odroid boxes are the modularity - and bam another 30 for even the smallest thing that probably can get shipped for free with no question asked.

eviltrooper I am still in decide mode, will let you know if I do decide.

I have a question on eMMC modules, it says that the only way to flash them is with having a reader/writer module, isn't this the case only for Odroid, as far as I know you can flash anything to an onboard memory on the other boxes?

Thank you all for replying!

On additional note on the Khadas website, under the specifications as starred (*) additional information it says:

[2] LPDDR4 or LPDDR4X RAM will be selected randomly during manufacturing.

I know stuff are randomized in production all the time, but I find it a bit weird they go upon the RAM on which the LPDDR4X one is much more efficient if you want some kind of portability with a battery and also because I think LPDDR4X is not backwards compatible meaning that the boarding having this one will be different then the one that can have LPDDR4, am I missing something?

Shoog Thank you for the great replies! The shipping is the only problem, but in reality it all comes down to support for me. You are saying that if I am planning to be not depended on Khadas for software what do you mean by that exactly? I wonder why is it that Khadas allow themselves for such high pricing (during normal sales).

Also, I am planning to swap out boards to give my Minix U9 (S912) to family member, what support will be lacking at first or at all for the new S922x boards, I guess you are more familiar with this too because you have a VIM 2 atm?

To add I want to also ask is there a work around to use the Minix A2/A3 remotes for these devices, as it says that the remote controls are exclusive to Minix. Also do these two support HDR?

Shoog I was comparing prices right now, I don't really need the DAC right at the moment, so choosing to have it later on on the Khadas as an option is decent enough, anyways the problem with the price was that Khadas offers free shipping while Odroid does not, and for my country is nearly $40 which is crazy and it shakes things up a bit, even if I choose to have it delivered in a country like Germany is still is about $20. About the heatsink, is about $10, while the Odroid one is $5 Odroid is a whole body heatsink, I just noticed that. I am not sure if I will need an extra fan on any of these boards.

Have you had experience with both? And most importantly can you give me a few examples of both the team and community support of Khadas being worse or Odroid just being superior? From my point of view, because of the shipping costs, the price of the Khadas is the same, plus it has 32 GB eMMC already, which I suppose will help in dual booting?

chewitt As I see the Odroid too can have eMMC, but with the cost for the additional module though. I wonder as Shoog mentions that the Khadas team input is barely existent, what are your opinion on that?

About Minix, as far as I am aware they do not have S905X2.

chewitt I did not mean to be offensive by any kind, I am just asking which development team is better - for example Minix has great hardware however they are not very open and progressive on the compatibility side.

chewitt I am not sure if your answer can be biased as from my understanding you are working for Khadas (correct me if I'm wrong), but why would one prefer a Khadas compared to Odroid as it comes a bit cheaper? Any pros and cons?

Besides these two, what else do you guys look at? I am thinking Minix, however as far as I am concerned there are no details for that. Also anyone have any Antutu benchmark comparisons between the models?

Hello! Basically that is my question.

Exile82 Thank you! I will post if something gets confusing.

In order not to scroll the 40 pages, besides this guide anything to be aware of before installing it on a Minix U9 with this Samsung SD card?

wrxtasy

Hey, I was asking earlier for the Minix U9 - I guess it still is a very decent device if I can get it around $110?

Anyways, is this the recommended installation guide on it as it is an Amlogic 912, because there isn't an official one as there is for some devices (like a WeTek or a Raspberry PI for example):

[HOWTO + FAQ] Install community builds on S905/S905D/S905W/S905X/S912 device

Also, this version of LibreElec?

[8.2.4.1] LibreELEC Kodi Krypton - S905 & S912 devices

buzzmarshall

Well thank you for such detailed answer! I will be probably looking to pick up a Original MINIX NEO U9 H Android 7.1 TV Box Amlogic S912 H Octa Core 2G/16G 802.11ac 2.4/5GHz WiFi 4K HDR IPTV Smart TV Box-in Set-top Boxes from Consumer Electronics on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group, as it is mentioned as a good device. Let me know if you have any thoughts on it or recommendations. Again, thanks!