can you purchase this unit with preinstalled 1080p fw and xbmc
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Your MINIX NEO Series device should come with the latest available firmware pre-installed. You can check which firmware version you currently have installed by going to 'Settings' -&gt; 'About Device' -&gt; 'Vendor Software Version'. Please be aware that MINIX only pre-installs 720p FWs into all our NEO Series devices. The reason for doing so is that not all TVs support Full 1080p HD, and thus to ensure compatibility for the majority of our users we only pre-install 720p FWs. However, for those users who wish to watch their media content in Full 1080p HD, 1080p FWs are readily available to download from our forum - www.minixforums.com. UPDATE: All our latest FWs for the NEO X7 and X7mini are now using an 'overlay' technique, and built on a 1080p kernel. The 'overlay' technique means that the user interface etc.. will be displayed in 720p, however if Full 1080p HD media content is detected it will be displayed in 1080p. This new technique means we no longer need to release two separate official firmwares, as the firmware is now suitable for those with both Full HD and HD ready TVs.
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This unit upscales 720P-1080P and is compatible with 4k but does upscale it.
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Just got the box and opened it up you would need an usb tuner card that is xbmc approved. xbmc shows the 32 gig ssd as a user space so i dont see why not.
805462
Yes, XBMC installs and runs fine in general. There are many different sub builds of XBMC available, however. Codec support for certain video playback is hit or miss. Some builds work exceptionally well , and some do not work as well.
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Yes its 1080p, and its wired only. I've only had issues with mine playing Blue-rays even after sending it out for service.
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Will have to download the firmware from the website and load it using the XKloader
1938155
Absolutely yes, you have install avi convertor from the CD which came with box.
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Hi, there exists specific builds of XBMC (media center) for this hardware, allowing watching HD videos smoothly. You can find further informations and .apk files on dedicated forum at http://androidtvbox.us. You can look for instance at http://androidtvbox.us/topic/built-xbmc-pivos-for-ya-all/. Regards.
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Yes, you can watch Cable, dish, etc on it through component, HDMI, SVGA, or standard Video. I highly recommend HD channels to fully utilize the 1080 resolution though.
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I don't know. I didn't use it long enough. Try the digiStream X3 Smart ANDROID 4.2.2 TV XBMC I know it gets all the great stuff you need!
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No, Xbmc is already on it all you do is install the addons, the best adding I have used on this box is movie 25
510237
the cs918 which is a similar model sold on amazon.com has xbmc preinstalled on it.....you get ice movies w/ all the latest 2014 2015 movies genesis w/ the same and many many sports channels i have seen them but am not into sports and wrestling channels........the cs918 is awesome i have 2 connected w/ rii and wireless keyboards and mouses........you cant go wrong ifyou already have a big led or lcd w/ hdmi...!! thanks
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Thats like getting a lambo with with a smartcar engine under the hood. You can do that but you wont have the quality of a hd picture. Just when you have to select picture quality select 480. Most players have the outputs you will need to connect it.Only do it if your real close to buying a hdtv. If your waiting til xmas sales or after first of the year i would buy a cheap dvd player as the prices for bluray players and coming down.
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I'm not sure as I havent look into it. When I got the unit my concern was the way it streamed 1080p content which is so important for me and it failed...
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You can not. I bought this unit for this exact reason, and it won't do it. I felt very ripped off because that was the purpose of the purchase. you are going to have to buy a different tv.
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Hi,I never used it on XBMC, but it run the 1080P movies very well. It is pretty fast, run swift, but the only problem I had is out of the 3 I purchased 2 of them it constantly freezes and needs to restart, and one of them just went dead. But otherwise when I now got it and it was working okay it was pretty awesome.
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It will play XBMC 13.1 you must go to System/settings/videoSet yourself to expert level user, them go to hardware acceleration and disable video codecs.