Which Android TV box to achieve high speeds?

[D2Pipes]

I have multiple x96 STB's and they are bril if you use ethernet.  The wifi is sh.t.

I believe my boxes are Chinese copies (had to change from menu in Chinese language) but I still rate them as the S905x4 processor is top notch for streaming.  In other words, Centigrade32 is spot on.

BTW: I use 3BB 1GB fibre and never had an issue.

Please remember a speed test is only an indicator.  Most speedtests provide results for a local download speed whereas you results for the intgrrnational download speed but I digress.....

[CallumWK]

4 hours ago, D2Pipes said:

I believe my boxes are Chinese copies

 

There are no Chinese copies, every Android box in the world is made in China, and that include Nvidia - Minix - Ugoos and all other premium brands.

The difference is that boxes like Tanix - X96 - H96 and all those other cheap boxes are made by many different small manufacturers.  They just purchase the blueprint and the license to use the name, and they produce the box. Of course some may use cheap components and their soldering etc may be substandard.

 

As for the S905X4, there are 3 versions B - J and K. The cheap boxes use B, that includes Mecool. Some more upgrade boxes use J and the high end boxes , Like Homatics R 4K Plus uses K. The Homatics R 4K and 4K lite use the J version.

The cheap versions of the processor do not support all video codecs, only the K version supports all codecs, but the Homatics R 4K Plus, while a high end box, has a <deleted> firmware with a lot of issues.

 

There is a Telegram group "everything about homatics" which discusses all the issues, and there are thousands of complaints in there