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A95X Plus TV Box Features Amlogic S905Y2 Processor
Amlogic showcased three reference platforms based on new processors namely S905Y2, S905X2, and S922X at ICB 2018. Let’s forget about the more powerful S922X processor for now since it should be...
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SEI 520 is a 2-in-1 Android TV Hybrid Set-top Box and Smart Speaker
SEI Robotics has showcased a new device at CES 2019 that looks like a smart speaker, and SEI 520 is indeed a smart speaker with Google Assistant support, but it also adds a digital TV tuner and a...
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Zidoo Z1000 4K Android Media Player to Feature Realtek RTD1296DD Processor
Zidoo previously introduced several Reatek RTD1296 4K Android media players with their high-end Zidoo X20/X20 Pro models, followed by the lower cost Zidoo Z9S & Z10 units. The company is now about...
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Raspberry Pi 4 Features Broadcom BCM2711 Processor, Up to 4GB RAM
Long expected, the Raspberry Pi 4 model B has finally launched, and it should not disappoint with a much more powerful Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Cortex-A72 processor clocked at up to 1.5 GHz, 1 to...
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4K Video Playback on Raspberry Pi 4 with LibreELEC (Alpha)
In my short Raspberry Pi 4 review, I tested 4K video output and playback in Raspbian, and sadly neither are working properly, with video output stuck to 1080p60 even after selecting 4K HDMI in the...
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X96 Air Amlogic S905X3 Android 9.0 TV Box Sells for $30 and Up
Amlogic S905X3 is the first Arm Cortex-A55 processor from the company, and we’ve seen it does not differ that much from the previous generation in our S905X3 vs S905X2 comparison. The Cortex-A55 cores...
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Khadas VIM3L SBC Review with Android 9 Firmware
Khadas VIM3L is the first and so far only Amlogic S905D3 SBC on the market, so I first ran some benchmarks and checked system info. But it is also designed to be an HTPC, I’ll continue the review with...
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NanoPi M4V2 Kit Review – Part 2: FriendlyCore Desktop
We’ve already seen how to assemble NanoPi M4V2 metal case kit which offers an Arm mini PC solution with support for NVMe SSD. The new NanoPi M4V2 Rockchip RK3399 SBC is an evolution of the M4 board...
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SDMC DV8919 Amlogic S905X4 Android TV 10 TV Box Supports AV1 Decoding
We’ve previously covered several TV box & set-top box SoCs with support for the royalty-free AV1 video codec including Broadcom BCM7218X SoC, and Amlogic S805X2, S905X4, and S908X processors. But...
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OmniVision OA805 4K Video Camera SoC Supports 100 ms Boot Time, 4K HEVC Encoding
OmniVision OA805 Arm Cortex-A5 4K video camera processor is specifically designed for battery operated security and surveillance cameras, including video doorbells, with the ability to encode 4K30p...
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MINIX NEO U22-XJ Media Hub with Dolby Vision & Audio Support Launched for $170
MINIX NEO U22-XJ Android 9.0 media hub was first unveiled at IFA 2019 last September. It is the first TV box that I know of equipped with Amlogic S922XJ processor that adds Dolby Vision and Dolby...
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X96Q Android 10 TV Box Shows Up with Allwinner H313 Quad-core Cortex-A53...
It looks like Allwinner has come up with a new confusing processor. Allwinner H3 is a popular quad-core Cortex-A7 processor that’s been around for years, but the company has now launched an Allwinner...
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Raspberry Pi 4 vs ODROID-C4 Features Comparison
Yesterday, Hardkernel launched ODROID-C4 Amlogic S905X3 SBC as an update to ODROID-C2 SBC launched in 2016. We’ve seen the board can compete with Raspberry Pi 4 4GB board thanks to benchmarks released...
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Dune HD RealBox 4K TV Box Runs Android and Linux on Realtek RTD1395 SoC
Realtek RTD1395 processor is designed for 4K HDR TV boxes and set-top boxes. Equipped with a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor and Mali-470 GPU it offers a lower-cost alternative to Realtek RTD1295 and...
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Testing Hercules OTT Realtek RTD1395 4K Android STB Development Board
This is a guest post by Promwad, a software and hardware product development company with DTV & STB development expertise and know-how. Recently, they received a package from Realtek, their...
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Ingenic T40 4K Video & AI Vision Processor mixes MIPS & RISC-V cores with AI...
Ingenic T31 MIPS & RISC-V AI video processor was introduced last year with the MIPS core including SIMD128 Vector instructions for deep learning. The Chinese company has now introduced the new...
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Open-source H.265/HEVC Hantro G2 decoder driver added to NXP i.MX 8M in Linux
Getting open-source multimedia drivers on Arm Linux is one of the most difficult tasks, that’s why there’s no much talk about open-source GPU drivers for 2D & 3D graphics acceleration, but work on...
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Allwinner H313 HDMI TV Stick runs Android 10, features an Ethernet port
TOX2 is an HDMI TV stick powered by Allwinner H313 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor that we first found in an X96Q TV box. The device runs Android 10 operating systems and happens to provide...
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LibreELEC 10.0 minimal Linux OS for media playback released with Kodi 19.1
While most TV boxes and SBCs nowadays ship with or support a version of Android, people who just want the best viewing experience may prefer to switch to a Linux distribution such as LibreELEC or...
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Khadas VIM4 – An Amlogic A311D2 SBC with 8GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6, HDMI input & output
We’ve just written about the Amlogic A311D2 processor with some pretty interesting features, and Khadas VIM4 will be one of the first single board computers equipped with the latest octa-core...
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