samjp26 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Posting this in a new thread: Had anybody got any advice or experience with using an Android TV box, or a small Android based computer that you plug into your TV as a means to use XBMC, On Demand services and so on. I'm looking into getting one but I don't really know where to start in terms of hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I thought they'd gone away a bit now. There's a new nexus player which apparently Google are a bit more serious about: http://www.google.co.uk/nexus/player/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) I bought one from Amazon for about £50 and it was useless. Think it was called the Q1. So the only advise I can give is to avoid that box. If you want something for just XBMC (can use on-demand add-ons such as Icefilms and Genesis) then I strongly recommend using a Rapsberry Pi with Raspbmc (Pi version of XBMC now known as Kodi) Absolutely solid Edited December 27, 2014 by PieFacE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted December 27, 2014 Administrator Share Posted December 27, 2014 I thought they'd gone away a bit now. There's a new nexus player which apparently Google are a bit more serious about: http://www.google.co.uk/nexus/player/ I really will have to get those t-shirts made. "Google: Not available in your country". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Yeah the Nexus Player would be the obvious choice if it was available here, something with similar specs I guess will be what I go for. Raspberry Pi is an option but I quite like the idea of using Android, I'm familiar with it and XBMC isn't the only app I'd want to install with the likes of Mobdro popping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ermie123 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 get the mx8 android tv box with the air keyboard set as the instruction book and away you go!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Bought one about 12 months ago and have it running Plex for my daughters TV which it does well. Not tried XBMC even though it did come preloaded. Have a look on the XBMC forums as when i looked in the summer there were some recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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