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That’s because the company’s has several K1 Plus models: the “standard” version that’s just like any Android TV boxes, and the DVB version with DVB- S2, DVB- T2/C, or DVB- T2/C + DVB- S2 combo, and the latter is the one I’m reviewing today. K1 Plus DVB combo teardown revealed that the main board was exactly the same as K1 Plus “standard”, and that only a tuner card was added. So I’ll have a two part review with the first part checking if they fixed any of the bugs found on K1 Plus “Standard” with “November 2. January 2. 7, 2. 01. DVB” firmware, and the second part will focus on testing DTV app with DVB- S2 and DVB- T2, PVR and time- shifting. K1 Plus “Standard” vs K1 Plus DVB Firmware. The launcher used in DVB firmware is exactly the same as in the standard version. I listed some pros and cons in my conclusion of K1 Plus “standard” review. Let’s check out the cons, and find out if they’ve been fixed or improved: Pre- installed Kodi 1. 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Fi performance may be erratic (TBC), very good sometimes, and near stall speed at others. D games such as Beach Buggy Racing and Riptide GP2 are not playing very smoothly, and performance may degrade with play time (and higher heat). No option to show status and notification bars, no Download icon in app list. Lacks Bluetooth support. USB hard drive partitions (NTFS / ex. FAT) reported as having 1. MB free only, basically rendering the partitions read- only. The pre- installed version of “Kodi” is still 1. Click for Original Size. First I had to be careful to check output resolution is to 2. Hz, because the system will always revert to 1. All videos were shown in Letterbox mode in K1 Plus “standard”, and i’s nice to see this have been fixed: H. MP4 container (Big Buck Bunny) – 1. OKMPEG2 codec / MPG container – 1. OKMPEG4 codec, AVI container 1. OKVC1 codec (WMV) – 1. OKReal Media (RMVB), 7. Mbps – OKWeb. M / VP8 – OKH. MPEG TS container (1. OKWeb. M / VP9 (no audio in video) – OK4. K video are also fairly well supported: HD. Club- 4. K- Chimei- inn- 6. OKsintel- 2. 01. 0- 4k. OKBeauty. But it’s still a big progress since Kodi was pretty unusable in the standard version. Last time I tested HDMI audio pass- through with Video Player, and this time I did it with Kodi, and sadly it’s not really usable. AC3 / Dolby Digital 5. Audio OK (Dolby D 5. E- AC- 3 / Dolby Digital+ 5. OK (Dolby D 5. 1) most of the time, but two small audio cuts occurred during playback. Dolby Digital+ 7. PCM 2. 0 only. True. HD 5. 1 – PCM 2. 0 only. True. HD 7. 1 – PCM 2. Dolby Atmos 7. 1 – PCM 2. DTS HD MA – DTS 5. DTS HD HR – DTS 5. That’s especially announcing since We. Tek fixed HD audio pass- through in Amlogic S8xx and S9xx and confirmed it to work in both We. Tek Core, and We. Tek Play 2. S at the beginning of the month, and even released the source code. But maybe Kodi is not a priority for Videostrong, and/or Chinese New Year holidays may have made February a slow month in China. Since the company is not using Amlogic S9. H processor there was no way DTS and Dolby downsampling to PCM (stereo) would work with other apps, and I could confirm that MX Player would not output any audio from playing such files over PCM output. I played a 2- hour 1. Wi. Fi from a SAMBA share, and it worked just fine. At least Widewinve DRM is now support (Level 3), and that a small step in the right direction. So overall video output and playback support have improved, but it’s not quite at the level of the competition. Wifi was quite stable overall, but performance had it’s up and downs and the average throughput was lower than K1 Plus “standard”. Throughput in MB/s. Bear in mind that Wi. Fi performance can be extremely volatile, and when I tested K1 Plus DVB, the transfer time for a 2. MB file varied between 1m. I also had some new issues with both Google Play and Amazon Underground. I could browse app and select them for installation with the former, but after a few minutes I realized that none of 1. I selected would install, as it was waiting for Wi. Fi connection, and I was using Ethernet. Amazon Underground failed to install for unknown reasons, but the patented bug fixing method called “Good Night Sleep. TM” resolved the issue, and the app could install the next morning. Once I managed to get Amazon appstore running, I could install Riptide GP2 racing game, which I played for 1. D graphics performance, and stability. I basically had the same issue as with K1 Plus, with the games crashing if I adjusted the graphics settings higher, poor performance with “high resolution” (MAX- 4) settings, and the game became less and less playable over time, with some micro freezes (around second) occurring from time to time. Temperatures measured with an IR thermometer on the top and bottom of the case were respectively 5. C after around 1. I also went to CPU- Z to check aml. Since K1 Plus DVB has a PVR function it’s very important for it to work. Sadly it still has the same bug, so I’ll have to use a 6. GB flash drive (properly detected) in order to record live TV or use timeshifting. I first discovered this bug in August 2. Mygica ATV1. 90. 0AC, so 6 months later I would have expected it to be fixed, especially since I’m not the only one to have the issue. Videostrong had two months (end of November until end of January) to fix the bug found in my first review, and I have to say I’m very disappointed with the progress done so far, with most critical bugs still there, and the only positives being a somewhat working Kodi (with several caveats) and DRM support. Oh yes, and there’s still no way to show the status and notification bars, so you’d have to hack the system by changing systemui. Karl in his review of Eny EM9. TV box. DTV app for DVB- T2 and DVB- S2 Free- to Air channels. The main selling points of K1 Plus DVB box is the combo tuner, and you’ll need to start DTV app to get access to live channels. Once you’ve connected your satellite dish for DVB- S2, and terrestrial antenna for DVB- T2, you’ll be ready to configure the syste. Since there are a few steps involved I’ve already explained how to scan DVB- T2 and DVB- S2 channels on K1 Plus Amlogic receiver. My configuration is using a simple fixed satellite dish, but there are options to control a motorized satellite dish, and/or multiple satellite dishes via Di. SEq. C. Once the system is configured, you’ll need to select whether you want to use DVB- S2 or DVB- T2 each time your start the app, but you can press the DTV button on the remote to quickly restart the app and change the tuner selection. Live TV is working pretty well, and switching between channels does work quite fast for both DVB- S2 and DVB- T2, although for the first couple of seconds the video is not 1. If you are using languages with accents or complex languages there may be issues, as you can see is the case for Thai language in the overlay info window above. The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) can be accessed with the corresponding remote control key, and it is working, although sometimes it’s pretty slow to get the data, and with the same font rendering issues. Click for Original Size. And once you are in the EPG, you can select a program and press OK to either schedule to box to Play or Record a program, with the icon R or P showing on the right side of the screen once you’ve done the selection. You can consult the schedule list (Book List) by pressing the Blue button, and the system appears to handle programming conflicts too. Scheduling works well, as long as you let the DTV app running in the foreground. If you use a web browser or play games in Android, the scheduled recording or play time will be start automatically. Same thing is you schedule a program on DVB- T2, and you are currently watching live TV with DVB- S2, it will not switch automatically. The device must be running all the time, since there’s only on or power off, if you plan to schedule recordings. Power consumption is relatively low at around 1. So I don’t find the K1 Plus set- top box to be user- friendly from that point of view. You can also record manually by pressing the PVR key on the remote control. Recording works pretty well, and videos can be found in DTVRecord. Files of your storage device both with . You can play the video directly from the DTV app by going to the Menu and selecting Record list, or from media players on your Android device, and the results is usually satisfying. However, I also copied some files to my computer, and I could play them with some artifacts at the beginning in Video. LAN (VLC), but not at all in Totem video player. The video were recorded at 1. H. 2. 64 AVC codec, and they’ve properly recorded both audio tracks (AAC). Here’s a short sample. Timeshifting can be enabled with the Play/Pause key on the remote, and working reasonably well with possibly some artifacts when enabling the function, with a default recording time of 5 minutes, but the length is configurable in the PVR options. There’s also a hidden “Smart Data Manager” menu which you can enabled by pressing the Menu key, going into Installation, and pressing 1. This will give you access to “Smart Data” and “BISS” but it’s not something I have tried. You can check the video review to have a better understanding of the digital TV capabilities and performance of K1 Plus DVB. Android Firmware, TV Center, and DVB- T2 & DVB- S2 App. Home. > AMLogic, Android, Hardware, Testing, Video. Mecool KIII Pro Hybrid STB Review – Part 2: Android Firmware, TV Center, and DVB- T2 & DVB- S2 App. Mecool KIII Pro Hybrid STB Review – Part 2: Android Firmware, TV Center, and DVB- T2 & DVB- S2 App. Last year I reviewed K1 Plus T2 S2, an Android TV box powered by Amlogic S9. DVB- T2 and DVB- S2 tuner support, which worked with some caveats. Video. Strong has now send me an updated model with Amlogic S9. I presented in the post entitled Mecool KIII Pro Hybrid Android STB Review – Part 1: Specs, Unboxing and Teardown, where I listed the specifications, and showed photos of the device and the boards (main board + tuner board). I’ve now had time to play with the device, and in many respects the user experience is very similar to the one I got with KI Plus T2 S2 models, but there are also some tweaks, and a few bugs which I’ll report in the second part of the review below. KIII Pro Hybrid TV Box Setup, Settings, & Power Consumption. The four USB ports are really convenient, as I could connect a USB hard drive, an air mouse, a wireless game pad, and a USB keyboard without the need for a USB hub. I also connected the usual Ethernet and HDMI cable, plus the cable from my Satellite dish to the DVB- S2 F connector, and the cable from my roof antenna to the DVB- T2 coaxial connector. Click to Enlarge. Once we connect the power, the device boots automatically, and usually takes under 3. The launcher is pretty much the same as KI Plus TV box. Click for Original Size. So I won’t go through it in details again, and will only comment on one change. Kodi is gone and been replaced by something called “TV Center”. So I clicked on it, and it showed a famous Chinese proverb “The installation isn’t installed!”. So I went to the list of apps, and click on TV CENTER, which will do the installation of this mysterious app. Click to Enlarge. Once it’s done I can click on TV Center, and the user interface looks familiar. Click to Enlarge. So that means they made some modifications to Kodi 1. Click to Enlarge. The TV Center installation also automatically added some add- ons as shown in the screenshot below. Click to Enlarge. The Setting app is exactly the same as for other recemt Amlogic TV boxes, and there’s nothing specific to DVB, so I’ll mostly skip it (If you want to see check out Qintaix Q9. Storage & USB section that reveals 6. MB is used out of 1. GB. That’s obviously a fake number, and it should be around 1. GB, but the company may have chosen to do so to avoid some customer’s complains that there’s not 1. GB storage, as they don’t understand the OS take places on the flash. Click to Enlarge. It also shows NTFS and ex. FAT file systems are supported, but not EXT- 4, nor BTRFS. The About section shows the model is indeed KIII pro running Android 6. Linux 3. 1. 4. 2. The firmware is rooted by default. OTA update appears to be supported, but at the time of the review, there was no update available. I tested the provide IR remote by adding two AA batteries, and it works well up to 1. For most other TV boxes, I’d recommend to use an air mouse, bu in the case of KIII Pro, you’ll need to keep using the remote control in order to support DTV app for DVB- S2/DVB- T2 properly, maybe switching to an air mouse or wireless keyboard + touchpad for some other Android apps. One recurring issue in most TV boxes is still present in KIIIPro however: the mouse cursor is rather small when you set your TV to 4. K resolution. I could install all apps I needed through Google Play, and Amazon Underground without issues. The set- top box has only two power modes: off or on, and there’s no standby mode. I can turn the device on or off using the IR remote control or the power button. Power consumption is pretty high in power off, as I tested different options with or without the USB hard drive, but I found a lot of variability with testing: Power off – Test 1: 5. Watt; Test 2: 2. 2 Watts; Test 3: 3. Watts. Idle – 7. 2 Watts, then 4. Watts (2nd try)Power off + HDD – Test 1: 5. Watt; Test 2: 2. 2 Watts; Test 3: 3. Watts. Idle + HDD – 9. Watts then 8. 1 Watts (2nd try)The good news is that USB ports are turned off in power off mode, so at least the extra power consumption does not come from those ports. Temperature is a little higher than other boxes, but I’ve not encounter massive CPU throttling during my tests. After playing a 2- hour video the maximum top and bottom temperatures as measured with an IR thermometer were respectively 5. I quickly started CPU- Z after quitting the game, and the reported temperature in the app was a high 8. FYR, room temperature was around 3. The only small annoyances were the somewhat loud music during the boot animation, the small cursor at 4. K resolution, and the relatively high power consumption in power off mode. Video & Audio Tests with TV Center (Kodi), and DRM Info. As we’ve seen in the section above, Kodi is not installed per se, but instead the box comes with an installer for a fork of Kodi 1. RC3 called TV Center. I enabled “Adjust display refresh rate” in Kodi settings,and started by playing 4. K video over Ethernet from a Linux SAMBA share: HD. Club- 4. K- Chimei- inn- 6. Not always smoothsintel- 2. OKBeauty. Automatic frame rate switching is not working again as is the case on most other S9. MINIX NEO U9- H. Next up I enabled HDMI audio pass- through in Kodi, and since True. HD is not part of the list, I also enabled Dolby Digital (AC3) transcoding. Here are the results of my tests with Onkyo TX- NR6. Video. PCM 2. 0 Output(Kodi)PCM 2. Output(MX Player / Video Player app)HDMI Pass- through(Kodi)AC3 / Dolby Digital 5. Audio OK, but video not smooth at all. OKAudio OK (Dolby D 5. Video not smooth. E- AC- 3 / Dolby Digital+ 5. OKOKOK (Dolby D 5. Dolby Digital+ 7. OKVideo not smooth, and audio cuts. No audio. True. HD 5. OKNo audio. Dolby D 5. True. HD 7. 1. OKNo audio. Dolby D 5. 1 (transcoding)Dolby Atmos 7. OKNo audio. Dolby D 5. DTS HD Master. OKNo audio. No audio and black screen. DTS HD High Resolution. OKOKNo audio and black screen. DTS: XOKNo audio. No audio and black screen. That’s pretty bad if you plan to use HDMI audio pass- through, except for Dolby Digital 5. AC3. The first video has often problem on Amlogic TV boxes in Kodi, but most AC3 video should work fine. A good news is that AC3 is working via MX Player, so if you receive live TV channels with AC3 audio through the DTV app, it should be able to decode AC3 audio properly, something that was not possible in K1 Plus T2 S2. I also played a 2- hour video to check for stability. The first time, TV CEnter app crashed with the message “Unfortunately TV Center has stopped” after about 5 minutes, and my second attempt was not completely trouble free either, as the video stopped at around the 5. TV Center UI, but I could select the video again, was offered to resume from 4. KIII Pro supports Widevine Level 3 DRM. That means no Netflix HD like on most competing Android media players. Click to Enlarge. DTV App for DVB- S/S2 and DVB- T/T2. Now to the most important features of KIII Pro hybrid set- top box: DVB- T/T2 and DVB- S/S2 tuner support. The box is using the same DTV app as on K1 Plus T2 S2 with only minor modifications. The first time you launch the app, you should get the following message indicating there aren’t any channels yet, and asking you to scan for channels. Once you agree, you’ll be ask to select DVB S/S2 or DVB T/T2. Click to Enlarge. I’ve gone with the latter first, and I’ll redirect you to the post entitled “How to Configure DVB- S2 and DVB- T2 Tuners in K1 Plus Android DTV Receiver” since the procedure is the same. I got 2. 6 channels for my T2 scan, but somehow I got 3. K1 Plus T2 S2. So I went to check the settings, and this time the Area Setting was already set to Thailand, either automatically, or it was done before sending the device. Click to Enlarge. Anyway I could watch both HD and SD channels without any problems, and signal strength are quality are both at 1. Click to Enlarge. The EPG looks exactly the same, and it still has problems with Thai encoding or font. Click to Enlarge. But before testing other features, let’s configure our satellite dish. Press the Menu key on the remote control, select Installation,and then DVB S/S2. Click to Enlarge. You’ll be able to select your satellite from a list, or define your own as I showed in K1 Plus T2 S2 setup guide and review. I did not show Motor Settings last time, so I’ve taken two screenshots one showing Di. SEQc 1. 2 support. I have not tested either since I don’t own a motorized satellite dish. Click to Enlarge. Once you are happy with the setting go to Multi Scan menu to see your satellite list, and press the Blue button on the remote control to start scanning. Click to Enlarge. I got 2. 5 TV channels and 7 radios after selecting a Blind Scan and FTA (free- to- air) channels only. Last year, I got 5. TV channels and 5 radio with the same “Thaicom. There are some channels without signal, just as with K1 Plus T2 S2. One nice improvement is that you don’t need to select between DVB- T2 or DVB- S2 when you start DTV app, as all your channels are shown in the list. I tried EPG scheduling to start playback or record video, and it works exactly like before. Click to Enlarge. Click to Enlarge. So I setup a few “timers, and watched a DVB- T2 channel live, and one minute before a schedule recording on MONEY channel (DVB- S2) the following window overlaid the video: I did not press any button, and one the count down expire, it switched to MONEY channel automatically (good), and I got the message “recording complete” (bad). I could reproduce this bug several times. I noticed if I schedule a recording on a channel, and stay on that channel it will work fine. Click to Enlarge. You can see the list of recording above on my USB hard drive with some started manually (REC key on remote), and several scheduled. All the 0 bytes videos are due to the bug described above.
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