There are plenty of Android-powered TV boxes designed to let you run apps, surf the web, and even run the XBMC media center software on your TV. But the G-Box Midnight MX2 is one of the few that’s really designed with XBMC in mind. Matricom’s latest TV box comes with a custom version of XBMC […]
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TP-Link introduces TPmini Android TV box with a camera
When the Archos TV Connect was unveiled earlier this year, I hadn’t seen anything else quite like it. The Archos TV Connect is an Android-powered device that sits on top of your TV, lets you run Android apps on a big screen, and which features a camera that you can use for shooting photos or […]
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Rikomagic unveils MK602 Android set-top-box with camera
Rikomagic’s latest Android-powered TV box is designed to sit on top of your television, allowing you to run Android apps on a television screen. The Rikomagic MK602 also has a built-in camera, which means you can use it to make video calls, shoot video, or snap photos of your couch. While this is hardly the […]
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Uhost3 quad-core Android TV box looks like a hockey puck
Chinese device maker Smallart is starting to show off designs for an upcoming Android TV box which looks a bit like a hockey puck… or maybe a smoke alarm. The Uhost3 is a round box designed to sit near your TV, allowing you to play Android apps on a big screen. According to Geekbuying, the […]
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Mele goes quad-core with Mele A1000G Android TV box
The Mele A1000 hit the streets over a year ago as one of the first Android-powered set-top-boxes designed to turn your TV into an Android media center. It also happened to be one of the first devices of its type to sport an Allwinner A10 processor and hackers quickly figured out how to run Linux […]
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H5, MK818 join the Android set top box party
Chinese device makers are cranking out a growing number of products that put the set-top back into set top boxes. We’ve already seen a few Android-powered TV boxes that are designed to sit on top of a TV, and now a few new models are available. What all of these products have in common is […]
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Archos TV Connect stops at the FCC on the way to a US launch
Archos has been offering Android tablets in the US for a few years, but the company’s upcoming Archos TV Connect is something a bit different. It’s designed to let you run Android apps on a TV, turning your television into a game console, web surfing machine, and internet video player. Introduced at the Consumer Electronics […]
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DH108A Android TV box packs a Allwinner A31 quad-core CPU
The Allwinner A31Â chip is an inexpensive quad-core processor based on a low-power ARM Cortex-A7 design. It just started shipping in the past few months, and so far it’s mostly been used for inexpensive Android tablets. Now there’s also a set-top-box featuring the Allwinner A31 chip. It’s called the DH108A and it’s being marketed at Alibaba […]
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GV10 Android TV Box with DVB-T digital TV support
There are plenty of Android TV boxes that let you run Android apps and stream internet video to a TV. The GV10 goes a bit further and actually supports live television broadcasts, which means you can use this $99 box for all your TV needs… as long as you’re in a country that supports the […]
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UG008 dual-core Android mini PC with Ethernet, WiFi
The UG008 is a palm-sized device which you can plug into a TV to run Android apps on a large display. Like many other Android mini computers that have been released in the last few months, it has a Rockchip RK3066 dual core processor and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. But unlike many of its […]
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Giayee introduces Android TV box with Nexus Q-style case
Chinese device maker Giayee has introduced an Android-powered set-top-box which lets you run Android apps on your TV with the aid of a wireless remote control. There’s nothing unusual about that — but what makes the Giyaee IPTV box stand out a bit is the design: It looks virtually identical to the discontinued Google Nexus […]
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Android TV boxes that sit on top of your TV, point a camera at you
Over the past year we’ve seen a number of companies put out small boxes designed to let you run Android apps on a TV. Now we’re starting to see boxes that are even designed to sit on top of your TV, while pointing a camera your way so you can make video calls, snap self […]