Flip through Rikomagic’s product listings right now, and you’ll find a number of Android boxes powered by ARM chips from AllWinner, Rockchip, and AMLogic. Their newest TV box, however, will run an Intel Bay Trail-T Atom. Update: it’ll be called the Rikomagic MK35. You’ll also be able to pick it up with either Android 4.4 […]
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Walmart’s $25 Vudu Spark media streaming stick for your TV
Vudu is an online video service operated by Walmart. It offers movie and TV show rentals and purchases with prices starting at 99 cents, and you can stream media to a PC, a mobile device, or to a TV using a Roku, Chromecast, game console, or a number of other devices. Now there’s another option: Walmart is […]
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Matchstick open source streaming TV stick demo (video)
The Matchstick is a small device that you can plug into your TV to play videos, stream internet content, or run apps… all while using your phones, tablet, or other device as a controller. It looks a bit like a Google Chromecast (or Intel Compute Stick, for that matter). But the Matchstick runs open source software […]
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Hands-on: Mele PCG03 Bay Trail mini PC
Chinese device maker Mele has been making small desktops and TV boxes for a few years. In fact, it was a Mele device from 2012 that first alerted me to the growing trend of ARM-based media boxes that could function as Android or Ubuntu/Linux-based desktop computers. More recently the company has started branching out into […]
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Rikomagic MK80 octa-core TV box mini-review
Rikomagic’s MK80 TV box is one of the most powerful, versatile Android boxes I’ve tested to date. It’s also one of the most expensive, priced at around $150 and up. But while there are plenty of devices that let you run Android apps on a TV, the MK80 stands apart thanks to its speedy octa-core processor, […]
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Tronsmart Orion R28 Android box giveaway
The Tronsmart Orion R28 is a TV box with a Rockchip RK3288 processor, Android 4.4 software, WiFi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet. It’s one of many boxes designed to let you run Android apps on a TV, allowing you to stream online media from Netflix or YouTube, surf the web, play games, or run the XBMC/Kodi media center app, […]
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Tronsmart Orion R28 Android box mini-review
Tronsmart offers a pretty wide range of boxes designed to bring Android apps to your TV. They come in different shapes and sizes, sport a range of processor and storage options, and sell for as little as $50 or as much as $150 or more. The Tronsmart Orion R28 is one of the company’s more recent […]
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Rikomagic MK902 II TV box giveaway
The Rikomagic MK902 II is a TV box that lets you can hook up to your TV to run Android apps. You can use it to play games, stream content from Netflix, Hulu Plus, or YouTube, or just generally turn your TV into a big Android phone. Rikomagic sent me a demo unit to test, […]
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Pipo X7 is a Windows-powered TV box
Chinese device maker Pipo has unveiled a new device that it’s calling an Intel TV box, but which could also be described as a tiny desktop computer. The Pipo X7 features an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor and runs Windows 8.1 with Bing. Sure, you can plug it into a TV to stream content from […]
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Youku to launch a tablet, media streamer, and router in China
Youku Tudou is China’s answer to YouTube. Now the online video site is getting into the consumer hardware business. Starting in January Youku will begin selling a tablet, a smart TV box, and a WiFi router. The WiFi router users peer-2-peer technology to offer faster video delivery, while the smart TV box will allow users […]
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Allwinner H3 chip to bring 4K playback to $50 TV boxes
Allwinner has announced a new low-cost processor designed for smart TV boxes. The Allwinner H3 is a quad-core processor which will sell for just $6. The chip maker suggests it could power TV boxes that will sell for between $35 and $50. Oh yeah, it also supports 4K video playback. The Allwinner H3 features 4 […]
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Rikomagic MK902 II Android box with RK3288 (mini-review)
The Rikomagic MK902 II is a TV box that brings Android apps such as Netflix, YouTube, or XBMC/Kodie media center to your TV. Launched this summer, the box sells for about $127, and features some of the most powerful hardware currently available in a small, Android-powered TV box including a  quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 processor,  2GB […]