Android Mini PC's

Ecco

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I see there are a whole lot of new android mini pc devices, and some with XBMC skins etc etc.

I am looking to get one of these, primary use will be connecting via wifi to watch movies stored elsewhere on my network, and for stuff like netflix etc. Should be Android 4.2 or higher - good support for new android updates. Full access to the play store.

I have read reports of a lot of these devices with poor wifi connectivity, and other which overheat if left on the whole time.

Any recommendations of good devices? Should be available locally.

Thanks
 
Bump.

Anyone tried this:

http://www.dbg.co.za/product_info.php?products_id=941

ATV520E ANDROID™ DUAL-CORE MEDIA CENTRE [MED-ATV520E] R1,099.00

Specifications:
CPU: ARM Cortex A9 Dual-core 1.5GHz
RAM: 1GB DDR3
Onboard Storage: 4GB
Operating System: Android™ 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Media Format Support: Audio: MP3, WAV, WMA
Video: Mpeg1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, WMV, AVI, MKV, MOV
Picture: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
External Storage Support: SD Card, USB storage
Interfaces:
2x USB 2.0 ports
Micro SD card slot
RJ-45 Fast Ethernet port
WIFI 802.11b/g/n (external antenna)

Video Output: HDMI 1.3 1080p
Dimensions: 100 x 100 x 27 mm
Package Contents: MyGica ATV520E
Remote control
HDMI cable
Power adapter
User Manual


ATV520E Android Dual-Core Media Centre

The MyGica ATV520E is an ultra compact Android™ media centre with fast hardware and full XBMC support. With the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and a powerful dual core CPU all applications run smoothly to provide an enjoyable user experience. Whether you’re surfing the internet, playing games or want to watch movies everything is at your fingertips with this high-end Android™ media centre.

Key Features:

Android 4.1 OS (Jelly Bean)
Full Google Play Store (Android Market) access
Powerful hardware (Dual Core CPU / 1GB RAM)
Integrated browser with Flash / HTML5 support
XBMC Support (incl. 1080p Hardware Video Decoding)
Integrated WIFI 802.11b/g/n & 100 Mbit LAN
HDMI output & 2x USB 2.0 ports
Videocalls possible (Skype)
Smartphone remote control apps available


Powerful hardware
The MyGica ATV520E uses an powerful dual-core Cortex A9 CPU. This makes the ATV520 one of the fastest Android™ media centres currently available and provides a smooth user experience. The Mali-400 GPU provides massive hardware graphics processing power. This translates into the ability to play the latest 3D games (providing they support mouse control) and play the latest HD video formats with ease.



Android 4.1 OS (Jelly Bean)

The MyGica ATV520E offers a full installation of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. This means that you can install and run any App just like with a phone or tablet. This makes the ATV520E a vast improvement on the very limited Apps available in traditional Media Players. It runs absolutely smooth, fast and is easy to use.

XBMC on Android
XBMC for Android brings the world’s best media interface to the Android operating system. The ATV520E comes with the latest XBMC preinstalled and provides access to a rich media interface with full media thumbnail and metadata scraping, rich music management, and many online TV channels. Only Android™ systems with this Chipset benefit from hardware decoding and can therefore play HD video in XBMC. Virtually all HD video and audio formats are supported for playback from the internal flash, USB, SD-card, or the network storage. Key modern formats like MKV, MP4, M2TS, FLAC, MP3, WMA, AAC are all supported. Photos can also be displayed in high quality on your TV.





Skinnable Interface
With many customisable skins available for download, the appearance your XBMC media centre can be as unique as you are. The beautiful Aeon Nox skin is preinstalled and provides a rich and user friendly user interface.



Google Play Store (Android Market)
The Google Play Store is pre-installed so you can easily download all your favourite Apps. Netflix, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Angry Birds, Google Maps, and thousands of other apps are all available in Play Store and work well. Apps not available in Play Store can also be installed from .apk package files.

Massive Connectivity
Despite the compact size, there are many connection options available: 2 USB ports for mouse / keyboard, USB disk or webcam, HDMI port and 100Mbps LAN port. Reliable 802.11n wireless connectivity is provided by a high-gain external antenna.

Remote control
The ATV520E has many different remote control options. A very comfortable way to control the system is the free Remote Control App. In addition many different XBMC remote control apps are available so you can also use your existing Android™ smartphone or tablet or iPhone to get access to all the functions you want to use. Whether you need a keyboard, touchpad or the motion sensor, it is all integrated into the remote app. A simple hardware remote control is also included.
 
I like the unit offered by DBG, but its dual core, and there are units with better CPU's

Havent seen any reviews of that unit - so again, keen to hear how it behaves with Wifi etc
 
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