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Guys forgive me, there is a lot to go through, what basically would you recommend thats similar to the Roku that has plex etc etc?
Is the Mx2 or is it the MX3 best option?
Forgive me for the post :D
 
marine1 said:
Guys forgive me, there is a lot to go through, what basically would you recommend thats similar to the Roku that has plex etc etc?
Is the Mx2 or is it the MX3 best option?
Forgive me for the post :D
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The MXIII however it's a mini pc essentially that runs Android. Some reckon it's not as friendly as a Roku but you can load XBMC on it and several other apps.
It has Plex client and the majority of Android apps are supported on it.
MXIII is the newer model.

PM me if you need additional assistance

PS: On here there is nothing to forgive
 
I messed around a little bit with the SquareHome.Tablet launcher on the Finless 2.1 rom and came up with the following home page...
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marine1 said:
Guys forgive me, there is a lot to go through, what basically would you recommend thats similar to the Roku that has plex etc etc?
Is the Mx2 or is it the MX3 best option?
Forgive me for the post :D
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I found this an interesting read http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/127...00-fire-tv-vs-apple-tv-vs-chromecast-and-more

The Roku is by far the most user and family friendly box but limited in terms of the lack of xbmc, DSTV Now etc. and you are forced to go with either US or UK apps. The MXQ, MXIII 1gb ram and MXIII 2gb ram and bluetooth, range from R950 to R1500 but you need to add R350 for the MXIII remote or any other air mouse remote as the boxes are pretty painful/limited without it. They have the power of Android, are rooted which can be an issue eg DSTV Now and Sky Go, but needs some technical ability from the user. I have ordered an Amazon Fire TV Stick which will come with a functional remote, give me DSTV Now, Android apps and XBMC but require sideloading and a very heavily tailored Amazon Prime environment (hoping to overcome this with FiredTV).

So as you can see there is always a trade off and it is about deciding what is most important to you.
 
eduan.gonsalves said:
Is there any view of an updated ROM for the MXIII with Kodi 14.0?
Will a patch be released to provide all the customization to XBMC/Kodi as I really miss it in the latest ROM?
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As I said in an earlier post.. installed Kodi 14 and struggled for a day to get it to play videos without luck.
Lemme know how it goes for you; maybe my problem was between couch and 3d-mouse :)
 
JvanD said:
The MXIII however it's a mini pc essentially that runs Android. Some reckon it's not as friendly as a Roku but you can load XBMC on it and several other apps.
It has Plex client and the majority of Android apps are supported on it.
MXIII is the newer model.

PM me if you need additional assistance

PS: On here there is nothing to forgive
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Thanks man appreciate it
 
SL1v3R said:
I found this an interesting read http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/127...00-fire-tv-vs-apple-tv-vs-chromecast-and-more

The Roku is by far the most user and family friendly box but limited in terms of the lack of xbmc, DSTV Now etc. and you are forced to go with either US or UK apps. The MXQ, MXIII 1gb ram and MXIII 2gb ram and bluetooth, range from R950 to R1500 but you need to add R350 for the MXIII remote or any other air mouse remote as the boxes are pretty painful/limited without it. They have the power of Android, are rooted which can be an issue eg DSTV Now and Sky Go, but needs some technical ability from the user. I have ordered an Amazon Fire TV Stick which will come with a functional remote, give me DSTV Now, Android apps and XBMC but require sideloading and a very heavily tailored Amazon Prime environment (hoping to overcome this with FiredTV).

So as you can see there is always a trade off and it is about deciding what is most important to you.
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Hmmm interesting. Thanks so much will have a look at this in more detail
 
I just wanna thank AVSupply, these MXIII's made for awesome, awesome gifts here this x-mas.
Was very easy for me to set up, very easy for them to use (one went to kids, the other to my dad who just doesn't like using "complicated" things like computers)

Now I just need to get one or two for myself now!
 
Keeper said:
I just wanna thank AVSupply, these MXIII's made for awesome, awesome gifts here this x-mas.
Was very easy for me to set up, very easy for them to use (one went to kids, the other to my dad who just doesn't like using "complicated" things like computers)

Now I just need to get one or two for myself now!
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Where did you purchase from? :)
 
Yeah AVSupply.co.za can't sell MXIII's at the moment cause of ICASA wifi device approval issues (or something or other)...
Hopefully that gets sorted out soon.
 
Hi Guys...
My MXIII just died on me. Was running XBMC and suddenly it just died. Now it just wont power up. I thought my be its a power adapter so tried connecting Q7 that i had and that works fine.

So any ideas what it can be? Just bought it at end of September....
 
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