This is the Telkom LIT Android media box

If I can install Plex on it, I'll be good. At least now I'm not worried about their being no stock :D
 
Can confirm that the Gateway Telkom store in Durba, has it but will not sell it, just yet. A friend of mine went to get one and they tried selling a him a contract to get one and were trying to shy away from the 24 month payment option. Guess they using this to push their contracts.

I just need Kodi, Netflix and Dstv with audio passthrough and I'm golden. Was leaning heavily towards the Mi Box until this showed up. Hope it lives up to the hype.
 
So on my Android 7.1.2 box it had Kodi, Plex and Showmax - and all worked. It downloaded the Netflix but gave an incompatibility error - and I haven't tried a new box yet. It seems from what I read, the issue may have carried over and there is no Netflix?

Going on the photo someone posted earlier, DSTV won't be available till 4 weeks (after launch, maybe?)

I'll try get a box for this weekend and test the actual unit

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Dolby said:
So on my Android 7.1.2 box it had Kodi, Plex and Showmax - and all worked. It downloaded the Netflix but gave an incompatibility error - and I haven't tried a new box yet. It seems from what I read, the issue may have carried over and there is no Netflix?

Going on the photo someone posted earlier, DSTV won't be available till 4 weeks (after launch, maybe?)

I'll try get a box for this weekend and test the actual unit

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So it does what all Droid boxes do but more locked down, and maybe a month from now will be useful.

Telkom being Telkom.
 
Dolby said:
So on my Android 7.1.2 box it had Kodi, Plex and Showmax - and all worked. It downloaded the Netflix but gave an incompatibility error - and I haven't tried a new box yet. It seems from what I read, the issue may have carried over and there is no Netflix?

Going on the photo someone posted earlier, DSTV won't be available till 4 weeks (after launch, maybe?)

I'll try get a box for this weekend and test the actual unit

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But launch was late August and 4 weeks later should be about next week? Which mean that they will only sell in stores once all the apps marked in pink (Box Office, DSTV etc) are ready to go. Hopefully next week then?
 
SeRpEnT said:
But launch was late August and 4 weeks later should be about next week? Which mean that they will only sell in stores once all the apps marked in pink (Box Office, DSTV etc) are ready to go. Hopefully next week then?
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I think launch was Wednesday past ?

August was press release / announcement
 
Maybe I can shed some light on this:
Dolby said:
As mentioned, the one port is only HDMI 2.0 which allows for the HDR metadata ; but UHD has been supported by HDMI 1.4 since late 2009. In other words, all ports are UHD and only one UHD HDR
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Correct, HDR requires HDMI 2.0 port, period. Colour depth is a different things, HDMI 1.3 already defined 10, 12 and 16 bits colour depth, also UHD and 4K resolution is since HDMI v1.4.
Dolby said:
I actually have a feeling (still Googling) that HDR requires 10 bit colour depth and not 10 bit panel?

In other words it seems the factor that is missing (albeit, a large factor) is the brightness on this panel.

Could be wrong though
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Nope. 10-bit panel is welcome, but not required. In fact many budget HDR monitors have 8-bit panels, not only yours. High dynamic range is achieved by manipulating brightness and transfer function (it replaces a standard gamma function - a legacy of CRT TVs).

Higher brightness is a basic requirement. Strictly speaking TV must reproduce very large luminance variations from very dark (0.00005cd/m^2) to very bright (1000cd/m^2) - 10x lower and 10x higher than a standard TV.

Cutting long story short, enjoy your TV, is great. More information about HDR (the standard has not finalized at the moment, but it is a very good article):
http://files.spectracal.com/Documents/White Papers/HDR_Demystified.pdf
 
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Dirtdiver said:
Can confirm that the Gateway Telkom store in Durba, has it but will not sell it, just yet. A friend of mine went to get one and they tried selling a him a contract to get one and were trying to shy away from the 24 month payment option. Guess they using this to push their contracts.

I just need Kodi, Netflix and Dstv with audio passthrough and I'm golden. Was leaning heavily towards the Mi Box until this showed up. Hope it lives up to the hype.
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Yeah.. i went to gateway branch 2 days ago and same story.. Didnt want to sell but insisting on the 24 contracts they offering until i said i know about the R49 option and i have proof of it.. they changed their tune but didnt want to sell until next week.. im in no hurry considering these issues ..
 
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