Tronsmart Mk908II Quad Core Rk3188t Cortex-a9 1.6ghz Google Android 4.2 Mini TV BOX 2g/8g BT External Wifi Antenna

This is one of the best android devices I have ever owned. Coupled with a few extras like a usb airmouse with keyboard, a bluetooth gamepad, and an external hard drive, this makes an amazing game box and video player. It does an great job of streaming video over the network and internet. It played my hi 10 1080p bluerays from my pc without any lags at all with hardware decoding. It did a decent job of playing them with software decoding, (I still experienced occasional slow downs with the 1080p but not the 720p, both in hi 10)Pros:- Fast with low ram usage-runs cool-can be powered by tv's usb service port or data-strong wifi signal-supports multiple usb dives at once with a hub. (I've connected 2 3tb desktop external drives a 1tb portable drive and a 4gb thumb drive it all at once to a none powered hub and it automatically mounted all of them)Cons:-sometimes forgets my bluetooth gamepad-wifi speed maxes at 65 mbps I'd like at least 150Recommendations:-Bluetooth gamepad of choice (lots of options)-Air mouse with keyboard (again lots of options-Smartlauncher (best launcher launcher I have found, it also automatically sorts your apps)-Qloud (plays media from pc)-Plex (plays media from pc)-MX Player (video player)-GKM touch (for playing touch screen games with a gamepad)-Fist of Awesome (for guys with beards)

This thing rocks. I'm using an RII K25 2.4Ghz Wireless Air Mouse Keyboard as an input device. I installed Go Launcher Prime over the original clunky system. With Archos Video Player it streams media from my NAS over wifi smoothly. I get cable TV with a Time Warner app. Other apps like YouTube , Mail, Chrome etc work fine. My only trouble with it is whenever I click a microphone icon, such as on Google Search, a popup message says " Can't connect to Google at this time". The Airmouse has a built in microphone, I cannot tell whether the problem lies with some Google setting, the Airmouse, or maybe the MK908II does not support voice commands at all.I've posted the question to other MK908II owners and hope to have an answer soon.3/20/14 update: Ive determined the microphone problem is with the RII K25 airmouse. I installed a Logitech C170 webcam for the microphone and it works perfectly. Now it responds fine to voice commands. I am very happy with this device, and may get one for my other TV.The only annoyance at this time is the kind of ugly mouse pointer(looks like an old Asteroids space ship game pointer). I'm sure a firmware update will soon remedy that.

We have a Roku 1, a Roku 3, and a Barnes and Noble Nook HD+ with hdmi connector. The Rokus are fine for the relatively narrow list of things they do. I'd been using the Nook for playing movie files. It's pretty good for that, but the connector's a bit temparmental (the thing has to be fully snapped in). I thought I'd try one of these to show photos, occasionally surf the web, and to replace the Nook HD+ for TV duty.Here's what I've discovered.1) Even with the stock rom (December 2013), it streams better than the roku or the nook. It's faster on the selecting programs side than the Roku and Netflix and Hulu are noticeably cleaner looking, especially after I took a minute to keep the Tronsmart antenna from being stuck between our Samsung TV screen and the back wall. I stream basketball games from time to time and was finally able to watch satisfactorily in full HD. The Nook just didn't have the horsepower.2) It's fine as a light duty computer and it has the added huge bonus of being completely quiet. I often plug it into my computer monitor to use with regular keyboard and mouse.3. I plugged in my USB DAC and it recognized it immediately. Windows has any number of audio artifacts. The Tronsmart matched with a 32 Gig sd card and USB DAC makes for an intriguing all DC front end for a surprisingly high quality audio system that's tiny, has no moving parts, makes no noise, and happens to be very easy to navigate. I can't do that with the Rokus.fwiw, I run it sometimes while I'm using my desktop, because the various system sounds from the computer and stray websites don't wind up playing through my stereo system.Anyway, I suspect use with a USB DAC's been a bit underdiscussed here. fwiw I'm not sure how well it does with various surround sound schemes.4. It's been quite stable for me. I had expected to try a custom firmware, but haven't needed to thus far. wi-fi's also been quite good when the antenna has a clear path. My router is in the far corner of the house.5. It runs fine off an auxiliary battery, the kind you use to recharge a cell phone or a tablet. fwiw, it runs for a very long time on these kinds of batteries.bottom line, it's a very flexible device. We've kept the Rokus to watch Amazon Prime. I use the Nook, but not for hooking it up to the TV. We still have a desktop PC (printing from Android isn't easy) But I've noticed that I use the Tronsmart more than any of the others combined.Some issues:1. I'd rather have a full sized hdmi connector instead of the mini hdmi, though that may have been necessary due to the tiny size of the Tronsmart case (not just the outside, but inside the case)2. I've had better luck with dongle type wireless mice and keyboards (I use a min-HP wireless keyboard with a built in pointing device). Bluetooth works, but I find that the mice don't track quite as well and there are some oddities when you unplug and then restart the device.3. I'd love to see Android accomodate non-touchscreen environments more. Cutting and pasting works and scrolling pages work, but they're not optimized for doing either with a mouse.