TV Box Android 11 X96 Max Plus Ultra Amlogic S905X4 4GB 64GB 2.4G 5G Dual WiFi BT4.0 Support AV1 H.265 8K HDR Media Player

This was bought as a gift for my dad who wanted more than 1-5 channels in his summer house. This absolutely did the trick, great playback capability and great value for money. Really easy to use and has a superb picture quality.

NOTE: This review has been updated after contact with the seller. I originally gave it two stars and have changed it to four.Two stars:The box comes with Android 11. KODI reports it as a S905X4 chipset (as advertised). That's good as that chipset comes with hardware to decode AV1 encoded content.I'm not, however, sure this box is worth the added price tag over some of the cheaper ones. It will play 4K HDR content, but I've tried it on AV1 encoded content and it runs at seconds per frame, rather than frames per second. The software doesn't appear to be making use of the hardware of the S905X4.Apart from this it seems like a decent media box... but the extra cost over cheaper boxes is wasted unless it actually delivers on that extra - like playing hardware accelerated AV1.Four stars:The seller contacted me to say they had passed by comment about AV1 onto the manufacturer. Hopefully they will provide a software update. Also note: This box has a 64bit ARM chip in it, which is running Android 11 in 32 bit mode. At least according to CPU-Z.The seller offered to send a remote keypad in addition to passing along my comments about the AV1 support. So their customer support and responsiveness is good.My original comment remains valid. You can get much cheaper boxes that will play 4k HDR content based on older chipsets. So if that's your requirement, then you'd be better off with one of those. If you need to playback AV1 encoded content, then until this box is updated it's not a good choice.However, this is a decent media player. It's responsive and has Android 11.So it's really down to what you need as user. Hopefully there will be updates to allow the AV1 decoding hardware in the device to actually be used.

Ideal fast little box, no complaints. 😁

Im not happy with this product, after watch movie I press back botton the screen is always is black and not working I press 10 times but freezing and after that I press home botton go to the home page .Im not happy with that.

Works perfectly. No issues at all.

This is sold as an 8k streamer, yet even though connected to an 8k TV, when using kodi the only resolution accessible was 1080p.I was also getting slight lockups during playback. I am using all cables designated for hdmi 2.1/8k compatible, and tried via wifi and wired ethernet. Therefore, returned unit for a refund.It is possible that it may require a firmware update, but I tried that too and none was available.I then purchased a half price fire tv cube during prime sales, which when checking resolutions available in kodi, straightaway had a long list all the way upto 4k resolution.Therefore, will continue looking for a true 8k streamer in the future.

Perfect for what I bought it for. No lagging nor freezing

Great box let down by not having an equally good remote would be worth 5stars with a better one.Plus too many apps that can not be removed