We've been covering Android TV boxes for some time, as well as they've come a lengthy means given that the early days of under-powered, over hyped gum-stick units. Best Android TV Box Reviews 2017 – Do NOT buy before reading this! Nowadays the most effective of them are really amazing, as well as could transform your television right into a beast of a Web enabled multimedia device. Currently the suppliers have actually tipped up the game and also introduced the initial of the ultra high resolution designs, which could deliver 4K to your compatible TV.

 

Our very first test of the genre involves the OTT M8 TV Box, which is an extremely great piece of package. As you'll see from the video, it runs impeccably and also has sufficient capability, and also a solid adequate spec to guarantee that it will provide practically whatever you'll require if you ever determine to cut the cord and also make the Internet your media network of option.

 

The M8 can be found in a professional plan, full with a power block as well as cable, a basic push-button control, HDMI cord as well as a fairly basic individual handbook. Nvidia Shield TV We would certainly have preferred to see a slightly more detailed manual, but to be honest, we think that any individual who's purchasing one of these boxes by now, must have a basic understanding of what the performance is everything about. And as we'll see, the user interface is so fantastically easy to realize that it ought to be a cinch for the majority of people to get going.

 

It likewise features, Bluetooth, Ethernet as well as twin USB ports, as well as optical in as well as A/V out for linking to external high quality audio. The box runs Android KitKat (4.4.2) as well as additionally supports (i.e. has installed) XBMC (via hardware encoding), Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter as well as Skype (without camera), and email, so it's ready to cope with a substantial set of solutions promptly.

 

One of the most remarkable feature of the M8 is the fact that the designers have actually concealed the regular Android front end behind a truly wonderful, vivid UI, which quickly motivates you to discover and also make use of the box to its fullest. They call it a Windows 8 user interface in the blurb, however fortunately it only has a passing similarity to City. In operation it's just a matter of biking through the food selection box symbols to obtain to your function, as well as if you should do even more in-depth configuration things you can get to the supply Android Setup web page using the front display Setting option.

 

The box has complete access to the Google Play shop, and also you could likewise add your own preferred applications and video games utilizing a handy.apk installer built into the system. One point we would highly suggest however, is you have a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse or trackpad of some kind helpful, given that the remote control in arrow setting is excruciatingly slow-moving, which makes getting in established up text like WiFi passwords or internet browser URLs a genuine discomfort.

 

Using the box is a charming experience (specifically contrasted to the older slower TV sticks) when you're all set up and also running. Menus blink previous, and also accessing capability is practically instant. The internet browser is additionally quickly, as well as there are a lot of options available to let you customize the interface to have your preferred apps and games in advance where you require them. But we have actually truly got to tip our hat at the Mali-450 8-Core GPU, because the graphics and also resolution of the M8 box are first class.

 

The HD top quality video coming from some of the networks on XBMC and YouTube is outstanding, although we located that you actually require an actually good WiFi link (which preferably means the router needs to be in the same room as your TV) in order to get the ideal results. Speaking of which, we were unable to examine out the 4K res since we don't have access to a 4K tv, so we'll have to take their word for it that it works effectively.

 

The OTT M8 4K TV Box boosts the Android add-on Web box to an entire brand-new degree of functionality as well as class. The incorporated XBMC hardware assistance by itself is worth the rate of admission, as it brings one of the coolest applications on the marketplace front as well as center into the living-room, without having to fiddle about with complex installments (and also yes XBMC is still not ready for prime-time television customer usage for that extremely reason) and also add-on setup.

 

Add to that a magnificent user interface, with clear and also simple navigation, exceptional performance from the cpu as well as RAM combo, and video clip resolution which measures up to any kind of standard HD terrestrial broadcasts and also you have actually got a stonking great product which really specifies the marketplace now. Yes. we're pleased, and also no sign of over-heating either, which we've discovered with just about each system we have actually ever assessed. Suggested.