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I am fairly new to all these new box's but if the price range for this is around 160 why not just get a chrome box or something they are the same price and superior yes?
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Or, if you really want Android apps, at this point, for $99, Amazon Fire TV is great. With release of Google approved Android TV boxes this Fall, there should be more choices.
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Set xbmc's settings level to expert.
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2014-07-24, 11:17
(This post was last modified: 2014-07-24, 11:18 by Mafarricos.)
Veronica, I have the same kind of problem you have.
It seems that happens when the UI of XBMC overlaps the UI of Minix display.
Try to adjust in Minix Settings the size of monitor to 80-90% depending of your tv to get an acceptable ratio.
And then in XBMC settings adjust again the video display to be on screen.
I think that this box can be even better, but firmware still have many bugs that need to be sorted out.
In my case, I can't get CEC working on my LG TV, also had problems with black bars, and don't feel that Wifi is exceptional, it's average even with the external antenna.
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As somebody who's looking into getting his first box, is this a decent box to begin with ?
The (simple) tasks I'm looking forward to do are:
-Watch live TV/stream movies.
-Listen to online radio.
-Some simple web browsing.
Hopefully somebody is able to answer my question.
Thanks in advance !
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So you saying you get DD/DTS when playing local files within XBMC but not when playing internet streams? if so then it sounds like those internet streams don't have DD or DTS since XBMC makes no distinction between local & network files. If those are the type of dodgy addons that can't be discussed here then you'll have to go elsewhere to where those add-ons are supported, however if you enable debug logging and look for what you're playing, you should see what XBMC detects the audio properties to be.
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thanks,it could be that issue, im still playing with new x8 i got just 2 days ago.. so just in testing phase right now.