Due to recent advances, the S905X5-J devices now match or exceed the Ugoos AM6B+ in terms of features. Note: CoreELEC-NO supports FEL and LLDV with cmv2.9 and cmv4.0 metadata as of May 7, 2026. For a more detailed comparison of the Dolby Vision capabilities of various devices, read this . Here is…

[image] Gilgamesh: it’s good enough I’ve already tried it, you talk like the box costs 100s of dollars, for what it costs you get much for the money. you talk like it’s a good box homatics / rocktek are better if all you want is “good enough” and they support FEL all you’re looking at is “w…

no I won’t buy some more as the price increased, I bought one when it’s still was low, one is enough and for family and friends I’ll buy the Xiaomi TV box if nothing else can compare for the price/performance, but for now the Homatics boxes still works for them so no need to buy anything.

as I said for the money it’s doing fine, the others are more than double the price atm and they have worse SoC than the Xiaomi, and for my parents it’s good enough, I’m using the AM9P/AM6B+.

[image] neqwdtkukwjaanti: if usb 2.0 “almost” handles it ok then usb 3.0 should be no problem Yes I had similar issues on an earlier box with 3 HD’s. I ended up getting a NAS wit its own HD’s plus 2 more external and now it streams to CE at speeds I cannot fault over connected ethernet cable. …

The Homatics S905X5 specs have already surfaced , but the key question is whether the devices’ bootloader will be locked.

It’s old. They can that change. We haven’t get a real final specifications from the company, in our test group.. :wink:

[image] Gilgamesh: but I would go with AM9P if dual booting Android for good to have apps, Android 14 with possibly newer versions down the road, AM6B+ stuck on Android 9. Thanks Gilga. What part of I’ve already ordered the AM6B+ did you miss? I know you’re only trying to be helpful so don’t…

ok np, for others it can still be bought from here for OK price and lower than AM6B+. [image] Ugoos AM9 PRO Dolby Vision DDR5 Android 14 Amlogic S905X5-J Smart TV BOX ⚡️Buy Ugoos AM9 PRO Dolby Vision DDR5 Android 14 Amlogic S905X5-J Smart TV BOX at the lowest price in Hong Kong SAR. Che…

I had a bad experience with that seller.

Following the M200 and M300 series An A016 S905X5 TV box from X96 [image] Amlogic S905X5 Android TV Box WiFi6 Ethernet 1000M USB 3.0 BT5.3 Suppo A016 Android TV Box is powered by Amlogic 905X5-J Quad core ARMv9.0 Cortex-A510 CPU, With AV1 HDR; It runs on the generic Android OS Android …

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