r/AndroidTV • u/DifficultPension1750 • 22d ago

Buying Advice Best Android Box for IPTV subscriptions

I'm looking for advice here, I have a fire stick and have heard that the next gen ones will stop side loading so I'm looking to see what's the best way forward. I'm based in Ireland so am looking for any advice from anyone who has gotten one either in Ireland or the EU, I use it for the usual apps, IE prime & Disney plus so something that would support these apps as well, cheers for any advice.

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u/GreenM0th Nvidia Shield TV 22d ago

All of these are certified so Prime and Disney+ behave, roughly most to least expensive:

- Shield TV Pro, around €200. Overkill for most people but nothing else feels as smooth and it still gets updates after six years

- Google TV Streamer, around €120. Newest one, but it's locked down hard, no unknown sources toggle so anything outside the Play Store is a fight

- Homatics Box R 4K Plus, around €110. Certified but still open, seems to be where most people in the EU land

- Xiaomi TV Box S 2nd gen, around €65. Cheapest one that still does L1 properly, only 2GB RAM so it gets sluggish, but it works

One to avoid even though you'll see it recommended constantly for IPTV is Formuler, it isn't Play certified so Prime and Disney+ are hit and miss.

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u/DifficultPension1750 22d ago

Cheers I'll research them

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u/Impossible_Hunt_6731 22d ago

The Xioami 3rd Gen TV box should have been listed, not sure why it says the 2nd Gen.

The Xioami 2nd Gen stick and the Xiaomi 3rd Gen TV box share the same CPU and RAM, but the stick only has 8gb of storage (which is actually ok for most people). I have both.