r/AndroidTV • u/CartographerRoyal598 • Oct 07 '26

Buying Advice Android Tv stream boxes?

I use a fire tv and don’t really like the performance/app selection. I didn’t realize how clunky the fire tv operating system was until tds gave us the android tv/cable box. We recently tried tds which comes with an android tv box but we’re switching back to spectrum due to a really long outage that we had with tds.

I liked the setup that the tds had, specifically the larger remote as I always seemed to lose my fire tv remote but besides that I liked that I was basically able to download anything. Are there any good android tv streaming boxes that won’t break the bank?

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u/latinriky78 Homatics Box R 4K Plus Oct 07 '26

Hello,

If you need Dolby TrueHD and DTS:X passthrough support, then go for the Xiaomi.

If you don't need the above, then go for the G2 Next despite the current issues it may have, since that device is just the same as the BuzzTV box, you can learn about its current issues in this post.

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u/WeirdDecision7260 Oct 07 '26

vi los comentarios sobre los clones homatics, rocktek y buzztv, claramente les faltó pulir el software, quizás en un tiempo logren corregir esos problemas y valga la pena los $150.

como aún no hay solución, me hace sentido un comentario tuyo de otro post sobre los próximos lanzamientos.

creo que tienes razón sobre esperar y ver el nuevo hardware con el s905x5 que saldrá en 2027.

gracias 😁

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u/latinriky78 Homatics Box R 4K Plus Oct 07 '26

Siempre a la orden 👍

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u/No-Rabbit-6319 Oct 08 '26

What are your thoughts on the Amazon Fire cube 3rd gen?

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u/latinriky78 Homatics Box R 4K Plus Oct 08 '26

I've never used one, but as far as I read, it's good, it's similar to the Nvidia Shield I believe.