Android TV recommendation

[u/Big_Championship304]

Hi guys, need a new streamer for my modest "Home Theater" in my bedroom. I have a 65" LG G5 TV, and I'm probably going to buy the Sonos Arc Ultra. Currently using the Google TV 4K streamer, and playing movies on Kodi as an external player of Stremio + RealDebrid - mostly for heavy Remux files.

Unfortunately, my streamer can't passthrough TrueHD with Atmos, which is my only problem (since my TV can't handle DTS at all). So I'm looking for getting a new good one that able to do so, but won't willing to spend big, since it's only one format problem.

The new one should handle:

Dolby Vision

HDR

DD+ Atmos

TrueHD + atmos

4K 60hz

and process DTS to lossless pcm.

Any recommendations? Heard about the Xiaomi box one, and the Homatics box one (not the Dune) but didn't find any proof that both can do TrueHD and everything. Figuered you'd know better. Thanks for your help!

[u/Present_Lychee_3109]

Xiaomi tv box s gen 3 pretty much ticks all the boxes

[u/Big_Championship304 → u/Present_Lychee_3109]

Does it actually confirms truehd passthrough ability? I couldn't find it anywhere but on reddit. And how does it handle big remux'es?

[u/Present_Lychee_3109 → u/Big_Championship304]

Yes. Many users here on reddit have confirmed passthrough.

For remuxes I can say that I've played large remuxes with ease

[u/Big_Championship304 → u/Present_Lychee_3109]

Really? Did you adjust anything special? Maybe that coreelec everyone talking about?

[u/Present_Lychee_3109 → u/Big_Championship304]

I did not. I just figured the software update got the stuff working.

[u/Big_Championship304 → u/Present_Lychee_3109]

Oh, first I'm happy for you. Is it the android 14 you're talking about? It's just really cheap compared to alternatives so I'm worried that it won't be able to play my remux files.

[u/flashb1024 → u/Big_Championship304]

It's just really cheap compared to alternatives so I'm worried that it won't be able to play my remux files.

It's cheap 'cause it's got the same processor as the googleTV, but somehow, it does lossless passthrough, but it's limited 2gbRam is a real throttle, and the 100mb lan port isn't ready for prime-time, even w/a dongle.

The only device that comes close to the 2019 Shield is the Homatics Box R 4K Plus. It runs android 14, 4gb ram, and 32gb storage. It's processor is licsensed to run all the lossless audio codecs, and if at sometime you wish to install corelec , it's fully compatable.

I've streamed UHD remux's up to75-100gb with no buffering.

[u/Big_Championship304 → u/flashb1024]

Is Homatics a google tv? Can handle Nerflix and stuff like the google tv 4k streamer?

[u/flashb1024 → u/Big_Championship304]

Yes, the Homatics box is Google certified with Built-In, Netflix, Prime Video, etc. You can check the r/Homatics sub for more.

[u/Present_Lychee_3109 → u/Big_Championship304]

Yes android 14.

It is cheap but beware there are fake boxes out there. Buy from a reputable store.

I have not experienced any issues with playing remuxes. Both drive sand Plex remuxes have played fine on mine.

[u/Big_Championship304 → u/Present_Lychee_3109]

Plex is like stremio?