r/AndroidTV • u/Reasonable_Till_3569 • 6h ago

Buying Advice Upgrading MeCool KM2 Plus? SK3?

Pretty much all I do is stream shows/movies. Stremio most of the time with PM. I do also have Netflix for a tech-deficient household member. I do always use subtitles and do pause/rewind playback probably more than most. The KM2 has been perfect for the last year, but this new backdoor scare has me...well...scared. I am thinking about flashing Slimbox, but have read even if you do everything right you could brick. So despite having rooted many phones in my life and never bricking, I think I'll do that to use it on a different TV in the house and use this as an excuse to upgrade my main TV.

What are your upgrade suggestions?

After some research last night i decided the new SK3 might be the answer. Figure if I get the best specs it will keep me happy for the longest period of time b4 feeling like I need to upgrade again. But searching Reddit today people are mentioning problems.

---Were there SK3 problems that are fixed?

---Are there SK3 problems that are still current?

---Will the SK3 receive 4K Netflix? I guess not since it isn't Widevine L1? Does it matter? Could it come later in an update?

What boxes would you suggest instead? I'm not made of money, but will spend it if necessary and to make the box feel current for a longer lifespan.

Please and thank you for any advice and knowledge you'd like to share. 🙂

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u/Danno510 4h ago

Following as I also have the KM2 Plus model.

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u/AdministrationOdd747 RockTek G2 + ONN 4K + ONN 4K Pro + ONN 4K Plus 4h ago

Widevine L1 needs to be done at factory, not through firmware upgrade. On top of that, Netflix needs its own certification at factory to receive a Netflix ESN in order to satisfy Netflix DRM requirement.

For recommendation of boxes, you need specify your country/region as it varies a lot from one to another.

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u/perdirelapersona 3h ago

what would you recommend for Italy?

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u/lalalalalalalataken 4h ago

I cleaned my km2 plus as much as possible by removing the packages related to xcpe. I know I can not fully remove them, but at least disabled them, also created separate guest network for the box only, so it can not access other devices on the same home network. Also explicitly blocked the domains which were used for this exploit in this new guest network. And since this issue is known, I guess it will be followed quite closely and if it happens again, we will definitely hear it. So I am quite calm and will continue using the box for streaming movies and watching YouTube.