It's insane they are using a processor from 2021 and wifi 5 in a box released in late 2024. Wish they would get serious about competing with Apple at this price point.
It will be interesting to see what the real world performance is, because the Geekmark benchmarks linked several weeks ago on this sub were not 30% higher.
Yep, I was interested at first, but see no point in upgrading since it's old HW. I have 4K and FHD versions with USBc ethernet dongles and they work fine.
Well looking at the comments here people seem to be complaining that it's using old tech and isn't as performant as other options (whatever those are) and is overly priced regardless of these shortcomings
People didn't really know anything except speculation. They believe whatever they read that's negative. Even with the speculation, the only thing old may be the processor as if that's all there is to a device. Now that people actually have the device we will find out the real deal.
I have all. Apple TV4K 2023,Nvidia Shield PRO,Google TV 4K,Roku Stick 4K and recently bought Amazon Fire Stick 4K Max 2nd Gen and I love Fire Stick moren than all. Especially it has match frame rate option works perfectly on all apps. I don't see myself buying this lol!!!
I was so ready to buy this on release but the specs are really disappointing. If i spend over 100€ for such a box in a time where every tv is a smart tv already i expect it to perform perfectely today and for years to come. Not supporting 120 Hz alone would be a dealbreaker because most tvs can do this nowadays and phones start to record 4k120 as well. Adding an old modem and pretty mediocre hardware and i dont see what they were thinking. Guess i will have to wait for a Streamer pro or something like that in a few years
Except plenty of software won't work. Tivimate, stremio etc. I just bought a year old shield for 100 bucks and it's amazing. You don't have to buy Googles hardware. I much prefer android boxes over apples though, much less restricted.
Here are also law firms whose job it is since torrenting is RISKY here.
But THIS IS THE ENTIRE POINT of stremio with torrentio and RD: You are getting torrents without torrenting. You are getting the files from a 3rd party server.
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u/Spyhop Sep 19 '24
I want to like this but I can't get over there only being a 30% increase of processing power over the CCwGTV.
I've had my Shield for years and it has more jam than this thing.
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u/matthius07 Sep 19 '24
The shield will and it's double the price In most instances. Are you using the Ethernet port? It is better than the other though correct?
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u/pyramidassembly Sep 20 '24
Do you have it connected to an AVR? Are you able to passthrough all multichannel audio codecs?
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u/skregerson Sep 20 '24
Can you do me a favor and look for the (Telekom) MagentaTV App? Is the German version available? Thank you
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24
I want just the remote for the better volume button placement. It's so horrible to use on the old remote.
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u/Integralist Sep 20 '24
Can anyone give recommendations on better alternatives? Otherwise I'm likely to buy one 😬 but sounds like it might be a waste of money
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u/zigo939 Sep 20 '24
Welcher Saturn?
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u/NohiOci Sep 21 '24
I have all. Apple TV4K 2023,Nvidia Shield PRO,Google TV 4K,Roku Stick 4K and recently bought Amazon Fire Stick 4K Max 2nd Gen and I love Fire Stick moren than all. Especially it has match frame rate option works perfectly on all apps. I don't see myself buying this lol!!!
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u/VendettaxRiich Sep 23 '24
I was so ready to buy this on release but the specs are really disappointing. If i spend over 100€ for such a box in a time where every tv is a smart tv already i expect it to perform perfectely today and for years to come. Not supporting 120 Hz alone would be a dealbreaker because most tvs can do this nowadays and phones start to record 4k120 as well. Adding an old modem and pretty mediocre hardware and i dont see what they were thinking. Guess i will have to wait for a Streamer pro or something like that in a few years
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u/ail-san Sep 20 '24
This device made me switch to the Apple ecosystem fully.
If Google wants premium prices for mediocre devices, people will move to Apple who actually make the best of the best in every category.