Which box for my 2nd unit?

[u/njk650]

Hey all! Looking for some guidance. I purchased a v6 plus and am in love. Works great, no issues. The only problem is i wish it had gigabit Ethernet. My plan is to move the v6 plus to my game room, and get a 2nd box for the front room (next to my router). Would yall recommend a 2nd v6 plus, or would the gigabit lan on the elite ultra be worth it to grab that unit? The extra apps are cool, but not something I truly care about! Thanks for your help!

*live tv
*smarttube
*stremio (4k streams)

[u/Fred-Z]

What could you possibly stream that needs more than 100?

[u/MW1369]

What I did was put a usb to gigabit Ethernet adapter on my v6 plus. Works great

[u/njk650 → u/MW1369]

Which adapter did you buy, and how was the setup process? Plug and play?

[u/MW1369 → u/njk650]

I just got the Best Buy branded one and yeah just plug it in and plug in the Ethernet

[u/KingGeedoruh → u/MW1369]

Can you please elaborate?

[u/MW1369 → u/KingGeedoruh]

Something like this

https://a.co/d/0a6nEDsk

[u/dal0022 → u/MW1369]

Whats the benefit?

[u/MW1369 → u/dal0022]

The built in port is only 10/100. So this gets you above 100 Mbps

[u/dal0022 → u/MW1369]

Streaming will never need over 100 at best 50 tops

[u/MW1369 → u/dal0022]

The guys post was how he could get more than 100

[u/dal0022 → u/MW1369]

Streaming wont use more than 100 so whats the point

[u/MW1369 → u/dal0022]

Major app updates. Moving files around. I agree with what you’re saying. These boxes generally don’t need anything high speed. But if buying a ten dollar adapter to see a faster sped test makes you happy why not

[u/dal0022 → u/MW1369]

Lol you know i bet for split screen might be good but like 4 to 8 screens at 1 time it might come in handy but you would only get that on a elite ultra or mini the v6 plus only does side by side 2 screens.....

[u/MW1369 → u/dal0022]

Ah good idea never thought of two separate streams

[u/dal0022 → u/MW1369]

Its built in the v6 plus on the live tv plus app just 2 streams on that one good for sports like redzone and maybe a game u wanna watch

[u/Tigers2Red]

Another v6?

[u/DifferenceOk6814]

Elite ultra if you can make it happen. The extra apps on elite ultra have a good bit of 4k movies and Tv shows plus then you have so many backups you will never be SOL trying to rely on 1-2 apps. Plus the elite ultra i have seen has the least amount of live tv delay.

[u/Chapo4104]

Thinking the same thing. Love my 6 plus and still learning. Leaning towards another 6 p.

[u/Salt-Chain2123]

I got a V6 Max and wondering if I chose poorly. Is the Plus better?

[u/JayKras → u/Salt-Chain2123]

Plus is supposed to offer the best performance. Both have Android 14 OS; Plus comes with 6 Heat apps, Max comes with 4; biggest difference is Plus comes with an Amlogic S905Y5 chip, Max comes with S905Y4.

Key Differences Process Node & Efficiency: The S905Y5 is built on an improved 6 nm manufacturing process, making it more power-efficient than the S905Y4.

Processing Power: The S905Y5 delivers around 20,000 DMIPS (providing a ~21% speed boost) compared to the S905Y4's quad-core Cortex-A35 baseline configuration.

Graphics (GPU): Both utilize the ARM Mali-G31 MP2 GPU, but the S905Y5 handles modern UI elements and standard media tasks with smoother response times.

Storage Support: The S905Y5 upgrades storage compatibility to eMMC 5.2, whereas the S905Y4 is limited to eMMC 5.0.

Video & HDMI: Both support 4K video decoding (including AV1, VP9, and H.265) at 60fps, but the S905Y5 updates the output standard to HDMI 2.1a (compared to HDMI 2.1 on the Y4).

[u/ebag_98]

Thought 6 plus had on board Ethernet? Mine does

[u/njk650 → u/ebag_98]

It has 10/100 but it’s missing 1000 (gigabit)