I'm looking for a Android TV box that when you press the power button on the remote it actually turns off and doesn't go into sleep mode. Any recommendations?

I recently bought a Hisense 58H6550E with AndroidTV on it (8.0 / Oreo I believe), and I've mostly been using it for the Chromecast functionalities, so I've not logged into it with my Google account, or logged into any of the apps (like Netflix) with any of my information.

This has seemed to work fine -- I can cast YouTube videos from my phone, Hulu videos, etc, and they all cast fine, passing along my account information to the Chromecast flawlessly.

When I try to cast Netflix from my phone, however, I get the message "Both devices must be signed in with the same Netflix account" from the iOS app, a message I can't even seem to Google with any results.

Now granted, the Netflix app on my AndroidTV does prompt me to "Sign in" when I load it up, but I want it to work seamlessly like Youtube / Hulu does. When I cast Netflix to standalone Chromecast devices plugged into another one of my TVs it works this way without me needing to "sign in" on the Chromecast, and there has been times where friends come over and cast Netflix to our TV, so having to log into my account on the TV wouldn't work for those cases anyways.

Is there any way around this? Has anyone else ran into this?

I have around £20 to spend so I am guessing I would need a cheap eBay one or something, however having stock Android TV is a must for me, so does anyone know/recommend any Chinese boxes which can be easily rooted/flashed with custom firmware?

I have a Win 10 NUC hard wired into my network. I open the Chrome browser on my Bravia and install the Chrome Remote Desktop extension but when I try to connect through my Pixelbook it never opens. Eventually it says something about disconnecting all extensions. I'm not doing that so I give up and uninstall. The old app version worked well on my old "stupid" TV but the new web version doesn't work on my new "smart" TV.

Hi All:

I was able to hide Sling app, and stop it (mostly) from auto-booting, thought I would share:

ADB Shell ->" pm disable-user --user 0 com.sling.airtvmini"

I then downloaded Launch on Boot and selected an App (Plex) to start, becuase otherwise it shows the Sling Splash Screen, and appears to freeze looking for the app to launch, launch on boot worked to by pass it (did not work w/o disabling the app above).

If anyone has a way to just launch into the home screen instead of app, that would be appreciated.

Currently what's next on my list is Beelink Gt King, though the air mouse reportedly has issue.

Not a gamer at all nor my family members do, Nvidia Shield is not on top of my list.

Now, it's 2019 and Xiaomi hasn't pushed out a newer version tvbox.. is that still worth getting considering the price of ~$55 in my country? Is the specs good enough?

I’m really getting frustrated with the watch next section on the main tv screen for Android TV

I’d really like to either disable that section or remove a certain app from putting suggestions in it

Are either of those possible?

I just want something that's able to stream Netflix, and able to mirror my phone or computer to my TV, but I've seen comments on how sometimes it's buggy and such, I just want something that's easy to use and won't cause much issues, usb to ethernet doesn't seem like such a big deal breaker, I can just order a ugreen one off aliexpress

On one hand the mi box s has old ish hardware? And shield has somewhat better hardware but are those stuff even necessary for just streaming and my use case? The mi box s price tag is a little easier to swallow compared to the Nvidia shield

As long as it works 90% of the time, I'll be fine with it, so should I get it?

Edit: got the mi box s after comments saying it works great with the latest update, and it does! Netflix works great at 1080p which is fine even though I have a 4k TV, although I'm now still finding some apps for iptv

Anybody having problems with their home & android assistant remote buttons?

Mine stopped working. My unit is less than a year old.

I'm looking for a TV that runs a stock version of Android TV. Having a nightmare trying to find one. I read that Sony use Android TV - could anyone recommend a model?

Requirements are UK, 43 inch 4K, budget around £300 - 400, any brand

Trying to find out if the Hisense H8F tv series can read a NTFS drive for files on it.

Update 07/29/2019: Purchased a 50H8F from BestBuy. Can confirm it read files from a NTFS drive, used a 4TB WD.

However only the default media player reads files. Apps like Kodi or VLC can see the drive but not access it. This is most likely due to a bug in Oreo, as seen in other discussions.

Does anyone have the MiBox S and using a universal remote with it? Some sites say it does not, and some people say it does. I cannot find a definitive answer.

From time to time I experience this problem in my nvidia shield: the video in the netflix app freezes while the audio continues.

If I close netflix and open it again, when I try to play a video, there's sound but no image. I have to kill the netflix app (home button twice, close netflix) to fix it.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Guys,

I just got a MX10 PRO  Rockchip RK3328 Android 8.1 with 4GB RAM / 32GB ROM.

Its has a default launcher with icons that i would like to change.

a.) You guys know how to customize the default launcher

b.) or do you just use Google PlayStore to replace it with another Launcher like Nova Launcher? If so, any issue that i need to be aware of?

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Thanks.

Given the MIBox supports infrared remotes I'd like to know if there are any other remotes it understands beyond the "MIBox" remote codes?

I'm not interested in actually getting the remote, but being able to add it to my Logitech remote would be great. In particular I was hoping for something with a full set of keyboard inputs.

I'm in Canada so can't download this from the play store. Does anyone know where I can get a working apk???

Hello, just purchased a new Hisense H8F 4kTV a few weeks ago. I downloaded the ESPN and FoxSports app to watch my favorite sports. Although they all load perfectly fine and the quality is good, the playback is not smooth at all. You can notice the video skipping, and overall it does not show a smooth playback. I tested my FireTV 4k stick to see if the ESPN app on Amazon had the same issue but it does not have any issues. Was wondering if anyone has encounter the issue, and if anyone has a solution. Thank you.