Hey all,
So I am leaning toward getting the Mi Box as a budget device, however I had a few questions first.
Does it support surround sound through Kodi? A few posts seem to be mixed here. I plan on eventually hooking it up to a Denon AVR-S720W 7.2 Channel Full 4K Ultra HD AV Receiver. Is the shield really that much better? I would just be using this to watch movies/shows.
Only the Shield does HD Audio Passthrough right now. The MiBox does not have it but we are anticipating a patch in Q1 of this year, so hopefully...this is one of the things we get.
*Edit: I was wrong, the Developer of SPMC (A fork of Kodi) confirmed back in October that passthrough works in Kodi and SPMC.
I tried playing DTS MA and DD Tru HD and it did not work on SPMC with my mi box.
DTS and DD did work though.
I haven't played with the Mi box but can tell you the shield TV is amazing and that every one from the Android Central podcast was super disappointed by the Mi box and love the new and old shield TV.
Yes, the Mi Box (MDZ-16-AB) supports... Get more details on this page: https://kodi.tv/kodi-v17-krypton-release-candidate-1