Just saw this new box .. guess its been out since march or so..
its a mecool m8s pro and it comes in L or W versions
the L version is a 912 and it has decent Andtutu benchmarks
there is also a W version that has a 905 Processor for $50
and then there are versions of the same hardware running plain android for less
Most of the reviewers are outside the USA so they are not hitting on the DRM issue
However one reviewer did display the DRM screen and it says it has
Google Widevine Version 1 Level 1 Supported
CENC ClearKey Version 1 Supported
Microsoft Playready DRM .. NOT SUPPORTED
its also suppose to be Rooted from the factory
its running Android 7.1.1 .. Android TV OS
So ... this is the first cheap chinese box I have seen with Android TV Os vs straight Android
it still has the problem with installing Apps and you have to sideload a lot of apps
Main thing for me is I don't want to go Roku or FireStick or Mi Box
(EDIT: I REALLY DON'T WANT ANY APPLE DEVICES)
But I want to have access to commercial services like DirecTV Now and MLB.Com
In their tests it plays Youtube AND Netflix in 4k
Since it is Level 1 DRM should this box also be able to play DirecTV Now and MLB? and other services?
anyone seen one of these in action and used DirecTV Now?
There are multiple L hardware revisions - it appears that they use different WiFi chips.
The newer version(s) got support for that Microsoft DRM via OTA a couple weeks ago. My unit certainly lists it as supported.
I'm not really that up to speed on what's going since I don't really have a need for any DRM, but there's a bunch of information scattered in a couple Freaktab threads.