Mi Box 3 or a TV with Android OS?

by DeepUnknown

Is there any advantages/disadvantages of owning a Mi Box 3 compared to just buying an Android OS TV?

I'm looking for a TV to buy, which I can use to cast my stuff and won't have a problem with playing all kinds of media. Therefore I'm looking for an Android TV as I have no idea how other operating systems are.

Do you think I should buy a TV without Android and use Mi Box or just buy a 4K TV with Android OS? Does it matter?

A friend of mine owns a Philips Android TV, 75XX series I think and it works perfectly with Kodi. It also receives frequent updates from Philips, so far. Yet, the only thing I'm reading about Philips TVs are bad stuff. I'm a bit confused.

ifixpedals

Regardless of which you choose, the lifespan of a streaming device is 2-3 years before manufacturers end support and move on to new models (with the exception of Google and Nvidia.) Meanwhile the lifespan of an LCD TV is 100,000 hours of use on average - much more than you can watch in 2-3 years. This means that if you buy a high end TV running Android TV, its picture quality will be perfect in 4 years, with useless Android features, and possibly security holes from lack of support. You spent ~$900 on it and now its smart tech is junk.

Or you could spend $70 every 3 years and plug it into the same TV for a decade. Personally, that's my choice.

Ausernameneeded

It's cheaper and easier to upgrade an external box than a TV. I would go with a Mi Box and dumb TV.

That said, it's tough to find dumb TVs now, so if you can get away with it, look for a monitor with HDMI inputs.

bobloadmire

this is all terrible. get a shield.

Wow-n-Flutter

Nvidia shield if you want a great experience.

LordXamon

Mi Box 3 is trash. Problems after problems.

Random reboots, youtube crashes, vlc problems, youtube green screen, dont have shutdown button, etc...

And just yesterday i discover a new problem in youtube! I can not move forward or backward the video, I have to use the Chromecast function and my mobile.

And probably other bugs that i just forgot thanks to god.

Probably other expensives box like shield dont have this problems, the people seems happy with them.

marxcom

I asked this same exact question in this sub before and was told a mi box and a tv with android os are pretty much the same. The difference comes when you want to game on it. Then you need the shield.

BurtMacklin-FBl

Built in OS has the advantage of non 4K videos being scaled by the TV, which is usually far superior to that of an external box. Even the Shield has terrible scaling for instance. For your usage, I would say TV with Android TV OS.

Karmais_a_bitch

I have had both for quite some time now, a android box and an android TV. Without question I am always using the box over the TV because the TV doesn’t usually have near the power of the boxes. If you, like everyone else values speed of access, just get an average tv and use the box.

BiggussDikkuss

The disadvantage at the moment is the Mi Box has really buggy Oreo Firmware vs a Nougat Firmware equipped TV running Android TV.

You are better off buying a decent 4K HDR TV with basic smart features at a cheap price, like the budget HiSense brands and then save some money to then purchase a NVIDIA Shield.

The Shield will slaughter the Mi Box and any smart TV running Android TV, it a far more powerful, flexible setup.

Want to play anything you care to throw at it, the Shield is the business.

flicter22

All new Android TVs will have a much faster processor. I would wait.

CrimsonWoIf

TV with Android os

kapoi808

The fire tv 3rd gen is pretty good. The os is junk though too much ads.