I've been using the Ematic Jetstream for a full day

by C_D_S

I must say that I've been blaming the s905x chipset for being underpowered. I should also say that I was wrong. Is it NVidia shield level? Not at all, but it's not a wide margin. Comparatively my MiBox feels like it was made in a different era.

The Good:

  • No de-interlacing issues when watching live TV so you can actually read scroll bars on news channels etc. and sports aren't a mess
  • The UI is snappy
  • 4K 60fps video plays without a hiccup
  • Auto Surround Sound works in apps like Netflix, Live Channels, and HDHomerun (although I had to turn off Dolby Sounds in the settings then restart the device to get it to auto switch)
  • The power button works EVERY time so far (quickly too I might add)
  • The remote feels good in hand
  • All the ports

The Bad:

  • The remote button layout between the "Back, Home, Apps (great addition given the UI btw)" row and the Volume row could be spaced out more
  • Weird video artifacts on restart
  • Odd CEC behaviour initially turned my TV on and OFF when it went to sleep, but I generally turn off CEC with my setup so YMMV
  • No official Prime Video app

If anyone has any questions or specific requests, let me know and I'll try to test stuff over the next few days. So far this is looking like a winner in the value/$ category. Good thing I bought 2 to replace my MiBox and aging Nexus.

woronczak

Does it automatically change the refresh rate? eg in Kodi, with the Player settings to change refresh rate to on "start-stop", it will automatically change the refresh rate to play the correct refresh rate (so if the default UI refresh rate is 1080/60fps and the video played is 1080/ 24fps, the refresh rate will change for the video to 24fps and then back again to 60 once the video has stopped)

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Cheers

herculese1

Thanks for testing! Been waiting in an answer on the live TV deinterlacing. Glad to hear it's better than the mibox!

BiggussDikkuss

Things that need testing that are unreliable or were broken on the Mi Box:

  • USB - NTFS Formatted Hard Drive readable ?
  • 5.1 Netflix audio, does it have audio dropouts ?
  • reliable WiFi connectivity ?
  • any Bluetooth remote problems when the box sleeps after an extended period ?

Deinterlacing for Live TV sounds hopeful, maybe AMLogic have finally fixed it after all these years with the updated FW 8.1 ?

You really need to test it with some fast action TV Sports viewing that has a football flying thru the air. Look for halos and ghost trails. If the ball is rock solid then you have proper deinterlacing.

CuvisTheConqueror

Have you tried to sideload Prime Video? How well did it work?

acheney1990

Thanks for the update. I'm thinking about getting one of these at my nearby Walmart.

svogon

Yes, thanks for testing!

  • h265 content? Both in 1080 and 4k.
  • "all the ports" - some kind of optical out? Toslink?
  • how does it handle different audio codecs with something like Emby or Plex (native Android apps, not Kodi). The Mi is notorious for issues with 5.1 for example.
svogon

Thanks for answering my previous question.

Is the remote bluetooth or IR?

If bluetooth, do you see that it might have any IR capabilities? Would love to use it with my Harmony remote...

raptor75mlt

Does it have a functioning Chromecast?

herculese1

Just bought mine today. Deinterlacing on live TV seems perfect. Much better than the mi box. Menu seems snappy and fast.

dudek187

Can you connect it to bluetooth speakers?

gbzygil

Any chance of testing a USB webcam with a video chat app like Skype or hangouts

chrono4548

What version of Android is it?

TheRealSilverBlade

Where can someone from Canada get this?

okgusto

Does directvnow work on it?

Max_Roc

Thanks for this.

I'm curious if you plan on testing the remote with a Nvidia shield for compatibility?

rldev

After having this for a few weeks. The real problems for me are:

  1. Wifi occasionally drops it's connection. I have a strong gigabit wifi signal.
  2. Live Channels, HDHomerun and sports do not look good at all. Very uneven playback.

These two items prevent me from buying a couple of more to replace my Miboxes. Overall I'm hapy because HDMI CEC works much better than the Mibox. Hopefully a firmware update is coming soon to fix these problems.

rldev

Does anyone know where the Ematic support forum is?

SirPotz

Been tinkering with mine that I bought the other day. Probably have to return it because it won't download any apps at all. If I choose an app to download from the Playstore it gets put into this limbo where the app becomes greyed out and looks like it's downloading but it never does. No way to fix this on my end unfortunately.

Austinexe93

I hate to necro this, for the life of me I cannot get this damn thing to see a five gigahertz network... I see everybody else's..just not mine. I'm pretty computer smart but this damn thing gives me more trouble than anything else on my network.... Mainly using it for plex on the same network