So I just picked up this Android TV Box in Thailand

by blondedre3000

I stupidly forgot my FireTV Stick at home and most places here have at most one or two English channels from free C or Ku band satellite. I went to the local "True" store, told them I wanted this box (which they had on display), paid the equivalent of about $80 USD (including tax) and everything went smoothly.

I have a MiBox at home and this is so much better. The remote has way more dedicated buttons, the box has a physical gigabit ethernet port 2.4 and 5ghz wifi, 2 USB ports + Micro SD, and it's a real true Android TV box. Google Play shows it as a "Skyworth Digital HPH07".

As far as as I can tell it comes with 1 year of free programming of around 85 channels, most are Thai and/or SD, but it's still way better than the TV that's available most places. The "family pack" which includes a bunch of movie channels is available for about another $16/mo, and they have a bunch of premier league options too.

The only main drawback I've found is that for some reason it doesn't support netflix or amazon prime video through the play store, but every other app I've tried so far works (some will need VPN for content though).

https://trueidtv.trueid.net/

Ben1010101010

Don't think it's Android TV though and that's why you cant run netflix etc...

thangcuoi

Specs in English. It's Android TV 8.0. I particularly like the microSD slot in addition to the USB port.

https://trueidtv.trueid.net/spec_en.html

Ground-Rat

It sounds like you bought what I would thing is a populated/preloaded "Kodi" box that is running Android TV OS maybe with a custom overlay, but it's probably not Google "certified" and that may be why Netflix and Prime won't work/load.

It also could be a location/locale issue, that a VPN might be able to fix/address.

Just keep in mind that having the Android TV OS on a device doesn't automatically make it a "certified" Android TV, like the MiBox 3 and S are.

Glad to hear that you have found a substitute for your forgotten FireTV Stick.

Hope you have a great trip/time in Thailand.

itsme113

Most of the channels may be geo locked, the box will not steam outside the country.

BiggussDikkuss

A legit Google Certified Android TV box can always Chromecast copy protected video streams.

Those Chromecasting Keys cannot be faked or copied.

Netflix device approval is an entirely seperate certification. You see a lot of legit ATV devices without Netflix Approval:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/cguehm/androidtv_device_comparison_table/