Cheap Android TV 4K Box for Emby

by just_another_jabroni

So I started having a decent amount of 4K remuxes which I want to run on my LG TV and I'm wondering if any of the Onn/Tivo Stream4k/CWGTV are able to run it with no problems with Emby?

As long it can direct play the HDR10/DV videos, though I'm not sure if no Atmos+DV will make the system to transcode the whole thing since on my HDR10 devices/TV no Atmos+HDR10 works fine with only the audio being transcoded.

And would the wifi on these devices be capable enough to stream it which is the whole reason I wanted to go the ATV route 😅. Cant get a USB to Ethernet adapter to work natively on the LG TV while it still stutters a bit on wifi so resorting to this. Otherwise which one of these are the most comfortable with an external usb to ethernet adapter.

The devices are bit more expensive than the US prices but they're still cheaper than even the Mi Box 4K. Onn is $40, Tivo is $50 while CWGTV is $70.

Would appreciate any feedback/review regarding this

latinriky78

I'm assuming you live in Europe so any of the following will work:

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pawdog

I know CCwGTV is very good for this use case. It works well with USB-C hub and ethernet. Just make sure your files have a DTS or AC3 track because once any transcoding comes into play results are unreliable right now with Plex. As long as you don't have to deal with that TrueHD track everything is fine.

madwlo

Buy cheap, spend twice the money. That's what I learned after buying many different Android boxes.

Playing films at 24FPS is key for me, if a box doesn't support frame rate switching, then it's a deal breaker.

The cheap ones do this include Amazon FireTV Stick, but it has a laggy CPU and the operation is not smooth. I opt for the Nvidia Shield TV Pro, the best TV box out there.