ShepsCrook
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I've had one of these Android TV sticks since Oct. The model I have is the UG007 and hardware wise it is near identical to the MX1. I'm actually running a custom MX1 rom in my UG007 and it works nearly perfect.
More info about these devices can be found on this forum
http://www.freaktab.com/forumdisplay.php?110-Android-TV-Players
A few things I want to point out that no one mentioned yet in this thread.
1. Bluetooth does not work with keyboards and mouse yet. Only for file transfers.
2. Make sure to use a powered usb hub
3. The cpu runs very hot and may be the cause of most freezes and crashes. I've added ram heatsinks to my cpu and now seems to be stable.
4. None of the current devices can play 1080p without studder over the network so its best to avoid streaming over the network unless it's 720p or lower. Even 1080p videos on the device locally will have very slight skips, I didn't find it too annoying.
5. Wifi has some stability and limited range issues. I use a USB to RJ45 adapter so I don't have to use wifi and speeds are much better. This seems to be what other people are doing as well.
I'm going to address what you've posted as this must only pertain to the UG007 since I've tested 2 devices.
1. Bluetooth on the MX1 DOES work with a keyboard as I've tested a logitech bluetooth keyboard and it works flawlessly.
2. Powered hub is somewhat obvious for the primary reason that the device isn't utilizing much power so it uses a lower powered adapter. Thus trying to push power to multiple USB devices would not be successful. If I didn't explain that well enough, I'm sure someone else can.
3. The only times that I've found the CPU running hot was media scanning and 1080P playback after a while (for both the MX1 and Neo G4).
4. Both the Minix Neo G4 and the MX1 can successfully play media over a WIFI-N network without stuttering using the XBMC debug apks that I've found. I've since dedicated a WIFI-N 300Mbps channel to the two devices and it works well. I did not see any issues with playing files locally either. I've tested 1080P files for this as much as I could.
5. Lastly, the WIFI is nothing stellar, this is a trend between ALL of the devices it seems. However the MINIX at my office can successfully connect at 150Mbps yet at home it reaches only 72Mbps. Either way, it's fast enough for streaming media over the network.
I do not have any USB to network adapters that seem to work with this at this time so I'm a little out of luck on that one. Some people have reported success with a specific model of 10/100 but I'd prefer 10/100/1000