Recommendations for a Streaming Box

[CryptoDiskTech]

I am looking for a streaming box, with android TV with good hardware,

I found the Nokia 8010, and I think it got good specs

 

SoC - Amlogic S905X4
CPU - Quad-core 2.0 GHz (ARM Cortex-A55)
GPU - ARM Mali-G31 MP2
RAM - 4GB
Storage - 32GB

 

How is it compared to the Nvidia Shield Pro?

If anyone every used the Nokia 8010 please let me know if it's any good

Thanks!

 

[CryptoDiskTech]

3 hours ago, CryptoDiskTech said:

I am looking for a streaming box, with android TV with good hardware,

I found the Nokia 8010, and I think it got good specs

 

SoC - Amlogic S905X4
CPU - Quad-core 2.0 GHz (ARM Cortex-A55)
GPU - ARM Mali-G31 MP2
RAM - 4GB
Storage - 32GB

 

How is it compared to the Nvidia Shield Pro?

If anyone every used the Nokia 8010 please let me know if it's any good

Thanks!

 

Important note, I mostly going to use this box, for watching movies, series, youtube, netflix etc...

And not for gaming.

[QuantumRand]

If it's literally just streaming/casting via streaming services and not local streaming like through Plex, look at the Onn 4K Pro, basically the same system as the Nokia 8010, but dirt cheap ($50 new, assuming you're in the US). The only caveat is that it doesn't support TrueHD audio, so you won't get Dolby Atmos when streaming your own content. Atmos will work through other services though (ie: Netflix, Disney+, etc) since they use a lossy Dolby Digital Plus format.

 

While I never tried the Nokia 8010, I did use the RokTech G2, which is literally the same thing as the 8010, just different branding. It supported everything I was looking for (AV1, Dolby Vision/Atmos, TrueHD passthrough, etc), but it was not a smooth experience. Things just sometimes wouldn't work. Or I'd play something which would work fine for a bit and then start having issues. Then anything else I played had issues too until I rebooted the device.

 

I'm personally using a FireTV Cube right now, but it's not a perfect solution either. I can't cast anything other than YouTube to it. For everything else, I have to use the built-in app for that service. But other than that inconvenience, it works great.

 

I'm hoping the Google TV Streamer will be the best of both worlds, supporting all of the codecs/formats I need while also letting me cast to it. It's not out just yet though, but I intend to give it a try and can let you know how it holds up.

 

On 7/18/2024 at 8:19 AM, CryptoDiskTech said:

How is it compared to the Nvidia Shield Pro?

The Nokia 8010 is probably slower than the Nvidia Shield Pro, but it supports AV1, which the Shield does not. But that doesn't really matter unless you're serving up your own content and want to encode it in AV1.