Thursday, September 11, 2014

MINIX NEO Z64 TV box Intel Chip Android/Windows Dual System

MINIX NEO Z64 is a new released TV box of MINIX. Its greatest feature is the Android and Windows dual systems. It pre-installs Android 4.4 OS and also supports Windows 8.1 system. With the Windows 8.1 system, you can use your large screen TV as a computer even with the familiar operation system.

Besides the dual system, MINIX NEO Z64 is also the first set top box of MINIX to use an Intel chip. It builds in an Intel Atom Z3735F 64 Bit quad core CPU which bases on X86 architecture and has 1.33GHz frequency. Meanwhile, it has a 2GB DDR3L RAM and 32GB eMMC ROM. This memory combination can bring high running speed and enough storing space for NEO Z64. Other general functions like Bluetooth, wifi and Ethernet, HDMI are all supported.

MINIX NEO X6 S805 Quad Core Android TV Box

MINIX released two new TV boxes in IFA 2014 in Berlin. They are the NEO X6 which uses the new Amlogic S805 quad core CPU and the NEO Z64 which uses Intel chip and supports Android/Windows dual system.
MINIX NEO X6 Android TV box is the first device of MINIX to use an Amlogic S805 quad core CPU and with the quad core Mali 450 MP4 GPU. But the new S805 chip do not like the S802 which supports 4K function, it only supports 1080P resolution. While it is still good as it supports HEVC / H.265 hard decoding to 1080p resolution. As to other specifications, it uses an Android 4.4 OS, owns 1GB DDR3 RAM and 8GB eMMC ROM, supports 2.4GHz wifi and Bluetooth 4.0. As we known, MINIX's devices always support XBMC. This NEO X6 remains the same. The XBMC can offer great stability and compatibility for X6. Besides the WIFI, it also supports wired network with a LAN interface. It also supports HDMI and OTG function.