The CSA96 Smart TV Box is one of the first to come with the latest chipset Rockchip RK3399, as we expect and other to come after that with the same SoC. Comes with the amazing amount of 4GB of RAM/32GB of internal storage, a free i8 Air Mouse and depending on the order with an extra Tronsmart TSM01 English Version Air Mouse.
Design
The CSA96 Smart TV Box comes with a beautiful design, very luxurious, with the power button on the front side. From slots we can find 1 x HDMI, 1 x USB2.0 and 1 x USB3.0 and a Dual USB 3.0 with type-C supported. There is 1 x SPDIF slot, 1 x AV, a Micro SD card reader and 1 x RJ45 for the Gigabit LAN.
Hardware
The CSA96 Smart TV Box come with installed the Android 6.0 OS. As we have mentioned, for SoC features the Rockchip RK3399 hexa core processor with 2x ARM Cortex A72 cores @ up to 2.0 GHz, 4x ARM Cortex A53 cores. For the graphics thw CSA96 has the Mali-T860MP4 GPU @ 800 MHz with support for OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenVG1.1, OpenCL, DX11, AFBC (frame buffer compression). The CSA96 has the amazing number of 4GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage which can be expanded with an extra 128GB through the microSD slot.
Features
The CSA96 Smart TV Box supports dual WIFI, 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz as and Bluetooth 4.0. The CSA96 is also equipped with a Gigabit LAN port. THe HDMI port that has, is a HDMI 2.0 supporting 4K@60Hz with HDCP 1.4/2.2. Supports also Dual VOP, with the one to be 4096×2160 with AFBC supported and the other to support 2560×1600. It also features dual channel MIPI-DSI with the ability of 4 lanes per channel as and eDP 1.3 with 4 lanes of 10.8Gbps, in order to support the display. The CSA96 supports 4K VP9 and 4K 10bits H265/H264 video decoders, as and other type of decoders. Supports all kind of images. Rockchip RK3399, is known to lack features like HDR, and HD audio. THis doesn’t mean that you cannot watch videos, as the performance is expected to be much better than previous generations leading to smoother games, and faster web browsing and general user experience.
The CSA96 comes with a free i8 Air Mouse and according to the order, you can also get and a Tronsmart TSM01 English Version Air Mouse with a small increase of the price.
i8 Air Mouse
i8 Air Mouse is an air mouse and keyboard. Made out of PVC is yery useful specially with TV Boxes, as you can control them easily from a diastance. You can use it as a remote controller, mouse, pointer and manty more to find out, uses. Uses interface USB 2.0 with 2.4G Wireless to connect the tv box with the remote. It features backlight, it works even from 10 meters away and has a built-in battery of 810mAh,
Tronsmart TSM01 English Version Air Mouse
The Tronsmart TSM01 English Version Air Mouse is designed to give better control over Smart TVs, Set-top-boxes and Android TV Boxes. USes a USB receiver which connects at the 2.4GHz and features anti-shake algorithm. Equipped with 6 axial ultra sensitive Gyro-sensor for the ultimate control, can control from a distance even 10m. The TSM01 is equipped with a built-in battery of 400mA with standup time of up to 6 months and 30 hours working time.
Conclusion
The CSA96 Smart TV Box comes with some very strong specs. You could easily use it and as mini PC with android installed with all that power. The i8 Air mouse that comes with the CSA96 is really a absolut need and I beleive is better to buy the big bundle, with the Tronsmart TSM01 English Version Air Mouse, for controlling the CSA without any problem. You can find them at Geekbuying and if you use our coupon code 4TVBOX, the price will fall even more!
