Today we have a new TV-Box that uses the most powerful SoC that currently have the Amlogic Chinese in the market, the Octa Core S912 and an old acquaintance on our website. The new TV-Box this time receives the name of Z69 Mini TvBox and basically deserves our attention for the peculiar decoration that has its box since at the hardware level we see that it is quite modest although less at the software level we found Android 7.1.2.
Design
Black and white mix with a hive pattern print on top, in iGeekPhone we think this assure a real eye catch. Made from abs plastic to reduce cost but no style, with a square form factor, around you can find several ports for connections. A nice touch is that is prepared to be attached to the wall.
The Z69 Mini comes complete with the box; HDMI cable, power adapter, IR remote control and instructions in english.
Hardware
The TvBox Z69 Mini went for a rock solid configuration with the well know AmLogic SoC S912 , an Octa Core with 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 processors and a Mali-T820MP3 GPU. This model has 2Gb of DDR4 RAM, 16Gb of eMMc 5.0 storage memory, is user need more space there’s a microSD port capable of manage upto 128Gb.
For connectivity it comes withdual band wifi with internal antenna and Bluetooth 4.1. At the level of connectivity, this device does not have many options precisely because it includes a microSD card reader, 2 USB 2.0 ports, a Gigabit network connector, an HDMI 2.0b and finally an SPDIF digital audio connector. Also have a IR extension port.
Review
The Z96 Mini, with 2Gb Ram, 16Gb ROM and this Android 7.1.2 operating system is a secure arrange of components. paired with the Built-in HDMI 2.0a transmitter including both controller and PHY with HDR, CEC and HDCP 4Kx2K@60 max resolution output. You will not be disappointed. The S912 chipset inside this Smart TV Box is an advanced version compared to the earlier chipset. It supports both H.265 and VP9 decoding, which are the absolute mainstream decoding formats. Using the newest version Amlogic.
Conclusion
The Z69 Mini has the power of a mini pc, its configuration may seems basic but it manage any task you throw at it, also is prepared to play all the new media, from the, soon to be, the 4K standard multimedia. Gearbest has a especial flash sale, so you can grab this outstanding gizmo for just $48.99 using GBZ69MINI as coupon.