Result: The Ethernet, Wireless, Bluetooth and HDMI Sound connection are not working therefore the meson-sm1-sei610LE.dtb does not work. The new u-boot.ext does seem to work.

We start the X96 MAX by connecting it to its power adapter, it starts up automatically and we have an input animation. We arrived at the launcher by default based on squares where we can customize only the top row and the position of icons in the middle part (see video review). We have the classic apps installed by default, some streaming apps and KD Player which is a KODI version, we recommend reinstalling the official one. In this model the system works fine moving the apps, the hardware performance is correct thanks to the 4GB DDR4 RAM and the S905X2 Quad Core SoC. After first success boot with it I renamed meson-sm1-x96-air-1000.dtb to meson-sm1-x96-max-plus-vim2.dtb.Blaupunkt is a German aftermarket stereo manufacturer and has been an OEM provider for Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, among many others. Even though it’s not their usual line of business, they produced one Android TV box, the BATV7.

Nevertheless, you can still enjoy Netflix and all other streaming services at a smooth 480p (Basic Quality). However, IPTV services remain one of the solutions that you will find on this tv box and support high resolutions, and there are also other programs similar to Netflix for free. YouTube Quality Wifi speed results: Correct speed for this wifi adapter, quite stable with their 2 internal antennas.This SoC we verify that we have image quality settings with brightness, contrast and saturation, and several preconfigured, also has DNR“Digital Noise Reduction” that effects a smoothing effect of the image with results that depend on personal tastes, all of these settings do not seem to work because of some problem in the Amlogic SDK that could fixed soon. We also have specific settings to activate Dolby Vision if we have a compatible TV. Xiaomi is one of the biggest names in the industry, but you’ve probably only heard of them simply as Mi. We pass the classic tests on streaming services to see how the most popular services work. In this model does not have certificates for these services. The X96 Max model presents the classic configuration without certifications that limits us in quality in several streaming services, all the compatible services works without problems. When you put this tv box under pressure its temperature can be reached 75ºC or more, causing a performance little drop. But on normal use like watching movies, the temperature is acceptable between 55ºC – 65ºC And I find that the cooling system is fine on this box because the body has a big number of ventilation holes, which provide the necessary cooling of the tv box. and you can make it even lower by using a cooling fan for this purpose. Final Verdict

We test the performance of the TV-Box in scenarios of maximum sustained performance and in its usual use, we use a stress app for fifteen minutes and thermal camera to detect hot areas. As we have seen the X96 MAX performs well and we only have some peak of fall of punctual performance.

X96 Mini Plus Stock Firmware (Flash File)

The Matricom G-Box was the first Android TV box that I ever saw, and boy did it make an impression. They continue to make Android TV boxes and accessories to this day. The SoC used in the X96 MAX Plus is the Amlogic S905X3 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex A55 1.9GHz, which is known for its good manufacturing quality, so we see it in many modern TV box devices such as the HK1 X3, VONTAR X3, X99 MAX Plus, either the Mali-G31 MP2 GPU, which delivers good performance in such devices without forgetting the 2 GB RAM DDR3 or 4 GB for greater multitasking capabilities and provides excellent navigation and application launching results. As for the storage capacity, it has 3 options 16GB / 32GB 64GB eMMC If not enough, there is a TF card slot for expansion up to 128GB. This device comes with 4GB of DDR4 RAM which is a huge plus for any Android-powered device. This helps with buffering and multi-tasking while using the box.

Instead of the small TV boxes that most manufacturers produce, Zidoo focuses on media streamers that would fit in with your other home theater products. This processor also allows for USB 3.0 support on the device which will greatly speed up data transfer when using an external drive. The X96 MAX Plus android tv box equipped with the Latest Android 9.0 OS to offers you a more efficient, safer operation, better compatibility of the latest applications, so better user experience, and the OS is pre-rooted to access more permission and install applications that require root activation but don’t have root switch.The fairly new S905X2 CPU is a fast processor and I experience absolutely no lag when using this Android TV Box.