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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: doylebros on January 26, 2014, 01:12:55 pm

Title: Anyone tried G-Box Midnight?
Post by: doylebros on January 26, 2014, 01:12:55 pm

Seems to good to be true - any advice?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130923254658

Title: Re: Anyone tried G-Box Midnight?
Post by: MattPoss on January 26, 2014, 09:30:38 pm

A colleague of mine has something very similar, it's the Quadcore one from www.androidsticks.co.uk

He says it's absolutely brilliant, I'm going for a look this week before I buy one myself

Title: Re: Anyone tried G-Box Midnight?
Post by: Degudodger on January 26, 2014, 10:48:08 pm

Used to run XBMC on a Raspberry Pi which ticked all the boxes for me but it had a slight accident and i have yet to replace it. This looks like it could be interesting  :drool:

Title: Re: Anyone tried G-Box Midnight?
Post by: timmer on January 27, 2014, 11:31:08 am

I have the Midnight MX2 variety of this box.

Some pointers:
1080p is still in development (at least for the MX2)
It runs XBMC very well (far smoother than a Pi)
The manufacturer is actually Matricom, firmware downloads and forums are here http://matricom.net (http://matricom.net)
This ebay seller looks like they have added some repositories and enabled some of the key plugins (1Channel & IceFilms for example)
Note the 'Please Read' section of the eBay listing - there are some Wifi issues with some hubs and the online content is dependent on 3rd party servers (i.e. playing stuff might be slightly more troublesome than advertised)

Happy to answer any specific questions if you have them.