Welcome viewers, and thanks for tuning into the TV box channel; it's your host nick here
once again, and I would like to personally welcome you to my channel; today I am really
excited to finally review the TV box that is currently being rated as the fastest and
most powerful Android TV box available on the market; and as promised from my introduction
video today I have the review of the Yundoo Y8, Rockchip RK3399 Android 6.0 4K TV box;
in a minute, I'll be doing a full benchmarking review of its hardware and features, so stay
tuned, I'll be back in a moment.
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or general monthly coupons that apply to all products; and now we return to the feature
presentation.
Welcome back, and let's continue; this is how the box is shipped; as you can see it's
a simple black packaging with a picture of the device at the front; at the back it displays
some specifications about the box; it says that the model is the Y8; the CPU is the Rockchip
RK3399 Hexa core 64bit CPU; The GPU is the ARM Mali T860 MP4 GPU, which is really a quad
core GPU; it has 4GB of DDR4 RAM, and 32GB of eMMC flash storage; it has Ethernet LAN
connection of up to 1000 Mbps, and below that it shows that the box comes with 2 USB 2.0
ports, 1 USB 3.0, and 1 USB type C port; It comes with 802.11 dual band 2.4 + 5.8GHz WiFi,
and Bluetooth 4.0; it was manufactured in china, and I'll just take a minute to unpack
the contents of the box.
In the box; you have the box itself.
You have this infrared remote.
You get 1 HDMI cable.
The adapter to power the box; yours may look different according to your country or region.
And the last item here is a user's manual.
So, let's examine the box.
The box feels a bit heavier than most of the other TV boxes, and its much bigger in size
when compared to a box like the GT1.
The box is made of plastic, and the top of the box has a rough coarse like texture which
prevents fingerprints.
To the back, you have 1 HDMI port, 2 USB 2.0 Ports, a standard RJ45 Ethernet jack, 1 audio
video port, an optical audio port; and a power adapter jack.
To the side, you have one USB 3.0 port, a USB Type C, and an SD card slot.
There's nothing on the other side.
And to the front, you have a power button, a power LED light, and the Yundoo branding.
Below the box, there is four rubber legs to prevent the box from sliding on surfaces;
and some holes to provide adequate ventilation.
Now I'll just take a minute to connect it to my TV, and when I return we'll have a look
at the launcher.
I've connected the box to my TV, and as I start up the box, you are presented with the
Yundoo start up animation and logo.
So, we are now at the launcher, and I'm familiar with this launcher from previous Yundoo models
like the Yundoo Y2; the launcher is simple to use with options to add shortcuts to the
launcher, and the different menus are easy to access.
This launcher comes with a navigation bar for easy navigation; however, when you start
up the box for the first time, the navigation bar is hidden, you have to swipe in an upwards
motion at the bottom of the screen to reveal it.
On this bar, we have volume controls; home and back buttons; a cascade button for switching
between apps, and for closing apps also; here we have a screen capture button; and this
one here is a button to hide the bar; once you hide the bar, simply swipe in an upwards
motion to retrieve it.
One thing I noticed was that my display resolution was wrong, it was set to 1280 by 720p; this
resolution made the launcher look a bit low quality; so, I changed my display to 1080p,
by sliding over to the settings screen and clicking on the more settings option; under
device, I then selected the display out put option, then open the HDMI option; then I
selected my desired resolution, and then I selected to keep this setting.
Another feature I discovered while poking around in the settings, was that the launcher
comes with custom and live wall papers, which you can use to add some flare to your home
screen; to access this feature, simply go to settings; then to display settings; then
select the more settings option; under the wallpaper section, you have two options, weather
you want to use a custom background wallpaper, or if you would like to use one of the live
wallpapers installed on the box; for this demonstration I would use one of the live
wallpapers; so let's return to the launcher and see what we have; I was a bit disappointed,
that the live wallpapers don't work on the home screen of the launcher, instead, it only
shows when you click the cascade button, and you can see it running in the background;
If you are not satisfied with the launcher, there is now the option to select from a variety
of launchers on the google play store, that offer different styles and functionality;
simply go the google play store and search for launchers.
So let's have a look at what apps we have installed; So what we have here, is basically
some core system apps needed in the normal operation of the box, you have apps like app
installer; this is needed for installing APK files; the Google play store; this is self-explanatory;
you have an easy cleanup application that shuts down all apps running in the background,
and it also frees up system memory for better performance; you have file manager, and a
couple others; this application here is called TVMC, or TV media center; what this really
is, is a custom built version of Kodi 16.1; if we go to settings, and then to system information;
it shows the version of TVMC as 16.1 get, which is really a custom build version of
Jarvis 16.1.
If we go under the videos section, and then to video addons; you'd discover that the
custom build version does not come with any addons installed; you have the option to install
them for yourself; or you have the option of using the easy method via the K addons
download feature; all you do is open the app and click the all button here; and all the
popular addons will be install into the video addons section.
We'll have more on TVMC in a moment;
I will now have to pause this video for a second time as I install some system and benchmarking
apps, and when I return we'll see how it scores.
So, I'm back an I've installed all the apps needed to complete my review; Let's first
check to see if the box is rooted; it shows that the box is rooted, running on android
6.0 Marshmallow operating system.
This is important, because there are lots of apps that require your device to be rooted
in order to work; and root access grants you the freedom to download and install any app
from the Google play store, and likewise with apps installed via APK files.
Let's now check to see if there are any updates for the box; this box does not come with a
one click update feature; instead, you have to access this feature via the more settings
area under the about device section, then go to the top where it says wireless updates;
and then you simply click this button here; and it says here that the box is currently
up to date, and that there are no new updates at this time.
Let's have a look at some system and hardware information;
Under system information; here it shows that the manufacturer is Rockchip, and the model
is the Yundoo Y8; just below here is shows that it comes with 4GB of RAM, which is DDR4
RAM, and the total RAM after the Android installation; likewise, below here is the same information
for the total internal storage from the 32GB, and the remaining storage after the Android
installation and other apps that comes installed on the box.
Under CPU information; this is where I was excited to see some new developments taking
place; and I am pleased to see that this box is run by a hexa core CPU divided into two
cores; a quad core cortex A53, and a Dual core cortex A72, running on a 64Bit instruction
set; And finally, for once I am happy to see the maximum CPU clock range is up to 2.0GHz
as it is advertised in the product description.
Under the display information; here it shows the screen resolution, and it also shows a
new GPU; the GPU is the Mali T860 quad core GPU, and it has a refresh rate of 5 hz; and
I can't wait to put these two to the test in a minute.
Under the Network section, I already went ahead and connected the box to mi WiFi network,
and it shows that I'm connected to my 5.8GHz WiFi band, and below here it shows the signal
strength, link speed, and the frequency.
Under Android information, it shows that the operating system here is Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow,
and it also shows that the box is rooted.
Under thermal information, it shows that the box has an operating temperature between 45
to 50° Celsius; and again, this change depending on the level of activity on the box.
Under the codecs information, displayed here is a list of all the codecs installed on the
box which are needed for 4K video playback; I see codecs like H.264 HEVC and VP9 decoding,
amongst many others; a noticeable H.265 decoder is missing in this list.
And that's it for system n hardware information; and now let's run some benchmarks and see
how is scores.
Let's have a look at some memory read and write speeds; and judging from the results,
these are the highest read and write speeds I've ever seen on a TV box; the box has a
RAM copy speed of 9492 Mbps; the internal memory has a read speed of a hundred and 43,
and a write speed of 51; the SD card got a read speed of 49, and a write speed of 10.
I'll now do a speed test on the dual band WiFi frequencies; and the results show that
after a series of test on my 30MB package, I got some really good download an upload
speeds, these are some of the best I've seen thus far.
I now turn to the Antutu benchmarking app; I always like to explain just a little bit
about all these tests for those who are new to my channel; I do this from time to time,
keeping in mind that not everyone understands what's happening in these various tests.
The Antutu benchmarking app performs a comprehensive test on your Android device; it testes 3D
graphics, memory performance; CPU multithreading and multitasking capability; and it also performs
a test on user experience performance; upon completion, the Yundoo Y8, got an Antutu score
of 76481.
The next benchmark I'm running is the Geekbench 4 benchmarking app; this app performs a test
on the boxes CPU; it puts the CPU to task by running a series of timed processes, the
box then gets a score based on how long it takes to complete each task; When all tests
were completed, the Yundoo Y8, got a Geekbench 4 score of 1393 single core, and 2625 multicore.
The last benchmark I'm running is the Ice storm extreme GPU benchmarking app; this app
focuses on your GPU; if you don't understand what's a GPU, its simply the hardware responsible
for the display of the box; the app measures GPU performance while processing lots of pixels
and vertices; and it also performs a physics test that measures high rendering performance.
When this test was completed, the Yundoo Y8, got an ice storm extreme score of 9517.
This ends the benchmarking segment of this video.
I'll now test the 4K video playback capability of this box, by running a couple of 4K and
1080p videos using the TVMC Kodi media center; Well it's just as I expected, I'm not surprised
that most of the 4K videos played without any issues, with the exception of the second
jellyfish video at a bit rate of 250 Mbps; however even though it had some difficulty,
it still managed to play the video better than the other TV boxes I've reviewed.
That's it for the 4K demonstration;
For mi final demonstration, I always like to play a game; this game is a big game with
a lot of graphics that requires system resources to run efficiently, an I decided to go with
a little zombie action, and the name of this game is Dead affect 2, and it's a little gorey;
so, parental guidance is advised,
Well viewers, I think I was a bit scared in this one, not to mention that I'm not a good
shot, the game ran smoothly without any effort, and the graphics was outstanding.
As I conclude, there are some positives and negatives about this box, and I would start
with the positives,
The Yundoo Y8, in terms of hardware is overkill when it comes to streaming; in other words,
you have moor hardware than what you need to run Kodi and other streaming services;
it comes with a USB 3.0, and a USB type c port.
It excels in the benchmarking scores in hardware performance, it has some of the fastest memory
copy speeds I've seen in any box reviewed.
4K video playback was ok, with the exception of one video.
As for gaming, this is where the Yundoo Y8 really stands out; gameplay was smooth an
intense without any issues.
The Rockchip Dual CPU Core maximum clock range is up to 2.0GHz and not at 1.5, as it is in
most of the other S912 TV boxes, and this is a first for TV boxes in its class.
The box is rooted, and the launcher has a navigation bar at the bottom.
Even though the box comes with TVMC installed; I was able to uninstall it and install both
Kodi 16.1 and 17.1 without any issues; I installed all my addons manually, and all the addons
worked without any issues.
On the negative side, I really don't like the launcher very much; I found that I had
to be constantly sliding from side to side just to get to the settings.
I had to adjust my screen resolution upon startup.
TVMC and the addon installer took like forever to install, so I uninstalled them and installed
a clean Kodi 16.1 after I tried Kodi 17; the reason for going back to Kodi 16, was that
even though 17 installed without any problems, and all the addons worked fine, there was
a strange jerky motion behavior from the Kodi interface that drove me nuts.
Another issue I encountered, was that for some reason, my favorite gamepad key mapping
application that I use to play all my fighting games, has a compatibility problem with the
Yundoo interface; hopefully an update would correct this.
YouTube did not play HD and 4K videos well at all, and the You Tube addon in Kodi seem
to have some issues.
The infrared remote did its job, but you will still need a wireless air mouse or touchpad
keyboard for advanced functions.
And finally, this box currently has a high price tag; and prices should fall at the weeks
go by
I would definitely recommend this box if you need a powerful high end TV box to play 4K
content, or to play high graphics games.
So, I've come to the end of my review of the Yundoo Y8, Rockchip RK3399 hexa core Android
4K TV box; If you are interested in this box, a link was left in the description area for
more information.
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