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Today by special request we have yet another release from the H96 Pro line, but this time
it comes in the form of a TV Stick.
This device, is the H96 Pro TV stick, and After the following message, We have a review
of its hardware and features, with benchmark scores and my final thoughts and opinion.
So stay tuned, we have more in a minute.
So I'm back and as we begin, the TV stick comes in this box that's coated in a gold
star dust paint brush pattern, and it looks really nice.
It reminds me of those boxes that perfumes and cologne comes in.
The box doesn't have any hardware specs printed on it, with the exception of the 2GB 8GB below
the serial number, so I'll just take a minute to unpack the contents of the box.
In the box, you have the TV stick itself.
You get 1 HDMI male to female extension cable.
You get a 5 volts 2 amps power adapter.
1 USB to micro USB power cable.
And a users guide.
In the box there's no wireless remote control, so you will have to purchase that separately,
or you can use your regular wire less PC mouse to control the stick.
Let's examine the stick.
The stick comes with 2 USB 2.0 ports, a micro SD card slot, and a micro USB port.
To the top, you have an led power light and the H96 pro logo.
And below here you have lots of ventilation holes.
So I'll just take a minute to connect this TV stick to my TV, and when I return I'll
continue.
So I've connected the Stick to my TV, and you can provide power to the stick by using
a USB port, or you can use the power adapter that comes with the stick.
As you can see, I had to use the extension cable because my HDMI port faces to the back,
and there is also a section here blocking the stick from plugging in, so this extension
comes in very handy.
So as I startup the stick, it shows the Amlogic S912 64bit octa core logo, and the H96 Pro
animation, then you're presented with this launcher.
The launcher is the same launcher used on all of their boxes, and most of you have already
seen the features of this launcher.
Features like the shortcuts area, the navigation bar, and the new Android 7.1 settings menu
that pops up on the right.
In the apps section it's also the same, you have your social media apps like Facebook
twitter and YouTube, Your core system apps like Appinstaller Miracast and media center,
and entertainment apps like Netflix KDMC and the Google Play store.
I will now install a couple apps of my own, an when I return I'll continue.
So I've installed all the apps I need, and first let's check to see if the TV stick comes
rooted.
It shows that the TV stick comes rooted, running on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system.
This gives me the freedom to install any app from the Google Play store without restrictions,
and side load any APK files that require root access with the app installer.
Let's check to see if there are any wireless updates for this stick.
It shows that the TV stick is currently up to date, but we have seen updates for other
H96 pro models via image files and flash tools, so I'll keep an eye out for any future updates.
Let's take a look at the DRM information.
It shows that the TV stick does not have support for Microsoft play ready, Adobe prime time,
Marlin DRM, an Verimatrix VCAS DRM.
This means that paid services like Netflix that require special digital rights will not
show in HD or 4K quality on this Stick.
However, alternative sources of HD and 4K movie streams will work just fine.
Let's have a look at its system and hardware information.
Under system, it shows that the manufacturer is Amlogic, and the model is the Alfawise
H96 Pro.
Below it shows that the Stick comes with 2GB of RAM, and below that it shows the remaining
RAM and internal storage from the total of 8GB after the android installation.
Under CPU information, it shows that the CPU is a 64bit octa core Cortex A53 CPU.
Running up to 1.5 GHz.
It also shows that this TV stick has support for both 32 and 64bit ABIs, which means that
the stick can play both 32 and 64bit applications.
Under display information, it shows that the TV stick's display is powered by the Mali
T820 tri core GPU, with a refresh rate of 60 hz.
Under network information, it shows that the stick has single band 2.4 GHz WiFi support,
along with signal strength link speed and frequency information.
Under Android information, it shows that the operating system is Android 7.1.1 Nougat,
and it also shows that the stick is rooted.
Under thermal information, this TV stick operates around 60°C on normal cooling, and around
50° on passive cooling.
Under codecs information, you have the usual list of codecs needed for 4K video playback.
From this list, we have codecs like H.264, HEVC, and VP9 decoders.
There's Know H.265 featured in this list.
And that's it for system and hardware information, and let's now look at the results from the
bench marks.
I'll start with the results from the memory read an write speeds.
And the results show that the TV stick got a RAM copy speed of 3 thousand four hundred
and 57 MB/s, the internal memory got a read speed of 42 MB/s, and a write speed of 18.4,
an the SD card slot got a read speed of 15 MB/s, and a write speed of 11.
Given the compact nature of this device and the limited RAM and internal storage, these
scores are OK for this device.
We now have the results from the WiFi speed test.
The TV stick operates on the single band 2.4 frequency, and the results are OK, but it's
just a little below the maximum speed I would usually get on the 5.8 band.
We now have the results from the Antutu benchmark.
And the results show that the H96 Pro TV stick got an Antutu score of 40 thousand five hundred
and 7.
Next, we have the results of the Geekbench 4 CPU benchmark.
After all tests were complete, the TV stick got a score of five hundred and fifty eight
single core, and two thousand five hundred and 54 multi core.
And finally, we have the results from the Ice storm extreme GPU benchmark.
In the end, the Mali T820 got a score of five thousand six hundred and 62.
And that's it for the benchmarks.
Now on to the entertainment features, isn't that the primary reason for wanting this device.
Well then, the H96 pro TV stick runs on a full version of Android 7.1, and this opens
up a whole new world of unlimited free streams of HD movies an TV shows from various sources.
You can't have a TV stick without Kodi.
The H96 Pro TV stick comes with a customized version of Kodi call KDMc.
KDMC is your gateway to hundreds of movies and TV shows, and it also acts as a media
player.
The version of KDMC is 17.3 Krypton, and it comes with a couple of out dated third party
addons that still carry lots of movies on the existing links, but there are no further
updates.
So I will delete the existing third party addons an install the most popular ones that
currently work.
Alright, so I installed a couple of the new ones, and I'm happy to report that Elysium
is fixed and working again, and Covenant is working better than ever.
So with these two new addons alone, you're more than ready to start streaming.
And that's all for the KDMC application.
Kodi isn't the only way to stream movies and TV shows, you can do so by installing streaming
services via APKs.
In case you are wondering, APKs is just the file format Android uses to install apps from
external sources.
There are lots of streaming services that comes in this way, So you can simply download
the file directly to the TV stick and install it from there, or you can download it from
your PC and install it to the stick using a flash drive or SD card.
Some of the streaming services that utilizes the APK format include.
Terrarium TV.
Show Box.
Mega box HD.
Mobdro.
and popcorn flix.
You are also free to use what ever paid premium services that you have a subscription, but
some of them will not show in HD due to no DRM support.
The TV stick comes with a YouTube application, so let's see how a 4K sample plays on the
YouTube app.
The YouTube app plays in HD 1080p quality on my TV, and the 4K option may be available
on other 4K TVs.
In similar fashion to the TV box version, the H96 Pro TV stick can be used for more
than just streaming, if you have a collection of movies stored on external storage devices
or on a network server, you can connect it to the TV stick and watch them using the video
player that comes installed on the stick, or you can use Kodi media player, or you can
install a video player from the Google Play Store like the MX player or the VLC player.
In previous videos, I advised that for the best video playback from external devices,
only use external devices with high data transfer speeds, as this affects the read speed between
the device and the player, resulting in buffering and poor viewing experience.
You can also get a better 4K video playback performance, by downloading the videos onto
the internal storage of the stick, which results in pristine playback of HD and 4K videos.
The challenge with this on the TV stick, is that you only have 8GB of internal storage
to play with.
So I went ahead and loaded my 4K video samples onto the TV stick's internal storage, and
let's watch as I play them using the stock video player.
As you have seen, the TV stick was able to play most of my 4K video samples, the jellyfish
collection played OK with the exception of the first video that buffered a bit.
And for my final demonstration, even though this TV stick was not meant for gaming, I
couldn't resist, and I had to run a game or two just out of share curiosity.
So I'm playing the game Dragon hunter 5, so lets take in some RPG action.
As you can see the game ran pretty OK, just don't over do it with the games, choose more
lower end graphic games and keep an eye on the temperature.
So in summary, I'm giving the H96 Pro TV stick the green light for purchase.
It comes with the latest solid hardware, runs on Android 7.1, it's rooted, I experienced
no glitches, It plays 4K videos, and it even plays lots of games from the Google play store.
Are there any negatives with this device.
One person asked about having to plug in the power adapter every time he wanted to watch
a movie, seeing that there is no remote with a power button.
Actually, you don't have to power on every time if you are using the TVs USB port to
power the stick, every time you turn on your TV the TV stick will also power on.
Another downside is that the stick could of at least come with 16GB of internal storage,
but I guess we might see this later on.
So I've come to the end of my review of the H96 Pro TV stick, if you would like to get
your hands on one, use the link provided in the description below this video.
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