MINIX NEO U1 + MINIX NEO A2 Lite, 64-bit Quad-Core Media Hub for Android [2GB/16GB/4K/XBMC] and Six-Axis Gyroscope Remote. Sold Directly by MINIX® Technology Limited.

First off, I'd like to point out this is my 2nd purchase of this product.I have been looking for a streaming solution for two areas of my house, namely my front room and bedroom. Using an 8Tb NAS (Network Attached Storage) attached to my router via LAN cable, I am able to stream any of my video, pictures and music files around my house. I was using Kodi as my main video streaming application and therefore I am well versed with the application. I was very impressed with the fact that MINIX's own internal development team build's it's own proprietary version of XBMC based on JARVIS currently with new versions ie KRYPTON created in the future. Because MINIX creates it's own development of XMBC, the application is solid and I can confirm is bug free at the time of writing this review.The OS is currently Lollipop with future upgrades on the horizon to move to either Marshmallow or Nougat as the team feel fit. Regardless of the OS being an older OS, it is bug free and runs anything I have been able to install and use. Kodi/XMBC has no issues at all due to internal development of the OS and XMBC itself, a very important consideration when buying a new Android TV Box.The Updates and features are based on both development team and Community based requests. This means, unlike other manufacturers, allows direct interaction with it's customer base by leaving feedback via its dedicated forum.The quality of the box is solid and made of plastic, this isn't a problem compared to the equivalent of MS Windows based boxes that use INTEL processors which tend to overheat. The overall design is modern in its design and looks great as pat of anyone's other audio visual equipment.The remote is great, but not perfect in the sense that it's missing a few buttons dedicated to using Kodi such as STOP, PLAY, PAUSE etc. But the main remote for operating the box itself it great especially with the keyboard on the back to fill in search fields/boxes etc.Overall, the box excels in what it does. The specs are great, the OS is bug free with OTA (Over The Air) updates as they are released, a powerful 64Bit CPU to power through games and game streaming, its own dedicated version of XMBC (Kodi) again bug free, community based support and communication direct to the development team is 2nd to none.Once this box moves to Marshmallow or Nougat in the future, will ultimately open this box up as the one to beat as the extension of internal storage via internal SD card will place this box at the top of peoples buying lists.I was so impressed with my first one, I bought a 2nd box for the bedroom too. If anyone wishes to ask any questions, please feel free.

Purchased this on the off chance, I was after a second box for another room after previously using a fire stick I realised quickly I needed too also replace the fire stick with one of these so I bought another. I was happy with the firestick until I bought these. Wow what a difference they are quick simple to set up, small, great build quality.This is a fantastic device and used for kodi it is second to none. No lag, no sound sync issues urtra quick search times. Fantastic picture quality the list goes on. Can also be used as a mini PC sharing pictures from sub hhd drives and the like.If you are looking for a media centre you have found the best in the business. Minix offer great products the A2 remote is also fantastic.

Faulty and damaged

Has that premium feel, solid packaging, rubber casing and not cheap plastic. The stock version of Android is where this excels. Allows the installation of nearly any App on the play store. Also allows the use of VPN's,custom launchers & live wallpapers. It would get 5 start but Minix let themselves down by bundling the A2 lite and not the A2, which has voice. If I was aware of the A2 I would've paid that bit more or chose a bundle with it!

I thought this would be more powerful than my old, cheap Android box. It's not. Won't play 4K video files without stuttering. Buy something cheaper

This is my second android tv box. The first one I bought was one of those cheap android boxes with a really dodgy interface and which suffered constant reboots. It was a terrible thing.Anyway, the Minix box is exactly how I imagined an Android TV box should work. It is pretty fast, very stable, has a pretty good user interface and all the apps I have tried work fine with the exception of Plex which has a sound problem. I managed to overcome this by using the built in android video player instead of the one built into Plex. Otherwise Spotify, Google Music and Netflix work a treat. (I'll admit that the Netflix UI on the Apple TV is still better than the one for Minix but I can live with that)There seems to be regular software updates as well. (2 in the last month) My old android box was never updated in a whole year. The Minix box is money well spent.

Have purchased three of these boxes for various friends and relatives and generally they have work well. So why three stars simple in all three after 1 year or so the 5volt power supply fails. Good product let down by poor cheap power supply design.

I bought this for my retired parents for christmas and they are blown away by how easy it is to use and the quality of the product. It takes a few minutes to set up kodi, look it up on you tube. Although maybe some literature about setting this up would have been nice in the box. My mum especially found the gyro mouse in the controller very useful and my dad really liked the qwerty keyboard built in the back of the remote, handy for quick searching. It is a robustly built unit with a very good built in wifi receiver. I'd recommend this unit to any one seeking to buy a multi media box. But make sure you purchase it from minix them self's so you don't get a cheap remote with it ( the smaller remote came packaged within the box as well, although not mentioned in the product description ). A very satisfied family. Thank you minix.