Streaming - anyone using a Vero 4K?

[SpuffMonkey]

Looking at replacing my home media streamer - the Vero 4K looks pretty good - anyone got one? What do you think?

[Dos_Box]

It seems a bit poorly specced tbh. No USB 3.0, only 2GB RAM.

Many no name boxes out there seem to offer better.

What features are you after?

[SpuffMonkey]

Mostly just streaming across the network (preferably by just browsing to shared folders rather than having to run a backend) - but I'm after an up to date set of codec support - my current one doesn't support 265 - and its being used increasingly. Thought this sounded a little bit future proof and a bit better spec than buying a Raspberry and bodging it myself.

 

Happy to look at any alternatives you can recommend.

[Dos_Box]

I just buy no brand stuff from Gear Best tbh.

This looks a pretty good buy and has a good write up (bearing in mind the price point @£54.66) - https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_607542.html?wid=1433363

As long as you are not after high end audio decoding I may just indulge myself.

My current box was obtained from Gear Best and is powering a tv in my bedroom. I got it very cheap on clearence as I only needed one that could do 1080p. It was £23 IIRC.

 

https://www.cnx-software.com/2016/09/09/beelink-gt1-4k-tv-box-review-part-1-unboxing-and-teardown/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSlSC_ujXKc