11 Android media players with Kodi review – Hardware.Info

Introduction

Can you get the same Kodi experience with an Android media player for less than 200 euros as a HTPC that is at least three times the cost? No, but our test of 11 devices that proves that you can come close!

 

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Android boxes and sticks go like hot cakes. In 2014 we did once already last big, wherever you turned out to have much interest. To get around 150 to 250 euros you have a small box with remote control at home, where a full version of Android running on. Almost all Android apps that you know from your smartphone or tablet, you can turn over such a box on your TV.

 

One of the most interesting uses for these boxes is the Kodi media center software. What to name a few versions back even XBMC has in recent years become an impressive program with support for music, photos, videos and nowadays live TV. A strong point of Kodi is that it can be expanded with all sorts of plug-ins. That is a major reason for the popularity of “Kodi boxes”: many providers directly install plug-ins that it is possible to see less-legally using streaming the latest movies and TV series. Some companies go so far as to drop the Kodi boxes at a Netflix account; a one time investment compared to a monthly subscription. Whether you like plugins or not going to use, Kodi is in our opinion the best media center software available today.

 

Furthermore, an immediate warning: Kodi-boxes that were already previously stopped full of plug-ins, often working poor and have many problems. With one exception, the products we tested a “bare” Kodi system where you wish to install the required plug-ins. The only box with pre-installed plug-ins is the Cood-E, about which more below, which also work fine, but which actually provide little sjoege many standard plug-ings.

 

Many Hardware.Info readers will use Kodi a HTPC. The question is whether Kodi on an Android box from 150 to 250 euros works just as well as a HTPC, which will be more expensive in all cases. In addition, there is still an alternative; Kodi also revolves on a Raspberry Pi. In this article we not only compare the 11 tables, but we also identify the advantages and disadvantages compared to both a HTPC, and those details Pi.

 

 

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10 of the tested Android media players are available by Media24Store.nl, an online shop that specializes in this product and the desired player can deliver preinstalled with all sorts Kodi plugins. Thanks!