I wonder how DRM works on the hdmi in? that stuff is all at a chip level now, not in software? [This isn't to say anyone should ever defeat drm for use to make a illegal copy, I was just interested in the technology. ]
-tl On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:30 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott brought his Tronsmart Pavo M9 to the last GTALUG meeting. > <http://www.tronsmart.com/products/tronsmart-pavo-m9> > > This looks like one of many Android TV boxes. But it has a unique > feature: it has HDMI-in as well as out. > > So, Scott, how's the hacking going? > > I ask because there seems to be a very good deal on these for the next > 3.666 days: > < > http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Tronsmart-Pavo-M9-4K-TV-BOX-Android-4-4-2-Mstar-MSO9180D1R-1GB-8G-802-11-b-g-n-LAN-H-265-USB3-0-HDMI-347691.html > > > US$49.99. Free shipping (slowly, from China). > > This is based on the MSTAR MSO9180D1R chip. There is a theoretically > better box based on this chip (and also with HDMI in), the > Zido X9. It has 2G of RAM (vs 1G) and might have better I/O (I haven't > checked). But it seems to be ~US$120.00. > > I guess (without making any attempt) that hacking on these cheap Android > boxes is more trouble than it is worth. Especially since hacking on cheap > Windows boxes is so much easier (at least the ones with 64-bit UEFI). But > nothing else that I know of has HDMI in. > > Scott: can you summarize what you've learned about the box and how you > feel about it so far? > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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