Lacking Ethernet support, the latest Amlogic S905Y2 processor is designed for 4K HDMI TV dongles. However excluding Amlogic’s own TV stick reference design, we only had seen S905Y2 TV boxes so far, and no actual commercial product following the TV stick form factor.
That has now changed since X96S TV stick powered by Amlogic S905Y2 processor has appeared on several Aliexpress stores with price starting at $38.76 including international shipping.
X96S TV dongle specifications:
- SoC – Amlogic S905Y2 quad core ARM Cortex-A53 @ up to 2.0 GHz with Mali-G31 MP2 “Dvalin” GPU
- System Memory / Storage options
- 2GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC flash, micro SD card slot
- 4GB LPDDR4, 32GB eMMC flash, micro SD card slot
- 2GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC flash, micro SD card slot
- Video & Audio Output – HDMI 2.1 output with HDR up to 4K UHD @ 75 Hz
- Video Codecs – VP9 Profile-2 up to 4K 60fps, 10-bit H.265 up to 4K 60fps, AVS2-P2 up to 4K 60fps, H.264/AVC up to 4K 30fps, H.264 MVC up to 1080p60, MPEG-4 ASP up to 1080p60 (ISO-14496), etc..
- Connectivity – Dual band WiFi AC (aka WiFi 5), and Bluetooth 4.2
- USB – 1x USB 3.0 port
- Misc – IR expansion jack
- Power Supply – 5V via micro USB port
- Dimensions – 98 x 33 x 13 mm
The TV stick runs Android 8.1, and ships with a USB power adapter, a micro USB cable, an infrared remote control, an IR expansion cable, an HDMI cable, and a user’s manual.
For $39, you’d get the model with 2GB/16GB configuration, but if you need more memory and storage capacity add about $10 for the 4GB/32GB TV stick.
[Update: GearBest sells the dongle for $37.99 and up now]
Via AndroidPC.es
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