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I was looking on the GeekBuying site and it looks like they've dropped the price on the VidOn box to US$49.99. VidOn are an XBMC/Kodi sponsor.

I reviewed it a little while ago and thought it was a good XBMC/Kodi box but not worth the $69.99 original asking price. Mod: 3rd party affiliate link site removed.

At $49.99, it'd be worth it as a basic media player or for the kids as gaming performance was good (as its limited to 720p).

Video via the VidOn XBMC version is 1080p though.

VidOn Box Technical Specifications
CPU: Allwinner A31S Quadcore 1.2GHz
GPU: Octacore PowerVR™ SGX544MP2
System Memory: 1 GB DDR3
Storage: 8 GB Internal
Connectivity: 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, 10/100Mbps Ethernet
Video & Audio Output: HDMI 1.4, Optical Audio
USB: 2x USB 2.0 host port
Power Supply: 2A 5V Power Supply
Dimensions: 150 x 90 x 30mm
Video Formats: M2TS, TS, MP4, MKV, AVI, VOB, H264, MPEG2, RMVB, FLV, WMV, etc
Audio Formats: AC3, DTS, MP3, PCM, etc.
Picture Formats: JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, etc.

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  • chriskq on 27/01/2015 - 10:12

    would something like this be useful to connect to each of my 3 TV's in the house that would all be sharing a NAS to play video files? I like the XBMC interface that can be used.

    • DoesntEvenMatter on 27/01/2015 - 10:36
      -8

      You will need to set up a plex server on your nas, it's simple with a range of great features and in your cause able to share to multiple clients

      • [Deactivated] on 27/01/2015 - 10:41
        +4

        Why would you need Plex?
        The XBMC will just play stuff straight from the NAS.

        • DoesntEvenMatter on 27/01/2015 - 11:03
          -6

          Not to 3 clients

        • XeKToReX on 27/01/2015 - 11:15
          -1

          @Dezeption:

          WiFI would be the most limiting factor, don't see any reason why any half decent NAS couldn't deal with 3 streams..

        • fenrer on 27/01/2015 - 13:45
          -1

          @Dezeption:
          read—> NAS

        • [Deactivated] on 27/01/2015 - 14:01

          @Dezeption:

          Hey Dezeption, not sure who was neg'ing you.
          Even the most basic NAS can handle 3+ client.
          I used to run FreNAS on an old Pent 3 PC, and I could connect 4 connections.
          it was the network card which was the bottle neck

        • DoesntEvenMatter on 27/01/2015 - 14:14
          +1

          @supabrudda:

          Lol I'm not referring to the nas, but the limitations of xmbc running 3 streams, there single user last time I check whereas plex supports as many as you want.

          People neging without reading that the op wants xmbc and me suggesting plex instead, never did I mention his nas not handling the streams

        • [Deactivated] on 27/01/2015 - 14:31

          @Dezeption:
          Ah sorry I (along with other) seemed to misunderstand what you were saying.
          I assumed @chriskq was was talking about getting 3 devices (one for each TV) to use & stream from one device.

        • chriskq on 27/01/2015 - 18:10

          @Dezeption:

          thanks all for the comments to my question, i understand it was a little hairy. Basically trying to design a simple home media network for a upcoming renovation (so can run cat6 easily anywhere). I dont have a lot of network experience hence me trying to design a super simple solution, when i have looked at plex before it started to go a little over my head. Only 2 tvs would ever be using the NAS at one time (and that would be rare) and dont want to pay a subscription for anything.

          My previous home network consisted of running a hdmi cable and VGA/audio from my PC to 2 tvs which worked well but obviously not ideal - so you can see where im coming from.

          I have mocked up a quick plan - appreciate any feedback
          http://tinypic.com/r/qrkwhu/8

          you can edit the network diagram here.
          https://www.lucidchart.com/invitations/accept/5c700ec5-f1a1-…

        • Darkscythe on 27/01/2015 - 18:42
          +1

          @chriskq: Looks fine. Plex or any other media server will be fine, particularly if each box was running XBMC/Kodi. I personally don't use Plex as I like to customize each box individually.
          Otherwise, you could plug a HDD into your router (if it has USB) or fork out for something like a Synology or Qnap NAS solution.

          But to answer your original question, yep, this will play off a NAS fine and XBMC makes it simple to set up - even easier with Ethernet

        • chriskq on 27/01/2015 - 20:46

          @Darkscythe:

          interesting, didnt think of just plugging in a HDD - but my concern would be it running hot if being left on 24/7 - a 4TB NAS vs 4TB ExHDD isnt much of a price difference so i guess i would be leaning towards the NAS as i presume they are meant to be left on?

          Does anyone know if the voice search feature in the Amazon Fire TV works with non-amazon downloaded content i.e. my personal videos on the NAS

    • Darkscythe on 27/01/2015 - 11:22

      Yep, should be suitable.

  • RedHab on 27/01/2015 - 11:00

    Good find. Cheaper than building one from a Raspberry Pi!

  • yanman on 27/01/2015 - 11:02

    Any idea if these sort of devices support the new 10-bit colour format that a lot of high-bitrate encodes are using now? (especially in the anime world)

    • Darkscythe on 27/01/2015 - 11:21

      I'm yet to test an Android box that will handle hi10p as it's not usually supported by hardware decoding that these boxes depend on as their CPU can't handle decoding via software.

  • josh808 on 27/01/2015 - 11:25

    How does this compare to an Amazon FireTV box? Im close to buying a FireTV to run XBMC as my ATV2 just isn't cutting it anymore for XBMC. Your thoughts?

    • Darkscythe on 27/01/2015 - 11:31
      +1

      I'll be honest here and say that the FireTV will probably be much more straightforward and support 1080p output on everything, rather than just XBMC.

      That being said, it comes at a price jump so it's the whole cost vs benefit thing.

      • josh808 on 27/01/2015 - 11:36

        Thanks for the reply. Just read your review too, very nice! Cost vs performance is what I need to consider. Cheers.

      • shakoo on 27/01/2015 - 12:43

        Darkscythe - whereabouts can I find your review pls?

    • Roemac on 20/02/2015 - 16:24

      I Just received my Vidon box today and had a brief play with it. As an owner of all boxes, FTV feels the quickest of the bunch. That is it's very responsive. You have the added ability to run Prime, Netflix & KODI all on the one box. As others have mentioned at a premium. I think I paid around the $150 mark delivered from the US

      The Vidon box feels it could be as fast as the FTV but I think it's probably cause it's only running 1GB instead of 2GB of RAM, but way faster then the ATV2. I haven't installed any other apps yet, but noticed that by default NF can be downloaded and installed as too vidonme's version of XBMC (which is all i'm interested in) I would highly recommend this to replace your old and slow ATV2.

  • pork chop on 27/01/2015 - 20:53

    Would this be a good upgrade to my Astone AP-300 media player unit? I mainly use it to play RMVB/MKV (720/1080p) media files. The AP-300 doesnt handle MP4 with AAC audio well with audio sync issues so I am currently using my Fetch TV box to play MP4s.

  • h4n53n on 11/02/2015 - 15:02

    Don't buy from China and certainly not Geekbuying. They did the same to me, sent me a clearly use tablet with a busted up and opened box. When I realised the tablet was faulty and wouldn't charge I emailed GKB. After 2 weeks and multiple excuses I finally was allowed to return it. They then pointed out tiny imperfections in the tablet and even on the box and charged me $25 restocking and wouldn't cover return shipping.

    I paid for it via paypal but they sent it out 3 weeks after I paid and it took 2 weeks to arrive. I couldn't open a paypal dispute as it was too late.

    Do a quick google search for GKB scams and you'll find out all about em. Crooks.

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