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Tronsmart Orion R68/R68 Pro 64bit Octa Core Media Player - 10% to 50% off USD $79/$99 @ GeekBuying

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Release of the New Rockchip R68 Octa Core media player

2 models pending on your budget (to convince your minister of finance)

Normally $99USD / $133.49au Tronsmart Orion R68 Meta Android 5.1 Lollipop 4K*2K TV Box KODI Rockchip R3368 Octa Core 2G/16G Bluetooth 4.0 HDMI 2.0

Normally $79USD / $100.11au Tronsmart Orion R68 Pro Android 5.1 Lollipop 4K*2K TV Box KODI Rockchip R3368 Octa Core 1G/8G Bluetooth 4.0 HDMI 2.0

Randomly sent 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% discount off the price, code sent to your E-mail.

Only one entry per email.
Coupon valid for 48 hours.
Promo ends 23/07/2015
Make sure you log into Geekbuying with the email account the code was sent/created under

Basic Specs:

Tronsmart Orion R68 is the first 64bit TV Box
Built-in Android 5.1 Lollipop
Rockchip RK3368 Octa Core CPU
Support 4K/2K H.265 Decording
HDMI 2.0, 4K/2K @60fbps
2.4GHz/5GHz Dual Band Wi-Fi
OTA Updates

Chance to get a new media player cheap is always good I find.

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  • Klang on 14/07/2015 - 06:13

    Got a coupon in my email but when I tried to use it, it says "Sorry coupon is for a specific customer".

    • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 06:24

      As below, create and account with the same email address you sent the code to and it will work.

      I got a 50% code, what did you get? Wondering if it is random or if they're all 50%.

      • Klang on 14/07/2015 - 07:02

        I got a 50% and 30% off.

      • gizmomelb on 14/07/2015 - 12:46

        50% discount for me.

      • schieras on 18/08/2015 - 12:09

        Hi did you received yours .. I bought it in July and they have emailed that they have moved it to 31 jul then to 18 aug now to 22 Aug ..

        • foobar on 18/08/2015 - 16:03

          Yep mine appeared on the 10th, haven't really done much with it as what I have done so far was a bit disappointing so not exactly enthused to get back to it. I'll probably flash a custom firmware when the dust settles and there's a clear leader etc.

  • wintoand on 14/07/2015 - 06:21
    +2

    Make sure you log into Geekbuying with the email that the Code was sent to.
    One Code per email they do have some checking in place.

    • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 06:24

      Can confirm the code works when logged in.

      • Klang on 14/07/2015 - 07:02

        Registered with 2 accounts. Log in and still doesn't work. Are you using Pc or mobile ?

        • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 07:02

          Windows PC and Firefox.

      • bluepanther on 14/07/2015 - 07:42
        +1

        Can't get the code working with mobile chrome.

        Fixed: make sure you check the capitalisation on you registered coupon email. [email protected] <> [email protected]

        • Klang on 14/07/2015 - 08:37

          Goodness. You are right.

          Remember to check in with the same email address capitalisation as per the coupon email. My coupon was sent to [email protected] but I checked in with [email protected]. That's why it didn't work. Even the website login doesn't work if you use a different capitalisation. What kind of system is this?

          Anyway, bought the $99 version.

        • bluepanther on 14/07/2015 - 08:49

          @trump3: yeah so silly! I ended up creating 2 accounts with 'same' email address. The item end up costing me PayPal aud$70

        • Lukian on 14/07/2015 - 09:55
          +2

          @trump3: The kind of website where they make it super easy to get a 50% coupon using the same email address, just by varying case!

  • AngryAlfred on 14/07/2015 - 06:37
    +3

    I got 3x 30%, 2x 40% and 1x 50% code. Now I need to decide if I even want to buy it..

    • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 06:45

      Hmm I must have been lucky to get a 50% first try, made me suspect it was a bit of a lure but I guess not.

      Specs seem decent enough, a bit disappointed it's still stuck with 10/100 ethernet and at best n wireless, but at 50% off it's hard to resist. I've been looking for a cheap replacement for my poor old bizarrely behaving WDTV for a while.

      • AngryAlfred on 14/07/2015 - 06:53
        +1

        Yeah you got lucky, I wouldn't even consider this on principle when I had 40% codes and others had 50%.

        Where did you get those specs from? I'm seeing 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4GHz/5GHz in the image and 802.11 b/g/n in the specs table. Also it says 10/100/1000 in the specs table.

        • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 06:56

          I only looked at the more expensive one, under communication it shows Ethernet 10/100M LAN, where are you seeing 1000? I said at best n meaning abgn but no ac. Thought if it was lacking gigabit, it'd be nice if it had ac but alas it doesn't.

          Just a bit worried that 100 and definitely n might not cope with high bitrate streams, will have to store internally or on an attached device if the network side of it can't handle it.

        • bluepanther on 14/07/2015 - 07:10

          Isn't 10/100M =100/1000 ?

        • AngryAlfred on 14/07/2015 - 07:15

          @foobar:

          At the bottom there is a specs table, it says Ethernet 10/100M/1000M LAN. But then that same specs table also says 802.11 b/g/n… The images on GB are taken directly from the official page and it says two different things there. China -_-

          http://www.tronsmart.com/products/tronsmart-orion-r68-meta

        • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 07:17

          @blue_panther9_9:

          Isn't 10/100M =100/1000 ?

          10 megabit and 100 megabit unless definitions have changed and I didn't notice. Gigabit would either be listed as 1000 or 1Gb or 1Gbps or similar.

        • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 07:19

          @AngryAlfred:

          At the bottom there is a specs table, it says Ethernet 10/100M/1000M LAN

          Indeed it does, but on the geekbuying site it differs.

          http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Tronsmart-Orion-R68-Meta-Andr…

          How very confusing! Presumably the Tronsmart specs are correct as it's their device and Geekbuying have gotten it wrong somehow.

        • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 09:22
          +1

          @foobar: Correct. The specs on the GB site are incorrect. I've confirmed that it's gigabit.

        • macrocephalic on 14/07/2015 - 09:40

          @blue_panther9_9: No, it's 10/100Mb/s which is 1.25/12.5MB/s. Still fast enough to stream any media, but might be slow for copying large files.

        • Marty131 on 14/07/2015 - 15:00

          @blue_panther9_9:

          M = Mega.

          So, could still be 100Mbit…

          B = Byte, b = bit. (The B or b is not written, so assume it is "b"!)

      • bluepanther on 14/07/2015 - 07:07

        I got 3x40% and 1x 50%. Geekbuying should make this as a game. :p

      • JimmyJim on 14/07/2015 - 09:22

        I too have a poorly behaved WDTV. If I were to pull the trigger on this what Android based app would I be able to use that can offer the same kind of media experience the WDTV can?

        • bxpressiv on 14/07/2015 - 09:29
          +1

          Kodi on any device will provide a better media experience than the WDTV can by far.

        • foobar on 14/07/2015 - 09:30
          +1

          It appears to come with Kodi which is what XBMC is now called, should be pretty well good to go OOTB and hopefully will get frequent ongoing updates.

        • gizmomelb on 14/07/2015 - 12:49
          +1

          don't get me wrong, I love KODI/XBMC, the media content it builds for your content is very pretty and has high partner satisfaction rating - BUT, when I just want to plug in a USB drive and just watch something, I still use my WD TV. It just works.

          The built in media players for android should also work ok, no specific need to install KODI.

        • JimmyJim on 14/07/2015 - 12:57

          @gizmomelb: Thanks for the info. I currently use Serviio to stream all my content throughout the house and WDTV access the DLNA content quickly and presents it nicely. As long as KODI can do that I'm interested.

        • bxpressiv on 14/07/2015 - 13:08

          @gizmomelb:

          Kodi can play off a drive without scraping, you just go through the files like a folder structure. Also by the looks Kodi comes pre-installed anyway.

  • wintoand on 14/07/2015 - 07:03

    Just looking and yet to confirm 100%
    Tronsmart Orion R68 Meta (2GB RAM +16GB eMMC with broadcom ap6335 wifi module,support 802.11ac)
    Tronsmart Orion R68 Pro (1GB RAM + 8GB eMMC with broadcom ap6212 wifi module):
    Things can get lost in translation sometimes

  • yotis on 14/07/2015 - 07:04

    Might want to update the price noted is USD. AUD is $133.49 and $100.11….

    • wintoand on 14/07/2015 - 07:12

      Thanks always forget that one. :-)

  • bleugh on 14/07/2015 - 08:03

    almost pulled the trigger, almost

    The RK3688 (ARM A53 core) used in this box really doesn't perform much better than the older 4 core RK3288 (ARM A17 core)

    A17 mips / processor cycle ratio is 4, while A53 ratio is only 2.3.

    Cortex A53 is the 64-bit successor of Cortex A7 core. (2.3 DMIPS/MHz vs 1.9 DMIPS/MHz)
    So it’s a low power core. To get any performance improvement over current Cortex A15/A17 processor

    so, unless you really need the extras offered, or these are significantly cheaper, not a brilliant deal :-(

    • bluepanther on 14/07/2015 - 08:46

      But it has hdmi 2.0 and can handle 4k@60fps. I was wondering whether next gen xiaomi box can beat the spec and price. How wbout tronsmart telos?http://www.tronsmart.com/products/tronsmart-draco-aw80-telos-121.html

    • Klang on 14/07/2015 - 08:56

      I am NOT a processor expert. So how would this low power core affect its ability to play media content? Or what other performance will improve with the A15 processor as a media player?

      Edit: Found the official product page. Looks pretty impressive to me.
      http://www.tronsmart.com/products/tronsmart-orion-r68-meta

      Edit: added NOT a processor expert

    • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 09:20
      +2

      RK3288 is more focused on gaming and providing more power while the RK3688 is more focused on video playback. A lot of the lower clocked Amlogic chipsets actually outperformed the higher clocked RK3288 in a lot of video playback tests, but were slower in gaming.

      • Darkscythe on 14/07/2015 - 09:55
        +1

        Yep, exactly what I found during testing.

      • gizmomelb on 14/07/2015 - 12:51

        android gaming and specifically for me, EMULATION on one of these boxes is why I bought one. Will be nice to run PSP/PSX games at full speed, here's hoping the N64 emulation can also run full speed all the time.

        EDIT: Wonder how it compares CPU/GPU wise to the nVidia SHIELD? That can run some Wii games at 100% speed. So Wii emulation would be exceedingly nice to have as well.

      • bargainhunter999 on 15/07/2015 - 01:30

        saw your 'marketing' tag - are you involved with geekbuying or tronsmart and if so do you know if any more 50% codes will be released?

        • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 15/07/2015 - 08:50

          I'm 3rd party marketing for Geekbuying. I'm not actually employed by them, but am Associated in one way or another. I'll find out if there are going to be anymore, but if they've stopped doing them now then I have a strong feeling they won't do anymore as Tronsmart would be controlling it.

  • raj76 on 14/07/2015 - 08:06
    +1

    I got 5%, and that is not even here

    • comphelp on 14/07/2015 - 09:12
      +1

      That 5% offer is just for creating an account. You need to click on the email me a code link to get one of the offers.

      • raj76 on 14/07/2015 - 14:17

        Thanks mate

      • badarz on 14/07/2015 - 14:27

        Couldn't stack the codes unfortunately.

  • CachePC on 14/07/2015 - 08:07
    +1

    Awesome - thanks, got it for just $66.74 delivered. Brought it to upgrade my Raspberry Pi 2 which was running OpenElec. Didn't really need it but figured having full Android 5.1 vs running OpenElec would be better long term…. Now just need a cheap keyboard :-)

    • wintoand on 14/07/2015 - 09:54

      The K400r logitech work well with the Media players I have.

  • bleugh on 14/07/2015 - 08:23

    fark it, bought one anyway, saw the prices all over the web, most >$100 for the higher spec one,
    and the predecessor all the same price anyway. for $50USD delivered, it does seem a bargain
    looks like these'll run windows 10 soon :-),

  • Klang on 14/07/2015 - 09:03
    +2

    Specs

    Both R68 versions offer an SD slot, Bluetooth 4.0, and a gigabit Ethernet port. As with the Orion R28, there are three USB 2.0 host ports, a micro-USB OTG port, and HDMI and S/PDIF ports. Gone, apparently, is the earlier AV port, and there’s no mention of external antennas.
    Specifications listed for the Pro and Meta versions of the Orion R68 mini-PC include:

    Processor — Rockchip RK3368 (8x Cortex-A53 cores @ up to 1.5GHz); PowerVR 6110 GPU
    Memory:
    Pro — 1GB DDR3 RAM; 8GB eMMC flash
    Meta — 2GB DDR3 RAM; 16GB eMMC flash
    SD slot
    Video support — 2160P multi-format video decode, H.265, 4K2K
    Audio support — WMA, WAV, OGG, APE, FLAC, AAC, AC3
    Wireless:
    Bluetooth 4.0
    IR with remote
    Pro — 802.11b/g/n (Broadcom AP6212)
    Meta — 802.11b/g/n/ac (Broadcom AP6335)
    Networking — gigabit Ethernet port
    Other I/O:
    3x USB 2.0 host ports
    Micro-USB with OTG port
    HDMI 2.0 out port with audio
    Optical S/PDIF port
    Other features — OTA updates
    Power — 5V, 2A adapter included; DC-in jack
    Operating system — Android 5.1

    http://linuxgizmos.com/media-player-mini-pc-runs-android-on-…

  • hen dawg on 14/07/2015 - 09:06
    +1

    Nailed a 50% off code on the 1st go so bought it.

  • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 09:07
    +1

    Almost tempted to snap one up myself, but it'd be an impulse buy. Though my aging Minix NEO X7 does need a replacement…

    Edit: AAAaaaand I bought the $99 one for ~57USD delivered with TNT express :P

  • elcheapoinoz on 14/07/2015 - 09:12

    Specs are different on the website to the table at the bottom (probably taken from the manufacturers site)
    these things really need a USB 3.0, been waiting to get something with usb 3.0 for ages.. nothing comes out :-(
    i got a 50% code on a disposable email address after 10 or so tries. if I can't buy it, i'll post it here for whoever wants to use it.

    • Klang on 14/07/2015 - 09:14

      Official product website

      http://www.tronsmart.com/products/tronsmart-orion-r68-meta

    • surethang on 14/07/2015 - 18:51

      Did you buy it? If not, can you PM me the code and the disposable email address? Thanks

      • SBOB on 14/07/2015 - 18:59
        +1

        just enter in multiple email addresses and you'll likely get your own 50% off in a handful of attempts..

        moving the '.' in a gmail address works well (e.g. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] etc etc)

        • surethang on 14/07/2015 - 19:44

          Thanks, SBOB. I tried that a few dozen times. Didn't get a 50%. Mostly 10% and 20%.

          I'm guessing there's limited availability of them now or something like that.

          Anyone else having any luck with it now, or is it just me?

          Also, if anyone has a 50%-off code and disposable email available, I'd greatly appreciate it if you PM me. Thanks.

      • elcheapoinoz on 15/07/2015 - 09:29
        +1

        sorry mate. I forgot about it, check your PM in 5'

  • altomic on 14/07/2015 - 09:25
    +1

    keep trying random email addresses (extended variations of my own email address) for code until a 50% code came up. then create an account with that email varied email address.

  • zooboy on 14/07/2015 - 09:39

    whats a good remote with keyboard to get with this thing ?

    • Darkscythe on 14/07/2015 - 13:42
      +1

      I'd go for the Logitech K400R or some of the tiny iPazzPort Bluetooth Keyboards

  • bleugh on 14/07/2015 - 09:39

    have put some more information up about this one , with some links - here
    https://bleughbleugh.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/another-new-ga…

  • bxpressiv on 14/07/2015 - 09:39

    I'm a sucker for streaming devices and tried most of the mainstream ones, so thought I better give this a look. My house has settled on running Amazon Fire TVs running Kodi, so I'll be interested to see what this can do.

    • wintoand on 14/07/2015 - 09:50

      You can never have to many media players.:-)

      • bxpressiv on 14/07/2015 - 09:58

        True dat. I think as long as I kepp running Kodi on whatever I get the wife won't get too upset.

        • JuryWheel on 14/07/2015 - 10:02

          I have amazon fire tvs aswell, any benefit to changing to these?

        • wintoand on 14/07/2015 - 10:08
          +1

          @cjb: To keep up with the OZBers (Jones)

        • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 10:10

          @cjb: Might be alright if you're looking to play some Android games with controller support.

        • bxpressiv on 14/07/2015 - 10:16

          @cjb:

          Probably not, I just like tinkering with these sorts of things. I haven't rooted my AFTV so can't play things off external drives, which this will be able to do. So IMO this is a more portable solution compared to the AFTV.

        • marquise on 14/07/2015 - 15:23

          @cjb: I love the fire tv, but the one thing I'd like to be able to do (without rooting) is to access the Google Play store for my purchased movies/tv shows. For that reason I might pick one of these up.

  • hippies on 14/07/2015 - 09:40

    i only received 5% . registered using 2 different email … keep trying ?

    • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 09:47

      You will get a 5% code for signing up to the website, but you need to click on the yellow "Send me the code" button on the page.

      • hippies on 14/07/2015 - 09:58

        got it. bought one..

  • akd on 14/07/2015 - 09:59

    I received 50% discount code. My OZbargain instinct pushes me to make impulse buy, but still cannot figure out what is use of media player.

    My Sony smart TV has in built You Tube, Netflix app and few other apps. For "Other" movies, I use Plex from PC. What will be the use of media player for me?

    • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 10:09

      Hook up a controller and play games? If you're quite tech savvy then you can use Servers Ultimate to host different kinds of servers on it too.

      • surfnsnorlax on 14/07/2015 - 10:28

        so you could play roms of a sd card then ?

        • akd on 14/07/2015 - 10:33

          What does that mean?

        • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 10:43

          Yep. There are plenty of emulators on the Play Store that will work.

        • surfnsnorlax on 14/07/2015 - 11:07

          @Clear: how would it cope running the dolphin emulator? any experience?

        • akd on 14/07/2015 - 11:35

          @Lukian: Thanks, that is interesting.

        • gizmomelb on 14/07/2015 - 12:56

          @odrocs1987: no idea yet, need to see benchmarks and see how it compaers to the Tegra X1 CPU/GPU (which runs SOME emulated Wii /Gamecube games at 100% speed)

          EDIT: darn.. not looking good according to this page - http://kyokojap.myweb.hinet.net/gpu_gflops/
          the Tegra X1 has 435 Gflops of GPU power, the Power VR G6110 GPU in the Tronsmart RK68 has 38.4 Gflops.

        • surfnsnorlax on 14/07/2015 - 13:06

          @gizmomelb:

          thanks gizmomelb, just wondering if the agent has had any experience testing the emulators, or spoken to someone who has.

        • AssociatedClear @ Geekbuying on 14/07/2015 - 13:30
          +2

          @odrocs1987: This video has it running on the RK3288 chip and seems to be running fine. I've had several emulators including Dolphin run fine on my device with the much older RK3188 processor, so I think it's safe to say that it'll run fine on this one.

          There are however A LOT of emulators on the Play Store, so if you ever did run into trouble you could try another.

      • akd on 14/07/2015 - 10:32

        Thanks, I can make use as server access or simply hard drive/NAS access.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/07/2015 - 10:02

    There are also a few AMlogic S812 based devices around for about the same price, I think that's also a good choice.

  • Tgirl on 14/07/2015 - 10:06
    +1

    Bought the $99 one with a 50% off coupon. I don't know anything about these things, but I want to use Kodi and couldn't resist the 50% off. Hope I didn't make a mistake!

  • SBOB on 14/07/2015 - 10:07
    +2

    I got 40% 5 times in a row… this is worse than vegas ;)

    • surethang on 14/07/2015 - 16:42
      +1

      Nah, in Vegas you get drunk and wake up to find you got married by an Elvis-impersonator celebrant at a drive-thru chapel to someone you don't even know who is asking you about pregnancy test kits.

      … or maybe that's just me :(

      • marquise on 14/07/2015 - 18:25
        +1

        real life hangover you are

  • smarter_fool on 14/07/2015 - 10:07
    +1

    Would buy this if it supports DTS-HD and TrueHD passthrough. Does it?

    • yacman on 14/07/2015 - 10:40

      I had a mini x8h and replaced it with a NUC for this very reason (cost 15x more) but it was worth it to get the output I was after, I did a lot of research at the time and the chip-set they were using couldn't get the licencing to use the DTS-HD and TRUE HD codecs, it was also said they were not capable but rumored this was to cover up the fact the manufacturer wouldn't pay the licencing for the codecs. Sorry I can't be of more help but the previous chip-set never was capable of 60FPS so maybe research this new chip-set. There are a lot of forums on these things, you should find a result fairly quickly by searching something like "Rockchip R3368 DTS HD TRUE HD" and report back :).

      On a side note DTS MA HD is Core + extension meaning that in kodi the file will still playback the audio as the CORE stream is DTS when I did this i noticed the sound actually seemed better than standard DTS.

      If you have more files that are the far less common Dolby Digital True HD then you won't get any audio output at all, the codec structure is 2 separate streams completely so there is no Dolby Digital audio embedded within the True HD stream. (just worth knowing depending on your reasoning for wanting this requirement you may be able to get away with using this device)

    • badarz on 14/07/2015 - 11:00
      +3

      According to this review it does. http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/10/03/review-of-tronsmart-o…

      • yacman on 14/07/2015 - 11:53

        WOW I hope that's right I wish these were around a year ago I may not have needed a NUC (still happy as it is a very solid unit that's highly flexible) but I forgot to mention another limitation of the old chipset is max output of 5.1 this chipset does 7.1, so it's a real winner for a great price!

    • smarter_fool on 24/08/2015 - 19:09

      For those who still care about if this allows any passthrough…

      Kodi - FAIL even with the patched install/recent update/SPMC (disappointed as navigation is so easy)
      MX Player - SUCCESS
      DS Video - SUCCESS (For those who have a synology NAS) - This was a surprise

      Tested both True HD and DTS-HD Master files.

      All in all for ~$57 an awesome box which finally allows passthrough and the video playback from a 3d Bluray backup (.m2ts) file was flawless!

  • Voldox on 14/07/2015 - 10:09

    Hi Geekbuying, can you please suplly a picture of the Remote Control, Some of the Tronsmart devices don't appear to have many buttons?

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