Welcome viewers, this is Nick here once again, and thanks for visiting the TV box channel.
Today we have a brand-new TV box running on Android 7.1 nougat.
This box is the Z28, Rockchip RK3328 quad core Android 7.1 4K TV box.
This TV box was manufactured with the intention of capturing a specific market, which I will
explain to the end of this video.
So, when I return we'll look at its hardware and features to see what this TV box can deliver,
so stay tuned, I'll be right back after this.
Welcome back.
The Z28, is currently one of the new TV boxes running on Android 7.1.
It has a low price at about $50, Its housing is black, and it's made of plastic with the
Z28 logo displayed.
It comes with an infrared remote control, and it doesn't have an external antenna.
So, let's have a look at its hardware to see what's included for this price.
The Z28, runs on a 64bit system, it sports the Rockchip RK3328 quad core cortex A53 CPU,
running up to 1.5 GHz.
Its display, is powered by the Marley 400 Dual core GPU, running up to 600MHz.
It comes with 2 GB of DDR3 RAM, and 16 GB of eMMC flash storage, with a maximum extended
capacity of 64 GB.
It comes with a single band 2.4 GHz WiFi, and Bluetooth is not supported.
Let's have a look at its input output ports.
The Z28, comes with 1 HDMI Port, 1 OTG USB Port, and 1 USB 3.0 Port.
It comes with an RJ45 Ethernet LAN Port, 1 optical audio port, it has 1 SD card slot,
and a power adapter jack.
On the software side, the Z28, runs on Android 7.1 operating system, and it comes preinstalled
with Kodi media center.
It can play 4K and 1080p videos with H.265 decoding, and it has surround sound 5.1 output.
So, let’s now examine this information, for some positives and negatives before you
decide to invest in this box.
So, when we look at its hardware, I see that lots of TV box manufacturers, have decided
to go with Rockchip CPUs.
However, the CPU used in this box only runs up to 1.5 GHz.
While this may be sufficient to stream movies and TV shows, it's not going to do so well
when it comes to playing games.
This is also affected by the GPU used which only runs up to 600MHz.
The use of only the 2.4Ghz WiFi band isn't really much of a problem.
What I think was a blunder, was not including Bluetooth technology in this box.
The use of 2 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of internal storage, is good for streaming movies and
TV shows, and you have the option of converting external storage up to 64 GB via SD card.
Another positive for this box is the use of Android 7.1, and Kodi media center.
What I also like is that they included a USB 3.0 OTG on the box, this port can power those
external hard drives that require a USB 3.0.
I would like to classify this TV box as a cost-effective box for the use of streaming
and mild gaming only.
So, what's the main selling point of this box, well it has to be its low price, and
the new android 7.1 operating system.
While Android 7.1 isn't any faster than android 6.0 marshmallow, it does offer some new features
that can be useful in TV boxes.
In this newest installation of Android 7.1, Google sort to improve user experience and
system management.
For example, there's a new feature called long press shortcuts for apps.
What this is, is the ability to apply a long click, or a long press on an app on the launcher,
and a shortcut pop up will appear, which gives you access to different features of the app,
without having to navigate to the settings area, to change things like permissions and
power management.
This is just one of the many new features that comes in Android 7.1, and not all of
them would apply to TV boxes.
So, in summary, at first I was going to give this box a bad rating for leaving out Bluetooth
technology, and using only the 2.4 WiFi band.
Then I remembered how my father uses his TV box.
He doesn't play Android games, he doesn't know how to use an air mouse, he don't care
for all the bells and whistles that some of the other TV boxes carry, all he cares about
is that he can use Kodi to watch movies and sports, and he's quite comfortable with his
infrared remote.
So, I guess the Z28 would be a good upgrade for people in his category of users, unlike
fanatics like myself who are always looking for the latest hardware specs and playing
games an 4K videos and doing benchmarks and so on.
So, as an advanced TV box user, I personally would not buy this box for myself, but if
all you care about is streaming movies and TV shows, then the Z28 maybe the right box
for you.
This was an overview of the Z28, Android 7.1 4K TV box.
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