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In today's video, Tanix is back with another release of the Tanix TX3, and this one is
the Tanix TX3 Max,Amlogic S905W ,Android 7.1 4K TV box. With a price tag at just $40 ,tells
us that the TX3 Max is a budget TV box. So after the break, we'll see what improvements
this box has over the previous version,so stay tuned, you have more in a moment.
So I'm back, and I'll get right into it ,This is the box that the Tanix TX3 Max comes in
,its got some information here on the side that says that it's a 4K TV box ,it has H.265
HEVC,WiFi support, 3D gaming, this model has 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and 16GB of internal storage.
It runs on the Amlogic S905W CPU, on Android 7.1 operating system. So I'll waste no time
and unpack the contents inside.
So here in the box is the Tanix TX3 Max TV box itself.
You have this remote control. The remote is a regular stock infrared remote. The remote
looks OK, but a Bluetooth mini touchpad keyboard or a Bluetooth air mouse will be a better
option.
You get your standard HDMI cable.
A 5 volts 2 amps universal DC power adapter.
And your users setup guide.
Let's take a closeuplook at this box.
The box is made of plastic, with the Tanix logo displayed at the top.
To the back, you have 1 HDMI port ,1 RJ45 Ethernet LAN port, you have one optical SPDIF
audio port, you have 1 audio video port, and a DC power input.
To the side, you have 2 USB 2.0 ports and an SD card slot.
There's nothing on the other side.
To the front, you have an LED clock display.
And to the bottom, there are no ventilation holes,only the reset pinhole button.
So I'll now take a second to connect this to my TV,and when I return I'll continue.
So I'm connected ,and as I start up the box ,you're greeted by Tanix's new startup animation,
part of their new interface called Alice UX,this is based on the UX developer designer concept.
The new startup design is spectacular ,and after that is completed, you are then taken
to a setup wizard. Once you have completed the wizard, you are presented with the Alice
UX launcher.
The new launcher has a nice design ,and since it is Alice UX ,where the UX stands for user
experience, let's see how this applies. The launcher comes with large easy to click buttons
,with the option to add more using the add button. The launcher comes with a side panel
on the left, this is ideal for users of the stock remote ,it allows you to navigate easily
between settings and apps. You can multitask by simply pressing the left remote arrow while
on the panel, and simply click left again to close any app ,and click up and down to
select any app running in the background you would like to open. You even have the option
to add even more shortcuts if you like.
The launcher comes with a navigation bar and status bar for easy navigation ,this is for
users who prefer to use a mouse or a mini touchpad keyboard to navigate their box. They
have also customized the settings area for easy changing of your settings. So the the
new launcher was designed with both type of users in mind. However, if you don't like
this launcher, you are free to install other launchers like the Nova launcher if that's
what you prefer.
In the apps section, here you have the usual set of system apps and a couple media streaming
applications. Some of these that may be of interest ,are Miracast, Mobdro, Netflix and
TV center. I'll pause for a second to install some apps of my own, and then I'll continue.
So I'm back, and I'll check to see if the box is rooted.
It shows that the TX3 Max is rooted, running on Android 7.1.2 Nougat. This is great news,
because with root access you have the freedom to download and install any app from the google
play store without restrictions.
Let's take a look at the DRM information.
The results are still the same ,you only have support for Google Widevine and CENC clear
key ,this allows paid movie streaming services like Netflix to show in only standard 720p
quality.
And now a look at its system and hardware information.
So the manufacturer is Amlogic ,and the model is the TX3 Max. It comes with 2GB of RAM and
16GB of internal storage. This box has expandable storage up to 128GB via convertible storage.
The CPU is the Amlogic S905W, this is a quad core Cortex A53 64bit processor, running up
to 1.2 GHz. It has support for only 32 bit ABIs.
The GPU is the ARM Mali 450 M P graphics processor, with a refresh rate of 60hz.
It only has single band 2.4 GHz WiFi, and WiFi direct is supported.
It runs on Android 7.1.2 Nougat operating system, and again it shows that the box is
rooted.
The box runs around 50 to 60° Celsius, and passive cooling is difficult to use on this
box because there are no ventilation holes at the bottom.
It comes with the usual set of codecs for streaming 4K videos such as H.264, HEVC and
VP9 decoding.
That's it for system and hardware information, It's now time for the benchmark results.
The first set of results is from the memory read and write speeds.
The TX3 Max has a RAM copy speed of 2138 MB/s, the internal storage has a read speed of 54
MB/s and a write speed of 21. And the SD card reader got a read speed of 17 MB/s and a write
speed of 12. These results are lower than average.
I now have the results of the WiFi speed test.
The results as you can see are somewhat low ,they fell below my maximum speed of 40MB.
The Ethernet LAN connection also fell below by as much as 10MB less.
Let's look at the results of the Antutu benchmark.
The results show the TX3 Max scoring at 24815. This score is a bit below average ,but that
is expected from a budget TV box.
I now show you the Geekbench 4 CPU benchmarking scores.
It shows that the box got a score of 484 single core ,and 1301 multi core. This score is not
to bad for a box in this range.
The final score is the Ice Storm extreme GPU benchmark.
And the results shows the TX3 Max scoring an Ice storm extreme score of 3315. It's a
I'll now run some 4K video samples.
Well as you can see the 4K videos had some problems, some of them played ,but those at
60 fps couldn't start at all.
I'll now run a 4K YouTube video sample to check the highest quality resolution it can
play.
Well the YouTube application can only play up to 1080p quality.
For my final demonstration, I'm running the game called Mortal Kombat X. This is to test
the 3D gaming capability, and I'm doing this together with a key mapping application. This
game is a fighting game, so parental discretion is advised.
So the game ran Ok, but the graphics was a bit jerky, so it is advised ti stick to more
lower end games.
So in summary, I wouldn't go into the pros and cons about this box because the box is
a budget TV box. All I can say is that the box is best used for only streaming movies
and TV shows and that's about it. However, I personally feel that it was a bad decision
by Tanix to choose this model to launch their Alice UX interface, it really did the new
UX interface no justice.
So I have come to end of my review of the Tanix TX3 Max 4K TV box ,if you are interested
in this box ,a link was placed in the description area for more information.
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