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Today I feature a very powerful TV box, It's built on some of the best hardware in the
industry, and it's one of the first high end TV boxes for the first quarter of 2018.
This box, is the Cloudnetgo CR19, Rockchip RK3399 hexa core Android 7.1 4K TV box.
This box comes with all the bells and whistles needed to be a great movie streamer, and at
the same time perform as a super Android gamer.
So after the break, I have a full review of its hardware and features, so stay tuned,
because that's coming up next.
Welcome back, and to get things started, let's have a look at the box that the device comes
in?
It comes in this durable white box much like how the Zidoo H6 Pro comes packaged.
Its got no specifications printed anywhere on the outside, so I'll just proceed and unpack
the contents inside.
So in the box, you have the device itself.
You have a choice of two stock remote controls, and I'll test to see if any of them have Bluetooth
omni directional features.
You get one HDMI cable.
One USB type C cable.
One SATA external Hard drive connector cable.
A 12 volts 2 amps universal DC power adapter.
And a users guide.
Let's examine the ports on the box
The box is made of a silver polished plastic housing with a metal panel at the bottom.
To the back, you have 1 HDMI 2.0 port, 1 RJ45 Ethernet LAN port, you have a microphone jack,
and an audio jack.
You get 1 USB type C port, 1 optical audio port, one reset button, a micro SD card reader,
a DC power input, and an external antenna.
To the side, you have 2 USB 3.0 ports, and 1 USB 2.0.
There is also an external SATA hard drive connector.
To the other side, you have some ventilation holes.
To the front, you have a very nice LED display alongside a power button.
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holes.
So I'll now connect this box to my TV, and when I return I'll continue.
So I'm back, and as I power up the box, you are presented with a Cloudnetgo startup animation
an logo which takes a few seconds.
Then you're presented with a first launch configuration.
During this step, you are asked to configure one of the remotes which has Bluetooth features.
Once you have completed this step, you're then taken to the home screen.
So this is the launcher! and it's well laid out with the ability to add shortcuts.
Simply click on the add button, and select which shortcuts you'd like to add to the bar.
The launcher comes with a navigation bar for easy navigation an multitasking, this is usually
used by users who prefer to use a regular mouse or a mini touchpad keyboard to navigate
the launcher.
In the apps section, here you have a set of basic system apps, social media, and movie
streaming applications.
So to complete my review, I will install some system hardware an benchmark applications
of my own, and when I return I'll move on to the next segment.
So I'm back, and I've installed all the apps I need.
The first order of business is to check to see if the box is rooted.
And it shows that the box is rooted, running on Android 7.1 point two Nougat operating
system.
When your box is rooted it's always a good thing, because it allows you to download and
install any apps from the Google play store without restrictions.
I now show the DRM information.
The DRM information is not good, this box doesn't have the support which allows premium
paid services like Netflix to play in 4K and 1080p quality.
Let's have a look at its system an hardware information.
So here it shows that the manufacturer is Rockchip, and the model is the CR19.
Below here it shows that the box comes with 4GB of RAM, an 32GB of internal storage.
What is shown here is the remainder of internal storage after the Android installation and
apps installed on the box.
Here it shows that the CPU is a 64bit processor divided into two cores, a quad core cortex
A53, and the dual core cortex A72, for a total of 6 cores running up to 1.8 GHz . Below it
also shows that the box has support for 32 n 64bit ABIs, allowing the box to run both
32 n 64bit applications.
The display, is powered by the Mali T860 quad core GPU, with a refresh rate of 60hz.
The box has dual band 5.8 GHz WiFi support, and WiFi direct is supported.
The version of Android is 7.1.2 Nougat, and again is shows that the box is rooted.
The box runs around 60 to 70° Celsius on normal room temperature, and around 50 to
60° on passive cooling.
From the list of codecs you have codecs like H.264, HEVC, an VP9 decoders, all needed for
4K video playback.
And that's it for system and hardware information, and I'll now move on to the benchmarks.
I'll start by showing the results of the memory read and write speeds.
The CR19 has a RAM copy speed of 8234 MB/s . The internal storage has a read speed of
a hundred and 111 MB/s, and a write speed of 79, and the SD card reader has a read speed
of 13 MB/s and a write speed of 13.
These scores are twice as high when compared to other TV boxes in the industry, but a little
lower than the CSA96 due to the lower CPU clock range.
And now for some WiFi speed results.
I ran 3 tests on both WiFi bands, as well as on the Ethernet LAN connection.
And as you can see, the results show that the Cloudnetgo CR19 hit the maximum speed
of my Internet package of 40MB on every try.
I now have the results of the Antutu benchmark.
The Antutu developers has launched version 7 with some new tests for mobile devices,
so after running it on the CR19, the box got a score of 107306.
This score is much higher than the CSA96 which is a similar hexa core Rockchip TV box in
its class that scored around 78000.
And now I'll show the results of the Geekbench 4 CPU benchmark.
Well the results show that the CR19 got a Geekbench 4 score of 1242 single core, and
2809 multi core.
When compared to the CSA96, these scores are consistent.
The final benchmark is the Ice storm extreme GPU benchmark.
The 3D mark developers has also launched their new version 2.0 for 2018 with better testing
for graphics capabilities.
After testing the CR19, it got an Ice storm extreme score of 9363, which is slightly lower
than the CSA96 which came in at 10313.
And that's it for the benchmarks, and I'll now turn my attention to the 4K and movie
streaming capabilities of the box.
Well most of the 4K samples played quite well, with the exception of the Sony camping video
that encountered some rendering issues.
I'll now run a YouTube 4K video sample to see what's the highest quality we can get.
The CR19 can only run YouTube videos in up to 1080p quality.
And that's it for the video demonstration, I'll now test the box's gaming performance.
The CR19 has a problem installing the Super user application, so gamepad keymapping cannot
work on this box.
The games ran quite well, but it's a shame that
this box was built just right for playing Android games, and it can't run keymapping
applications.
So to conclude this review, the CR19 comes with some pros and cons.
And I'll start with the positive aspects.
Well first of all, the design and ports provided on this box is top in the industry.
You have an array of ports including an external SATA hard drive connection, 2 USB 3.0 ports,
and a USB Type C.
Cloudnetgo's choice of the Rockchip hexa core CPU along with the Mali T860 GPU, with 4GB
of RAM and 32GB of internal storage is a nice configuration.
The launcher comes with a navigation bar.
The firmware is rooted.
It has high benchmark scores.
The WiFi reception is very good.
It can play most 4K video formats.
And its a good Android gamer.
On the down side.
The box had some difficulty with one of the 4K video sample.
It can run a bit hot at times, not constantly, but during peak stressful activities.
The firmware needs updating to correct a message that flashes across the bottom of the screen
at times.
And you cannot install the SuperSU application because it puts the box into a boot loop,
This also prevents keymapping apps from working.
Most of these issues can be corrected by a firmware update, and when this is done, the
CR19 will be a TV box to reckon with.
So viewers, I've come to the end of my review of the Cloudnetgo CR19 4K TV box.
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