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So this box is from the brand Magabox and its called the Magabox MG4. This is another live
streaming model running on the Allwinner chipset with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.
But from what I’ve heard this model streams faster and more efficient than other live streaming
models, and it’s also much cheaper at a price point of around $130. So they are making some
bold claims but I would be the judge of that. So up next I will do a quick overview of its
hardware and features because let’s face it, its hardware is much to be desired and I will
focus more on its interface and its live streaming service which is the selling point of this model.
So, if you’re interested don’t go anywhere that’s up next.
And welcome back. This purchase contains the MG4 model.
You get a wireless voice remote mini keyboard combo.
One HDMI cable. A 5V 2A DC power adapter.
And a user guide.
For design its entire body is made of aluminum,
with polished edges and the MagaBox branding to the top.
For input output peripherals, it has one HDMI 2.0 port, one RJ-45 non-gigabit LAN port, one optical
audio port, one EV port, an IR extender port, its DC power socket, and a pair of Wi-Fi 6 antennas.
To its left it has one USB 2.0 port, one USB 3.0, a microSD card reader, and a reset button.
At the front it has an LED display, along with an LED power light.
And to its base it has four antiskid rubber feet with no ventilation holes.
Its bootup process includes a splash screen followed by a MagaBox animation,
then you are taken to the launcher.
Its launcher is one we have seen before use in other models such as
the Superbox and Monsterbox brands. It has is simple layout with large
buttons for its live streaming service, and a shortcuts bar to load your favorite apps.
This launcher is running on the Android TV OS operating system
so there is no navigation bar or status bar with system controls.
Now for a quick run through of its hardware specs. Its operating system is Android 10 TV OS,
and the firmware is not rooted. Its CPU is the Allwinner H616,
and it’s a quad-core cortex A53 clocked at 1.5 GHz configured in 32-bit mode.
Its GPU is the Mali G31 with Open GL ES 3.2. Its got dual band Wi-Fi
and it has a Wi-Fi 6 adapter. It has GPU Vulkan support API version 1.1.
It has an idle operating temperature of 60°C. And it has decoders for the playback
4K HDR HLG self-hosted videos. However, there are no Dolby Vision,
AV1, Dolby Atmos EAC3, or DTS HD surround sound audio decoders.
So that’s basically what you are paying for in a nutshell.
The rest of its firmware features include 4K display up to 2160p at 60 Hz.
You have auto HDR feature. You have built in screen rotation to portrait
mode, reverse portrait, and reversed landscape. It has HDMI CEC options.
Mouse pointer options. 54 various languages to choose from.
Audio output options, and audio pass-through options.
For Google certification it’s running the Android 10 TV OS version and it’s not rooted. However,
it does not have the required DRM level to play Netflix and others in HD and 4K.
Here It shows that it only has Google Widevine level III with no HDCP protection. This means
premium movie services such as Netflix will only show in basic 480p resolution.
Turning now to YouTube. With the box’s display
set to 4K 2160p @ 60Hz and with the auto HDR feature turned on,
the Android TV version of YouTube is limited to 1080p resolution only with no HDR.
For mobile screen mirroring and screen casting it comes with a Miracast wireless display app,
however it does not work when you try to use a simple Miracast display app on your mobile phone.
You can however use the default Android screen casting feature via the Airscreen app.
Its 4K video playback is terrible as it freezes when attempting to play videos.
However, surprisingly it can play every surround sound audio format
via its built-in file browser and media player. It does not work with other media players such
as VLC or the MX player. And even at 1080p resolution, the video playback is choppy.
Here it plays Dolby Atmos.
Dolby digital plus. DTS HD master audio.
Dolby TrueHD. And DTS X.
For gaming, the Allwinner chipset is not much of a gamer with most of the
CPUs clocked at 1.5 GHz, but it can handle some games quite well with the
Mali G31 GPU with Vulkan support. However, temperatures can climb into the 80s
and there are no ventilation holes to apply active cooling, so be mindful not to overheat the box.
In benchmarking its performance, it scored 56,267 in the AnTuTu benchmark.
It has a low RAM copy speed of 2764 MB/s,
and a high internal read and write speed of 149 MB/s read speed, and 111 MB/s write speed.
The tests performed on its Wi-Fi 6 adapter and its Ethernet LAN port,
resulted in the 5GHz band achieving the maximum speed of my network of 154 Mbps.
The 2.4 GHz band did not do so bad achieving 114 Mbps.
And the Ethernet LAN port which is not a gigabit LAN port clocked only 94 Mbps.
In benchmarking its CPU, it only qualified for the Geekbench 5 CPU benchmark,
and it scored 99 single core and 323 multicore.
And in benchmarking its graphics performance is qualified for the wildlife test, but continuously
crashes when you try to run it, so I ran the slingshot extreme test, and it scored 267.
And with these benchmarks it ranks at position 107 on my TV box ranking
start. To view this chart see the link in the description below is video.
In summary, the MO of MagaBox MG4 is its Maga TV and Maga VOD service.
In comparison to similar models such as the Superbox and Monsterbox in my
opinion I do see any difference in the quality of the service and it appears
that they are feeding off the same servers. If you are looking to purchase this box for
performance, I don’t recommend it as its hardware falls within the
chipset budget category, and intensive activities will result in overheating.
So that brings to an end this review. So if you are interested in this model
the purchasing process is slightly different as it’s not available on
Amazon or other online retail stores. And to take advantage of this low
price you will have to use the contact information listed below in the description.
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