what's up guys Chigz from Chigz tech
reviews and today I have another brand
new Android TV box I'm going to be
reviewing so this is the a box a3
Android TV box so we are going to be
doing a quick unboxing followed by a few
tests video tests full HD and 4k videos
a few android games testing Kodi
performance and finishing off with a
benchmark and Wi-Fi test so let's begin
with the specs I put the specs on the
screen so you guys can have a quick read
so the CPU is at s9 1 - octa-core
running at 2 gigahertz yeah so this
Android TV box has an 8 core processor
ok the graphics the GPU is a mali 820
running at 750 megahertz
you've got 2 gb of ddr3 ram 16gb of emmc
internal storage we've got dual band
Wi-Fi supporting 2.4 gigahertz and 5
gigahertz bluetooth version for Android
version 6 marshmallow ok and it supports
Ultra HD 4k videos at 60 frames per
second ok so let's get the Box open and
see what it looks like
so this is everything you get in the box
so you got the instruction manual for
the TV box and an instruction manual for
the keyboard okay you've got so you've
got a microUSB charger here for the
keyboard HDMI cable
a UK power adapter you've got the full
featured remote control so I like this
rumor I've used it before it's a very
responsive remote control so this
Android TV box comes with this awesome
handheld full QWERTY keyboard okay
you've got trackpad there it's a
multi-touch trackpad by the looks of it
you got all the multimedia functions
here navigation and a full QWERTY
keyboard I've got a similar keyboard to
this already and I absolutely love it
I've got it in white now with this box
I've got a black one if I'll open the
back I'll show you it takes it's got a
rechargeable battery which lasts a very
long time once you fully charge it and
you've got a USB dongle so we'll be
testing all this out and last but not
least the actual Android TV box so wow
this looks really nice
very slick design you've got a nice
matte finish in the center and you've
got a trim on top and bottom which is
black shiny and you've got a nice shiny
a box logo in the center so it does look
very nice I can see that looking pretty
cool in the living room it's a totally
different design and look from all the
Android TV box that I've reviewed so far
so this is going for a more wider shape
so yeah I do like it so this is the
latest a box a three android TV box
running on eight cores so let's have a
look at the ports okay so on the back
you have the power optical audio
connection AV connection you've got a
network LAN port HDMI port and two USB
ports these slots over here just events
they're not memory card slots and on the
side over here you have a full size SD
card slot and that's how it looks at the
bottom so just to give you guys an idea
of the size of this unit I'll compare it
to the MX q pro
this is quite a popular brand the mxq
Pro so let's compare it and see the size
difference okay it just gives you the
idea it is bigger MX q pro and this unit
is more compact and lighter yes I just
wanted to compare the size so I'm going
to hook this up to my TV now and we're
going to find out how well the a box a3
performs so this is the home screen for
the a box a3 so it's got quite a nice
layout let's go and have a look at all
the apps that you get as standard so
this is what you get as standard
so the first thing I like to test on
this box is airplay so I've already
activated airplay from Media Center app
here's my iPad so if I just scroll up
click on airplay and click on media
center there you go and if I click you
can see that airplay is working
absolutely fine I can move around and
every page is working as it should yeah
so my iPad this is an iPad air and it's
on iOS 10 and airplay mirroring is
working great so I'm going to plug this
in and try out a few sample videos and
see how well the Box performs so here I
have a few Ultra HD and Full HD clips
the first clip I'm going to play is an
Ultra HD 4k sample clip by LG so this is
a 4k Ultra HD clip by LG as you can see
the clip looks absolutely amazing the
quality is so clear and crisp I can't
fault it the playback is so smooth so
let's go back and try out another clip
okay so let's try another Ultra HD 4k
clip so as you can see this Ultra HD 4k
clip plays very well it looks absolutely
amazing so let's move on now to another
clip so the next clip I'm going to try
it is ultra HD football match by Samsung
and as you can see the box handles this
with ease the sample looks really good
the clip plays very smooth and
crystal-clear so the next clip I like to
test is a 1080p full HD trailer
so the Box handles movies played from
the USB Drive very well as you saw I
tried 4k and 1080p yes i've installed
all my favorite apps the first thing I
like to test is Cody so let's open up
Cody here we are this is Cody this is
the latest chicks all-in-one build so
let's try something out and see how well
it streams so I'm just going to play a
trailer so let's quickly try something
else I'll just play it any sort of
football match or something and as you
can see that's working really well so
there you go guys that was Cody works
really really well if you're interested
in this build I put the links in the
description so you guys can check it out
so the next thing I like to try is my
favorite show box so this is show box
let's open something up and let's play a
quick trailer show box works great so
let's move on to the next test let's try
some live television so if I just open
this up and just play anything
so live television is working great I'd
like to try another channel out
so let's move on to some gaming shall we
I just connected my wireless controller
this is an awesome wireless controller
this is the g600 I'll put the links in
the description in case you guys want to
check it out the controller does work
very well with this TV box and as you
can see I'm able to fully control the
box with this controller so the first
game I'd like to try out is a Super
Nintendo emulator
so I just opened up a Super Nintendo
emulator and let's try one of the games
out as you can see it's working really
nicely ok let's try it another game out
this is a game I used to love playing
back in the day yeah I used to love this
game I've played it for a while there
nice so Super Nintendo emulation works
really well as you guys have just saw
the next game I want to test out is
another one of my favorites Real Racing
3 so just loaded up Real Racing 3 I am
going to be using this controller review
so as you can see
I'm playing this game the game plays
very well sounds great looks great the
graphics look awesome so that was my
quick gaming test the next thing I'm
going to be doing is test of Wi-Fi speed
so I'm getting download speeds of 36
megabytes and upload speeds of nine
megabytes my actual internet connection
is a fault you make connection so I'm
very happy of the results of this Wi-Fi
test the next test we're going to be
doing is a quick benchmark test okay so
we're just beginning the benchmark test
now so this benchmark test will take a
little time to complete what I'm going
to do is actually speed up the whole
process so you guys can get straight to
the results so there you have it guys
that a box a three achieved a total
benchmark score of 39 thousand six
hundred and eighty two the so far this
is the highest score I've seen in an
Android TV box so there you have it guys
this is the a box a three Android TV box
so I never experienced any lag when
playing games or even navigating the
menus generally everything is a smooth
experience with this Android TV box what
I'll do is I'll leave the links in the
description below so you guys can check
this item out and if you like it you can
also go ahead and purchase one
yourselves I love this device it's
definitely going into my favorite
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guys thank you so much for watching and
I hope you all have a brilliant day