What’s happening everyone and welcome back to another TV Box review.
Today’s TV Box is the Transpeed X4 and this is Transpeed’s latest model
running on the Amlogic S905X4 chipset. Currently reduced to 57.99 at the time
of making this video this model has some awesome features such as a very fast interface
a root switch navigation bar and status bar and other premium features only seen
in the top models such as the Ugoos and A95X. So let’s take a look at this model to determine
if its features and hardware performance is a something you’ll interested in. So stay tuned.
Welcome back. In this package which is a combo package contains the box itself.
You get one infrared remote control.
For a combo you get a wireless mini touchpad keyboard.
You get one HDMI cable. A 5V 2A DC power adapter.
A user manual and the manual for the mini keyboard.
For its design and layout the entire body is made
of plastic with a glossy surface and it has ventilation holes to the top edges.
For connecting ports it has one HDMI port
one RJ-45 gigabit LAN port one optical audio port one AV port and your DC power input.
If you turn to the side it has one USB 3.0 port one USB 2.0 and a microSD card slot.
To its front it has and LED display. And below it has lots of ventilation holes.
So the startup of this model is pretty standard and once completed you are taken
directly to the launcher as there is no first startup wizard to complete.
This launcher is called the MS launcher it has a simple design consisting of these
main icons and a shortcuts bar. It has a one click memory cleanup
button and it has a navigation bar and a full status bar with system controls.
You also have the option to change the default wallpaper from
a preloaded selection or you can use a custom wallpaper.
This firmware is built using the Android 11 SDK and it features 4K display up to 2160p
at 59.94 Hz as shown by my capture card. You has HDR display with the option
to set it to adaptive HDR. You have HDMI CEC options.
You have shut down and restart options when you press and hold the power button on the remote and
the remote turns on the box from an off position. You have 54 various languages to choose from.
It has root switch. Hardware monitor features.
It has a switch to disable the navigation bar and status bar.
And you have the option to disable and enable surround sound audio.
Similar to the RBOX box model the interface of this launcher is very fast and not because its CPU
is clocked at 2.0 GHz as you will see in a moment but because its animation scale is set to .5X.
If you adjust the animation duration scale to 1X it would start to respond
like in your standard TV box. This means my exaggeration about
the speed of this interface and the one in the RBOX box model was nothing special.
So these are apps they preinstalled and I would like to take special note
of the AM media player KDMC which is your Kodi media player
the official version of Miracast you have the nova media player and the smart YouTube
player. The rest of apps we have grown accustomed to and they are just as important.
This firmware uses the hybrid format where you have Android TV as the base’s operating system
and it has launcher features from the mobile Android version.
This means that the version of the play store is Android TV and to get some of your favorite
apps and games that you enjoyed on the mobile version will require you to sideload them.
Let’s take a quick look at its system and hardware information.
This model runs on 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage with Bluetooth version 4.1.
Its CPU is quad core ARM cortex A55 CPU clock at 2.0 GHz and it only has
support for 32bit applications. It has the Mali G31 GPU with
open GL ES version 3.2 support. It has dual band 2.4+5 GHz Wi-Fi.
Its operating system is Android 11 red velvet cake and the box is rooted.
It has Vulkan GPU support version 1.1. Its idle operating temperature is around 64°C
And it has decoders for Dolby Atmos DTS audio and it has a Dolby vision decoder.
The root switch feature in this model is provides instant root
which means you don’t have to restart the box switch between modes.
The purpose of this TV box is for watching movies and TV shows not so much from premium movie
services such as Netflix Disney+ and Amazon prime video as these services only show in HD and 4K
if a box is Google certified with the required HDCP protection.
This box only has Google Widevine level III with no HDCP protection which means it’s not Google
certified and premium movie services will be limited to only 480p resolution even if
you have an HD subscription. The requirement is Widevine level I with HDCP 2.2 or 2.3 protection
and in the case of Netflix it needs an additional ESN certification to play in HD and 4K.
The preferred way of streaming on these models is from alternative sources using Kodi add-ons and
alternative streaming APKs. With these APKs and Kodi addons you get access to streams of movies
and TV shows to your enjoyment. This segment of video has been edited from its original format
and some parts were removed to comply with YouTube’s community guidelines. For the full
unedited version you can view it on my blog using the link in the description below this video.
Due to its core operating system being Android TV OS
it comes with the Android TV version of YouTube. With this version you can watch
YouTube videos in 4K 2160p resolution at 60hz and here are the stats for nerds’ information.
But if you want to take a step further and access features such as HDR and AV1 formats you can use
the preloaded smart YouTube TV version and here are its stats for nerds’ information.
For casting it comes preinstalled with the official version of Miracast
that can cast your mobile devices in HD quality.
However when I attempted to cast my mobile device it wouldn’t connect.
So instead I used the Air-screen app that uses android’s default casting feature in 480p.
For customizing your TV Box experience here install an alternative launcher called the
nova launcher that gives you advanced features such as long click menu pop-ups
drag-and-drop shortcuts and custom wallpapers. However live wallpapers don’t work.
For those who use the screen orientation feature to portrait mode when you apply Android
to it vertical monitor like the ones you see in shopping malls pharmacies and convenience stores.
When I attempted to rotate the display to portrait mode it does not work.
When you set the box’s display up to 4K 10 bit color space you get HDR and H LG HDR formats.
So I’ll play one HDR video and one HLG HDR video to see if it triggers the feature on my LG TV.
And we’ll also monitor for smoothness of playback.
So
the tests shows that it has HDR and HLG HDR video output. It also played the 4K videos smoothly.
So from this demonstration it shows that can play 4K HDR videos and videos with HGL
HDR format. It has some difficulty playing one of the HDR videos but seeing that this is the
first time am playing this list I cannot hold it or compare it to any other box.
Here I have it connected to my 7.1 audio receiver
and I will now test for surround sound audio formats.
So this test shows that it can output Dolby Atmos DTS Neural X which is a DTS X upscale
and it has Dolby surround. You don’t get DTS X or Dolby TrueHD.
For Bluetooth connectivity here I connected my Bluetooth gamepad
and the connection is stable and it has excellent range up to 30 feet 9m behind walls and doors.
One feature in this model that I have not seen in similar models is the fact
that it can convert a 2GB SD card to shared internal storage.
This is great as most TV boxes can’t go past 64GB of via SD. They can do it via USB but not SD.
I’ll now play a couple of games to test its graphics rendering performance
monitor for overheating and to test for gamepad keymapping capability.
As you can see the temperature of this box rises in the 90s during gameplay
and this throttles its graphics rendering performance resulting in shaky gameplay.
So it’s recommended that you apply a cooling fan to solve this issue.
Here I’m using a cooling fan and it keeps the temperatures within the 60s.
I also got gamepad keymapping apps to work without issues.
Let’s now look at some benchmarks and where it ranks on my chart.
First its RAM and internal storage read and write speeds.
It has a RAM copy speed of 3455 MB/s.
105 MB/s read speed and 31 MB/s write speed for its internal storage.
These scores are consistent with boxes that fall within the medium grade category.
For Wi-Fi speed I tested it on my 250 Mbps network and the 5GHz band only achieved 60% of my maximum
speed and the 2.4GHz band achieved only 18%. As for the ethernet LAN port this test proves
that it is a gigabit LAN port as it achieved 100% of my speed.
These are its Geekbench 4 single-core and multicore CPU benchmarks
and again nothing special here as these scores are consistent with medium grade boxes.
In the Antutu benchmark it scored 87159 And here are the scores from the 3DMark graphics
benchmark. As usual the ice storm extreme in the 5000s and the slingshot extreme just below 400.
So that’s the last of the benchmarks let’s now see where it ranks on my chart.
So the scores are in and the Transpeed X4 is that position 27 based on its Antutu benchmark score.
Which is right around the same position as the RBOX model.
This chart contains all of the TV boxes I’ve reviewed since 2020 and it provides
all the features and performance scores to assist you in choosing the right TV Box.
I also provide coupons and price comparison using these links right here.
You can find this chart using the link I provided in the description directly below this video.
And finally as an accessory bundled with this purchase you get a 2.4GHz
wireless mini touchpad keyboard with backlit keys.
In summarizing the features and performance of this box I would have to say that it’s one
of the better TV boxes you can purchase on the market today. It has features similar to that
of the Ugoos and A95X models such as its root switch and hardware monitor feature. It’s also
running on the latest Android 11 operating system and adopts a hybrid root firmware.
Areas where I was not satisfied is in its Wi-Fi reception being a bit below average
it does not have screen orientation to portrait mode it lacks the DRM support
to play Netflix in HD and it overheats during gaming that requires a cooling fan. However
please note it does not overheat during normal operation such as streaming movies and TV shows.
So that brings to an end of my review. Transpeed is offering this bundle on Amazon currently
19% of the actual price. So see the link in the description below this video to
take advantage before stocks run out. Also if you would like to compare the
performance of this TV box to other similar models along with their prices you can do so on my blog
using the link in the description along with the unedited version of this video with bonus content.
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