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Today we have the unboxing and review of the YokaTV KB2 Pro, Amlogic S912 octa core 4 GB
DDR4, Android 6.0 4K TV box.
After this short introduction, I'll be doing the usual breakdown of the boxes system and
hardware, and some benchmarks to see how it performs, so stay tuned, I'll be right back
after this.
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So, let's get right into it.
So, this is the packaging of the KB2 pro, and as you can see the box is well labeled
with all the main features of your new device.
If you look here, it says that the CPU is the Amlogic S912, and the GPU is the Mali
T820.
Also, the most exciting feature of this box is the 3 GB of DDR4 RAM, and the 32 GB of
internal storage.
As we take a look at the contents of the box, you have the KB2 Pro TV box itself, you get
an infrared remote control, 1 HDMI cable, the power adapter, an external antenna, and
the user manual.
To the back of the box, it comes with 1 HDMI Port, 1 RJ45 Ethernet land Port, you get 1
optical audio port, 1 audio video port, there is a reset button, and a power adapter jack.
To the side, you have 2 USB 2.0 ports, and an SD card slot.
To the other side, you have an external antenna.
To the front, you have a power button, and an LED power light.
Also, The YokaTV logo at the top lights up when the power is on.
It's time to connect this box to my TV, and run some benchmark tests and see how well
it performs.
So, we're set.
And as the box performs its boot up process, this is its startup animation and logo.
We are now at the launcher, and the launcher is the same launcher used in the DDR3 version.
It's clean, easy to use, and you can add shortcuts to the launcher using this plus button.
However, I've been able to add shortcuts to the bar, but I've not been able to remove
any of them.
This launcher comes with a navigation bar at the bottom, but you have to enable it in
the settings under the status bar option.
Once activated, you cannot switch it off from the launcher, you have to return to the status
bar to do so.
There are two settings to check in this section before you proceed.
The first is your digital audio settings, it should be set to HDMI for digital pass-through,
or to spdif for digital audio via the optical port.
And PCM just turns it off.
The other setting is the new HDR setting, this should be turned on, if your TV has this
feature, if not, you should leave it off, as some TVs tend to go blank if they cannot
handle this new hi dynamic range signal.
If you open the apps section, here it shows a list of all the preinstalled apps on the
box, The box doesn't come with lots of preinstalled applications, what you get is some core system
apps like app installer, Miracast, Google play store, YouTube, media center, and a couple
others.
You also have Kodi and Netflix.
Now It's time to download my system and benchmarking apps, and then I'll run some benchmarks as
well as Kodi and we'll see how well the KB2 pro scores.
So we're back, and lets check the root access information.
The root check app shows that the box is rooted, running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
This is a very important feature, if you want the freedom to download and install any app
you like.
If you are a user that tend to uninstall Kodi from time to time, and reinstall new or previous
versions, then root access is needed for this process.
Let’s now check the updates and see if it works.
It says here that the firm ware is up to date, and there are no updates at this time.
Now we look at some hardware information.
Under the system section, it shows the manufacturer is Amlogic, and the model is the KB2 Pro.
Below shows the RAM and internal storage information as 3 GB DDR4 and 32 GB of total internal storage,
and the available RAM and internal storage after the Android installation.
Under the CPU section, it shows that the CPU is an octa core cortex A53 CPU, running on
a 64bit instruction set.
The CPU clock range is up to 1.5 GHz and not 2.0 as the CPU is capable of reaching.
A setting which helps restrict the boxes operating temperature.
Under the display section, it shows that the GPU is the ARM Mali T820 tri core GPU, with
a refresh rate of 60Hz.
Under network, it shows that I connected to my 5.8 GHz WiFi band, and below it shows the
signal strength, link speed, and the frequency.
Under the Android section, it shows that the operating system is Android 6.0 Marshmallow,
and below it shows that the system is rooted.
Under the thermal section, it shows the operating temperature as between 40 to 50 degrees Celsius.
Under the codecs section, here it shows a list of all the audio and video codecs needed
to play 4K video and Dolby digital audio.
Some of these include H.264, HEVC and VP9 decoders.
And that's it for system and hardware information.
Now on to the benchmarks.
For the sake of time, I would quickly show the final results of the various tests.
Firstly, these are the results of the memory read and write speeds.
The YokaTV KB2 Pro, got an Antutu score of 41225.
The box also got a Geekbench4 score of 452 single core, and 2249 multi core.
The KB2 Pro also got an ice storm extreme score of 6018.
Let’s now perform a WiFi speed test on the 5.8 GHz band.
The results show that when connected to my dual band AC router, running on a 30MB internet
connection, there was no loss in download or upload speed.
Let’s now open Kodi.
And if we go under settings and then to system information, the version installed on this
box is Kodi 17.0.
Before I proceed, I would first like for the sake of those viewers who expressed their
dislike for the default skin that comes with Kodi 17, I'll like to show them how to change
the Kodi skin back to the default skin in Kodi 16.
To do this is simple, simply click on the settings icon here, then go to interface settings,
then select skin, then select get more, and then click to install the confluence skin,
and click yes to keep this skin.
The other issue some of my subscribers are having, is the digital DTS audio pass-through
via HDMI.
To enable this feature, go to system, then to settings, then click system again and then
click audio.
Under the audio section, you have to scroll down and select here where it says allow audio
pass-through, and you can also enable any of the other Dolby digital features you need.
Remember, you also have to enable the sound settings mentioned earlier, and set digital
audio to HDMI.
Now we go to the video addons section, and here it shows a list of all the video addons
that comes with the box.
It comes with a variety of movies, TV shows, sporting events, kids programming, and live
TV for your enjoyment.
Kodi also comes with its own set of video decoders for playing 4K movies and videos
stored on the box, or from external devices.
So I will now run a couple of these videos and see how well they play.
This is a 10bit HEVC video at 25 fps.
I will now run this HEVC 4K 10 bits video with HDR at 59.940 frames.
Here is another video with similar frames.
This is a 1080p video at 60 frames.
This one, is a 4K MKV jelly fish 140 Mbps video at 60 frames.
This is the same video, but at a higher bit rate of 250 Mbps.
As you can see, most of the 4K videos played without any issues, with the exception of
the second jellyfish video which was at 250 Mbps bit rate.
And that's it for Kodi.
For my final test, I'll be running the game called Marvel Conquest of Champions.
As you can see the KB2 Pro runs this game without any issues, and the 3D graphics are
smooth and are of the highest quality.
I played this game using my Android smartphone as a receiver, and a mirror app called MirrorOP.
This allowed me to get the blocking function, and control everything using my smartphone
like a gamepad controller.
So, viewers, there we have it, this was a review of the YokaTV KB2 Pro, Amlogic S912
octa core 4 GB DDR4, Android 6.0 4K TV box.
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information.
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