Welcome viewers, thanks for visiting the TV box stop channel, today we have the unboxing
and full review of the Dolamee D6, Amlogic S905X Android 6.0 TV Box.
This is the same 2GB model from my introduction video, and in today’s presentation, we're
going to do the full review as promised, and a couple of benchmarks to see how it scores.
so, stay tuned, I'll be right back after this.
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The box comes in this blue and black packaging with some specifications about the box.
On the front, it just shows a picture of the box with the Dolamee branding logo along with
some main features.
At the back, there is some more information, here it shows the model is the D6.
The CPU is the Quad Core cortex A53 CPU.
The GPU, is powered by the Penta core Mali 450, it has 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and 8GB of internal
storage.
and it has single band 2.4GHz WiFi connectivity.
So, I'll now unpack the box to reveal what's inside.
and for the sake of time.
I’ll just fast forward this part to get to the core contents.
OK, so in the box, you have the box itself.
you get an infrared remote control.
it's the same standard remote used in a lot of TV boxes.
it's good for controlling basic functions like running apps from the launcher and controlling
Kodi.
but if you intend to play games or install Kodi addons from different sources, this remote
is going to make things a bit frustrating, so I always recommend a wireless air mouse
or a touchpad keyboard for omni directional Bluetooth control over your TV box.
As we proceed, it comes with a power adapter suited to your country or region.
mine is the US adapter model.
yours may be different depending on where you live.
You get 1 HDMI cable, and the last item here, is the user’s manual for easy installation.
Let's now examine the box.
At the back, you get 1 HDMI Port, 1 RJ45 Ethernet LAN port, there is an audio video jack, 1
SPDIF jack, and the power adapter jack.
To the side, you have 2 USB 2.0 ports and a micro SD card slot.
There's nothing on the other side.
To the top, you have that nice black and grey checkered pattern design with the gold color
Dollamee logo at the center.
To the front, you have a power button, and an LCD clock display.
And to the bottom, there isn't really anything interesting to see here, just some ventilation
holes to provide adequate ventilation, this is necessary to prevent the box from overheating.
So.
that's enough admiring of the box for now, and it's now time to connect it to my TV.
I’ll again pause the video for a second time and when I return.
I’ll run some system information and benchmarking applications and we'll see how is scores.
So, I'm back, and let's not waste any time and get this box going.
And as I startup the box.
it shows this colorful Dollamee animation, and we are presented with this new user interface.
This launcher is a bit different.
I don't think I have ever seen this one before.
But wait a minute, I have actually seen this interface somewhere before.
this is the same design used on LG smart televisions.
it's not actually Web OS, but it has the same design.
Right away, I notice that this launcher has no navigation bar at the bottom, instead,
you have an application slider in its place, this slider is divided into three sections.
apps. home.
and favorites.
You can access each one of these sections by simply sliding side to side, while looking
at the header to know which section you are in.
This launcher was more designed for touchscreen devices, but you can also navigate it with
a wireless air mouse or a regular PC mouse.
To remove any shortcut from the home or favorites section, simply click and drag it away.
and to add any shortcut, slide over to the apps section and click and hold any app with
the mouse or select with the remote, and press the menu button and choose where you’d like
to send the shortcut.
then select with the mouse, or press OK on the remote control.
There is also an uninstall option in case you want to remove the app.
You can even change the launcher's background by simply clicking on the tee shirt icon located
in the top right corner.
and select the background you want.
At this point I will install my system and benchmarking apps to see how it performs.
So, I have installed all my apps, and let's first check to see if the box is rooted.
It shows here that the box is rooted, running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.
Now let's check and see if the online updates work.
It says that the box is checking the updates, and there is nothing happening.
I cannot get any updates information.
and it says that the updates check failed, and to check your OTA Server Agent.
Let's have a look at some hardware information.
I normally use the AIDA64 application to view this information.
and under the system section, it shows that the manufacturer is Amlogic. and the model
is the Dolamee D6.
Below here it shows the total RAM and internal storage that comes with the box, and the available
storage left after the Android installation.
Under the CPU section, it shows that the CPU is a quad core Cortex A53 CPU, which is the
Amlogic S905X running on a 64bit system.
The CPU runs up to 1.5 GHz. and not 2.0 as the CPU is capable of reaching, this limitation
could be a precaution to prevent overheating.
a problem that can be solved by installing cooling fans and heatsinks.
Under the display section, you have the screen resolution.
the GPU is the Penta core Mali 450, running up to 750 MHz and it has a refresh rate of
60hz.
Under the network section, it shows I am connected to my 2.4 WiFi band, and below here it shows
the signal strength, link speed, and the frequency.
Under the Android section, it shows the operating system to be Android 6.0 Marshmallow. and
it also shows that the box is rooted.
Under the thermal section, it shows that the Dolamee D6 has an operating temperature of
around 60 to 75° Celsius.
I find this temperature to be a bit high.
and more could have been done to provide more ventilation for this box.
Under the codecs section, here it shows a list of the various audio and video decoders
installed on the box.
In this list, it shows that the box comes with H.263, H.264 and VP9 decoding. and there
is no H.265 decoder in this list.
That's all for AIDA64.
Now I'll run a memory speed test with the A1 SD bench application.
This app carries out a test on the memory copy speed, your internal memory read and
write speed, and your SD card read and write speed.
and the results show that the Dolamee D6 has a RAM copy speed of around 3298 MB/s.
the internal memory and SD card reed speeds between 21 to 27 MBps. and write speeds is
between 8 to 10 MBps.
These read and write speed results rank lower when compared to other boxes, and that is
expected with this box given that it is an economy box.
I'll now perform a WiFi speed test to see how fast the 2.4GHz WiFi band performs.
With the dual band router being in the same room, running on a 30 megabits’ internet
connection, the results show that when connected to my 2.4GHz WiFi connection, the box had
some slow download speeds, the upload was OK, but this test was not what I had expected.
I'll now run the Antutu benchmark application.
the Antutu benchmark, is a comprehensive benchmarking application that runs a series of tests on
your Android device.
These tests comprise of 3D graphics, off screen rendering, image processing fish eye, image
processing blur, and 3D physics simulation.
it carries out a test on memory performance, and CPU multi treading and multitasking capability,
and it also performs a test on user experience performance.
This test takes about 7 minutes, so I skipped the video to display the final results.
In the end, the Dolamee D6 got an Antutu score of 30856.
Next is the Geek bench 4 application.
this benchmarking application, runs a series of tests on your CPU, and it times how long
the processor takes to complete each task.
The quicker the CPU takes to complete each test, the device in turn will get a higher
score.
In the end, the Dolamee D6 got a score of 607 single core, and 997 multi core.
For the final benchmark, I'm running the Ice Storm extreme GPU benchmarking test.
The ice storm extreme, is a comprehensive graphics rendering application that measures
GPU performance.
The first test measures the performance while processing lots of vertices.
The other test measures performance while processing lots of pixels.
And the third test which is the Physics test measures CPU performance.
in the end the Dolamee D6 got an ice storm extreme score of 4135.
And that's all for the benchmarks.
Let’s now open the Kodi application.
This box comes with a blank customized version of Kodi build called TVMC.
If you go to system, and then to system information, here it shows the version is Kodi 16.1 Jarvis.
If we head on over to video addons, you will see that it comes with no addons what so ever,
and to install addons is totally for the user to decide.
However, if you would like to install all the popular addons there is a one click option
for this.
All you do is exit Kodi and slide to the apps section, here you would see a download arrow
with the heading K addons.
Open this app and you have to enable it under the permissions settings.
then click the back button and you'll be presented with some options.
Under any of these sections you can install individual addons, or you can click this all
addons option to install all the popular addons at once.
When it is completed, simply exit the app and open Kodi and go to video addons.
there you would see a list of what you have installed.
And like I said before, this option is totally up to you.
And that's it for TVMC.
I'll now run some 4K sample videos stored on a flash drive to see how the box plays
4K content.
So given that this box is a cheap model, it somehow managed to play most of the 4K videos
without any problems with the exception of the Jellyfish videos.
this is not surprising since that all of the TV boxes I have reviewed had difficulty playing
the second of the two Jellyfish videos at 250 Mbps.
For my final test, I always like to play a game.
This time it's not a high graphics game but a very popular game call plants vs zombies
2.
For those wondering what I am using to play this game, I am using a simple USB PC mouse.
This game does not install from the Google play store, you have to download the APK file
and install it using the app installer located in the apps section of the launcher.
I ran this game just to show people how much fun you can have with TV boxes.
The game ran without any issues, and there're lots of other Android games that you can play
on this device.
So, in closing, I’d like to point out that the Dolamee D6 is not the best box that I've
had the opportunity to review.
The new launcher lacks volume controls, cascade app function, and screenshot functions.
and it has the same problems that the other boxes experienced such as trouble playing
the 4K jellyfish video at 250 Mbps.
the CPU temperature is a bit high, and its clock range is restricted to prevent overheating.
The online updates don't work and the benchmark scores are some of the lowest I've seen.
So, I've come to the end of my review of the Dolamee D6, Amlogic S905X quad core android
6.0 TV box.
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