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TV box stop review.
On today's video, I've decided to feature a TV box with a low price tag that can still
provide free movies and TV shows for your enjoyment.
In Today's review, we feature the Tanix TX3 mini, quad core Amlogic S905W Android 7.1
4K TV box.
Coming up after the break, we have a full review of its hardware and features, along
with benchmarks and my final thoughts and opinion, so stay tuned, we have more in a
minute.
Welcome back, The Tanix TX3 mini comes in this black box with no specifications listed
anywhere on the sides, so I'll put the specs up on the screen as I unpack the contents
of the box.
The TX3 mini runs on the Amlogic S905W quad core Cortex A53 CPU, running up to 1.2 GHz.
Its display, is powered by the penta core Mali 450, running up to 750 MHz.
It comes with 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and 16GB of internal storage.
It has 802.11 single band WiFi, and Bluetooth is not supported.
In the box, you have the TX3 mini unit itself.
You get 1 Infrared remote.
The remote may work well to control the basic functions of the box, but a wireless mini
touch-pad keyboard or a Bluetooth air mouse is a better option.
You get 1 HDMI cable.
A 5 volts 2 amps DC power adapter.
And a users guide.
Let's have a look at its ports.
To the back, you have 1 HDMI port, 1 RJ45 Ethernet LAN port, 1 audio video port, 1 optical
audio port, and a DC power input.
To the side, you have 2 USB 2.0 ports, and an SD card slot.
To the front, you have an LED clock display.
To the top, you have the Tanix logo.
and to the bottom, there are no ventilation holes.
I'll now connect this box to my TV, and when I return I'll continue.
So I'm connected and let's begin.
The TX3 mini starts with the TX3 mini logo, and then it shows the Android 7.1 startup
animation, then you're taken to the launcher.
This launcher is really simple to use, with large buttons to access the different functions,
along with the option to add shortcuts to the launcher.
There's also a one click memory cleanup for cleaning up unused memory, and improving the
overall performance of the box.
The launcher comes with a navigation bar at the bottom, with handy controls for easy navigation.
Upon starting up for the first time, you'll need to swipe in an upwards motion at the
base of the screen to gain access.
If you don't like the default launcher, you can simply download the nova launcher from
the Google playstore and have an alternative launcher at your disposal.
If I go to the apps section, the TX3 mini comes with a basic set of core function applications,
with the exception of the Kodi application and Miracast.
So I'll now install my usual set of applications, and when I return I'll continue.
So I'm set, and first let's check to see if the box is rooted.
It shows that the box comes rooted, running on Android 7.1.2 nougat operating system.
This is great news, as the root access grants full access to the Google play store to install
any app you like without restrictions.
Let's check to see if there are any updates for this box.
Well it shows that the box is currently up to date, and there are no further updates
at this time.
Let's take a look at its system and hardware information.
Under system information, here it shows that the manufacturer is Amlogic, and the model
is the TX3 Mini.
Below it shows that the box has 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and below is shows the remaining memory
and internal storage from the 16GB after the operating system and the apps installed on
the box.
Under CPU, it shows that the CPU is a quad core 64bit cortex A53, running up to 1.2 GHz.
It also shows that this device only has support for 32bit ABIs, which allows it to run only
32bit applications.
Under display, it shows your screen resolution, and it shows that the display is powered by
the Mali 450 penta core GPU, with a refresh rate of 60 hz.
Under network information, it shows that the box has single band 2.4 GHz Wifi, and it also
shows its signal strength link speed and frequency.
Under Android information, it shows the version installed is Android 7.1 Nougat, and below
it also shows that the box is rooted.
Under thermal information, the box runs around 55 to 60°C on normal cooling, and around
40 to 50° on passive cooling.
Under codecs information, it shows that you have codecs like H.264, HEVC, and VP9 decoding,
all needed for 4K video playback.
And that's it for system and hardware information, and we now move on to the benchmarks.
Let's start with some memory read and write speeds.
It shows that the Tanix TX3 mini has a RAM copy speed of 2 thousand 3 hundred and 42
MB/s.
The internal memory, has a read speed of 52 MB/s, and a Write speed of 29.
And the SD card slot has a read speed of 16 MB/s, and a write speed of 12.
These speeds are not super great, but it's OK given that it's a budget TV box.
Now we have the results from the WiFi speed test.
The scores I got weren't that impressive on my internet package.
However, the box is capable of achieving much better scores on a faster network.
We now have the results from the Antutu benchmark.
When all tests were complete, the TX3 mini got an Antutu score of 25 thousand 6 hundred
and 21.
This score is considered average when compared to other TV boxes.
Next, we have the results from the Geekbench 4 CPU benchmark.
After the series of timed tasks were complete, the TX3 mini scored a Geekbench 4 score of
5 hundred and 8 single core, an 1 thousand 3 hundred and 83 multi-core.
These scores are also lower than average.
And for my final benchmark, I have the Ice storm extreme 3D graphics benchmark.
After all the 3D graphics tests were complete, the TX3 mini got a score of 3 thousand 5 hundred
and 55.
This is a low score, which indicates that the TX3 mini is not meant for gaming.
That's it for the benchmarks.
And let me now open the Kodi application.
The Kodi application starts in version 17.3, an it's a bit buggy and unstable.
You have to update to version 17.4 and all problems a fixed.
If I go to settings, then to system information, you can see I updated the version to 17.4.
I also installed some third party addons to stream free movies and TV shows.
So that's all for Kodi, an I'll now run some 4K videos to test the box's 4K video playback
capabilities.
Well as you can see, the TX3 mini didn't play the 4K videos well at all, even when loaded
onto its internal storage some of the videos failed to play.
For my final demonstration, I'm running a game call Cyber Sphere.
This game can be played with any wireless gamepad, So let's take in some gaming action.
So this game played OK, but the graphics was not of the highest quality.
This means that this TV box should be used mainly for streaming, and small low end graphics
games.
So in summary, the Tanix TX3 mini, though having the latest operating system, and running
on a 64bit hardware environment with root access, the CPU used in this device resulted
in some slow speeds an low benchmark scores, resulting in a not so good user experience.
So I've come to the end of my review of the Tanix TX3 mini, quad core 4K TV box.
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