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join with me today for another TV box top review on today's video I have a
full review of the H 96 Maxx h2 rockchip rk3288 7.1 4k TV box coming up next you
have performance benchmarks and live demonstrations so stay tuned you have
more in a moment
so I'm back and let's take a look at the package the h 96 max h 2 comes in this
black cardboard box with no specifications labeled anywhere on the
outside so without further ado I'll unpack the contents inside
so in the box you get the H 96 max h2 TV box itself you get this infrared remote
I always emphasize that these remotes will work well to control the basic
functions of the box but if you intend on performing more advanced functions
like installing Kodi add-ons or playing android games a Bluetooth air mouse or
mini touchpad keyboard would be a better option
you get one HDMI cable a 5 volts 2 amps Universal DC power adapter and a quick
setup user's guide let's examine the Box the housing is made of plastic with the
H 96 Max h2 logo clearly displayed at the top to the back you have one HDMI
port one USB 2.0 port you have one rj45 Ethernet LAN port you get one s/pdif
three point five millimeters port one audio/video board in your DC power input
to the side you have two more USB 2.0 ports in one USB 3.0 port there's
nothing on the other side but some ventilation holes to the front you have
a blue LED power light and to the bottom you have some ventilation holes
so I'll now connect the box to my TV and move on to the next segment so I'm back
and as I start up the box you have a short Android startup animation which
takes a few seconds then you're taken to the launcher the launcher is the same
launcher we have seen used in the H 96 Pro Plus and in the H 96 Macs in 2017 it
is fast easy to use with the ability to add shortcuts by simply clicking the Add
button and selecting which app you would like to add or remove this launcher
comes with a navigation bar and status bar for easy navigation and multitasking
let's take a look at the apps section in the apps section it comes with your
regular set of utility apps including the super user application which I will
be testing later on for permissions with key mapping applications and I also see
that they have included some streaming applications like Netflix Showbox cloud
TV film online Bob Joe and Cody so to complete my review I'll install some
system information and benchmarking apps of my own and when I return I'll move on
to the next segment so I'm back and first I'll check to see if the box is
rooted and it shows that the box is ruined running on android 7.1.2 nougat
operating system as a TV box user this is great news because having root access
on your box allows you to download and install any app you like from the Google
Play Store without restrictions this is more so important if you intend on using
key mapping applications to play android games i now show the DRM information the
DRM info shows that the h 96 max h2 only has support for google Widevine and cen
c clear key however it has recently been proven that despite a box not having the
necessary drm support it is still capable of playing Netflix and YouTube
in 4k quality using the app version found on the aptoide App Store
fortunately the both versions from the aptoide app store comes pre-installed on
the box I'll now show its system and hardware
information it shows that the manufacturer is rock chimp and the model
is the H 96 max below it shows that the box comes with 4 gigabytes of RAM and
here it shows the remainder of RAM and internal storage after the Android
installation and apps installed on the Box the CPU is the rockchip rk3288
quad-core processor running up to 1.5 gigahertz below it also shows that the
box has support for both 32 and 64-bit abis
which allows the box to run both 32 and 64-bit applications the display is
powered by the AR m mali 450 GPU with a refresh rate of 60 Hertz the box has
dual band 5.8 gigahertz Wi-Fi support and Wi-Fi direct is supported the
version of Android installed on the box is Android 7.1.2 nougat and below again
it shows that the box is rooted the temperature of the box is between 55 to
70 degrees Celsius on normal room temperature and around 45 to 50 degrees
on passive cooling the box comes with codecs for playing 4k videos like h.264
heb C and vp9 decoding and a couple of others all needed for the playback of HD
media and that's it for system and hardware information and I'll now move
on to the benchmarks first I'll show the memory read and write speeds the H 96
Max h2 has a ram copy speed of three thousand four hundred four megabytes per
second the internal storage has a read speed of 36 megabytes per second and a
write speed of 33 and the SD card reader has a read speed of twenty-one megabytes
per second and a write speed of 13 these scores are ok but it's not very high at
the same time I'll now show the results of the Wi-Fi
speed test I tested both the 2.4 and 5.8 gigahertz bands on my 40 megabytes
Internet package and the results show that on the 5.8 gigahertz band the Box
hit the maximum speed of my internet package with every try however on the
2.4 gigahertz band it fell below the maximum speed by as much as 35% what
this means is that the H 96 max h2 is better off using the 5.8 gigahertz band
or an Ethernet LAN connection I now have the results of the new version of the
antutu benchmark keep in mind that this new version produces a score that's a
bit higher than the previous version the results show that the H 96 max h2 got an
Andrew to score of 57 thousand 197 this score is okay for a TV box in its class
and now I have the results of the Geekbench for CPU benchmark this
benchmark carries out a series of time tasks and upon completion of these tasks
a score is given on how fast the Box completed each task
so in the end the H 96 max h2 got a Geekbench for score of 548 single-core
in 1492 multi-core these scores are ok and consistent with other boxes in its
class for my final benchmark I have the ice storm extreme GPU benchmark part of
the 3d mark series of GPU tests tailored to a specific Android mobile device when
all tests were complete the H 96 max h2 got an ice storm extreme score of 3835
this score is a bit below average than what I would have expected from a box in
this class which should have been between 4,000 and 5,000 that's it for
the benchmarks and I installed some movie streaming applications to test the
box's ability to stream online movies in he shows first I'll run the Kodi
application the version of Kodi that comes pre-installed on the box is Kodi
18-point Olea however this proved to be quite buggy so I uninstalled that
version and installed a stable version which is 17.6 from the Google Play Store
without problems I also took the liberty of installing the latest third-party
add-ons that provides unlimited streams of free movies and TV shows for your
enjoyment a link to a fellow youtuber who shows tutorials on how to set up
these add-ons can be found in the description area below this video not
everyone understands Kodi so if you fall into that category you can still enjoy
free streams of movies and TV shows there are standalone apps that users in
the streaming world have grown accustomed to calling movie streaming
apks these apks many of which cannot be found on the Google Play Store can be
downloaded and side-loaded onto the box from a USB flash drive or SD card and
installed using the app installer some of these apks in recent times have been
regularly updated and they're stable and to be quite honest many users have
preferred to use these apks rather than kodi and have been doing a good job to
date so some of the more popular movie streaming apks include terrarium TV show
box stream EO mega box HD and mob drone don't know where to find these apks
that's not a problem now it's even easier simply search the name of each
apk in the aptoide app store directly on your box and install them without having
to sideload anything as we're on the topic of streaming i mentioned earlier
that the h 96 max h2 comes pre-installed with the android TV version of youtube
and netflix which allows them to play in 4k quality despite not having the
required drm support i won't be able to show you guys the netflix in 4k because
i don't have the required account but i will show you that youtube can run in 4k
on this box keep in mind that this is the android TV version found on the
aptoide app store and it is best navigated with the stock remote or a
mini touchpad keyboard with Direction pad or what some people call a d-pad
so as you can see the YouTube app runs in 4k quality on this box and that's it
for streaming and I'll now test the box's ability to play downloaded 4k
video samples also keep in mind I am running these samples off the box's
internal storage and not an external device that can have slow read speeds
that can affect the quality of the playback
well that went quite well most of my 4k video samples played
without issues with the exception of the jellyfish video at 400 megabits per
second bitrate it started off to play smoothly then started sticking soon
after this can be expected as this jellyfish video sample is usually the
hardest to play even for high end boxes for my final demonstration I'll be
playing a game to test the box's 3d rendering performance and at the same
time I'll be testing the root permissions with my key mapping
application for compatibility a key mapping app is used to map a gamepad
buttons to touchscreen functions giving you the ability to play any Android
touchscreen game that would not normally be accessible on a TV box
unfortunately the key mapping application failed under the super user
permissions so I decided to install a game called Real Racing 3 which is a
game developed with gamepad compatibility and there's no need for a
key mapping app to play so let's take in some racing action
so the game ran smoothly the graphics rendering wasn't the best but the game
was very playable it's a pity I couldn't get the key mapping app to work to see
how it would have done against more high graphics games so to summarize this
review let's take a look at the pros and cons of this device I'll start with the
pros the H 96 Maxx h2 is a great TV box for streaming free movies and TV shows
via Kodi or movie streaming apks it can play YouTube and Netflix videos in 4k
quality the benchmark scores are averaged but with an acceptable range it
played 99% of my 4k video samples with ease and the box is rooted with a
navigation bar and status bar on the launcher for easy navigation on the low
side the box comes with an infrared remote what I am suggesting is that an
included Bluetooth remote would have been a nice addition it had a slight
difficulty playing the jellyfish video at 400 megabits per second the 2.4
gigahertz Wi-Fi ban couldn't meet the maximum speed of my internet package and
lastly my key mapping app failed to function correctly under the super user
permissions with that said I am recommending the H
96 Max h2 as a good box to buy so I've come to the end of my review of the H 96
Max h2 Android TV box if you're interested in this box a link was placed
in the description area below this video for the lowest price offer online thanks
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