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squig007
15-10-16, 22:37
Anyone know when we will be seeing this box for sale and also I'm trying to find out what quad processor it will use any ideas ?

Thanks

Squig
Trial
16-10-16, 07:51
Hi,
all gossip at the moment. Normally VU releases their boxes short before Christmas so I would guess end November or start of December.

Chip chould be BCM 7444S like on first demo boxes.

ciao
Rob van der Does
16-10-16, 08:51
BCM7444S 4GB Flash 3GB RAM
squig007
16-10-16, 09:07
I had the solo 4K which I didn't like . I think it used an arm processor I really hope they don't use this on new box
Sicilian
16-10-16, 09:12
Its an ARM CPU.
squig007
16-10-16, 09:14
Do you know why the have changed to arm , when for years he old chip worked well
Sicilian
16-10-16, 09:15
Do you know why the have changed to arm , when for years he old chip worked well

Any model that's come with 4K support is arm based.
Rob van der Does
16-10-16, 09:52
Because they're much more powerful with the same or less power consumption. That's why you see them in many (all??) mobile devices.
squig007
16-10-16, 15:43
So this quad core processor will it have the same power say for example as a quad core android box ? So kodi should actually work a lot better in this box ?
Trial
16-10-16, 17:09
Hi,
if Kodi works good highly depends on the quality of the driver. So that Kodi runs better than now a change in media player would also be needed because Kodi stores the files as nfs:\\server\share\moviename and the standard E2 player does not support it.

ciao
DaMacFunkin
16-10-16, 17:32
Because they're much more powerful with the same or less power consumption. That's why you see them in many (all??) mobile devices.

And yet every arm based media solution I have come across suffers with refresh rate switching problems, in particular 24hz.
All that glitters isn't gold.
DaMacFunkin
16-10-16, 17:33
So this quad core processor will it have the same power say for example as a quad core android box ? So kodi should actually work a lot better in this box ?

See the above comment.
Rob van der Does
16-10-16, 18:23
And yet every arm based media solution I have come across suffers with refresh rate switching problems, in particular 24hz.
All that glitters isn't gold.
If drivers and firmware aren't 100%, which is often the case, it doesn't matter how good/fast the SoC is.