HDMI TV sticks used to be popular, but as processors became more powerful, it became more and more challenging to put new SoCs in such a small form factor due to thermal issues. For example, there’s no HDMI TV stick powered by Amlogic S802 (4x Cortex A9 @ 2GHz), as even TV boxes may have troubles keeping things cool with two largish heatsinks. But the new Amlogic S805 quad core ARM Cortex A5 is more power-efficient, and Ugoos will soon release S85 model in an HDMI stick form factor. For now, they’ve just published some pictures of the board.
Ugoos S85 specifications:
- SoC – Amlogic S805 Quad-Core Cortex-A5 @ 1.5GHz with Quad Core ARM Mali-450MP GPU @ 600MHz
- System Memory – 1GB DDR3
- Storage – 8GB NAND FLASH + micro SD card slot
- Video & Audio Output – HDMI 1.4b with CEC (male connector)
- Video Codecs – MPEG1/2/4, H.265, HD AVC/VC-1, RM/RMVB, Xvid/DivX3/4/5/6, RealVideo8/9/10
- Video Containers – Avi/Rm/Rmvb/Ts/Vob/Mkv/Mov/ISO/wmv/asf/flv/dat/mpg/mpeg
- Audio Format/Codecs – MP3/WMA/AAC/WAV/OGG/AC3/DDP/TrueHD/DTS/DTS/HD/FLAC/APE
- Connectivity – Wi-Fi
- USB – 1x USB 2.0 host port, 2x micro USB ports (1x OTG, 1x for power)
- Power Supply – DC 5V/2A
Via Ian on Google+ Mini PCs Community.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
Maybe it would be time to upgrade from my h.264/1080p media player stick into h.265/2160p media player stick soon…
Still the best stick for general (non-Android) use has been the Ugoos UG802, that stick keeps on ticking, no matter what you do with/to it. 🙂
@anon
Just to clarify S805 supports H.265, but only @ 1080p. It actually does not support any codec at more than 1080p.
Zero Devices is teasing an upcoming Z4C II quad core stick on Twitter -> https://twitter.com/ZeroDevices/status/496456440534814721/photo/1
No certainty, but I’m guessing it will also be based on Amlogic S805.
Does not look to be any upstream XBMC support for Amlogic S805 yet?
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/5129
When will have a dongle can have a look? will you also have the box with S805 chipset?