Kaiboer Q8 may look like an alarm clock radio, but it’s definitely an upcoming Android media player powered by Mstar 9810 SoC with 2GB RAM, 16GB eMMC, USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and an internal 2.5″ SATA bay. The company had previously launched three MSO9810 Android STBs, two of which did not support hard drives, and one with a 3.5″ SATA bay, so this new product fills the void for 2.5″ hard drives.
Kaiboer Q8 specifications:
- SoC – Mstar MSO9180D1R Quad core ARM Cortex A9 @ 1.5GHz with a quad-core ARM Mali-450MP GPU.
- System Memory – 2GB DDR3
- Storage – 16 GB eMMC + microSD card slot + internal SATA bay for 2.5″ drives
- Video I/O – HDMI in, HDMI out (All models)
- Audio I/O – HDMI in/out, optical S/PDIF
- Video Codecs – Up to 4K. MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4, DivX, H.264, H.265 VC-1, H.263, Real Media, MVC, etc…
- Audio Formats – MPEG, WMA, WAV, APE, OGG, FLAC, ACC, Dolby Digital, DTS…
- Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet, 802 b/g/n Wi-Fi
- USB – 2x USB 2.0 host ports, 1x USB3.0 port
- Front panel – LED display wit 5 digits and various icons
- Misc – Power and back buttons, and D-Pad on device, with another power button on the rear panel.
- Power Supply – N/A
- Dimensions – N/A
Hard drives can simply be inserted in the slot you can see on the rear panel above. This media player is said to run Android 4.3, and the package should include an IR remote control among other accessories. Kaiboer seems fully focused on the Chinese market, and I’m not aware of any English version of their firmware for previous models, so even the hardware looks quite interesting, and it should become available on Aliexpress, most people may want to skip this product, unless the company has changed their stance about oversea markets. It might be possible to change the language to English in the settings, and I’m not 100% sure Google Play Store is pre-installed, so it might have to be manually installed.
There’s no word about pricing nor availability at this stage, but you can find more information on Kaiboer Q8 product page (in Chinese).
Via AndroidPC.es
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.
Looks like Mstar 9810 SoC should be supported by XBMC on Android
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Android_hardware#Chipsets
Well at least H.264 and MPEG-2 should be supported in latest Kodi
so is this using amlogic chipset never herd of mstar before
The solution for the 2.5 hard drive is simple brilliant !
And it even has a decent power button 😉
If it also has a RTC clock, battery support and runs Linux this could be my next desktop PC 🙂 🙂
Congratulations!
@adem
Mstar is a separate company, recently bought by Mediatek.
@adem
Mstar is the manufactuerer of the SoC chip and it is a competitor of Amlogic.
Just like Rockchip is a competitor of Amlogic.
Maybe it is easier to compare just how Intel and AMD are competitors.
are they a serous competitor to Amlogic. i never herd of then before all i here is aml and rockchip
really a good idea to insert a display the box looks less stupid
why not a graphic display there are very small one now