The way of watching movies and series is changing thanks to the Internet and advances in technology in general. Televisions as such are increasingly being used less and as time passes, more alternatives appear to enjoy your favorite series or movies, either on a computer, tablet or through any other media center or smart platform.
From Ubunlog We want to inform you that the Geekbuying developers have launched a new TV-Box called GeekBox which uses Ubuntu and Android 5.1. In this post we want to tell you about their characteristics and some of its most notable technical specifications. Here we go.
According to Geekbuying, this TV-Box is not just any electronic device; is the dream of any geek came true. And is that you can make GeekBox by yourself calmly at home since according to the creators, the main intention of GeekBox is to create an intelligent platform that is Open Source.
Even so, since GeekBox is still a somewhat premature project, the source code is not yet available on its official website. In addition, hardware documentation is now available used to manufacture this TV-Box, which can be very useful if we want to manufacture it ourselves. This information can be found in these two files that we can find on its own website:
Some of your characteristics most important are the following:
- Eight core processor
- 2 GB of RAM
- 16 GB internal storage
- Wi-Fi that follows the IEE 802.11ac standard
- Bluetooth 4.1
- Gigabit Ethernet
Support for 4K video playback, PowerVR SGX6110 graphics, HDMI 2.0 port
- MicroUSB port
- Two USB ports
And the best of all is that, as we already advanced, GeekBox comes with Ubuntu and Android 5.1 pre-installed, giving the user the possibility to choose which of the two operating systems he wants to use with a simple click. Also, as an alternative, you can install another Android-based OS called LightBiz OSby Rockchip.
You can reserve your GeekBox from Geekbuying page. How can you see, this TV-Box costs 110 dollars (about 106 euros), but if we leave a comment on the page of Geekbuying promotion, we will get a discount coupon of 20 dollars (about 18 euros).
From Ubunlog We hope that this entry has been helpful to you and that now you are a little clearer about whether to purchase, or manufacture yourself, this very promising TV-Box.