As you have noticed arrives TV Boxes with SoC Amlogic S905. Among the manufacturers of new TV Boxes with S905 processor could not miss the brand PROBOX2 and their TV Box called PROBOX2 Z.
PROBOX2 brand is responsible for the success of the EX+ TV Box and known remote controller wit air mouse called Remote+ (more info in review). Currently PROBOX2 Z Android TV Box is available in presale on w2comp priced at $66.50 and $90.25 with REMOTE+. At the moment, the lack of more photos of the device. Therefore, let’s look closer Z TV Box specification:
- CPU – Amlogic S905 quad core ARM Cortex-A53 @ up to 2.0GHz
- GPU – Penta-core Mali-450MP Up to 750 MHz
- Memory – 1GB DDR3
- OS – Android 5.1 Lollipop
- Storage – 8GB eMMC flash + micro SD card slot
- Video Output – HDMI 2.0 up to 4K @ 60 Hz with HDMI CEC support
- Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0
- USB – 2x USB 2.0 host ports
- Misc – IR Receiver
- Power Supply – 5V/2A
- Dimensions – 110mm * 110mm * 17.5mm
- Weight – 185g
PROBOX2 Z Android TV Box support H.265 (also known as HEVC, short for High Efficiency Video Coding) is a video compression standard whose predecessor is H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. H.265 HEVC ensures to deliver video quality identical to H.264 AVC at only half the bit rate.