Category: HDMI Sticks

Macro Winners Electronics shows $59 Android Game Console, HDMI Sticks, Single chip Game Consoles with accessories and more

Posted by Kevin Sadria – August 11, 2013
Category: Tablets, HDMI Sticks, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Macro Winners Electronics has a manufacturing factory in Shezhen with 200 employees that make HDMI Sticks, Android Game Consoles, Single chip Game Consoles and many other products.
They claim to sell at 3.5 million units per year mainly in USA and Europe.

They demonstrate some Game Consoles, HDMI Sticks and Single Chip Game Consoles in this video.

The Game Consoles are with a 5 inch screen or with a 7 inch screen comes with built-in Key Mapping Software to help gaining more control on the hardware controller and to make gameplay available for non supported games for the controller and also comes out of the box with an app that emulates Nintendo 64 Games, PlayStation Games, Nintendo Ds and Gameboy Series Games.

Price tag is 59$ for the 7 inch version and the 5 inch version with Action CPU costs 48$.

They make some Game Consoles that do not run Android but a proprietary OS and cost 28$.
They also make Single chip Game Consoles that you can play up to around 155 games and some accessories for it like Wireless Controllers and Shooting guns.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013
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chromecastcast.com Episode 4 – Live from China

Posted by Charbax – August 7, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Marvell, Android, Chrome OS

I’m hanging out with +Paul Terry Walhus of http://chromecastcast.com and +Chris Porter of http://cwporter.me talking about all the latest news around the Chromecast.

Woxingo Android Tablets and HDMI sticks

Posted by juliusaugustus – August 6, 2013
Category: Tablets, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Woxingo is a Shenzhen based producer of Android devices such as tablets and HDMI sticks. Woxingo has a very large factory that employs around 1,000 people. More information on Woxingo can be found at http://www.szwxg.com.cn/
Products Include:
9.7″ Retina Android tablet with Rockchip RK3188. The price is 150 USD for 1,000 pieces.

8″ Android Tablet with Rockchip RK3066. The price is 119 USD.

7″ 1024×600 Android tablet with Rockchip RK3168. The price is 72 USD.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013
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Shenzhen Tena Android Set-top-boxes and HDMI Sticks

Posted by juliusaugustus – August 5, 2013
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Allwinner, Rockchip, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Tena is a producer of Android based set top boxes as well as HDMI sticks. On top of hardware development they also do software development for Linux or Android. Tena also provides solutions running not only Android but Ubuntu. The folks at the both were unwilling to quote prices.
Products Include:
Android set top box with dual core Allwinner A20 processor. The set top box also support webcams for things like Skype video calls.

Rk3188 Android HDMI stick.

Android Set top box with various CPUs.

RK3188 Tablet which could in theory run Windows RT.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013

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ARMdevices.net Hangout Show: Moto X, Chromecast and other Tech News Live

Posted by Charbax – August 1, 2013
Category: Smartphones, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Opinions, Google, Android, Chrome OS

A few hours before the official unveiling of the Google Moto X phone, here I talk with Thomas Christiansen of http://worldoftommy.com, +Todd Neumann of AT&T and +Rafael Morales of http://AndroidSpin.com

Would you like to participate in the next ARMdevices.net Hangout Show? Leave a comment here or on the Google+ thread with your Google+ Profile link and I will invite you to be on the next show when we record it live!

Chromecastcast.com Episode 3 – Chromecast in Europe

Posted by Charbax – August 1, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Opinions, Marvell, Google, Android, Chrome OS

I’m on the http://Chromecastcast.com Episode 3 with +Paul Terry Walhus, +Jennifer Ruggiero, +Brad Chasenore from the TechWebcast Australia, +Daniel N. and +Jacob Jones

Thanks +Daniel Lietzan for sending me a Chromecast so I’m one of the first in Europe to be testing one! In this episode we talk about all the latest news around the Google Chromecast, Google’s “simplified Chrome OS” Powered HDMI Stick!

If you want to skip to some of my long ramblings:
10:19 Google Drive Unlimited Store Torrented movies, TV shows, Music for free
18:50 Showing off all my HDMI Sticks to compare

Chromecastcast.com Episode 2

Posted by Charbax – July 27, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Opinions, Marvell, Android, Chrome OS

It was broadcast live here:

Watch me talk about the $35 Google Chromecast HDMI Stick Chromestick on a Hangout for Chromecastcast.com

Posted by Charbax – July 25, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Opinions, Google, Android, Chrome OS

You can watch these 49 minutes of me being interviewed by Paul Terry Walhus in a Hangout On Air for his new blog that’s going to be at http://chromecastcast.com (not yet launched) where I talk about what I think the Google Chromecast is, which ARM Powered hardware I expect it to have (I thought maybe Rockchip but it’s Marvell), how it may be unlocked for a Chromebox mode (Micro-USB Host to Hub/Ethernet/RF), how this Chrome OS device may support the Chrome browser, Android apps and Games natively instead of only being used for streaming video and audio and more.

Google launches $35 ARM Powered Chromecast Chrome OS on a Stick to stream media to HDTV

Posted by Charbax – July 24, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Opinions, Google, Android, Chrome OS

I guess Google reads my Google+ feed.. on April 16th I suggested:

$50 Chrome stick would be nice. ARM Cortex-A15 on a HDMI stick running Chrome OS. I’m just saying.

Not sure if the $35 Chromecast Google HDMI Stick has an ARM Cortex-A15 processor in it though, what is the ARM Processor inside of the new Google Chromestick? Is Google using the Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 Rockchip RK3188? Tegra4? Something from Qualcomm?

Which ARM Processor is being used? Can it run a full Chrome OS On ARM also? USB Host (to Ethernet/RF/Hub) supported?

Can the Chromecast Chromestick run a full Chrome OS included for free? Why didn’t Google explain how to “unlock” the Chromestick to display a full ARM Powered Chrome OS on the TV?

I look forward to Chrome OS on ARM Powered HDMI Sticks, let it not just revolutionize Video-on-demand, let the $35 Google stick also be the x86 Wintel desktop killer.

1. My guess is Chromecast has MHL support, can otherwise get charge from MicroUSB, I wonder if a MicroUSB hub can allow for Ethernet connectivity on Chromecast.

2. I wonder how video games and apps are going to run natively on the Chromecast.

3. Does it support Bluetooth 4.0, RF and USB Host for wireless keyboards and mice to use the Chromecast as a Chrome OS desktop without a remote device?

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Rockchip shows sub-$10 Miracast/DLNA HDMI Dongle for all Android devices

Posted by Charbax – July 18, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Computex, Android

Rockchip shows the worlds cheapest Miracast and DLNA HDMI Dongle, Rockchip programmed Linux on their most basic ARM Processor to support quick and easy Miracast and DLNA for any Android WiFi device that can support that, making a WiFi Direct connection to any smartphone, tablet and making it easy to stream all screen content onto the HDTV. Miracast is a default feature for any Android 4.2 device. No configuration, no password prompting, you just connect to the HDMI Dongle directly to start transmitting the screen content to the HDTV.

Rockchip shows H.265 and WebM VP9 video decoding on RK3188

Posted by Charbax – July 18, 2013
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Computex, Android

Rockchip shows the world’s first H.265 and VP9 advanced video playback on their Rockchip RK3188 processor. Right now Rockchip is doing this software based decoding, with potential support for hardware based decoding coming later. This shows how the Rockchip RK3188 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 is fast enough to do such advanced software based video decoding. In the future, even Rockchip’s single-core and dual-core will support H.265 and VP9 codec, the goal is to have 1080p software based playback on RK3188 and 720p support on the Rockchip’s dual and single-core. The H.265 and VP9 support is added with a patch with no need to do a full firmware flash upgrade. The new H.265 HEVC and the WebM VP9 codecs can potentially save something like half the bitrate and file size at the same video quality.

Shenzhen Tena RK3188 HDMI Stick and Set-top-boxes

Posted by Charbax – July 17, 2013
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Android

Shenzhen Tena is a close and early partner with Rockchip designing and implementing Rockchip RK3188 based HDMI Sticks and Set-top-boxes, they have 14 production lines currently outputting 30K HDMI Sticks and Set-top-boxes per month but with a capacity that is much higher as soon as software is fully optimized and as soon as demand is maximized.

Shenzhen Tena at the Shenzhen Electronics Fair

Kinect-style regular Webcam Gameplay on Sunchip’s RK3188 HDMI Stick

Posted by Charbax – June 3, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Gaming, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Sunchip, Android

Check me dancing to Michael Jackson’s Bad in a Camera-recognition game dancing game running on Sunchip’s RK3188 HDMI Stick. The Kinect style body recognitions aren’t as precise as a Kinect because a regular webcam obviously doesn’t have that many sensors.

You can contact Sunchip here:
Kobe Chen
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
http://sunchip-tech.com

Shadowgun gameplay on Sunchip’s RK3188 HDMI Stick

Posted by Charbax – June 3, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Gaming, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Sunchip, Android

Home Console on a Stick. What can Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft do?

You can contact Sunchip here:
Kobe Chen
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
http://sunchip-tech.com

Learning how to shoot in Shadowgun on Sunchip’s RK3188 HDMI Stick

Posted by Charbax – June 3, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Gaming, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Sunchip, Android

I just need to get the right buttons aligned.

You can contact Sunchip here:
Kobe Chen
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
http://sunchip-tech.com

Sunchip RK3188 Quad-core HDMI Stick Headquarters

Posted by Charbax – June 3, 2013
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Sunchip, Android

Here’s Kobe Bryant of Sunchip talking about their new Rockchip RK3188 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 HDMI Stick, showing also their other Set-top-boxes, Dual-core, Quad-core and showing around their headquarters with R&D engineers, sample production line, sales. marketing and more.

You can contact Sunchip here:
Kobe Chen
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
http://sunchip-tech.com

HiSilicon HDMI Stick by Maxway, streaming media player solution provider

Posted by Charbax – May 27, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Members Content, HiSilicon, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Maxway provides streaming media player solutions on this HiSilicon single-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor solution, doing features like Miracast, around $50 per HDMI Stick in bulk.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013

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Geniatech dual band WiFi and DTV tuner on MicroUSB for HDMI Sticks and Tablets

Posted by Charbax – May 25, 2013
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, AmLogic, China Sourcing Fair, Geniatech, Android

Geniatech shows their new HDMI Stick with built-in 5Ghz dual-band WiFi support and provides a new compact DVB-T tuner on MicroUSB for Rockchip and AmLogic based tablets (comes with default driver on AmLogic tablets and for Rockchip requires modification to the tablet firmware). They have a DTV to WiFi battery powered box for $45 (guidance, I guess bulk price). Geniatech also shows some of their other current devices and they tease the next generation quad-core 2Ghz AmLogic ARM Cortex-A9 with Quad-core Mali-400 that is due to arrive in products around June/July.

World’s Smallest RK3066 HDMI Stick, $35 SmartCandy by Smartvote

Posted by Charbax – May 23, 2013
Category: HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Rockchip, AmLogic, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

SmartCandy is perhaps the worlds smallest Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 HDMI Stick yet on the market. Here showing how they have optimized the size of the ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-core PCB design to fit in the smallest form factor. 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash. The Wi-Fi is external on the special Micro-USB cable, that also includes USB Host. They can also make that cable with 3 USB Host ports and an Ethernet port for $2 more. Smartvote starts shipping the Quad-core HDMI Stick in the middle of of May.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013

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$45 AML8726-MX Set-top-box by Acemax

Posted by Charbax – May 23, 2013
Category: Tablets, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Cameras, Exclusive videos, Members Content, Allwinner, Rockchip, AmLogic, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Acemax shows their AmLogic AML8726-MX based Dual-core Set-top-box. The bulk price (1K orders or larger) start at around $45. Android 4.2.1 is installed. XBMC support. 80 people in the factory. Acemax also shows their Allwinner A31 HDMI Stick to be sold for about $65 in bulk. Acemax even shows a $70 1080p helmet action video camera. Next step will include a remote control touch-screen like a watch.

Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) 2013

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