Almost The Best – Mecool KM1 Collective Android TV OS Google Certified 4K TV BOX Review

Mecool KM1 Collective TV Box Review

Today I came across a TV box that almost became the best mid-range TV box for 2020 called the Mecool KM1 collective Android TV OS TV Box. What makes this TV box so exciting is that it’s a fully certified Google TV box and features Chromecast Google assistant and can play premium streaming services in HD and 4K quality. It CPU is clocked pretty high at 1.9 GHz, it has 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. The box has a good design with adequate ventilation that prevents overheating. It has all the right ingredients that would have made it the best middle range TV box for 2020, but I discovered of one thing it fell short in from achieving this title and that is problem that has been plaguing me cool for some time and that is the ability to implement Netflix certification in their boxes resulting in the lack of Netflix in HD and 4K quality. Other than that, this box is a really good TV box and can play all the other premium streaming services in HD and 4K quality. My experience with this box was good minimal issues and really wish the good have implemented that critical Netflix feature. Have a look at my findings below.

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Mecool KM1 hardware

• CPU – Amlogic S905X3 1.90 GHz clock speed
• GPU – Mali G31
• RAM – 4GB DDR3
• Internal Storage – 64GB eMMc
• Wi-Fi – 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz dual band
• LAN – 100 Mbps
• Bluetooth – 4.1

I/O ports

• 1 HDMI
• 1 USB 3.0
• 1 USB 2.0
• 1 Ethernet LAN port
• 1 A/V port
• 1 SD reader
• 1 DC power input
• 1 Wireless voice remote

Benchmarks

• Antutu – 76,718
• Geekbench 4 – 808 single core/ 2118 multicore
• Ice storm extreme – 5404
• Slingshot – 505
• RAM copy speed – 3254
• Internal storage speed – 144 MB/s read / 92 MB/s write
• Wi-Fi speed – max speed on a 5 GHz +2.4 GHz 90%
• LAN speed – 68% lower than max speed

Firmware Features

• Android 9.0 pie TV OS
• Google certified
• Chromecast ready
• Google assistant ready
• Google Widevine Level 1 / HDCP 2.2
• Screen rotation
• 4K video playback
• Dolby and DTS audio
• open GL ES 3.2

Cons

• No Netflix ESN certification
• No navigation bar and status bar due the android TV OS
• limited Google play store due to android TV OS
• Low LAN speed
• The box is not rooted
• There is no Miracast
• No Dolby true HD

Conclusion

Mecool KM1 set out on a mission to create an android TV box for 2020 that was fully certified to run premium streaming services in HD and 4K quality but fell short of Netflix. This begs the question of why go to so much trouble and cannot achieve your primary goal because Netflix is by far the most popular premium streaming service around. So buyers who may be looking for is certified android TV box to play Netflix would be quite disappointed that such a great TV box cannot. So there is a bit of confusion in my mind whether this is a good recommendation to someone looking for a certified TV box. Maybe it may be of value to other persons who use other premium streaming services such as Amazon prime video, Hulu, HBO go, Sling TV, and many others. I can’t make that determination for you, you would have to determine that for yourself. As for its other features such as 4K video playback, casting, Kodi and streaming APKs, and 3D gaming. The box passed with high scores. So like I said this was almost the best mid range TV box for 2020.