Mecool M8S Pro Amlogic S912 Octa Core Android 7.1 TV Box Review
At a first glance, the Mecool M8S Pro Amlogic S912 Octa Core Android 7.1 4K TV box looks very promising. Mecool in this latest product sort to strike the right balance between hardware performance and price. How well did they achieve this? Well lets take a look at my review.
Hardware
So like I said this box looks promising. The Mecool M8S Pro runs on the Amlogic S912 64bit CPU, running up 1.5GHz and not 2.0GHz as advertised. This is not unique the the Mecool M8S Pro, ALL Amlogic S912 has this issue, they limited the CPU clock so as to prevent the box from overheating.
The GPU used in this is no surprise, it uses the ARM Mali T820 tri core GPU, running up to 750MHz. It comes with 3GB of DDR4 RAM, and 16GB of internal storage. And the maximum external hard drive capacity is 32GB. It has 802.11 AC Dual Band 2.4GHz + 5.8GHz WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.1.
Software
On the software side, the Mecool M8S Pro runs on the latest Android 7.1 Nougat operating System. It comes with apps like Netflix, TV Center which is a Kodi build, Google Play store, Google chrome, App installer, Miracast, YouTube, and MX Player
Ports
The Mecool M8S Pro comes with:
- 1 HDMI
- 2 USB 2.0
- 1 RJ45 Ethernet LAN
- 1 AV
- 1 TF SD card slot
- 1 Power adapter
Benchmarks:
Rooted – NO
RAM Copy Speed – 2744Mbps
WiFi speeds – average
Antutu – 39216
GeekBench4 – 465 single core, and 2402 multicore
Ice Storm Extreme – 5194
Conclusion
Pros
- Latest Android 7.1 Nougat Operating System
- Amlogic S912 CPU on a 64bit system
- 3GB DDR4 memory
- Bluetooth 4.1
- Dual Band Wifi
- 4K video playback
- OTA Updates
Cons
- Not rooted
- No navigation bar
- WiFi reception and speed is low
- Low benchmarking scores
- CPU limited to 1.5GHz
- The box was cheaply made
- Comes with an infrared remote
So my rating for this box is average, it did not live up to my expectations and they could have done a lot better with the build of this box.