Apple TV analogues overview for iOS. Samsung introduced in Russia Homesync, an analogue of Apple TV for Android devices
Xiaomi TV shows today should be called the best alternative and, in many ways, even surpassing them.
It would be more: get for 4 thousand rubles NVIDIA power and any services that exist for Android are including Apple.
And it works no worse!
What is able to Xiaomi TV Box out of the box
I have a 4k TV house and one of the most powerful consoles with active cooling, support for modern standards in total in the light and price of a conventional Chinese Unnamed Box.
| Maximum output resolution: | 4K (3840 × 2160), 60 fps |
| CPU: | 2 Nuclear MT8693 (Cortex-A72 + 4-Nuclear Cortex-A53 64 2.0GHz) |
| Graphic processor: | Power VR GX6250. |
| RAM: | 2GB LPDDR3 |
| Permanent memory: | 8GB EMMC5.0. |
| Wireless Interfaces: | Wi-Fi 802.11a / B / G / N / AC (2.4 / 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1+ EDR (Increased data transfer rate) |
| Hardware inputs / Outputs: | HDMI 2.0 × 1, USB 2.0 × 2, Power Interface |
| Decoded containers: | MPEG1 / 2/4, H.264, H.265, XVID / DIVX4 / 5/6 |
| Supported formats: | 3GP, AVI, FLV, M2TS, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, TS; AAC, APE, FLAC, MP3, OGG; BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG |
| Dimensions: | 100 × 100 × 25 mm |
| Weight: | 190 g |
CPU power is enough to decode everything, including clean DSD or Blue-ray without prior processing. 
Prefix equipped the only one HDMI
So the sound can be displayed only through the TV. If he knows how - the prefix will react 7.1-channel Dolby of the latest standards on it.
"Overlands" or Algorithms of Apskaleg. What I downloaded - then you look. Therefore, for normal quality required nice internetBehave no restrictions. Therefore, for modern 4K-TVs, it is worth choosing the most powerful modifications - for example, Mi TV Android Box or MI TV 3 Enchant Edition.
FROM official firmware Android TV., affordable almost for all models Xiaomi Mi TV Box, prefix gets a complete set google services, including app stores Google Play. Market. and Google App for TV.
With their help you can find and install a set useful applications For every taste, color, smell and case.
For basic conference viewing functions, Mi Box has everything you need at once: YouTube. It works perfectly. If necessary - you can put Google Music or any application for the media system.
Of course, it works and voice search, and voice conclusion - even in Russian - the same, "OK, Google". 
Consoles have native protocol support DLNa. and SMB. (Samba), that is, automatically see through the standard file manager MitvMediaExplorer. General network resources and can play with them: all NAS, multimedia servers and network drives.
For direct broadcast from laptops, desktops or smartphones can be used Miracast., Intel WiFi Display. and even Airplay. All protocols work without restrictions (only Chromecast is not supported).
Apple TV owners: Do you boast a complete lack of limitations of formats, applications and compatible devices?
How I taught the box to show everything
Xiaomi TV prefix can almost everything straight "out of the box". However, a number of functions are more conveniently implemented in third-party applications.
For example, the built-in player: although it copes with standard video files, MX Player. It works faster, better and accurately chews up absolutely all video files in the strangest combinations of containers and formats.
And it is not necessary to purchase expensive subscriptions at all, connect to providers and drag through the entire apartment wire. This is Android!
Films, TV series and cartoons I look through HDVideoBox.: In the directory of this application you can find almost all current tapes. Is free. 
For IP television I use subscription Ottclub. With hourly payment. Viewing news and live broadcasts takes me no more than 5-10 hours per month, it takes 45-90 cents. If you forgot to pay, and you need to look right now, I launch Lazy IPTV. - But you have to be content with HD quality.
New in 4k to get more difficult. Options are a bit: either paid Netflix.or torrents. With the first, everything is clear (the corresponding application is for Apple TV).
Torrents are comfortable to watch through Torrent Video Player.Who knows how to open the Magnet links and play a video file without downloading, real time.
How the XiaomiaPple system works
On some xiaomi firmware TV Box do not know how to work with Airplay. You can teach - enough to install Airpin (Pro). The application works perfectly with all devices on iOS and MacOS.
For those external devices without DLNA support, a multi-platform application is suitable BubbleUpnp.. It does not add the necessary protocols, but creates its own channel "server-client", which allows you to play the content directly from the server device: computer or tablet.
I have no problems with AirPlay. Turned on the TV, launched the application Allcast., I received an image from "iPhone" on the screen. Together with Time Mashine on the router (it's baked with automatics home network) It turns out doubly cool. 
If desired, you can use apple servicesAvailable for Android TV or Conventional Android. I use Apple Music.
which, of course, works flawlessly.
Seriously expand the functionality of the gadget helps Kodi. - It also has support for AirPlay. In addition, this universal media brake helps to create convenient directories that are so lacking for desktop computers and NAS.
What else can Mi Box
Complement the list of system applications: TitaniumBackup. To save the settings and Weather Night Dock As a steep screensaver with weather.
To use any smartphone or tablet in a house to control the prefix, I use Droidmote.. You have to install the application for each device. It works better than branded applications through Wi-Fi (but worse than via Bluetooth or IR port Xiaomi smartphones).
CHROMECAST missing support can be added using the application. YOUMAP CAST RECEIVER. It works far from all systems - Xiaomi boxes, it is desirable to add a corporate chromecast or Chinese analog.
How Mi Box turns into the center of the house
It can be said that all MI TV BOX is no better than any particularly powerful Chinese media player or mini-computer on Windows. But (except for the most powerful processor among mediaboxes) they have an important difference: integration into the home ecosystem.
You can, as you understand, in any - support for DLNA and SAMBA allows you to read files from all network sources in the same Wi-Fi networkto which Xiaomi Mi TV Box is connected.
But the most interesting begins with Xiaomi branded gadgets. When connected to a native router, the prefix immediately picks up its built-in and external storage: they are displayed in the local analogue of the "Explorer" without settings and additional manipulations. 
If there are other "smart" company's "smart" gadgets connected to the application to manage the smart home Mi HOME, is still more interesting.
The prefix is \u200b\u200bautomatically recognized in the program: With it, you can connect or disable content sources, determine behavior scenarios and even use your smartphone instead of the console. Although the last function can be used through "MI Remote" Using an IR sensor or Bluetooth.
Remember, we wrote about television samsung. With the presence sensor? The same can be implemented with a regular TV, Xiaomi Mi TV Box and the company's branded sensor.
In MI Home, the inclusion trigger is set when the sensor is triggered, after which the prefix through HDMI-CEC support will turn on the TV. 
For full control The console from the smartphone is used Mitvassistant.. Through his shell, you can even put applications, dig in system settings and flash mediabox.
Using smartphone Xiaomi. (or just if there is a Mi account) you can use the Chinese cloud. Or by QR code on the TV screen connect 2 gadgets and broadcast to large content from system applications Smartphone ( Galleries/Miui audio player).
Why Xiaomi Mi Box is better than Apple TV and other consoles
Xiaomi developers tried to fame. They do not tie to their ecosystem, allowing you to use any devices in conjunction with your own.
Passion with which the Chinese are able to copy technology is legendary. Before them, nothing will stand - whether it is a miniature smartphone or a status car. Apple technician surrendered for a long time ago: in any sullen kiosk on the shelves cost at least two different chinese iPhone. MacBooks are also copied quite successfully, and only Apple TV until recently remained impregnable.
Xiaomi Box. - Fresh-haired "clone" Apple TV. Similarities in design are not necessarily obvious: most television consoles are made of black plastic and have a rectangle shape. The true source of inspiration gives out the remote with the absolute minimum buttons. Output ports in the device - one HDMI, Ethernet, Micro-USB, RJ-45 and standard 3.5 mm on sound. Software It will be more interesting. Related color schemes, gradients and a similar navigation system - all this little things compared to this:
Chinese engineers without much difficulty implemented a fully operable AirPlay Mirroring. This is not in any TV console, except, naturally, official. Xiaomi - more than anyone an unknown company "in the basement". She managed to agree with dozens of local media companies about the free provision of almost 100 thousand films and serials. That's just the interest of all this outside of China approaches zero: absolutely the entire interface, not to mention the content, not translated into english. The cost of Xiaomi Box is 64 dollars. Maybe better to add money and buy Apple TV? [MICGADGET]
When there is a need to broadcast photos and video from the iPhone and iPad to the TV, Apple TV is immediately comes to mind. However, if the needs are limited only to this, buying a television console from Apple for 15 thousand rubles is not entirely appropriate if you know how to count money. Therefore, to broadcast entertainment from iOS devices (and not only) on TV, special devices came up with, which are not only more compact, but also cost much cheaper.
One of these devices is Smart Cast V04 from Rombica, already known to our readers of the manufacturer of accessories (originally from Singapore, by the way). Small stick, something resembling charging for Apple Watch.The TV is connected to the HDMI connector for receiving and displaying photos, video and audio via Wi-Fi. The gadget allows you to reproduce the image with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. It is enough to choose the appropriate TV output, enable AirPlay and start broadcast movies, TV shows or photos. 
SMART CAST V04 setting takes just a couple of minutes. First connect the device to the HDMI port, and then the wireless receiver is already to it, not forgetting to connect the second cable to any uSB port On TV or external power supply. After selection hDMI output It will open the so-called " homepage"Where ID and wi-Fi password SMART CAST V04 network. You can connect to this network from a smartphone or tablet - for example, to fight photo / video from the iPhone to the TV, where there is no Internet (in the country, visiting the grandmother and so on). 
In other cases, it is more convenient to connect the Smart Cast V04 to the router by entering the IP address in the address bar - the device scans the network and connects to your home or office Wi-Fi network. 
The device itself is equipped with a single button - it uses it to select the mode to connect Apple and devices on Windows / Android gadgets, which are also supported. 
How to broadcast an image with iPhone on a TV
To broadcast content with iPhone or iPad, the devices must be in a single Wi-Fi network with Smart Cast V04. Further, everyone simply - by changing the "control point" curtain, select AirPlay, and after a few seconds, the translation of the image from the iOS device will start on the TV. Delays when broadcasting from the same iPhone on the TV is not, although when wireless Connection It is not uncommon.
Apple TV pretty useful devicewhich allows you to combine all multimedia "apple" relics of your home. Apple television prefix is \u200b\u200bdesigned to play video, images, music files with iPhone, iPad, iPod using AirPlay technology directly to your TV. In fact, there are no analogs to the console from the "apple" corporation, and it is out of competition, but most recently to lead from the east to worry engineers from Jobs Corporation. In China, an analogue of Apple TV.
Last week, the Chinese company Xiaomi Technology announced that he would soon release an excellent analogue of the television console from Apple. The development of a Chinese company will be called Xiaomi Box. Functionality The "Chinese brother" Apple TV is quite diverse, it should be noted that these capabilities are even more than that of the "apple" console.
In addition to the fact that Xiaomi Box is compatible with everyone apple devicesSupporting AirPlay technologies, the prefix supports several more data transfer technologies - DLNA and Miracast, it extends a list of devices compatible with Xiaomi Box. In addition to iOS gadgets, Chinese TV prefix supports devices running under operating system Android.
In fact, the new TV prefix from Xiaomi Technology due to a wide list of supported devices rightly will take a leading place in its segment. Of course, much depends on the stability of the work and performance of the device. The performance of the TV console supports 800 MHz Cortex-A9 processor. RAM at Xiaomi Box - 1 GB. Supported Interfaces - HDMI, Ethernet, Micro-USB. In the "Miracle Box" built-in Wi-Fi module 802.11b / g / n, so support wireless networks Not a problem for him.
Maximum Quality Reproduction Video - 1080p. The Chinese analogue of Apple TV also boasts a wide range of supported formats - MPEG 1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, WMV-HD, as well as Real7 / 8/9. For all this miracle, the Chinese are asking $ 64 (Apple TV for comparison costs $ 99). Forgot by the way to mention one of the most important moments: Xiaomi Box running Android.
The release of the novelty is scheduled for December of the current year. Judging from the description, the device was quite interesting, so all Apple TV fans will be interested to get acquainted with this gadget.
Ivan Lychtman
Even at the beginning of the year, Samsung solemnly demonstrated the audience the Homesync television prefix running android. The device duplicates the functionality of the "apple" telecase, allowing you to broadcast digital content - photos, videos and applications - with mobile devices on TV. The difference from Apple TV is the presence in the Korean deviss of the built-in hard disk By 1 TB, allowing to store and synchronize data between devices.
According to the plans of the Korean giant, the prefix should have been on sale back in April. But not everyone has grown here: the launch of homesync was postponed indefinitely, and it seemed to be forgotten.
Relatively recent difficulties have been overcome, and the novelty went on sale first in the United States, and now available for purchase and in Russian stores.
Sales Homesync began in Samsung's branded stores at a retail price of 10,000 rubles.
Homesync is based on a 2-core Exynos 5250 processor with a frequency of 1.7-GHz, 1 GB random access memory and has an Ethernet connector, wi-Fi modules, Bluetooth 4.0, two uSB ports 3.0, HDMI, MICROUSB 2.0 port, optical audio connector and Android platform. Using the latter, including, means that homesync can be used to view Rollers from YouTube, as well as access the Google Play store for additional Netflix or Vudu applications that turn the prefix to the TV media center. The player embedded in the device supports many video formats: H.264, H.263, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV7 / 8, DivX, MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC and others.
The smartphone can be made to perform a navigation console to control the picture on the TV: either moving it in space, or leading your finger across the display. If desired, the automatic unloading function on the homesync of the entire content is activated: the photos taken by the smartphone and video will be available for viewing to everyone.
At the same time, the capabilities of Samsung Homesync are not limited to local content. Thanks to the use of the Android Jelly Bean platform, you can always upload from a different entertainment and educational content with Google Play Market Or from the online store Samsung Apps.
In addition, if you wish, it can even be guarded by housing while you are in departure: you should connect to the console IP camera (sold separately), and you can control the situation in your home from the smartphone. If something suspicious is detected in the room, the device will immediately send a warning signal.
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