*

*

Himedia q.10 Pro

*
OSWi-Fi
LAN

As many other manufacturers, Himedia had a long line of truyền thông media players using Realtek So
C"s. When they switches to app android TV boxes, they started a nice partnership wih Hi
Silicon, which provided them with a line of So
C"s that were more expensive than the ones used by other apk TV box manufacturers, but had always a better image quality. So the way lớn go was khổng lồ create a "premium" look & feel, using high chất lượng materials and LED panels.

Bạn đang xem: Original himedia q10 pro smart android 7

But game android was designed for smartphones và tablets and using it on TV was not the most enjoyable experience.

Things changed a lot over the years, and now with Hi3798C V200 So
C we are getting closer và closer to lớn what most people want from a TV box.Himedia might have kept the same premium look for the 4th generation of their Hi
Silicon-based devices, but the improvements on the software side are quite visible - & we"ll talk about this in our Himedia q.10 Pro review.


Where to lớn buy Himedia q.10 Pro

Himedia quận 10 Pro can be purchased from
Gear
Best .


Setup và first boot

Getting started with the q.10 Pro is very easy, just connect the HDMI cable lớn a TV/monitor, địa chỉ the AC adapter and you are ready to go.You don"t even need to use the IR remote, as you can start (or shutdown) the device right from the front panel using the touch keys.

But q10 Pro is much more versatile: it can be connected to a home Theater or 7.1 sound system or even a projector, lớn name just a few possibilities. It"s internal HDD bay can be used lớn render high bitrate movies and the nội dung will be available on the local network (so you can use it as a NAS).

Booting takes around đôi mươi seconds, which means the device is among the fastest in that regard.The main thực đơn is using the classic (by now) tiles, with Kodi,Youtube & Himedia truyền thông Center taking a sizable portion of the screen.

You can customize the look of the home screen by adding your own apps on two areas of the screen.


One thing worth noting: there"s no "standby" mode for q.10 Pro (at least not with the current firmware). You can only shut it down completely - although in the latest FW (1.0.3) there"s a standby option, it does not work yet.


*
*
*
*

Himedia quận 10 Pro Firmware upgrades

Himedia is one of the few manufacturers that bởi offer after-sales firmware upgrades for their devices.The firmware for quận 10 Pro has been improved based on the feedback of a few beta testers that had the device in hand for several months, even before the product release.It wis worth mentioning that quận 10 Pro has two firmware branches, one for the Chinese market and one for "Overseas" (mostly European) market. You don"t want lớn install a Chinese firmware on the international version of q10 Pro (or the other way around), so make sure the firmware you are about lớn install is actually meant for your device.

Although q.10 Pro does have a dedicated OTA firmware update app, installing the firmware seems to lớn be currently following the "old" approach, using an USB pen drive & pressing the "Upgrade" pinhole found on the back of the device.Don"t worry, it"s not very complicated, và if you had one of the Realtek-based media players before you already know the steps.For those that don"t, here they are:- Find a source for the new firmware. Usually the Himedia"s English website, but you might take a look at Futeko"s forums as well, as it seems khổng lồ be the best resource for Himedia q10 Pro (and quận 5 Pro) info.- tải về the firmware on your computer & rename the file to update.zip- Copy update.zip lớn the root directory of an USB pen drive- Turn off q10 Pro- Use a paper đoạn phim to press the "Upgrade" pinhole found on the back of the device until you hear a click- Keep pressing while you power on the device, you should see the apk logo and the firware upgrade will start (at which point you should stop pressing and go get a cold beer).The front LCD panel displays "0000" and the nguồn key is alternating between on và off colors (white và red) while on the screen there"s a progress bar.- The firmware will be upgraded and the device will boot. But the first boot after a firmware update takes much longer than usual, & here"s where the cold beer comes handy.

Controlling your Himedia q.10 Pro Mini PC

The mini PC comes with a "standard" IR remote which has the usual navigation arrows và Android keys (Home, Menu, Return).It also has a learning function, which you can use to maps some of the TV remote functions (including on/off) - detailed info about this is on the "Quick Guide".But after the initial testing I haven"t used the IR remote control much: the touch keys on the font of the device work beautifully

As with any other app android Mini PC, using an airmouse with qwerty keyboard is far more convenient than the IR remote with the on-screen keyboard. Himedia should consider bundling this

But a litle known thing about Himedia"s "Q" line (and a fact that all other nhận xét I"ve seen simply did not mention) is the dedicated remote tiện ích Hi
Control.

Hi
Control was launched with the first Q5/Q10 product, years ago & has since been improved. It is not bugfree (in fact even the current version has it"s annoyances), but it"s one of the best remote control apps that comes with an android TV box.Simply put, the Hi
Control app connects lớn your q.10 Pro mini PC và allows you to lớn interact with the device using you app android phone"s touchscreen. You get to see (and hear) what"s currently running, you can remotely start apps, & you can easily put some cartoons for your kids khổng lồ watch...while you"re in another room.Sounds interesting? It gets even better: you could use the phone"s gyro sensor to play games on the big screen - start the trò chơi on the q.10 pro, connect to lớn the Mini PC using Hi
Control và enjoy.


*
*
*

Himedia q.10 Pro benchmarks

Although the benchmarks results for Himedia q.10 Pro were good, I still feel they don"t reflect the device capabilities - I got similar results for less powerful devices - so I just leave the results here (and the screenshots) for those of you that really want to lớn see how the mini pc performs on the tests.

An
Tu
Tu (v6.1.4)
~21k
An
Tu
Tu clip Tester
951 points, 28/30 fully spported
Geek
Bench3 (Single core)
725 points
Geek
Bench3 (Multi core)
2316 points
Wifi tốc độ Test~49Mbps up, ~38Mbps down
Vellamo795 single, 1732 multicore

Himedia quận 10 Pro audio/video playback

Audio/Video playback is what the device is meant for.You get this feeling from the text on it"s box, which mentions the 10-bit H.265/HEVC and 4K x 2K
60fps và the Imprex 2.0 processing engine with HDR và the very impressive 7.1 HD audio passthrough with Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD & True HD - not khổng lồ mention 192K/24 bit audio decoding, which is very rare among devices with Android.The device has also

On the main screen most of the space is occupied by video-related apps.For some of them you might need to use some tips và tricks in order to lớn unlock their full potential:- If you want khổng lồ use Kodi you must install the Kodi wrapper that forces Kodi lớn use the Himedia truyền thông Center, which is optimized for this So
C & gets the most out of it- if you want to lớn watch 4K videos on Youtube you need lớn install OGYou
Tube- in order khổng lồ access password protected shares from LAN you might want to check out
looun"s post on how to lớn auto-mount shared folders.

Out of the box the device almost lives to it"s promises, with all usual tệp tin formats that I usually kiểm tra being rendered without hiccups, & this time the image unique is the best from all android TV boxes we tested so far - but this was expected.

An excellent nhận xét of quận 10 Pro"s video clip and audio capabilities was made available by user
hdmkv on Kodi forum.

Himedia q.10 Pro as a gaming device

The q10 Pro"s GPU handled very well the usual games I thử nghiệm - with a twist. As I meantioned earlier, q.10 Pro comes with a dedicated điện thoại thông minh app (Hi
Control) which pretty much adds the "swipe", "touch", and "tilt" actions to q.10 Pro.This means that you could play Beach Buggy Racing on quận 10 Pro using the điện thoại to move around.Just remember khổng lồ watch the TV screen and not the phone, as the image and sound you see on quận 10 have a bit of a lag compared khổng lồ what"s on the big screen, but the gyro sensor works in real time.

The device works pretty well & you might pair it with an old phone & turn it into a gaming machine.Sure, if you"re an avid bạn there are better devices available, but for a multi-purpose living room device Himedia quận 10 Pro does a great job as well.

Xem thêm: +99 mẫu hình xăm chữ cha mẹ cho nữ, 50+ hình xăm cha mẹ đẹp và ý nghĩa nhất


Himedia q.10 Pro review conclusions

I took the time lớn play with q.10 Pro for a few weeks before publishing this đánh giá - normally a reviews needs khổng lồ be published fast, so the article gets indexed first on google, but this device deserves more time than the other reviewers spent on it. I"ve seen đánh giá focusing on just unboxing, benchmarks and a few clip playback tests, but there"s much more to lớn tell about this device that would benefit someone that intends to lớn buy it, so I"ve tried khổng lồ cover as much as possible.

The Hi
Silicon So
C"s have a good reputation for their image chất lượng and the V200 used by q.10 Pro is currently one of the best in that regard.While it"s hard khổng lồ show on a review, the image quality on quận 10 Pro is simply better than on other devices tested so far & the advanced controls for tuning image & sound makes quận 10 Pro the best candidate for a movie-centric TV box.It has the processing power lớn render high bitrates flawlessly from network or internal HDD and it does so beautifully. The firmware is still a few updates away from perfection, but the engineers from Hi
Silicon and Himedia are working on it và they are helped by beta-testers who volunteered khổng lồ help making this the best media center device it could be. In fact, we should come back khổng lồ this reviews in a few months & see how they progressed.

For the most part, using q.10 Pro is an enjoyable experience. I was very pleased by the multiple options to lớn control the device (IR remote, touch panel, dedicated app).

Long story short, I expect Himedia q.10 Pro to be one of the best TV boxes that get launched this year & I wasn"t disapointed - in my opinion this device will still be in the vị trí cao nhất 3 game android TV boxes available at the time, no matter what other devices get launched by then. & that says a lot on a market that gets flooded with dozens of new devices every month.

Himedia quận 10 Pro is available on Gear
Best for $163, but you can use the coupon code GBHQ10
to drop the price khổng lồ $149.99.

Related articles


Newest Articles

*
Minix Neo WL5U-T is the most powerful Minix Mini PC to-date
*
The newest Pepper Jobs device is a monitor : Xtend
Touch comes with 10 point capacitive touch & a 4-hour battery
*
Today in Mini
PCDB"s spotlight : Acute
Angle AA-B4 an interesting looking Mini
PC with a pretty large price drop
*
New Wintel Mini PC unboxing on Mini
PCDB - Pepper Jobs GLK-UC2X
*
Minix Neo J50C-4 đánh giá - unboxing, tests, benchmarks & a comparison between N42C-4 và J50C-4

Top Articles

*
Z83 is a new mini PC with the intel Atom X5-Z8300 So
C, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0
*
Beelink announced their new Windows 10 Mini PC based on an Atom x5-Z8300 platform
*
Minix Neo N42C-4 review : tests, benchmarks, compatible upgrades, best known price
*
One Wintel Mini PC - 3 possible So
C"s - Celeron J3455, Celeron J3355 & a Pentium J4205
*
First Windows 8.1 mini PC from Egreat was launched last month and we will chạy thử it shortly.

*
The Himedia quận 10 PRO is an android TV box unit for those looking for one of the best available.

It come with a Hi3798C V200 processor which is a good So
C processor for playing videos.

The unit also comes with the capacity to lớn install a large hard drive which makes it a great unit to store videos locally.

*This unit was sent to lớn me to reviews with my honest opinion & results below.

HardwareHi3798C V2002GB RAM16GB Flash Storage
Dual Band 802.11 AC Wi
Fi
Bluetooth 4.0SATA 3.5″ HDD Bay

The package comes with everything needed khổng lồ get started including the unit, remote control, power supply, HDMI cable, và instructions.

*

The side has two USB 2.0, SD-Card, & one USB 3.0 ports.

*

The back has HDMI, USB 3.0, Coaxial, Optic, AV, và Ethernet connections.

*

The case is built from aluminum which looks good and helps lớn dissipate heat well.

*

One of its biggest features is that it has a 3.5 hard drive enclosure lớn install big capacity HD.

*
No hard drive is included so one will need to lớn be bought, or taken from an old computer.

Installing a hard drive is easy và simply plugs into the SATA connections.

*
While the cất cánh is built for a 3.5 HD a smaller 2.5 can also be used as long as it is not moved about a lot.

Powering on the unit is has a clock displayed along with buttons to move about if needed.

*
Many android TV boxes don’t have control buttons on the box itself, and often work with remotes. While most people will use the remote it is another nice feature.

The interface is like any apk TV box with apps along with Kodi pre-installed.

*

Kodi can also be installed from the Kodi trang web or Google Play Store.

*
No add-ons came thiết lập so they will need to lớn be loaded in lớn Kodi. I installed Exodus & it streamed videos well và was very responsive.

For a Wi
Fi speed thử nghiệm I used the speedtest.net app it maxed out my internet connection at 50Mbps Down and 5Mbps UP.

*
It has dual band 802.11ac Wi
Fi along with a high gain antenna.

Next I played a 4K You
Tube đoạn phim with no problems or lag.

*

The last test I did was khổng lồ run Geek
Bench 4 & got 652 for single core, và 1597 for multi vi xử lý core results.

*

Summary The Himedia quận 10 PRO is a fast box that has no problems running Kodi.

Its biggest feature is the ability lớn play 4K video and install a large capacity SATA Hard drive.

This is definitely a niche box, for example if you only need to lớn run Kodi than there are cheaper units that will bởi vì the job.

For those looking for an app android TV box with local storage that has the potential to store a lot of videos, pictures, or music than it is worth a look.

As always be sure khổng lồ read the nhận xét on Amazon or elsewhere khổng lồ be sure a unit is a good fit for you.


← Review: X99 4K app android TV BOX RK3399 4GB RAM 32GB ROMHow To địa chỉ cửa hàng Wi
Fi to lớn a Smart TV With No Built in Wireless →

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *