Android TV box (nothing illegal, don't worry!)

marc69 · 27 Nov 2016 at 00:59

Hi guys,

I picked one of these up on black Friday to try and turn my TV into a smart one. I'm using Kodi at the moment to watch YouTube, twitch etc but the blacks are very dark and seem crushed. It makes dark parts of videos I'm watching completely unwatchable. I had a raspberry pi before and the same content didn't seem to cause an issue. From reading online it seems like it might be to do with the box outputting full RGB but the TV only accepting limited (or visa versa)?. In all fairness though this is all above my head. Any ideas?

Android 6.0 TV Box Amlogic S905X is the box

Thanks

marc69 · 27 Nov 2016 at 16:01

I'll try this in a bit, thanks

marc69 · 27 Nov 2016 at 16:58

Just tried the above, I don't have the option even on expert mode. Using the latest build (jarvis) from play store. Any ideas? Thanks

marc69 · 27 Nov 2016 at 21:20

Nothing on the TV to change the settings unfortunately. I've plugged my raspberry pi back in and it's fine. I'll just send this back android box back and get a raspberry pi 3 to replace it.

Thanks anyway

marc69 · 28 Nov 2016 at 00:07

jpaul said:
This article covers issue and as kmetec says kodi v17 may hold the answer ,

Hmmm, this might be worth a try then before sending it back. Thanks for posting that. I'll try and give an update tomorrow just incase anybody else comes across the thread

marc69 · 28 Nov 2016 at 17:18

Update - had a mess with this today, couldn't get any of the beta / nightly builds to actually install and just kept getting 'app not installed'. should have just stick with openelec on the pie