- Android 14 with expandable storage. Wi-Fi 6 and Dolby Vision/Atmos
- Faster processor than Google’s TV Streamer 4K
- $119 / £89 / around AU$169
Mecool has added a new Google TV box to its range of streaming accessories, offering excellent specs and features, including expandable storage, at a low price.
The MEon1 4K GTV Streaming Box costs $119.99 / £88.67 / around AU$169 and delivers content up to 4K HDR with support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. It can upscale HD content to “near 4K quality” and comes with 32GB of built-in storage. There’s even a microSD slot that supports cards up to 128GB for easy expansion, and there are also two USB 2.0 ports.
MEon1 4K GTV Streaming Box: Key Features
The MEon1 4K GTV Streaming Box has both Wi-Fi 6 and Ethernet networks and Bluetooth 5.2. It comes out of the box with Android 14 and is Netflix 4K certified. Being a Google TV box, it supports Google Assistant, Google Cast and thousands of third-party apps.
The device supports HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, and the supported video codecs are AV1, VP9, H.264 and H.265 (HEVC), which should cover all bases.
The processor inside the MEon1 is a quad-core Amlogic S905X5M, paired with a Mali G310 V2 GPU, and there’s 2GB of RAM for apps. The ARM Cortex-A55-based processor is clocked at 2.5GHz, faster than the 1.8GHz on rival devices such as the Google TV Streamer 4K.
The HDMI output supports HDMI 2.1 and VRR and ALLM for gaming.
It’s a decent spec for the money, but it’s up against a very significant rival: the Google TV Streamer 4K. It has a list price of $99 / £99 / AU$159, but I often see it discounted to less.
Google’s product has twice as much built-in RAM, so it’s likely to run more smoothly, but while it has both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, it runs an older version of Wi-Fi: 802.11ac. It won’t be a deal-breaker for everyone, though, and I don’t think it’s unfair to say that the Google brand is a bit better known than Mecool’s.
Google’s product is also designed to interact with your smart home products, so it’s something to consider if you already have a smart home or think you might want one in the near future.
Mecool MEon1 4K GTV Streaming Box is available now.
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