I have the Nokia 8010. Updated to the latest firmware v12.8.3638 Android 12. The Nokia 8010, now supports native Auto frame rate switching with Netflix, Apple TV, Prime, BBC iPlayer. I also have the Nvidia Shield TV. I can honestly say the Nokia 8010 is a good alternative.
Nice Review Sir Chigz, thanks that boot animation and sound for the Nokia Brand is Nostalgic, I also thought it would have those hands with Connecting People message but this is not a phone so yes thats just Right to just put Nokia and the classic sound fir the brand, most boxes with Amlogic S905x3 will not have Google Widevine Level 1 but this one has it and with Atmos, so that is a fair rating from your chart.
It for sure lower rhe loading times i put a GB LAN dock to my Sony tv and the difference is quite big. Of course there are faster wifi but in many cases LAN is more stable@@andysmo
By the known specifications the third generation AMLogic does not have AV1 decoding. This was introduced in the 4th Generation (S905X4, Y4, etc.). So I don't understand how this tv box with S905X3 can have AV1 encoding!
I have one of those and I'm always running out of storage and had to delete my apps just to update with no way to upgrade storage, anyway to upgrade storage? I'm desperate.
Thanks for the review. I am only interested in using the Nokia 8000 to play tv series and movies I have transferred to a hard drive. Nearly all are MKV files and recordings are 1080p but I am adding 2160p slowly.. Sound is anything from stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 to Dolby. From your experience do you think this will be suitable and provide good results?
Thanks for review, you forgot to talk about the type C port Wich is very important and useful and you can extend storage with that easley, this box is not on Amazon Canada anyway, could you please review Strong box as well, Thanks
Bought Nokia Streaming Box 8000 in good faith - it fails to connect to the internet via WIFI or the well tested Ethernet cable. All other devices work fine - returned the first box but the second one gives exactly the same problem - any suggestions?
Guys, help if you can. I have just got this box. I have sideloaded as usual with DL. I have used usb as additional storage device. When I sideloaded apps, I see see them and can use them. I turn off tv and Nokia, switch on and apps not there. If I remove the usb and reinstall, the apps are there and sometimes get message usb not supported. Any ideas why apps don’t remain on the box? Any help appreciated.
Thanks chigz....ye it took sometime..not bad but for some reason I was expecting more ... the potential is there but as you said in a previous video manufacturers are not even trying anymore..😁😁😁👍👍👍
Returned the device as turned off my TV suddenly and to get back, have to unplug and reconnect the box. another issue was storage error while playing IPTV
The major issue with these boxes is that for some insane reason they dont support UK TV catchup services. Some of them like google tv support a few of them but are still missing major service s like channel 4, so anyone who wants to use them as a competitior to apple tv or an amazon firstick is immeadeatly at a dissadvantage. Total madness.
Obviously more is better, particularly to future proof, but is 100MB LAN really much of a disadvantage? Do you know roughly what speed is required to successfully stream the 4K services available? Or is there a specific use for a higher speed that I'm missing, like maybe game streaming? Thanks Chigz. I think that you looking once more at these TV boxes is a good move on your part. As the included TV OSs may not be updated satisfactorily and in times of economic difficulty TVs won't be replaced as readily. All the best mate.
You need a better and more reliable connection for internet TV, and streaming from a NAS drive. But also game streaming services would benefit from that faster ethernet, to give you lag free game streaming experience.
09:03 - Pretty POOR SHOW when my current TV 'Box', an old 2015 Nvidia Shield K1 (2Gb Ram/16Gb Storage & running on Android 7) has Antutu score of 154,584... So.. Even though my K1 is really showing its age... I think I'll pass lol... I just want a decent powered, PROPER Android 10 or 11 onwards (NOT Android TV), with at least 4Gb Ram that i can buy to replace my K1... Any suggestions? Otherwise, I think I'm gonna have to get myself a used Motorola G100 or Edge with 'Ready For' capabilities though more pricier at £200+ lol 😏 😎🇬🇧
@@ChigzTech I think Android Central did a video a year back where they said it'd be really cool if Nvidia released a new updated version of the K1 tablet too! 😏
Well dear sir good morning ,,,, how can i get it at my home or is it available in pakistan in which city please tell because i know the nokia very well as whole member of my family are still using this wonderfull durable nokia product of different kind ,,, well east or the west ,,,,, nokia is the best of course ,,,,, thanks and regards
onboard storage is a bit low. I don't understand why all the boxes don't have at least 16GB of storage. One if the frustrating things with the Firesticks
Specs vs price is not great when looking at competition. Makes snese for someone looking for Android TV OS box - limited apps is offputing to me ,I have one and it's hit & miss with sideloading. Shady modded apps work but I dont have any personal info on the box so it's whatever..
It's strange to have the ranking based on the Antutu scores. A cheaper Fire TV cube with "5 - Suberb / best" score shouldn't be below a more expensive Apple TV box with " 4.5 - very good" score. That makes no sense. The Nokia is 1/3 of the Apple TV box with the same score and shouldn't be 18th. It's all about price-performance ratio. Not about fancy cases.
I have tried different methods in the past, but I find, if I rank by benchmark performance, it encourages the manufactures to make faster boxes with better newer chipsets. I added the rating so you can see exactly how good the box is. I found this way works the best.
Excellent review, however I fail to see why Nokia made this UHD TV Box. There are several other options that are already well known that has all of features since the beginning of 2023. Baiscally there's nothing that stands out of this box compared to other UHD media boxes that has been on the market for months.
Price. It's doing what all the other ones are doing for half the cost. It's also an official brand product, so it should not have pre installed malware that sends your personal information to the CCP like all the other Chinese brands around this price tag do. Nokia has done very well.
break monopoly, scoop a fraction of the market...besides, these boxes are relatively cheap to build so the (risk - reward) profit is worth a try. This is just my opinion though.
A good application for this unit would be for the truck drivers, who can watch TV during a break after a long trip so they have news TV , football results and live broadcasts. But, in all other cases (home, bussiness) is not too high-speced so.... Nokia targets only a special kind of users.
Google zoptymalizowało Android TV pod tym kątem. Wszystkie telewizory z tym systemem mają max 2GB ram. Są chińskie boxy z większą ilością pamięci ale trudno powiedzieć, czy będą otrzymywały aktualizacje systemu. Z kolei boxy z Android OS są pozbawione zabezpieczeń DRM L1.
What's funny though is that this TV box has Netflix built in but my TV box that I have that's through Google doesn't have Netflix built in. That makes no sense😮
Doh - a fail on the technical details: LAN speed is measured in megabits "Mb" not megabytes "MB" (per second), WiFi is "GHz", TV resolution is "4k"; can't take the rest of the review seriously if the fundamentals are wrong.
awwww it looked so good until you mention only 8gigs storage........thats horrible.........8 is nothing......i dont know why these guys put so little storage.....you need 16 at least. Especially if you want to install a game or 2.
I have the Nokia 8010. Updated to the latest firmware v12.8.3638 Android 12.
The Nokia 8010, now supports native Auto frame rate switching with Netflix, Apple TV, Prime, BBC iPlayer. I also have the Nvidia Shield TV. I can honestly say the Nokia 8010 is a good alternative.
Congratulations for the video, between nokia 8010, mecool km2 plus deluxe, homatics r4k plus, which on do you recommend? thank you.
Nice Review Sir Chigz, thanks that boot animation and sound for the Nokia Brand is Nostalgic, I also thought it would have those hands with Connecting People message but this is not a phone so yes thats just Right to just put Nokia and the classic sound fir the brand, most boxes with Amlogic S905x3 will not have Google Widevine Level 1 but this one has it and with Atmos, so that is a fair rating from your chart.
Thanks for watching!
Boils my blood when I hear100 lan good vid tho chigz 👊🏻
Yes I know what you mean.
The 8010 I think is gig
@@rctechtime ohhh ok kool thanks ill try take a look
The highest bit rate you will find for video streaming is up to 40Mbps from Apple. 1Gb LAN will really make no difference.
It for sure lower rhe loading times i put a GB LAN dock to my Sony tv and the difference is quite big. Of course there are faster wifi but in many cases LAN is more stable@@andysmo
I'm guessing you won't be able to write/save to USB drive like other official google/android TV boxes. It is pity reviews don't address this.
@chigztech --- What's the difference between Nokia Media Srreamer 800 and Nokia Media Streaming Box 8000?
Why have two devices?
hi. the remote control allows to on-off the tv OR the nokia 8000. can i on-off both of them simultaneously?thanks
I live in the states does this come with the right plug for the states?
By the known specifications the third generation AMLogic does not have AV1 decoding. This was introduced in the 4th Generation (S905X4, Y4, etc.). So I don't understand how this tv box with S905X3 can have AV1 encoding!
what is the usb C for ? is it usb C[alt mode/displayport out] ? does this have an android app just like firestick has ?
I have one of those and I'm always running out of storage and had to delete my apps just to update with no way to upgrade storage, anyway to upgrade storage? I'm desperate.
Are going to test 8010 model which has a lot better hardware inside?
Is it Allow to download app from website?
Hi does anyone know why all the HDR functions on my Nokia 8000 are greyed out. Does the TV have to have HDR capability for these functions to work.
Thanks for the review. I am only interested in using the Nokia 8000 to play tv series and movies I have transferred to a hard drive. Nearly all are MKV files and recordings are 1080p but I am adding 2160p slowly.. Sound is anything from stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 to Dolby. From your experience do you think this will be suitable and provide good results?
Thanks for review, you forgot to talk about the type C port Wich is very important and useful and you can extend storage with that easley, this box is not on Amazon Canada anyway, could you please review Strong box as well, Thanks
Native auto frame rate?
Does it work on Hissence Vidaa?
Can I d/l via play store Steam link? I want steam link to use my steam deck on my tv.
Dolby atmos supporting?
If i have only wifi hotspot,can i use it with tv?
Do i still need to pay for netflix and other apps to watch when u biy this box?
Apk application install possible ?
Storage how much
When android 12 will be available in UK mate? Mine stuck on 10 for months.. 😭
Great Review! Can you provide a link to download all the Jellyfish video tests? That 400 mbps is a good tester for boxes.
Sure here you go: bit.ly/3QjFew6
Any reason why you can't buy this in the US?
Since it android 10, does it support vulkan?
Yes Android 10 supports upto Vulcan 1.1.
The 8010 is out correct ?
Yeah I have one💯
Bought Nokia Streaming Box 8000 in good faith - it fails to connect to the internet via WIFI or the well tested Ethernet cable. All other devices work fine - returned the first box but the second one gives exactly the same problem - any suggestions?
Bought it this having same problems did u fix it
Guys, help if you can. I have just got this box. I have sideloaded as usual with DL. I have used usb as additional storage device. When I sideloaded apps, I see see them and can use them. I turn off tv and Nokia, switch on and apps not there. If I remove the usb and reinstall, the apps are there and sometimes get message usb not supported. Any ideas why apps don’t remain on the box? Any help appreciated.
I'm facing lip sync issues with the mi box. Hope u can address it in your review
Looks a food alternatice to a fire cube..... especially with proper widevine support......
Fantastic video
Thanks for watching
Does BBC iPlayer and ITVX work on the Nokia 8000 Streaming Box? Thanks
Just treated and neither of these work.
@@ChigzTech Can you sideload the apps, if yes, do they play in full HD?
@@frankbruno6717ITVX won’t work.
@@frankbruno6717 Kodi has the BBC Iplayer as an official add on. It works a treat with the Nokia.
Great channel, what is the best android tv box you reviewed this year ?
Can you boot a CoreELEC on it?
Thanks chigz....ye it took sometime..not bad but for some reason I was expecting more ... the potential is there but as you said in a previous video manufacturers are not even trying anymore..😁😁😁👍👍👍
Returned the device as turned off my TV suddenly and to get back, have to unplug and reconnect the box. another issue was storage error while playing IPTV
thanks for the video mate ….but HDMI 2.0 and only 100mb lan not very good for a new product unfortunately
Yes, true
Hello everyone. Can anyone tell me why some apps are not available on the play store?
The major issue with these boxes is that for some insane reason they dont support UK TV catchup services. Some of them like google tv support a few of them but are still missing major service s like channel 4, so anyone who wants to use them as a competitior to apple tv or an amazon firstick is immeadeatly at a dissadvantage. Total madness.
Obviously more is better, particularly to future proof, but is 100MB LAN really much of a disadvantage? Do you know roughly what speed is required to successfully stream the 4K services available? Or is there a specific use for a higher speed that I'm missing, like maybe game streaming?
Thanks Chigz.
I think that you looking once more at these TV boxes is a good move on your part. As the included TV OSs may not be updated satisfactorily and in times of economic difficulty TVs won't be replaced as readily.
All the best mate.
You need a better and more reliable connection for internet TV, and streaming from a NAS drive. But also game streaming services would benefit from that faster ethernet, to give you lag free game streaming experience.
@@ChigzTech Latency (lag) and download speed are two separate metrics.
100mb lan can be a bottleneck if you are streaming 4K blu ray rips from a plex server or a NAS.
why som amlogic devices support 4k hdr and google certified but rockchip not support 4k hdr and and not google certified .
Is very obvious because of the price
Nice
Do you think Samsung will ever make a tv box?
Nice review. Any plans to do Nokia 8010?
We're the 8010 is available??? cannot find it. Ta
Do you need a google account to use this box?
does this have Kodi on it
looking forward to the review on the nokia 8100
waiting for mi box 4k 2nd gen and nokia 8010 box..
Mi Box 2nd gen is next.
Very good review, appreciated. Thanks!
Which country of you sir
Why not test 8010, which is newer, and free of most of the 8000 disadvantages?
Where is the new model available?? Ta
Can it record video
09:03 - Pretty POOR SHOW when my current TV 'Box', an old 2015 Nvidia Shield K1 (2Gb Ram/16Gb Storage & running on Android 7) has Antutu score of 154,584... So.. Even though my K1 is really showing its age... I think I'll pass lol...
I just want a decent powered, PROPER Android 10 or 11 onwards (NOT Android TV), with at least 4Gb Ram that i can buy to replace my K1... Any suggestions? Otherwise, I think I'm gonna have to get myself a used Motorola G100 or Edge with 'Ready For' capabilities though more pricier at £200+ lol 😏
😎🇬🇧
Nvidia devices are great, so future-proof. Well ahead of it's time. Wish they would release some new streaming box. That would be a game changer.
@@ChigzTech I think Android Central did a video a year back where they said it'd be really cool if Nvidia released a new updated version of the K1 tablet too! 😏
Move on to sbc, rk3588 is the beast right now
this box is better than mi box s 4k? I use Kodi
Well dear sir good morning ,,,, how can i get it at my home or is it available in pakistan in which city please tell because i know the nokia very well as whole member of my family are still using this wonderfull durable nokia product of different kind ,,, well east or the west ,,,,, nokia is the best of course ,,,,, thanks and regards
Xiaomi Mi Box S 2gen Review Please
Yes its coming next. Stay tuned.
TRy to find specs on that Mi2....heard its DDR3 and CPU is old tech....Unbelievable what these companies are throwing at us....
What does it mean....NO NAVIGATION/STATUS MENU ?
Great price and quality, pity it hasn't got more ram and storage.
Yes I agree.
can u add more storage if so how much
@@ChigzTech
Recently bought the Nvdia Shield Pro. can you do a comparison?
Isn't the Nokia 8010 box the latest?
I'm sure this box is over a year old.
Yes 😀
That is a very high quality review Chigz
Cheers
Browser?
What is better between this Nokia (£58) , the Mecool KM2 (£70)?
Don't buy mekool after a year it was sluggish slow, ended in the bin . Nokia all the way 👊 buy 8010 if you can😊
@@haxon100where is the 8010 available? Cannot find it. Ta
Great review, 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks! 👍
Very thorough assessment. Thank you.
onboard storage is a bit low. I don't understand why all the boxes don't have at least 16GB of storage. One if the frustrating things with the Firesticks
4gb ram, 32gb-64gb rom should be an option these days. I would pay almost double for that.
Great video and info. A good alternative to the multitude of tv box currently available in the market.
Prices?
Lot of things not available in Amazon 😢😢😢
Specs vs price is not great when looking at competition. Makes snese for someone looking for Android TV OS box - limited apps is offputing to me ,I have one and it's hit & miss with sideloading. Shady modded apps work but I dont have any personal info on the box so it's whatever..
thanks the comparison website great too!
pls do review of nokia 8010
it would be better if nokia designed a very nokia remote control like those classic brick phones
It's strange to have the ranking based on the Antutu scores. A cheaper Fire TV cube with "5 - Suberb / best" score shouldn't be below a more expensive Apple TV box with " 4.5 - very good" score. That makes no sense. The Nokia is 1/3 of the Apple TV box with the same score and shouldn't be 18th. It's all about price-performance ratio. Not about fancy cases.
I have tried different methods in the past, but I find, if I rank by benchmark performance, it encourages the manufactures to make faster boxes with better newer chipsets. I added the rating so you can see exactly how good the box is. I found this way works the best.
bought this for a c;ient after setup i bought myself one what a beast
Indestructible as always from Nokia!
Excellent review, however I fail to see why Nokia made this UHD TV Box. There are several other options that are already well known that has all of features since the beginning of 2023. Baiscally there's nothing that stands out of this box compared to other UHD media boxes that has been on the market for months.
Hello can you tell me which box are you talking zbout
Price. It's doing what all the other ones are doing for half the cost. It's also an official brand product, so it should not have pre installed malware that sends your personal information to the CCP like all the other Chinese brands around this price tag do. Nokia has done very well.
break monopoly, scoop a fraction of the market...besides, these boxes are relatively cheap to build so the (risk - reward) profit is worth a try. This is just my opinion though.
A cheap alternative to Firesticks if Amazon shoot themselves in the foot and switch to a locked down OS
A good application for this unit would be for the truck drivers, who can watch TV during a break after a long trip so they have news TV , football results and live broadcasts. But, in all other cases (home, bussiness) is not too high-speced so.... Nokia targets only a special kind of users.
It's better than the Chinese boxes since you know if Nokia you aren't going to get any spyware included like you do with a lot of the Chinese boxes
Good video I think i will stick with my Fire TV devices.
Same 👍
How can 100MB LAN port be a con - that is super fast for streaming.
Nokia makes TV boxes now ?
I am i missing something ?
2gb is not even close to being enough for even lite usage???
Przecież to powinni zakazać sprzedawać Android 10 i2 GB ram-u w tych czasach masakra
Tak, wiem, ale przesyłanie strumieniowe 4K jest niezwykle płynne jak na pudełko z zaledwie 2 + 8 GB. (Used google translate)
Google zoptymalizowało Android TV pod tym kątem. Wszystkie telewizory z tym systemem mają max 2GB ram. Są chińskie boxy z większą ilością pamięci ale trudno powiedzieć, czy będą otrzymywały aktualizacje systemu. Z kolei boxy z Android OS są pozbawione zabezpieczeń DRM L1.
Nokia streaming box 8010 🔥
I only used it for streaming football , movies etc. videos and music it works great
I still have an old Nokia phone from 1999. 😂😂😂
What's funny though is that this TV box has Netflix built in but my TV box that I have that's through Google doesn't have Netflix built in. That makes no sense😮
Which box do you have?
Where's the xiaomi tv box review?
The only voice i trust in these devices
Great review👍 does anyone know if this supports dts audio passthrough over spdif as I have an old receiver?
Doh - a fail on the technical details: LAN speed is measured in megabits "Mb" not megabytes "MB" (per second), WiFi is "GHz", TV resolution is "4k"; can't take the rest of the review seriously if the fundamentals are wrong.
Why are you not doing the 8010? Terrible decision
no fan like the shield though these boxes would be better if they had fans to keep them coo l
SkyShowtime?
Very good 💯
This box can 4k video,Dolby Atmos and 5.1 sound from usb
I don't like side loaders they don't show all available apps
Shield looks a bit better and its 4 years old.
awwww it looked so good until you mention only 8gigs storage........thats horrible.........8 is nothing......i dont know why these guys put so little storage.....you need 16 at least. Especially if you want to install a game or 2.
To me this looks like generic fake tv box from aliexpress specially as its not on nokia official websitw