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There are plenty that should avoid customs if you don't need it in a hurry.
i.e. - They're around the €30 mark with free shipping.
Or you could buy them from Amazon (shipped from China) for more with no customsm or from Europe for slightly more, but faster shipping.
- Yep, they're buying them and selling them at 3 or 4 times the price.
They all (the boxes) have roughly the same lifespan in them (no matter if €30 or €200) as you can only write and erase (P/E cycles) a Finite amount of times to flash storage, and that number is greatly reduced on cheaper Nand Flash Storage.
All of the boxes (or most anyway) will have 'wear levelling' controllers - Where the writing to the storage is evenly distributed, rather than being allowed to randomly wear out one sector quicker.
Also, the more full the storage, the less room for the 'wear levelling' controllers algorithms can do their job. - i.e. They are more likely to wear out quicker.
Write Amplification also contributes.
There are boxes that should last longer, and most of the AMLogic boxes can run an OS (e.g. AMLinux or OpenELEC) from an SD/MicroSD card reducing wear to the storage on the box.
So if you have an AMLogic device, it's probably a good idea to install OpenELEC on to an external card.
If you have an S812 or an S805 and are writing to the internal storage, chances are they'll last as long as each other.
If you are using Torrent Streaming software on your Android box, then it's doing much more harm than good. It's okay to use it occasionally but it's not advisable to use it a lot.
More about wear levelling
http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/definition/wear-leveling
Also, with S912 out soon and presumably similarly priced you may be better off going for a €30 box anyway, and waiting to see what the S912 are like, or to see how low the S812 drop in price.
Sorry for the random waffle..
Something i had in my head, as a lot of the time the type of chip is mentioned or the price of the box. I thought it may be useful/helpful to know other things should be factored in too. 0 -
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Something to note for anyone thinking of getting an Amazon Fire TV , it only supports USB Harddrives formatted in Fat 32
Also i ordered one Sunday 6/12 and it was due to be delivered 12/12. This date has now been pushed back to the 16/12.
Just be careful in case your ordering now to have before Christmas.0 -
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They all (the boxes) have roughly the same lifespan in them (no matter if €30 or €200) as you can only write and erase (P/E cycles) a Finite amount of times to flash storage, and that number is greatly reduced on cheaper Nand Flash Storage.
Just as a matter of interest, what is the average lifespan of these boxes? I've mine a year now, use it every day and it probably works better now than when I bought it thanks to all the firmware updates....
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As little as possible.How often should ya clear it out ?
Some of the manufacturers of the boxes have warned against it.
Some more about it here - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ram-boosters-task-killers-bad-android/BandMember wrote: »Just as a matter of interest, what is the average lifespan of these boxes? I've mine a year now, use it every day and it probably works better now than when I bought it thanks to all the firmware updates....
I don't about all the boxes, but I think the majority of them use MLC, which would give them a life span between 1500 and 10,000 P/E cycles according to this article (I believe 8GB is averaged to be around 10TB of writing before it starts to deteriorate - but i stand to be corrected on that.)
http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/definition/solid-state-storage-program-erase-cycle - Also applies to rambooster and cache cleaners.
But it depends on who you ask and how they phrase it.
Often manufacturers will refer to eMMC as eMLC or vice versa.
eMMC stands for Embedded Multi-Media Card
They don't state the type of MMC that may be being used.
Like USB Flash drives and SD cards, you can get faster and slower ones and better quality chips.
Some of the dedicated box manufacturers may use medium quality chips which would be better. - The branded ones in particular, like Pipo, Minix, Tronsmart, beelink etc..
i.e. the ones trying to create and keep a global brand name i'd guess.
They may use eMLC and refer to it as eMMC, but I don't know that for sure.
i.e. - They may use eMLC on their eMMC (But it usually Raw MLC).0 -
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As little as possible.
Some of the manufacturers of the boxes have warned against it.
Some more about it here - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ram-boosters-task-killers-bad-android/
Oh oh. I have a Minix and hit the Task Killer when I turn it on before I open anything (only use it for Kodi to be honest) but I think I should probably stop doing that? I also go into the Xunity Maintenace Tool/normal Maintenance Tool and Purge the Packages and clear the cache before I turn it off each night. Again, am I doing the wrong thing??
I don't about all the boxes, but I think the majority of them use MLC, which would give them a life span between 1500 and 10,000 P/E cycles according to this article (I believe 8GB is averaged to be around 10TB of writing before it starts to deteriorate - but i stand to be corrected on that.)
http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/definition/solid-state-storage-program-erase-cycle - Also applies to rambooster and cache cleaners.
But it depends on who you ask and how they phrase it.
Often manufacturers will refer to eMMC as eMLC or vice versa.
eMMC stands for Embedded Multi-Media Card
They don't state the type of MMC that may be being used.
Like USB Flash drives and SD cards, you can get faster and slower ones and better quality chips.
Some of the dedicated box manufacturers may use medium quality chips which would be better. - The branded ones in particular, like Pipo, Minix, Tronsmart, beelink etc..
i.e. the ones trying to create and keep a global brand name i'd guess
They may use eMLC and refer to it as eMMC, but I don't know that for sure.
i.e. - They may use eMLC on their eMMC (But it usually Raw MLC).
Ok, I'm sorry but I didn't understand a word of that. In plain English, if I have a Minix, use it for Kodi for a few hours every day and look after it, roughly how long would the average lifespan be? A year? 2 years? More? Less? I'm not going to holding you to your answer or anything, just curious.... 
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BandMember wrote: »Ok, I'm sorry but I didn't understand a word of that. In plain English, if I have a Minix, use it for Kodi for a few hours every day and look after it, roughly how long would the average lifespan be? A year? 2 years? More? Less? I'm not going to holding you to your answer or anything, just curious....
If you use it for a few hours every day, it should last for quite a few years..
But you should probably stop kiling tasks when you boot it up, or in general.
Does your box have an OpenELEC build?0 -
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Wanderer78 wrote: »probably not. ours was buy round then as well and wont take kodi. as far as im aware the tv needs to be running android but i may stand corrected on that.
That's what I thought.
Not even sure what operating system this is. 0
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