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Thursday, October 24, 2019

RSS Player For MiTVs and Other Chinese made TVs


 22 October 2019

RSS Player For MiTVs and Other Chinese made TVs

RSS Player has been a very popular apps for smart TVs and Handphone among the Asians because it  allows the  users to watch Hong Kong,  US and Korean Dramas and also their News free of charge; however,  many users of the Chinese made TVs especially MiTV cannot use RSS player because it  requires the presence of Google Play apps.    This article will try to share the 2 APKs that have been found to work successfully for MiTV4.  It should work for other Chinese made TVs.

What are the Apks?

1.  RSS Player_v1.2.1 MiTV.apk
2.  RSS Player Android TV_v1.0.0 MiTV.apk

Apparently,  the 2 apps have been modded to get rid of the restrictions. 

How to Populate the Channels?

Item Description
Action
Remarks

1  Downloading
Download both the apks by clicking these 2 links

2.  Starting up
Find and click the icons in the Apps store,  the [Home] screen on the right will pop up
1.  For the v1.2.1 the following screen will show
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If the 3 bars on the top left hand corner is pressed,  it will pull down the side bar,  showing also + sign on the top right hand corne.

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3.  Populate with Channels
Click the + sign on the top right hand corner and enter the name and the address e.g.  icDrama and http://allrss.se/dramas

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4.  Watching the Videos
Click [Home] tab when completed and the screen will change as show on the left
Click the  [icDrama] tab,  one would be greeted by the various video tabs as shown

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5.  The Popular Tab
1.  Tapping this [Popular] tab will show the defaulted podcast channels for download and viewing.

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Difference Between V1.2.1 and Android TV version

V.1.2.1   appears to be a better version as it will allow default podcast channels to be shown.   The Android TV version has get rid of the advertisement but this suppresses also the default podcast channels

Monday, October 21, 2019

The New Xiaomi TV5 (MiTV5)

# Xiaomi TV5, # MiTV5

20 November 2019 

This rumour about the new MiTV5 having Patchwall and Android TV OS and also in multi-language turned out to be not true.     The real MiTV5 was recently announced on 4th November 2019.  The  details can be found here



21 October 2019

Latest About MiTV5

There were rumours again that Xiaomi is going to launch MiTV5 around end November 2919.  This time,  the leak was said to be from a senior executive from Xiaomi.

The rumours about MiTV5 to be launched in March 2019 did not materialise. Instead, Xiaomi came up in April 2019 with several newer MiTV4s that have bezeless full screen LED panels.  It is having  about the same technical specification as the rest of other MiTVs.  They called these,  the E series.

Subsequently, Xiaomi pushed out the other varieties such as the "picture-on-the-wall" series, Redmi 70" and the latest in September 2019, the MiTV Pro Full screen.

There was nothing mentioned about MiTV5 until the MiTV Global version started its sale in Hong Kong also in September 2019. This Global version is much different from the rest.  It  came with an Andriod TV OS and also a PatchWall OS that in specification, very similar to those MiTV sets sold in India and Indonesia in later part of 2018.   These  Global version sold in Hong Kong were branded with serial numbers of "V5", which could misled to mean MiTV5.    According to the Chinese magazine, "ZNDS", Xiaomi registered its "M5" series in March 2019 and could very well be the MiTV5 to be launched in 2019.


11 Jan 2019

The New Xiaomi TV5 (MiTV5)

There were rumours that Xiaomi was launching Xiaomi TV5.  That was around mid 2018.  However, there was no official news.  The market was disappointed when Xiaomi came out with another 4 new models around October 2018 based on TV4 series.    Meantime,  everyone is waiting for TV5 which was rumoured to be launched around March 2019.

 This particular site has a report on the technical specification and some picture about this TV5.

What’re the Main Differences

The main differences according to the specification and the picture shown are as follows

Descriptions
Differences

Remarks
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1.  Operating System (OS)
1.  TV5 has a different Interchangeable Android TV and Patchwall (OS).  
If it is the same as the Xiaomi TV Pro for India and Indonesia market,  it would have multi-lingual capability
2.  Construction
1.  TV5: Split Units & TV4 integral unit
Indicating there might be sound bar in TV5
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3.  Screen response
1.  TV5 : 6 ms & TV4 8 ms
Indicating not a Samsung screen
4.  Input/Output connection
1. TV5 : side connection & TV4 side and back connection
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Note that the Android TV in TV5 is expected to have Google Service Assistance which will enable one to use Google Play.   However,  many Apps in Google Play are not designed to be played in Android TV.  Also,  the new OS will not help to resolve the problem of not being able to play YouTube or Netflix 4K movies as it does not have the VP9 decoder,  which is a propriety product of Google.

Why there is a Delay in the Launch?

It could be the new OS,   Android TV,  has some bugs if TV5's OS is the same OS as the PRO series recently introduced in India and Indonesia.   Many users in India found that they could not connect to many bluetooth devices nor they can use the Dolby sound devices correctly.  Other complained about the frequent Internet disconnections.   Many could not configure their connected device as the OS does not allow manual configuration etc.   Xiaomi might want to wait for these bugs to be fully tested and  cleared out.

The Full Specification Comparison

Model
Xiaomi TV4
Xiaomi TV5
Features
LED Smart TV,  4K HDR TV
Ditto same except  Split Units
Marketing Date
2017 May
2018/19
Screen Size
Various Sizes from 32" to 75"
Only 50"
Screen Ratio
16:09
Ditto same
Display Specification


Resolution
4K3840*2160
Ditto same
Viewing Distant
4.0 metres
Ditto same
Backlight
LED
Ditto same
Backlight source
Edge LED E-LED
 ??
Viewing Angle
178°
Ditto same
Refresh rate
60Hz
Ditto same
Response Time
8ms
6ms
Display Capability
HDR,  Dynamic Backlight Control
HDR,Dynamic Backlight control,4K display engine PRO
Sound Specification


Sound System
DOLBY AUDIO DTS-HD with virtual sound surrond
Dolby Audio with Virtual Sound Surround System
Auto Adjust Sound
Supported
Ditto same
Speaker System
Internal
Ditto same
Sound Power
8W×2
Ditto same
Input/Output


HDMI connection
3*HDMI2.0One with ARC
Ditto same
AV

One set
USB
1×USB2.0
Ditto same

1×USB3.0
 Ditto same
Sound output
1×S/PDIF Output
One set
Others
Ethernet
Ditto same
Hardware spec


CPU
4 Core 64 Bits Cortex 1.8GHz
Ditto same
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2 up to 750MHz
Ditto same
Internal Memory
2GB
Ditto same
Storage Memory
8GB
Ditto same
Operating System
PatchWall
Interchangeable Android TV and Patchwall
USB Media Playing
Supported
Ditto same
Video Decoder










AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi)
Ditto same
Flash Video (.flv, .f4v, .f4p, .f4a, .f4b)
Ditto same
H.263
Ditto same
H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video
Ditto same
H.265 / MPEG-H Part 2 / HEVC
Ditto same
MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container, .mkv .mk3d .mka .mks)
Ditto same
QuickTime (.mov, .qt)
Ditto same
MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
Ditto same
MPEG-4
Ditto same
TS (MPEG Transport Stream, .ts, .tsv, .tsa)
Ditto same
VP8
Ditto same
WiFi(WLAN)
Supported
Supported
Dimension & Weight


Dimension
With Stand1232.1×791.1×216.5mm
With stand :1232.1×216.5×791.7mm,

Without Stand1232.1×730.6×4.9mm
 Without Stand:1236.5×75.7×730.6 mm
Weight
Without Stand17.2kg
With Stand:17.8kg,Without Stand:17.2kg
Other specification


Power Supply
100-240V
Ditto same
Power Consumption
155W
Ditto same
Standby Power
≤0.5W
Ditto same
Remote Control
Infrared,  Bluetooth with voice
Ditto same
Languages
Chinese,  convertible to English by apps
Multi-Languages (to be confirmed)

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