Small in Size, But Big in Power - OTT Set Top Box DV7905

Reprinted from http://en.sdmctech.com/

Mini Android OTT Set Top box have become a trend in Set Top box market. Apple TV is sized 98*98*23mm, Amazon Fire TV is sized 115*115*7.5mm, and Roku is also in about the same small size. Now all Set Top box suppliers are trying to decreasing Set Top boxes sizes while at the same time increasing the processing power andSDMC isn't an exception. SDMC's new OTT Set Top box DV7905 is small in size, but big in power. 

Small in Size

The OTT Set Top Box DV7905 is square 103mm long, 101mm wide and just 26mm tall. It is a little bit bigger than Apple TV and it has three colors: black, green, and white. The top face of the OTT Set Top Box DV7905 holds a logo and a slogan wrote "Make TV Interesting", and the front holds LEDs to display its status. 

The back of the OTT Set Top Box DV7905 is home to power (DV 12V), AV, Ethernet, S/P DIF, and HDMI. The side of the OTT Set Top Box DV7905 hosts two USB ports, a TF card port and IR IN. Of those ports, you need get the HDMI, power, and Ethernet connected. The USB ports can helps using USB devices like mouse and storage device. 

They are about 10 types of remote controllers in SDMC controller list,so the included remote is up to customers' choice. The OTT Set Top Box DV7905 also supports smartphone control with iOS and Android apps.

Big in Power
The heart of a Set Top box lies in the CPU and GPU. OTT Set Top Box DV7905runs on a quad-core 1.5GHz CPU, with a Mali 450 600 MHz GPU and 512M of DRAM. It has 4GB of built-in storage. The OTT Set Top boxDV7905is primarily a media streaming device, so in-device storage isn't as significant a factor as on a smart phone or tablet. If you really not happy with the default DRAM or built-in storage, you can upgrade them. SDMC offers options of 1G and 2G for upgrading DRAM and 8G, 16G, 32G for upgrading built-in storage. 

Its Wi-Fi is 2.4GHz and supports 802.11b/b/g/n. However, 5GHz is an option too. It outputs video through HDMI and AV out, but it supports480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, and 1080i/p. 

1.Streaming video
Loading movies feels very awesome through YouTube in our test. That's very impressive performance. YouTube was pre-installed in this device and if you want Hulu or others, you may need it get them from the app market first. Like all streaming device, video loading speed and quality are dependent on your network speed. Thanks to the H.265 decoder, the video quality is much better than those use H.264 decoder. 

2.Games
Hardware 3D graphics acceleration was a great help when playing 3D games with this OTT Set Top box. The preloaded 3D games works all right thanks to the overwhelming CPU and GPU.

3.Apps
Since it's fundamentally an Android device, downloading android apps from android market is out of question. The default storage may not enough for those who want tons of apps to be installed. However, it can beexpanded via USB or TF card.

4.Browsing and playing local files
As a quad core OTT Set Top box, browsing and playing local files seems isn't a key to differ it from dual core OTT Set Top box since these functions are too basic and quad core OTT Set Top box are way much to process these. 

5.Screen-sharing
DLNA, Airplay, and Miracast, the most popular technologies for screen sharing right now, are all supported by this quad core OTT Set Top box. Like other Set Top boxes. A screen-sharing app must be installed in mobile device. Mirroring pictures, videos and the whole screen are works great with this device, even when play 3D games, which game lovers would be pleased to know that. 

In short,DV7905 mayseeman unassuming little case, small in size, while it indeed very outstanding when compare the configurations and using experience with the same priced OTT Set Top box.