Note: The maker supplied a review sample for evaluation, the opinion of the product is my own personal viewIn terms of size thi...  Read More

Note: The maker supplied a review sample for evaluation, the opinion of the product is my own personal viewIn terms of size this small Android box is not much larger than a dedicated web camera; with a size of around 9.5cm wide, by 5.3cm depth and a thickness of a little over 1cm. It's pretty tiny by any standards - yet has the functionality of a normal sized TV box, albeit with some compromises on connections which are clearly due to the smaller case area.Package contents include a HDMI cable (this is a slimmer type but the socket is a standard one on the unit), 2 pin power adapter (adapter is supplied), a mini USB to full sized female USB port adapter, remote (no batteries takes 2 x AAA) and a user manual.The design of the micro box is quite clever it can be mounted on a TV/Monitor with a fold out clip (foam padding on all sides for grip it's also spring loaded), or it can be free standing if you leave the base closed. A gun metal colour arm lets you adjust the angle of the unit it's possible to tilt it down or to the sides giving a decent bit of adjustment here. I would however prefer to have two adjustment knobs, this has a single one and when it's loosened off both the base ball joint and top one become free - it might prove easier to adjust this off the TV and then make a smaller adjustment when mounted. There is a bit of play half tightened, though it's quite stable once it's locked off.Connections are more limited with this model which is understandable a single USB port on the back, the mini USB can be used as a second USB port, DC input and full sized HDMI output. There are AV out connections and a line in port. I would have skipped the line in and put a 3.5mm audio out for use with a monitor, it would probably be more useful as there is a built in microphone rendering the input not really that important.A single slot on the right side accepts micro SD cards up to 32GB. On the front a power/LED button the main camera lens, and holes for the microphone. It's a neat design and bar the line in and limited USB ports it's adequate considering the small footprint. Do note though there is no input for an Ethernet cable it's Wi-Fi only out of the box (you could add one to a USB port via a hub). Build and finish is quite nice glossy piano black with the metal stand looks visually attractive, even if it's going to pick up dust/fingerprints easily.Moving to the hardware we have an Allwinner H3 1.4GHz quad core processor it's perfectly fine in use and showed no problems streaming full HD video; there are faster processors out there in larger boxes. It's good enough for day to day use and though there is a little warmth to the unit when it's been on a while - there are lots of ventilation holes around the sides and bottom.Booting up it's a stock Android 4.4 Kit kat appearance with a newer version of Kodi (16.0), this has a lot of streams added to it and is pre-configured. The rest of the apps are fairly standard some of which will need updating once you connect it on-line. In terms of features this has a normal 1GB ram and 8GB storage - quite a lot of storage is used down to 2.5GB user space available (you might want to pick up a card if you install a lot of apps), this does have Miracast but no Blue tooth.Moving to the camera and microphone the app to launch this is on the system tray icon. Clearly it's going to get use for VOIP software such as Skype/Viber. Image quality was quite good (it is full HD), it does get a bit murky in very dim light and saturation drops off as does the frame rate. It's not as good as my Microsoft web camera, but that cost more than the entire unit did. It's probably good enough for using it with Video/voice calls which is no doubt what's intended. Microphone pick up was quite acceptable at about 3.5-4 metres range is still picked up my voice (you might want to adjust setting in the software)I quite like this model because it's very different to the standard Android boxes; but it really depends if you want either a really small unit (there are HDMI stick options around too for both Windows and Android some combine both). The reduced connections are probably not going to cause a problem at least you have 2 USB ports if you use the adapter. The so called air mouse isn't really that you don't move the remote around and the cursor follows it, you engage a mouse mode and move the 4 way controller about it's not an analogue control. At least the cursor speed is quite fast it's less annoying than the slow moving once on many boxes; might be prudent to get a mini keyboard/touch pad if you browse the web a lot. The supplied adapter to convert the 2 pin EU plug is one of those not very pleasant small offerings; really not good enough even though it's a low power output and these are usually not earthed, it would be much better to have included a proper adapter or a 3 pin UK plug version. Android 4.4 is getting on a bit, a newer version would be an improvement -though it remains usable and compatible with most apps.Despite some draw backs to this micro Android box, it does have some appeal if the camera/microphone are going to get used on a regular basis.  Read Less