MiniPC news, August 2015 edition

Time flies, we're a few days away from September, and this a great time for manufacturers to show off ther new products.

We've already covered the new Mini PC's from Egreat and Xtreamer and we compiled a list of RK3368 MiniPC's in previous articles, let's see what else is new.

Geniatech's secret project was revealed

16GB ROM 2GB RAM 8 GPU 4 CPU MyGica ATV1900AC OS Wi-Fi LAN Gbit CHIPSET Amlogic S812 Rating 4 - 1	OpenELEC on several Geniatech devices Geniatech has been secretly working on providing an OpenELEC-based firmware for several devices they sell under the MyGica brand and it's ready for a test-drive. OpenELEC is a tiny Linux-based OS created with one single purpose: to run Kodi. A device that runs OpenELEC will boot straight to Kodi and all unnecessary processes are removed, making Kodi appear faster. So if you use your Mini PC mainly for Kodi, OpenELEC is definitely worth looking at. There are already OpenELEC-based firmware releases for ATV582, ATV1800, ATV387, ATV181 and ATV585/ATV185 and there could be a version for ATV1900 as well. Speaking of ATV1900AC, we'll cover it in a series of articles soon. Read more on Geniatech's website.

16GB

ROM
2GB

RAM
8

GPU
4

CPU

MyGica ATV1900AC

OS
Wi-Fi
LAN

Gbit
CHIPSET

Amlogic S812

Rating

4 - 1

OpenELEC on several Geniatech devices

Geniatech has been secretly working on providing an OpenELEC-based firmware for several devices they sell under the MyGica brand and it's ready for a test-drive.

OpenELEC is a tiny Linux-based OS created with one single purpose: to run Kodi. A device that runs OpenELEC will boot straight to Kodi and all unnecessary processes are removed, making Kodi appear faster. So if you use your Mini PC mainly for Kodi, OpenELEC is definitely worth looking at.

There are already OpenELEC-based firmware releases for ATV582, ATV1800, ATV387, ATV181 and ATV585/ATV185 and there could be a version for ATV1900 as well.
Speaking of ATV1900AC, we'll cover it in a series of articles soon.

New Zappiti product

4GB ROM 1GB RAM 2 GPU 2 CPU Zappiti 4K Duo OS Wi-Fi LAN Gbit CHIPSET Realtek RTD1195 Rating 4 - 1	Zappiti Player 4K Duo Just when you'd think that Realtek RTD1195 SoC will be forgotten, Zappiti is showing off their new member addiction to their "Player 4K" family : the Zappiti Player 4K Duo. 4K Duo will be available in just a few days for €349 and will feature a dual-bay 3.5-inch internal storage (with hot-swap, up to 8Tb ... each). For €349 you also get a device with gigabit ethernet, 1x USB 3.0 and 4 USB 2.0 ports, dual wi-fi antennas and support for a variety of file formats - including, as it's name suggests, 4K video files (and HEVC). The media center experience is completed with the Zappiti Media Center V4 which takes care of your movie collection and Zappiti MagicPixel should enhance the image quality. Basically Zappiti Player 4K Duo is aimed at hardcore movie fans which have a large collection of movies, making it easier for them to access, view and organize them.

4GB

ROM
1GB

RAM
2

GPU
2

CPU

Zappiti 4K Duo

OS
Wi-Fi
LAN

Gbit
CHIPSET

Realtek RTD1195

Rating

4 - 1

Zappiti Player 4K Duo

Just when you'd think that Realtek RTD1195 SoC will be forgotten, Zappiti is showing off their new member addiction to their "Player 4K" family : the Zappiti Player 4K Duo.
4K Duo will be available in just a few days for €349 and will feature a dual-bay 3.5-inch internal storage (with hot-swap, up to 8Tb ... each).
For €349 you also get a device with gigabit ethernet, 1x USB 3.0 and 4 USB 2.0 ports, dual wi-fi antennas and support for a variety of file formats - including, as it's name suggests, 4K video files (and HEVC).
The media center experience is completed with the Zappiti Media Center V4 which takes care of your movie collection and Zappiti MagicPixel should enhance the image quality.
Basically Zappiti Player 4K Duo is aimed at hardcore movie fans which have a large collection of movies, making it easier for them to access, view and organize them.

New Intel Z3735F MiniPC from Xtreamer

32GB ROM 2GB RAM GPU 4 CPU Xtreamer WinKey OS Wi-Fi LAN 100M CHIPSET Intel Z3735F Rating 4 - 1	Xtreamer WinKey Xtreamer is the latest to join the Intel Z3735F battlefield. No doubt the Intel Z3735F is the most popular SoC this year (and yes, I know it's only August). Xtreamer is well-known for their fanless devices, so it makes sense that Xtreamer WinKey is fanless also. Xtreamer WinKey has 2Gb of RAM and 32Gb eMMc storage, and unlike the other devices it has a full Intel Z3735F USB 2.0 Host next to the Micro USB. The device will come with the Windows 10 with Bing right from the shelf.

32GB

ROM
2GB

RAM
GPU
4

CPU

Xtreamer WinKey

OS
Wi-Fi
LAN

100M
CHIPSET

Intel Z3735F

Rating

4 - 1

Xtreamer WinKey

Xtreamer is the latest to join the Intel Z3735F battlefield.

No doubt the Intel Z3735F is the most popular SoC this year (and yes, I know it's only August).

Xtreamer is well-known for their fanless devices, so it makes sense that Xtreamer WinKey is fanless also.

Xtreamer WinKey has 2Gb of RAM and 32Gb eMMc storage, and unlike the other devices it has a full Intel Z3735F USB 2.0 Host next to the Micro USB.
The device will come with the Windows 10 with Bing right from the shelf.