Good time to try Amlogic‘s latest budget-range SoC, the S905Y5, which comes integrated in the Tanix TX5 and thanks to AliExpress coupons is at a good price.
This is a box with the classic rectangular design and in which only highlights the new Amlogic SoC manufactured in 6 nm and that promises to be 21% faster than its predecessor, the Amlogic S905Y4. An increase that, if confirmed, will be a significant improvement for this series of budget processors that skips ARM Cortex-A55 cores from ARM Cortex-A53.
The operating system is Android TV 14, although we can also choose to use the launcher of this brand called AliceUX. As always, we look forward to a review and comparison of the Amlogic S905Y5 in the near future.
Tanix TX5 Specifications
In this Tanix box we find the recent Quad Core SoC Amlogic S905Y5, manufactured in 6 nm. Inside we will have 4 ARM Cortex-A55 processors with a power of 20K DMIPS and an ARM Mali-G31 MP2 iGPU. At the video level we have support for native decoding of H.265, AVS2, VP9 and AV1 codecs with resolutions up to 4K@120fps and HLG, HDR10 and HDR10 technologies.
There are several versions of this Box with 2/4 GB of DDR3 RAM and 16/32/64 GB of eMMc storage, although at the moment only the basic version is available. We also find a micro SD card reader in case we want to expand the memory by this method.
Other notable specifications
In the field of wireless connectivity, we have in all versions Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0. The connectors included in the plastic box are two USB 2.0 ports, SPDIF digital audio output, Ethernet 10/100 network connector and an HDMI 2.1a video output.
As usual, an HDMI cable, power supply and a basic remote control are included to be able to use this Smart Box right out of the box.
Price on offer
- The Tanix TX5 TV-Box can be purchased at AliExpress from only 30,45 € with free shipping using coins and discount code SSES02 / AFFJS2 / USCD05 or CDFR02