VONTAR R5, new Android Box with Realtek RTD1325

New Android TV-Box appearing on AliExpress called VONTAR R5 with the interesting Realtek RTD1325 processor, a good alternative for its image quality.

A Box with a Realtek SoC that is being seen in the world of TV-Boxes and includes support for technologies such as AV1 and video enhancements with AISR and APQ algorithms. With its power we will have no problems when watching video up to 4K, or running all kinds of apps and games.

The operating system of the VONTAR R5 is Android TV 14 with integrated Chromecast, full access to the Google app store and a Bluetooth remote control and microphone with different shortcut keys to streaming apps is included for its use. This time it does NOT seem to have Widevine L1 DRM support so we can not see apps from streaming platforms in high resolution

VONTAR R5 Specifications

Inside this new Android TV-Box we have as engine a Realtek RTD1325 processor. This is a Quad Core chip with Arm Cortex-A55 processors capable of reaching 1.7 Ghz and an iGPU Arm Mali-G57 MC1. Its VPU includes AV1 and HDR10 video decoding.

We have purchase options with 2/4 GB of DDR3 RAM memory soldered on board and 16/32/64 GB of eMMc storage that we can expand through a HUB or pendrive connected to one of the USB ports.

Other features

In the field of wireless connectivity, this new Android Box has Wifi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4. Connectors included are two USB 2.0 ports, RJ45 10/100 network connector, SPDIF digital audio output, analog audio and video output and an HDMI 2.1b video interface that can output video up to 8K resolutions.

As usual, HDMI cable, power supply and a remote control with microphone are included to be able to use this Android Box from the first moment.