Guest PaulOBrien Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 How do you fancy plugging in an ICS equipped, HDMI ported, HD video playing USB stick into your TV for only $74? That's the premise of the MK802, a new tiny computer device shipping out of China. The device, which is shipping now from AliExpress (and will likely be available from all sorts of sources and eBay shortly) offers exactly this. The MK802 packs the same internals we are seeing a lot of new generation budget Chinese tablets... a 1.5GHz Allwinner A10 processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB or storage and Android 4.0. Connectivity includes the aforementioned HDMI port, a microSD slot, a full size USB port (for usb keys and the like) and a microUSB port. Internet connectivity comes courtesy of built in 802.11b/g WiFi. At 8.8cm x 3.5cm x 1.2cm and only 0.2kg the MK802 is certainly pocketable and certainly has a lot of potential not just as a media playback device (support for Support the latest Flash and Full HD 1080P/2160P is claimed) but as a potential secure computing device with your own pocketable Chrome installation. The proof of the pudding however as they say is in the eating of course, and it wouldn't be the first device from the far east to make big claims and not deliver... the key thing for me would be codec support (claimed audio support is AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A, and video in WMV/ASF/MP4/3GP/3G2M4V/AVI/MJPEG/RV10/DivX/VC-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.263/H.264/1280*720P HD 30 fps, 1080P/720*480 D1 30fps formats). I have to say, tempted to buy... it's not just me is it? :) [Via: Liliputing] Click here to view the item Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blackjack3D Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Tempting for a car computer build I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamoiholland Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 For £45/50 it's worth a try surely!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ArcticFox Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 All depends on wether import charges, vat, etc, are slapped on top. Id be interested in one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T39andcounting Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Be interested to see how you control it. No bluetooth, so I assume you'd need that USB port to plug in a keyboard/mouse? Would it support a USB hub to allow a mouse and a USB stick? Someone (else!) needs to buy one and give it a review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hugobosslives Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 buy and review it paul? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FC360 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Not bad, I wonder if this streams from a NAS and if it would be used as a media player plugged into a TV. It's cheaper then most other media players so I wonder if it's possible to use 1 of these instead of buying a new TV that has smart TV features as I assume this would have smart TV features such as app downloads etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest absro Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 It's already sold out :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest louisi9 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) Android just is'nt the same with a mouse and keyboard... Edited May 21, 2012 by louisi9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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