D905 Android TV Box, 4K Android 9.0 Smart TV Box Amlogic S905 Quad Core 64-bit for Home Entertainment

I just received and configured mine today so this is an early review with very little usage of the product.I was able to quickly login to my Google account and update Kodi to the latest version, which is really what I intend to use the box for. As for the OS its self, it Android 9 and here we are in late 2020, when version 11 has already been released. I honestly don't hink this is going to be a deal breaker for me because again, I just need it for Kodi. Maybe later I'll test steaming apps like YouTube TV, Netflix and so on.Picture quality was rock solid. Right away, my TV recognized the output quality as 4K and adjusted the resolution settings accordingly. We watched an episode of one of our favorite TV shows in 4k and it worked without a hitch. That said, the box was indented to replace a Windows box that I had had for a couple of years, which was much more expensive but could barely play 1080p video in Kodi without stumbling through.Interface seems a little cheezy, not like a higher end Nvidia Shield but I can live with that. Im mainly interested in functionality.Ill update later once I have tested with other apps.UPDATE 1 (3 weeks):Playback is rock solid. Anything else on this thing is sluggish. Specifically, anything that requires any sort of computing power. I wouldn't expect anything much though. I needed something to play media on Kodi and thats what I got. It takes a little while to update my library and resolve new TV shows and Movies across SMB but for this price, I don't expect an Nvidia Shield. Speaking of, everything is the same version as my 2017 model shield, which has been updated. As I alluded to in my first review, I don't expect bleeding edge software. I will probably update Kodi to Matrix once it has a stable release.I did try Netflix and YouTube TV on here. The responsiveness reminds me of a Firestick probably a little slower. Once I got to the content I wanted to try, playback was just fine.UPDATE 2:Works just fine using Express VPN. I was able to install the app, connect and then setup and use an (unofficial) sports addon through Kodi.Watched through an entire american football game with no issue.

UPDATE***This people just charged me for a replacement that didn't work, they just charge me, so I paid twice for those garbages.They want to Continue scamming with those defective devices. DONT BUY IT!!!I received this box on Feb 9th very excited, until realized that it was not android 9.0 as advertised and I was unable to install the apps I wanted from play store. I looked over the internet, and fortunately I found apks and installed them. I bought a wireless mouse to enjoy better, since the remote control was tooo slow. At day five of use, launcher stopped, I tried several times restarting it without success. So I contacted tech support and, after asked me to take out the battery (it does not use battery), and restart, the rep apologized for the defective device promissing to send a good one with android 9.0. Guess what, I received a garbage same as the other, android 7.1.2. I took a deep breath trying to calm, then I started to configure it. It worked, and I cross my fingers expecting that it works well, however, next day until today, it can not find the network, the wifi, hotspot, or any way to connect to the internet. I have lost time and money with them. Both box are useless, I put the in the trash can, money lost.

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The box works okay but when I tried to enter my WiFi password I couldn't press "Enter". It would just repeat the last character. I even tried a real keyboard plugged into the USB port, still the same. After trying everything multiple times I tried using tab... Then I noticed a small ">" symbol on the right side, that is how you type "Enter". I've never seen this on an Android device before, perhaps it could be solved by using the Google keyboard instead of the default.The attached picture shows the symbol on the right.Update: I actually purchased this device to try to run linux on for Home Assistant since Raspberry Pis are nearly impossible to get right now. Armbian installed on it just fine and it runs Home Assistant, Node-Red, and Mosquitto without any issues. It's definitely good enough for most home installs. I'm giving it another star because of this, a complete linux box for $25 and change is a DEAL! You'd spend more than that for just the case and power supply for a Raspberry Pi.

The power cord is no good.once I got it going it started glitching. My guess is HDMI wire probably sucks to. Wondering if it gonna work in the long run.