Xiaomi announced their entry in to the living room today with the Xiaomi
TV Android set-top box, while it hasn't yet gone
on sale ,and will likely see huge demand at only $60 the Apple
TV like
device has already been taken apart to bear all!
Like all Xiaomi products the Xiaomi
TV is going to be a difficult
device to get hold of when it finally goes on general release (at the moment only fans earning enough points in the Xiaomi forums are eligible to buy the stb), however this hasn't stopped someone getting hold of the little
Android PC and taking a screwdriver to it!
As you can see in these
photos someone has managed to get hold of an early release Xiaomi
TV and have a good look at what is under the black body.
From these tear down
photos we can see the Xiaomi
TV runs on an AMLogic AML8726-M3 CPU, we can also see there is a total
RAM of 1GB which is split between 4 serperate 256mb chips.
Realtek's RTL8188EUS takes care of Wi-fi enabling the Mi TV to connect to the internet, and other Wi-Fi enabled devices such as Android phone, tablets, iOS devices and even laptops to stream content.
There is 4GB of ROM in the Xiaomi
TV and it appears the only way you would be able to expand upon this is if you used external
storage and connected to the micro
USB or made use of a cloud based
storage service.
The rear of the Xiaomi has an Ethernet connector, out and micro along with a power connector. Overall the $60 Xiaomi looks like a simple, yet effective one which would look great in my living room if I can ever get hold of one!
Xiaomi TV tear down gallery
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