But if you plan to use the box for more than movies and music, you’ll need more. In the end, I think the remote controller can become a very useful device once your box is all set up, with all the apps you need installed and configured, and assuming you only want to use it as a media center for Movies and Music, but do not plan to use it for browsing the web or playing games. It is awesome that CloudnetGo include this in the box, because it means the device really works “out of the box” without the need for any additional hardware, but in reality you’ll want something else to control the box. Overall, you’ll quickly want to switch away from the remote, and use your own keyboard/mouse/air mouse, or whatever floats your boat. The included remote controller is ok to use for basic interaction with the box (select an application and run it, navigate through movies in netflix or xbmc, etc…) but will be a pain if you intend to use it for typing text: browsing the web, typing an email, entering a username and a password, all of this becomes extremely painful. However some writing speed issues mean you can’t really do anything else while you install a new app. The cr13 has default support for the Google play store. Google’s play store is installed by default and works fine. Everything works out of the box as far as the OS is concerned, but you’ll probably want to install your own Android apps (Netflix, etc…) to make the full use of the box. We’re getting closer to 15/20 seconds, while the previous generation was closer to 30 seconds of boot time. Worth mentioning is that the CR13 boots relatively faster than previous Android dongles I’ve had. The typical default interface of Android TV boxes plug the HDMI cable to your TV, the power adapter to the CR13, and within 20 seconds you’re on the main screen, a vanilla Android 4.4 with a few preinstalled apps. If you’ve ever had an android tablet, or an Android mini PC before, there’s no surprise. Those of you who have owned an Android “dongle” mini PC in the past know that this can help. Last but not least, there’s an external Wifi antenna. In addition to all these, the device has a built in microphone and video camera. As a matter of comparison, it is slightly bigger, especially in height, than the recently released amazon Fire TV. This is to accommodate for the may ports that comes with it: 3 USB ports, an RJ45 port, an SD Card slot, the typical HDMI output of course, but also an optical audio out and an old-fashioned 5m AV out port. The TV Box itself looks pretty good, is much bigger than dongles such as the MK802 Series. The Cloudnet go CR13 comes with a USB cable (useful but I got dozens of these), an A/C adapter (5V 2A, more on this later but it’s good they included it, not all of these Chinese TV Boxes ship with it), and more importantly, a remote controller (most of the Android dongles I’ve reviewed didn’t come with one). ![]() Please note that the device used for this review was sent to me by them as a free sample. I am not affiliated with Cloudnet in any way but have had no problem dealing with them so far on Aliexpress. The cloudnetGo CR13 Can be bought on Aliexpress here. ![]()
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