This device I had been searching for the small media center in the living room. Although you can achieve its functions, in principle, if you connect a laptop to TV and surround amplifier - but the operation with the small Orbsmart has its charm. I have the 16 GB version. The additional cost of approximately 10 compared with the 8-GB version it was worth it to me. I have connected the unit to get a better throughput on the LAN cable. Alternatively, is also WLAN and then allows the operation via smartphone apps or the use of Miracast. The HDMI output of the device connected to the TV, the optical audio output to the surround amplifier. Because I promised not to operate on the colorful Mediabox Launcher yet the alternative Launcher3, I have Apex Launcher installed from the Google Play Goals and connect an existing KeySonic wireless keyboard to a USB port on the device. After installing the External Keyboard Helper from the Google Play Store and the keyboard layout was ok. XBMC is preinstalled on the Orbsmart. The current version for ARM processors as * .apk file is available on the XBMC page. In the settings you have to allow the installation of apps outside the Play Store. Photos, movies, music store on one Synology DiskStation. It is easy to set up the paths on XBMC SMB Windows shares on your home network and thus gain access to its multimedia files. In addition, you can also install the appropriate apps for its NAS, for example, Synology DSAudio, DSPhoto +. In addition, Micro-SD card can be plugged or infected USB drives or sticks to the second USB port and evaluate with the appropriate apps. The add-ons are very diverse in XBMC. For example, access to the media libraries of television channels is possible. Because the unit is running under Android, the installation of almost all apps from the Google Play Store is possible. In conclusion: Super!
