Hardware

Vissontech Android TV Box Review

October 9, 2019

Vissontech’s Q96 Mars is a TV streaming box running on Android 7.1 Marshmallow.

You have the power of Android coupled with a 4 Core CPU and a 5 Core GPU for a very competitive price. You get the specs of the market’s bestsellers for a fraction of the price, a little over $26 to be exact.

Hardware Specs

CPU

S905L Quad-core 64Bit ARM®[email protected]
A reasonable chip that supports streaming solutions like Kodi.

GPU

ARM® Mali™-450
A lower power GPU built on the Utgard architecture.
OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0. and OpenVG 1.1 support for 2D/3D graphics

Flash Memory

8 GB NAND EMMC
Sufficient for normal streaming up to HD quality.
The 16 GB version is better for higher quality streaming

SDRAM

1 GB DDR3
It is advisable to order the 2 GB version if you plan
on streaming HD content.

Sockets

2*High speed USB 2.0, supports U DISK and USB HDD
SD/SDHC/MMC cardreader
Ethernet: 10/100M, standard RJ-45
HDMI 2.0b with CEC
AV

WIFI

2.4G IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

The box comes with Global TV software pre-installed. You can install any other streaming app that you might prefer and, depending on your internet speed, stream even 4K movies.

The hardware also supports 3D rendered games.

Supported Formats

3D	Hardward 3D graphics acceleration
*Compression*	8.2.11 HEVC/H.265 Main 10 Profile Level 5.1 Video Compression
*Decoder*	HD MPEG 1/2/4, HD AVC/VC-1, RM RMVB, Xvid/DivX3/4/5/6 , RealVideo 8/9/10
*Media*	Avi/Rm/Rmvb/Ts/Vob/Mkv/Mov/ISO wmv/asf/flv/dat/mpeg
*Audio*	MP3/WMA/AAC/WAV/OGG/AC3/DDP/TrueHD DTS/HD/FLAC/APE
*Image*	HD JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG/TIFF
*Subtitle*	HD JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG/TIFF

The Android Marshmallow operating system allows you to install all your favorite apps on your TV Box. You can browse the internet, keep up on your favorite social media platforms, check your emails and even have video chats with friends and family from the comfort of your living room couch.