Minix NEO X8-H Reviews & Tests

Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Minix NEO X8-H

alaTest has collected and analyzed 134 user reviews of Minix NEO X8-H from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. People really like the design. The price is also mentioned favorably. Many are critical about the size and reliability.

usability, price, design

reliability, size

89% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Jun, 2025

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Minix NEO X8-H

alaTest has collected and analyzed 63 user reviews of Minix NEO X8-H from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People really like the design and price. The reliability and usability also get good feedback. There are some critical opinions about the size.

usability, reliability, price, design

size

83% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Jun, 2025

Expert review by : Stephen Dawson (avhub.com.au)

Minix Neo X8-H Ultra-HD Android media hub REVIEW

Even if you've found some 4K content, how can you play it? Minix's Neo H8 is one of the few ways at present...

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Nice player, but terrible remote

I saw in a different review they have a different remote available. They should not even sell then small remote and only sell the decent remote.

Plays newer formats, lots of inputs Bought this to replace my older media player. Plays newer formats with no problem. Works great to play anything in my media library.

Terrible remote. difficult to find the right angle to control the player, and with only 11 buttons, it is not designed to control an android device, which is designed for a touch screen. So frustrating to do anything, trying to find the right way to...

Nov, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Best XBMC box I've used

I had no problem streaming up to 720p on a G network but you'll need wireless N to do 1080p and above, especially if they are mkv file shares. It has an ethernet port so plugging it in is always prefereable if you can.

If it has Kitkat on it and the lastest XBMC this thing is fast, no menu lag, plays everything, rarely crashes out when an addon throws an error. It is visibly faster than an X7 with 4.2.2 installed. I have not tried netflix because I don't have an...

The remote is comes with is ok for most things, but you really want to have a keyboard. Minix sells an excelent airmouse remote with a keyboard, the A2-AIR2. For whatever reason newegg doens't carry this, it should be offered as a bundle. You can buy...

Oct, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Best XBMC box I've used

I had no problem streaming up to 720p on a G network but you'll need wireless N to do 1080p and above, especially if they are mkv file shares. It has an ethernet port so plugging it in is always prefereable if you can.

If it has Kitkat on it and the lastest XBMC this thing is fast, no menu lag, plays everything, rarely crashes out when an addon throws an error. It is visibly faster than an X7 with 4.2.2 installed. I have not tried netflix because I don't have an...

The remote is comes with is ok for most things, but you really want to have a keyboard. Minix sells an excelent airmouse remote with a keyboard, the A2-AIR2. For whatever reason newegg doens't carry this, it should be offered as a bundle. You can buy...

Oct, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Minix NEO X8-H

I had no problem streaming up to 720p on a G network but you'll need wireless N to do 1080p and above, especially if they are mkv file shares. It has an ethernet port so plugging it in is always prefereable if you can.

If it has Kitkat on it and the lastest XBMC this thing is fast, no menu lag, plays everything, rarely crashes out when an addon throws an error. It is visibly faster than an X7 with 4.2.2 installed. I have not tried netflix because I don't have an...

The remote is comes with is ok for most things, but you really want to have a keyboard. Minix sells an excelent airmouse remote with a keyboard, the A2-AIR2. For whatever reason newegg doens't carry this, it should be offered as a bundle. You can buy...

Oct, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Pretty nice Android player

Love that I can do so much with this. I used to have a WDTV LIVE PLAYER in my bedroom which was fed my MKV collection from my LIVE HUB in the livingroom over a wired network. But that was all I pretty much used it for ( I don't use netflix or any of...

It came with the M! mouse controller wich is AWESOME because it doesn't need to be pointed at the box to controller it ie: navigation and volume BUT I noticed it was making the MINIX box REBOOT occasionally which was bad. The included infrared...

Sep, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

A Great Buy

Installation and operation is smooth .. Video & audio quality are great .Skype works like a charm . XBMC opens up access to number of VOD's. Air mouse is grate .. sometime we need to recalibrate . other wise computer mouse too works . specs say android...

Except the product delivered to me has android 4.2 ... Regular Remote is just waste ..we cannot work on android with ..very painful..

Sep, 2014

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A Great Buy

Installation and operation is smooth .. Video & audio quality are great .Skype works like a charm . XBMC opens up access to number of VOD's. Air mouse is grate .. sometime we need to recalibrate . other wise computer mouse too works . specs say android...

Except the product delivered to me has android 4.2 ... Regular Remote is just waste ..we cannot work on android with ..very painful

Sep, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

HW excellent, Mouse twitchy, Firmware not there yet.

Buy the logitech k440 wireless keyboard and all will be well. If "Downloading and flashing updated ROM firmware using a windows computer" is scary to you, don't buy this until after November. They should have "over the air" upgrades avaiable by then. I...

The base hardware (not counting the IR mouse or the Newegg provided bundled mouse) is solid and can perform ; If your plan is to view videos stored on your local network you will be satisfied, the colors and picture quality is really good. I had to use...

That big search engine company's "moive and tv play app" won't work, "Can't Fetch License (error 16)". The app tech support says 'call minix', Minix tech support today said "We've never heard of anyone trying that app, do you want a refund ; The...

Sep, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

HW excellent, Mouse twitchy, Firmware not there yet.

Buy the logitech k440 wireless keyboard and all will be well. If "Downloading and flashing updated ROM firmware using a windows computer" is scary to you, don't buy this until after November. They should have "over the air" upgrades avaiable by then. I...

The base hardware (not counting the IR mouse or the Newegg provided bundled mouse) is solid and can perform. If your plan is to view videos stored on your local network you will be satisfied, the colors and picture quality is really good. I had to use...

That big search engine company's "moive and tv play app" won't work, "Can't Fetch License (error 16)". The app tech support says 'call minix', Minix tech support today said "We've never heard of anyone trying that app, do you want a refund?". The...

Sep, 2014

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