The UI has a main row of big icons (Video, Music, All files, Settings), exactly as old Egreat Media player devices used to have.Ĭlicking the arrow reveals a second row of smaller icons with VidOn XBMC, My Apps, App cleaner, App store and a place for your own apps.

Of course, if you don't like the launcher, you can always change it, but give it a chance, it might grow on you. Currently there's only English and Chinese, but Egreat are working on translating the UI on several other languages.Įgreat managed to keep the 'media player' look on the UI, with a simple menu that goes well with the IR remote. The UI is 1080P, which in itself is an improvement from most devices currently on the market. The front LED dot-matrix panel looks interesting also and contributes to the overall 'premium' look Egreat intended to achieve.īooting time is reasonable, but maybe a bit more than I expected (based on another Hi3798C V200 device I've tested), probably there are more apps that run in the background. Of course, you can cover it with something if it bothers you.Īnother interesting thing, which might or not be intentional: when powered off the logo blinks for under a second every 20 seconds or so. One thing I didn't expect was the backlit logo: when you power the device on the large Egreat logo on top lights up (iPhone-like) - and looks cool, but might get annoying after a while.

Setting up the Egreat A5 device is a breeze - you only need to connect it's power adapter to power it on and the HDMI cable to the TV or monitor.

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