{"id":144223,"date":"2022-04-20T19:54:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=144223"},"modified":"2022-04-20T19:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:55:26","slug":"mecool-kd3-4k-hdr-set-top-box-on-google-tv-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/tv\/mecool-kd3-4k-hdr-set-top-box-on-google-tv-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecool KD3: 4K HDR set-top box on Google TV platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your TV does not have the\u00a0\u00a0Google TV\u00a0platform , no problem!\u00a0Now you can get\u00a0\u00a0Mecool KD3\u00a0, which will make it smart, and as an added plus, it is certified by\u00a0\u00a0Netflix\u00a0\u00a0and equipped with\u00a0 an\u00a0AV1\u00a0 decoder with the ability to play a\u00a04K \/ 60Hz\u00a0signal\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/93_techweek.\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Compact flash-style set-top boxes from\u00a0\u00a0Amazon\u00a0,\u00a0\u00a0Roku\u00a0\u00a0, and\u00a0\u00a0Google\u00a0\u00a0have become mass-produced in recent years, becoming powerful competitors to heavyweights like the\u00a0\u00a0Nvidia Shield\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Apple TV\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Google is\u00a0\u00a0interested in developing its partners to take the lead against LG&#8217;s powerful webOS smart TV platforms\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Samsung\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;s\u00a0\u00a0Tizen\u00a0\u00a0(\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Roku\u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0North\u00a0\u00a0America).\u00a0So, a few months ago, the\u00a0\u00a0Realme\u00a0set-top box was released , and now there is another alternative from\u00a0\u00a0Mecool\u00a0, which can be bought for $ 80.<\/p>\n<p>With its purchase, users get access to the newfangled\u00a0\u00a0Google TV\u00a0platform , offering access to a variety of streaming platforms like\u00a0\u00a0Amazon Prime Video\u00a0,\u00a0\u00a0Netflix\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0YouTube\u00a0\u00a0in\u00a04K HDR\u00a0.\u00a0In addition, the set-top box can decode the\u00a0\u00a0AV1\u00a0signal , which many TVs are not yet capable of.\u00a0Mecool\u00a0 also promises timely\u00a0platform\u00a0\u00a0updates, which is a problem for other providers.<\/p>\n<p>Mecool\u00a0 &#8216;s rush\u00a0is to\u00a0\u00a0be welcomed, not forgetting, of course, the limited capabilities of this tiny set-top box, which has\u00a02 GB of RAM and\u00a08 GB\u00a0of storage\u00a0.\u00a0At the heart\u00a0 of the\u00a0KD3\u00a0\u00a0is a quad-core\u00a0\u00a0Cortex A35\u00a0processor , complemented by\u00a0\u00a0Wi-Fi 5\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Bluetooth 5.0\u00a0wireless modules .\u00a0Included with the set-top box is a remote control with four buttons for quick access to the most popular applications.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your TV does not have the\u00a0\u00a0Google TV\u00a0platform , no problem!\u00a0Now you can get\u00a0\u00a0Mecool KD3\u00a0, which will make it smart, and as an added plus, it is certified by\u00a0\u00a0Netflix\u00a0\u00a0and equipped with\u00a0 an\u00a0AV1\u00a0 decoder with the ability to play a\u00a04K \/ 60Hz\u00a0signal\u00a0. Compact flash-style set-top boxes from\u00a0\u00a0Amazon\u00a0,\u00a0\u00a0Roku\u00a0\u00a0, and\u00a0\u00a0Google\u00a0\u00a0have become mass-produced in recent years, becoming powerful competitors [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/tv\/mecool-kd3-4k-hdr-set-top-box-on-google-tv-platform\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10402,"featured_media":144224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-144223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}