MINIX NEO U1 Technical Specifications
General
- ProcessorAmlogic S905
- CPUQuad-Core Cortex-A5 at 1.5GHz
- GPUPenta-Core ARM® Mali™-450
- Operating SystemAndroid Lollipop 5.1.1
- RAM2GB DDR3
- Storage16GB eMMC 5.0
- Other Features
IR SensorPower button - PowerDC 5V/3A
Interfaces
- Video OutputHDMI 2.0
- Audio OutputSP-DIF, 3.5mm Audio
- Other Interfaces
3 x USB 2.01x micro USB OTGMicrophone Input
Connectivity
- WiFi802.11ac 2 x 2 MIMO Dual-Band Wi-Fi (2.4GHz/5.0GHz)
- Ethernet1000Mbps
- Bluetooth4.1
What’s Inside The Box?
MINIX have continued their tradition of providing a impressive set of inclusions within the box:
- 1x MINIX NEO U1 unit
- 1x Wifi Antenna
- 1x IR Remote
- 1x Power Adapter
- 1x HDMI cable
- 1x USB OTG cable
- 1x USB to micro USB cable
- 1x Instruction Manual
MINIX NEO U1 Review: Design
The first thing that strikes you about the MINIX NEO U1 is just how solid it feels. The whole unit feels like it’s built like a tank, with a metal case and an impressive weight to it that makes it feel more substantial than its competitors.
The unit is a typical black square with a matte black finish, with embossed MINIX branding dominating the top of the unit. Ports are located on the right and rear sides of the MINIX NEO U1. The right side houses the power button, 3 fullsize USB ports, micro SD card slot, micro USB OTG port and a Kensington lock port.
The included remote is essentially identical to the pack-in remotes with other MINIX devices to date. It’s visually distinctive and fits nicely in the hand. It’s got basic functionality such as Android buttos and volume controls. I would have liked to see media controls but you can work around it. The buttons are a little clicky so presses are audible.
As usual, I’d thairmouse for a much better experience.
MINIX NEO U1 Review: Using It
Booting up the Minix Neo U1 takes around 28 seconds with a wireless keyboard and mouse connected. Resuming from standby is instant.
Out of the box, there’s a single 11.87GB partition which has 11.18GB free.
MINIX have provided their TV-friendly MINIX launcher. Heavily using their trademark green and black colour scheme, the launcher uses attractive flat tiles with large icons of various shades of green and grey. It looks great. Apps can be manually organised
into categories such as Online Video and Games for easy access.,
MINIX NEO U1 Review: Media Playback
The MINIX NEO U1 comes with stock Kodi 15.2 pre-installed. However, MINIX recommends that XBMC MINIX Edition which can be downloaded from their site. It looks like stock Kodi 15.2 with a custom splash screen but I’m guessing most of the changes are under the hood.
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| Video Codec | Video Performance (Kodi 15.2) |
|---|---|
| 1080p 3D SBS H.264 | OK |
| 1080p 3D ABL H.264 | OK |
| 1080p24 H.264 | OK |
| 1080p High Bitrate H.264 | Unwatchable (Dropped Frames) |
| 1080p60 H.264 | OK |
| 720p50 H.264 | OK |
| 1080i25 H.264 | OK |
| 4K 30FPS H.264 | OK |
| 4K 60FPS H.264 | Unwatchable (Video lags behind Audio) |
| 1080p24 HEVC | OK |
| 1080p VP8 | OK |
| 720p Hi10p | OK |
| 1080p Hi10p | Unwatchable (Decoding Issues) |
| 1080p MPEG2 | OK |
| 1080p VC1 | OK |
| Unencrypted Bluray ISO (Sintel) | OK |
Video playback performance was good, with only several formats causing issues for the MINIX NEO U1, such as 1080p Hi10p and 4K 60FPS content which trips up 99% of boxes.
It was surprising that the high bitrate samples struggled to play back though the number of 120Mbps you’ll encounter are rare.
Automatic framerate switching works, which is fantastic. Kodi automatically changes the frame rate to match the video codec, making video playback far smoother. I was able to play back 23.976FPS content without any obvious artifacts.
Deinterlacing performance was good, with interlaced samples not showing any obvious artifacts during playback.
5.1 Audio Passthrough
Dolby Digital 5.1 passthrough worked fine via HDMI.
Netflix
Netflix works via the Android app. However, playback resolution is limited to 480p like most other Android boxes.
External Storage Support
I was able to play back movies from my 2.5″ USB-powered hard drive without any issues.
MINIX NEO U1 Review: Gaming Performance
To test gaming performance, I installed 2 games,1 2D and 1 3D titles:
Gaming on the MINIX NEO U1 was solid, like we’ve seen with other Amlogic S905 boxes. Jetpack Joyride played well, without any slowdown. Similarly, Beach Buggy Racing maintained a fairly solid framerate at 1080p on maximum settings. There was only rare frame rate drops when there was a lot of action on screen.
Wireless Performance
Wireless performance was excellent, with the MINIX NEO U1 being one of the faster devices over WiFi that I’ve tested to date.
On the 2.4GHz band, upload and download speeds were 90.4Mb/s and 84.3Mb/s respectively.
Changing over to the 5GHz band sees the speeds increase dramatically, to 250Mb/s upload and 276Mb/s download.
In terms of real world performance, streaming 4K and 1080p H.264 samples from an NFS share on my server played back perfectly without any buffering.
Ethernet Performance
Ethernet performance was good, reaching 576Mb/s upload and 776Mb/s down.
MINIX NEO U1 Review: Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score |
| Antutu 6.0 | 38026 |
| Antutu Video Tester 3.0 | 884 |
| 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited | 7221 |
| 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme | 4222 |
| GeekBench 3 Single Core | 607 |
| GeekBench 3 Multi Core | 1720 |
MINIX NEO U1 Review: Power Consumption
| Off | Standby | Idle | 1080p24 Video | Under Load |
| 0.1W | 0.6W | 3.5W | 4.2W | 7.1W |
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