![]() Kodi does not endorse the use of its software to watch or listen to pirated or illegal content however, this is one of the primary uses for the application. You can even install retro video game emulators and controller add-ons you can use to play your favorite old school games. There are also several other add-ons for your music, photos, weather and more. It is up to you to select an add-on to install that will allow you to pull from repositories online or use your local storage. The Kodi application itself does not contain or give you access to any media. nline, but it's a little more complicated than that. It is now available across many devices and is used primarily to stream movies and television shows o. We are still currently testing the unit and will update if anything changesĪs always be sure to read the reviews on Amazon or elsewhere to be sure it is a good unit for you.Kodi is an award winning free and open source media player that got its start on the Xbox console. It is a nice Android unit with much more potential. The PlayOn does what it is supposed to do for the price range which is play retro games and be a overall entertainment center while on-the-go. Watching your favorite movies and TV shows is also easily done. Games are easily installed and played using one of the many emulators available. The GPD XD DroidBOX PlayOn makes for a very nice portable game console and media player. Of course other streaming apps can also be used such as Netflix or YouTube.īeside streaming online content videos can also be copied to a SD-Card and watched. We installed Exodus and had no problems streaming movies over the WiFi. No add-ons are pre-installed but this is easy to do. It comes with a Kodi version specially made for it called DBMC which works the same as any Kodi Jarvis version. The FPS was about half that of a high-end smartphone, but this is to be expected as those devices cost much more. Don’t expect to play any modern games such as PSP.ĭoing a 3D Benchmark test it got a respectable over all score of 11,406. If you love 80′ and 90’s games you will have no problems. Many try and compare it to the Nivdia Shield which is not really possible since this is a portable device that can run from a battery. ![]() Playing early games from the 80’s and 90’s is what it is great at and what to expect. Overall it did well and as expected with many retro games and other games up-to about mid 2000’s. It was some what playable but very slow especially when a lot of activity was going on. Things began to slow down drastically with PSP emulation, and were the limits of the unit seem to be. Last we tried to do some PSP emulation with God of War. The graphics and sound all played very well. We than used Mame and played Street Fighter 3. The sound came across a bit static and needed some adjusting. ![]() It had no problems with graphics and played nicely. Next we used a Nintendo 64 emulator called Mupen64 Plus which is another good free emulator. Plugging in a HDMI cable to a external monitor we saw the same 38 FPS rate.īeing able to play to a big screen TV is a nice feature. We saw 38 FPS, which is not as fast as a high-end phone would be, but the games played well and looked good. The battery life is good at roughly 5-8 hours depending on what it is being used for.įor example, if your running reto game emulators the battery will last much longer than PPSSPP emulator which is going to push the hardware.Īs expected the 8 bit and 16 bit emulators ran with no problems.įirst we ran the free Reicast emulator which runs Dreamcast games. The charging port is micro USB so beside charging a OTG cable can be used for a secondary controller or USB flash drive. The Back of the unit has HDMI output, SD-Card slot, power port, head phone jack and two gaming buttons. It includes dual analog Nub thumb controls, D-Pad, and 10 gaming buttons including two buttons at the back of the case. There are many control options and it has all the buttons needed to play most any game out there. It looks really nice and is a sharp looking display that is good to look at from most angles. ![]() It has 5 inch touch screen that has a IPS 1280 X 768 display. It is a small unit at 7 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches and looks very similar to a Nintendo 3DS. *This unit was sent to us to review with our honest opinion and results below. This makes it an ideal unit to have on a long trip or other times you may need to get rid of boredom. It is a small handheld android gaming device that can play games and also stream videos with Kodi, Netflix, or most any other source. The GPD XD DroidBOX PlayOn Gamepad is an all around entertainment unit that combines portability with some great functionality.
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