Video Review of the Tronsmart MK908, XBMC – HT138

Posted on Sun October 13, 2013Wed September 9, 2026 by Jim Collison

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com and Kyle Wilcox (@kylejwx) for show 138 of Home Tech. In this episode we talk the Tronsmart MK908 that was a purchase from the Tech Scholarship Fund here at theAverageGuy.tv. Previous written reviews of the Transmart MK908 can be found here and here.

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[4:25] Video Review of the Tronsmart MK908]

2026 Buying Update

The Tronsmart MK908 is now obsolete hardware. If what interests you is the tiny-computer idea rather than this specific 2013 Android stick, I would look at a current N100/N150-class mini PC instead. It gives you a much more useful Windows or Linux platform for a small desktop, home-lab box, media machine or lightweight OpenClaw host.

Shop current N150 mini PCs with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage on Amazon. I am recommending the hardware class as the modern replacement, not claiming hands-on experience with every current model.

For more context, see my updated original Tronsmart MK908 review, which now explains what I would buy instead.

Tronsmart MK908 Google Android 4.1 Mini PC TV Box RK3188 Quad Core 2G/8G BT Black by Tronsmart (original 2013 reference)

[24:00] JBL Micro Speaker]

JBL Micro II Ultra-Portable Multimedia Speaker (Black) by JBL – http://amzn.com/B0096T7TQE

http://www.freaktab.com/forumdisplay.php?136-Tronsmart-T428-MK908-etc

http://www.youtube.com/somecooltech1

[32:43] Adding a bluetooth keyboard]

Microsoft PL2 Wedge Mobile Bluetooth Keyboard (U6R-00002) by Microsoft – http://amzn.com/B0099SMFWA

[40:35] Email from Ben – A Listener – Running XBMC on a Raspberry PI]

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