Strong SRT AN4/M

Worse than useless – Difficult to use with the remote control and extremely slow to respond to all commands. Difficult to connect and stay connected to wifi due to bad internal antenna design. Video streams constantly buffered and froze even on a 50Mbps LAN connection. Many of the apps were non-functional and/or duplicated. Just a bad experience all round. Contacted… Read more

Strong about firmware improvements and got a smug CBF reply asking what did I expect from an early unit and should get something better. Literally ended up smashing it with my fist in frustration. No more Strong for me.

Poor – You might as kiss it good by some how if you get infected with a fbi ramson malware , you can not do anything to fix it except send it back to the supplier and pay another $35 to $45 to get it fixed and pay for postage and handling , instead of the supplier having a patch for the problem they suck more money out of you , almost its not worth the… Read more

money you paid for , might as well throw it in the bin , thats my review of this product .. Thanks for nothing strong , bad as microsoft themselves ...

Poor quality – Unfortunately this unit is of very poor quality. I have liaised with Strong about the unit i've had for only a little over a month and it wouldn't play all my videos on an external HDD. The i started having issues with the player playing music when i press play on my remote control to resume/start a movie. The unit was replaced with a brand new… Read more

one according to Strong and the 2nd unit, I only had it for less than 4 days and it also broke. Half way playing a movie, it stalled. The remote control wouldn't respond and the only way to disconnect it was through the power cable. When i had restarted the unit, the player wouldn't even come back on. Was good whilst it lasted, played most of the video format Everything. Didn't last. Sending it back to Scoopon for a refund.

Get what you pay for – The SRT AN4 is an awesome invention which would be perfect if it ran without faults. Hoping they will bring out a newer model with a large built in hard drive to prevent loading issues and failures with an external reset button If you already are an android fan you will appreciate it but bare in mind it has it flaws but for around $150 what do… Read more

you expect??? watch nearly any movie via youtube through various sites watch and record, catch up tv and the ability to play games or your fav apps on the big screen Already had to take 2 faulty sets back within 5 months (freeze up will not restart) needs an external reset button sometimes wireless connection is lost although within meters some applications freeze up set (youtube occasionaly) could be a flash player issue? and only way to fix is to pull the power plug from set and pray that it will turn back on

Works well after initial setup problems – When I first got the AN4 several features didn't work. I couldn't get any of the catch-up tv services to work, and the recording to USB drive function didn't work. I considered taking it back to the store. A hard reset (as recommended by tech support guy) fixed all but the recording problem, and a firmware update (from Strong website) sorted out… Read more

the recording problem.

I suggest buying a wireless keyboard with a track-pad (eg: Logitech K400) or a wireless keyboard and mouse as the provided remote makes navigation difficult (but not impossible).

The device discovered my wifi signal easily, and despite having several walls and a brick chimney between it and the router can handle 720p YouTube happily.

I can play Android games which don't need tilt functions (eg: Angry Birds, Jetpack Joyride) lag-free using the trackpad on the keyboard.

The TV tuner output is indistinguishable from the Toshiba TV (720p) output and the channel changes are quick enough not to annoy.

All in all a cool device. It works better than some of the smart tvs I have seen, but it's only got phone CPU/graphics so need to be realistic about it's capabilities. Adds heaps of functionality to my TV. Reasonably cheap. Way better than a friend's cheap Chinese Android stick. A bit of mucking about to set it up.

Disappointed customer – This unit, which I hoped to give people wi fi connectivity and smart Tv capability, has displayed more faults than a tectonic plate. Slow on wi-fi, won't start sometimes, catchup not working, loses sound on digital FTA, got to keep disconnecting device to get HDMI to work. Going to try another unit and if it displays the same faults I will be writing a second review. Very little