Ugoos announces UT8 Pro: Review

UGOOS UT8 PRO was announced as new Android TV Box. This time, UGOOS decided to design a new set-top-box powered by the efficient Rockchip RK3568 chipset with more powerful chipset and features. UT8 Android TV Box will be powered by Rockchip RK3568 SoC quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A55 processor, that has frequency up to 2.0GHz and in addition to the video playback features (up to 4K @ 60fps), it is great for development projects.

Device also has ARM Mali-G52 2EE GPU that support for OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.2, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.1, 0.8 TOPS NPU for AI acceleration, 4Kp60 H.265/H.264/VP9 video decoding, and 1080p100 H.265/H.264 video encoding. The features of the chipset can be found below.

UGOOS UT8 will probably be delivered in several versions. However, our review unit was having 8 GB RAM LPDDR4 and 64GB eMMC storage. UT8 also support a 802.11ax WiFi 6 MIMO, Gigabit Ethernet and certainly Bluetooth version 5.

Typical of UGOOS’s Android TV Boxes, the UT8 TV Box also has two external antennas. Additionally, the device will be equipped with 3 USB 3.0 ports

 
Powered by Rockchip RK3568 SoC quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A55 processor, with brand new ARM v8.2-A architecture, has frequency up to 2.0GHz
Supports up to 8GB RAM, with up to 32Bit width and frequency up to 1600MHz, it supports all-data-link ECC

Integrated with dual-core GPU, high-performance VPU and high-efficiency NPU. The GPU supports OpenGL ES3.2/2.0/1.1, Vulkan1.1. The VPU can achieve 4K 60fps H.265/H.264/VP9 video decoding and 1080P 100fps H.265/ H.264 video encoding. The NPU supports one-click switching of mainstream frameworks like Caffe/TensorFlow

Supports 4K HDR vision, new video engine VPU can easily decode H.265/HEVC/VP9 4K HDR videos, supports 3840×2160@60Hz ultra-HD output and HDR10
Supports Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and WiFi 6 (802.11ax) wireless network, with the maximum bandwidth reaches 160MHz and the highest speed reaches 9.6Gbps

The onboard M.2 PCIe3.0 and SATA3.0 interfaces can be connected with an M.2 NVMe SSD and a 2.5-inch SATA SSD/HDD respectively

Hardware Specs*:

Operation System                 Android 11

Language                         Chinese,English…Multi-Language support

CPU                                 RK3568(Rockchip) CPU + 2.0G （64bit)

GPU                                 ARM Mali-G52 2EE GPU

SDRAM                                 8GB

Storage Capacity (Flash) 64GB

WIFI                                 2.4G/5G 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2T2R wifi6

WIFI Module(wifi 6.0)     （AP6275P）

ETHERNET                         1000MBPS

Remote Control                 BT remote with Voice+Gyro

CEC                                 Support

RTC                                 Support

HDR                                 Support

Power Supply                         DC 5V/3A DC ADAPTER

Interfaces:

HDMI Output HDMI2.1 4Kx2K@60 max resolution output

OTG USB

USB Port 2*USB 3.0 HOST & 1*USB 3.0 OTG & 1*USB 2.0

Data Output 1*SPDIF

TF Card 1*TF Card

Led work light support

Antenna 2 Extra Antennas

Network 1*RJ45 1000M (Gigabit network)

AV OUT 1 x AV Out &3.5mm

Media Parameter:

Audio Container MP3,AAC,WMA,RM,FLAC etc.

Audio Out Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RM, FLAC, Ogg

and programmable 7.1/5.1 Built-in SPDIF/IEC958 output

BPCM input/output Built-in stereo audio DAC

Video CODEC AV1 Video Codec Support

H.265 HEVC/MVC Main10 Profile up to 4096×2304@60fps H.264 AVC/MVC 

VP9 Profile0/2 yuv420@L5.1 up to 4096×2304@60fps

VP8 verision2,up to 1920×1088@60fps

VC1 Simple Profile@low, medium, high levels, 

MPEG-4 Simple Profile@L0~6,

MPEG-2 Main Profile

MPEG-1 Main Profile

H.263 Profile0,levels 10-70,up to 720×576@60fps

Software Extension Support Google Play & APK install/td>

DLNA, Miracast Protocol Support DLNA, Miracast Protocol

IM Software Support Skype/QQ/MSN/GTALK (Depends on APK ）

Office Software WORD/EXCEL/PDF(Depends on APK install)

Other Parameters:

Operation Temperature 0~60℃

Storage Temperature -10~60℃

Humidity Environment 5%-90%(No condensation）

Certificate CCC,CE,FCC,Wi-Fi

Package:

Dimensions 11.6*11.6*2.8CM

Pcs/Carton 20PCS

Gift Box Size 15*16*9CM

Carton box weight 19KG

Carton Box Size 38.5*39*51 CM

Packing accessories：                                                                             

        1.User manual

2.5V/3A adapter

3.BT Remote control

4.HDMI cable

5. 2pcs Antennas

6.Giftbox packing

TV Box pioneers such as Ugoos taking a shot at the latest chipset, it signals that Rockchip is on the verge of making a serious come back. Ugoos has done a stellar job in this latest model delivering all the bells and whistles for some of the hardest TV Box enthusiast. 64bit has made a huge difference in the performance and compatibility of this box, and has widened the scope of apps and games and other entertainment activities you can do on it.

It is a good to have product for your TV and we do recommend this box and it will help you to convert your normal TV into a Smart TV. You can purchase the box from Ugoos store.