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Originally published at: BuzzTV PowerStation 6 Review - Most Powerful Android Box

This BuzzTV PowerStation 6 review will cover all important details regarding these powerful Android TV boxes. BuzzTV provided me with both their Unlimited and 16GB RAM editions. Although these devices were provided free of charge, you will find my unbiased review below where I point out both the pros and cons of the PowerStation 6.…

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Loving my P6 Unlimited. Android Box on steroids :flexed_biceps:.

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Excellent summary thanks Troy. Yes the P6L (unlimited model) is definately overkill for most people but for those who do stuff like NAS, network shares, internal servers and so on, this box is the bomb. I certainly don’t use this box to its full potential. Yet.

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Troy, Thanks much for your review. As people on your site know, I am pretty much a Ugoos and stock android aficionado but after seeing your initial review along with Miki’s commentary, I bought the S6 Unlimited. Thus far, this device has exceeded my expectations in terms of performance and future proofing capabilities. If Buzz TV can improve on the interfacing with VOD and TV Series this box would be just about perfect. My only caviat is for the price, this better outlast me!

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One thing I have noticed. After recording an hour long TV show as an experiment, I cannot get it to play with TiVimate internal player. I have download and installed VLC and that works. I just have to use play with external player.

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The SoC doesn’t support Dolby vision so it may harm is sales imo.
For streaming the specs are overkill but if you are into android gaming then it may perform well.
But the review didn’t cover it’s gaming performance that 64bit os are suited for.

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I’m not big into the video/audio formats but found this AI info.

Dolby Vision is available on the Buzz TV Powerstation through pass-through, meaning it can be output from the device to an external display that supports Dolby Vision. However, the Buzz TV Powerstation itself doesn’t have native Dolby Vision decoding capabilities; it relies on the connected display to handle the decoding.

Please help me better understand this. If your TV can already handle Dolby Vision decoding, why does it matter if its done on the box or the TV?

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I have a Samsung TV so it’s only HDR and I haven’t t found any reason to need or want DV. My system does use Dolby Atmos. The picture I have on the TV is so amazing you’d swear you’re looking out a window and watching the scene unfold right before your eyes. I don’t miss the upscaling as I get a lot of 4k and 4k HDR scrapes to watch.

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I did not yet see anything about ability for this box to decode Dolby Vision (DV) video (correcting colors), whereas my Nvidia Pro does that. Does this Buzz box do that?

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Here’s my reply regarding this from above. If you’re TV supports it, no need for box to have it. Let the TV do the decoding.

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THX for the reply. No, my TV does not support DV, so I rely upon the box to do it for me. I’ll hold off on the Buzz till I see that function added (along with good Netflix/Prime app support). Otherwise, the box looks quite interesting, indeed.
Slainte, Stephen

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Thanks so much for the review, Troy. No one else has covered the Unlimited version so well. What I love about this box, besides the Pros you shared about it, is that it’s future proof for me and should hopefully last a long time, and it’s SO capable and powerful, I can grow into this box some more as I discover even more that can be done with it. The picture quality is truly wonderful!

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I noticed in the Buzztv review neither Dolby Atmos nor Dolby Vision was mentioned. At this price point I would expect those bells and whistles, especially on a so called “future proof” device.

For me that’s a deal breaker

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I never need Dolby Vision and dolby atmos does work. I have Samsung and it’s HDR and the P6L has that and it’s every bit as good a pic. If your TV decodes Dolby then you’re good with Video passthrough.

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So what happens if you choose a Dolby Vision file on the P6 using a Samsung tv? Does it get that all purplish look making it unwatchable or does it get converted to HDR?

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It gets that odd colouring and is unwatchable.

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Thanks a million @Miki, I’ve been wanting to know this info for a week now. :sweat_smile:

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Thanks for the clarification. I have a SONY 77XR80L which is loaded and a Marantz SR7015 so I should be set.

At least for a minute or 2 :rabbit_face:

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The Rockchip RK3588 used in the BuzzTV 6 does not support Dolby Vision and has been discussed on GitHub.
I have not seen any real test to say whether the P6 can actually play DV files so the jury is out.
If you don’t have a DV compatible TV then you could just choose a HDR file.
Use a player that can utilise HDR fallback or filter out DV files.
Kodi can do either.

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The P6L does not play DV as mentioned a number of times. If your TV supports and decodes DV then you can use the video passthrough. I have mine set to HDR which is what my Samsung TV plays and I’ve never missed having DV. HDR is just as good. The quality of video on the P6L is absolutely amazing. Having the options of changing the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and tone is a huge plus. So far this is the best Streamer I’ve had in my years of cord cutting.

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