I took the dive and ordered the Deke H265 box.
I had the Maige($400), one of the first to get the UB($170) , also one of the first to the Deke subscription($120).
I need another box, was considering UB3 with Deke sub.
I think total up should be almost S$250 IIRC.
Pro is UB is free forever, con is UB is not stable.
Having Deke in my UB box, makes me realise that I don't use UB's native apps almost at all. Except the VOD, which is also super unstable.
For the Deke Box, I paid total RMB1586.20, including shipping to SG. It comes with a one year sub.
If FX is 4.75, i paid about SG$334.
I took it because they said there's VOD and can install other apps, which I hope is true.
Why pay $8x bucks more?
Someone in the Geoexpat forum once mentioned that Deke = Maige. People who had used Maige before should know the difference. It's very smooth and very fast. And Deke is the closest I can find to that.
Why is Maige blazingly fast? They use mirror broadcasters around the world, so data is transmitted from your location's nearest server, than going through huge distance from PRC or other countries direct. I can't be sure, but I have a hunch that Deke is base on the same architecture.
When i switch channel on Deke, it's almost instant, at 700kbps.
Compare to UB, can be struggling at 0/1kbps, if lucky 300kbps. Lag taking at least 1 second to load, it might not even load.
Another concern is UB had been around for sometime.
Go to geoexpat forum, it's the most used box now.
As everyone knows, 树大招风, i also will doubt whether the days are near.
For people who wants to buy Deke, you can go to their website.
But the problem is they only accept payment via Wechat/Alipay which we can't pay unless you get a PRC with a verified account to do it for you.
In the end, I told them the problem and I got it paid by Taobao. They got a partner to help them collect the funds.
If you don't want to buy the box, you can also sub just the liveTV app. The trial is free, i think is for a day.
Of course, as usual, buy at your own risk.
Their website:
http://deke.tv/
Wechat: 86613021
There's a facebook account for Deke, i think it's run by Malaysian resellers, it's more exp.
I believe if it works, this shameless guy call Relacker and his clone relac clones may be back.