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📺 Things You Should Know Before Buying EVPAD 3S Android IPTV Box Philippine Edition - My First Hand Experience.

Spending your hard-earned money for a gadget is such a big decision. Seemingly, you’re choosing what course you want to take on your college – can be failed or victorious at the end. In this blog post of mine, I’ll be providing you some points that will help you to decide if you’re going to purchase this newly gadget named EVPad 3S Android IPTV Box. With the amount of PHP 7,200, are you willing to buy this box that will give you free streaming of premium TV channels?

EVPad 3s is a Chinese product that promises to give you lifetime access of your favorite local and international TV channels, movies and a full experience of android TV. I got the product for free - three days ago August 10, 2019 - but that won’t affect my comprehensive review and I will provide you my honest opinion after three days of using such box.

For the meantime, let us watch my unboxing video and initial review right on the day that I attached the product:

Watch The VLOG Below:

What to Expect Inside The Box:

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐

• 1 EVPad 3s Android IPTV Box
• 1 HDMI Chord
• 1 DC Cable
• 1 Adapter
• 1 Charger
• 1 Remote (battery not included, AAA Battery)
• 1 Manual (English and Mandarin)

I was hoping that the IR Extender Cable is also included but unfortunately, you have to buy separately to maximize the IR portal.

(IR) Infrared Extender cable is a little device that lets the Smart Touch Remote communicate with your cable box or other AV devices. In other words, you will be able to turn the cable box on and change channels with the Smart Touch Remote without using your cable remote. In addition, it is a chord that will help you extend the range of the device so that the remote can be detected. By having this, you can supposedly hide the box behind the TV so make it look cleaner, and let the edge of IR cable visible in front of the TV – for remote detection.

I checked the price of IR Extender Cable on Lazada's Website - I was surprised since it is just amounting to PHP 100.00 which it is extremely affordable for the EVPAD company not to include it on the box. Well, I will just but one, since I wanted the box hidden behind the TV to make it visually immaculate. 

Specification:
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐

The CPU has cpu cortex-a53 64 bit, The Cortex-A53 is a mid-tier 64-bit ARMv8-A-ARM core which offers a good balance of energy efficiency (performance/mW) and area efficiency (performance/mm2), which is why it is often found in entry-level SoCs. The GPU has  Mali -t720mp2. ROM of 2gb DDR3 and  ROM of  8GB EMMC. The USB Portal has 1 for 2.0 which is perfect for Mouse and Keyboard and 1 for 3.0 wich is working better for the movie with high resolution to avoid latency. 

Moreover, for Bluetooth, is  4 .2 version. Bluetooth 4.2 is an important update to the Bluetooth Core Specification with many new features and benefits designed specifically for Bluetooth Smart technology, and advantages when comparing Bluetooth 4.2 vs. Bluetooth 4.1 (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth Smart)- more power-efficient and highly secure features, BLE 4.2 provides additional benefits allowing only trusted owners to track device location and confidently pair devices.

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WIFI is 2.4 GHz which for me, I am reluctant to use since I hated latency and so I decided to use Ethernet Connection instead. 2.4 GHz is actually working good but sorry I want more stable WIFI Chip. The primary differences between the 2.4 GHz and 5GHz wireless frequencies are range and bandwidth. 5GHz provides faster data rates at a shorter distance, whereas 2.4GHz offers coverage for farther distances, but may perform at slower speeds.

The Direct Current, I haven't tried if it will work - if connected directly to my TV via USB portal because I am trying to make sure that everything behind my TV is clean.  For now, as of writing - I used a socket as a source but next time - I will update you guys. Just follow my Youtube Channel.

Android version 7.0 is the Operating System which is actually good, as there is application in Google Playstore that is no longer working on the old version. 7.0 version is the Android "Nougat" - the seventh major version and 14th original version of the Android operating system. First released as an alpha test version on March 9, 2016. It has the ability to display multiple apps on-screen at once in a split-screen view but not sure if I can maximize this in Android TV since it has different interface versus the phone version. Maybe, I will try to use a mouse and will explore moving forward - but not sure what to expect (or might as well, I just buy Samsung Dex for my Samsung S8 Plus, T*ngina Gastos na naman )

THE ANDROID BOX ITSELF:

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I really like the design because it is ergonomic - designed for efficiency and comfort in the working environment, especially in my condo where-in I combined my working station/Desk and Entertainment Area. I also love the fact that it can be easily attached on walls since there is the provision of two small holes at the back. However, I am not sure is double-sided tape will work when attaching on both the wall or TV because it has matt finish on the back of it. But, if you only put that on your table or rocks, it will work perfectly as there are four rubberized stoppers to avoid slipperily.

Well, as of now, I am still reluctant if I'm gonna hide it behind my TV - because of the design and color combination which harmonized my theme. The mixed of black and red - it reminds me of  Youtube LOGO, it gives a feeling - seemingly part of the whole design on my YOUTUBE SET UP.

The Android Box has an LED Display which shows the military time, WIFI or Ethernet Status - and surely the IR sensor is also on it. Again, as mentioned above, it has two USB Portal for 2.0 and 2.3. It has also a TF card plug-in. In another side, it has a power supply plugin, IR Extender, Ethernet Port, HDMI, Audio Video, and SPIDF for the sound amplifier.

The portability is really amazing, you can even bring it to your friend's house if planing for a movie marathon.

SOUND :

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ LOVE THE SOUND

I am not a sound engineer but I can say that the sound is actually good. It supports, Dolby Digital Audio Coding 3 which  AC3 is a file extension for surround sound audio files used on DVDs format. The AC3 file format was created by Dolby Labs for use in a Dolby Digital audio on DVD, Blu-ray and other digital video formats.

The full potential of Dolby Digital Audio Coding 3, just to make it clear to you guys, it is not applicable when streaming Live TV and Movies provided by EVPAD's server since the stream quality and movies they had on their streaming server is honestly poor. But when you play a video, movies or music from your USB or any storage, you can really appreciate the quality of the audio. I tried Spotify, and it is totally perfect - the right speaker is the voice of the singer and the right speaker is for the instrument. The same thing with Netflix or any movie streaming apps installed from Playstore - you surround effect is noticeable and audible enough.

Undeniably, the box supports Dolby Digital Audio Coding 3 but still depending on your inputs, if you play video and audio that has  Audio Coding 3 - you can really notice the surround effect.

6K Resolution :

RATING: ⭐ , 👎👎👎👎👎

Both on the Box and on the Android Item, they highlighted the 6K Resolution which is very questionable since I am not really familiar as to what  6K Resolution they pertained to. Number 1, the GPU and CPU capacity on the said gadget is not actually proportioned for a 6K Resolution to play a smooth output with no latency. Number 2, based on my knowledge - there is no such 6K as of the time being both TV and Video, not even a broadcast (correct me if I am wrong).

You may refer the picture below for the available Resolutions in the market: (FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF RESOLUTIONS CLICK HERE)

IN-DEPTH REVIEW

MENU 



Turning On the Gadget via remote, you will automatically see the logo of EVPAD 3S, the transition is smooth as the welcome logo has a blue background and has a pleasing effect. After the welcome window, it will redirect you to the language option to choose from (which can be changed under setting if you're changing it later).

I was selecting the Tagalog which I found it difficult to navigate. I am a Filipino but the Terms for Technology in Tagalog is not actually the same interpretation in English which is difficult to understand. This happened a lot of time since the Philippines is an English Speaking Country and the default language that we used in our gadgets is English, so better never try to set up Filipino on set.

I was having a hard time to change from Filipino to English and so I chatted the EVPAD 3S Facebook Page and they assisted me right away. That can be fixed under setting in Android Setting.

Screenshot Below Sent To Me :

The Menu itself is straightforward. By using the remote, I can feel the ease of use. But one thing that I was disappointed is the Chinese Character visible on it. There is English yet since I would suggest if they only use English as this edition is for the Philippines, solely. I found it annoying, to be honest, I was thinking that I might the only one felt it but after uploading my unboxing and initial review - one of my supporters commented about the Chinese Language.

There are Four Major Features on this gadget that I find essentials which made us buy decide why to buy this item named - The HDTV, VOD, PLAYBACK and ANDROID APPS. Now, Let me review it one by one - and an in-depth explanation on it.

The HDTV feature is an application named MarsLiveSuper Version 20190719 where-in you can access the list of the Live TV and  Free Channel streaming real-time. This is an app just like KODI wherein you can install the repository for streaming movies which are hosted from a server (it can be a website, or hosting site). This technology built-in was available only in this box.

As of August 12, 2019, as of writing - they have fourteen categories available on listing based on country and kinds of content. It has the US and CA, Hongkong, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, India Channels. It has categories for Sports, Kids, Movies, and Documentaries. You can also save your favorite channel from those listings by adding it on "Collection" Category.


The VOD or Video on Demand is an app running on MARS PLAYBACK where you can play the stored movies on their server. They also categorized it based on kinds of content - Drama, Movie, Variety, Children, Sport, and Anime. The majority of the movies stored are Asian Movies and only a few English Movies available.

The Playback is a feature where-in they store the recorded shows for the most recent broadcasted shows on selected channels from the fourteen categories that I've listed above. The capacity of storage is 24 Hours in the past seven days. You can go back and watch recorded shows that you've missed.

PlayStore App, since this gadget runs android nougat, you can access all the privileges of an android user via the google app store. Just make sure that the app that you're going to install is ANDROID TV compatible,  for an example: The IWANTV app is available on android mobile for vertical interface only but if installed in Android Box, it won't work as it is not Android TV compatible.

There was an inquiry about - what if they scramble the channel. Will this is also a question in my mind, how long they're gonna serve the streaming for a specific channel.

Since I can only read and understand in English, I will give you the Channel Listing under the US and CA and, the Philippines. In Addition, I will show you the Movies on VOD and the recorded shows that can playback

(Video Below) Listing as of 8/12/2019.

FINAL OPINION:

Undeniably, with EVPAD 3S - you only pay one time and you don't need to pay a subscription for access of premium channels via CABLE and alikes. With this box, connected to your TV and with at least 2mbps internet connection  - you can now enjoy the premium channels that I've mentioned in the video above.

The problem with this; the maintenance of the server of EVPAD 3s must be monitored, to avoid latency and also they need to fix it in a timely manner the channel if something wrong happened. I believe, as a consumer, we wanted to spend our blood money on a product that can satisfy our expectation. In comparison for a PHP 7,000 money versus a monthly subscription to cable networks - there are things that we need to consider. EVPAD 3s promised to serve for life, but how long?

Let us also consider the fact that the 7,000 pesos. It is not just the product itself. And EVPAD 3s also need to provide maintenance to stream the channel that they promise the so-called "FOR LIFE".

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🌈 My Opinion to All Young Homophobic Out There. 😡 #NoToWampepte

Social Media recently especially Facebook became toxic nowadays. Instead of using the technology to make life easier, use it in a good way, and communicate love ones; it went to the media of sharing hates and prejudice.

Recently,  a hashtag #NoToWamPepte became trending, I was stumbled upon this hashtag as it may sound funny to me at first but when seeing it in a broader perspective, it is totally an innovative way of hating the LGBTQIA. The message might make us laugh but the subliminal message behind it – it will affect silently and destructively to a certain group of individuals.

Young people are planting hate to gays in this kind of post. Despite the 80 thousand attendees of the Manila Pride Parade last June 2019 in Marikina- as a sign of the strong voice of LGBTQIA community in the Philippines being heard, homophobia is still rampant in the country.

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBTQIA). It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred or antipathy, may be based on irrational fear and ignorance.

It saddens me, but we cannot blame these few individuals who are homophobic. We always have two sides of the coins. These young teenagers might have a rigid reason why they hate gays and continue spreading hates against PLU.

Meanwhile, “WAMPEPTE” is a gay slang of One Fifty which means One hundred Fifty Pesos. It means, it is a general amount of money that gay people are being offered initially to young teenagers to have s*x in return – eg. Out of school youth, Online Game Players in various computer shops, Students, Bystanders, and likes - who are in need of penny to sustain their “needs”, but most likely “wants”. This trade is not a secret but it is discreetly done as the majority of the involved teenagers are minors. And the other party who patronized these teenagers are professionals and most of them are discreet gays who are afraid to get involved in future controversy.

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“Iwasan ang WAMPEPTE, Para Si JUNJUN ay Healthy”, since wampepte is already associated to gays, it is obviously generalizing that gays are the carrier of sexually transmitted diseases. This also saddens me, but I cannot blame these youngsters. According to an article by Outrage Magazine, a 14 years old named Rod got diagnosed with HIV as a result of accepting money from gays and had s*x.

Rod – and his whole family – only knew about his HIV status a few days ago.

Apparently, Rod told his father he had sex with gay men, admitting that the money he gets from them, he uses to pay for his luho (vices), including playing DOTA, to buying whatever tickles his fancy. As soon as his disclosure, his father took him to the barangay health center nearest their house.

Truly, I must say that- at the end of the day, there is always a reason why one or group of individuals hated against another group of individuals. As we always said, there are two sides of the coins. The one who hates and the one got the hate – both have reasons and stories that we must listen and pay attention.

🤵 Why I Avoid Buying Expensive Clothes and Lesson That I've Learned.

Part of growing is to recognize what you’ve learned from your mistake. I can’t say if that’s what we called – Adulting. I had numerous mistakes that I’ve done (real talk); some of them I regret and most of them I was thankful dahil nagiging nagamit ko naman yun to move forward.

Let me share you this experience of mine that – you guys, same with my age demographic will surely relate.

When I graduated in college, isa lang ang gusto ko, even during my childhood kasi nga laki ako sa hirap and all I want was – when I am already financial capable ay bibili talaga ako ng mga magagandang damit, sapatos, brief na may pangalan sa garter kasi astig siya ipakita kapag nakataas ang tshirt at nakalawlaw ang pantaloon. Diyos ko naman, with those brand na Hanford dati, sikat na sikat ka at parang ang hot mo pag meron ka non. 

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After ko makuha ang diploma, I started to work in a bank pero diko ako tumagal dahil ang baba ang sahod. I was earning minimum, seemingly, I can only eat and not even buy prepaid load for my phone kaya I gave up my job kahit inline sya sa napag-aralan ko. And joined this industry kung saan ang application at part of selection process ay walang math exam kundi you just keep talking in English – CALL CENTER- at bongga ang kaperahan.

I started then earning and I was overwhelmed the way how money went into my life. Malapit na ako sa pinapangarap kung mamahalin damit at gamit. At dahil nga sa una kung call center na napasokan eh SALES ACCOUNT, mahirap siya na tila ba zombie ka pag kaout mo, pero naman ang kitaan naman , para ka lang nag deal ng drugs sa hirap pero ang bilis.

Buying two pairs of Havainas at SM North EDSA

Namakyaw ng Converse sa warehouse sale. 

Installment sa Sofie sa kasama sa work.

Bumili pa ng new batch, 

Undeniably, I bought things that I’ve wanted since then. Kung bibili ako ng hoodie na LEE na tig 5k, pero dahil takot maubusan ng design dahil daw sale , aba naman bumili ako ng lima. Pagpasok sa work, paiba iba ang jacket at bawat isa na ka work mo, pagandahan ng jacket talaga.  Bibili ako ng jeans, hindi isa ung lima , bibili ng sapatapos dapat may rubber, leather, at iba pa. That time nag rerent pa ako ng apartment sa may Pasay at tila ba na everytime nalalaman ko ang orocan ko na plasic na damitan, there is something inside me na napupuno din.  Those were my 23^rd -27^th, diba? Ganon katagal ang bisyo nayun. Aba! May pa-havianas pa ang pota, eh samantalang nung grade 2 ako, ramboo na tsinelas lang masaya na ako ,na halos aabot ng grade 5 matibay pa din.

Kung itotal ko ang nagatos ko, that was like a huge a amount na kaya na siguro ako mag tayo ng piggery sa probinsya pero dahil nga inuna ko ang pangarap ko nung bata ako na wala ako, so dahil may work na na at sumasahod, pwede ko na bilhin ang gusto ko.

“Tansyong! Ang ganda naman ng jacket mo, ang kapal”

“Tansyong saan mo nabili sapatos mo?”

“Tansyong , ganda naman ng damit mo, anong brand?”

Those are the words that I kept on hearing – and this made my dopamine increases, which leads me to become an impulsive buyer. Di pa nagtapos sa pag-papaempress sa workplace, pinost ko pa sa social media. And those likes, damn man, inaabangan ko kung ilan na at sino ang naglike – pod pod ang cellphone sa kaka refresh. 

#FeelingBlessed #Thankful #ILoveMyLife, t@ngina naman ! Oo, I admit I did it, it was so addictive, seems like you’re taking drugs na hinahanap hanap mo every time na magamit mo na. Every day iniisip ko na ano kaya ang i-post ko, ganern! Yes friend, matagal na ako famewhore sa social media, hindi pa uso ang facebook, meron na ako Friendster, multiply at tumblr. At di sa pagmamayabang 8 years na ako nagsusulat sa blog ko. 

But life is not all always abundant. There are times times ang account sa call center nawawala, and lilipat ka naman sa ibang call center and worst thing mas mababa na ang offer at wala ka magawa dahil  papatosin mo talaga dahil sa wala ako na-ipon. Pag ka sign ng contract up to na regular na ako, diko pa padin na adjust ang lifestyle ko. SPELL DEFECIT, ganun, mas mataas pa gastos ko kesa sa earning. Hanggang sa dumating ako sa point na kahit anong gawin ko na overtime, hirap ako. And started to feel down, parang worthless and that made me feel so invaluable.

But I need to learn from my mistake. Yeah, meron sa ECONOMICS na tumataas din ang gastos in proportion to the income equals to a quality life. But my life was not as quality as I thought; it was only satisfying what the society might positively say to me. I was looking for self-validation from the people around me, and I use the materials things to cover my outside façade and ignored of nurturing my inside being.  

I am not saying that buying things for yourself is bad, it is good actually because it made you realize na oh , kayak o pala bilhin ko but WEARING CHEAP CLOTHES DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE BROKE, REMEMBER, YOU HAVE FAMILY TO FEED AND NOT A COMMUNITY TO IMPRESS.

MADAMING SALAMAT SA INYO, TANDAAN NIYO MGA TANSYONG LOVERS WHO KEPT FOLLOWING ME. MAHAL NA MAHAL KO KAYO.

WEARING CHEAP CLOTHES DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE BROKE, REMEMBER, YOU HAVE FAMILY TO FEED AND NOT A COMMUNITY TO IMPRESS.

🍔 RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shake Shack Philippines - Pinipilahan !

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

🍔 I was supposed to Vlog or blog my review about this talk of the town - Shake Shack Philippines located at BGC High Street but I decided not much of documenting  - as I need to enjoy and indulge this much delicious Burger.

I even just took a few pictures and eat it.

BUT LET ME SHARE THIS SHORT VIDEO:

Something that they are proud of  - Hip, counter-serve chain for gourmet takes on fast-food classics like burgers & frozen custard. It is located at Central Square, Taguig, Metro Manila. Shake Shack is open  from Monday to Sunday 11:00 AM to 10:00PM

Shake Shack is an American fast-casual restaurant chain based in New York City. It started out as a hot dog cart inside Madison Square Park in 2001, and its popularity steadily grew. In 2004, it moved to a stand within the park, expanding its menu from New York-style hotdogs to one with hamburgers, hotdogs, fries, and its namesake milkshakes.
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Since its founding, it has been one of the fastest-growing food chains, eventually becoming a public company filing for an initial public offering of stock in late 2014. The offering priced on January 29, 2015; the initial price of its shares was at $21 immediately rising by 123% to $47 on their first day of trading.

Shake Shack Inc. owns and operates more than 249 locations both domestically and internationally, typically located in stand-alone restaurants and shopping malls. Shake Shack also operates in stadiums, including Citi Field in New York City, Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Minute Maid Park in Houston, M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, and the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It also operates airport locations in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, Dubai, and Singapore.

There is also an outlet at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY.

But Shake Shack in BGC High Street is the first outlet in the Philippines which just newly opened this May 10,2019. It was truly worth for the long wait as 2,300 Burgers Were Sold on that day.