https://tail.jtag.cat/tags/review/ Recent content in Review on jtagcat's tail Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tail.jtag.cat/aliexpress-androidtv-remotes/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tail.jtag.cat/aliexpress-androidtv-remotes/ <p>I had two Android TV (one of them Xiaomi) set top boxes needing remotes. AliExpress&rsquo;s selection is both bad and expensive. There isn&rsquo;t really a simple remote, which would make sense to anyone picking it up. Everything wants to have 20 features and 40 buttons. Benchmarking towards something like this:</p> <img src="puldid.png" style="max-width:100%;"> <h2 id="g20s-pro-bt-viv000600--died-after-4-months"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="#g20s-pro-bt-viv000600--died-after-4-months">¶</a>G20S Pro BT (VIV000600) &ndash; died after 4 months</h2> <ul> <li>Died after 4 months (refunded in full)</li> <li>If the remote was sleeping (as remotes normally are inactive), a key needs to be pressed to wake the remote up. The key pressed isn&rsquo;t transmitted after wakeup. This means most of the time you have to press the remote twice for it to do anything.</li> <li>Consumed a pair of alkalines every month.</li> <li>The USB dongle stops working when Bluetooth is paired with no way to switch back to the dongle.</li> </ul> <table> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Listing name</td> <td>G20S PRO BT Air Mouse Backlit Light 2.4G Wireless Gyroscope Smart Remote Control With Voice IR Learning for Android TV Box</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sold by</td> <td>KM KBT Store (via SUCCESS COURIER SL (<a href="mailto:successservice2@hotmail.com">successservice2@hotmail.com</a>), Spain). Manufacturer Shenzhen Monaway Technology Co., Ltd (<a href="mailto:xuguowei@youyuepin.cn">xuguowei@youyuepin.cn</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Price</td> <td>7.57€ (refunded)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><img src="g20s-1.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"> <img src="g20s-2.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"> <img src="g20s-3.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"> <img src="g20s-4.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"> </p> [...]