Intel transitioned their Bay Trail-T Atom lineup (targeting affordable 2-in-1s, tablets and Compute Stick form factors) to 14nm with the introduction of Cherry Trail-T. The Atom x5 and x7 SoCs coming under this family have four Airmont cores and Broadwell-class Intel HD Graphics. We have already seen the x7-Z8700 in action in the Microsoft Surface 3 and the x5-Z8300 in the Cherry Trail Compute Stick. Due to the success of UCFF (ultra-compact form factor) PCs, many vendors (including no-name Asian brands) have resorted to making small computers by using these tablet platforms with minor modifications. One such vendor is Voyo, and their V3 mini-PC is a unique take on the Atom x7-Z8700 platform compared to traditional tablets / affordable 2-in-1s.

Introduction and Setup Impressions

Traditional UCFF PCs have stayed true to Intel's reference designs for such PCs. In particular, the NUC, Mini-Lake and Compute Stick reference platforms have enabled vendors to quickly bring their own variants into the market. Obviously, vendors such as ASRock and Zotac do have custom boards, but, they are usually few in number compared to the number of UCFF PCs in the current market. Since the introduction of Bay Trail-T, we have seen a rise in the number of systems based on reference boards for tablets / 2-in-1s. Most of them just put a case around such a board (with soldered DRAM, eMMC storage etc.) and market it as a PC.

In most cases, we ignore review requests for these types of PCs - after all, they have nothing unqiue to offer and are held back by the abysmal eMMC storage sub-system and skimpy DRAM. So, when GearBest offered to send us a review sample of the Voyo V3 mini-PC equipped with the high-end Atom x7-Z8700, 4GB of RAM and a bonafide 128GB M.2 SSD, we were mildly interested. Some of the advertised aspects such as Windows 10 being pre-installed, USB Type-C support, '5G Wi-Fi' etc. seemed too good to be true for the price, but, we decided it was interesting enough to put through our rigorous test process for low power computing systems.

The specifications of our Voyo V3 review configuration are summarized in the table below.

Voyo V3 Specifications
Processor	Intel Atom x7-Z8700 Airmont, 4C/4T, 1.6 GHz (2.4 GHz Turbo), 14nm, 2MB L2, 2W SDP
Memory	SKHynix LPDDR3 12-15-20-34 @ 1600 MHz 2x2 GB
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics (Gen8 LP - 16 EUs)
Disk Drive(s)	FORESEE FSSSDBEBCC-128G (128 GB; M.2 2242 SATA 6Gb/s; MLC)
Networking	Realtek RTL8723BS Wireless LAN 802.11n SDIO Network Adapter (1x1 802.11n - 150 Mbps)
Audio	3.5mm Audio Jack Capable of 5.1/7.1 digital output over HDMI (PCM, DTS, Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus, no HD audio)
Miscellaneous I/O Ports	1x USB 2.0 2x USB 3.0 1x micro-SDXC
Operating System	Windows 10 Home x64 pre-installed (probably bootlegged), but we reinitialized the drive and re-installed Windows 10 Home x64
Pricing (As configured)	$215
Full Specifications	Voyo V3 Mini-PC (in Chinese ; English link currently not available)

In addition to the main unit, the package comes with a 24W power adapter (12V @ 2A) that connects to the unit via a Type-C interface. This brings us to the first advertised aspect that has scope for misinterpretation by the consumer. The Voyo V3 does have a Type-C interface, but, it is only for connecting the power adapter. Since the PC can't run without external power, the Type-C interface doesn't provide any data-transmission capabilities. The V3 has one video output - a mini-HDMI 1.4b port. Thankfully, the package also includes a mini-HDMI (male) to full-sized HDMI (male) cable. A specifications / quick setup guide is also included in the package. Unfortunately, there are no driver CDs / USB keys included in the package.

Disassembling the unit was fairly trivial. A credit card (or anything similar) can be used to pry out the glass top held in place with glue. There are four screws to take out on the bottom metal side under the rubber bushings. Inside the unit, we have the main board with the SoC and DRAM covered with a black thermal film. This film keeps in touch with the metallic underside of the PC and helps in dissipating the heat generated by the board components. There are two interesting aspects that need to be noted in the internals. The first one is the Wi-Fi antenna that is attached  to the hard black plastic cover that the top panel is glued to. The second one is the M.2 2242 SSD that is attached to one end of the board. It must be noted that the Cherry Trail-T SoCs do not have a SATA port. The FORESEE M.2 SSD actually connects to the main SoC via a PCIe-SATA bridge chip, the ASMedia ASM1061. The gallery below shows some pictures from our disassembly process.

BIOS and OS

Prior to discussing the pre-installed Windows 10 OS, let us take a look at the various options in the BIOS. Obviously, this is not a system to overclock or do similar tweaks. However, it gives us visibility into the options exposed by Intel to system developers for tablet platforms. There are plenty of options to explore, as shown in the gallery below.

This brings us to the second issue we had with the unit - In the default configuration, the DTS feature for thermal protection is disabled. This is most likely to be the reason for crashes encountered by other reviewers when benchmarking the Voyo V3. In any case, the default option was altered, as we didn't want to take the risk with DTS being disabled - particularly since we have thermal stress testing as part of our evaluation.

The Voyo V3 is advertised as being ready to use out of the box. This claim is true. The system came with Windows 10 Home x64 pre-installed, a default password-less account (username: voyo) and UAC disabled. On top of that, Windows refused to activate for me (though other reviewers have reported the installation being pre-activated). Though I wouldn't fault Voyo for the activation refusal (I had a similar experience with the Intel Compute Stick), the pre-configured user account and UAC being disabled were big red flags. I made the mistake of rushing to completely wipe the internal SSD and reinstalling Windows on my own. For some reason, I was unable to install Windows 10 Profesional, and had to end up installing Windows 10 Home. Fortunately, the 64-bit OS installation was successful (Intel had, at various points of time, indicated to us that Bay Trail-T and Cherry Trail-T don't support Windows x64).

Reinstalling Windows led to a new set of problems. The latest 'RTM' ISO (10586) didn't have the drivers needed for the WLAN chipset in the Voyo V3. A USB Wi-Fi adapter solved that issue, and getting hold of the latest Windows updates enabled the internal WLAN adapter. However, a bunch of drivers were missing - including the one for delivering audio over the HDMI port.

After searching around in vain for drivers on the Voyo website as well as Intel's pages, I found a link to the original Windows installation image from Voyo in a comment on CNX-Software's review of the Voyo V3. Despite having no prior experience with Chinese and translation sites being unhelpful, I did manage to download the ~4.5GB install.wim file from the link and mount it on the Voyo V3 using Windows 'Dism'. I then made Windows search for the drivers in the mounted folder, and finally got a clean 'Device Manager' window with no unrecognized devices. Obviously, audio over HDMI also started to work after the drivers got copied over. This is basically our biggest complaint about the Voyo V3 - Voyo needs to host the drivers necessary for system operation as standalone downloads on their site.

Moving On with Benchmarking...

In the table below, we have an overview of the various systems that we are comparing the Voyo V3 against. Note that they may not belong to the same market segment. The relevant configuration details of the machines are provided so that readers have an understanding of why some benchmark numbers are skewed for or against the Voyo V3 when we come to those sections.

Comparative PC Configurations
Aspect	Voyo V3	Voyo V3Zotac ZBOX CI320 nanoECS LIVA x2ASRock Beebox N3000-NUCIntel PPSTCK1A32WFCIntel PPSTK1AW32SCECS LIVA CoreZotac ZBOX CA320 nano
CPU	Intel Atom x7-Z8700	Intel Atom x7-Z8700
GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Gen8 LP - 16 EU)	Intel HD Graphics (Gen8 LP - 16 EU)
RAM	SKHynix LPDDR3 12-15-20-34 @ 1600 MHz 2x2 GB	SKHynix LPDDR3 12-15-20-34 @ 1600 MHz 2x2 GB
Storage	FORESEE FSSSDBEBCC-128G (128 GB; M.2 2242 SATA 6Gb/s; MLC)	FORESEE FSSSDBEBCC-128G (128 GB; M.2 2242 SATA 6Gb/s; MLC)
Wi-Fi	Realtek RTL8723BS Wireless LAN 802.11n SDIO Network Adapter (1x1 802.11n - 150 Mbps)	Realtek RTL8723BS Wireless LAN 802.11n SDIO Network Adapter (1x1 802.11n - 150 Mbps)
Price (in USD, when built)	$208	$208

Performance Metrics - I

The Voyo V3 was evaluated using our standard test suite for low power desktops / industrial PCs. Not all benchmarks were processed on all the machines due to updates in our testing procedures. Therefore, the list of PCs in each graph might not be the same.

Futuremark PCMark 8

PCMark 8 provides various usage scenarios (home, creative and work) and offers ways to benchmark both baseline (CPU-only) as well as OpenCL accelerated (CPU + GPU) performance. We benchmarked select PCs for the OpenCL accelerated performance in all three usage scenarios. These scores are heavily influenced by the CPU in the system. The Atom cores in the x7-Z8700 are obviously not as powerful as the Broadwell cores in the Core M-5Y10c in the LIVA Core for general workloads. However, thanks to the higher clocks and four physical cores, the performance is better than other dual-core Braswell PCs such as the Intel Celeron N3000-based ASRock Beebox N3000-NUC.

Miscellaneous Futuremark Benchmarks

The above scenario also plays out in other Futuremark benchmarks. The presence of a Broadwell-class GPU in the system also enables top-of-the-line performance in the 3D benchmarks (only getting edged out by Core M).

3D Rendering - CINEBENCH R15

CINEBENCH R15 is used for 3D rendering evaluation. It provides three benchmark modes - OpenGL, single threaded and multi-threaded. Evaluation of select PCs in all three modes provided us the following results. They faithfully follow what we have already seen in the Futuremark benchmarks.

Performance Metrics - II

In this section, we mainly look at benchmark modes in programs used on a day-to-day basis, i.e, application performance and not synthetic workloads.

x264 Benchmark

First off, we have some video encoding benchmarks courtesy of x264 HD Benchmark v5.0. This is simply a test of CPU performance. As expected, the Broadwell cores in the ECS LIVA Core perform way better compared to the Atom cores in other products. Between the Atom-based products, the four physical cores in the x7-Z8700 and the higher core clocks help the Voyo V3 edge out the other products in this benchmark.

7-Zip

7-Zip is a very effective and efficient compression program, often beating out OpenCL accelerated commercial programs in benchmarks even while using just the CPU power. 7-Zip has a benchmarking program that provides tons of details regarding the underlying CPU's efficiency. In this subsection, we are interested in the compression and decompression MIPS ratings when utilizing all the available threads. These results are actually a bit surprising - perhaps, indicative of the fact that physical threads perform better than hyper-threaded resources when it comes to 7-Zip. Note that the Atom x7-Z8700 in the Voyo V3 has four physical cores compared to the 2C/4T configuration of, say, the Core M-5Y10c in the ECS LIVA Core.

TrueCrypt

As businesses (and even home consumers) become more security conscious, the importance of encryption can't be overstated. CPUs supporting the AES-NI instruction for accelerating the encryption and decryption processes have, till now, been the higher end SKUs. However, with Bay Trail, even the lowly Atom series has gained support for AES-NI. This has migrated down to Cherry Trail also. The Atom x7-Z8700 in the Voyo V3 does have AES-NI support. TrueCrypt, a popular open-source disk encryption program can take advantage of the AES-NI capabilities. The TrueCrypt internal benchmark provides some interesting cryptography-related numbers to ponder. In the graph below, we can get an idea of how fast a TrueCrypt volume would behave in the Voyo V3 and how it would compare with other select PCs. This is a purely CPU feature / clock speed based test.

Agisoft Photoscan

Agisoft PhotoScan is a commercial program that converts 2D images into 3D point maps, meshes and textures. The program designers sent us a command line version in order to evaluate the efficiency of various systems that go under our review scanner. The command line version has two benchmark modes, one using the CPU and the other using both the CPU and GPU (via OpenCL). The benchmark takes around 50 photographs and does four stages of computation:

• Stage 1: Align Photographs
• Stage 2: Build Point Cloud (capable of OpenCL acceleration)
• Stage 3: Build Mesh
• Stage 4: Build Textures

We record the time taken for each stage. Since various elements of the software are single threaded, others multithreaded, and some use GPUs, it is interesting to record the effects of CPU generations, speeds, number of cores, DRAM parameters and the GPU using this software.

In this real-world benchmark, the situation is not as clear-cut as in the other cases. In general, the LIVA Core is the most effective. However, the Voyo V3 doesn't consistently come in second. It could have a lot to do with the memory sub-system (while most of the PCs we have evaluated before are DDR3L-based, the Voyo V3 has LPDDR3 DRAM).

Dolphin Emulator

Wrapping up our application benchmark numbers is the Dolphin Emulator benchmark mode results. This is again a test of the CPU capabilities, and the results track what we have seen in the previous benchmarks.

Networking and Storage Performance

Networking and storage are two major aspects which influence our experience with any computing system. This section presents results from our evaluation of these aspects in the Voyo V3.

There is no doubt that the most interesting part of the Voyo V3 specifications is the presence of a bonafide M.2 SATA SSD. At the price point of the system (around $200), most consumers would only be expecting disappointing eMMC storage. As we saw during the teardown process (detailed on the first page), the system includes a 128 GB M.2 2242 SSD made by FORESEE. There are two NAND flash packages (packaged by FORESEE themselves - so, we do not have visibility into the NAND flash vendor). The controller is the DRAM-less Silicon Motion SM2246XT. As per specifications, it doesn't support TLC flash. Hence, we can say with a high degree of confidence that the FORESEE SSD in the Voyo 3 has 128GB of MLC flash.

In terms of evaluation of the storage component, one option would be repetition of our strenuous SSD review tests on the drive(s) in the PC. Fortunately, to avoid that overkill, PCMark 8 has a storage bench where certain common workloads such as loading games and document processing are replayed on the target drive. Results are presented in two forms, one being a benchmark number and the other, a bandwidth figure. We ran the PCMark 8 storage bench on selected PCs and the results are presented below.

Daily workloads (of the type tested by PCMark 8's storage bench) have barely noticeable differences between the SSDs in these UCFF PCs when it comes to the storage subsystem score. However, the presence of a DRAM-less controller does bring down the storage bandwidth numbers for certain workloads. That said, for the types of workloads that the CPU in this system is suitable for, the SM2246XT-equipped FORESEE SSD is more than enough.

On the networking side, we restricted ourselves to the evaluation of the WLAN component. Our standard test router is the Netgear R7000 Nighthawk configured with both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz networks. The router is placed approximately 20 ft. away, separated by a drywall (as in a typical US building). A wired client is connected to the R7000 and serves as one endpoint for iPerf evaluation. The PC under test is made to connect to either the 5 GHz (preferred) or 2.4 GHz SSID and iPerf tests are conducted for both TCP and UDP transfers. It is ensured that the PC under test is the only wireless client for the Netgear R7000. We evaluate total throughput for up to 32 simultaneous TCP connections using iPerf and present the highest number in the graph below.

In the UDP case, we try to transfer data at the highest rate possible for which we get less than 1% packet loss.

Before discussing these results, it is time to bring up yet another ridiculous advertised aspect of the Voyo V3. Almost every shopping site listing the unit claims dual-band Wi-Fi along with Broadcom's 5G Wi-Fi logo (obviously unauthorized use). The WLAN chipset used in the Voyo V3 is the Realtek RTL8723BS, a 1x1 2.4GHz 802.11n + Bluetooth 4.0 radio that talks to the host SoC over SDIO. As one can see from the above two graphs, it is matched in the hall of shame only by the poor Wi-Fi on the Bay Trail-T Compute Stick. To add insult to injury, the size of the unit and the I/O integrated in the SoC ensure that there is no wired networking capability / RJ-45 port in the Voyo V3. Users will need an external USB 3.0 - Ethernet adapter, if a wired connection is desired.

HTPC Credentials

Given the Voyo V3's fanless nature and the presence of Intel HD Graphics, we expect many purchasers to use it as a media playback machine / HTPC. In fact, GearBest markets the Voyo V3 as a media player / mini-PC. It is obvious that we are not looking at a madVR capable machine, but one targeted at the entry-level / average HTPC user or someone looking for a HTPC to put in a second or third room (non-primary HTPC). There are two HTPC aspects that we will explore in this section, one related to network streaming (OTT services), and the other related to local file playback. Prior to that, we have a small sub-section dealing with refresh rate accuracy.

Refresh Rate Accurancy

Starting with Haswell, Intel, AMD and NVIDIA have been on par with respect to display refresh rate accuracy. The most important refresh rate for videophiles is obviously 23.976 Hz (the 23 Hz setting). Bay Trail didn't have problems with this refresh rate, and, as expected, the Cherry Trail-based Voyo V3 has no trouble with refreshing the display appropriately in this setting.

The gallery below presents some of the other refresh rates that we tested out. The first statistic in madVR's OSD indicates the display refresh rate.

Network Streaming Efficiency

Evaluation of OTT playback efficiency was done by playing back our standard YouTube test stream and five minutes from our standard Netflix test title. Using HTML5, the YouTube stream plays back a 1080p H.264 encoding. Since YouTube now defaults to HTML5 for video playback, we have stopped evaluating Adobe Flash acceleration. Note that only NVIDIA exposes GPU and VPU loads separately. Both Intel and AMD bundle the decoder load along with the GPU load. The following two graphs show the power consumption at the wall for playback of the HTML5 stream in Mozilla Firefox (v 44.0.1).

GPU load was around 45.32% for the YouTube HTML5 stream and 5.87% for the steady state 6 Mbps Netflix streaming case.

Netflix streaming evaluation was done using the Windows 10 Netflix app. Manual stream selection is available (Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S) and debug information / statistics can also be viewed (Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D). Statistics collected for the YouTube streaming experiment were also collected here.

Decoding and Rendering Benchmarks

In order to evaluate local file playback, we concentrate on EVR-CP with MPC-HC and Kodi 16.0. We already know that EVR works quite well even with the Intel IGP for our test streams. In our earlier reviews, we focused on presenting the GPU loading and power consumption at the wall in a table (with problematic streams in bold). Starting with the Broadwell NUC review, we decided to represent the GPU load and power consumption in a graph with dual Y-axes. Nine different test streams of 90 seconds each were played back with a gap of 30 seconds between each of them. The characteristics of each stream are annotated at the bottom of the graph. Note that the GPU usage is graphed in red and needs to be considered against the left axis, while the at-wall power consumption is graphed in green and needs to be considered against the right axis.

Frame drops are evident whenever the GPU load consistently stays above the 85 - 90% mark. The Broadwell-class GPU has no problems at all with any of our test streams (up to 4Kp30 H.264)

Power consumption at the wall was less than 8W even for the most stressful high frame-rate streams. GPU loading was also reasonable (as measured using GPU-Z)

Moving on to the codec support, the Gen8 LP 16 EU-version in the Atom x7-Z8700 is quite similar to that of the Atom x5-Z8300 in the Intel Compute Stick, DXVA Checker serves as a confirmation. The GPU includes decode support for HEVC Main Profile (8b) up to 8K resolution. Unfortunately, without the capability to drive a 4Kp60 display over HDMI, this is not suitable as a 4K HTPC (even though it can drive up to 4Kp30, thanks to the HDMI 1.4b port)

Power Consumption and Thermal Performance

The power consumption at the wall was measured with a 1080p display being driven through the HDMI port. In the graphs below, we compare the idle and load power of the Voyo V3 with other low power PCs evaluated before. For load power consumption, we ran Furmark 1.12.0 and Prime95 v27.9 together. Given that the BIOS of the machine is not really optimized, the idle power being more than most comparable PCs is not surprising.

The load power consumption numbers can also be easily explained. The Atom x7-Z8700 has a SDP of only 2W, and it is definitely less power hungry compared to the Intel Celeron N3000 in the ASRock Beebox. However, it does lose out to the Bay Trail Compute Stick - this could be due to the power consumption of the extra components on the board such as the PCIe - SATA bridge and the faster clocks in the Cherry Trail SoC.

Our thermal stress routine starts with the system at idle, followed by 30 minutes of pure CPU loading. This is followed by another 30 minutes of both CPU and GPU being loaded simultaneously. After this, the CPU load gets removed, allowing the GPU to be loaded alone for another 30 minutes. The various clocks in the system as well as the temperatures within the unit are presented below.

The core clocks briefly operate at the maximum turbo frequency (2.4 GHz), but gradually scale down to the base clock (1.6 GHz) as the load is sustained. Thankfully, the thermal solution is decent enough to prevent the SoC from throttling. The GPU clock measurement has the usual Intel 'bug' where the measured clock is the maximum clock rate even when the GPU is not loaded. As soon as the GPU starts getting loaded, it moves between 200 - 300 MHz while keeping the power consumption of the whole system around 10 W.

According to the official specifications, the junction temperature of the Atom x7-Z8700 is 90C. Fortunately, after enabling DTS in the BIOS, we find that the maximum temperature of any of the board components is kept below 85C even under extreme stress.

Another important aspect to keep note of while evaluating fanless PCs is the chassis temperature. Using the Android version of the FLIR One thermal imager, we observed the chassis temperature after the CPU package temperature reached the steady state value in the above graph. Note that the picture below was taken after manually turning up the operating unit to expose the underside (metallic part abutting the black thermal film which covers the main board components).

We have additional thermal images in the gallery below.

The good part here is that even under extreme stress, the chassis doesn't heat up beyond 50 C. The bad part is that a lot of performance is left on the table (in terms of allowing the SoC to sustain turbo clocks for a longer duration) due to inefficient thermal design. Allowing for the metallic segment to be on top to aid convective cooling would have definitely helped in making the thermal performance better.

Miscellaneous Aspects and Final Words

The Voyo V3 provided us with the opportunity to evaluate the capabilities of the Intel Atom x7-Z8700 in a wall-powered device. Thanks to the presence of a SATA controller (ASM1061) and a 128GB M.2 SSD as well as 4GB of RAM, the unit is actually able to provide a better experience compared to all the passively-cooled Braswell PCs that we have evaluated before. However, before talking more about the positives, let us recount all the issues we faced with the Voyo V3.

• The advertising of the product in online stores is very misleading - there is no 5G / dual-band Wi-Fi (only a Bluetooth 4.0 + 1x1 802.11n 2.4 GHz radio), HDMI 2.0 or USB 3.1 Type-C port. The Type-C port in the system is only for power delivery and not available for data transfer
• Voyo doesn't seem to have much experience in tuning BIOS options for stability. DTS / thermal protection was disabled in the default configuration
• The pre-installed WIndows 10 copy is a mess - UAC was disabled and the OS refused to activate. We will be charitable when saying that Voyo doesn't know how to ship licensed versions of Windows pre-installed on the PCs, but it is more likely that the shipped OS is bootlegged. Consumers buying this PC would do well to wipe out the SSD and re-install their own copy of Windows on the machine
• Voyo has nil support for users treating the PC as a barebones (sans OS) unit. There are no drivers available for download on their website, and we had to download the Windows install image from a Chinese filesharing website in order to get all the necessary drivers
• The thermal design, while being effective, is not as efficient as it could have been - the heat from the SoC is transferred to the underside of the unit (with very little clearance to the surface on which the unit is placed).

The drawbacks listed above are not showstoppers, but things that consumers need to keep in mind before purchasing the unit. Moving on to the positives:

• The fanless Voyo V3, with its top-end Cherry Trail-T SoC, 128 GB M.2 SATA SSD and 4GB of RAM, outperforms passively cooled Braswell-based mini-PCs in almost all benchmarks
• The M.2 SATA SSD is miles ahead of eMMC-based storage subsystems found in most other Cherry Trail PCs in this price range. The RAM capacity is also quite large for this price range.
• The industrial design of the unit, with its curved edges, metal chassis and glass top, is quite pleasing
• The unit is perfect for a secondary 1080p HTPC where HD audio bitstreaming is not a must - Kodi 16.0 works flawless with hardware video decoding for all major codecs

In terms of possible improvements, we would like Voyo to rethink the thermal solution in order to extract even more performance out of similar platforms. A better WLAN chipset is definitely needed, and I am sure consumers would be willing to pay even a $10 - $20 premium for the same. A LAN port would also be nice (though we understand that the issue has more to do with the absence of Ethernet on the Atom x7-Z8700 itself). The marketing department needs to advertise the unit with the correct specifications, and, obviously, the Windows OS issue needs to be resolved in a legal manner. It might even be better for Voyo to just ship the unit as a barebones system and make the drivers alone available for download on their website.

Based on our research, the pricing of the unit varies quite a lot. The supplier of our review unit, Gearbest, ships the system from China and has the product on sale between $208 and $215. If you are looking for a US-based seller, Amazon has got you covered for a hefty $360.

In summary, once we got past the initial setup issues and learned to ignore the misleading marketing points, it became difficult to not like the Voyo V3. The price of the unit, the system performance and the nature of some of the important components (such as the SSD and RAM) make it a very good value.