u/Bts1993

Been messing around with the new 2026 ONN 4K Google TV stick tonight and honestly… this little thing is kinda insane for the price if you use Kodi.

Setup:

- ONN 4K Google TV Stick

- Denon AVR-S970H

- Samsung S95F OLED

- Polk ES50 towers + ES30 center + sub

I also have it connected over Ethernet with a USB-C adapter and it pulls around 300-400 Mbps consistently.

Important part:

Kodi is the only app I could get proper HD audio passthrough working in.

I tested:

- Nuvio

- Wuplay

- Stremio

All of them were outputting DD+ only for me.

Kodi though? Completely different story.

Tested:

- Skyfall (DTS-HD MA)

- Apollo 13 (DTS:X)

- Top Gun Maverick (Dolby TrueHD / Atmos)

- Blade Runner 2049

- Dune

Denon front panel correctly showed:

- DTS-HD

- DTS:X

- Dolby TrueHD

- Atmos

Biggest surprise was playback stability. I streamed an 86GB remux with:

- no buffering

- no stuttering

- no audio drops

Honestly expected this thing to choke at some point but it just handled it.

For Kodi settings I basically:

- enabled passthrough

- enabled all HD codecs

- set channels to 7.1

- turned OFF “sync playback to display”

- used the recommended audio device instead of RAW

Did not expect a cheap Walmart stick to end up being one of the better Kodi/remux devices I’ve tried lately.