With the development of the Internet age, the threshold of smart hardware is getting lower and lower, and more and more good products are born. Many companies have entered the blue ocean of intelligent hardware and achieved remarkable results. Recently, the television industry has become the next enthusiasm. Whether it is a traditional TV maker or a video website, some emerging Internet companies have all launched their ultra-high-performance TV products. As an Internet TV brand, the micro-whale has launched its own smart TV. attention. The rising star of the television industry, the micro whale, will bring us what kind of “whale†hi!
The small whale TV package is wrapped in a five-story box of kraft paper. It is simple and firm, and can withstand a weight of about 30kg for TV to ensure the safety of the handling process. The energy efficiency label on the packaging is Level 3. Outside the package's logo, there is also a simple open-carton logo printed on the top, which is very intimate. There are a lot of foam inside the box to support the filling, Internet products generally have long-distance logistics and transportation, and some work is still needed.
Open the box, take out the TV, you can see the main body are black, there are some gold trim to do embellishment, micro whale TV has LG original IPS hard screen, 4K Ultra HD resolution, IPS hard screen is the advantage is High viewing angle, fast response, accurate color reproduction. TV uses a very popular ultra-narrow frame design, weakening the visual presence of the frame, 6.8 mm narrow frame, using 64-bit processor to ensure processing speed.
Today's products with display screens, mobile phones, and televisions are all pursuing "no" borders and are constantly striving to reduce the width of the borders. One is really to use the viewing effect, and the other is to increase the selling point of products. The Micro Whale Smart TV has a 6.8 mm narrow border, which makes the TV more compact and more effective.
"WHALEY", the English name for the gold trim and the whale, makes the appearance of the TV more vivid, more inflexible, and more generous. The metal edge has undergone various processes such as sandblasting and drawing and is smooth and full of texture.
There is a ship-type power switch at the bottom of the TV. As a position indicator, there is an indicator on the front of the TV to make it easier for users to know where the power is.
TVs hanging on the wall can also be placed on the table using a stand. The micro-whale adopts an "eight" shape to place a metal bracket. The metal is a local color, but the front bracket is covered with silver plastic, which is subtle. The stand is simple but also stable, without too many fancy lines, and the stand is practical and good.
The thickness of the micro-whale smart TV is about 1.5cm, which is a relatively small thickness. With the development of technology, TVs are getting thinner and thinner, and LCD TVs are constantly being thinned, and they continue to do their best. The seams of the TV seams are tight and the transition is smooth.
The back of the TV.
There is a micro whale logo in the center of the back.
There is a hot hole in the logo above the screen, the screen heat control and processing chip power consumption are relatively low.
Inside the recessed design in the lower right corner of the TV is a variety of jacks. The interface of the micro whale TV is extensive. 3 HDMI2.0 interfaces, for HDMI1.4, HDMI2.0 more to play the potential of 4K ultra-clear output. 2 USB3.0, 1 USB2.0, USB3.0 can increase the transmission rate to play local video to reduce delay with Caton. 1AV input, 1 wired network interface, 1SPDIF interface, 1SD card socket, 1 UART, 1 digital TV interface, 1 audio output port. Mainstream configuration to meet the needs of users.
The back of the TV has a joystick-style position button, which can be used as a temporary replacement when you cannot find the remote control.
The bottom of the micro-whale TV has a large number of barrier-type holes, one for heat dissipation, and the other is as a sound outlet for loudspeakers. The loudspeakers are integrated in this area.
TV indicator and infrared receiver.
Microwhale TV accessories have a pair of 7th battery, a power cord, fixing screws and a simple user manual. Both ends of the power cord are "L" type, which can prevent pull, and also make the patch more attractive. A simple remote controller, because the use of battery-powered 7th, using a remote control to do relatively thick, but the surface with a matte material, so feel good. The remote control supports voice control.
Micro whale TV gift package, if sometimes run into activities, buy TV will also have a gift package. The spree has a great food-grade silicone remote control case, a high-quality HDMI cable, and an iPhone 6S case, all of which are practical gifts.
Initializing the interface requires simple configuration before entering the TV.
The distinction between television and hardware is getting smaller and smaller. The system and content are more and more important and can be regarded as the soul of television. The system of the Micro Whale TV is a custom WUI that uses a portrait horizontal and sliding scrolling interface. The left side is the source, my TV, wonderful recommendation, classification, application, set six function menus. There is a vertical directory for quick switching of columns, and "My TV" can also be accessed by other nodes. In terms of content, the video source of the micro whale comes from almost Tencent video, and has two sections of “brilliant recommendation†and “categorizationâ€. Below is a demo of the TV UI operation.
The system supports personalized customization, just press the remote control menu key, select "edit mode" to add or modify the desktop shortcut, according to their needs to select the common entrance, but can only add the system's own shortcut entrance, but can not add Installed third-party software as a shortcut. And it seems that only on the "My TV" home page needs to be changed, in the application interface but can not modify the application and game layout, can not put your favorite game application on the first level interface.
The micro whale can use the remote control for voice control. The voice support is the news of the University of Science and Technology. The voice recognition rate and the recognition speed are good. The Cantonese mandarin is not divided, but both are identified. Voice control can perform some video on demand, fast forward, etc., eliminating the hassle of manually entering the search.
In terms of content, micro-whales can be said to be enough effort. "Best Recommended" has recommendations for current popular TV movies, as well as short videos of current news, allowing users to keep abreast of current social issues. The category is full of categories, and after selecting a section, there are many ingenious categories, so that users can more easily find their favorite TV movies. Enter the broadcast program, click on the remote control menu, you can call up the settings page, the setup menu pops up from the right side, you can modify the film source, screen ratio and video clarity.
Play sound quality test. The market competition is becoming more and more fierce, all aspects of the product are continuously improved by the manufacturers, and the sound quality of the TV is a selling point. Users have increasingly valued the sound quality of television broadcasts, and their requirements have become higher and higher. The sound quality is one of the highlights of the micro whale television promotion. The bass/treble configuration plus two speakers together create the HIFI sound quality of the micro whale TV. In the actual playback effect, the playback effect of the micro-whale is indeed not bad, the tone has a good degree of reduction, a good resolution.
TV is no longer simply used to watch cable TV. TV is used for local high-definition video or even 4K video playback. It also functions as an Internet access and home game room, so TV video decoding capabilities and processing capabilities are increasingly important. The quality of the hardware affects the system fluency and user experience. The tiny whale TV is equipped with a 4-core 64-bit processor, 1.9G of running memory, and 3.39G of body memory. There are 27,387 points in the security Bunny running points.
In actual use, there is basically no pressure to run a small game, and there is no frame dropping. For the majority of TV user groups, this should satisfy the demand. In video decoding, a variety of video formats are used for testing, and the micro-whales can all be decoded and played.
The tiny whale is equipped with a 4K panel with a resolution of 3840x2160, and its physical resolution is 4 times that of a normal FHD TV. The display panel adopts LG IPS technology, and has a 178° wide viewing angle and 8ms high-speed response time, with good color reproduction.
Visual angle test. In the case of large-angle side view, there is no color cast or lack of color, and the ISP's viewing angle is really good.
4k picture.
4K Roast Duck video test.
From the test point of view, the actual display effect is really good, the details are in place, dynamic shadows are delicate. SLR cameras compromise the quality of the displayed sample, but they have a good film effect, which shows how good the actual viewing effect is.
From the experience of a few days, the performance of the micro whale is still good. As an emerging brand in the TV industry, Microwhale TV has performed well in hardware and system software. With its simple appearance, rich content, smooth system, powerful configuration, 4K display resolution, and a very high price/performance ratio, micro-whale TV has a lot of appeal. The development momentum of micro-whale TV has been extremely rapid, perhaps setting off waves in the Internet TV market in 2016.