In the increasingly fiercely competitive smart TV Blue Ocean, a micro-whale swims. As the media's Da Rui Li Ruigang's transition from the media to the launch of the first hardware product in the TV hardware industry, I was very concerned from the beginning and I look forward to a better experience. See SMZDM has a small whale TV public test activities, intends to apply for public testing, under the excitement of writing more than 2,000 words of the public test plan, submit a limit of up to 500 words when prompted, the entire people are Oh! Apart from anything else, minus! We deleted all nonsense and finally reduced to 500 words and submitted with satisfaction. Did not expect character bursting, the first application to the middle!
After about 6 days or so, on the weekend, I received a call from STO Express in the morning. I said that I had a super box and they couldn't send it today. I asked if I could send it tomorrow... I didn’t respond at first, Did not receive a notice of television shipments ... Then think about it should be the TV ... And so on, how to express the TV made to express? Call immediately to confirm the next, it should be TV is right! The next day, my brother drove the big wooden box over with his car...
Unpacking :
What are you waiting for? Immediately took out the tools and opened the wooden box. Since I had bought a lot of furniture with wooden boxes before, I opened this kind of wooden box and I had already tried to get it. I tried various literary techniques. Look at the box I opened. It's not violent at all....
Finally exposed the carton packaging
Model: WTV55K1, TPV OEM
The carton pack also has a mechanism. There are four plastic snaps on the box, which fixes the position of the TV in the box. After it is removed, the upper box can be removed. It's the first time I saw it. It's faintly felt here...
After removing the above box, it revealed
Immediately after checking the screen, I really did not expect to use STO to send TV. Fortunately, the screen was intact and the hanging heart fell.
Each part, a letter written by a microwhale to users, a base stand, and a paper box:
What's inside the carton, remote control, outlet cable, battery, manual:
Both ends of the socket are flat plugs. If you put a TV cabinet in front of the socket, this plug is really great. Internet brands can always find design and improvement solutions in these details.
On the base, the base is also marked before and after, very thoughtful:
The final effect, hee hee ....
Power up immediately, the screen will automatically light up, enter the boot video, the video is still very shocking, I am very happy to see! Formally open test! I bought a 55-inch 4K Cool Open U55 some time ago, and a 42-inch Lenovo 42S51 that I entered two years ago will also participate in the comparison.
Appearance :
The overall body of the black, brushed black metal frame wrapped 55-inch screen, gold frame chamfer, indeed than the plastic frame TV looks more texture! The front left and right upper borders are only 7 mm, and the side televisions are only less than 1.8 cm thick. Cool open U55 front left and right upper border about 10 mm, side TV thickness 2.5 cm offside. Come to feel the next.
The logo of "WHALEY" is just below the fuselage.
The base bracket is also quite textured:
Under the full metal frame wrapping, the seams at the knuckles have joints that are not in alignment, but compared to the 55-inch body, they cannot be seen without careful inspection.
The details behind:
The emergency five-way button, in addition to the remote control, can also be used to control the TV:
The general appearance is low-key and steady, and overall workmanship is to be upgraded to a higher level than other products at this price point.
Screen :
The screen is LG's 4K screen, LED screen light leakage has always been a more headache, and the heart of the micro whale's screen is still very much looking forward to. After the power is turned on, the screen test software is immediately established. Unfortunately, in the case of a full black screen, there is a small leak in the lower right corner of the screen, and there is also a slight whitening in the upper left corner, but it is still within the scope of my acceptance. . The problem of light leakage I passed through the official channel of the micro-whale, officials said that their testing standards are much higher than the national standards, and the problem of light leakage cannot be ruled out in the course of transportation.
A friend said that LED light leakage is limited by technical issues, but in the 4 LED TVs I purchased, the Lenovo 42S51 did not leak light at all. Later bought a KKTV K43, there is some slight light leakage. Cool open U55, can not see the light leakage, and later also replaced one, leakage is still more serious. In the few models that I bought, the light whales can only be accepted within acceptable limits. At night, they basically do not affect the perception. If you want to become a high-quality television, you really need more fuel.
After watching one or two football games, the control of smearing was still relatively good. The use of test software was basically the case where smear was not found. Both the color performance and the viewing angle were relatively satisfactory.
Remote control :
The remote control feels great and its thickness is just right. Now that the remote control doesn't know it, it's popular with ultra-thin designs. It feels very drifting, and the feel of the tiny whale is just right.
Comparison of my home several remote control, from left to right is Lynx box, music as C1S, cool open U55, micro whale, Lenovo 42S51, several remote control comparison chart:
In terms of feel, several remote controls I personally feel good to bad: micro whale, cool open U55, Lynx box, music as C1S, Lenovo 42S51.
Since it is a Bluetooth remote control, you must never face the corner like a remote control to operate the TV. However, remote control occasionally feels stuck. Pressing the up, down, left, and right buttons does not respond. After a second or two, it is normal again.
The remote control's return key and Home key arrangement are subject to discussion. Generally, Android mobile phones and TV remote controls will put the return key on the left and right, while the Home key is placed in the middle, and the arrangement of the micro whale from left to right is: Home key. , return key, menu key. The result is that often when I want to press the return key, I simply press the Home button directly. At that moment, I'm really crazy...I don't have any problems with the other buttons. Old children in the family are basically easy to use.
The voice key of the remote control can be searched by voice, and the accuracy is high. If the input content can be completely matched, it will be played automatically. If not, the search result will be listed. After two days of use, I found that the voice search was very convenient and the accuracy rate reached a very high level. In particular, I had a severe cold in the past two days and the recognition rate was very good. (I will tell you that now, at 3 a.m., I still have a severe cold. In order to drive the report out, I also fight!) This feature is really useful, eliminating the need for cumbersome typing. Better than the family Lenovo 42S51 voice features a number of good grades.
Let's say this, the PK of the remote control, the micro whale is far better than other players!
Switching machine problems :
Press the remote control off key, in fact, the system behind the visual measurement is not completely turned off, or is in standby mode. When the remote control is turned off, when the remote control is used again to turn on the computer, the TV will be on for a second and it will return to when you turn off the computer. The interface or the video on the play... This design has advantages and disadvantages in theory: the advantage is that the remote start-up speed is very fast, other TVs need more than ten seconds to boot, this second opens. The disadvantage is to increase the electricity bill, and long-term boot or standby, for the system flash memory chip life is a big test, this can not be seen in a short time, one or two years later, the problem will show.
In the lower right corner of the TV, there is a switch button, that is the real shutdown button. When the button is turned off, the TV actually cuts off the power. When that button is turned on, the TV is turned on and the system is turned on automatically.
Note that after the power is turned on and the switch button is on, you do not need to press the remote control again, and the TV turns on the system.
In order to test the standby power consumption, I went to the device, Bolian SP2 smart socket,
This socket has a terribly powerful function that can see the power consumption of the electrical appliances on the socket in real time.
Normal boot time: 123.81w
After using the remote control to shut down, the TV's power consumption: 0.0w
what! 0.0w! How can I expect 5W in my heart? It was tested again twice. Therefore, we do not have to worry about the issue of power consumption in the case of standby, and there is no need to worry about the issue of reading and writing to the Flash chip under remote control (standby) status! All homes are 0.0W, and there is no way to read or write flash chips. SO, speed boot, rest assured to use it! Applause here!
Mobile Assistant
It is now standard to use mobile phones to control TVs. Micro-whales are no exception. Scan the QR code to download and install the “micro-whale assistant†on the mobile phone. As long as the mobile phone and TV are in the same LAN, It will automatically match on soon. In addition to remote control functions, there are some recommended APP and local applications pushed to TV installation, local video, photo music push function. Very fun and good experience. Unfortunately, it is not possible to input text on the TV through the mobile phone. The mobile assistant of the Ali cloud OS native system is supported.
However, it is surprising that the mobile assistant can take screenshots and save it on the phone. Open the remote control interface of the APP, as long as the two fingers at the same time click on the screen, you can complete the TV screen shot, stored in the phone storage "whaley / snapshot" path, very convenient.
When the mobile assistant starts, it will pop up the prompt animation of the current humidity, but each time will be fixed in 80% after the direct access to the APP home page, this does not know what it means, is it for the future to make other hardware devices? It's a little strange at the moment.
Sound quality :
The microwhales have built in two 14w horns. Compared with the other two TVs at home, the sound quality has indeed improved. In the simplest test, two friends were called and three televisions played the same movie clips in succession. Both of my friends said that the sound quality of the whale was the best. At the very least bass is very felt, and the sense of presence is also very strong.
And cool open U55 with 55 inches, broadcast the scene of China's good voice student PK, some songs to see I want to cry, the scene is very strong, but cool open U55 no such feeling. Look at the test video of the roast duck beauty 4K, at least I feel tempted (I'm tempting roast duck, Oh, do not think yo ...), the so-called glamorous is not a matter, is this feeling! The same video was played on the Cool Open U55, and it always felt a little less meaningful.
Roast Duck Beauty Photos:
Compared with the special speakers, I intend to use the Swans M200MKII, try it, think it is not a paragraph, it was a thousand yuan price of professional audio, and TV built-in speakers than no meaning, size is not a level. So I use the price of three or four hundred yuan to evaluate the better sound honeycomb 2S + to compare. OK, come to Metaphysics!
In general, the 2S+ is deeper than the small whale in the low frequency, and the high frequency is also better than the micro whale, presence and sound field. The micro whale is better than the 2S+. The 2S+ female voice is clearer than the micro-whale. Of course, in terms of playing music purely, 2S+ should obviously occupy an advantage, but in terms of playing movies, the sense of presence and sound field are even more important.
Electronic products, the basic requirements are easy to use, advanced requirements are pleasant surprises, the most advanced needs, may be moved.
A video is basically composed of two aspects: picture and sound, but most TV manufacturers have made great efforts on the part of the screen, but they ignore the aspects of sound quality. However, the changes that the micro-whales have brought in this area are still very satisfying.
System and UI :
The micro-whale system is based on Alibaba Cloud's OS and customizes the UI. Officially called the water flow interface.
He integrated all the functions of the system into one panel, instead of other TV systems, divided into two modules: movies, TV dramas, APP, games, settings and so on. Of course, the water flow actually has such a classification. However, both visually and operationally, it is placed on a vertical operation panel, which gives a person a feeling of lightness, operation, and a lot less steps to click and confirm to enter the secondary menu.
The stability of the system is relatively good. At present, there is no system crash or crash. For a new brand, this still needs to be praised. Based on the MStar 6A828 chip, 2G running memory hardware configuration makes the system very smooth.
Start up completely, almost 11 seconds or so will be able to enter the system, is the fastest of the four televisions in my home. After the system is turned on, it will automatically enter the system's "Today's Recommended" page.
The general TV OS, open opportunity to enter the "signal source" page by default, because my family are broadcast live through the APP, and there is no TV set-top box, so every time you boot, all TV will have a "no signal" page, let I am extremely painful... each time I press two or three keys to enter the system's control page. Although this is a small detail, it is always annoying to use it every time you use it. This setting of the micro-whale has been modified with other default settings in the industry. It should be thought through its own thinking and it is worth noting. You feel the following:
If you can turn on this page, what a wonderful thing!
The microwhales provide two USB 3.0 interfaces. In order to test the playback capability of 4K videos, several 4K videos were copied in the USB3.0 USB flash drive. Among them, the beauty of the roast duck is inevitable (coding format: AVC video bit rate: 31999 kbps video frame rate: 29 fps size: 800 MB duration: 03.41). The micro whale plays very smoothly, without any buffering time, playing with cool open U55, buffering for 2, 3 seconds before playing. This USB3.0 interface still contribute a lot! Some other 4K video playback is also relatively smooth, decoding is normal.
The micro-whale adopts 802.11ac WIFI, supports 2.4G and 5G routing models, the home happens to have dual-frequency routing, both frequency signals can be connected stably, and the broadcast webcast is very smooth.
Bluetooth :
Use the QCY QY5 Bluetooth headset to test the Bluetooth 4.0 function. After the pairing is successful, the sound is automatically switched to the Bluetooth headset. It is relatively stable and there is no interruption. There is no problem with the TV from 6,7 meters. Sometimes people are still awake in the night, and it is necessary for a family member to go to bed and have a Bluetooth headset to watch a movie.
However, when I turned off the Bluetooth headset, the problem came: No sound on the TV! I tried the remote control to adjust the volume, cancel the Bluetooth connection, the remote control turned off, the TV was unplugged, and there was no sound... after the Bluetooth headset was connected , The system gave the right to play the sound Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth headset is closed, the system did not automatically recover, it should be this reason.
Then finally found in the settings -> General -> images and sound -> sound player options, or check the QY5 option, into "TV speakers", the TV can cheerful singing ...
This is a very serious bug that has passed through the official channel. They said they have submitted it to the system team to solve it.
Video content :
The brand created by the media, and born with the genes of the media, the conference site, and so many LOGOs of the content partners, are still very shocking, but now the current system, the content is divided into "film", " TV dramas, “Variety,†“Children,†“News & Information,†“Anime,†“Music,†“Documentary,†and “Drama†modules are mostly from mainstream video sites such as Tencent, Youku, and Sohu.
What about the contents of the micro-whales? I took the top five TV dramas, five US dramas, five variety shows, and the top ten movies of Douban, using micro whale, cool open, and music. The content is compared separately.
LeTV uses the LeTV C1S TV box as a video source.
On the data! (x: indicates no, y indicates yes, some of the season-specific episodes I have explained)
The five most popular TV dramas:
In the five TV dramas, there are four micro-whales, except for the Unintentional Master. There is only one cool-opening and there is music.
The 5 most dramatic American dramas:
In fact, "The Last Ship" is not in the top five, and the top ten are not. Whoever makes me so obsessed, it is promoted to the fifth.
The most fire 5 variety shows:
There are two micro-whales, not a cool one, LeTV has all.
Top ten movie of Douban:
There are 4 small whales, 7 cool open, and 8 music.
Although not much to extract, but I personally feel that this result has been able to explain the problem. LeTV spent a lot of energy on the construction of video content. In this round of testing, it was basically completely crushed all competition. The opponents have a good performance in the content of the movie, but in other aspects, they are basically unable to meet the needs of everyone. Little whale video content, in a short time to obtain this level of video resources, should still pay a lot, but there is still a certain gap with LeTV. As far as the amount of this content is concerned, let me pay 199 yuan each year. Really, it's not enough! I hope to make persistent efforts to improve my video content as soon as possible!
In the settings, there are settings for the default definition of the video. The default is Super clear. For friends in different broadband situations, this place has different settings:
The priority of the film source can also be adjusted in the settings. It can be adjusted according to the different network conditions and personal preferences in different regions. The film source mentioned here should be the film source that has already been talked about or is being discussed. .
The current system did not find any difference between members and non-members. The machine received did not have anything like a membership card. The random letter mentioned that the official membership time was calculated around November and is currently in the experience phase. Perhaps the video content is being adjusted.
Third-party APP support :
The official market comes with an APP, but obviously, some of the software we use, such as TV cats, TV shows, and VSTs, are generally not available.
We ourselves also need to install a third-party software market, such as Belle et al.
U disk installation, very convenient, more intelligent than ordinary smart TV.
Copy apk to U disk, insert TV
Open "my application" -> "U disk installation", there will be a list of APK icons in the root directory of the U disk, you do not need to open the file browser to open it, so convenient, it is rare ...
In addition, it also supports computer installation and mobile terminal installation. The operation is also very convenient.
Generally, other brands of TVs need to find other paths or file browsers to install third-party APPs. Micro-whales can be easily supported in a variety of ways. The open attitude is awesome!
Interface :
The micro whale has a very comprehensive and high-specification interface support, which basically can kill all other TVs. The interfaces are centered in the lower left corner of the back of the TV. A total of three HDMI2.0 interface, three USB interfaces, including two 3.0 interface and a 2.0 interface, SD card slot and AV, analog and DTMB digital TV input, audio output interface, Ethernet interface. Are concentrated in the lower left corner, whether it is placed on the base or wall installation, operation should be very convenient. After connecting home computers, game consoles, and speakers, the micro-whales provide good support and greatly enhance the scalability of the TV.
I use the DELL Venue 11 pro to connect to the TV HDMI interface. When it detects that the HDMI interface is connected, the system will automatically switch the source. This design is great, reducing the manual switching operation. Set the resolution and see the 4K resolution option.
After choosing, open SMZDM to see, the effect is very good, super big monitor!
Summary :
In terms of overall quality, in the 4K 55-inch TV with the same price, the micro-whale WTV55K1 should have opened a certain gap with its competitors and maintained a considerable advantage. Packing box buckles, double flat plugs, front and back tips on the base, UI control methods, quick boot ... Many places can clearly feel the product's intentions and careful thinking, as a brand new product launched the first product It is not easy to have such a quality. Content development has achieved certain results in a short period of time and it needs to continue to refuel. Of course, the service life of a TV is very long. After a period of use, new situations may arise and new problems may be discovered. And for home appliances, after-sales service this quickly requires careful consideration. However, from the current experience of more than one week, as a brand-new product, if it can be enhanced on the screen quality control, after-sales service can really withstand the test, is undoubtedly very worth buying! There is no doubt that this is the best one for all smart TVs that I have used, and none of them.
In the end, I sincerely thank SMZDM for providing such a platform for exchanges with you, and I also learned a lot from it. I hope I can contribute a lot.