Millet box first evaluation of the world's smallest quad-core TV box first test

January 15, 2015 Xiaomi's flagship new product conference, Lei Jun introduced millet Note, millet Note top version, millet headphones and millet box, especially the millet small box is the most unexpected, this is millet and A full HD network set-top box products, but also millet launched "New Year Commemorative Edition" new products. Millet small box known as the world's smallest, lowest price Full HD network set-top boxes, priced at only 199 yuan. It has the strongest content resources and cooperates with Galaxy (GITV). From now on, you can make an appointment at Xiaomi.com, and open your first purchase on January 20.



The TVhome TV home received the Xiaomi box for the first time. After the conference, it showed off the box in kind. Users who are curious about Xiaomi's small box can have a good fortune.



Millet small box dared to call the world's smallest Full HD network set-top box, because it is only 46.8 × 46.8 × 38mm in size, weight 73g. It is ultra-portable and is a quarter of the size of the previous generation of millet boxes. The area of ​​the main board is only one third of the credit card. From the promotional images, you can see that the small box of millet can even be put into the pocket of the trousers. Travel and business trips can be carried.



Xiaomi's small box design is extremely concise. He doesn't even think it's a TV box, but instead thinks it is a charger or a socket. The product body has only one HDMI interface, and the power supply is integrated into the body, eliminating the complicated design elements of the traditional set-top box and returning to the original essence of the network set-top box.



The small box of Xiaomi’s noodle bows to the fuselage, and the bottom uses a fresh orange color. There is a power outlet to hide it.



Compared to the "big" of other TV boxes, the Xiaomi Box only has a host, a remote controller, and an HDMI cable. The remote controller is the same as the millet box enhanced version we are familiar with, and its operation is very simple.







We open the box to find the instructions for the millet box, which describes the installation method and operating instructions. More specifically, it can project photos and videos to display devices that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

Millet small box with top hardware configuration, super performance, configured with 4 core CPU, 4 + 2 core GPU, built-in 4GB eMMC high-speed flash memory, 1GB of memory, support 1080p full HD video output. Xiaomi's small box contains the best MIUI TV system and supports wireless projection.



The key to the TV box is the combined application with the Internet, relying on network resources to have a strong charm. After booting, link the wireless network for the first time. At present, Xiaomi's entire line of products supports dual-band WiFi, as well as small box Xiaomi, while supporting dual-band 2.4GHz/5GHz, with higher speed and more stable WiFi wireless signals, and can make wireless devices more power-efficient.



Remote control matching is also an essential step for the new machine. Xiaomi exclusive remote control feels good, controls simple, supports Bluetooth 4.0, and becomes the first millet box with Bluetooth BLE remote control. Abandon the traditional infrared remote control need to aim at the lack of infrared receiver, without alignment can achieve 360-degree control, provide a full range of remote control angle, bring more free and convenient control experience.



The millet box is the most popular TV box on the market, so its setting page is also known to everyone, we can see the network connection, image and sound, account and security, common settings, system upgrades and several options about Xiaomi. , to meet everyone's needs for the box settings.



Universal settings are more commonly used by everyone, including commonly used functions, Xiaomixiaokuang has a child lock function, can use family members to classify the use of personalized customization. At the same time, we also saw a series of options such as setting name and location information in the system project, which can be modified according to different users.



Enter the UI main interface of the Xiaomi box, we can see several main options of “online movie”, “game center”, “app store” and “application”. It is particularly emphasized that Xiaomi Xiaozhuan mainly focuses on portable applications, especially online video, and is suitable for young people or business people who frequent activities. Their games and applications are mostly assisted. At the press conference, Lei Jun said that he hopes to use Xiaomi's small box to focus on online video, and to pursue game effects, he still has to choose an enhanced version of the Xiaomi box.



In the application there are built-in Internet radio, cheetah cleaning master, cloud album, wireless display and other functions.



The broadcast control platform of Xiaomixiaotui is the central Galaxy Internet TV integrated broadcast control platform. It relies on the high-quality content resources of CCTV, Jiangsu Internet TV and movie network and other content service platforms, and has more than 140,000 hours of massive HD copyright content, covering Baidu. Searching for popular movies and TV dramas that account for 90% of the Billboard, the content of the previous generation Xiaomi Box has increased by 64%. The Xiaomi Small Box has become the highest quality full-HD network set-top box in the market.



The TV and TV section has five parts: "popular recommendation", "film classification", "prefecture", "ranking list", and "user". Popular recommendations are sometimes the most popular movies and series. Through film and television classification, we can choose variety, anime, education, documentary and other content, including "new on the 7th" content updates frequently to meet the chase drama users.



The area has set up three parts: “Blu-ray Zone,” “3D Zone,” and “Children's Corner.” More and more users are pursuing high-end visual effects, especially with Blu-ray and 3D. The children part can make the children in the family very happy. Some content that can be enjoyed with children can be shared with the children.



Xiaomi's entire product ecological chain has been upgraded in terms of content construction by investing in shares and establishing cooperation. The partners have top-level video content providers such as iQiyi, Youku Tudou, Sohu, Xunlei, and Huace. Currently, Xiaomi’s products have the most Massive HD stock video.



The application box of the Xiaomi Box is also quite rich, including users who can download the necessary files.



The millet box and the millet router are perfectly matched. The millet router is used to download high-definition movies and can be played directly on the small box of the millet. In addition, the Xiaomi small box also supports Dolby Digital Plus audio encoding format and DTS audio encoding format.



The general TV box will have some popular software that is commonly used in the system, such as lottery tickets, the perpetual calendar of the Chinese household, and where to go to the Raiders, to meet all aspects of life. It is recommended that you regularly clean up some systems to ensure that the box runs stably and at high speed.





Millet small box shape is small, abandon a lot of unnecessary interfaces, so the software installation can use more wireless transmission, through the quick installation of the same ability, you can put the computer / mobile phone application to the millet box, of course, this Yuyao will The box and the computer/phone are in the same local area network. Open the browser and enter the website address.



It is necessary for us to recall the conference site of Xiaomi’s small box. When Lei Jun said that the price of the refined version of the millet box was only 199 yuan, the scene caused a sensation and everyone was excited.



Although small in size, the enhanced version of the millet box that is currently being sold will not be inferior too much. Such an exquisite design can have powerful performance. This is where consumers are most fascinated. It is called the world’s smallest quad-core TV. The box is well deserved.





The millet box has multiple colors to choose from. Apart from the fact that the fuselage is white, the bottom is red, orange, yellow, pink, green and blue to choose from, collection and exquisite and beautiful.





The change from CNTV to Galaxy Internet license means that Xiaomi's layout in terms of content has changed again. Combining with Chen Qian’s joining Xiaomi before, responsible for the construction of video content, it can be seen that the excavation of Xiaomi’s content in the TV box will not stop and will always give Consumers provide more and better content.





Currently, the price of similar set-top boxes produced by regular manufacturers on the market is mostly around 300 yuan. Therefore, the small box of 999 yuan has a very high cost performance. Whether it is sending parents, friends, or children, it can satisfy different people in appearance and function. The demand, compact and portable, simple and stylish, rich in content, and powerful, is the best New Year gift Xiaomi dedicated to everyone.