Before the Hengping review, we have been thinking about whether the current TV box has any value in the end. Looking ahead, the current TV box has serious homogenization both in terms of hardware and content, and the monopoly and maturity of big-name manufacturers have occupied. This market dominates sales. Is something worth a few hundred dollars worth paying so much attention and effort?
In addition, in 2015, the livelier than the TV box is actually the smart TV market, more and more users have gradually strengthened their awareness of Internet TV, and more and more Internet TV brands have entered the living room. New products are emerging one after another. Familiar with our Fan You can see more and more smart TV-related content and more and more TV evaluation. So, isn't the box too much valued by internet television?
We think that TV boxes are good, smart TVs are good, as a hardware carrier, carrying content, cut into the living room. The TV box is cheap and convenient, and it belongs to a lot of users who have chosen the content of Internet TV content. In order to help consumers and friends buy products that are truly suitable for themselves in the dazzling network set-top box, it also helps manufacturers to improve the competitiveness of their products. . We continue to inventory and cross the TV box. At the same time, you will also use the data in the horizontal review results to experience the changes that have taken place over the past few years in both manufacturers and markets.
The inventory involved in the manufacturers covers three levels, a total of 11 manufacturers:
1. For veteran manufacturers who have been working hard in the field of high-definition player for many years, such as Kaiboer, Haimeidi, Tianmin, Infik, Yidian and others.
2. Brand manufacturers, which have been implemented for several years, such as Huawei, Skyworth, Xiaomi, and Tmall.
3. New manufacturers, such as Tai Jie, UT Starcom and others.
The TV box models involved also cover three levels, a total of 18 models:
1. Manufacturer's classic hit models, such as Huawei Glory Box, Mortimer d6, Lynx Box TMB300, Kaibor F8, Xiaomi Box 3, Haimei Di TT Box, Haimei Di H7 Three Generation, Skyworth i71 II, Taijie WE30, UT egg 1SMC8638S and so on.
2. The manufacturers' volume models, such as Lynx Box M13, Millet Box mini, Skyworth Q+, Lynx Box M10, Mortimer T2, Open Bor F1 Youth Edition, etc.
3. Taobao popular sales representative models, such as recall code S1, Infinik I9 and so on.
We adopted the views of netizens from last year. This year Hengping will group boxes by price range and divide it into two posts. That is, the box with 200 yuan or less is divided into a group (entry level) of a total of 7 models, of which the recalled code S1 is priced at 99 yuan as the cheapest cross-assessment model. 200--300 yuan box is divided into a group (mainstream level) a total of 11 models, of which Tai Jie WE30 price of 369 yuan for the most expensive models. This article is a horizontal review of entry-level products.
It is worth noting that all test data are based on the firmware and hardware version and price at the time of observation (November). Millet box mini version and glory box was launched last year, but because sales have been relatively high, in November when Hengping model selection, glory box sales in Jingdong is higher than Huawei M330, so choose Hengping products continue to be reference. Haimei Di TT box was priced at 199 yuan in November, but when HD Fan was preparing this article, the TT box price appeared to be higher than 199 yuan, so it was placed on the mainstream level Hengping posts.
As always, the scale and intensity of the inventory are the largest and unique in the industry. HDPfans is the most professional leader in the field of high-definition player. We have comprehensive data, scientific methods, and intuitive results. Do the best. For this round of inventorying, we set up 132 observation points and 128 weighting coefficients. The entire team completed a total of 2470 tests, 4608 quantifications, 682 statistical data summaries, and 15 capability fields for data analysis and presentation. The dimension establishes 92 charts. Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all members of the inventory team. You have worked hard!
Master Planner: Wenl
Editor-in-Chief: Dragon (Montenegro demon)
Judges: hanchan88, killer, peku, wuxiaowei312, non-guiding classes, Ye Haifeng, Zhenlong Tianzi (Pinyin sorting)
In order to strive for accuracy, we have tried our best to repeatedly check the observation data and repeatedly optimize the weight coefficients. We are confident that the data accuracy of this inventory will be controlled within five thousandths of the error!
In order to ensure that the results are easy to understand, all conclusions will be visualized in the form of tables and charts, allowing consumers and friends to quickly and comprehensively understand the current real gap between TV boxes!
"2015 Hengping year-end inventory" entry-level contestants (click to enter a separate assessment)
Lynx Box M13
Millet box mini version
Skyworth Q+
Lynx Box M10
Temporary T2
Kai Bor F1 Youth Edition
Recall S1
The basic configuration of the program embodies the hardware issues that people are most concerned about, such as "This box is a few cores?", "How fast is the system?", "Is the memory big?" and so on. The ranking results reflect the basic hardware quality of each box. It should be noted that this patch data collection in November, due to Ali cloud system to respond to national policy, so whether to install third-party applications this, in November Hengping machine sampling results shall prevail. And, we suggest that consumers should learn more about the information in the box system and think twice about it.
From the perspective of the basic configuration, the millet box mini version and the Tmall Box (S802 and S905-B), which are highly valued by consumers, are in the upper middle class, reflecting the popularization of the two products and their determination to kill the entry-level market. Similarly, the high-risk Kaibor F1 Youth Edition and the Yidian S1, ranking is lagging behind, both of the memory capacity of only 512MB, making a lot of app can not run smoothly, causing product hardware bottlenecks, unless the budget is indeed limited, otherwise not recommended buy.
Host design, workmanship, materials, number and type of interfaces, operating noise, and so on, represent the main hardware capabilities of a box, as well as what we can see and get. The results of the rankings reflect the true hardware power, because these things are not like the simple program integration, this is the place that needs to reflect the manufacturer's hardware design skill.
The old and veteran manufacturers, including Yidian, Kaiboer, Tianmin, etc., occupy the top half of the ranking, and are still the first choice for enthusiasts. Skyworth, Xiaomi, Tmall and other big manufacturers collectively withdraw to simplify the design to lower costs. Meet the target group. It should be noted that although the S1 and Kaibor F1 youth editions are ranked high in this section, their memory capacity is flawed.
Power consumption control reflects the trend of energy conservation and environmental protection. The power consumption is naturally as low as possible. The higher the ranking is, the lower the power consumption is. It should be noted that the shutdown power consumption of the millet box mini version is basically the same as the power consumption, indicating that it is a false shutdown, and it is recommended that the power be turned off when not in use.
In addition, the bottom score of Skyworth's Q+ rankings is low, indicating that the power consumption control of the box used by this box is not good.
A box removes the host, and all remaining parts belong to the accessory configuration. Important parts include power supplies, remote controls, and related cables. In particular, the mini version of the millet box is equipped with a Bluetooth remote control, which can achieve a 360-degree remote control without dead angles; and the effective angle of the remote control of the Mortimer T2 is not ideal.
The mini version of the millet box with higher market attention scored the highest score in the accessory configuration. Compared with last year's product (millet box enhanced version), the progress was very large, indicating that Xiaomi can actively listen to market feedback and make timely adjustments.
The basic ability of a HD box is its local media broadcast control capabilities, including file system support, audio and video media type support, screen output capabilities, playback control capabilities, and color adjustment capabilities. In this session, the inventory team tested the box's capabilities extremely harshly. We built a test sample library containing more than a dozen video formats, more than 50 image formats, and a dozen audio formats, and tested the boxes one by one. Moreover, we have included the scope of investigation for various important factors that affect the local broadcast control capabilities.
The ranking results fully illustrate the product positioning of each box. Among them, the Tmall Box M13 and the Kaibor F1 Youth Edition attach great importance to the local broadcast control experience, while the latter is basically a box that only pays attention to the online on-demand experience. Defining your own needs. In addition, Syori's S1 ranking was low and his performance was poor. He specifically criticized and improved his suggestions.
For the TV box, the 3D effect can be said to be much worse than the professional RTK/MARVELL/SIGMA box, but it is better than nothing. For those people who like the full development of morality, art and craft, it is better than nothing.
To be particularly noteworthy is that compared to last year, there was no box with no 3D capability this year, indicating that the manufacturers are making progress, and the progress of Xiaomi and Tmall is particularly evident.
Subtitles are an important part of HD lovers who often download foreign movies and TV shows. Unless you have foreign life experience, you can easily understand a foreign language, otherwise you must deal with Chinese subtitles.
The three boxes in the bottom of the ranking result, Kaibol F1 Youth Edition, Tianmin T2, Yidian S1, have relatively poor subtitle experience and are not recommended for such HD lovers. Surprisingly, these three manufacturers belong to veteran manufacturers. From the point of view of research and development capabilities, they should not lead to such results. They can only indicate that the manufacturers' positioning of products has led to the loss of their capabilities.
Blu-ray discs belong to a niche group, and such niche groups are enthusiasts among HD enthusiasts. For the TV box, we don't have any expectation of their Blu-ray broadcast control capability, because Blu-ray enthusiasts care not only whether they can play, but also how the picture quality is, and the quality of the current TV box, and professional HD playback. Compared with the machine, there is a certain gap.
What is surprising is that the entry-level boxes are all framed in this section. They don't have any Blu-ray disc capabilities. Blu-ray enthusiasts need to walk around.
Although the CUE support and DTS source code output are a few of the TV box's flaws, but once again the whole class of entry-level boxes is surprisingly unexpected, and they don't support all of the 10 areas.
For audio enthusiasts, these entry-level boxes are not for you, so please go around carefully.
User experience is one of the important criteria for measuring the quality of a product. We often refer to it as “user-friendliness†or “convenienceâ€. Key comfort, blindness convenience, one-touch exhalation ability, drag and drop selection, remote control operation of typical scenes, and even whether the key is lost are within the scope of investigation.
Surprisingly, the Lynx Box won the top two of this link; while the Kaibor F1 Youth Edition had a poor experience.
LAN service capabilities include many aspects, from sharing to downloading, from client to server, and from multi-screen interaction to mobile app.
The Lynx Box M13 and M10 perform well at this stage and are worth commending. For entry-level HD enthusiasts who focus on home LAN applications, these are two models worth considering. The Skyworth Q+ ranking is at the bottom, behind other boxes.
Radio and television network live broadcast, this gray zone, do not know how long it can survive, but as long as it survives one day, there are countless fans sought after. After all, it is still the people's free plots.
The ranking results can explain many problems. First of all, all manufacturers are afraid to touch the interests of radio and television, so they all without any built-in features of live broadcast; Second, most of the old HD box manufacturers, from the previous year's group integrated live broadcast, to last year Only a few manufacturers, such as Jieke and Tianmin, dared to withstand the pressure of the big god of broadcasting and television, and took the death and integrated the live broadcast function into their box products. This year, all manufacturers did not have any built-in live broadcast function. This fully explained The continued power of Broadcasting and TV Broadcasting in 2014-2015 is fruitful. Third, if you are a user who pays great attention to the live broadcast experience and wish to install the third-party live streaming software app on your own, then only Lynx Box, mini box for millet box, and Skyworth Q+ are available. You can choose, however, Lynx Box belongs to the Ali YunOS camp, as the most stringent brand of control, please carefully consider before buying.
Compared with live broadcasting, the on-demand risk is much smaller. We also spent a lot of time and effort to get these statistics. In addition, the inventory team attaches great importance to genuine content, because only genuine content can provide consumers with a stable and long-lasting service experience, piracy is not just the rights of copyright parties, but also the rights and interests of consumers. In addition, we advocate that all box manufacturers pay attention to the “Content Rating and Child Lock†function, which is very important for the healthy growth of our next generation. All boxes did not have this capability last year, and this year we are pleased to see that millet And Tmall's products have this ability, which is particularly commended.
The top three boxes of the ranking results have their own strengths in the field of on-demand broadcasting; while Kaibor F1 Youth Edition, Aiyi S1 and Tianmin T2 are subject to system constraints and cannot properly install third-party on-demand software.
The energy saving of the device and the previously mentioned power consumption are two different concepts and dimensions. The energy saving focuses on the power management of the device through its own hard and soft cooperating capabilities to achieve energy saving, including automatic standby, scheduled shutdown, and built-in Bluetooth. Wait.
In this session, special praise was given to the mini version of the millet box, but there were also two boxes that scored zero points. This is also the direction in which these related manufacturers need to make further efforts.
The hedge rate and warranty period, which are two important aftermarket indicators, collectively determine the depreciation rate of the box in the hands of consumers.
In this session, the Kaibol F1 Youth Edition ranked bottom.
The overall hardware strength ranking reflects the hardware level of a box. If you are very concerned about the hardware configuration, then this ranking is what you need most. But the quality of a box cannot be seen only in hardware. Firmware is also a very important aspect of inspection. Of course, price factors cannot be ruled out.
First of all, we divide the firmware strength into two levels: local media (downloaded video) playback strength and online media (online transmission of video) application strength. This will enable consumers' friends to better understand the areas that these boxes are good at. In order to pick the boxes that are truly suitable for you. The first is the ranking of local strength. The M13 of Tmall won the championship, followed by the youth version of KBoll F1. The two products of the Lynx Box occupy the top three positions, indicating that the local playability of Tmall products this year has been greatly enhanced and worthy of recognition. Please note that the local media player strength of a box cannot be transplanted, and some of the capabilities of online media application capabilities, such as online live/on-demand, can be relatively perfect through the installation of third-party APPs. Therefore, the local strength difference represents a serious injury. . So, if you are a local HD fan, or if you want to take care of your local area, stay away from the bottom-ranking boxes. (KODI/XBMC is not suitable for ordinary consumers)
In the network strength aspect of the firmware, the Lynx box family won the first place, and the mini version of the millet box followed. In addition, in the 2013 year, most of the boxes ranked at the end of the year were big boxes; by 2014, these big-name manufacturers' boxes, with the exception of Huawei's glory box, were all crowded into the top 7; and this year, Big box manufacturers actually can occupy the first half of the country, on the other hand, the veteran manufacturers' products have collectively collapsed. This shows that the influence of genuine on-demand content is gradually increasing and it has played a decisive role.
We combine the local strength and network strength of the firmware to form a comprehensive final ranking of the firmware. This ranking reflects not only the software strength of each box, but also reflects the software R&D capabilities of various manufacturers. Surprisingly, the Lynx Box series can be regarded as a dark horse in 2015. Although the power is late, it is fast.
Comprehensive strength = hardware strength + firmware strength. This is also the result of the 2015 ranking of the final strength of the year-end review. After tens of thousands of data analysis, we found the most "cow" boxes and the most "bear" boxes. Please applaud them ~~. In a word, the basic configuration of the program, etc., is the most concerned hardware issue. When selecting the box system, we recommend that users understand more about the information and think twice before proceeding. As a well-known brand, Tmall and Xiaomi have a very accurate positioning. They want to cut off the entry-level market. Combined with the Hengping data, they do indeed occupy the top rank of comprehensive rankings and price/performance ratio. In contrast, the market sales, the choice of users also confirms this result. Whether focusing on user experience or local play, big brands such as Tmall Box and Xiaomi have made remarkable progress. Some old Shenzhen manufacturers have not only reduced their investment in this area but have not kept their advantage. The competition of the box is very fierce. For many manufacturers, it is not easy to survive under the shadow of big brands.
If we only want to find the most powerful box, then our inventory is very regrettable, because strength and price are two very disturbing factors - the relationship between them is what we are most concerned about, that It is cost-effective. As an ordinary consumer, if we consider from the perspective of capability and price, what we are pursuing is neither an extreme power school nor an extreme white school, but a practical school. We count the team's ability to divide the price of each box by its price, and get accurate price-to-price ratios. The ranking is as follows. Here specifically pointed out that Tmall box M13, mini box millet version and Skyworth Q +, these three boxes, whether from the aspect of comprehensive capabilities, or from the aspect of cost-effective, have shown satisfactory results. What is worth proposing is that if the calculation is based on the cost-effective algorithm in previous years, the overall cost-effectiveness of the industry's products this year has been significantly higher than in previous years, indicating that the industry's competition is becoming more and more cruel, and product pricing has become more and more reasonable.
Consumers always want to buy better products with less money. Since each box has its own characteristics and advantages, it is very sensible for ordinary users to choose the box that fits their own needs according to their actual needs. This kind of product is the best for you. Therefore, the inventory team produced their product capability maps from 15 levels (or dimensions) for each box's characteristics, for consumers' friends to purchase for reference, and also for manufacturers to understand the products of friends to continue to improve their products. .
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