Foreword: The living room of the Internet age has always been the world of smart TV and TV box manufacturers. Traditional PC and tablet brands rarely get involved. As a tablet computer brand, Chi seems to be intending to break the current status, with the recent "Your In the name of "two computers," a mini-computer host was launched - HiBox, which looks like a TV box in appearance and configuration. Can it really be used as a TV box? Does it have enough strength to grab a place in the living room? From my trial report below, you may be able to find the answer...
I. Product Unpacking & Appearance
Chi Box uses eco-friendly carton packs. The packaging design style is simple and simple. There is no element of publicity. From the packaging design, you can see the low-key style. The box is very well-groomed, and hand pressing does not produce significant deformation, which is very conducive to protecting the safety of the product during delivery.
Open the lid and you can see that the HiBox mainframe is firmly placed in the inner box, and a soft protective bag is wrapped around the outside of the fuselage, and the protective measures are in place.
Chi-Mei's random attachments are also housed in their own accessory boxes. This design not only looks good, but also avoids mutual crushing between products.
Chi for the HiBox body using nano-injection process, one forming, whole body for the cool black, the body surface feels smooth and delicate, very texture. At the top of the fuselage is the trademark of Chi Chi. Under it, the Intel logo identifies its CPU's distinguished identity. Intel, as the world's top processor provider, is a global strategic partner of Chi Chi. Its tablet PCs are used. Intel's processor.
Chi is equipped with a host power supply and two USB 2.0 ports on the front of the HiBox, and an SD card expansion slot. The SD card expansion slot can support up to 128GB of expansion space, providing sufficient storage space for the host.
There are more interfaces on the left side of the fuselage, from left to right are the power jack, USB3.0 jack, HDMI jack, LAN jack, headphone jack, RESET hidden button hole.
There are only two digital microphones on the right side of the fuselage. At present, this design seems a little tasteless. For the time being, there is no reasonable scene to use them. Who would use it for voice chat? It is estimated that very few people will do this.
At the bottom of the HiBox, Chi has colloidal feet, which increases the stability of the box and also acts as a shock absorber. The bottom middle is designed with a recess that can be attached to the back of the display or on the wall with the snaps in the attachment to maximize space savings.
The random HDMI cable is of good quality and the gold plating of the interface increases its conductivity and corrosion resistance.
Chi Power's HiBox's power adapter uses a relatively rare double-pin plug in China, and the adapter's workmanship is very good.
There is also a host rack in the attachment for fixing the host behind the display or on the wall. The rack is very hard and fully capable of withstanding the weight of the host.
Chi is HiBox's manual and certificate. The manual uses a popular folding style. The content is very concise. Because the difficulty of getting this kind of product is very small, it does not need too complicated instructions, and the specification is printed concise and simplified. There is nothing wrong with it.
In accordance with the usual family photos, the host computer, HDMI cable, power adapter, bracket, screw*4, manual, and certificate are all quite a few.
Before the formal experience, give everyone a brief introduction about the configuration of ChiBox HiBox. HiBox equipped with Intel X5-Z8350 processor, 64-bit quad-core, clocked at up to 1.9GHz; 4GB dual channel DDR3L memory, 64GB eMMC high-speed flash memory; 1000Mbit/s network card; dual-band 2.4Ghz/5Ghz; windows 10 and Android 5.1 dual system . If it is compared as a TV box, this configuration is enough to be proud of in the industry.
When using, firstly, power the HiBox through the power adapter and connect the HiBox to the TV or projector with the HDMI cable. Both interfaces of the HiBox are on the left, so the cable is difficult to straighten after the cable is plugged in. For Virgos, this arrangement will feel very awkward. Manufacturers may consider rotating the LOGO printed on the top of the fuselage and the Intel logo clockwise by 90 degrees, so that the power interface side becomes The back of the fuselage, the perfect solution to the heart of Virgo. Turn on the power of the main unit. The blue indicator light on the top of the main unit indicates that the power is on normally.
There will be a countdown of the dual system selection during the boot process, and the system startup process is very rapid.
Windows 10 system is very familiar to everyone, easy to get started without any difficulty.
Since it is difficult to avoid the evaluation of the computer, we use the market's most commonly used hardware evaluation software - Lu Master to test the overall performance of Chi for HiBox. According to the inspection results, the Chigong HiBox's comprehensive performance score of 33,300 was excellent, even exceeding the Core i5 M560*2 2.67Ghz dual-core processor score. Although Master Lu's test results cannot be entirely believed, at least it can be said that the performance of ChiBox HiBox is not backward.
Chi for HiBox pre-installed iQIYI video client, through the desktop shortcut can open iQiyi video, open the shortcut first there will be a secondary menu for users to choose, menu items are: iQiyi, windows, Network settings, shutdown.
After choosing iQiyi, he entered the iQiyi client. Through so many years of development, iQiyi has grown into a world-leading provider of video content, covering more than ten types of Chinese films including movies, television dramas, variety shows and cartoons. The largest genuine video content library, and through the continuous promotion of the "IQIYI Products" strategy, let "pure net content" enter the real sense of the full-class, high-quality era of iQiyi's single-play production is very sophisticated, each introduced a The TV dramas will set off an on-demand boom on the Internet. The iQIYI client has more than 300,000 hours of free movies and TV shows. After becoming an iQIYI member, it can also enjoy ad-free viewing. It enjoys exclusive video files synchronized with the cinema and enjoys exclusive quality content and ultimate audiovisual experience. , And exclusive offline membership services.
Chi did not mark the air mouse remote control, can only be operated through the mouse and keyboard, iQIYI client also supports mobile phone remote control, through the iKey mobile client's TV remote control function to control.
Through the play of movie and TV drama experience, it feels very smooth video playback, there is little Caton phenomenon, if the network is not good, you can adjust the clarity of the video to improve the fluency, and also to support HiBox also supports 4K hard solution, easy to watch 4K video.
If you think that iQiyi can't fully satisfy the needs of watching movies, you can also download and install other popular video clients such as Youku, Storm, Tencent, Sohu, etc. This shows that ChiBox is a traditional TV box and smarter than HiBox. The advantages of the TV. In recent years, SARFT has severely rectified Internet TV and adopted stricter means. It is forbidden for video content websites to provide TV-side APP downloads, disabling USB ports for installing third-party applications, prohibiting pre-installation of third-party application markets, and prohibiting browsers from downloading and installing. With application functions, blocking of live broadcast software and other blocking activities, television boxes and smart TV manufacturers have no choice but to carry out rectification in accordance with regulations, and have led to the loss of many users. ChiBox itself is a computer host, so it is not in the range of radio and television blocking, completely out of the impact of radio and television ban, you can freely install a variety of applications and video software, which is powerful compared to other TV boxes and smart TV The advantage lies.
There are many excellent applications in Win10's application store, such as WeChat, QQ Music, Baidu SkyDrive, Youku, Taobao and other free software, and there are many payment software options for users.
There are some users who like to play TV big screen games. As compared to other TV boxes and smart TVs, HiBox has more than one level of hardware configuration. This will undoubtedly help it to win the big screen games easily. I downloaded a wild car 8-speed Lingyun in the app store. This game was initially a mobile platform game. Due to the high popularity in the market, the computer version was gradually derived. When HiChi played this racing game, the screen was smooth, responsive and sounding.
ChiBox is a mini computer mainframe. It has a very small body size and is easy to carry. It is also very suitable for mobile office. It has OFFICE office software built in, connected to a TV or projector in the conference room, and can easily handle all kinds of office work. Documents can be used as demonstration computers for small meetings.
Swithnow is used to set the startup menu and switch windows to Android. Click "OK" to switch to Android.
Chi for the HiBox uses a native Android 5.1 system, the native system system is streamlined and smooth, but its interface may not meet people's aesthetic needs. For me personally, I still like the optimized version of Android. Android will be optimized according to actual needs, improving user experience from the interface and operating habits. As ChiBox is concerned, because its Android version is mainly for viewing large-screen movies and television, according to the user's optimization of the use of large-screen devices, users will get a better experience.
The performance of the machine was measured using the popular Antu rabbit under the Android system. The test results also showed that the configuration of ChiBox for HiBox ranked the top in the television box field.
Due to well-known reasons, the Google store in native Android cannot be used, so if you want to download and install the application, only through the browser, HiBox is not affected by the radio ban, so its Android browser is fully functional. , you can download and install the application software.
In order to download and install applications in the future, it is also possible to install a third-party application market. The sofa butler is a very good application market with a variety of applications and complete functions.
Its USB port function has not been neutered, can read and install the U disk and SD card application installation package.
Under the supervision of broadcasting and television, the original TV-side video application later cooperated with the Internet TV licensees and re-launched a new version of the video application. Youku TV has also been redesigned, and now it is renamed CIBN Universal Television, and after cooperating with CIBN, The video is subject to CIBN's audit supervision. As a result, many of the original video contents are gone. For example, original self-media videos, many people subscribed to their favorite self-media numbers, and Youku would like to see these subscription videos later. Only by looking at the computer, of course, if you still want to use TV to see, then use Chi for HiBox, switch to Win10 system, a variety of self-media videos to pick with you, want to see.
Third, the summary
Through the trial evaluation, Chi HiBox left me a deep impression. As a mini computer host, it is petite and portable, and the built-in OFFICE office software can easily handle various office documents and can be used as a mobile office computer. As a TV box, Chi HiBox super hardware configuration, whether it is to play big-screen games, or watch 4K video, can easily deal with. Compared to traditional TV boxes and smart TVs, Chi HiBox does not control the scope of the radio and television ban, which allows it to freely install various types of application software and watch videos richer than TV boxes and smart TVs. In addition it has Windows and Android dual system, which makes it more playable. It has these unique advantages, will make him better in the competition with the traditional TV box, although the price of 799 slightly higher than other TV boxes, but think about its strong performance, rich gameplay, Chi HiBox It is worth the money.
As the saying goes gold is not enough, any product will have its shortcomings, HiBox is no exception, through many days of use, I found Chi for HiBox has a BUG, ​​its desktop icon will change its position after each restart , Android and Windows have this phenomenon, it is recommended to follow-up optimization. In addition, I still have some suggestions, this machine does not come standard with remote control, in the Windows system is OK, you can use wireless mouse and keyboard to operate, can be in the Android system, because many TV-side video applications are in accordance with the remote control habit Designing, so the operation with the mouse and keyboard is very awkward. If HiBox wants to go further in the competition in the living room, I suggest to use the air mouse remote control as a standard, and fill it with the last short board. It will be perfect. One step closer, I believe Chi will be very eye-catching for HiBox's performance in the market.
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