Extremely meters without screen super TV Z4Air experience evaluation - business entertainment can have both!

Speaking of micro-projection, Xiao Bian's earliest exposure to real objects was seen at the K-meter stand at an Internet conference. At that time, the image of the projection in the impression still stayed in the conference room where the office equipment used to play PPT was used, and home use was definitely a high fever level. The micro-projection, as the name suggests, is considered a light form of projection, although the configuration is inferior to those of professional equipment, but it incorporates the most popular Internet elements and the relative price of the people, making the projection into life is no longer a must And dreams. The manufacturers also have a completely new definition of micro-projection. They have taken Duang's name, which is called no-screen TV. What kind of special effects does it add?

Perhaps some of the preconceived complexes, in a number of micro-investment brands, the sofa network Xiaobian especially concerned about the development of the meter. As early as June of this year, Polar Rice held a press conference to announce its acquisition of 300 million strategic investment in the Mango Media. This also announced that after the smart TV and the box, micro-investment has also brought up the battle of the content of the competition. Prologue. At the same time, at the conference, Mimi also released three new products in a breath, Z4X, Z4 Air and Mango Otaru, respectively, the layout of audio and video flagship, business portable and stylish youth three markets, with Mango TV's high quality content, and strive to continue to stabilize its Microfinance market leader.

The three new products have distinctive characters. The sofa net Xiaobian must share with you today is Z4Air, which is the main business. The business use is regarded as returning to the essence of projection. This kind of demand has extremely harsh requirements on the function and quality of the product. What will the performance of this Z4 Air be? We will wait and see.

Unpacking experience:

Z4 Air's packaging gave Xiao Bian a big surprise. This is a carefully designed work. The three-stage opening method cleverly connects the two packaging boxes into a whole. When the product has not been seen yet, the quality of the packaging has already covered our appetite, greatly enhancing the expectation of the product. confidence.

Business style has always been a test of the design of the foundation, the highest level of commercial fan design can be used to describe the classic ad words, that is "simple but not simple." The Z4 Air's design skill in the end, in fact, do not need to use too many words to describe, we will talk directly to the map.

After reading it I do not know what you think? For Xiaobian, Z4 Air is very tasteful whether it is value or quality. If you have been deeply poisoned by Apple products, I believe that Z4 Air will make you unable to stop.

The aluminum alloy body made by CNC one-piece molding process is treated with multiple processes such as anodizing and sandblasting. The workmanship and quality are in line with the Macbook. In addition to the color of the fuselage sofa Xiaobian hand this bright silver, there are local gold and metal gray can choose, but also are full of apple flavor ah.

Since it is the main portable, the size of the body has a demanding requirement, Z4 Air's measurements are 113.521423.5mm, the size is equivalent to the iPad mini, the thickness is only slightly thicker than the millet's 10400mAh mobile power, one-handed control without pressure . The overall weight of 0.65kg, the boys carry no problem, the girls will still be a little difficult, but after all, the metal body, this weight control is also said to the past.

Z4 Air's slide switch design is relatively new in its class. The sofa net Xiaobian remembers that he had seen similar projects on Sony's classic T-series digital cameras many years ago. It was then captured by Dafa's awe-inspiring industrial design, and he couldn't help recharging his faith. Nowadays, Mimi brings the same design concept into the micro-projection and integrates the lens cover and the power switch in an ingenious manner, which not only solves the problem of the loss of the split lens cover, but also provides a cool interactive experience. When the lens barrier is pushed away, the machine starts up and is naturally convenient. The small lines on the baffle can increase the control force when the thumb slides. When the maximum opening position is not reached, the loose hand can automatically rebound. When the closed state is met, the edge of the baffle and the metal shell is handled properly, and no obvious gap can be seen. As for the life of the switch, according to the official statement, it can reach 200,000 times. From this point of view, the problem of lifespan can basically be ignored.

In front of the white grille hidden inside the temperature control system can automatically adjust the wind speed, in order to reduce the working pressure of the fan, Z4 Air shell is covered with a layer of high thermal conductivity of the nano-materials graphene, can absorb the internal The heat generated is then released through the fuselage. Since a fan can't be completely muted, the Z4 Air's approach is only to minimize the noise interference caused by the fan. As for the actual heat dissipation and noise control effects, it is still left for the following experience to explain .

The side of the fuselage is equipped with a focusing roller, which means that the Z4 Air still needs to manually focus, although only a few seconds of the small operation, but it is not a small amount of auto focus can be a little regret. Metal roller damping is somewhat dry, but it is also easier to fine-tune it.

The external interface on the back includes one HDMI, one USB 2.0, one 3.0 and one headphone jack. Due to the consideration of the body size, no traditional VGA interface is reserved. After all, HDMI has become the mainstream. There is a special button next to the headphone jack to explain, this is the switch to start the mobile power mode, Z4 Air built a 13600mAh lithium battery, you can play continuously for two and a half hours without power, and this The battery can also supply power to external devices. Why is there a mobile power feature when it comes to a business-focused projection? Where is the application scenario? With this reflection, we continue to look down.

The array of openings next to the interface is the location of the speakers. The Z4 Air uses a Harman Karton audio unit. Although it has not been professionally tuned, it is big after all and is enough for everyday use. If you want to watch a movie with more feverish sound effects, you can also use the AUX or Bluetooth external connection. The columnar indicator next to the opening is used to indicate the status of work and battery status. In addition, it has a very cool feature. It integrates an optical sensor to sense changes in the ambient light source in real time to automatically adjust the brightness and contrast of the screen. Always maintain the ideal visual effect.

The bottom of the Z4 Air can be said to be unusually smooth. Apart from the middle prominent nameplate, it belongs to the four-cornered plum blossom screw. Look closely at each screw and there will be a tiny bulge next to it. When laying flat, you can place the bottom slightly. Place a little height so that the bottom is not directly contacted with the bearing surface and it is worn. Since the bottom is neither equipped with screw holes nor self-supporting brackets, it is only possible to increase the height of the projection by adjusting the projection angle. It is reported that manufacturers will launch a special tray, you can connect the tripod after installation, and for this high-frequency use of accessories, it is recommended to buy buy buy.

Z4 Air's cool metal surface, random accessories also comes with a personal protection liner bag to prevent scratching during use, the choice is the texture is very close to the leather microfiber leather, with better protection Scratch and wear characteristics, red-brown leather with three color elastic bandages, exudes a strong British fashion atmosphere.

When it comes to accessories, we are looking at the small parts that come with the package. In addition to the manual, it also includes a power adapter, HDMI cable, and a remote controller. Focus on the remote control. Powering it via a button battery allows it to have a very slim figure. There is no way to use the Bluetooth connection. The layout of the buttons does not list a variety of dazzling buttons like traditional TV remote controls, but simplifies them to a very reasonable range, basically consisting of common keys. The rebound feedback of the ring direction button is slightly dry, but the overall button confirmation response is still quite rapid.

The appearance of Z4 Air alone is impeccable. The simple and atmospheric design combined with exquisite workmanship has made the best interpretation of business positioning. It is obvious to see that everyone is more concerned about what is better or better? Let's start with configuration.

Z4 Air is equipped with a high transmittance coating lens, brightness of 250 ANSI lumens, 5000:1 contrast, standard resolution of 1280720, while compatible with 1080P and 2K, supports active shutter 3D. Its display benefited from the use of the most advanced TRP architecture solution from Texas Instruments, which dramatically increased the pixel density while optimizing the original diamond-shaped pixel to a rectangle, which reduced the jagged edges of the image, resulting in a smooth and natural transition of the image. The performance of the content is also more sharp and clear to meet the needs of business use.

After all, we have finally begun to experience. We can no longer wait. Find a suitable place to place the Z4 Air, open the slide switch, a light beam directly out. The sofa net Xiaobian test uses a 100-inch 4:3 curtain, and the Z4 Air has a throw ratio of 1.2:1. The measured distance is 2.31 meters when the width fills the curtain. The official announcement of its giant screen that can project a maximum of 300 inches, due to limited conditions in the home, can not be actually tested.

The first thing to do after turning on the camera is focusing. Although it is regrettable that auto focus is not supported, the manual focusing speed of the Z4 Air is still ideal. A small amount of focus on the focusing wheel will give you a clear picture. Fortunately, the system supports automatic trapezoidal correction, but also can avoid some trouble.

After a simple boot animation, Z4 Air officially entered the interactive system, according to the instructions of the manual first do a good job matching the remote control, simple left and right operation first look at the system interface. This system is based on the Android 4.4 custom development, the official named GMUI, custom UI interface has been optimized according to the common functions of the projector, the four main modules are film, music, games and applications, basically is projected in The main purpose of entertainment. The small icons on the right side of the main module are extensions of system settings and custom applications. The status bar at the top can display information such as network status, battery power, and weather.

As a guarantee of interactive experience, Z4 Air uses a 1GHz quad-core CPU with Mali-450MP2GPU, 1G memory, and 16G flash memory. Although it is not a fever configuration, it is sufficient for driving a projection system and the interaction is smooth. , without delay.

The network is commendable, Z4 Air can support dual-frequency network, projection placement position from the routing center area, connecting 5G signal can fully guarantee the smoothness of the network. The operation of the virtual keyboard on the remote controller is within acceptable expectations. When entering the WIFI password, it will not be as heartily as some products.

Well, everything is ready. Let's take a look at the content. Let's start with the most interesting video content. As mentioned in the opening article, the company has just received a heavy investment from the Mango Media. Blessed as a user, each Z4 Air user will receive a two-year mango VIP service worth 720 yuan. Nearly 3,000 movies and over 100,000 episodes of TV dramas have huge resources. In addition, Hunan Satellite TV enjoys all the network's single-player variety show programs. The selling point still looks quite attractive.

Enter the film and television module, you can see the recommended and classified search content, the interface is clear and intuitive, you can easily locate the desired content, and you can also quickly search by keyword search. If you feel that the resources are not rich enough, you can also supplement the “Mango Internet TV” app in the area of ​​the main interface of the system. Of course, since it is an Android system, users can also expand their video resources by installing third-party software. , Xiao Bian here still want to recommend the most popular sofa housekeeper on the current market (), enter the official website to install the corresponding sofa housekeeper, the user can easily install the Xiao Bian carefully recommended video on demand broadcast software.

After the sofa butler is installed, you can quickly install all kinds of video, music, games, early education and other applications directly on the TV. The sofa butler → recommendation → TV must have many common applications, such as HDP on-demand, on-demand pudding video.

In terms of music, Mimi also has a very heavy partner, that is, Baidu Music, which I believe we are already very familiar with it, tens of millions of genuine music library resources and all kinds of scenes radio everything. The resources are all great, but the sofa net Xiaobian really did not want to understand what the scene of the need to open the projector to listen to music, presumably must be a very big fan of rice, or else there is a lot of free time, leisurely Leisurely, really let the sofa network Xiaobian endless ah, maybe this experience is not a flavor. Here is still a word, if the sound quality requirements, it is still better to use external speakers.

Z4 Air's game resources are also quite rich, in addition to some of our familiar mobile games, there are many classic simulator conversion game. Easy-to-use games can be controlled directly from the remote control, while the complex controls need to use the handle, then Z4 Air's Bluetooth 4.0 can come in handy, you can easily connect with peripherals to get better Control experience. If you are a PS or XBOX player, connect the host to the Z4Air to experience the shocking gaming experience brought by the giant screen, I believe it will also be extreme.

Since the Z4 Air is Android, it must be very powerful. The "application" module is essentially an application market, and the various types of APPs that are recommended therein have already supported the adaptation of the large-screen experience. The low-headed people can finally place their mobile phones and tablets. Although the control operation of the remote control is not as smooth as the touch screen gestures, the reading-like APP may be more visually comfortable when viewed on a large screen, and some other video-type APPs may also be installed to perform video content. Extensions.

The self-installed APP will appear in the extended area on the right side of the main UI. Here we also see the icon for “Clearing Memory”. This is also the most common operation when using Android. It is very convenient to put it here alone. "Explorer" can be seen in the built-in storage 7.8G available, external storage devices can also be accessed here. In addition, the millet routing hard disk version used by the sofa network Xiaobian can also be automatically identified, although the Z4 Air does not have the offline download function, but with the use of smart routing can also enjoy this benefit.

Here we look at the color performance of the Z4 Air in entertainment, taking into account the difference between the photo and the actual color, the following picture is for reference only, first look at the beauty map show in the Jade Rabbit Illustrated.

The screen effect when playing a movie.

Built-in 3D source, Z4 Air supports a variety of 3D forms.

Three primary colors effect performance.

From the above figure, we can see that in the Z4 Air using 16 quality enhancement technology and 11 enamel enhancement technology under the guarantee, the screen color rich, high saturation, such as character skin texture and other details of the clear and sharp, rich layers . The monochrome test was more accurate and there was no obvious color cast. Night is the period of high-frequency micro-projection, when the ambient light is dark, Z4 Air's color performance can still be satisfactory.

Since the banner of business has been picked up, what is the secret of Z4 Air? In addition to the portable size and extremely forged appearance, there is actually a built-in cheat for this “business” model. With the options in the settings, we can switch between standard and business modes. The most common file formats in office scenes are nothing but the office series and PDF documents. This business model is more like an office file manager. The four modules that emphasize entertainment in the original interface have become the classification of four common file formats. You can directly read the corresponding file in the access storage.

We are looking at the effect of Z4 Air playing a presentation file.

The business presentation is more demanding for clear text performance. Thanks to the TRP square pixel scheme, the text achieves a high degree of sharpness even at the edge. The display effect is not a problem for Z4 Air. However, the software experience needs to be further improved. For example, when playing a PDF, page down often occurs between two pages. Sometimes the picture is too large. However, the display is not complete, the zooming operation is more complicated, and the optimization of the experience needs further intensive cultivation.

If you need to demonstrate the operation steps, most of them need to be connected to the PC. Traditional projections require the use of video cables for connection. Although Z4 Air also has an HDMI interface, it actually provides a more convenient wireless method. Download and install the official “Umi PC with screen assistant” on the PC side to keep the PC and Z4 Air in Within the same LAN, you can achieve a single screen with the same screen. In the actual experience, the picture in the projection has a delay of less than 1 second than the PC and is completely usable. At present, this same screen software only provides Win version, Mac can directly achieve the same screen through Airplay.

The mobile terminal meter provides a “very meter assistant” APP that not only controls the remote controller, but also realizes the two-way screen of the mobile phone and the projector. The resources, pictures, audio and video files and commonly used document files in the mobile phone can be directly pushed to the projection screen through the APP. The projection screen of the projection can also be reversely synchronized to the mobile phone through the “same screen” function in the APP, and can also support the touch operation. Returning to the above thinking, combining the functions of the APP, it is not difficult to see that the mobile phone still plays a very important role when you go out and the USB charging function provided by the Z4 Air can avoid some embarrassing situations. intimate.

After a recent continuous experience, the Z4 Air's performance in noise and heat dissipation is remarkable for two or three hours per use. The noise generated by the automatic temperature control system at high loads is not excessive. Although the sound of the fan's hard work can be clearly heard in a quiet environment, it does not affect the environmental sound when playing video. The metal surface is slightly mild but not hot when working continuously. Seeing this system works well for heat dissipation. Nearly a hundred inches of screen projection screens of sofa nets have been tested. In the course of use, the focus has been very solid. There is no occurrence of jogging. The internal systems can be used smoothly. The stability of the pole meters for Z4 Air is already in place. .

As one of the main selling points of the business model, switching is a bit tedious, you must go to the setup menu to switch, and you can not save the state, after the shutdown and restart will return to standard mode. If you can reserve a key on the remote control for switching, it will greatly increase the efficiency of use, and it can be further derived to set up a number of user-defined function keys. Users can allocate functions according to their own needs. It will be a lot easier. In addition, if the system can support the memory mode status, with the function of customizing the boot screen, several product static frames at the time of booting can be freely set as business images related to the user's business. The favor.

Commercial application is a brand new attempt of Miji for micro investment. When similar products are generally concerned about how to enlarge the entertainment features, the polar rice has a new thinking and will return the micro projection to the traditional business scene. However, how critical business applications are for product experience, shopping malls such as battlefields, entering the state one second earlier may determine the ultimate success or failure. Such a serious application scenario cannot tolerate the slightest embarrassment and the experience is at its best. This is both an opportunity and an opportunity. It is a challenge, and Rice is continuing to deepen its efforts to optimize the user experience.

Returning to the naming of no-screen TVs, we can clearly feel the vision of Miji for micro-projection. It is to replace traditional television and become a new generation of family entertainment centers. If there is only a large size advantage, it is still a bit thin, and the depth of cooperation with the mango is more like an infusion of strength, but it is still necessary to verify whether these can really move the user. In the traditional concept, TV is an important part of the living room. After the baptism of the Internet era, the younger generation's focus on TV has shifted from the brand to the function. More and more products with smart flags are beginning to attract people’s attention. They are sought after, but they have never escaped the form or the carrier of television. However, it is undeniable that for the second bedroom of the bedroom or the renter's family, in the scene where there are not so many traditional ideas imprisoned, the many features such as portability and micro-projection have obvious advantages. There is always an accepted process for new things to subvert the tradition, and it is still too early to say that micro-investment can replace traditional TV, but if you are willing to take a bold step, you will surely love this slowly. Experience.