The last time I bought a TV, I bought a brand of 42-inch LED TV when I moved to my new house a few years ago. At that time, Internet TV based on Android had just emerged and the price was 7K RMB. However, this time I was fortunate enough to get the micro-whale TV from the SHAFA Smart TV Network, which made me feel the rapid development of science and technology! As the backbone of Internet TV, micro-whales fully integrate appearance, performance, and resources. Look at the micro whale, it's fun!
Part1 | Preface
Part2 | Appearance
TV is the most commonly used home appliance product, and can also be said to be the core product of living room or bedroom appliances. The excellent appearance is particularly important. Let's start with a video to experience the charm of this little whale TV!
From a positive point of view, the first impression of the microwhale was that it was very stylish and the border was very narrow. It was almost integrated with the FHD HD screen. Perhaps the concept of Internet TV is preconceived. The first impression of the appearance of the micro-whale 43F is that it is relatively young and fashionable.
The overall tone is black + silver, the silver frame makes the product appear color is no longer monotonous, more beautiful.
After the actual measurement, the black border width is only 0.6CM; and the width of the silver border is only 1.5CM. The biggest advantage of the ultra-narrow frame is not only the further reduction of the body size, but also the increase in the proportion of the screen, resulting in more shocking visual impact.
In the middle of the silver frame, there is a small whale TV in English LOGO: WHALEY.
Not only the border is very narrow, the thickness of the micro-whale TV is also very thin, only 1.5CM. Under the light and thin design idea, the weight of the TV-containing base is only about 11KG. This small-whale TV can be easily lifted by an adult male and can be moved freely at home.
The frame uses a sophisticated process design that incorporates a brushed process and a matte process to provide excellent feel when stroked. Not only that, for the sake of beauty, the frame also uses a cutting process similar to polishing, with silver gleams at the corners. Although it is a plastic material, it has a metallic feel in terms of appearance and feel.
Compared to the sleek frame design of many televisions, the border of the micro whale is more sturdy, and with excellent and meticulous workmanship, it is obviously more likable.
The back of the micro-whale TV is also a pure black design. On the back of the plastic cover, the surface was frosted. All the threaded holes on the back use a very delicate symmetric design, even if the back is also full of beauty.
In addition, in the middle of the back, there is a whale's LOGO. Below is the product's standard parameter label.
The back of the design has a certain degree of curvature. The back cover and the middle frame are also tightly integrated with excellent workmanship.
On the back side, there is a TV interface area and a button area. From the interface, we can see that the power cord of its own product adopts a separate design, which is very convenient for product movement.
In addition, the more striking is the product's key design. Unlike other products' virtual buttons or positive physical button designs, the Micro Whale TV adopts a 5 button design on the back, which is very novel. Moreover, the function itself is also relatively rich, long press the middle button can achieve such functions as debugging of the control panel.
The interface itself is also very rich. The dual USB and dual HDMI interfaces are sufficient to meet the most commonly used functional needs of the day. In addition, there are audio output interfaces, Ethernet interfaces and antenna input interfaces, and the scalability is adequately protected.
The bracket of the TV is fixed on the TV by two hex screws. There are only 4 supporting points in total and the design is very scientific. This design is lighter than the large base design of many TVs.
Looking from the bottom, rubber mats are designed on the top of the stand to provide more secure support for the TV host. On both sides of the stand, there are a TV indicator and a switch button.
The bottom of the TV is a large radiating hole that provides effective heat dissipation during viewing. At the same time, designing the heat dissipation holes at the bottom is also relatively more subtle.
In contrast, the remote control is more general. Pure black plastic material, TV supports Bluetooth, but this remote control is infrared, and not lithium battery design, but need to put in the 7th battery. Button design is also relatively common, does not support the flying mouse and other operations, there is no bright spot.
Part3 | UI
After watching the appearance of the TV, we look at the TV's UI performance.
The Whale 43F is built with the WUI developed by the Micro Whale. The author is experiencing the latest version of 00.06.01. This point feels that the micro-whales are relatively low-key and pragmatic. The screens they have developed are low-key named UI instead of OS. Let's take a look at how this UI design is.
First of all, the GITV in the upper left corner indicates that the WUI is actually based on the Galaxy Internet. Of course, the system itself is still Android.
From the interface point of view, vertical column labels are used as an arrangement, and content is arranged in modules. This is a bit special, and it is not consistent with the horizontal arrangement of popularization.
The signal source can be customized, and the signal source can be freely selected according to the TV interface.
The great thing is that if you sign up at the personal center, you can receive a one-year micro-whale TV member! In this way, many paid-in videos (especially Tencent videos) can be watched for free!
There are a lot of news recommendations inside the recommendation, the content is a modular presentation, more intuitive.
With the Little Whale member, the built-in VIP movies can be seen!
However, the built-in shops of the Central Guanghe Galaxy are not rich in content, and many commonly used APPs are not available. Fortunately, because it is based on the Android system, it does not worry about expansion.
In the settings, you can see that the TV not only supports WiFi but also Bluetooth, which is very convenient.
The system of the TV itself is Android 5.1, 1G RAM+8G ROM, but after some software is built in, the remaining available space is about 4.5G, enough to use.
You can read the files in the USB flash drive during local playback.
It is worth mentioning that just mentioned that the app in the app store is not rich enough, here you can download a powerful sofa housekeeper to solve this problem (installation tutorial:). The sofa butler is the most famous TV application market at present, has built-in rich resources, classification is more detailed, it is the market of choice of intelligent TV and intelligent TV box APP.
Another thing that is more likeable is that it owns a mobile-side APP that can perform remote control, screen capture (very useful features), application package push, video and music, and image projection operations. Very convenient, this fool-proof design also avoids some newbies from using projection methods such as Miracast. great!
Summary: Actually, I am very familiar with the GNTV. I currently have a wide coverage of this system. On this basis, WUI has improved the interface. The only drawback I think is that it is not beautiful. Others such as speed, stability are very good.
Part4 | Screen Test
Since it is a TV, the most important thing is the display effect of the screen.
According to the introduction, the physical resolution of the Micro Whale 43F is, which has reached a 2K level of resolution. We use the classic 4K test chart to see the effect of the screen display.
4K resolution test, the display effect is very good, especially the performance of the text, sharp corners, clearly identifiable.
Micro whale W43F TV 4K resolution test
The performance of color is acceptable, but the test of the color ball diagram has a color band-shaped mutation, and the performance is relatively general. This test can be viewed from an angle. According to the official introduction, the TV's angle is 178°. In fact, daily viewing is enough.
For the distribution of color levels, the performance is general. For example, there are 21 levels of greyscale graphs, and there are more central stages in the order of the degree, and the color difference is no longer obvious.
The grayscale reduction capability of the test display can be seen that the performance is general. The left and top modules cannot be clearly identified.
Colorful test images, performance can also be natural color transition, you can clearly feel the change of color.
Summary: The performance of professional test images is normal, but for a 2K physical resolution TV test 4K test picture, this effect is still very good. For everyday viewing, the effect is absolutely shocking!
Part5 | Screen shot
Next, let's take a look at this TV and show how it works when we watch it everyday.
As mentioned above, the micro whale 43F has a physical screen resolution of 2K, but it supports H.265 video, so you can easily play 4K HD video.
The first test is a very representative video: Wildlife. The relevant video information is as follows:
Video stream information
+coding format: AVC
+Video bit rate: 26345 kbps
+ Video frame rate: 29 fps
+ Resolution: 3840 x 2160
+ Show ratio: 1.778
Audio stream information
+Encoding format: A_AAC/MPEG4/LC
+ Audio code rate: 192 kbps
+ Number of channels: 2 channels
+ Number of samples: 44100 Hz
+ Audio bit number: 0 bits
Through actual testing, we can see that for this demanding 4K video, the support of the Micro Whale 43F is very good, the picture can clearly see the animal's fluff, fast forward and retreat can be completed instantly. With the HiFi-level sound that is supported by itself, the actual experience is very good!
Here you can see the advantages of ultra-narrow borders, when playing high-definition pictures can almost ignore the border, better visual effects. Through these high-definition 2K resolution images, you can also see that when watching daily, the Little Whale 43F can display the details of the picture, and the color reproduction is still excellent.
I also feel the magic of "Transformers 4"! As a member of the micro-whale, you can enjoy the pleasure of on-demand. As you can see during playback, the picture is very refined, especially with some explosions in later stages, and the details are very good.
"Chinese New Song" program broadcast
It is worth mentioning that the micro-whale TV is still the only designated Internet TV in "China's New Song", and this picture can also be seen. The viewing angle of TV is still very good. With the built-in HiFi speaker, you can enjoy the “New Chinese Song†at home and at any time!
Part6 | Summary
So what kind of TV is this?
I believe that just as the definition of the 43-inch TV by a micro-whale, it is an out-of-the-box small cannon. Although the size is small, the screen size is not large, but the function is done in all aspects, and the video and audio effects are excellent.
Of course, the price itself is also more than 1,000 yuan, the fineness of the screen display can not be comparable with high-end TV. For the most frequently used remote controllers in daily life, the design is more general. This is a deficiency, and it is also an upgradeable item.
If a word to describe this TV: the young and fashionable choice of high cost-effective!