Micro-whale TV 43F evaluation: Internet TV will only play a price war?

When it comes to Internet TV, it is estimated that many people will immediately tell Xiaomi TV or LeTV, but when it comes to understanding television with the idea of ​​buying TV, it will certainly feel that the best non-microscopic whale is Internet TV.

Not only do you say anything about it, just say the product line. Micro-whales only do television. Unlike other Internet TV brands, the left-handed one is the right-hand man. So when it comes to Internet TV, the only thing that really focuses on is micro-whale TV.

Whether or not the micro-whale TV is professional in the end, this is the experience report that the author brought with the micro-whale W43F as an example.

First, the feeling of opening the box


Packaging front
Day Shun arrived at the door of the house, the speed is not worse than Shun Feng, mainly sent to the door, the service attitude feels good (only once daily reading service, please a lot of screening), TV brand network purchase express delivery is very important, Express is more representative of the brand's attitude toward users.



Packing details
PET plastic banding is very strong, unfortunately the two corners are darkened.

Out of the box

Conventional foam lining, two herringbone brackets are sealed with a plastic bag with a trademark and material, and affixed with a bar code, micro whale do a good job is that every attachment is posted a two-dimensional code, this detail is rare of.

However, the discovery of micro-whales during the unpacking process also has a disadvantage. Each accessory is packaged so well, but the screen has no plastic film protection. Is it because of the hard screen?



Not so elegant herringbone bracket
Although not too elegant, the package is still very demeanor. The bracket adopts a plug-in design. The body is marked with not only the left and right but also the bar code.



The reason why the bracket is not very elegant is because the base is a little bulky. Although it is a metal material, it has limited aesthetics, but the advantage is that the base will not scratch the table. Before I experienced the cool open 50A2 stent fine TV, found the base Too sharp and easy to scratch the table.



remote control
The packaging is very powerful. The remote control is relatively simple in design. It not only has a Bluetooth remote control, but also supports voice control. It feels good after use.



Three-in-one AV cable
Many TVs, including traditional TV makers, have not sent this, because fewer and fewer people use it. If the price is correct at the tea shop, it will cost 15 yuan. Internet companies are really generous.



Weird power cord
After watching the power line of the micro-whale, the author's first feeling is really ugly; the second feeling is that this designer is very innocent, cartoons to see more; then a closer look and found that in addition to the bizarre shape, but The details are more stressful, non-slip, easy to pull a strong sense of design.

Large portfolio of accessories
AV cables, batteries, hex screwdrivers, Bluetooth remote control panels, power cords, screws, and instructions. It's important to pay attention to the fact that the screws are specially glazing, so it is very difficult for the screws to rust.

Second, host appreciation

screen
From the figure you can see the brightness, the official number of lumens is less than 400, a penny and a piece of goods, but to tell the truth is not too good brightness is not a good thing, the color does not rely on the brightness to express; It was found that booting into the system was slower at one boot, and later it appeared several times.







Screen test
After testing with professional tools, the screen was no different. Although it was only 43 inches in size, the entire screen showed a feeling of being a bit large and it was easy to give a 50-inch illusion.

Interesting border
Due to cost constraints, the 43-inch border of the MicroWhale adopts two materials. The left, right, and right of the screen are made of non-metal materials. The bottom is made of metal materials. The brand LOGO is designed to the front of the screen. It is a bit new. However, the problem occurs at the intersection of the bottom border of the screen and the borders on both sides. Because the mosaic design is adopted, the edges of the bottom edge of the bottom border do not completely coincide with the border edges of both sides. Whether this design is a mistake or intentional design, both are The border is flawed.

Top border
From the above figure, you can see that the border is still relatively narrow. Although it is a non-metal material, the micro whale has done an extremely elegant design here. The fine texture drawing texture process + matte texture + high light processing three processes, or give this border and Different temperament.

Host back
Overview of the back, the first feeling is more screws, this is because the entire back only with a board, in order to ensure solid, the screw will be more, since it is the back, the most important is certainly strong, no two to force the back of the appearance Let's talk about it.

Vents
The heat vents give the back a sense of beauty as a whole, but visual inspection of the shape and area of ​​heat dissipation performance is not perfect. The following data is used to speak.

Functional interface
Power line interface is still independent design, tourism depression, and the downward side with a slope, dust and also easy to plug in and out; other interfaces and the same vertical TV with a conventional design, USB interface color slightly different is also included 2.0 And 3.0 interface, HDMI interface also contains a 1.4 to a 2.0 interface; also SPIDF interface, CVBS interface, antenna interface, network cable interface and UART interface, both follow the trend (SPIDF), but also take into account the traditional (CVBS), which A little whale embodies its brand philosophy, creating fashion and respecting tradition.




switch
The power switch is located on the back of the screen at the back of the finger. The design follows a simple and easy-to-use principle. At the same time, the up, down, left, and right direction keys are added, which is a novel experience.

After booting, there will be an indicator light in the lower right corner of the screen, but the position is actually protruding out alone, it really has a sense of loss of beauty.

Third, interactive experience







Main interface
The main interface of the micro-whale is different from many TVs. The overall layout is up and down. However, there is a shortcut menu bar on the left. The overall content is more, but the layout is fairly flat, but the signal source is the top, the weather in the upper right corner, the network And time can not click, only have to enter settings to set.

There are three and a half screens. It's better to use the remote control. The use of the Whale Assistant is a bit difficult. Based on the WUI system developed by Android, it supports the installation of third-party software applications.
Users can refer to the tutorial: Micro Whale TV W43F Installation Method Install a sofa butler for his application in a third party.

At the same time, it has a huge amount of movies, music, entertainment, drama, children, and news content. It's really amazing. The content of the Internet is not unusual.

Content feature movie
Looking at the classification on the left, we find that the amount of information on the micro-whale is huge, but the author's favorite feature is still featured in the cinema. This is as a hardcore movie fan has always wanted to achieve television, not only classified, but also has a good packaging The "Korean and Knife-Japanese Samurai Film" feature uses a shadowy poster. The "Korea black movie" uses Park Chan-wook's old boy. When I see this, the author only has to say that the official micro-whale content group is very careful.

Content features entertainment
This year, the recent connection with the micro-whale TV is feared by the new Chinese song. As the only officially designated Internet TV of the program group, the marketing of the micro-whale has done a great job. It can bypass many traditional TV brand manufacturers a few streets because it is not only It is young people, and they all meet the temperament of micro-whale TV in terms of content and even sound quality.

Content Features Music
The music content of the Little Whale TV not only includes professional HiFi music, but also many concerts, including a lot of rice shoots, so it constitutes a huge content. The advantage is that you can really not see enough, for example, you can search for a scorpion inside. The always missing video of the band's Always Somewhere is that it is not known that copyright is not a problem.

4K experience
This point has to be criticized by the micro-whales. The official propaganda has H.265 decoding capability. The author can use 4K video to play it. It can indeed play, but Caton is obvious, intermittent and unbearable, and the picture performance is not enough. The lack of clarity, the color is still plausible, if not the price here, I have to change the tone.

Sound performance
The sound performance is a pleasant surprise. Although the official did not name the name, what HiFi sound is built-in, the movie did not have the bass-rejection feeling of the home theater, but when playing the music, it performed well. Level, the sound quality is transparent and clean, listening to the ear has a warm sense (not to hear the voice of Xu Hao said, this picture is a screenshot).

At the same time, it must be noted that the Micro Whale 43F does not support Dolby Surround, but it supports DOLBY and DTS audio double decoding, which is more suitable for high-frequency music appreciation. This is why the author said that it is a loss for watching movies, but it is absolutely a surprise for music.

Micro whale 43F's system configuration is not outstanding, or that a penny a minute, the cost is limited, Cortex A53 dual-core 1.4G Hz processor, ARM Mail-450 MP2 (2+2) GPU, 1GB Dual-channel memory and 8G storage space, no problem in the fluency, and the author also found two small details in the experience is very good:

Highlights 1, comes with memory

This is inadvertently discovered, after booting, it will be directly transferred to the previous shutdown interface, which is undoubtedly a very good experience for those who are chasing dramas. It is also much more convenient than watching history.

System highlights 2, U disk directly insert window prompt

Look carefully, is inserted into the U disk, there is a pop-up window to the center of the desktop prompts, compared to the bottom right corner of the computer pop-up window, there are more direct pop-up window on the TV is obviously more humane.



Body cooling
Although the author did not favor the design of the cooling holes of the Micro Whale 43F, it actually felt ok in the test. The temperature of Wuhan this summer has been hovering around 40 degrees. At that time, he watched a movie of 2.5H. His body temperature rose from 33.2 to 39.3 degrees Celsius. From the data point of view, it was considered decent. There was no air conditioning at the time.

Fourth, experience summary

Before that, there wasn’t much favor for TVs. As an Internet TV, it gave people the greatest advantage of being cheap. Just as Xiaomi’s original practice was, killing one enemy’s self will cost one hundred, and it will win strategy, but it will come from a long-term perspective. It is not good for the entire market and users, but after this experience, I think that the micro-whale TV is still a conscience brand, not only low price, but also quality, its advantages and disadvantages are as follows.

Highlights:

1. The contents are all quite a bit, even a little bit more. The resources that can be watched by the VIP that is presented for a random year are very large. Even non-VIP resources such as music are dazzling;

2, UI interaction is very hard, young and old, strong affinity;

3, good quality, 1080P resources are also shocking visual effects, of course, followed by the lack of 4K resolution;

4, relative to the 43-inch 1298 yuan price, price at a glance, maybe someone because of the size does not put it in the living room, but for the dwelling or bedroom, its sense of superiority can be played incisively and vividly.

5, the sound is pretty good, as I said in the previous article, used to listen to songs, as there is a deep sense of experience, the disadvantage is that it does not support Bluetooth playback.

Disadvantages:

1, the overall temperament is still weak, although the feeling of giving more than 43 inches, but the fine sense of detail is not enough, for example, the bottom border of the screen and the left and right sides of the border can not completely coincide;

2. The screen was not wrapped in a plastic film at the factory.

Is the last question worth buying?

The author wants to say what 1298 yuan can buy what mobile phone or flat panel, compares, buys a 43 inch intelligent TV in the bedroom, absolute value!

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