I have long noticed that this year the TV market is mimicking mobile phones. New products have been released continuously, and the prices are getting lower and lower. The 15,000-percent television I watched was unattended for a month and a half because the new models have already been launched; and The television market is no longer a veteran manufacturer. The Internet company's rush to enter the television industry has come too late. The brand of micro-whales has only entered the public's field of vision for only a few months, but it has become a rapidly rising one. Rising Star, a professional R&D team led by two media people, positioned itself as the first product to provide the best smart products and services for young families, so attention is paid to products and services, and services are placed in the same important position as products. TV prices also reflect this purpose, the price of the hardware part is also the price of the membership service, this hardware cost of this TV is already low to the point where the traditional manufacturers shiver. Just got a chance to experience this TV, let me share my experience with everyone.
In the just past, this 55-inch 4K Internet TV has won the first single product sales, and broke some doubts about this content-strong team. The micro whale WTV55K1 is located in the market both in terms of hardware and content. Forefront.
It was found that the same 55-inch TV, but the box is somewhat different than other TVs, the first is the size to be small, the front and back of the outer package without any extra graphics, just printed the logo of the whale and WHALEY words, but the internal The protective measures were not ambiguous at all. According to the instructions on the packaging, the packaging was peeled off step by step and the true meaning of the TV was soon seen.
Each part is wrapped very tightly. You can also see that the packaging of the TV is still in place through the following unpacking process.
Look inside the package box is not some printed patterns, if you install the pattern cutting the best parts can be assembled into a children's Trojan, or very strong, I can not do this for a few days, so only This is the first time.
The accessories are placed in the foam at the top, and the left and right sides are the brackets of the TV. This TV has a bracket version and a wall-mounted version. The wall-mounted version has no brackets, so be careful when choosing. The work of the two brackets is still very good, local gold and silver collocation, installation is very simple.
The main accessories of the Whale WTV55K1 are in this box, 1.5m power cord, remote control, battery No. 7, operation manual (including installation sheet), warranty card.
There are L and R signs on the top of the stand, which is left and right.
The front and rear signs are also attached to both ends of the stand to avoid installation errors. It is still very user-friendly. It is necessary to know that once the installation error will cause extremely serious consequences, it should be crying without tears if the TV is unstable.
Before using the base type, although this bracket is very heavy, is the real all-metal, but he still has some concerns, only to find it is very stable after installation.
First come a set of accessories for the family portrait. In fact, only four screws are needed. The other one should be spare. The manual does not look at it and starts work on its own. Both ends of the power cord are played to maximize the TV close to the wall. This saves a lot of space.
The front of the entire TV is the WHALEY's tiny whale logo in the middle of the bottom, which is gold-plated and bright under light.
The interface of the Whale Watch TV WTV55K1 is mainly concentrated in the right and lower right, and the left lower interface is from left to right in order: fiber output SPDIF, network interface, AV input (CVBS, audio L, audio R), HDMI, HDMI (ARC), UART, antenna input interface.
Right bottom of the interface close-up
The back of the right side also has six interfaces, three of which are USB interface, two USB3.0, one USB2.0, the interface of this position is commonly used by us, often plugged in, such as a keyboard, U disk And so on, it will be more convenient. From the design point of view, it has been considered that some interfaces that are not well-connected are placed in the lower right part, and the right side of the house is usually inserted and removed.
Close-up of the right side of the interface
On the lower left side of the back is the power jack and the nameplate of the microwhale. It can be seen from this that the TV uses Dolby sound and passes the 3C certification. Like the usual TV warning message, it reminds the user not to open the rear door without authorization.
There is a separate power key on the left side of the back of the TV to avoid turning off the TV with the remote control or stand by and waste power. This is where the micro whale is different from other TVs. You will find that many TVs now have no power. Switch this device.
On the right side of the back there is a light, no power is transparent, after the boot in the system settings can send six different colors of light, you can adjust according to your liking.
The mounting of the bracket is also very simple. The direction above the mounting bracket will be directly pushed into the slot. It is OK to fix the two on the way.
There are pads on both sides of the bottom of the bracket to prevent slippage. It can be seen that there are many textures on the pads, which can also increase the friction area.
The standard Bluetooth voice remote control uses two No. 5 dry batteries. The keys are very simple. The voice recognition system uses the XFee voice system. You can directly press the remote control's microphone button to search for programs directly with voice, view the weather information, Open applications and other functions.
The upper part of the back is a row of cooling holes, in the middle are four screws with mounting wall brackets, and a cute little whale shape, which is the LOGO of the micro whale.
Intuitively look at the back and right side of the right side of the two rows of interfaces, after the bracket is installed, the TV is also very stable, without any swaying situation.
In the lower right corner of the back of the fuselage is also equipped with a universal physical key, in case you can not find the remote control can also be a temporary emergency, can play the role of the remote control direction keys and confirmation keys, it is very flexible to use, so that occupy the latest area Play the biggest features.
After the aluminum alloy metal frame has undergone multiple anodizing processes, each side uses a CNC chamfering process, and the material of the chamfered material is not like aluminum or gold-plated after chamfering.
The thickness of the whale is 15.2 mm, and it does not take the ultra-thin route, and each side has a film to protect the underlying metal part.
The surface of the bezel looks like a diamond with sparkling sheen, a smooth feel, and no scratching feel, thanks to the three anodized metal surfaces. The length of the fuselage is 1230mm, height 711mm.
Measured by the border itself is consistent with the official data.
The measured ultra-narrow frame is somewhat inconsistent with the official data. It is possible to hold the measuring device by hand and take pictures at the same time.
The width of the lower border measures 16.81mm, which is basically the same as the official data of 17mm.
In order to give everyone a more intuitive feeling, we use a 5 cents coin to compare, you can more intuitively feel the size of the border.
Around the back of the fastening screws, there are friends that reflect the loose phenomenon, I looked very tight, may be an individual phenomenon.
The effect of installing the power cord is not prominent at all, so that the wall mounting or placement can be as close to the wall as possible, and the space saving is also more stable.
The overall visual effect of the back, curved design on the three sides of the border is even thinner, the interface is concentrated in the lower right and right, around a circle of fastening screws, the middle is a cute whale logo.
The screen of the whale WTV55K1 is still very good. The original LG4KRGB is really a 4K IPS hard screen. The color is very beautiful and bright. The boot screen is very shocking. You feel it is not very powerful. The boot is still very fast, no more than 6 seconds.
As an Internet TV, connecting to the Internet is a necessary first step. In addition to the cable box local resources, other rich audio and video are from the Internet, so enough bandwidth is the premise of your use of Internet TV.
You can also do not set the first, press the HOME key to skip, and then enter the system before setting.
The second step is the pairing of the remote controller and the TV. This is very simple according to the screen prompts. The last step is to log in to the micro whale account. Only after registering and logging in the micro whale account can you receive a free membership for one year.
On the menu side, since the Whale WTV55K1 uses the YunOS system, all of the menus are different from most of the TVs we have seen. They do not use a tabbed layout. Instead, they use a vertical waterfall style interface, which can make the operation faster. , but also preview, but still need a certain degree of adaptation, the first to see the signal source after entering the system, you can rotate the signal source interface you need from the right, the system will automatically search playback, according to the interface classification is not easy to choose the wrong.
My TV option is similar to the concept of a personal center, mainly based on the user's habits of using tags set, viewing history, chasing drama collections, I can directly reach the user's target area, more direct and more efficient, of course, some of which are For user-defined.
When you watch the video, you can select the favorite icon and it will become a favorite. You can directly find it directly in the drama collection next time. In particular, some of the hot plays will be moved to the back as time goes by. It is not easy to find and can be opened at any time in the collection.
Since the programs are also categorized by topic, if you have a collection of programs, they will be placed in thematic collections.
The wonderful recommendation can show the popular movies, videos, variety shows, etc. for a certain period of time. Each content is selected and scored accordingly. A category of content is also classified and classified, which is very helpful for users who have selective phobia. .
In the category menu, the content is divided according to the type of video content, and each tab can be opened to expand the detailed content of the corresponding category.
The application interface has an application store. My application is all applications that have been installed. As the installation application increases, the following row shows the applications you have used recently. The application you just used is at the top of the list.
The setup interface allows quick access to wifi network settings and Bluetooth settings for connecting external devices, and there are more setting options in the universal settings.
Remote installation is also more convenient, directly enter the address in the PC's browser, you can install the PC to download the good APP to the TV, but it is important to note that each application must be installed on the TV to install, otherwise The PC will prompt that the installation fails.
Connected USB storage can automatically search for and list the APPs. Click on the icon to install.
You can log in the micro whale account in the universal settings and you can receive 2 years of micro whale membership.
In the common settings, you can also set up the network and Bluetooth, etc. You can also set the personality of the display.
The lights in the lower left corner of the TV can also be set according to preferences and support six colors.
If there are multiple small whale televisions in the house, you can set different names for each one, so that you won't make mistakes when using a mobile phone.
The micro whale also provides an APP that interacts with the mobile terminal. It can scan the QR code to download, or regulate the TV service number of the micro whale.
You can also check the current system version and restore the factory settings to the TV.
Today's children always occupy TV. Especially when they are resting, the whole is locked in the animation channel. It is not afraid that he can open the lock on the TV, but the password can only be used up and down. It is relatively simple.
Micro Whale WTV55K1 with remote control can carry out voice recognition, you can open the voice recognition window by pressing the microphone button on the remote control, where you need to pay attention to the need to hold down the microphone button to wait for content to finish to release, voice recognition is very accurate, can be said Film titles, weather, settings, etc., but also to Cantonese, English can be accurately identified, really a big surprise.
After a one-hour temperature test on the TV, it is not bad. The heat is mainly concentrated in the lower middle position. It should be a processor.
Temperature at different locations on the back vents.
Like most smart TVs, micro-whales can also be used to remotely control TVs by installing micro-whale assistants on mobile phones, projecting audio, video, and pictures on mobile phones to TVs, and opening APPs to connect mobile phones and TVs to the same wifi network. The phone can search for the TV and connect it automatically.
After connecting, the mobile phone can be used as a remote controller. The upper part is the switch button and the menu button. The middle part is the touchpad area. It can slide up and down, the lower part is the home page and the return button. It is very sensitive to use, without any delay; The application installed in the mobile phone can be directly pushed to the TV for installation, or you can click the recommended application below to directly install it.
Remote control using real shot map
The pictures, videos and audio in the mobile phone can be directly shot onto the TV. Below are the actual shooting effects shots.
In terms of hardware configuration, the Whale WTV55K1 uses the latest 64-bit processors, and the Mstar Cortex A53 4-core processor has a clock speed of 1.4GHz, 8G storage and 2G memory, and supports H.265 hardware decoding and 4K support. @60 full HD video, now common video formats should be able to support, which can be seen from the previous test.
These official configuration information have also been verified during software testing. The CPU-Z can see the hardware parameters of each part.
The wireless part of this TV supports the latest 802.11b/g/n/ac, supports 5G network, the speed is not normal fast, the network signal condition is also good. And the connection was stable and no disconnection was found.
The Ann Bunny score also reached 31,801 points. Overall, the performance is still very good. To deal with some medium-sized games, common applications can be installed smoothly.
Installed a full-blown assault to test it, it's not too bad to run relatively smoothly.
Gehua set-top box signal effects, although not high-definition programs, but the effect looks very good.
The following is the playback effect of the high-definition video channel program.
When the system is on standby, pictures will be played automatically. The carousels are HD pictures, so they can represent the best display effect. The screen brightness reaches 350nit, and non-printing light guide technology is used, and the luminous efficiency is improved by 10%.
Support Bluetooth connection, you can use the handle, keyboard or remote control to play some games, Bluetooth connection is stable, the effect of the handle plus the big screen to play the game is not covered. The thunder and lightning of this classic game has also been continuously revised, and now the actual effect is even more beautiful.
The built-in yoga teaching software can be practiced on the TV, and you can also record your calorie consumption.
Through the professional TV 4K image test, it can be seen that according to the test standard, the resolution of the micro-whale WTV55K1 has reached the 4K screen standard, and the gray-scale transition in the hierarchical restoration diagram is very good.
In the visual angle test, the color in the lower left corner clearly shows a triangle, and the transition of a color is relatively natural. The color ball level is rich and the transition is even and soft.
Click on the big picture to see that the 4K standard's limit points can be clearly seen.
Two USB3.0 ports and one USB2.0 port can connect to external storage. The connection and recognition speed is very fast. I use a 1TB Seagate 3.0 external mobile hard disk, almost full of files, index and storage are Completed in a short time. Plug in the USB device will pop up a reminder bar at the top of any interface.
The 4K HD video is very good support and playback, fast drag without any delay, high-definition video and online video is played smoothly.
The 4K full HD video plays a clear picture and the colors are very comfortable. Of course, you can find the most suitable for you by adjusting between the centralized color modes. The 4K@60 frame video can also be played smoothly in accordance with the standard of the device parameters.
Like most Android-like devices, long-pressing the HOME key opens task management, turns off unwanted background applications, or switches directly between different applications.
We should say that the microwhale team is not a professional hardware source, but it is absolutely powerful in terms of content. The content operation team with 10 years of experience has a very powerful content production platform covering hundreds of millions of people, and the microwhales WTV55K1 and GTS etc. The cooperation of video content giants can not only see Hollywood movies, TVB hits, but also can be found here. And it can greatly expand video resources by installing third-party playback software.
TV drama content can be searched by category, or searched and filtered.
In terms of movies, there are Tencent Hollywood categories, and the latest movie theaters can be ordered directly after receiving free members.
Thanks to the whale WTV55K1's built-in audiophile sound, it has HIFI sound quality and comes standard with two speakers to restore the music scene. Listening to music is like being in the concert hall, using dynamic EQ compensation technology, when the volume is small Bass is excellent. No loud sound will appear when the volume is loud, and Dolby's ATMO panoramic sound field technology is embedded. The sound effect is more vivid and vivid, and it has a very strong sense of space.
Not only can applications be installed through the built-in application market, but more applications can be expanded through USB storage and PC remote installation.
The microwhale WTV55K1, as a pioneer of micro whale, can occupy a place in the fiercely competitive TV market. It is not only accidental. On this TV, we have seen the micro whale team's grasp of user needs, giving users new and humanity. The experience of experience, the concept of practical products, as a hardware price is only 3799, the price of 398 yuan for two years of micro-whale membership has been very real, service is also more in place, 7 days no reason to return plus the first year only change With the promise of repair, users can purchase and use it with confidence. In terms of hardware, this TV uses a 64-bit 10-core processor with 64-bit YunOS. The control is very smooth, and the built-in high-quality HIFI audio allows this TV to provide very high-quality sound without an external sound; but as The first TV of the team can not say no regrets, first of all this TV does not support 3D, ah, it is difficult to see on the market does not support 3D smart TV, and even my projection and TV boxes are supported; Although the whale WTV55K1 is equipped with an HDMI2.0 interface, you can enjoy higher resolution local 4K video, but the built-in 4K content is not very rich.