The new Lynx Box is one of the very few TV box products on the market that can last three generations (there are still 1 generations and 1s before). After the first two generations of product exploration, this generation of products should have matured in hardware and software.
Its launch date was set at the previous double 11th. We also got the real machine and evaluated it for the first time. How will it actually perform? Is it worth 499? Take a look now.
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Appearance and workmanship
The packaging of the machine is rather special. The upper part is a non-back-sealed kraft paper box and the lower part is a black inner paper box.
The back is a simple parameter.
After opening, you can see the body of the Tmall box, as well as instructions and warranty.
Accessories Family: HDMI cable, power supply, remote control and body.
There is a Tmall logo on the HDMI cable connector.
The power adapter is 5.2V/2.1A output, and the current and voltage are larger than those of a normal mobile phone.
The power cord is fixed to the power plug. The conventional USB interface is not used. The logo is printed on the adapter side....
The remote controller has its own special recording and “M†key in addition to the three Android keys. The former is used for voice control, and the latter is used to directly enter Tmall's buying activity page.
The back of the remote control is designed with a curved shape, 14.8cm long, and the size is relatively moderate.
There is a microphone opening just in front of the remote control.
The box body is white, the front is a silver logo, and there is a circle of silver trim.
The familiar comet logo can be clearly seen at low angles.
The back of the box is from left to right, which are 3.5mm AV output, HDMI, Ethernet, USB and power interfaces. The strange thing is that the USB port is reversed, and the U disk or other receiver can only be inserted with the back side up.
Above the interface is a prominent dust cover.
On the back is a full silicone pad with parameters and machine code printed on it.
The pad script body is very thin and soft, with good noise reduction and friction.
Gamepad
The new Lynx Box official handle is manufactured by Lai Shida, and its model is Smart 2. The handle has a built-in 550mAh battery and the three-dimensional is 11,115,361mm.
The handle is relatively common and the back is full of the product's performance characteristics.
It is a wireless controller, has its own wireless receiver (it can support two handles at the same time), and has a built-in battery that can be charged through the phone charging plug.
The front of the handle is a smooth finish, which is very easy to scratch except for easy fingerprint collection.
The back is a uniform matte material.
At the top is the L/R key and the product labeling. The R key uses a micro switch, and the hand feel is not very good.
The bottom is the charging interface.
The handle adopts the XBOX-like button layout, and the AB/XY button is moderately soft and hard with less virtual bits and feels good.
From the side you can see the bright surface junction.
There is a layer of soft plastic coating and bulge on the direction rocker, and the friction is good. However, its resistance was slightly insufficient, giving people a sense of cheapness.
There are four status indicators on the HOME key in the middle of the handle.
Although it is the "official standard" handle of the box, the actual measurement can be used directly on the computer, and it is not much different from the ordinary wireless controller. The handle is priced at 99 yuan, but it is only shipped with the box 1s and the new box.
Selling points
System and use
The new Lynx Box system is relatively rare Ali YunOS, the system's main interface unified horizontally arranged giant cards. When the card is selected, related details and common items are displayed, making it easier to use.
The setting items are placed on the left side, and the right side is the regular contents of "Movie, TV, Anime, Game, Music" and so on.
What's more special is that there are many shopping entrances in the system and the library is removed (it can not use the system screenshot directly).
The music function is to cooperate with shrimp music, interface and music resources are also good, but the music does not support background playback.
Video resources
The four major video types, “Movies, TV series, variety shows, and animationsâ€, are displayed as home page cards, with a unified interface and a high degree of completion.
Popular science and children’s education videos also have their own independent card.
The most important video resources in the box are almost all concentrated in the Lions Gate area. Lions Gate is one of the top five Hollywood studios. There are many high-definition resources for Hollywood movies, content updates are faster, and new captains such as Captain America 2 and Awakening are among them.
Of course, excellent experience comes at a price, and its resources are paid for. The cost is 30 yuan per month (the current special price is 15 yuan), but the machine provides three months of free experience service.
Since the SARFT ban came out, almost every TV box has cooperated with genuine video sources such as Huadian and Mango. Although there are 3 months of free Lionsgate films to help out, the advantage of comparing similar products is not obvious.
In fact, like other TV boxes, the new Lynx box can also be poured into other video sources. The application apk file on the U disk, insert the box will automatically pop up after the file manager, find the corresponding installation package can be installed directly.
The traditional TV applications such as sofa butlers, sofa butlers, and installed machines are also able to successfully infuse. VST all-in-one, TV, and Youku are no exception. After Youku was opened, he was very conscientious to give everyone the "Notes" prompt.
Before the review, what I was most looking forward to was the cloud game feature. Cloud games are handled uniformly by moving the computing section to the cloud so that all kinds of large-scale games can be played locally without installation, and they will not be limited by the computing power of the machine.
In fact, video card vendors such as nivdia wanted to try similar functions very early, but they could not be implemented due to limited network and related technical environments. The area will only be open after November 20, and the actual results will have to wait for subsequent testing.
However, the machine still comes with KO game city and there are various game areas where you can download various games. The official handle does not insult the name of the 2.4G connection, the response speed is higher than the Bluetooth handle, almost no delay.
However, the problem is still the old problem of the Android TV box: the game resources are mostly transplanted by arcade players and PSPs. The quality of the former is not high; the latter is of good quality but has huge capacity, and 8G storage cannot hold as many games.
Voice search and shopping
The box's remote control integrates the microphone. This configuration is relatively rare, which allows it to perform direct voice search. This is also the most surprising to the author, and feel that it should be universal to other TV boxes.
Press the voice key of the remote control and enter the voice command “I want to see, I want to buy†to search. The actual speech recognition rate is high, and there is no pressure on the identification of movie titles and general merchandise categories. However, in the case of an unpopular movie or merchandise, you can only use the keys.
As a Tmall artwork, the machine naturally has a lot of shopping topics. The page has been specially optimized and the experience of browsing with the remote is not bad.
The category search interface and video interface are highly unified, and the commonly used screening conditions such as price, sales volume, and credit sorting are unified to the left. Although advanced screening functions are lost, the experience is not bad enough for daily light purchase (bi) items ( Jia).
The product details interface adopts a horizontal layout. The leftmost product map (can be scrolled up and down) and the right sales, prices, evaluations, etc. are still more comfortable to use.
The machine supports Taobao account login, after the order Taobao will send a confirmation message to the user, after confirmation will automatically link Alipay account deduction. The entire shopping experience is optimized, which is unsurpassed in similar products.
to sum up
advantage:
Voice search function is very easy to use (this should be made into the standard function of the TV box)
Temporary best TV shopping experience for three months
Disadvantages:
The price of 499 yuan (send handle) is higher, double 11 is priced at 399
TV box market, the third-generation products can have big manufacturers only millet and Lynx box, product hardware and software UI are more mature. The new box is equipped with a stronger processor and more memory. However, the TV box system does not require a high level of system. Its response performance is not fundamentally different from that of the previous generation, and can only be significantly improved in a few occasions such as large-scale games.
There is a serious homogeneity in TV box products, and the difference in hardware and software products is actually very small. In this environment, price is the biggest advantage. The new Lynx Box of 499 yuan, its largest competitor is actually the same cat's Lynx Box 1s, the latter's software features almost the same, and the price is only 299 (also sent handle).
Although this may be very dark, the second-generation box is more like a box to highlight the price/performance ratio. For readers who are interested in buying, I still recommend buying the former box or box of millet, properly save 200 yuan, and the experience will not have much difference.
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