Full-time day and night projection micro whale speech projection F1 experience evaluation

The concept of miniature projection is surely no stranger to everyone. In just a few years, micro-projection brands such as micro-whale, polar rice, and nuts emerged in an endless stream, and the market has become more and more mature. However, despite the large number of brands and products, mini-projectors have never been able to solve their own major drawbacks. Due to the limitations of cost and technology, the brightness of micro-projections has always been difficult to compare with traditional business projections, making the mini-projections only in the dark in the bedroom, night, etc. Use it in the scene, and you have to take a break from cooking during the day, let alone use it in a business office.

Recently, Microwhale launched its new series of micro-projection products - Micro-Whale Intelligent Voice Projection F1. Unlike the previous micro-projection products, micro-whales played the slogan used all day and night, but how does it perform? Let's take a look today.

Appearance & Design

The launch of the micro whale intelligent voice projection F1, in the design does not have a sense of design full of micro whale K1 series, but chose a relatively conservative, simple design. The overall use of the color of the glacier ash, and the use of aluminum alloy wire drawing technology at the top, making the touch delicate and without losing the texture of the metal. Since HTC M8 first applied the drawing process to the mobile phone, the author liked it very much.

In addition to the "WHALEY" logo on the top of the micro whale, there are only two buttons, the power button and focus button.

The front is the projector's regular lens and cooling fan, and printed with DOLBY sound effects. Different from the drawing process on the top, the front side uses a polishing process, which happens to interact with the drawing process on the top. The two different processes reflect different light, giving a concise but not simple feeling.

There are four interfaces on the back of the fuselage, which are the power interface, USB3.0 interface, HDMI2.0 interface and 3.5mm audio interface, which is equivalent to the K1 smart projection K1. From the author's point of view, for micro-projection products, except for the power interface, most users of other interfaces are not available, especially in the case of rich Internet resources, very few people will choose to download the video themselves, through the hard disk to view shadow. However, there are more than nothing, as micro-projections, micro whale projection interface is rich in the market, HDMI2.0 interface also allows it to meet the needs of daily office projection.

Both sides of the fuselage are stereo, support Dolby DTS sound. Unlike other micro-projection products, the sound of the Micro Whale Smart Voice Projection F1 can be used as a stand-alone Bluetooth audio and can be activated directly via voice.

At the bottom are some general parameters and certifications. It is worth noting that the micro whale smart speech projector F1 is equipped with a threaded port at the bottom, which means that its positioning is totally different from that of the K1 series of micro whale projectors. It is a miniature projector that is oriented towards commercial viewing. It advocates fixed use, but it is not primarily for portable use, although its size is also small.

From the outside, the micro whale's projection is more in line with the current mainstream style of home decoration, simple geometric elements, gives a simple and generous feeling, and the wild glaciers gray color, making it at home No place will look abruptly.

Hardware & Performance

The biggest drawback of the mini-projection mentioned at the outset is that the brightness is not enough, so that its application scenario is limited, and the micro-whale proposes a slogan for use all day and night, so let's see how it performs.

1, display effect

As a home theater product, display size is certainly one of the important criteria for its good and bad. Many micro investment products like to emphasize how big they can cast to attract users. In fact, the size that the projector can project is completely determined by the distance between your screen and the projector. The farther you take the screen, the more naturally the screen is projected. However, in order to increase the size of the projection and to ensure a clear picture quality and good display effect, it is necessary to increase the brightness of the projector. Therefore, some manufacturers only talk about the size of projections, and do not talk about the brightness, in the author's opinion is a kind of deception.

The third season of the hit “Flowers and Teenagers” reflected the embarrassment of micro-projection. We all watched Chen Bo-lin alone being exiled to Africa through micro-casting. However, due to the lack of brightness, the picture quality is really terrible. The author thinks no one wants his home theater to be such an effect!

ANSI lumens is an international unit for measuring the brightness of projectors. We use the common projection size of homes as an example. Generally, the projection size is 60 to 72 inches. The brightness of the projector in this range should be above 800 lumens and above 1200 lumens. Make sure the daylight is clearly visible. However, there are few micro projection products on the market that can achieve such high brightness. Even the standard of 800 lumens is difficult to achieve, which makes the application of micro-projection products limited.

The LED light source adopted by the Micro Whale Intelligent Voice Projection F1 not only retains the low cost of LED projection, eliminates the need for frequent replacement of light bulbs, but also significantly increases the brightness of the LED light source projector to 1200 lumens and supports users. Custom brightness adjustment from 50-1200 lumens. This means that it can achieve more projections under the scene, and the actual measurement can still throw a clear picture when the lights are turned on indoors.

At the same time, the difference between the micro-whale intelligent voice projection F1 and the market's micro-projection is that it supports a wide color gamut, the number of colors that can be displayed increases by 25% compared with the standard RGB, and the green and red range is wider, making the viewing of the screen a color of the screen. More vivid and realistic, it can truly restore the color of movies and photos.

The author selected a micro-projection product with the same price segment in the market. In the indoor lighting environment, the same video was played for comparison testing. We can look at the effect. The micro-whale can still guarantee the picture in a well-lit room. The color is bright and the color reproduction is also basically accurate, and the low-intensity micro-casting has been whitened and almost impossible to watch normally.

In contrast, the Micro Whale Voice Projection F1 has also been greatly improved in terms of contrast ratio compared with similar products, especially when projecting a large-sized screen, it can clearly feel that the picture of the Micro Whale Smart Speech Projection F1 is sharper and sharper. The author measured the 80-inch screen easily in the light-filled daytime and the image quality, and in the poor lighting environment, it can easily project a picture with better picture quality and larger screen size. Due to the limitations of the test environment, the author could not measure the maximum projection size in poor lighting conditions.

2, sound quality

In addition to the display effects, sound effects are also one of the important factors that affect the home theater experience. Micro Whale Intelligent Voice Projection F1 is equipped with a newly designed 36mm active stereo speaker, and Li Jian personally participate in audio tuning. I measured, bass soft, treble and delicate, and 200mm interval dual speaker design, but also a better display of the stereo sound field, basically reached the market about 1,000 yuan Bluetooth HIFI stereo sound effects.

When it comes to Bluetooth HIFI stereo, you have to say about the smart audio function of this small whale intelligent voice projection F1, it can be said to be very fond of the author, it can be directly converted into a separate Bluetooth stereo audio button or voice, and You can use Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Airplay to connect mobile devices such as mobile phones and iPads. When I get home from work, I turn on the sound function. Listening to music can really relax my nerves at work.

Experience & Content

1.WUI2.0 (projection version)

Everyone should be familiar with the micro-whale TV. The micro-whale smart projection F1 is equipped with the same WUI2.0 operating system as the micro-whale TV. Of course, the micro-whale also makes some changes to the projection. Let's take a look at the differences between WUI 2.0 (projection).

After entering the system, the left sidebar is recommended, featured, classified, and applied. On the right is the detailed information of the classification. The Metro style UI design and the upper and lower waterfall flow operation logic are in line with most users' habits. There is no learning cost in the use experience.

In terms of projection settings, the Micro Whale Intelligent Voice Projection F1 cancels the autofocus function on the K1 and provides only electronic manual focus, which may be somewhat regrettable. However, I think this may be related to the positioning of K1 series products. F1 prefers the use of household fixed installations, has higher brightness, and better picture quality, while K1 is mainly used for outbound travel. It is portable and compact, and often uses scenes. This makes autofocus more important.

Overall, WUI 2.0 (Projection Edition) does not have much change from the previous version, and it is more about the adjustment of the projector on the UI. As for optimization, there is a small whale TV to endorse the WUI. The author does not need to say too much that the operation is smooth, the response speed is fast, and the operation is stable, which is already recognized by the user.

2, content

Due to the background of Chinese culture, Alibaba, Tencent, and Central People's Broadcasting Station, micro-whales have always had an advantage in terms of content, which is why they can come from behind and grab market share from Xiaomi and Leshi. The micro whale mainly integrates the video content of Tencent video, Mango TV, BBC, TVB, Super League, British Nick's high-end children's platform, and the audio content of shrimp, watercress, Himalayan, emu and koala. And launched sports channels, VR channels and other special features.

VR content has always been the core strength of micro-whales in terms of content. It not only allows users to adjust the angle of view through the up and down, left, and right arrow keys on the remote control, but also watches the full-range video content. It also collaborates to create a large amount of VR content. From the concert to the popular variety shows are involved.

3, artificial intelligence voice

On Microwhale K1, the microwhale has already introduced Bluetooth voice, but it was only limited to search and other operations at that time. Today's micro whale smart voice projection F1 can already realize more intelligent voice operations. For example, when I was watching TV series, some tedious and boring plots, I could quickly forward through the voice.

Even more specific operations can be performed through voice, such as switching between the two modes of projection and audio through voice; or directly through the voice to open the focusing interface and perform focusing under any interface.

And the voice function of this little whale can also be used like the Apple SIRI to download applications, search weather, set alarms, check stocks and encyclopedias, and so on. For example, when I watch a TV show, an actor that I don't know, I can use voice to ask questions.

to sum up:

Small whale cannot be considered as the creator of smart projection, but in the micro-projection market mature today, it has added a little surprise to the industry that has no surprise by its powerful technology R&D strength. Raising the brightness of the LED microprojector to 1200 lumens seems to be just a digital improvement, but it can be said to be a major breakthrough for R&D personnel. With the continuous improvement of the brightness, the days when LED miniature projectors completely replace traditional projections can be said to be just around the corner. Looking at the miniature home projectors on the market at present, if you want to replace TVs with projections in the living room, or if you want to have more scenes With projection, the Micro Whale Smart Voice Projection F1 will be a good choice.