Lenovo Horizon 27 evaluation

"Ideacentre" series is Lenovo main push the home desktop brand, in recent years the product type to large screen, high configuration of one machine mainly to the simple design, easy to use the feeling of the market recognition. And with the new features of the Windows 8 system, there are subtle changes to the design philosophies of traditional PC products, such as Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27.

As a series of the latest products, its positioning is still the universal home PC, but the change in its design, is no longer a machine, but the incarnation as a giant "flat." Yes, it not only has a 27-inch 1080P Full HD screen, it also has a built-in Intel Core i5 processor and Nvidia standalone graphics. Because of the touch screen, you can even put it on the floor, inviting family and friends to play a desktop game, the built-in application and user interface for the touch screen is optimized, but also has a number of exclusive accessories to achieve novelty. Of course, after using the bracket to erect and install the mouse and keyboard, Lenovo experience Ideacentre Horizon 27 is a traditional desktop PC that can meet the normal office and entertainment needs. Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 of the price of 1699 U.S. dollars (about 10436 yuan), which is not cheap, but on the positive side, it provides a very innovative computer experience, let's take a look at the overall content of the machine.

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 Main Specifications:

Core hardware: Intel core™ i5-3337u Processor at 1.8 GHz, 8GB RAM,1TB 5400 SATA Hard Drive

Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce Gt620m+intel HD graphics card 4000 dual graphics card, independent video memory 2GB

Screen: 27-inch 1920*1080 Resolution touch screen

Operating system: Windows 8

Connection: 802.11b/g/n wireless network, Bluetooth 4.0

Interface: HDMI, headset, microphone, two USB 3.0, six All-in-one card reader

Fuselage size and Weight: 690.5*430.5*29.8 mm, 8.26 kg

Price: from USD 1699 (approx. 10436 RMB)

Exterior design

On the positive side, Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 is a giant tablet computer with a black border design around a 27-inch mirror screen, with a black matte plastic on the border, and a greater grip on friction, although there may not be a lot of users like using a regular tablet computer. End it. " The details, first you can see the screen founder Central 720P camera, the screen below is the corresponding "Lenovo" LOGO. On both sides also designed a number of capacitor keys and indicators, including Bluetooth, WIFI, power button indicators, screen rotation, volume and screen brightness adjustment, and the other rightmost orange "Ideacentre" logo for the overall design brought a trace of vitality.

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 fuselage front design

The back of the fuselage, you can see the gray matte plastic part, similar to some LCD TV or monitor, where the Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 motherboard, processor, hard disk and other major components, the gradient part of the placement of a large number of heat sinks, as well as a built-in multi-angle metal stent, You can put the machine on the desktop as firmly as a normal desktop computer. In addition, this bracket also supports multi-angle adjustment, minimum of 30 degrees, can also be appropriately increased to achieve more use of the form.

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 fuselage back design

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 's interface is concentrated in a groove on the left side of the fuselage, including two USB 3.0 connectors, HDMI, 6-in-1 reader, headset/microphone and AC power connectors; the shiny silver power button is located in the lower right corner of the fuselage's back. As a desktop computer, Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 of the size of 690.5*430.5*29.8 mm, weighing 8.26 kg, is a relatively mainstream size, but if as a flat, this size and weight is a bit amazing. A small suggestion: when you want to move Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 o'clock, you may need to bend your knees hard. In addition, from the size of the machine and the use of the scene, we think should be at least a more than one USB interface.

Screen display

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 uses a 27-inch 1080P resolution Full HD display, the overall effect is very good, can bring clear details and good contrast, brightness is more outstanding. We use this machine to play the 1080P resolution of the movie trailer "RIPD", you can clearly see the male lead Ryan Renoz trousers folds, scenes of smoke and raging flames and other details. Not enough, the flames look slightly faded, and Ryan's bright blue pupil is slightly dimmer. Visual angle performance is good, usually four people sitting around the Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27, can be seen from their own point of view of the screen content.

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 screen brightness test

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 has a screen brightness of 350 lux, which is higher than the average of the All-in-one pc, brighter than the Sony Vaio Tap 20 of the same product, and better than a laptop like Dell XPS 18.

Audio effects

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 has four speakers on its back and has a home theater V4 software built in, with loud and clear voice and overall sound performance. We use the "Fly Me to the Moon" of Rachel Pampinea to test, piano accompaniment and her unique "smoke" tonic are very delicate performance, saxophone wind sexy and percussion instruments crisp, du software for music and movies have brought a decent sound effects. However, when the volume to the maximum, Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 Speakers of the treble section will appear to be a little harsh, is a small flaw.

Keyboard and mouse

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 with a keyboard and mouse accessories (the retail version depends on the version), the Bluetooth keyboard is very light weight, only 498 grams, using two sections of 7th battery power. The metal keyboard has a good sense of texture, and the whole is small, with a sharp contrast to the huge screen. The admirable part of the keyboard is the independent digital keypad, but it appears to be based on the area of the buttons such as Caps Lock, backspace, and so on at the expense of the function keys. In addition, the key keyboard is also shorter, in the typing test, we found that this is a problem, the final result is an average of 50 letters per minute and 1% error rate, less than our usual 55 words per minute standard.

In addition to the physical keyboard, Windows 8 computers that support touch screens are also equipped with virtual keyboards, Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 is no exception, but it is not a useful value-added part of the machine. Because the virtual keyboard does not automatically adapt to a 27-inch screen, you will see a small keyboard in the center and an open black border. Splitting the keyboard mode is also a much worse experience, with the keyboard layout fragmented.

Lenovo Ideacentre Horizon 27 keyboard and mouse

In addition, you can also see a silver mini wireless mouse, weighing only 82 grams, using a USB adapter to connect with the host, the shape opposite some similar to Microsoft's Arc mouse, has a radian design, can bring more comfortable feel. In fact, in the two hours we use, its performance is satisfactory, not only feel comfortable, the touch of the left and right keys is also very solid, while the wheel is also very accurate. When you have finished, you can also fold it back up to the S-type, you can turn off the mouse.