The set-top box is not a new concept, but once it has a cross-border relationship with the internet, it will have a wonderful reaction. Since the successful release of Xiaomi box and letv box at the beginning of the year, the trend of Internet enterprises entering the hardware manufacturing field has become more and more obvious. Today, we have obtained two box products to experience their respective features from the perspective of common users and provide your reference.
I. Appearance(Literary vs personality, Jiao Xiao VS Ling Zheng) 1. Packaging: 1) Xiaomi packaging focuses on simple literary style, but the paper box is too compact and the access resistance is very high. 2) letv packaging is a multi-color box printed by Internet buzzwords. The packing box is too large, but it is easy to use.
2. Shape: 1) the overall size of the Xiaomi box is not as big as that of the slice, which is small and round. 2) the three sides of the letv box are much larger and appear to be positive.
3. Interface: 1) simple interface of Xiaomi box 2) Comprehensive interface of letv box
Ii. Interface(Miui vs letvui)
1) Xiaomi is well-known for its UI design optimization and self-built style. The overall design of the box interface is similar to Microsoft Win8's simple flat design, and there is a screen lock similar to Windows. 2) letvui is used for letvui with 3D effects, and the response speed of both products is smooth.
(For Xiaomi box UI, for Leeco box UI)
However, the tragedy is that when two boxes are connected to wifi, the process of using the remote control to control the virtual keyboard to enter the password is really hard to look back.
(Enter the password of the Xiaomi box and the letv box)
Iii. ContentIcntv vs letv + icntv: limited by policies, Xiaomi and letv can only use institutions with Internet TV licenses to intervene in the Internet hardware field. They work together with CNTV. In terms of billing, the Xiaomi box cost 299 yuan, and the letv box cost 290 yuan. But the difference is that Xiaomi is a pure hardware manufacturer, so it adopts the "Hardware charging + free content" model, while letv adopts the "Hardware free + exclusive content charging" model, CNTV is free to watch, and letv exclusive content is charged.
Relatively speaking, Leeco's content advantages are relatively prominent, but in actual experience, Leeco does not seem to clearly mark its exclusive resources. Leeco's exclusive content, such as the movie "The Little Age", in fact, there are also Xiaomi boxes. For this tiger sniff, he called the copyright department of both Parties to confirm the copyright. Xiaomi claimed that the copyright was from CNTV, And the letv TV app built in Xiaomi box could also be used for viewing. letv claimed that although it was under CNTV broadcast control, however, Xiaomi is not authorized. In this case, letv needs to highlight the need for exclusive resources to highlight the value of RMB 490/year for the user.
Image Quality: Both boxes have Image Quality options, so if the source is good, you can use the 1080p mode to view the ultra-clear effect. Of course, the image quality depends on the cooperation between the video source, TV and box. At the same time, the two can also directly watch the live broadcast of the TV news programs provided by CNTV. However, due to video source problems, the picture quality is terrible. If you want to watch the news, we recommend that you use digital cable for viewing.
4. Here are the details.1. Full interface + full wire vs mini interface + purchase additional wire. For home LCD TVs, you can use HDMI cables. Both boxes provide an av interface, which can be used for TVs that do not support HDMI. However, letv has provided an av interface and Xiaomi needs to be purchased from the official website. To enable external hard drive playback, you can connect to the box through the data cable. Both of them can be automatically identified. You can open the Directory through the remote control to select the playback file, including the lossless format ape, and you can also call the multi-meter music app to play the video, however, video formats are not completely supported. Videos in formats such as MKV are not supported. Because of the volume, the Xiaomi box sacrifices the standard USB interface. If you want to play an external hard disk, you need to go to the official website to purchase another OTG data cable (19 Yuan ......).
2. Cross-screen applications. You can watch videos on mobile phones, PCs, tablets, and televisions. Xiaomi can use an Android app "Xiaomi Remote Control" to implement remote control TV On Xiaomi mobile phone. It also supports dlna and airplay functions, letv box requires another app named "airpin" to be downloaded. 3. system upgrade and app store. During the trial period, the system has been upgraded. However, Xiaomi automatically performs silent upgrades, while letv requires the user to choose it. After the upgrade, the two must be restarted. There are 36 pre-installed apps in letv box (if you want to use other apps, You have to download them to letv store. You can choose from more than 2000 Apps), and there are more pre-installed apps in Xiaomi box, many of them are parent-child apps. Interestingly, the Xiaomi box app store contains the letv TV app. After testing, this app cannot play the paid content of letv.
V. Trial Summary1) appearance: the Xiaomi box is more charming than the letv box from packaging to packaging, but it also sacrifices some interfaces and heat dissipation performance, and some accessories need to be bought separately. 2) interface: The miui of Xiaomi box is quite Win8 style, while letv focuses on 3D effects, and its advantages and disadvantages depend on personal interests. The interface response speed is good, but the network loading speed of Xiaomi box is slightly slow under the same network speed, and the Leeco box interface switching is smoother and smoother. However, the password entered in the two boxes is too bad. : 3) content: There are many contents in the letv box, but the exclusive content logo is not obvious. In addition, content charges are actually charged for letv's unique copyrights. At the same time, we recommend that you do not use these two boxes to watch live news programs. 4) Applications: Xiaomi box has more pre-installed apps and is built into letv TV apps, but there is no paid copyright content in it. A large number of parent-child apps are available for early education. Letv box apps are more available in letv store, and lazy people need to log in and download.
In general, users who pay attention to HD content and do not pay attention to annual fees can choose letv box; users who pay attention to appearance and enjoy cross-screen rice noodles can choose Xiaomi box. However, for users who do not have a TV set and have new purchase requirements, we recommend that you directly use Smart TVs.
Reprinted statement:This article is translated from [hard-hitting] Xiaomi box vs Leeco box (Tiger sniffing network)
