Last week at the Mi family conference, Xiaomi released a laser television. Said to be a laser television, in fact, can be seen as a three-in-one product of an ultra-short-focus projector + stereo audio + millet box. Because the name of the laser television, let some media people nearly climax after the conference, wrote some quite fierce remarks, said that do not take the laser projector than TV, not a thing, etc., in a strong tone to popular science After the difference between the projector and the TV principle, it was judged that the product was disappointed. At the press conference, he briefly saw the demo of Mijia Laser TV (the definition of projectors and televisions was not entangled for the time being, so to facilitate understanding). In the previous two days, they also borrowed a meter evaluation machine for Mi Jia Laser TV. With a real user experience, talk about the performance of this product, market positioning and actual experience. I hope to eliminate some misunderstandings on the market and give some references to people who are really interested in this product. The appearance of the projector can be seen at a glance. White plastic shell texture is good, the more practical point is that I believe most of the reader's home wall is still mainly used in white, white body is better placed, it will not appear too much overall appearance. The product inside the package is simple, with a laser television body, a remote control and a power cord. If you don't need to connect other devices by cable, the layout of laser TV will be extraordinarily simple: set the projection, connect the power supply, and turn on the power. There are two sensors on both sides of the projection light emission to prevent the user (mainly children) from supporting the laser head to damage the eyes. When the sensor is blocked, the playback content will stop directly, prompting the user to stay away from the laser head. The bottom of the fuselage has four screw holes to allow the user to hang the projector upside down. In order to ensure sound quality, there are two sound openings at the bottom of the fuselage. The appearance part is no longer talked about, and the experience is directly used. Conclusion: The laser television of the Mi family can be regarded as the best design for the same type of product within 50,000 yuan, and the best price/performance ratio is within 30,000 yuan. However, there are many things to consider before ordering. Judging from the arguments, it seems to be a bit overrated, but with a little understanding of laser televisions or, in detail, ultra-short-poke-laser projectors like this one, one can know the price/performance of the meters. Looking for the prices of some competing products, you can make a comparison: Ai Luowei VH700 1080P, 19999; Nuts S1 Pro 1080P, 27999; BenQ i950L 1080P, 29999; Hisense LT100K7900UA 4K, 79999; Sony VPL-VZ1000ES 4K,120000; Mijia Laser TV has a resolution of 1080p and supports 4K video playback. That is, the first three models on the above list are performance benchmarks. The price of Mijia Laser TV is 9999 yuan. This pricing is actually quite consistent with the positioning of the Mijia brand. Mi De's head, Liu De, once said that the logic of Xiaomi’s products is to make products for 80% of the users' needs and to meet the 80% demand of 80%. As a user of Xiaomi, I believe that most people have similar experience with Mijia products. My family’s products are often able to sell at least 50% of the same type of products on the market and achieve more than 80% of similar products on the market. Performance. Xiaomi said that the laser light source of this family of meters can reach a brightness of 5,000 lumens. This data is not very informative, because the actual picture is the effect of the light source hitting the reflection layer (wall or curtain) and reflected. I still measured the effect. In fact, what really suits this kind of laser projector is a special gray screen, which can achieve the best projection effect. But after all, the equipment was borrowed, and spending thousands of dollars to buy the best gray screen was not appropriate, and the most simple way was to project the projector directly on the white wall. The above pictures are real shots taken by me in my living room test this morning. The living room has a balcony. The windows are facing south and the light is still sufficient in the morning. This display is the effect of blocking a number of ordinary curtains, without using a blind. In fact, it can be seen that the overall brightness of the picture is still acceptable, much stronger than the ordinary LED projector. I had also done a simple test last night in a completely dark environment. The overall feeling is still very shocking. The brightness can really reach the cinema effect mentioned in the conference. The built-in millet TV system eliminates anxiety about content when you first get started (more conscience than Xiaomi TV's own system, and there is no on-demand advertising). Simply looking at some movie and TV drama resources is not too stressful. The front of the fuselage 3 HDMI, 1 USB 3.0 interface can also facilitate my PS4, Switch, MacBook Pro and mobile hard disk directly on the handle, directly connected to the projector. The interface requirements for playing the game and watching the US dramas downloaded from other channels have also been met. The display quality of the picture is adjustable. There are several different modes, the overall feeling is that in the highlight mode the picture is somewhat reddish in order to ensure sufficient contrast and vivid look, the effect of the viewing mode does seem to be very similar to the cinema toning method, and there are enough dark environments to have A good enough viewing experience. Body sound support Dolby sound can also be adjusted directly through the settings surround sound, in a small area of ​​the living room, the effect is as good as a stand-alone sound of the millet TV (if you compare the millet TV and other brands of Internet TV), the back of the fuselage There is also an independent voice interface for users of better needs to expand. After all, if you purchase such a laser projector, I am afraid that the purpose is to set up a home theater, and an independent sound system must be taken into account. In all fairness, Xiaomi's performance of this laser TV is excellent enough. But where is the question that has been questioned? I think that the original sin that caused misunderstanding lies in the name TV. Many people will use the name of laser television as an analogy to high-end televisions. They all stated that if they are priced at more than 10,000 yuan, they might as well buy a big-screen TV. Even if they are entry-level products, the display brightness and picture quality are even higher than those of projectors. But in reality, projectors can actually be counted as the cheapest way for home users to demand large screens. The reason for this is very simple. Look at the price of 80-inch or higher TVs and you will understand. And the 80-inch-plus TV is a big problem whether it is transportation or maintenance. Remember that last year that bought a Sony TV. Does the crane carry the TV from the window into the home? So I think that Xiaomi's positioning of this laser TV should actually be considered the second "TV" at home or the first home theater for young people. The reason for this positioning lies in the high usage threshold of such devices. In fact, you can see from the projection photos I released above that the living room of my family, even with such a large wall, still can't give a better projection effect. I also calculated for you an account, if you really want to build such a home theater, how much the house needs. The first thing to calculate is the size of the lower projection. • 150 inches: 3.32 meters (W) x 1.87 meters (H) • 120 inches: 2.65 meters (W) x 1.49 meters (H) • 100 inches: 2.21 meters (W) x 1.25 meters (H) • 80 inches: 1.77 meters (wide) x 1 meter (high) But a large, blank wall is not the key to a good viewing experience. Imagine why the movie theater also uses projection, and many movie theater projection resolution is not high, but you still think the picture is very shocking? Big is on the one hand, and the most critical one is far. Only you sit far enough away to get the best viewing experience. In other words, letting your human eyes can't tell the pixels of the picture, you can get a "retina" screen experience. In other words, if you watch 1080p video at the 1080p level screen resolution of the millet laser TV 1920 × 1080, you need to be at least 6 meters away from the curtain to ensure a good viewing experience. In such a simple way, you need at least 3.3 meters by 6 meters, that is, a nearly 20 square meter house to place the projector in order to get the general effect of the theater. In addition, despite its ultra-short focus, to achieve a projection effect of 150 inches, laser televisions must be placed at a distance of more than half a meter from the wall. These are relatively high layout costs. If the house is not rich, it is not really recommended. So you see, this kind of equipment is not a product of the standard TV at the beginning, but let you have the condition to build a small movie theater at home. This matter will cost at least 30,000 yuan before the release of millet. The Mijia Laser TV, with a price of 10,000 yuan, made things happen. Of course, this does not include building dedicated gray screens and independent sounds if you have higher requirements. The above text does not mean that this product is the flagship laser projector. In the laser projector, the performance parameters of the meters are actually the entry level. The flagship laser projector can project 4K resolution images, and the price is still about 100,000 yuan. However, even the entry-level laser projectors currently have around 20,000 mainstream products on the market. So much so that someone in the know knows that this time the release of something that made people feel that they couldn't afford it in their lifetime, they suddenly found that they can afford it, and their quality is OK. A conference report was issued after the last press conference. Some readers suggested that laser television actually had a technical prototype in the 1990s, but in the early years, due to cost technology, public demand, etc., the development of laser television was extremely slow. If the evaluation of the significance of millet laser television, in fact, with the millet bracelet, millet plug-in board to do the same thing, with low-cost high distribution to shake up the industry, this is not Lei Jun mentioned entrepreneurial heart? At the end of the article, it is still recommended that interested readers carefully plan their own installation plan before making a final decision, rushing to give a short-term experience, but also because this device will be sold on crowdfunding tomorrow, hoping to make their own experience When you choose a reference. Although the equipment is good, but the environmental requirements are too high, these two days of assessment, but also indeed to dwell in the capital of Beijing, I am tired enough. Any questions are welcome in the comments area. It must be done as much as possible. Smart TV/box information can focus on smart TV information network sofa butler (http://), China's influential TV box and smart TV website, providing information, communication, etc. on TV boxes, smart TVs, smart TV software, etc. Answering questions.
