Who is the entertainment center? Tencent miniStation vs. Millet Box

Now in addition to mobile phones, the so-called "intelligence" of the family is the living room, and the largest part of the living room is television. Regardless of whether it is a smart TV or a TV box, the ultimate goal is to connect traditional TVs to the Internet and bring us more and better gameplay and usage, making television more like a computer. Many smart box products define themselves as "home entertainment centers". However, in fact, in addition to providing more video resources, it is difficult to see more practical significance. The environment is such that almost all boxes have such phenomena.

At the end of last year, Tencent released a new smart product called miniStation. This product is a smart device deployed by Tencent and a hardware company in the living room. It is also connected to our TV. From the publicity point of view, this product is indeed more home entertainment center than a variety of smart boxes. why would you say so? This time we use Tencent miniStation and Xiaomi's box to make a comparison of the specifications, and the difference is immediately clear.



When it comes to the difference between a miniStation and an ordinary box, it depends first on the difference in performance specifications. The following figure is a comparison of the two.


In terms of product features, miniStation is overwhelmingly superior to box products, and there are significant differences in content support and control methods. The miniStation operates directly on the phone and does not appear to look for remote controls everywhere.


In terms of modeling, the square-shaped miniStation is more like a "box." But don't be fooled by its styling, this product is not so big, but the unique design, the middle part is hollowed out, the horizontal cross lines are lights, placed in the living room has a better decorative effect.


The miniStation uses touch buttons instead of physical buttons. Friends who have seen product introductions before should know.

Then directly into the topic, today's content is the miniStation battle millet box. Saying it is a battle, it is actually a comparison of what is different between the two to see who is better placed in the living room.


From the exterior design point of view, because the miniStation uses a special shape design, it looks a lot bigger than the millet box, even if the millet box is still not as good as the ministation. Due to the use of high-specification hardware and more emphasis on multimedia entertainment than audiovisual, the aesthetic and heat dissipation issues must be balanced.


In the interface part, the two products are similar, but the Xiaomi box does not support wired network connection. Instead, it has a USB port. The miniStation is equipped with HDMI, USB, and RJ-45 network interfaces.

For control, the miniStation uses the phone directly for control, and the millet box requires a dedicated remote control. This also caused a huge difference in the use experience, which will be introduced later.


After booting, the miniStation is connected by first downloading and installing a dedicated APP using a mobile phone, and connecting to the miniStation via WIFI. After successful connection, the miniStation will automatically search for a connectable wireless router. Select the connection and enter the WIFI password on the mobile phone. Both the miniStation and the network are connected to each other.


The millet box is to find the WIFI option in the setup menu after booting, let the box find the WIFI that can be connected, and input the password connection through the remote control. At this stage, since the remote control is not as convenient as the mobile phone, the actual connection speed is slow.


The APP required by the miniStation can be managed, downloaded and updated through the mobile terminal. The interface is very similar to the application market of the mobile phone, and the operation is very convenient. Compared with the box, this is a victory.

As you can see from the front, there are many game masterpieces built into the miniStation, but in fact, in the audiovisual section, the product features are the same as the TV box. The built-in Penguin TV is almost equivalent to all the functions of the TV box:


In addition, miniStation pre-installed QQ music such APP can use. It can be said that the miniStation is equivalent to an entertainment center that contains all the functions of a TV box.


Open penguin TV can see, including movies, television, animation, variety and so on a lot. According to the current national regulations, all equipment is now connected to designated content providers. Therefore, everyone is on the same starting line in terms of the number and quality of programs.


The opening of the millet box is basically the same content, so it can be said that the content provided by the miniStation in terms of audio and video is comparable to the millet box, and it is fully able to meet the needs of watching TV, chasing dramas and watching entertainment programs at ordinary times.

But then in entertainment, the box of millet can obviously fall behind:


Let's look at the built-in game market in Xiaomi's box. Many of the games come from third parties and are dominated by relatively simple puzzle games. Because of the limitations of the remote control function and buttons, other types of games are not very convenient to provide. For example, we have chosen a crazy taxi in the millet game market.


Although everything was normal during installation, a huge blocker appeared before the game was running: this game requires a dedicated gamepad. This is also the embarrassment of many box-type products. Some of them even have keyboards and mice in addition to the handles. This is a lot of burden in the living room. In short, the so-called living room entertainment, in addition to watching the video, everything else is basically It is a decoration.

Relatively speaking, miniStation is very familiar with the game, and there are many game masterpieces:


Because Tencent itself is a huge library of games, there are quite a few hot games in its own right, such as the glory of the king, the supernatural power of the people, and the cool running every day, and the Hollywood blockbusters can already play on the miniStation.


Corresponding to the content is the miniStation also provides a very convenient operation mode. Take King Glory as an example, as soon as you enter the game, the mobile phone automatically becomes a game controller, and the game screen is synchronized to the mobile phone screen, and the user can play like a mobile game. The same operation.


The real game experience is that you can finally play mobile games on the big screen, and the picture quality is also quite good. Although the game screen is also displayed on the mobile phone, it is only the miniStation transmitted to the mobile phone and does not occupy the space of the mobile phone.


Another advantage of playing the king's glory through the miniStation is that it can be networked at home. The miniStation supports up to eight mobile phones. This is equivalent to a game console with eight controllers. Teamwork is also a good way to increase friendship.


By contrast, it is not difficult to see the difference. Compared to the box, the miniStation brings higher specification hardware, richer content, and fully enhances the game entertainment and interactive features, making the full functionality of the box more practical and closer to real meaning. On the "family entertainment center." If you really need entertainment rather than simply watching movies and chasing dramas, mini-stations are actually more appropriate.

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