Taijie WEBOX high-definition network set-top box is a TV set-top box developed and launched by Taijie Technology itself. It has its own Taijie TV application built in. In addition, it is simple and easy to use, so the overall experience is relatively good. We have seen the opening picture of this box before. Next, let's experience this WEBOX TV box directly.
The simple packaging style of WEBOX. If you want to see the previous Taijie box unpacking, you can go to《 Open box picture of Taijie WEBOX HD network set-top box 》Watch in the article.
WEBOX uses the disk design that is now common, and adopts panda color matching, which is also simple in appearance.
Main configuration of WEBOX - CPU: Cortex-A9， Dual core 1.5GHz, GPU:Mali-400， Dual core 400MHz. Memory: 1GB DDR3, storage: 8GB, Bluetooth 4.0, operating system based on Android 4.2.2.
There is a circle of transparent acrylic in the center of the front. In fact, this is the indicator light of the box.
When the power is plugged in, the entire light will be on, and the visual effect is good.
The back of the box is full of data interfaces, including Micro USB input port, USB interface, HDMI interface, network cable interface and power interface, which are relatively compact.
The bottom is a ring of anti-skid silicone pad, which can be placed firmly with the weight of the set-top box itself.
This is all the accessories of Taijie box, including power cord, power adapter, 11 key remote control and HDMI data cable.
The remote control is designed with 11 keys, which is easy to use.
OK, let's go ahead and experience it directly. For the first time, the box will require you to connect to WIFI first. If you have an Internet cable, you can also directly plug in the Internet cable, which will be more convenient.
The TV is located a little far from the nearest router, so it's better to connect to the wireless network directly. When entering the password, you also need to rely on the remote control to enter it word by word on the keyboard on the screen... This is very inconvenient. If you have a long enough network cable, you can plug it in and it will be finished.
Once you are connected to the network, you will be prompted to upgrade. Then upgrade before you begin to experience.
During the upgrade process, the box light will also turn blue, which is very beautiful.
After the upgrade, let's take a look at the screenshot of Taijie box. This is the homepage of WEBOX. It uses simple and crude card design, and each card has a clear function introduction, which is quite simple and direct. On the film and television project, it is still very intuitive to mark how many videos have been updated today.
The 11 button remote control can easily select different items, but the box will be a little sluggish. Pressing the button does not immediately respond, and it will always slow down, but it is still acceptable.
There are settings, a built-in app store, and folder management. The last two are newly installed apps.
In fact, there are not many places that can be set in this box. This is what can be seen in the setting interface.
The WEBOX box has automatic adjustment. If the automatic adjustment is not perfect, you can also adjust it manually.
At present, there are only 75 applications in the built-in application store. The number is really small, but the basic needs of the applications can still be met.
There are also TV versions of QQ and Sina Weibo.
You can find your own installed applications under My Applications. You can uninstall the applications you don't need directly here.
If you don't like this trouble, you can also go back to the home page directly, find the application you need to uninstall, and long press the OK button on the remote control to uninstall the application directly.
The design of the built-in file browser is very intuitive. WEBOX has a built-in 8G storage space, and you can directly drag videos into it via USB, but unfortunately it does not support TF card expansion, so you can only watch more videos through the network or large capacity USB flash drive.
Screenshots of film and television content, which are also simple and direct card design, are clearly classified, so there is no need to say more.
The current popular video content will be continuously updated in the wonderful recommendation.
We can click on some video series to try it. After clicking on the TV series, there will be relevant introduction of the program.
After clicking in, you can also freely select different playback sources. There is no way to take screenshots when playing the video, so the video screen will no longer take screenshots. You can click on a few videos without advertising, but it is hard to say whether some video sources will have advertising.
In the settings, you can also adjust the broadcast settings of live broadcast and on-demand.
The live broadcast setting interface allows you to freely adjust the soft and hard decoding, as well as provinces, P2P, etc.
On demand setting interface.
The video collection of WEBOX is still relatively updated. There are domestic, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Japanese and Korean, British and American dramas. Of course, there are no popular American dramas such as The Big Bang Theory, which was banned by a bureau.
If there are too many kinds to choose from, there is also a screening system to help you choose programs, which is quite good in interaction design.
You will be able to record your viewing records and your favorite dramas in the watching activity. When TV dramas are updated in the future, you can directly view your collections here to quickly find updated TV programs.
After all, it is based on Android system. As long as you pack some application markets into the box, you can find more different types of applications. I believe that those who have used Android phones will be familiar with this.
Here, let's try to play by inserting a USB stick.
Several different formats of 720P and 1080P videos are played. In the native player, only MP4 format can be played.
However, installing a third-party player can solve this problem.
720P, The Big Bang Theory can also be played normally in RMVB format.
Then talk about the experience when playing. To be honest, even if a third-party player application is installed, the playback effect is not very good. Even if the correct decoding method is used according to the film format, it still feels not smooth enough. This may also be the problem of the box itself. For one thing, the configuration of this box is not very high, and for another, this box is not designed with any heat sink (you can see from the appearance above). After playing 1080P video for nearly half an hour, the box has become very hot. The most serious problem is that the bottom has passed the temperature gun test and exceeded 40 degrees Celsius. The main reason may be that the internal overheating affects the performance of the hardware. If there is no good cooling solution, the user experience will ultimately be directly affected.
Finally, WEBOX has a good operating experience in software applications. Although its functions are not quite rich, WEBOX has done a good job in online video viewing. The overall operation experience is simple and direct, reducing complexity to simplicity, and easy to get started. Even consumers who first contact the TV box should learn how to operate easily. The 8G built-in storage space is enough for installing applications. If you want to see high-definition movies, you'd better watch them online or on an external large capacity USB flash drive. The experience of local playback is not very good. First, there are too few supported formats, and the viewing experience after installing a third-party player is not very good. Of course, on the one hand, the heat dissipation problem may affect the performance of hardware.
In general, it is also a good performance TV box, and the price is 299 yuan. Although the use experience is fairly good, there is nothing outstanding and the market competitiveness is not very strong. Fortunately, the video sources are rich enough, and with other video playing platforms in the application market, more videos can be viewed. If you don't want to buy common boxes with the crowd, WEBOX is also a good choice.
