ZIVOO Smart Box is a high-definition network set-top box launched by a Shenzhen company called Zhiwo Technology Co., Ltd. It has built-in movie and television content provided by iCNTV and supports the content playback of local hard disk network disk. In addition, the smart box can also support entertainment functions such as games and KTV, and has added rare social functions. Now let's experience the functions of this box.

Let's review the appearance of the ZIVOO set-top box first. You can see the detailed unpacking picture《 HD entertainment ZIVOO smart box unpacking picture 》Look inside. The packaging design of the Smart Box is very good, very attentive. The smart box uses the Amlogic S802 2.0GHz quad core processor. The GPU is Mali-450600MHz. It also has 2GB of running memory and 8GB of built-in storage space. It runs on the Android 4.2 system and has a good configuration in terms of hardware performance.

The smart box uses a touch type remote control. The functions of these touch areas are very intuitive from the panel. The three Android King Kong symbols on the bottom also indicate that the smart box uses Android system. On the touch panel, there is also a layer of transparent matte material, which feels like the matte film on the mobile phone. On the one hand, you don't need to worry about the finger mold, and on the other hand, you can increase the touch feel.

There is also a small LED light on the top left of the remote control.

Other accessories include power cord, USB power cord, 2A output power adapter and HDMI data cable.

This is the real body of the Zhiwo box, which is printed with the word ZIVOO. Unfortunately, it is not the green version on the box, but a gray version. The box adopts a metal body design, and also has a suspended design. The smart box was created by a design team that has won the German iF Award for three consecutive years.

There is a layer of transparent acrylic material on the front frame. After power on, a light will light up in the center. Here we can also see that the lower layer is a whole row of heat sinks. Due to the triangular design of the lower layer, the upper layer will be suspended when placed flat on the desktop, giving a sense of design.

There are quite a lot of interfaces behind it. From left to right, there are power interface, AV interface, one in one out dual HDMI interface, network cable interface, dual USB interface. In addition, it can output the charging interface, and the right is the power key. By the way, there is still an antenna on the left that can be adjusted by 180 degrees.

The bottom is a protruding inverted triangle, and the outermost is a layer of anti-skid silicone pad. The suspension design mentioned above is realized by this bottom.

Next is to connect the power supply and begin to experience the fun this box brings us.

Start up and enter the box. From here, we can see that the Zhiwo box adopts a more traditional desktop design, 3D card style, not the common horizontal axis desktop, and each function page is independent.

We can operate this box directly on the touch panel. To draw right is to select the card on the right, and to move up is to select the card on the top, which is easy to use. In some application interfaces, it will automatically become a mouse, and fingers can directly control the direction of the mouse on the touchpad, making it easier to operate.

It is still not convenient to use this remote control to connect WIFI and input some text. However, we can make full use of the USB interface on the back of the box, directly plug in the USB keyboard to input text, and the keyboard can also replace the remote control for some simple operations.

OK, let's take a look at the content of each column page. This is the box home page, which is the column page of film and television broadcast. There are several recommended TV programs on it, and other broadcast functions on the left.

There are already quite a lot of video resources in the smart box with the built-in icntv.

You can record the videos you have watched in the recently played directory. In addition, you can also collect your favorite dramas. If you need to watch them next time, you can directly search in the collection record.

The second page is the built-in karaoke page of the Smart Box, which has karaoke, watching games, viewing instant singing and listening in the box and other functions.

K songs are basically built in with the application of Tianlai K songs. You can also view the ongoing song competition in the competition column.

And the song listening column is built with beautiful songs every day. Indeed, the song resources of beautiful songs every day are quite complete. What kind of songs you like to listen to can be basically satisfied.

How can you choose songs in the song request mode.

Then you can sing the songs you choose. After singing, you can also upload the songs to the competition, and compete with netizens or audition.

If you feel empty, boring, lonely and cold, you can also enter the voice room to sing or chat with netizens.

The third page is the game mode. There are several built-in somatosensory games. At the beginning, you need to establish characters first. Since the Smart Box wants to build a competition atmosphere for family members through these games, the shape of the characters is the same size.

Let's try some simple games. You have to download the game data package for the first game.

Since the somatosensory game requires the use of a somatosensory handle, and this box is not equipped with a somatosensory handle and a game handle as standard, we can download the ZIVOO mobile phone client to act as a handle for easy operation.

When your mobile phone is connected to the smart box, your mobile phone can directly act as a remote control.

Simulate the basic remote control.

Simulate game handles.

Simulate the somatosensory handle.

The bowling ball tested needs a somatosensory handle to play. After installing the client, you can play the built-in game well.

Game controllers can be used to operate other games, such as some racing games.

Screenshot of the built-in racing game.

The touch screen game controller may not be used to for the first time, but it will become familiar after playing for a long time.

There are other games to choose from in the game hall.

The game also has the corresponding classification of operation modes, and you can adjust the simulation handle of your mobile phone according to the game.

Finally, there is the application page. The smart box has its own application market, which can be downloaded and used according to your needs.

There are also various categories available for selection in the market.

Draw down on the application page to call out the applications you have installed.

In the smart box setting interface, there are more detailed adjustable options.

We still see our remaining storage space in the storage page.

The specific size of the application can also be marked on the application page.

The Quick Adjustment toolbar is displayed.

Under the item of wireless connection, you can adjust the wireless network, Ethernet and Bluetooth.

In terms of peripherals, we can also see that in addition to our basic touch remote control, there are also peripherals of game consoles, somatosensory handles and somatosensory cameras.

Multi screen sharing.

Then try playing the USB flash disk. After inserting the USB flash disk, the box will improve. You can open the USB flash disk. From the built-in folder management interface, you can see the local capacity and the capacity usage of the USB flash disk. You can also directly open files on the USB flash drive, but management operations such as deleting or copying files are not supported.

If you think your own folder is not easy to use and your own market cannot find a suitable application, you should rely on the third-party market to supplement it.

Later, the local playback function of this box was tested. Smart Box did a good job in local playback. MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, RMVB formats of 720P and 1080P, and finally MKV video with 4K resolution can be played normally without the help of a third-party player. And because the hardware performance is good enough, it is very smooth when playing.

Finally, let's talk about the overall feeling. First of all, the appearance design of the Smart Box, which is a common large and small frisbee in China, is much better than that of the round and non-circular frisbee. At first sight, it caught the eye of users (it would be even more beautiful if it were the Suogu version). The design of the metal body looks much higher than the texture of the plastic. Both the smart box and the remote control are metal bodies, which look very solid. The remote control uses the touch design, so there will be more operation methods to enhance the operation experience. ICNTV is built into the smart box to ensure rich video content. In addition, social functions such as family sense game, karaoke mode and game hall are also added, which is a major feature of the box. There is no doubt that the resource integration of smart box is more perfect. It is a very competitive product for many TV set-top boxes with single function in China.