Smart set-top boxes can be said to be a hot topic, and many manufacturers have launched corresponding products to compete. But can Huawei Secret Box, with its excellent hardware configuration and unique ingenious design, impress consumers and stand out in the fierce competition?

Huawei's secret box is the top level of Huawei in terms of hardware configuration. Its 65 * 65mm size is quite small and attractive compared with all smart set-top boxes on the market. The various interfaces of Huawei Secret Box are also quite special, and they are quite user-friendly. In addition, Huawei Secret Box uses a Bluetooth remote control, which is also quite positive.

Appearance design:

Huawei secret box is square in design.

Huawei's secret box is very small in size and weight, which is quite attractive to me.

The front of Huawei's secret box is designed with a high gloss mirror, and the four sides are designed with a fake metal appearance. Due to the use of insulation vacuum plating technology around, the appearance is quite satisfactory.

There are many interfaces on the top of Huawei's secret box, from left to right, they are USB * 1, Optical Audio * 1, power input and one indicator.

The right side is the HDMI output interface.

On the left are the HDMI input connector and the storage card slot. The HDMI input interface has a dust cover design, and the storage card slot supports a maximum 32G expansion.

The following are DOLBY, dts and WeChat logos, which represent support for Dolby and dts decoding and WeChat special functions.

There is quite a lot of relevant information at the bottom.

Accessory design:

The accessory of Huawei Secret Box is no different from other smart set-top boxes. It is still a remote control, HDMI, data cable, charger and 3M sticker. However, every accessory of Huawei's secret box is pretty good. After trial, you will find that every accessory of Huawei's secret box is designed ingeniously.

The MediaQ remote control is designed with 12 keys, which gives you a strong sense of certainty.

The MediaQ remote control is different from the button battery used in the smart set-top box on the market. It uses two No. 7 batteries. This is because it uses Bluetooth instead of infrared, which increases power consumption, but also makes replacement easier.

The HDMI cable attached to Huawei's secret box is designed as an L-type short line, which is inferior to other smart set-top boxes. However, I think this is the most intimate and the best choice for Huawei's secret box.

The power cord is a standard mirco USB design and also serves as an OTG function. On the premise that other smart set-top boxes support OTG functions, you need to have an OTG line.

The charger is designed for 5V/2A, but only 1A is needed to drive Huawei's secret box in the actual test.

System operation:

The system UI of Huawei Secret Box is similar to that of most intelligent set-top boxes. It is designed with large color blocks by Metro, which is easy to identify and operate.

The system UI of Huawei Secret Box is not only simple as big color blocks, but also integrates the label design. You can see that there are different kinds of functions below.

Channel, you can select programs according to different preferences.

For local resources, Huawei Secret Box supports OTG and storage card expansion, so the local functions are more powerful than other boxes. For the author who likes watching local high-definition movies, Huawei Secret Box is more convenient.

For applications, Huawei's secret box is more open than other boxes, and can be installed for some local applications, which is more powerful than other boxes.

It can be seen that the remote control of Huawei Secret Box is Bluetooth. Some commonly used settings of Huawei Secret Box, such as wireless network and system upgrade, are here, while some rare settings are placed in all settings, avoiding the possibility of being confused at the beginning.

In the settings, Huawei Secret Box has a wide range of settings, including five modules: network, display, sharing, system, and advanced.

In the settings, we can see that there are quite a lot of settings for the five modules. The biggest highlight is the automatic pop-up of WeChat messages during sharing, which is also a highlight of Huawei's Secret Box.

Highlight design:

The Huawei Secret Box is different from the smart set-top box on the market. Its remote control is Bluetooth 4.0. Compared with other traditional infrared remote controls, the remote control posture is free from any restrictions. This is also the most commendable innovation of Huawei Secret Box.

One of the major promotional selling points of Huawei's secret box is WeChat mutual transmission. The process of binding accounts is quite simple, and WeChat image transmission can be carried out by scanning the corresponding two-dimensional code and following our secret box's WeChat signal.

As long as you send pictures to my secret box WeChat, you will be reminded and checked in Huawei Secret Box Express. However, it is a pity that Huawei's secret box can only transmit pictures without expressions and words, and can't transfer the pictures on Huawei's secret box to WeChat, so the playability is only average.

The file manager of Huawei's secret box is the most user-friendly among the many smart set-top boxes tested by the author. The directory structure at a glance, the ability to copy and paste directly, the ability to preview pictures and play music are all very comfortable. However, Huawei Secret Box cannot perform multiple selection operations. It is difficult to repeat operations only with the remote control.

Huawei Secret Box cooperates with CNTV, and there are quite a lot of online movie sources, which should not be worried. In the local high-definition broadcast that the author pays most attention to, Huawei Secret Box is quite excellent. Huawei Secret Box can directly play 720P MKV film source and ultrahigh bit rate Blu ray original disc, and can also load subtitles, so it can not be picky. The flow is fairly smooth when dragging, and there is no jam during playback. However, it is a pity that Huawei Secret Box can not customize subtitles, etc. It is hoped that corresponding functions can be added to firmware upgrades in the future.

other:

The wallpaper of Huawei Secret Box will be replaced every time the machine is turned on and off, which is not helpful in terms of practicality, but it feels good to be refreshing every time.

The Huawei secret box charger is 5V/2A. In actual testing, the U port provided by the TV can also be used. However, if the keyboard or mobile hard disk is connected, the original device is still used to ensure sufficient power supply, otherwise Huawei Secret Box may automatically shut down and restart.

For smart set-top boxes, it seems that many people will consider the installation of applications in a large proportion. Huawei Secret Box is very friendly to application installation. It can directly install APK in the file manager and display it in the application. The compatibility of the K3V2 of Huawei Secret Box is quite good, which can be compatible with most applications.

Although I have already mentioned above, I still want to say something. The promotional selling point of Huawei Secret Box has WeChat function, but it should only be based on WeChat API for account binding. In theory, it should be able to transmit words and expressions to each other, so that remote communication and warning can be achieved, such as displaying the corresponding text on the screen to tell viewers that the time is up. As far as the WeChat function of Huawei's Secret Box is concerned, it can be said that it is quite weak.

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