The era of the Internet has come, and more and more intelligent homes are emerging. TV is an indispensable household appliance in every family. But have you found that there were some high-end smart TVs in the past few years. With the continuous development of the Internet era, they have gradually become less intelligent. The emergence of Internet TV set-top boxes has perfectly solved this problem, and ordinary TVs can immediately become Internet smart TVs. However, the emergence of Internet TV set-top boxes has also put pressure on traditional TV manufacturers. Many traditional TV manufacturers have also joined the ranks of smart TV set-top boxes. Today, what we want to show you is this Skyworth Q+Internet set-top box produced by Skyworth and Tencent Video.

·Unpacking&Appearance·

▼ Skyworth Q+network set-top box uses a black packaging box, with irregular graphics as the background color on the front, and the blue Q+logo. At first sight, it will give people a very high-end feeling.

▼ Skyworth Q+'s packaging box has two layers of inner and outer packaging. After taking out the outermost packaging box, there is a black inner box inside. In terms of packaging, it can be seen that it has been carefully designed. There is a Q+mark in the middle of the black inner box.

▼ After opening the inner box, we can see the Skyworth Q+network set-top box. The surface is also covered with a protective film to avoid scratches during transportation, which is very careful.

▼ The following are all the accessories in the Skyworth Q+box: a Skyworth Q+box theme, a remote control, a power adapter and a manual. Skyworth Q+is not equipped with HDMI HD cable and AV cable, so students who need it can only purchase it separately. This is the first sincere deficiency of Skyworth Q+network set-top box I want to say. The two accessories in the accessories introduction in the instructions are represented by dotted lines. If you don't look carefully, you still think that the wire material is standard.

▼ Let's simply enjoy this Skyworth Q+network set-top box. The surface of the box is a black mirror design, surrounded by blue trim strips, and there is a blue Q+logo in the middle. The appearance is very beautiful. Although the varnish is very beautiful, the dust fingerprints are also very obvious, and the surface is easy to be scratched. Therefore, it is recommended that the children with obsessive-compulsive disorder stick a protective film.

▼ There is a hidden status indicator at the bottom right of Skyworth Q+box, which is hard to find at ordinary times. After the box is opened, the white indicator light will light up.

▼ On the back of the box are some parameters such as the model, manufacturer and input voltage of the induction Skyworth box. At the bottom of the box is a ring of anti-skid rubber mat, which can be placed on a variety of different desks.

▼ All the interfaces of Skyworth Q+box are centrally placed on the back of the box. It provides us with an AV interface, an HDMI interface, an Ethernet interface, a USB interface, a Micro USB interface and a power interface. These should be regarded as the standard interfaces of the box. The only difference is that an Ethernet port is added, which can be directly connected to the external network cable to ensure the stability of the network.

▼ The remote control of Skyworth Q+box is composed of the direction key, power key, home key, return key, menu key, volume increase/decrease and Q key. It is basically the same design as most network box remote controls. The back of the remote control uses an arc design, which gives a good grip. The Q key on the top left is a feature function of Skyworth Q+box, which can be customized. After clicking it, you can switch to the set application or content with one key. This function is very suitable for new users or elderly people who are new to the box products.

·Experience&System·

▼ The setup of Skyworth Q+box is very simple. After starting the machine, you will be prompted to set the network. After setting, you will automatically enter the main interface of the box. The broadcast control platform of Skyworth Q+Box is CIBN Internet. In addition to the cooperation with Tencent Video, the content resources are relatively guaranteed. After startup, the "Recommend" interface is displayed by default. Here are some recently updated popular content. If there is nothing you like, you can also directly search through the "Search" option on the left.

▼ Skyworth Q+box is rich in resource content. Enter the "classification" option, card type classification design, and according to the resource content, it can be divided into six items: movies, TV dramas, variety shows, animation, special topics, and Hollywood. Users can choose from them.

▼ Enter the "Movie" option, because of the support of Tencent Video, the movie update is very timely, but it needs to be noted that there are many movies that need members to watch for free, and the charging resources will have a subscript prompt in the upper right corner. The lower part of the interface is classified according to the place of origin and type of movies, which is convenient for you to find, but you can only use the arrow keys to slide right one by one to select, which is slightly inconvenient.

▼ In addition, we can also click the "Filter" button at the bottom of the interface, set the filter rules, and then quickly select the content.

▼ After entering the content details interface, such as this cartoon that my baby likes, the episode list has not only the number of episodes but also the title. This detail is very good. Most of the software is just a simple standard number of episodes.

▼ After entering the "Discovery" interface, here are mainly recommendations of some popular applications and games. If you don't know what applications to download, you can use the "Download Rank" to see what applications everyone is using, and you can also upgrade applications, but it seems that only the applications downloaded from the app store can be upgraded.

▼ In the "Application" interface, we can see the system's own and installed applications. The card design is relatively simple, but the home page can only display 8 applications. If you want to see other installed applications, you need to click the "All Applications" button at the bottom right of the interface, and then you can see all the applications installed on the box.

▼ Because of the cooperation with Tencent, we will find many games produced by Tencent in the game store interface. However, there are only 33 games in the game store at present, and they can only be controlled through the mobile phone virtual controller, so the game experience is not very strong.

▼ The application icons of the system are centrally placed here, which looks messy. In fact, we can consider putting the two options of application and game into the "discovery" option, which should look more beautiful. Moreover, the application icon does not support free editing. It can only be added to the application desktop through the "top" operation, which is very inhumane. I hope that the free editing function of the application icon can be added in the future.

▼ The "Settings" interface of Skyworth Q+box seems to have many functions, which can be used to set the network, resolution, background, standby time, audio, etc., but after entering the corresponding settings interface, you will find that the settings are actually very simple. "One click optimization" can quickly release the box's operating memory, which is more practical.

▼ From the information displayed in the "About this machine" interface, we can know that Skyworth Q+box does not support the Bluetooth function, which I really did not expect. Without the Bluetooth function, the game experience must be greatly discounted.

▼ Finally, let's take a look at the "My" interface, which gathers some features of Skyworth Q+box, such as cloud music, cloud album and WeChat interaction.

▼ We can listen to music online without downloading through "Cloud Music", and we can directly enjoy the photos you upload on TV through "Cloud Album", and it can also be used as a standby screensaver.

▼ Because of the restrictions of various systems, it is difficult for the box to meet the needs of everyone by its own content, so we need to install some third-party applications to expand. The current application installation method of Skyworth Q+box only supports the installation of USB flash disk. After inserting the USB flash disk, you will see the USB flash disk icon in the "Multimedia Center" interface.

▼ Due to the addition of Tencent, the box also has a "WeChat interaction" function. It only takes three steps to use WeChat to control the box. This setting is very simple. After paying attention to "Skyworth Box", select "WeChat remote control" in the "Multi screen interaction" option, and after equipment binding, you can directly control the box through the WeChat remote control.

▼ Finally, let's talk about the "Q key" of Skyworth Q+box feature function. The setting is also very simple. Select the module you want to set, and then long press the Q key on the remote control. After the system prompts "Tie it up, try it", the operation is completed.

·Summary·

So far, the evaluation of Skyworth Q+box is over. This network TV set-top box jointly launched by Skyworth and Tencent has brought us limited highlights, and we still need to continue to work hard on system optimization. Finally, based on my experience, I give some personal opinions and suggestions.

advantage: The polished mirror has a beautiful appearance and looks more superior; The original Q key is very convenient, suitable for some novices and elderly people at home who just touch the box; The design of the UI interface is very novel, which can give some freshness to people who are used to the box system before; With the addition of Ethernet port, the box can adapt to more network environments; The dual channel WiFi design effectively ensures the strength and stability of the WiFi signal and makes watching movies more smooth.

Disadvantages: The surface of the box is easy to be scratched. Gently wiping will also leave small scratches. Is it to make the rhythm of the film; When you enter the application quickly through the Q key, the system will have a black screen for a few seconds. It would be better to add some excessive animation; When you enter the box content interface to search for resources, you can only switch one by one through the remote control, which is not as convenient as turning pages up and down in rows; Applications cannot be installed into external memory, and can only be stored in the flash memory provided by the system; The installation of applications is too simple. It can only support the installation of USB flash disk, and cannot be installed remotely; The WeChat interactive interface has too many functions and can only be used as an ordinary remote control and transfer pictures. It would be better to add the function of file transfer or screenshot; The overall fluency of the system needs to be enhanced. If you start a slightly larger game or application, there will be obvious stuttering; The box does not have a Bluetooth module and cannot connect to Bluetooth devices such as the Bluetooth handle. The experience of games will be much worse.