Intelligent micro investment has become really popular recently. All kinds of immortals have their own magic powers. Large factories and small factories have flocked to the market. As the leader of the domestic intelligent micro investment market, Jimi has also launched several products recently. The author happened to have tried them, and the overall impression is very good. The author also has some understanding of the first-line brands in the domestic intelligent micro investment market, such as Mythology, Fruit Shell, and Kuletv, through friends, These products have their own characteristics in terms of hardware level, functional design and software quality. For intelligent micro investment products, with the intensification of market competition, many manufacturers have also focused on smaller micro investment products. However, due to the limitation of hardware, can such products have both image quality and portability? What about the ease of use of the system? With these questions, let's open this review and enter the magical world of PaPa Pocket Cinema.

Personalized product name and standard packaging style

The intelligent micro investment evaluated this time was provided by Jiguo. com, and I would like to express my gratitude. Speaking of the product, this micro investment has a very unique name, “PaPa”， Yes, if you don't think about it in that way, the name will have no meaning. However, the product is still the king of experience after all. A good product should be easy to use. If you want to influence the market by only one name, you can only say that it is too silly and naive. Of course, whether there are two brushes in PaPa, please continue to see the evaluation.

In terms of packaging, compared with most intelligent micro investment products, this package is quite mini, with white background, large logo in the front and middle, a little abstract image of a small elephant, and the overall standard. For a start-up company, except for the name, the package is a little too low-key, the inner box uses shock absorption foam to fix the host, and separate paper boxes to sub assemble accessories and documents, The long small box is packed with a tripod, but here we have to complain that there is no protective film on the top of the lower host.

The package of PaPa is already very small, but from the accessories placed in the accessory box, a manual and a USB power cable are placed in the large square paper box, and the power adapter also occupies a large box, while the triangular bracket, which is a random accessory, uses a separate package. In fact, the package can be made more delicate and compact by reasonable arrangement.

All items, host, remote control, power adapter USB cable, instruction manual and tripod bracket. The introduction of the instruction manual is quite detailed. Here, I suggest friends who use it for the first time to take a closer look and avoid detours. This is a personal experience. As a micro investment in the pocket, there is no standard internal storage bag, which is a pity. You know, there is no shortage of dust in the pocket.

The tripod support is made of aluminum alloy, and the legs can be retracted, but it is slightly difficult to tighten. The remote control is designed with standard 11 keys. Compared with the small host, this remote control is really a bit large. In fact, it can also be designed with mini points. This product is mainly aimed at portability.

The overall design is pretty good, the workmanship of the product needs to be improved

In fact, the overall feeling of this PaPa intelligent micro investment is good, with elegant colors and small square box appearance, but in terms of details, it really needs to be further strengthened.

The mainframe is a cube with a round corner design, the size is 100mm × 100mm × 25mm, and the weight is about 200g. The top surface is made of acrylic bright plastic panel. The lower right corner is equipped with a red power switch. There is actually a touch key area beside it, which is hidden when it is turned off, and will light up after it is turned on. The center of the bottom surface is a standard bracket threaded interface, which can be used by ordinary cameras, PaPa can also be used. The four corners are equipped with anti-skid pads, and the upper right area is equipped with a large area of heat sink. From the label of the product, we can see that the model of this product is PA01, the color is white, and the memory is 8G. In fact, the color of the top panel is a little yellow, not pure white, but no logo of the product brand can be found throughout the whole machine.

On the left side of the front is the projection lens, which uses LED light source. There is no ANSI lumen parameter in terms of brightness. However, for this mini type micro projection, there is no need to be too demanding. Although this product is not cheap, with the current technology, fish and bear paw can not have both. From the subsequent live pictures, we can see that the right side is an infrared receiving window. What we need to complain about is that, The gap between the lens and the machine panel is a little large, and the design without dust cover is not conducive to carrying.

The back is the interface area. From left to right, there are headphone ports, TF card slots, USB ports, RESET reset holes, and MicroUSB power interfaces. Many friends want to add an HDMI interface to the PaPa. In fact, for such a mini smart micro investment, this interface is not necessary. When it is necessary to use an HDMI high-definition cable to deliver images, PaPa is not enough. In general, you really don't need an HDMI cable to connect. Instead, it is a USB interface. Even for such a small mini micro projector, although it has a TF card slot, a USB is still a little insufficient. Although the MicroUSB interface can connect to the computer and manage data like a mobile phone, it does not support OTG functions. It uses the handle, keyboard The mouse and other accessories will be a little stretched, and the manufacturing process, you can also see that the cut holes of each interface do not seem to be flat.

The left side is a heat sink. Similarly, the opening process looks a bit rough. The seven sets of heat sinks are uneven, while the right side is equipped with a focusing knob and audio. The focusing knob is made of plastic, which feels a bit loose. When focusing is actually used, it is not easy to set it at the best position. The audio effect should not be too demanding, after all, the product is so large.

Before starting the machine, take out the insulating sheet in the remote control, press the power touch key on the host, and then press the power key on the remote control, PaPa will start up. According to the instructions, you can also start up by pressing short and long buttons, which is quite convenient and is not afraid of being touched by mistake. But why does it always make a "click" when you start up? If it is quiet at night, it will be bad to frighten the baby.

The UI system shows its true colors, and the soft power needs to be greatly strengthened

PaPa intelligent micro investment uses a specially customized UI system. From the actual experience, the UI system of this product is developed completely according to the tablet mode, but it has simple Win8 style processing on the UI of the main page. Especially from the setting interface, it can be deeply felt that the UI of PaPa is basically not deeply customized for projection. In this regard, I think that PaPa really should be strengthened. As an intelligent projection product, the UI system ecosystem is half life. If only selling hardware, traditional projection manufacturers will have greater competitiveness.

The Metro style icons on the main interface, such as movies, TV, games, application markets, and file management, are all third-party APP shortcuts. Of course, this is not bad, but it is more personalized. But at least it should be able to be replaced with your favorite APP application. What's more wonderful is that there is something about this, Is it necessary to put this page on the home page? In addition, we can take a screenshot. In fact, after connecting the mouse, we can call up the menu bar at the bottom. The second item is screenshot. That is, in order to take a screenshot, we must connect a mouse. In fact, we can set a shortcut key on the remote control.

There are many third-party APPs built in the application page, which can be uninstalled by themselves. The third-party applications in the system application folder may not be deleted because they are linked to the home page icon. From the perspective of the entire interface operation, it is relatively easy to start because they are not different from the commonly used mobile phones and tablet systems, but as an intelligent micro investment, The simple UI and functional design of this system are really shocking.

If the mouse is connected, such as cleaning background applications, scrolling pages, and selecting tick options, these operations are still very convenient, which makes me have some new thoughts on the positioning of intelligent micro investment products.

In terms of settings, it is also the original Android settings page. Even the various options are still intact. The drop-down menu bar at the top is reserved, but it can only be pulled down with the mouse. I am 100% convinced that if a SIM card slot is set up, this product must be able to make calls. It is a joke. For start-ups, their technical strength must be gradually accumulated, However, the market is changing rapidly. For a semi skilled system like PaPa, it undoubtedly reduces its competitiveness.

Pocket micro investment experience, in addition to portable

Smart micro investment has used several models, but it is the first time to use a mini like PaPa, full of freshness. However, after using this period of time, I am still a little disappointed with its projection effect. After all, expectations are too high, but the reality is that such a small projection cannot make too many breakthroughs in the hardware itself, and the immature UI system also makes the experience greatly reduced.

In the normal light environment, when the projection is large, the projection picture can not be seen clearly, and it is difficult to see clearly by touching the button, but it has improved in the relatively dark environment. Therefore, the following live pictures are taken in the relatively dark environment when the curtains are closed indoors.

First, the scenery video test file in the system was played and tested. It can be seen from the live shot above that the whole projection picture is still beautiful in blue and green, but it has lost more details in the dark, and the sense of hierarchy is poor.

Several live programs were broadcast using the built-in third-party live APP. In addition to the unsatisfactory picture effect, the Wifi connection is relatively stable.

When playing big dynamic movies and other pictures, the drag shadow is still a little bit. Pay attention to the comparison between the clear caption and the fuzzy robot in the above figure. Similarly, the saturation of other colors is a little poor except for the blue and green colors in the whole picture.

In terms of the game, I simply tested that the preferred fighting game, using the Wifi connected handle, is still relatively stable through the adapter connection, but sometimes the problem of sudden jamming occurs. When changing to the game supported by the mouse, it is slightly troublesome to re plug and unplug the USB adapter. If there is an additional USB interface, Or MicroUSB supporting OTG is a very good improvement method.

The support for office series documents is good, but the clarity of the handwriting on the screen with too large projection is blurred, and the situation around is more serious than that in the middle. However, as a projection display of small images, it is acceptable.

After more than an hour of tossing, the temperature of the top surface of the PaPa was tested. After more than ten measurements, the average temperature was about 39 ℃. This temperature was relatively high, but the unexpected thing was that the temperature of the air outlet was not very high. Its internal heat dissipation design was a bit opaque. I had a chance to take a look at it. As the main slogan, the product was a pocket cinema, Be sure to put it in your pocket, PaPa, and easily put it in your pants pocket. Find a goddess to watch PaPa projection.

summary

This PaPa intelligent micro investment is certainly good in terms of portability, but it is a pity that there is no standard internal storage bag. The overall workmanship and details of the product still need to be improved, and the UI system is too simple, which does not reflect the characteristics of the projection UI system, especially in terms of settings. Although people who have used smart phones do not have too much difficulty in this setting, However, as a projection, it is difficult to find the settings on the screen, but it is limited by the brightness of the light source. When used in the daytime, the picture is quite blurry. You must close the curtains to project the picture happily, or project the picture on a smaller plane to obtain a relatively good effect. In general, this PaPa projection is weak in brightness, It has decided that its short board on the large projection screen, and the viewing experience can not meet the high demand. As an entry-level mini intelligent micro investment, PaPa still needs to be improved. I hope the manufacturer can listen to the voice of users more, so that the product can be improved as soon as possible.