With the tide of intelligent hardware sweeping the world and the rapid progress of technology, intelligent micro projection products have also emerged in the past two years. They have two major advantages that traditional projectors cannot match: portability and intelligence. In addition, they have relatively low prices. Although there is still a certain gap between them and traditional projectors in terms of brightness and image quality, However, it has still won the favor of thousands of consumers, especially young people, and is popular in the intelligent hardware market. Today, the author will introduce a leading intelligent micro investment product - Shenhua Z1 portable intelligent cinema.

After launching the crowdfunding on the JD crowdfunding platform, Shenhua Z1 Portable Smart Cinema has gained great attention with its excellent workmanship, super high configuration and extremely high cost performance. 7500 supporters participated in the crowdfunding, and finally the amount of crowdfunding reached 12 million, creating a big myth in the projector industry. So, what's so remarkable about such a small and exquisite intelligent micro investment product? Compared with similar products, what are the features? Now, let's find out.

The outer packing box of Shenhua Z1 is in the form of a heaven and earth cover, with a pure white background, and the front side is the product's promotional pictures and brand logo, which has full visual impact; On the back is the specific parameter introduction of the product, which allows consumers to have a general understanding of it at the first time. It is very intuitive and concise.

Open the upper cover of the box, you can see the projector host wrapped in a plastic bag, which has a hazy beauty; Below the projector are instructions and warranty cards, and below the projector are parts areas. All kinds of parts are neatly stacked in different boxes. As the saying goes, "Details determine success or failure." The package of God Painted Z1 is so exquisite and exquisite, which shows the degree of care of the manufacturer.

The family photo presents: Shenhua Z1 projector host, power adapter, power cable, HDMI HD cable, USB data cable, magic pen (remote control), manual warranty card, etc.

If you get Z1 for the first time, you must be surprised by its compact shape. The overall size is only a quarter of the size of A4 paper and 25 mm thick. You can imagine that such a "pocket" projector can project 180 inch pictures and also has a built-in lithium battery, which can play high-definition movies for two hours continuously when fully charged; Although Z1 is so "pocket sized", its weight is really heavy. It is heavy to hold, so its material should be quite solid.

The front panel of Z1 is made of UV nano level tempered glass, which looks very tall. In addition, Z1 adopts a unique dual lens structure design. The main lens is responsible for the output of the projection picture, and the sub lens is responsible for the real-time monitoring and remote control interaction of the projection picture. This design is novel.

The position next to the Z1 lens is a large mesh cooling hole, which is consistent with the mesh design of the cooling hole. The front of the product is also designed in a mesh format, which makes the design style of the whole machine very unified and looks more harmonious.

The back of Z1 is designed with air inlets. There is a black foot pad on each side, which plays a good cushioning role. A standard tripod interface is designed in the middle position, which can easily connect various tripods to obtain a better projection experience. A row of holes in the lower right corner is where the microphone is located. In practical experience, in a quiet environment, the volume of speakers can basically meet the needs of watching movies. If you have higher requirements for sound quality, you can connect an external speaker or directly connect a Bluetooth speaker through Bluetooth.

The various jacks of Z1 are designed in the rear of the fuselage. From left to right, there are external power interface, 3.5mm audio hole, USB port, SD card slot, HDMI port, infrared receiving port, power indicator light and switch key. The layout is orderly. These interfaces provide Z1 with rich scalability.

After talking about the projector host, let's introduce the unique remote control of Z1, that is, the "magic pen". This "magic pen" function can completely throw other brands of remote controls out of the street. It has a built-in rechargeable battery, which eliminates the trouble of frequent battery changes for users. It also supports gravity sensing, and you can play somatosensory games through it; Of course, the most amazing thing about the magic pen is that it supports the virtual image touch technology. It can be used to control the Z1, such as pointing and pointing, so that you don't need to be close to the tablet in front of the large screen, and you can also achieve a sense of body comparable to the touch screen.

In the evaluation part, we focus on testing and experiencing the system, hardware, functions and projection effects of the divine painting Z1. First, let's talk about the test environment. The projection screen in the author's home is a 120 inch electric white glass fiber screen. The pictures taken below are the real picture effects of Z1 projected onto the screen.

1、 System UI display

The system of Shenhua Z1 is an Android system that has been developed for the second time. The desktop is divided into five sections: home page, cinema, application, input and settings. The home page can see the current popular movies and TV plays, and can also customize common applications; Cinemas are integrated with CIBN, and online film and television resources are abundant; In addition to browsing local files, the input part can also set HDMI input and wireless on screen, which supports Android and Apple systems; The setting interface is basically the native interface of Android, which can also be seen that the secondary development completion of the system carried by Shenhua Z1 is not very high and needs further development.

2、 Hardware performance

Although Shenhua Z1 is a projector product, its configuration is very powerful. Shenhua Z1 is equipped with Cortex-A9 2.0GHz quad core CPU+Mali-450 MP6 eight core GPU, 2G memory+8G flash memory, 1080p/4K video decoding, wireless network (WiFi) 802.11b/g/n protocol and Bluetooth 4.0. This configuration is absolutely powerful in intelligent micro investment products. Now let's test the hardware performance of Z1 through the score run of Anthare.

As shown in the above figure, the score of Shenhua Z1 easily exceeded 35000. This result is comparable to that of many smart TVs at present. The author has also experienced several portable micro investment products of other brands. Shenhua Z1 has the highest score, and the performance of Shenhua Z1 can also be seen from this.

Of course, the best way to test the hardware strength is not to score. If the actual performance is average, what's the use of more scores? In order to test the actual performance of the divine painting Z1, the author downloaded and installed several large games to test, such as "Top Speed Car", "Street Fighter 4" and several other large games that the author prefers. The test results are very satisfactory. Playing these games on Z1 is a piece of cake, especially "Top Speed Car", The shock brought by the 100 inch screen is not comparable to that brought by playing on a few inch mobile phone. With the divine painting Z1, it's like a game machine with a 100 inch screen.

3、 Projection effect, video playback

Since Shenhua Z1 is an intelligent micro projection product, its projection effect is of course the most important aspect. Now let's focus on testing the projection effect of Z1. Before the test, the author would like to tell you that, due to the current technical conditions, the brightness of micro LED projectors is generally not as high as that of traditional bulb machines, which is an indisputable fact, But when you think about the price of light bulbs, which are easily aging, and a large amount of money to replace them, you will be relieved.

As a portable micro projection product, the performance of Shenhua Z1 is not very good in the daytime strong light environment, which is a common weakness of such products at present. Therefore, the author did not test the projection performance of Z1 in the daytime, and the following tests were conducted at night.

In the above two pictures, the first one was taken when the light was turned on (40W fluorescent lamp), and the second one was taken in a completely dark environment. The screen in my home has a ratio of 120 inches to 16:10. From the first picture, we can see that the projection size is about 80 inches, even when the light is turned on, The performance of Z1 is very satisfactory, and the performance in the all black environment can be described as "amazing". The projection picture is very delicate, the picture details are clearly visible, and the text display is also very clear and sharp.

The author also used Z1 to play the 1080P big movie "Robot Cat" and "Transformers 4". Z1 played without any stuttering, and even fast forward and fast backward reactions were very fast, without any sloppiness; The color restoration is true and accurate, and the details of the picture are also well displayed. Theoretically, the Z1 configuration has no pressure to play 4K UHD audio and video files, but the author did not test 4K, because the physical resolution of the divine Z1 is 1280 × 720, which is of little significance to see 4K movies.

4、 Mobile office

The Z1 has such a small body and such a powerful configuration. If you take it with you, it can be used for mobile office and document chart display. Z1 system comes with the best office software WPS on Android platform, which can easily realize mobile office.

From the above two actual projection pictures, it can be seen that the text display of the divine painting Z1 is quite clear and sharp. Of course, in mobile office, sometimes you may encounter the projection of Z1 onto different planes, and sometimes you have to adjust the size of the picture. At this time, another characteristic function of the divine painting Z1 has come into use. This function is the unique auto focusing function of the divine painting, This function is another place where divine paintings are far superior to other similar products.

The author believes that the auto focusing function of Shenhua Z1 is a very practical function, because the author has experienced several brands of projection products, and it is really a headache to focus frequently as long as you move it. The autofocus response of Shenhua Z1 is very fast. As long as the movement of the projector is captured, the autofocus operation will be carried out quickly, and it can be completed within two seconds.

5、 Heat dissipation and endurance

Shenhua Z1 has two built-in cooling fans and a scientific and reasonable air duct design. Even if it is used for a long time, the overall temperature of the machine will not be too high. The above figure is the highest temperature measured on the surface of the machine after the author played the game "Fantastic Flying Car" in Z1, which is less than 37 ℃. Its cooling control ability is also the best of several micro investment products that the author has experienced. However, the cooling fan of Z1 is a little noisy when it is running. In addition, the speaker volume of Z1 is not too high, so watching the movie will be affected to some extent.

As for the endurance, the built-in lithium battery capacity of Shenhua Z1 is 8500mAh. Shenhua officially claims that it can play for two hours continuously. The author actually tests and plays 1080P movies, Z1 can last for about 100 minutes, which is close to the official nominal value, but it is still not ideal. The author hopes that Z1 will have a larger battery capacity even if it makes a sacrifice in volume.

The competition in the field of intelligent micro investment has become increasingly fierce. In addition to taking the cost performance path, the author believes that the more important thing is whether the product has core competitiveness. Shenhua has its own core competitiveness among the current similar products, such as the exclusive auto focusing and virtual touch technology, It is hard for other micro investment products to match. In addition to its exquisite workmanship, excellent projection effect and heat dissipation performance, Z1 quickly stands out among similar products and becomes one of the best. If you are looking for a suitable intelligent micro investment product, Shenhua Z1 will be one of your best choices.