Whenever we talk about projectors, lumens and resolution always seem to be the headlines. More and more people ignore the operation and modeling design of projectors. The Z4 aurora hardware, which is worth 3999 yuan, is naturally a cutting-edge configuration. What's the purpose of comparing Z4 to a "family bucket"? Home Bucket is a delicious and valuable bucket with selling points in KFC. It has a good style, convenient functions and first-class picture quality and sound effects. It is reasonable to call it "Home Bucket". Thanks to the 72 platform change for giving me a chance to measure home projectors.

In my impression, the projector is a very ugly plastic box, which is hung on the ceiling all the year round with dust. When I read, I always stare at it, looking forward to the day when it will fall down. Maybe it is because of portability that the mini projector is on fire overnight. What is handheld, wall mounted and flat is magical. However, household portable projectors have the same characteristics: ugly, ugly Ugly.

Packaging: a good manufacturer without saving "cloth"

The packaging box alone is a very ordinary paper black box. Once opened, it was amazing. The inside of the box was a golden open shoulder design. It felt like Big Big Wolf had finally eaten the sheep. The accessories are packed strictly. Each small piece has an independent box. All are placed according to the rules. I like this kind of neat packaging, and especially cherish this hard won unpacking.

Two pairs of shutter 3D glasses worth 400 yuan, and a 24 month Mango TV "VIP membership card" worth 720 yuan, as well as an adapter tripod plate and fixing screws, were attached with the machine. The total value of accessories is far more than 1000 yuan, showing the sincerity of the product. The accompanying 3D glasses are hard, stable, and independently powered. Each pair is equipped with a storage bag, data cable, and duster cloth. The new shape of the hard plastic is far more high-end than the 3D glasses available on the street of ordinary cinemas. The 3D glasses presented by Jimi are more like extra matching at a high price. However, Jimi has ignored an important limitation. This 3D glasses have no diopter adjustment, nor clip design. Myopic glasses with eye sockets cannot be worn at the same time. As a four eyed boy, he is not satisfied. In order to experience the 3D effect of Z4, he should consider buying a contact lens or clip 3D glasses.

Appearance: On the Importance of Design

Unpacking the package of "Jimi Technology" from Shudu, I just opened it and mistakenly thought that it was a nostalgic send off from Jimi. It was an old record player. However, I never thought that this product was the main character of this article - Z4 Aurora.

The Z4 Aurora model refers to the model of classic record player. The record is surrounded by circular curve models, which can be used to confuse the fake with the real. After connecting to the power supply, the string will shine blue light, which is very beautiful, and the shape is very similar to the record player. Seeing this classic model, I feel like seeing Zhu Yin for the first time in Dahua Westward Journey, bright and beautiful. After all, looking at the dusty traditional overhead projector, I was sick to vomit. It's very luxurious to put this projector in the old living room, but I have to say that the top of the Z4 aurora is very easy to get dusty.

The color of the Z4 aurora is called twilight gold. Unfortunately, it can't shine like the aurora itself, but keeps a low profile and quiet twilight gold. If you try to shine light directly on the fuselage at night, you will receive the feedback from the fuselage of the beautiful golden sunken light, which is so light, showing a low profile and extraordinary. The once dark and thick dust box is finally innovated.

It is a great pity that Z4 does not use a metal cover on the back. It has lost a lot of texture. It is sealed by a large rubber plate touched by three rotating plastic screws. The back cover can be easily opened by rotating it with one hand. Oye! There is a prize for opening the cover: the Z4 Aurora has a STAT solid state disk expansion bin inside, which is much more convenient than finding WIFI everywhere and putting everything into the network disk. What's more, the useless 16GB is obviously not enough. It is necessary to add hard disk expansion. Thank you for knowing this.

It is correct to insist on using the anti-skid plastic cover of the back cover. The plastic back cover provides anti-skid effect, and it is even more arrogant to keep the body cold. During the use, it is obvious that most of the heat is discharged from the back by the cooling fan, and the plastic bottom provides conditions for the release of heat. Try to let the cooling fan run at the highest speed, and the noise is very low.

Tough metal covers the whole body. I like to give metal objects two strikes to test texture and sound feedback. I try to tap the body with a wrench. It recites the dull "pop" and "pop" sounds, which are about the deep feeling of tapping the iron pestle. Judging from the sound, the material used for the body is relatively good, but the texture is very soft and plastic, At that moment, I felt that I was Conan Monkey: proving that it was genuine soft metal.

The jacks on the back are arranged carefully. The openings in each position are square and round to round. The music openings and heat sinks are designed in a unified way. Even if a lot of peripherals are inserted on the Z4, it still does not appear disorderly.

Z4 has the courage to break through the tradition by giving up the hanging hole on the top, and the traditional projectors that are often seen are usually hung. It just shows its determination to become a household appliance. In order to make it convenient, it sacrifices the hanging column that damages the wall, and ingeniously adds the tripod combination mode, which solves the placement limitation and changes the life of traditional projectors, Use the three screws provided to fix the tripod plate to replace the traditional one.

The Z4 aurora design is as thin as a cicada's wings and as light as a feather. The thickness is the same height as my little mule (about 5cm), the weight is 1.2kg, and the size of 196x196x50mm is light and handy. It feels like holding a few books when you hold it at hand. You can easily take it to various rooms with one hand, easily put it into the briefcase and accept orders at any time. It has the advantages of metal body and portability, and gently use a dry cloth to gently remove the dust on its body.

I highly praise the size of the projection window of Z4. The size of the projection window is very proportional to the body shape. The hard lens of the record player model does not appear to be dull. The slide cover switch ingeniously integrates the lens dust cover and the power switch, which is an ingenious concealed continuous connection and the first mentioned one in two design.

The style of the remote control and the design of the body are "just like a mother". It is also a metal twilight gold color, and the key feedback is good. It does not extend the spirit to the remote control. When using the Z4 remote control, it is easy to take care of it. Once upon a time, I held a remote control and thought to myself: "What do you control?" Now when I look at the remote control stack, I know it is it - Jimi remote control.

Z4 Aurora has unique vision and unique artistic sense of record player modeling, which is unprecedented in previous micro projectors. It has the sense of appearance breakthrough and traditional projector common sense, and is willing to accept praise modestly: all-star home projector. The innovative addition of hanging embarrassment, remote control limitation and dust-proof switch has turned all the embarrassment in front of Jimi into advantages, and the small problems such as plastic feeling and dust staining in modeling are also very small.

Characteristic function: innovation strength

This remote control is like buying a super value "whole family bucket". This very dazzling remote control has the following functions: Bluetooth control, voice operation, remote flying mouse, somatosensory recognition, game handle and shutter focusing, an innovative one in five design.

The Bluetooth function is mainly used to control the remote control. The remote control is still sensitive when playing over a wall, while the traditional remote control has been killed. The most practical features of this remote control are voice and flying mouse functions. Parents with Hakka accent can use ordinary "flower" voice to operate the main interface. The recognition rate is higher than that of similar mobile phone voice assistants, and the accuracy is 100% in quiet environments. Shake the mouse and the cursor will be projected. It is very convenient to shake the remote flying mouse. It is most suitable for precise clicking for web browsing.

The all-in-one five polar meter remote control has no obvious bugs in the experience of the handle and the somatosensory function. However, combined with the inherent shortcomings of the Android somatosensory game development, the practicality of having a handle and the somatosensory in the remote control is simply weak. To be honest, there are few games worth playing with the polar meter remote control. However, the polar meter home has given the remote control to Niu 13, which is worth recommending as an advantage.

It has been a pity in the film world for 15 years that the masterpieces Disc 5 and Speed 7 did not use 3D format. It happens that Z4 Aurora has the function of 2D to 3D. The 2D format of the downloaded Disc 5 is converted to 3D by one key, and you can watch Tom with good 3D glasses. How about the effect? Well, it has the shock of the cinema. When projected to 100 inches, it is like sitting in the first row of the cinema. The change from shadow mode to 3D has no obvious effect on the original blue ray image quality, and can still maintain the resolution above 1080P.

The Z4 is equipped with internationally famous Harman Carton stereo hardware. The sound quality is very good, much better than that of TV sets. When you watch Speed 7 in an 80 square meter room, the sound is turned on at the maximum volume, at least 2.5 times the maximum volume of smart phones. For simple home use, there is no need to switch to external playback devices. This is a reproduction of the "home theater" that was pursued crazily many years ago.

Actual effect of projection

The German made Osram light source used by the Z4 aurora has the characteristics of not hurting the eyes and low power consumption. It is equipped with a strong configuration of 600 lumen light source, which is one of the best in brightness. The light source intensity is high. Please be careful not to directly hit the eyes when using it.

The projection configuration is 600ANSI lumens and 1280 x 800 resolution. It is known that the maximum lumen of the projector is currently 800ANSI, so this projection configuration is a projection top configuration. In the daytime, when the light of closing the door and pulling the curtain is weak, the projection effect is still clear and meets the demand. Once the light of opening the door shines into the house, it will have a great impact on the picture. Even if you have 600 lumens, you should still use the projection with the door and pulling the curtain honestly.

Never forget that Z4 positioning is "no screen TV", and it is inevitable to face the competition of TV LCD screen. When the lights are not turned on at night, the maximum brightness of the Z4 aurora can be close to the normal brightness of the home TV. The brightness and clarity at night easily beat the 43 inch LCD screen of the home TV, which perfectly replaced the LCD screen to achieve indoor entertainment viewing. The effect is to maintain the color of the original picture. What's more, the Z4 has a built-in high-energy lithium battery, which will not be a problem after six months of standby, and the TV will cry.

The official introduction of the projection image quality is: "16 image quality enhancement technologies and 11 colorful enhancement technologies make the picture exquisite, smooth and colorful". The Z4 Aurora projector is so hard to promote the image quality, and the image quality expressiveness cannot be boasted randomly. When projected at night, the actual color is plump, which is very close to the original image effect. The brightness and color are far uniform without obvious defects. The color is plump and pleasing to the eye, and the picture has no obvious graininess. The Z4 projection effect is comparable to the 2K screen effect.

Z4 Aurora has its own HD source function of hard solution 4K, which can play the familiar Peking Duck 4K at one go until my mouth watering.

Although the experience in the daytime is not as bright and quiet as that at night, at least I have nothing to do in the daytime during the holiday. It's better to watch new and old movies with free members in the room than to queue up in a noisy cinema. The quiet and quiet room makes me focus on the specific content of the movie. Can picture quality replace household TV and traditional projector? The strong light in the daytime is hard for the projector, but the strong light still reflects the TV LCD screen severely. Under the same limitations, Jimi has an overwhelming advantage.

The Z4 aurora can project an area of 40-300 inches. Forgive me for not having such a big place to test for you. If a grand movie is shown downstairs at night with its own 300 inch giant screen, it will break through family use and become an outdoor movie instrument.

Z4 Aurora has a 30 degree correction of the left and right ladder type, which is only available for high-end computers of 10000 yuan. The Bluetooth with the handle connected to Z4 Aurora is lying on the sofa to launch a battle of Modern Warfare 5. The angle adjustment is completed by manual adjustment. The picture is just in the middle, and you can still play when lying on the sofa leaning. There are two HDMI interfaces in the socket, which can be connected to PS4, Xbox and other game consoles, providing screen selection as game consoles at one go.

I am used to watching TV in the daytime and watching movies at night. Therefore, my ultimate goal is to replace TV with Z4 Aurora's daytime experience. It must be tested to watch news broadcast in the daytime. After my experience, live broadcast apps such as Vst and Douyu TV are perfectly supported, and natural large volume and 600 lumens have replaced my TV.

GMUI system: incomplete but very easy to use

Jimihei Technology: How to operate the "gesture operation" function? Well, Jimi tells you: add the black technology gesture operation to the first boot screen, the moment after the girl's voice, Z4 automatically played the love song sung by Li Jian. I was attracted by the beautiful music for a long time, so I listened quietly to GMUI order this song for me, and the picture kept reminding me that I could slide over the top of the XGIMI logo and use the palm of my hand to cut the song. I still stayed until the end of playing. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I don't know that the first meeting of GMUI is so artistic. The ingenious and intimate tips show the music and gesture operation together, and the strangeness is brought to a warm level, which is also a performance of one in two.

The factory version of GMUI is based on Android 4.3. The simple and easy operation is different from the profound whole body design. The UI style is very mediocre, and there is no obvious difference from the box UI. At least all operations support intelligent voice, which can be used by older parents without too much concern about operational difficulties. Therefore, the determination to become a home TV can be seen from the optimization of UI usability

The main interface is very intuitive, and it is divided into four categories: film and television, music, games and applications. The software is complete, and there is no need to download too many apps to fill in. Online movies can use the "Mango TV" granted by the original. In addition, Gimi gives 24 months of priority to Mango TV members. Mango TV resources are very rich, basically meeting the needs of online viewing.

GMUI is more different than box UI in that it has built-in Xunlei remote download function, which makes it easy to download movies offline in advance. It is convenient to go home to pursue dramas at work. Jimi has its own advantages of offline download, so it doesn't worry about movie resources and application resources. Xunlei+Mango TV has once again become the reason for my home, but there are few application market resources, We have to download another third party and hope GMUI can improve the game center and software market resources as soon as possible.

Online music is provided by the legitimate version of "Baidu Music", which is rich in music resources. It is really pure and three-dimensional for Harman Carton to play online music. The sound quality of world-class sound does not need to be worried. Harman easily plays lossless music, and watching some exciting war movies is more "xiu" The sound of gunfire came out, without losing the HiFi speaker. It is unnecessary for ordinary players to have an external speaker.

The projection setting menu turns on 3D gesture lighting and voice song name broadcasting by default. You can adjust the LED brightness, projection method and cooling fan speed in the settings. The "Customize" option allows me to adjust myself as needed. I prefer to turn up the blue and green colors if I like coldness. What's more unexpected is that the Z4 aurora projection can be turned off in the function directory, and really regard it as "off screen" After the projector, turn off the projection and use Z4 to wait for Thunderbolt to finish offline or quietly plug in the HIFI headset to listen to the effect of the built-in sound card.

The projection size of 40-300 inches fluctuates greatly. I wonder if anyone doubts it as I do. Using APP may cause deformation. Try to change from 40, 50, 80 to 100 inches. GMUI and third-party applications keep normal screen fit, without stretching, twisting or severe blurring.

GMUI strives for perfection and has a business model loved by white-collar workers. Open this function and it will become an OFFICE office tool. PPT, Excel, Word and PDF are suspended on the home page, and the text I need can be viewed with a single click, saving time for complicated searching. This function appears in the conference room very often, and the Z4 Aurora, which has just become a home appliance, has again become an edge tool in the office. One in one two design.

All kinds of electronic equipment can be connected wirelessly to achieve the same screen projection. DLAN and Airplay can be used, and the system lists the operation methods separately. The measured DLAN same screen projection response speed is fast, and it is not played in the machine at all. It is equipped with 4-core 1.5GHz GPUMali-450MP4、2GB RAM， The whole operation is fast, which can save time searching for USB flash disk everywhere.

Jimi mobile phone assistant is a good assistant for the Jimi projector. The Jimi assistant can watch pictures, transmit APP, same screen projection and video in the mobile phone at one point, and does not have to go anywhere to find a USB flash drive. It is no problem. It breaks the transmission limitation of the remote control, and you must install it when you buy the Jimi.

Near the end of the experience, I habitually closed the lens cover, but I was dumbfounded. To close the lens cover is not to turn off the power, but to turn off the light source and play small music, that is, the "power saving mode". If you enter the "power saving mode" to download offline, make full use of this function to download movies, saving power and time. To turn off the projector, press the built-in remote control or unplug the power.

summary

This report is more about life experience. An ordinary family uses the flagship Jimi Z4 in this way. A few days later, it can be clearly explained that it can completely replace the home smart TV. As a "home screen less TV", it is not a bad gimmick for Jimi. From functions to accessories, in addition to the need to install some additional APP, there is no need to spend too much money and peripherals to supplement the deficiencies of the projector. My parents and children have been puzzled by how to operate the projector before because of the addition of voice control.

Advantages: The packaging is very high-grade; Good appearance, smooth metal and good workmanship; The fuselage is light and light, and the metal is easy to wipe; High priced accessories are included; "Family bucket" one in five remote control, with voice operation to popularize the elderly group; Scalable solid state disk; Adaptable tripod; One on-off switch and dust cover; Up to 300 inch giant screen, dual HDMI multi connected game console; Shocking Harman Carton sound effect; The projection effect is excellent, and the color and picture quality replace the TV; Top Black Technology gesture operation; DLAN intelligent device same screen projection; GMUI is equipped with authentic Mango TV and Baidu Music, and Xunlei offline is added; The business mode is intuitive and convenient to operate; Strong 4K decoding capability, with 2D to 3D functions; Crazy innovative one in one multi design.

Disadvantages: dust on the top of the record; Average metal texture; The bottom plastic material is not made of all metal; It can not be hung like the traditional projector; No matter how strong the lumen is, it cannot defeat the light; The operation style is mediocre, the same as the box UI; There are few Android body games and it is not suitable to use remote control to experience games; Two pairs of 3D shutter glasses are included, without clip type;

Recommendation # crowd ①: If you have a projection dream for many years, recommend this Z4, which is much better than the traditional projector in terms of appearance, operation, cost performance and functions; Crowd ②: movie lovers, considering buying smart TV or game console screens, Z4 Aurora's giant screen projection 3D, PK TV's image quality color is obviously more appropriate; Crowd ③: For the needs of office career, the convenience and guarantee of remote control, business mode and gesture operation is the right assistant for your promotion; Crowd ④: pursuers of black technology and innovative design, convenient operability and one in one and many novel designs can please the eyes.

Don't recommend # crowd ①: the perfectionist Virgo crowd can't accept the non all metal design; Crowd ②: There is less silver, and they are willing to make use of the lower configuration and operability. The Jimi Z4X is more suitable for this kind of people.

Maybe life is like this. The old concept will eventually be innovated. With the meticulous improvement of the user experience of the Kimi projector, the multi-function remote control, image quality, audio quality and the inherent portability of the micro projector have created the Z4 Aurora for the whole family, and all indicators have successfully met the requirements of the household screen less TV.