The smart micro investment market continues to be hot, and new brands emerge in endlessly. In order to improve the competitiveness of products, mainstream manufacturers also frequently launch new products to attract more attention and consolidate their own position. As a leading technology in the vast majority of domestic smart micro investment markets, Jimi Technology has launched a series of Z4 products targeting multiple user classes this year, Moreover, landing on the big screen of Times Square in New York, America, fully demonstrated the charm of China's intelligent projection brand, and injected vitality into the domestic intelligent micro investment industry.
In the coming 2015, the annual flagship product Z4 Aurora of Jimi Technology was launched. Why is it shocking? On the one hand, this product is the most expensive flagship product of smart micro investment under Gemi, and the final price will reach 3999 yuan, In the crowdfunding stage, it is not an accident that it easily broke through 10 million yuan. So what is the charm of the Z4 aurora? Bug will take you to comprehensively analyze it.
Compared with the simple packaging of the previous Z4 series products, the Z4 Evoque adopts the luxury gift packaging. Although the same color circle decorative strip is used, the overall black outer box and the gilded font give a mysterious but high-grade feeling. When the box lid is opened, there is indeed a universe inside, and the style of luxury is undoubtedly revealed.
The black surface of the packaging box is actually covered with a skin like coating, which feels delicate and adds a sense of expectation to the product. When the upper layer of the inner box is spread out, it turns into three paper box grids. From the icons on the rose gold cover plate, it can be distinguished that the host, 3D glasses, remote control, power supply and other accessories are respectively placed.
Each lifting position is designed with a cloth handle, which can easily open each box cover and take out products and accessories. The Z4 Evoque mainframe, like the previous series of products, uses thick, highly elastic sponge shock resistant lining, which can ensure transportation safety. The whole set of products includes the mainframe, intelligent remote control 3D glasses (2 pairs), power adapter, power cord, remote control charging cable, adapter, screws (4) and mango TV membership card (2 years), these standard equipment also fully meet the flagship product positioning.
(Classic gift packaging)
In terms of product appearance, Z4 Aurora follows the design of Z4X, the same style of vinyl record player, implying the oriental cultural connotation of "wisdom desires its roundness, and conduct desires its squareness", breaking the conventional design idea and attaching an elegant label to the living room culture. The whole shell is made of high-strength engineering plastics, but the surface is treated by the sandblasting process of aluminum magnesium alloy, which looks more high-end and grand, The round vinyl phonograph disc area on the top is a gesture sensing area, and the circular pattern drying process is full of a sense of age. With the silver LED indicator light on the lower right corner, it is elegant and practical, which can be described as ingenious.
Aurora also uses Harman/Kardon's customized sound. The sound outlet composed of random lattice holes on the front is personalized and flexible. In addition to professional tuning and the low distortion power amplifier of Texas Instruments, this product has a clear and exquisite pure voice, suitable for projection in the living room. The original slide cover switch combines the dust cover and power switch, At the moment when the sliding cover is toggled, the simple and natural operation of switching projection is integrated into the pragmatic design.
The back of the machine is the interface area and cooling holes. Although it is a micro investment product, it also has a considerable number of interfaces, including two HDMI ports, one USB2.0 port, one USB3.0 port, one RJ45 network port, one AV port, one headphone port, one power input port and one reset port. The entire interface area is reasonably arranged, neat and beautiful. The cooling holes are composed of a group of diagonal holes, The internal heat sink is clearly visible.
The bottom base is also black. Product information, various identifications and precautions are printed in the middle. Air inlets are designed on the left side of the base, all of which are equipped with fine steel wire mesh to prevent dust and small flying insects from entering. Three round bolts and two anti slip pads support the base. When the screws are removed, the bottom cover can be removed, and the red indicator point is turned to green according to the direction of the arrow on the top, You can open the hard disk compartment and support 2.5-inch solid state disks. Remember to fasten them with four small screws.
Using the standard adapter plate, you can fix the Z4 aurora to the bracket, or use the rack for hoisting. Moreover, the adapter plate uses the standard camera hole interface. Most camera brackets and racks on the market can be used universally, and the installation mode is very free, Z Evoque mainly focuses on 180 inch projection images, so it is also widely applicable, such as general living rooms, bedrooms, small conference rooms, etc., which can have good sound effects and movie watching experience, and the rich interfaces greatly facilitate the needs of daily use.
Compared with the Z4X previously released, this projector also uses a 1.5GHz quad core processor, a Mali-450MP4 graphics processor, 2GB DDR3 dual channel memory, and 16GB eMMC high-speed flash memory. Its hardware performance is also excellent. In addition, through continuous upgrade iterations in the system, its functions are becoming more and more user-friendly.
On the first boot, there will be a voice interactive guidance process to guide the remote control pairing and connecting to the network, which is relatively simple and friendly. This projection remote control uses a built-in lithium battery. Remember to charge the remote control for more than half an hour before use.
The operating system is a GMUI system developed in depth based on Android 4.3. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the operation is smooth. With the regular iteration and update of Jimi, GMUI system is more and more perfect, and various humanized functions are easy to use. In terms of resources, through cooperation with Mango TV and Baidu Music, we have obtained very rich audio and video resources, and have been bidding Mango TV members for 2 years, so that we can experience them in one step.
In terms of system interface and functions, some humanized function designs have also been added. For example, the global menu page is designed as a ring dial type, including seven major items commonly used: LED brightness, 3D, image mode, picture proportion, trapezoidal correction, sound output, and sound effect. At the same time, it has a wealth of secondary function options, which is very convenient to operate.
Z4 Aurora has good support for WPS Office series APP applications and PDF files, and can also open business theme desktops. Its own multiple interfaces can also easily switch between video sources. When adding HDMI video sources, you can see the preview of the video source in the interface list, which is very user-friendly.
Jimi Z4 aurora uses a new S8 optical engine and a dual light path design. Its brightness is 30% higher than that of similar products on the market, reaching 600 lumens, and its performance is more excellent. From the actual picture, Z4 aurora has good color saturation, beautiful and transparent colors, and good contrast in the off light environment.
However, the color in the sample film will be affected by the photographing environment, display color, subjective factors, etc. Everyone's experience may be slightly different. In general, from the static picture above, the feeling is very real and natural, and it looks very comfortable.
(4K video display)
As a new generation flagship, Z4 Aurora supports H.265 10Bit hard decoding, 4K video, and ISO Blu ray format video decoding. As can be seen from the above live pictures, it supports 4K images very well, with a high degree of image restoration and rich details.
(HD movie display)
(Online MV playing display)
(Live show of satellite TV programs)
Of course, in terms of network broadcasting, Z4 Aurora has strong strength. It uses 2 × 2 dual receiving and transmitting antennas in hardware, supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wifi networks, and also supports RJ45 Ethernet port connection. Even if you watch high-definition video programs, there is no problem. Of course, the bandwidth of the incoming network must be sufficient. Although radio and television have blocked the third-party APP installation function of the network set-top box, However, it is also effortless to solve this problem. After installing the video APP application, it is very good to play online high-definition TV programs on the projection, as well as video MV experience.
In the face of the already overflowing smart micro investment market, if it does not have its own unique features and configurations, it is bound to be eliminated by the market. This Z4 Aurora, which is known as the flagship of the year, inherits the Z4X's gesture operation, high-end speaker shutdown and play and other features, this time it also brings a multi-functional intelligent remote control, as well as two pairs of 3D glasses, In addition to the left-right trapezoidal correction only available for ten thousand yuan projection, we can feel that Jimi is really creating a one-step experience for users.
Characteristic experience I: intelligent remote control
This time, the remote control of Z4 Aurora has finally overturned everyone's imagination about the remote control. It has a full metal body, built-in rechargeable lithium battery, and many functions such as Bluetooth remote control, voice, gravity sensing, flying mouse, focusing, etc.
Through the Focus switch at the bottom of the remote control, the volume key can be switched to the electric focusing key, which is very convenient. After all, focusing is rarely used in normal fixed use. This design reduces the number of keys on the surface of the remote control, but the function is not affected.
As another important function of the intelligent remote controller, voice search is a fresh but practical function. By pressing the voice button, the blue indicator lights up and the system pops up a voice command window.
As long as you say the required operation to the remote control Mic, the system can automatically complete in the background. It is no problem to search for a movie, ask for the weather, play a song, check a stock, and open an application. It is said that a more powerful voice engine will be introduced later, which will make the remote control operation extremely powerful.
Characteristic experience 2: left and right trapezoid correction
In many cases, the projection cannot be projected squarely on the screen. At this time, it is necessary to correct the projection image. The general intelligent micro projection can only have the upper and lower trapezoidal correction function. Generally, only the projection above 10000 yuan level is equipped with left and right trapezoidal correction, while the Z4 aurora is equipped with this function as a standard at a price of less than 4000 yuan, which is a good news for users.
Select trapezoid correction through the menu key of the remote control or enter the projection item trapezoid correction in the setting to enter the correction interface, and make corresponding horizontal and vertical adjustments to the four corners, so as to finally achieve a perfect picture. This process is very simple, and you can easily complete the projection film of various postures.
Characteristic experience 3: gesture control
Jimi has already applied gesture control on Z4X, and this cool function has also been applied to the aurora. Turn off the aurora slide switch, and when the optical machine does not work, it can be used as a Bluetooth speaker. Set the audio playback source through the system menu, and give priority to playing network music or local music, and perfectly support gesture operation, By clicking the central LOGO to play and pause, by swiping across the sensor from left to right to cut songs, and by rotating over the sensor to adjust the volume, you can know how cool the gesture operation experience is.
Characteristic experience 4: standard configuration of two pairs of 3D glasses
Z4 Aurora focuses on projecting 180 inch images. Watching movies on the projection is certainly a regular thing, and it is necessary for more telepresence 3D movies. The Z4 Aurora has good 3D support. It is equipped with two pairs of active shutter 3D glasses as standard, so that users can be in place at one time and two people can watch at the same time. The active shutter 3D glasses can automatically open and close according to whether the movie is played as a 3D picture, Convenient for viewing and operation.
In terms of the support of 3D movie sources, they are basically fully compatible, and can also convert 2D images to 3D images, or 3D images to 2D images. The actual viewing effect can be, and the experience is great.
summary
There are many intelligent micro investment products, but few of them have real core competitiveness. From the actual use experience of Z4 Aurora, this intelligent micro investment adopts a delicate collection of gift boxes. Its appearance design draws on the characteristics of the black vinyl phonograph, which means the oriental cultural connotation of "wisdom desires its integrity, and action desires its squareness". With the color matching full of sense of technology, it is personalized and fashionable, It also highlights the cultural taste, and further improves the brightness of the light source, the standard Haman Carton sound, plus the multi-functional intelligent remote control and two pairs of 3D glasses, as well as the left-right trapezoid correction only available for 10000 yuan level projection, making the Jimi Z4 aurora a real top product among similar products, while maintaining a high cost performance ratio at a retail price of 3999 yuan, Luxury charm from the outside to the inside.
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