Foreword: Nowadays, smart micro investment is the hottest kind of smart hardware, which is no less popular than smart phones. However, recently, BenQ, the domestic digital manufacturer, has also started to enter smart micro investment and released several products at one time. How about the performance of this product? Can we build a family IMAX class cinema? I have personally tried many brands of micro investment products, but it is my first time to contact BenQ's micro investment brand! So let me show you the BenQ i500 product!
The BenQ i500 mailed this time is simple in packaging, so I won't show you the packaging. I will mainly talk about the accessories. Because of the problem of high lumen power, the power supply of this kind of micro investment products is relatively large. In addition, the product also includes a remote control. However, the remote control feels very bad, and it is generally hard, which makes it very uncomfortable to press.
The i500 also has a prompt on the lens cover that does not direct the light source into the eyes.
The lens protection cover is mainly of magnetic design. When the i500 is not needed at ordinary times, it can be installed as soon as it is touched.
When you take off the lens protection cover, you can see the huge lens of the i500. It looks very aggressive, but I think why is it the same 500 lumen home projector, and the lens of other brands is only about a quarter of the size of the i500??
There is a power button on the body of the i500 and a button that is only used as a high-quality Bluetooth speaker without using projection. There is nothing to evaluate in this regard, but it is a good design to use it as a speaker.
Let me take a look at the left and right air outlets and air inlets of the i500. You can clearly see the internal fan blades. The whole i500 body design is round, the shell workmanship is good, and no defects have been found so far.
Because micro investment and other products need to use heat dissipation, the i500 must have an air outlet and air inlet design. The air inlet and air outlet have the same symmetrical design. In addition, there is a focusing button on the air inlet. When I experience this focusing button later, I have a very good experience, focusing is very smooth, and the effect is obvious.
The back design of the i500 is as simple as the front design, but I always feel that this design is too simple and does not surprise me. Like other domestic brands, such as Kimi and Nuts, one has gesture operation and the other is an all metal shell. Compared with the i500, it lacks some highlights in appearance.
The i500 has designed the power interface at the bottom of the fuselage without affecting the appearance.
There is also a hole on the back of the i500 body specially designed for connecting the bracket. However, due to the weight and volume of the i500 body, the ordinary mobile phone tripod may not be able to support it, so you need to purchase an additional metal tripod.
In addition, I found a more interesting design at the bottom of the fuselage, that is, the telescopic bracket. A bracket will pop up at the bottom of the i500 when you press the switch gently.
(Displayed after the brace is opened)
Now let's look at the rear side of the i500. The design of this rear side can be said to be the most distinctive part of the whole body. It focuses on the design of data interface, speakers, and gold metal mesh. It looks very compelling.. It is estimated that this is the best part of the i500.
Like the front lens protection cover, the metal dust-proof plate behind the fuselage is also of magnetic design, and there is a BenQ trademark on it.
After removing the dust shield, we can see that there are many practical interfaces in the back. The i500 is equipped with HDMI, VGA, USB2.0, USB3.0 interfaces, and audio input and output ports. The interface aspect is relatively rich. The speed of USB3.0 also enables users to obtain a faster data transmission experience.
In addition, the magnetic metal plate design can also be adsorbed on the metal mesh on the back.
Connect the power supply, and let's start to see the i500 system and projection experience.
Let's talk about the i500 system experience first. I think the i500's ui design is very simple. There are BenQ, JD, and the Internet on the ui interface. I don't know what the ui is called for the moment. It seems to be a customized desktop of APP.
(Let's take a look at the power resources of the i500.)
The power resources of the i500 are strange. There are not only the latest Charlotte troubles, but also the movies that have been released for a long time. I feel that the classification and sorting of movies are somewhat unreasonable.
Later, I realized that the original BenQ i500 has a built-in customized resource called Youpeng, and all the video resources are provided by Youpeng. How can I feel LOW... They are all Mango TV and iQIYI. You make an excellent friend..
I tried to watch Charlotte's troubles. It's not bad that there are restrictions and exemptions. It seems that some movies also have to be charged.
But what I want to complain about is! The movie provided by Youpeng has no definition choice! According to my personal experience, all movie resources are probably locked to 720P or 1080P resolution!!
I changed a set of HD categories to check the i500 video resources.. These are some ancient resources.
Why does the legend of Zhen Huan appear in the latest popular TV series? Do all users of Benji i500 like to watch the legend of Zhen Huan.
In the process of experiencing the system, I used the latest Anthare TV test software by the way to run a score.. The score was 10000.. Of course, if you have not contacted other micro investment companies, you will feel that this performance is good, but for me..
It is also a micro projector, but it belongs to a portable pocket micro projector. The ultra meter Z4 Air scored 9800 points.. Why does the i500 of 4999 have the same score as the one of more than 2000 micro pitchers...
(BenQ i500 system parameter details)
(In addition, the video format playing information was tested, and many video formats could not be recognized)
(There is no sound in 2K, but some 2K videos can be played perfectly in the actual test)
The i500 has too few settings interface, only one skin changing and more settings.
When I entered more settings, except for some hard settings, other settings, including fan wind speed, projection effect, projection correction, etc., could not be set! This is really not very human! Such experience will make me feel that the system experience is very poor!
In addition to internal file management, if you do not plug in an external storage device, there is no way to manage it in the i500 system. In addition to installing third-party file management, this system makes me feel that it has not been designed carefully, and there are too many places to optimize!
Finally, let's take a look at the projection effect of BenQ i500! It needs to be said that all home projections need to be used in dark places. Many people like to talk about low lumen garbage. You should know that the commercial projection of products with high lumen is at least more than 10000 yuan. Are you willing to spend 10000 yuan to experience the products targeted at home projection? Well, let's not talk about it too much. In order to ensure that the pictures are clean, the black edges are removed from the pictures. The following pictures are all taken in real time! The first one is the green leaf. We can see that the effect projected by the i500 is close to the original image, and the color restoration is very accurate!
In this group of pictures, the i500 only projects local color change, but the overall effect of the projection picture is very good.
In this group, we can still feel that the image projected by the i500 is very close to the original image. It seems that the biggest advantage of the i500 is that the projection image does not cast color! In addition, during use, the i500 can automatically correct the projection picture, which is very accurate. And there will be no virtual focus or defocus during projection operation.
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
(Live shot of i500 projection picture, only black edge removed, no other processing)
In fact, the i500 can not only be used to build an indoor theater, but also, most importantly, to create a happy experience of playing games on a large screen, which is the best way to play simulator games. In addition, the design of the two USB interfaces of the i500 can better connect peripherals to play games.
Experience summary: Finally, I also conducted a test, that is, the noise decibel test, which is to test how much noise the i500 fan will make during operation. After the test of the noise decibel meter, because the i500 cannot adjust the projection mode and wind speed, its noise is between 65dba and 70dba, and I feel that it is still quite small, However, the sound of fans can be clearly heard at night. In addition, I would also like to make some suggestions and conclusions about the i500 product. 1. The appearance design lacks highlights. The body is slightly larger, but the overall design is grand. 2. The system UI has great room for optimization. My personal experience is not very good. 3. The projection effect is very good, and the brightness is also very sufficient. 4. It is hoped that the price can be reduced, and the price of products with similar configurations is only half of its price.
In a sense, the i500 is a test case for BenQ to enter into micro investment. However, I always feel that BenQ has not made enough efforts on the system UI, and the appearance of the three released micro investment products are similar to each other without making features. However, the projection technology and the projection effect can be said to be unique, which I quite agree with, but in other aspects, we need to work harder to optimize, Especially the system and price! In short, to buy household micro investment is also to buy projection effect. If you don't care about the experience of i500 system, its projection effect is absolutely the reason for your purchase!