As an Internet technology company focusing on home entertainment, Microwhale Technology has been widely concerned by people with its high cost performance since it released its first smart TV on August 13, 2015. After a year of development, WeWhale TV has not only gained market recognition, but also increased its sales. It has become the only Internet TV designated by China's New Songs in 2016. This micro whale W43F TV can be said to be the continuation of the micro whale small steel gun. It is a product specially designed for young families. It is especially suitable for bedroom or small family living room. Its cost performance is very high. As for Microwhale TV, I have been paying attention to it since last year, but I have not had the chance to really experience it until recently. What surprises can this model of Microwhale W43F TV bring to us? Let me take you to learn more about it.

Unpacking

The packaging design of Micro Whale W43F TV is relatively simple. A cute whale pattern is in the middle of the front, and the logo of "WHALEY" is below. There is a sealing sticker in the middle of the top of the packaging box, indicating that it is brand new and unopened. In addition, there is a schematic diagram of how to take out the TV, which requires the cooperation of two people.

The accessories in the box are relatively abundant. In addition to the two TV base brackets, there are also infrared remote control × 1, battery saving × 2, screws × 5, AV adapter cable × 1, screwdriver × 1 and power cable × 1. If you don't need to install it on the wall, you can directly install it on the TV bracket and start using it.

Micro Whale W43F is equipped with an infrared remote control, which is designed with 12 keys. It has a frosted texture and comfortable feel. The top is an infrared emission area, which is different from other infrared remote controls. You can control the TV without facing it directly. However, if you can upgrade it to a Bluetooth remote control, it should be more convenient and practical.

The base of the TV adopts a double V-shaped bracket and medical grade high standard material, which can keep the TV stable while being light. The installation method of the base is also very simple. Insert the base into the base jack under the TV, and then use the screwdriver in the accessories to tighten it. There are left and right marks on the base, and you should be careful to distinguish between them when installing.

appearance

Micro Whale W43F adopts the current popular minimalist design, and the screen adopts the black extremely narrow frame design, so that the whole machine can have a wide field of vision and bring a better visual experience. The bottom of the screen is decorated with silver strips in the same color as the support. Although it is made of plastic, it gives a sense of metal, with gray "WHALEY" in the middle The brand logo makes the whole machine look more low-key and calm.

The side frame of the TV is made of metal. Through the highlight steam and fine wire drawing texture process, three effects of wire drawing, sanding and highlight are presented on the ultra narrow frame, making the whole machine more exquisite. The thickness of the thinnest part of the frame is 17.6mm, which is about 2/3 of the diameter of our common one yuan coin. Although it is not super thin, it is also very good in this model and price.

At the lower left corner of the front of the TV is a hidden indicator light and AC power switch. After the power is turned on, press the power switch to turn on the battery. In normal use, you can turn on the power switch without caring. If you do not use the TV for a long time, you need to turn off the power switch.

The back design of the TV is also very simple. It uses dust-free nano spraying to make it have a metallic texture. Near the top is a row of TV cooling holes, in the middle is a small whale logo with black lacquer, and below is a label with information about the model, power supply and manufacturer of the micro whale TV. The TV jack and interface are centrally placed on the right side of the back.

The interfaces of Microwhale W43F are centrally placed on the right. It has one USB3.0, one USB2.0, two HDMI interfaces, one audio output hole, one CVBS hole, one antenna input, one network interface and one UART interface. Although there are not many interfaces, they can still meet the basic daily requirements. In addition, there is a five way button design at the bottom of the interface, which can directly control and operate the TV, but it is rarely used in general, because in addition to the remote control, MicroWhale TV can also be controlled directly through the mobile phone with the help of "MicroWhale Assistant".

The power plug of Micro Whale W43F has also been redesigned and optimized. It is smaller in size and adopts a side outlet design, which is more convenient for use in a narrow space. It can be seen that Micro Whale TV is also very attentive to some small details, which is still worthy of affirmation.

From the side of the TV, we can see that the thickest part of the Micro Whale W43F is mainly the lower part. In addition to the circuit system of the TV, it also integrates the HiFi sound system which is highly praised by users. Most of the area on the bottom is occupied by speaker holes. It has two full frequency speakers and two tweeters, so you don't need to purchase external audio, You can also enjoy the outstanding sound effect of HiFi.

system

WeWhale TV is equipped with a WUI system that is re optimized based on the Android system. It adopts a more flat waterfall home page design. On the premise of ensuring smooth operation, it has carried out detailed classification operations on the content, so that everyone can quickly find the desired content as needed.

The system homepage is divided into six options: signal source, My TV, Wipe recommendation, classification, application and setting. You can make corresponding choices according to your needs, greatly shortening the search path, so that you can easily find the content you want to watch according to your own needs, which is convenient and fast.

The "My TV" interface is divided into two parts. The three fixed options are "Watch History", "Follow TV Collection" and "Me", while the other four options can be edited and exchanged according to our preferences. Click the "Menu" button on the remote control, and then select "Edit Mode" to perform corresponding replacement operations according to our preferences.

The "Wonderful Recommendation" interface is filled with some recent popular movies, TV dramas, variety shows, news, etc. The "Discovery" option below also divides the content resources into people watching, the latest list, the hottest list, the star list, and the collection list. If you really don't know what you want to see, you can come here to browse, and there may be content you are interested in.

In the "Classification" interface, the content resources in TV are divided in detail into films, TV dramas, variety shows, news information, sports · Olympics, children, panoramic VR, music, animation, documentary and drama, which can be very convenient for us to find as needed. Among them, panoramic VR content is a new experience, but there is still a gap between the viewing effect of wearing VR glasses.

The design of the "Children" interface is quite unique. This design is similar to the children's option in "TV Cat". "Time travel" includes some interesting games. According to the content, it is divided into three items: "watching animation", "listening to children's songs" and "learning knowledge". My baby likes this very much, Children can quickly find the cartoon content they want to watch according to the cartoon image, and the "alarm clock" function can also be used at home to limit the time children watch animation.

The "App" interface is divided into three options: "App Store", "My App" and "Local" playback. However, due to restrictions such as copyright, the number of applications and games in the App Store is relatively limited, but this problem is also easy to solve. Microwhale TV supports application installation, We can install other applications through remote installation and USB flash drive installation. Just install a pawn market or sofa steward, and you can easily solve the problem of insufficient TV application games. However, compared with these two installation methods, there is a simpler application installation method, which I will introduce to you below.

The "Settings" interface is divided into three options: network, bluetooth and general. The "General" option is divided into five categories: network and bluetooth, usage settings, account and security, customer service and help, and system. It is convenient for us to quickly find the options we want to set as needed. Here, we can conduct comprehensive settings for TV.

Download the "Micro Whale Assistant" through the "Phone Assistant" in the "Settings" interface. After connecting with the TV, you can use your phone to control the TV, and you can also take TV screenshots. In addition, you can use the "Push Local Installation Package" function to install TV applications. Compared with the above remote installation and USB disk installation, this method is more convenient, In addition, pictures, videos and music from your phone can be directly projected onto the TV screen.

Practical experience

After understanding the WUI system of Microwhale TV, we will conduct a detailed experience test on the performance and characteristic functions of this Microwhale W43F through the actual use test. First, the test software was used to test the performance of the whole machine, and the final score was 23192 points, even at the mid-range level. However, at present, there are still a few people who use TV to play large games, which is enough for daily use.

Then the TV screen was tested. Through the red, blue and green solid color detection, it can be seen that there are no bad spots and bright spots in the screen, and the quality of the screen is good. Because of the camera shooting, the actual effect is better than the shooting picture. It can be seen that the brightness of the picture in the TV screen is lower than the original picture, but there is no obvious color deviation, Overall, the display effect of this screen is very good.

Through the bottom test of 256 level gray for the screen's gray restoration ability, it can be seen that except for the slight indistinct distinction between 0, 1, 16 and 17, the distinction between other gray levels is still very obvious. In general, the screen's color restoration ability is very good, and in the color test, the transition between colors is smooth.

Micro Whale W43F uses a 43 inch IPS hard screen and a customized side entry backlight module. Through 20 image quality and color enhancement technologies, it can make details clearer, edges smoother, and colors more realistic and natural. Now let's experience its display effect through several pictures with different resolutions. The first one is 1080p resolution, and the other two are 4K resolution pictures. It can be seen from the comparison with the original picture that the saturation and brightness of the picture displayed in the micro whale TV are higher than the original picture, and this picture is the display effect in the TV gorgeous mode.

Although the resolution of Micro Whale W43F TV is 1920 * 1080, the actual test shows that it can normally play videos with 2K or 4K resolution, and the display effect must be different from that of 4K TV. If there is a higher demand, you can focus on the 43 inch TV with 4K resolution of Micro Whale W43U.

Although the content resources in WeWhale's WUI are very rich, as a TV, live TV must also be the demand of most people. We can watch live TV by connecting an external set-top box or downloading the live TV application directly. However, since we have chosen Internet TV, I believe that more people will definitely choose to watch live TV through the live TV application. Here are two live TV applications that I have been using: Televisor 2.0 and HDP live TV. These two live TV software are good both in terms of resources and stability.

WeWhale TV is also the only Internet TV designated by China New Songs in 2016. If you prefer China New Songs, then your welfare will come. There is a special column "2016 New Songs" in the "Variety" option of WeWhale WUI, which contains the latest content of China New Songs, as well as the previous content resources of China Good Songs. Micro Whale W43F TV has HiFi level sound, and the sound quality is indeed worthy of affirmation. The stereo sense of sound is very strong. If only the built-in speaker of the TV is concerned, Micro Whale TV is indeed in the forefront. At least there is no TV with the same price and size that can compete with it.

There are many special functions in Microwhale TV, such as music screensaver: a beautiful picture with a beautiful melody can make you enjoy the quiet feeling in your spare time; Wireless projection function: you can wirelessly project pictures and videos from your mobile phone, pad and computer to the TV, and enjoy the different feelings brought to us by the large high-definition screen.

In addition to watching movies and TV plays, as a network intelligent TV equipped with 64 bit dual core high-performance processor and built-in Bluetooth 4.0 BLE module, the entertainment function can certainly be guaranteed. I usually prefer to play arcade games. When I connect the Bluetooth handle, the TV will immediately become a large arcade, and I can enjoy the fun brought by the game. The game experience brought by the high-definition large screen is really good.

Summary

For this micro whale W43F TV, it not only has a fashionable appearance design, but also has a strong hardware configuration and rich content resources. It has a high cost performance ratio, especially the built-in audio with HiFi sound quality, which is particularly impressive. Through the use experience of these days, the advantages of TV will not be repeated here. Finally, combined with my own actual use experience, I will put forward some personal simple suggestions for the shortcomings.

Deficiencies&Suggestions

The TV is equipped with an infrared remote control. Compared with the Bluetooth remote control, it lacks both response speed and functions. It is recommended that the standard Bluetooth remote control be equipped;

When returning to the main interface of the system through the "Home" button of the remote control, the response speed will be slightly slower than other operations. I don't know whether it is the system or the remote control;

In the process of use, the remote control "return key" does not respond occasionally, and the system still needs to continue to optimize;

The number of applications and game resources in the system is relatively limited due to restrictions such as copyright, but can be solved through some TV application market software.