Once, I was a deep fan, and I always tried to set up my own home theater at home, but no matter how I played, I just got the satisfaction of "listening". In terms of "seeing", I just couldn't get perfect enjoyment. Watching giant screen movies at home seemed like an extravagant hope. Now, A new flagship projection machine, S3 Skyscreen Cinema, recently released by the leading brand of intelligent projection, Kuletv Technology, has realized my dream for many years. This intelligent projection of over 1000 lumens enables me to enjoy projection TV at home even in the daytime, and the effect is beyond my imagination.
Kuletv S3 adopts the brand new P1A LED highlight light source from Osram, Germany. The brightness output per unit area reaches 1081ANS1 lumens. In addition to the innovative double compound eye design, the light source utilization rate has been improved, becoming the "world's first ultra thousand lumen LED intelligent micro investment", achieving the effect of "being able to see in the daytime".
[Unpacking]
Cool LeEco S3 uses a full black square packaging box. When you get it, you feel big at first. The main color of black gives you a calm feeling. The S3 mark in the front and center is quite eye-catching, and the gilded font is also simple and generous;
The product selling points and factory information are marked around the packaging box, and the words "Love movies, love life", the corporate philosophy of Kuletv, are also printed.
The product is packed in two layers, the S3 host is wrapped with molded sponge, and the lower layer is composed of three accessory boxes. The packaging style of black tone is also adopted. The accessories are packed in separate boxes to ensure safety during transportation and reduce the chance of mutual friction damage.
The full set of accessories includes S3 projection host, power adapter, power cable, quick use guide, Bluetooth remote control, and especially two Nanfu alkaline batteries, which makes people feel particularly intimate. However, the unique DTMB TV system receiving antenna and projection lens required for wall mounted projection of S3 machine are not randomly configured, and Taobao customer service said that users need to purchase them separately, However, there is no supply at present, which is a pity.
Kuletv S3 is equipped with a huge power adapter, with 19V/7.1A surging current output, which ensures the stable operation of the machine.
The Bluetooth remote control with frosted texture has a round arc back, which can better fit the palm, and its function settings are also quite in place. There are power, focusing+-, direction and confirmation, menu, voice, return, volume+-, and desktop mode keys. The bottom of the remote control is printed with the word COOLUX, which gives you a good feel 。
[S3 host]
The body of Kuletv S3 adopts a black streamlined 2.5D high-strength plastic fiber curved upper cover combined with a metal mesh middle frame. The external dimensions are 200mm (L) x 200mm (W) x 53mm (H, The word COOLUX is printed in the middle, and the overall weight is 1.5kg. The upper cover with arc design and mirror bright paint baking process are very textured. The middle frame of the machine adopts a metal mesh with stain resistant, wear-resistant and constant color coating process, which increases the strength of the whole machine while giving consideration to heat dissipation. Visually, the whole machine is also very metallic.
For the ventilated lens on the left side of the front of the machine, Kuletv S3 has designed an all glass aspherical lens at this key part. Compared with the plastic condenser lens, it is more transparent, heat-resistant, and has a long life. It is easy to be competent for thousands of lumens of energy collection, and can withstand the high temperature environment for a long time to prevent any deformation or damage. The small round hole in the middle is a distance measuring lens used for "auto focusing" to achieve the purpose of auto focusing. It is a configuration of high-end machines; The right side is pasted with the metal HiVi words, which indicates that Kuletv S3 is a customized hi fi sound unit, which has been deeply cooperated with Huiwei. The built-in dual 8W speaker unit can create an immersive theater level sound effect, meet the experience needs of home users, and the actual test playback effect is also satisfactory.
There are four rubber feet at the bottom of the machine that can adjust the height, which can play the role of shock absorption and stability. When using, users can adjust the height of each foot to adapt to different placement locations. A screw hole for mounting bracket is reserved in the middle, which can match any triangular bracket and mounting hanger on the market, which is quite convenient.
Kuletv S3 has a wide range of functional interfaces, including 3.5mm headphone output, mini AV, DTMB, two-way HDMI output, RJ45 network interface, two-way USB and DC interface. Among them, coaxial digital audio output and 3.5mm headphone share one port, but they only need special wires to use. There is no DTMB antenna configured on the machine, so it is a pity that the test cannot be performed.
The working Kuletv S3 machine has a luminous Kuletv logo on the top cover.
[Actual measurement experience]
In order to restore the S3 projection experience effect more realistically, this experience evaluation is based on the daytime test results. All pictures are taken by digital cameras without any modification, but some pictures are cut proportionally.
The new 64 bit A53 smart chip, Mali-T7203D image engine, 0.45-inch DMD+RGBLED display chip of Texas Instruments are used in the configuration of Kuletv S3, with a physical resolution of 1280 * 800 (1080p/4K can be supported), which basically meets the needs of home users, and supports auto focus/dynamic real-time focus, gesture remote control, trapezoidal correction, active 3D function, and projection ratio of 1.2（ 2.65M@100 Inch), Android intelligent system, built-in Huiwei HiFi speaker, innovative wall mounted projection and DTMB digital TV receiving system, very versatile hardware configuration; In terms of the system, S3 adopts the deep customized cool OS system based on Android 4.4, with a clear and crisp interface,
The function modules are arranged up and down. Four common modules, film and television, music, office and application, occupy the upper part of the page. The lower function module is arranged with settings, signal source, wireless screen, file management, one button cleaning and three custom portals. Users can edit this portal and customize their favorite applications by clicking the "+" symbol. From the perspective of the entire UI design, the layout is reasonable, Simple and beautiful.
Since S3 itself has the auto focus function, auto focus can be achieved after starting up, without additional cumbersome adjustment, which greatly facilitates the use of users. In the setting options, users only need to make some simple settings on the network, Bluetooth, images, sounds, etc., to achieve the most suitable way for their needs.
What deserves special attention is image setting, where users can realize projection mode, trapezoidal correction, projection mode setting, wall color correction, color temperature adjustment and automatic focus adjustment.
By selecting automatic trapezoidal correction, the S3 machine can always ensure that the user can get an almost rectangular image.
S3 can automatically identify the projection direction, so as to automatically change the settings of the picture. No matter the machine is placed forward, backward, or wall mounted, the correct display picture can be obtained.
In order to achieve better projection effect, you can also select and set the color of the wall.
If auto focus is selected, S3 machine will automatically focus when starting up to achieve the clearest projection effect.
Open the Bluetooth configuration settings, and users can connect their own high fidelity Bluetooth audio to enjoy a more impressive audio experience.
These are some general settings of S3.
System information of S3 machine, Android version 4.4, memory up to 32G.
In terms of resources, Kuletv S3 is an in-depth cooperation with GITV, which has legitimate video resources. Massive film and television resources, such as movies, TV dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and animation, can meet the needs of its users. With the adoption of its Android system, users can also achieve a functional expansion by installing third-party applications.
The following is the actual playback effect:
Music resources. What Kuletv S3 prepares for us is HiFi music, which is also a music platform I like. The reason why I like it is the 24bit audio quality decoding and the huge amount of cool record resources. An elegant music can calm people down in the busy pace of life and work, and enjoy the rare leisure, even if it is played directly with S3's own HiVi audio, It can also bring you excellent sound quality enjoyment of sound field positioning.
Kuletv S3 also has office software that is not available for ordinary projection. Users can directly process Word, PPT, EXCEL or PDF files on the machine without external computer equipment. The high brightness projection effect can meet the needs of large-scale business offices.
Users can easily download, install and manage applications by installing Dangbei market software, enrich machine resources, and meet higher use requirements.
The built-in mobile phone on screen function of S3 can easily realize the on screen operation of Android phones and Apple phones, and the content on mobile tablets and even computer devices can be viewed on the large screen on the same screen, playing games, video chat, and screen to screen. It's super cool.
All installed applications can be selected by right clicking on the remote control.
You can also customize commonly used applications to the desktop.
[Local broadcast experience]
For local playback, from the configuration parameters, the resolution of Kuletv S3 is 1280 * 800, and it is compatible with 1080P and 4K video playback. Using the video resources in hand to test, the measured 4K video is basically not supported. It seems that the further optimization and improvement of the system is still needed by Kuletv S3.
The video that can be played can be switched between time and subtitle.
Deliberately made a comparison between the opening and closing of the curtains. It can be seen that even in the bright light of the day, the performance of Kuletv S3 is quite excellent, which can basically meet the viewing needs of users.
Color restoration test:
Gray scale test in bright environment:
From the above comparison, we can see that, S3's picture performance is still very excellent. Even when the curtains are open in the daytime, the picture performance is still excellent, the lines are clear, the details are also very delicate, the color is realistic, close to reality. The "ultra thousand lumens" high brightness brought by Osram's new highlight light source P1A and dual light path design really adds color to S3's glory.
Summary
What is a little insufficient in this test is that I have just moved to Nanjing, and the new house has not been decorated yet. The evaluation is completed in a relatively small rental house, which can not maximize the performance of Kuletv S3. But even so, the performance of Kuletv S3 still makes my eyes shine. From the perspective of the intelligent projection I have contacted, its performance is quite excellent, No matter the appearance or configuration of the machine, the ultra thousand lumens, accurate gesture interaction experience The adoption of HiVi Huiwei Audio is also the reason why people like this intelligent projection that can also be seen in the daytime, making it possible to build a real home theater. I believe that after continuous optimization and improvement, this flagship intelligent projection of Kuletv S3 will still bring us great expectations.
