Evaluation Foreword

The Blu ray industry has developed for many years. In addition to the advantages of higher cost performance brought by lower prices, innovation in hardware and software is "hard pressed". Therefore, the Blu ray player market has not made much breakthrough in recent years. However, the new generation flagship 4K Blu ray player in China, Cabol Q10 PLUS, together with the five dimensional integrated ultrahigh definition Blu ray standard, broke through the shackles of the image quality and color of the Blu ray player for the first time, and the development environment based on the Android open platform deepened human-computer interaction, bringing an ultrahigh definition 4K Blu ray player product with excellent audio, video and entertainment.

Positioning 4K ultrahigh definition blue light, Cabol Q10 PLUS brings high standards in resolution, color depth, color gamut, contrast and frame number - 4K, 10Bit, BT.2020, HDR, 60P five dimensional integration to create a visual feast; At the same time, the new product system is deeply developed based on Android 6.0, and the system has very strong scalability, giving the traditional Blu ray machine many Internet+"genes", deepening human-computer interaction, and opening the large screen living room entertainment.

What amazing places will be waiting for us in the 4K Ultra HD Blu ray player Cabol Q10 PLUS? Now please have a detailed understanding with the author.

1、 Unpacking accessories

Cabol Q10 PLUS maintains the consistent deep and simple design elements of the Blu ray player on the outer package, with black as the main color and blue model logo. Do the ten functional points at the bottom of the front make you full of expectations for Q10 PLUS?

Cabol Q10 PLUS outer box keeps the deep and simple design elements of the Blu ray player.

Top 10 function points of Cabol Q10 PLUS

The outer box is very solid and full, which can well protect the internal player. The size and weight of the machine are very important. The handle is designed to make it easier for users to lift the Q10 PLUS; In addition, in the upper right corner, the "genuine inside of Mango TV" is highlighted, which has the broadcasting control authorization of the authentic Mango TV, and the launch of this player is legal and compliant.

Cabol Q10 PLUS has the genuine license of Mango TV

Scan the QR code on the side of the carton and add the WeChat official account of "Cabol" to learn about all Cabol products and enjoy product related services.

In addition to the top ten function points, there is also a product SN code on the back.

Ten functions of Cabol: 4K HDR, 10Bit HEVC, code flow rate 200M Android 6.0、 Dolby panoramic sound, NAS function, online subtitle download, poster wall, 2.4GHz/5GHz dual band WiFi, online firmware upgrade

The inner box is neatly placed. There are sponges on the left and right sides of the player, which can reduce the external pressure and play a buffering role. The player is protected by plastic sealing film. It can be seen that the manufacturer is also very careful in protecting the details; In addition to the manual, accessories such as power adapter, HDMI cable, removable high gain WiFi antenna, professional remote control, 49 yuan education, 128 yuan game point card of My Name MT2 TV Edition, 30 yuan CIBN VIP monthly card, etc. are all installed in a rectangular small box. The remote control also has a plastic seal film to prevent abrasion caused by collision with accessories.

Cabol Q10 PLUS inner box

The details of the inner box protect the Cabol Q10 PLUS player

Attached accessories

Random gift package worth 207 yuan

It is worth mentioning that the Cabol Q10 PLUS power supply scheme adopts a filter design and is equipped with a choke coil, which effectively eliminates the subtle impact of image and image quality caused by power ripple, and brings a more professional audio-visual experience. The power input range is 100-240V, 50/60Hz, 1.0A MAX, and the output is 12V, 2A.

Cabol Q10 PLUS power supply scheme is equipped with filter design

HDMI 1.4 has "dominated" HD video transmission for many years, and finally ushered in an upgrade on Cabol Q10 PLUS. Cabol Q10 PLUS has a built-in HDMI2.0a output port, and is equipped with HDMI 2.0 HD cable as standard. Its transmission rate can reach 18Gb/s, and the video efficiency of transmitting 4K UHD Blu ray, 3D and other large code streams is higher.

Cabol Q10 PLUS standard HDMI 2.0 HD cable

2、 Elegant appearance

The size of Cabol Q10 PLUS is relatively large, 363x235x65mm. Due to the use of all metal body, its weight reaches 7KG, which shows that it is full of materials; The player generally follows a simple design, but in terms of details, the Cabol Q10 PLUS is another sincere product. Let's take a look at how this calm and atmospheric Cabol Q10 PLUS is "domineering".

Cabol Q10 PLUS is equipped with aviation magnesium aluminum alloy material, a cool black color matching and metal wire drawing process, supplemented by aluminum alloy corner cutting, which reveals the subtlety of ingenious design between composure - the use of metal materials can not only give the player full heat dissipation, but also the smooth aluminum alloy corner cutting makes the "grand" Q10 PLUS look more harmonious with the home.

Front of Cabol Q10 PLUS

Use black fine metal wire drawing process and smooth aluminum alloy corner cutting

The front middle is a mirror acrylic panel, which can reflect the home environment. The left side of the acrylic panel is an infrared receiving window, and most of the rest are LED status display windows, which can display the player's playing status (including resolution, external device USB HDD, network connection status LAN WIFI, playing content attribute MOVIE MUSIC PHOTO ONLINE SETUP) and time axis in real time, It is convenient for users to understand the operation of the player.

Cabol Q10 PLUS is equipped with mirror acrylic panel

Cabol Q10 PLUS has a dual USB 2.0 interface and a USB 3.0 interface on the left side, and a 3.5-inch hard disk compartment on the right side, with the latest SATA3.0 interface built in. It is very convenient to exchange big data with the outside world, especially suitable for enthusiasts to play the large volume Blu ray source stored in the hard disk.

Cabol Q10 PLUS left

(Left side) Dual USB2.0 and one USB3.0 interface

The hard disk compartment door on the right can be opened and closed with the host through the snap, which can easily load the hard disk in one second. It is reported that Cabol Q10 PLUS can support hard disks up to 6TB, which is undoubtedly a great blessing for Blu ray enthusiasts and digital master enthusiasts.

Cabol Q10 PLUS right

Opening and closing with the host through the snap

90 ° opening and closing

The interfaces behind the machine are relatively complete. What's more "unusual" is that Cabol Q10 PLUS is also equipped with an HDMI IN interface behind the machine. What the hell is that? Here is a clue, and the subsequent evaluation will be explained in detail. In addition, the TF card slot is also a rare interface on the player in recent years. In addition to increasing the machine storage space, the TF card slot can copy some master band music for playing, and data exchange is more flexible.

Back of Cabol Q10 PLUS

Cabol Q10 PLUS rear interface

The antenna is connected by a detachable high gain split type dual antenna, with a built-in all copper metal wire, and the outer layer is wrapped with fireproof and engineering plastics for protection. The antenna interface is treated with two-way gold plating, so that the signal receiving range is larger and the signal receiving ability is stronger.

Cable Q10 PLUS antenna interface adopts double line gold plating

Cabol Q10 PLUS antenna built-in all copper metal wire

In addition, the bottom of the player is also equipped with a stainless steel anti slip pad base and a product nameplate, which also uses cool black color matching to integrate with the body, which is high-end and grand.

3、 Professional remote controller

As a flagship product positioned at high-end Blu ray player, Cabol Q10 PLUS is sincere in remote control design. It adopts a full-featured key design with up to 50 keys, covering all control commands, especially the optimization for playing. Compared with ordinary players, it is better than ordinary players. Its unique backlight key design even in a completely dark theater environment, It can also accurately find the required keys. From this point of view, Cabol Q10 PLUS can be called a cinema level player.

Cabol Q10 PLUS remote control can press up to 50 keys

Cabol Q10 PLUS remote control has backlight function

The digital buttons can not only input numbers quickly on the large TV screen, but also quickly locate the time axis when watching the blue ray source. The remote control is also specially equipped with a resolution output adjustment button. When the player's display screen is black due to high resolution, the "output" button can be used to quickly switch the output resolution.

Digital key area of Cabol Q10 PLUS remote controller

The middle part of the remote control is a functional operation area, which can be used for intelligent applications and selection. The bottom part of the remote control is a professional playback control area, which has made relevant key optimization for movie playback and music playback. For example, one button switching audio track, one button switching subtitles, and various 3D format switching are all covered, Basically, users can control all movies or music through the buttons in this area. It is worth mentioning that the "screen display" button can adjust the brightness of the LED display screen on the front panel of the player by four levels to adapt to the viewing space of different lights. It would be better if the lowest brightness level of the LED display screen could be turned off. You know, watching movies in full black is a great experience!

Professional playing key area of Cabol Q10 PLUS remote controller

4、 System UI

A good player should have strong hardware. At the same time, software optimization is also very important. The latter even accounts for a larger proportion than the former. Cabol Q10 PLUS hardware is configured as a 64 bit processor, 2GB DDR3 memory, 16GB Flash memory, and large memory operation is enough to meet all decoding work, smooth system operation, and daily intelligent applications. It supports Bluetooth 4.0, and can work with Bluetooth handles, Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth keyboards, etc; The software system is deeply developed based on Android 6.0, and the system interface continues the lightweight KIUI system of Cabol Q series, bringing a good user experience with simple card style human-computer interaction.

Cabol Q10 PLUS is equipped with lightweight KIUI system

The KIUI system interface has no complex hierarchical relationship. Local (super file management), music, mango TV (online play), applications and settings are placed on the home page through the intuitive card interface. In the home page status, press the up direction key of the remote control to access the unique video library function of Cabol high-end players, and press the down direction key to customize and add application shortcuts.

Home page status Press the up button of the remote control to enter the poster wall video library management interface

Home page status Press the down button of the remote control to customize adding application shortcuts

The following is the secondary page of local (super file management), music, mango TV (online play), applications and settings:

Local (super file management)

Music (Player)

Mango TV (online broadcast)

Factory built applications

Android 6.0 native setting interface

In general, the system interface of Cabol Q10 PLUS is very simple and the logic design is clear, which can be easily mastered by both adults and children. The unique poster wall function can be accessed only by pressing the "Up" direction key, which is especially suitable for movie fans to manage local movies. The players who should use custom shortcuts are more focused on intelligent applications.

5、 Poster wall function

What is the "poster wall function unique to Cabol high-end players" mentioned above? It has to be said that the function of the poster wall is a great innovation. It changes the single file list display of the traditional Blu ray player into a vivid poster display, solves the pain point of Chinese people's difficulty in identifying the file names of foreign Blu ray hard disks, and automatically matches the film profiles (including actors, directors, producers, and film introductions), scores, and classifications through the Internet, Local movies can be filtered by classification, and local movies can also be searched by their initials. Its more powerful function is the introduction of the mobile app "Movie Library Assistant", which can map the movies on the player library to the mobile terminal for on-demand. This function is widely used in high-end villa home theater or commercial cinema, and its market space is huge. It's a little pity that the "Video Library Assistant" currently only supports Android mobile devices. I hope that in future optimization, it can support Apple devices. After all, Apple devices now occupy a large market share.

List display of local movie files of traditional Blu ray player

Cabol Q10 PLUS poster wall video library management function to display posters of local film files

Automatic matching of film profiles (including actors, directors, producers, and film introductions), ratings, and classifications via the Internet

Filter local movies by category

Search local movies by initials

Is it difficult to match such complex film information? The answer is no, the use of Cabol Q10 PLUS poster wall function only requires the player to connect to the Internet, and then automatically match by simply selecting files:

Simple matching of poster wall video library management function

It is reported that under the premise of correct naming of film files, the matching accuracy of poster walls can reach more than 98%. Among the 18 films tested by the author, only one failed to match, and the accuracy rate is quite high; In addition, the matching of the video library function supports custom path matching rather than overall matching. Some videos other than movies can be excluded from the matching objects. It can be seen that the optimization of Cabol Q10 PLUS is still in place.

Android devices can scan the QR code at the bottom left corner of the movie library to download and install the "Movie Library Assistant", which can map the local movies of the movie library to mobile devices, and control the playback through mobile devices through the LAN.

Scan QR code to download and install the Video Library Assistant

After the poster is mapped to the video library assistant, the movie is also automatically classified, and can be searched for the first letter, browse the movie information, and play push. After the push, the pop-up page can be used to fast forward, rewind, pause, and push the playing movie.

Posters are mapped to the gallery assistant for automatic classification

The video library assistant can search for the first letter and browse the movie information

Broadcast control interface of video library assistant

6、 High quality UHD 4K player

In 2015, HDR began to emerge, and 2016 can be said to be the first year of HDR outbreak. Then the five-dimensional integrated ultrahigh definition blue ray UHD standard began to enter people's vision. Blue ray films comprehensively display image quality colors from five dimensions of resolution, color depth, color gamut, contrast and frame number, and give 4K, 10Bit, BT.2020, HDR, 60P comprehensive parameters to make image quality colors more amazing. Cabol Q10 PLUS brings more playability to enthusiasts in this high-quality UHD 4K player industry.

The 4K resolution and 60P are very familiar to most HD players. The author will not expand here. The 10Bit color depth brings more accurate color performance than the 8Bit color depth, When representing a single color channel, 8Bit color depth has 256 gray levels, and the number of colors generated is only 1677, while 10Bit is upgraded to 1024 gray levels, and the number of colors generated reaches 1.07 billion. Therefore, after 8Bit is expanded to 10Bit, the color transition is more natural;

BT.2020 color space has been positioned by ITU International Telecommunication Union as a color gamut standard for image signals in the 4K/8K era. The common blue light standard uses BT.709 color space, which only covers 35.9% of the BT.2020 color space. The latter is the largest color space in the current display equipment, covering 75.8% of the CIE 1931 color space, which can bring more natural color quality experience; HDR technology is a very popular technology in the display field at present. This is because HDR technology can expand the contrast between the bright and dark areas of the image, so as to show more image details and better reflect the visual effect in the real environment. A complete set of HDR film and television presentation requires the support of HDR functions from the film source, decoding and display equipment. Let's experience the image quality presentation under the ultra-high definition Blu ray standard brought by Cabol Q10 PLUS:

10Bit deep color image quality performance: very high color saturation, bright picture, true restoration of natural color

8Bit color depth (upper picture) VS 10Bit color depth (upper picture)

BT.2020 Video playing

HDR source decoding: high contrast rendering, more brilliant picture details

HDR source decoding: more details of dark field and bright field

7、 Blu ray navigation, Dolby panoramic sound/DTS: X sound effect

In addition to supporting the ultrahigh definition Blu ray standard, the Cabol Q10 PLUS is luxurious in the configuration of the Blu ray playback link. It supports simple navigation of the Blu ray original disk and the Blu ray ISO file (the perfect navigation of the Blu ray original disk can be achieved through firmware upgrade later). In terms of sound effect, it supports Dolby All Scene Sound and DTS at the highest level: The X sound effect brings the ultimate audio and video enjoyment. It supports full format 3D, online subtitle download, adjustable output frame rate and other details optimization to restore the natural sound and color of the film, bringing more shocking performance.

Subtitles and audio tracks can be selected under Blu ray navigation

The movie can be played by chapter selection under the Blu ray navigation

Cabol Q10 PLUS supports not only left/right/up/down 3D, BDISO MVC 3D, but also MKV MVC 3D, which is the only Android player in the world that supports MKV MVC 3D, and also supports video, interface, caption depth of field adjustment.

Full format 3D support

Cabol Q10 PLUS is jointly built with three subtitle websites. Through movie keyword networking, subtitles can be automatically downloaded and attached, and subtitles can be adjusted in terms of offset, size, synchronization, text encoding, color, etc. The online subtitle download function is very practical. In some movies with only foreign subtitles, we can attach subtitles through online networking, and no longer need to download and then attach them through a PC.

Support online subtitle download

Support subtitle adjustment

In fact, the Blu ray movie file system is 23.976 frames per second, so if it can be "synchronized" with it during playback, it will get a more realistic movie feel. Cabol Q10 PLUS has built-in automatic output of 23.976Hz film image function, which can truly restore the feeling of film.

Automatically output 23.976Hz movie pictures

8、 192KHz/24Bit digital music playing

With the popularity of high sampling rate digital players, high-quality master music has attracted more and more attention, thus promoting the development of digital players. Cabol Q10 PLUS is also a digital player with high sampling rate, which can support up to 192KHz/24Bit master band music playback, support WAV, APE, FLAC, AIFF and other master band formats, and support CUE list. High sampling rate master band playback undoubtedly makes Cabol Q10 PLUS a new "toy" for HiFi players.

The following is the author's test of 192KHz/24Bit Eagle Band · Hotel California out of print 24K HD lossless audio file. The audio format is FLAC, and the maximum volume of a single song is 270MB. Cabol Q10 PLUS can still play smoothly without pressure.

Support 192KHz/24Bit master band music player

In addition, Cabol Q10 PLUS supports the CUE list function, which can be played in separate tracks to meet the reproduction of classic music.

Support CUE list

It supports 10 kinds of sound effects output, suitable for different types of people, and can support background music playing.

Support ten sound effects

9、 Super File Management

The Super File Manager of Cabol Q10 PLUS is not only a simple file manager, but also a powerful media center. It supports multiple video and device management, common file operations (copy, delete, create, etc.), network protocols such as SMB and NFS, direct playback of Blu ray files, and installation of Android APP.

Cabol Q10 PLUS Super File Management System

The arrow key calls the device list to the left, which can quickly read SMB and NFS network devices, and collect folders at any location. The next entry will be faster. In addition, the left button can unload the USB device, exit safely, and protect the device.

The arrow key calls the equipment list to the left

With the arrow key up, you can browse all files, videos, music, pictures, and installation packages by category.

Key up to browse files by category

The arrow key can adjust many file management instructions to the right, including multiple selection, copy, paste, delete and other conventional applications, and can switch views, comparable to the Windows file manager.

The arrow key can call up the file management command comparable to WINDOWS to the right

In addition, the Super File Manager of Cabol Q10 PLUS can play audio and video directly, and even the Blu ray original disk and Blu ray ISO can be quickly decoded.

Super File Manager can play audio and video directly

10、 HDMI IN input and screen recording

The previously mentioned Cabol Q10 PLUS has an HDMI IN input port behind it, which can be used to intercept signals output by an HDMI terminal, record, show in picture, and broadcast. It has a wide range of uses. Just connect the front-end HDMI device to the HDMI IN of Cabol Q10 PLUS through the HDMI cable, and can be used in conference systems and cinema systems, In the home, if there are many HDMI devices, they can be processed and output after being connected to Cabol Q10 PLUS. We also adjust the video, audio and output formats.

Recording function: It may be most widely used in the family. For example, radio and television programs start playing at 2:00 p.m., but people are working. Then we can open the reservation recording function of Borr Q10 PLUS, click the "+" at the bottom right corner of the screen to pop up the reservation window, and when the time is up, Borr Q10 PLUS will automatically record.

Cabol Q10 PLUS HDMI IN - Appointment Recording

Picture in picture function: allows the window to display HDMI device content in the foreground in the form of floating window. You can move the window position and switch the full screen through the mouse. With this function, we can watch the video while watching every move of the monitoring image on the TV screen.

Cabol Q10 PLUS HDMI IN Picture in Picture

Cabol Q10 PLUS HDMI IN Picture in Picture

Broadcast function: Click Start Broadcasting in the lower right corner.

Cabol Q10 PLUS HDMI IN Broadcast

11、 Intelligent application

Cabol Q10 PLUS is deeply developed based on the Android 6.0 open system, so it can freely install all kinds of Android software, and can install APP through the super file manager. Thanks to the powerful hardware configuration of Cabol Q10 PLUS, large-scale 3D TV games can also run easily, and APP extensions such as shopping and watching online videos are even easier. The following is the Anthare running score software installed by the author. The running score is 36152, and the result is quite satisfactory.

Free installation of various Android software

The running score of Antu Rabbit is 36152 points

In addition, Cabol Q10 PLUS has a genuine mango license plate, and a large number of online videos are continuously enjoyed. All videos call the lowest hardware decoder, and the foreground displays the best picture quality.

It is worth mentioning that Cabol Q10 PLUS is the world's first 4K movie player that supports OPENWRT, which means that Cabol Q10 PLUS can be used as a professional NAS server for BT, PT and HTTP downloads, and NAS sharing as a home cloud.

Product comments

The emergence of Cabol Q10 PLUS is believed to bring a lot of pressure to the high-end Blu ray player market The BT.2020, HDR and 60P five dimensional integrated ultrahigh definition Blu ray image quality performance is far superior to the traditional Blu ray player. As a digital player, it supports up to 192KHz/24Bit, which also enriches most of the master band players in the market, bringing more excellent audio and video experience. It focuses more on theater level 4K Blu ray playback, It is believed that Cabol Q10 PLUS will cause a "bloody storm" in the field of film and television fever or HiFi music.

There are many recordable highlights of Cabol Q10 PLUS. In appearance, the simple design with great composure and professional remote control is enough to show the ingenuity of the manufacturer in designing this player; The system is equipped with a lightweight KIUI system based on Android 6.0, supported by a large memory chip, which can run the system smoothly and expand applications indefinitely;

The video and audio experience has been deeply optimized to deepen human-computer interaction. Local video can be managed through the poster wall video library, which can automatically match poster and movie information, and supports online subtitle download, subtitle adjustment, 23.976 frame rate playback, Blu ray navigation, Dolby full scene sound and DTS: X sound effects. In addition, the super file management system HDMI IN、 Support has made a significant contribution to the positioning flagship of Cabol Q10 PLUS.

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