Evaluation: Calling millet box 3, this domestic TV box is not normal!

At the beginning of August, HD Fan received the M8S TV box from Shenzhen Domestic Digital Brother Electronic Appliance Co., Ltd. and brought us a detailed evaluation. High-definition Fan commented that "M8S can appeal to those users who value cost-effective and fancy interfaces." In recent days, the higher-priced, more high-end location of the Huixibao MX905 has come to the HD evaluation room, take a look at how the MX905 M8S will progress and improve!

Out of the box: interface, the general box really not so homogeneous!

Although it may not be the same as other domestic TV box packaging that everyone has seen, readers who have read the M8S evaluation know that the packaging of the Huishibao MX905 has followed the family style. The background color of the package adopts a solid black color. The front side mainly prints the product renderings and main parameter information, and the interface is printed on the bottom.

Careful friends may have found that the MX905 packaging box still uses English fonts. The editors speculated that although this product is also available for sale in the country, I am afraid that, like the M8S, it is also exported overseas.

There are still few accessories. Mainly includes, power adapter, HDMI cable, remote control, guide book and warranty card. It should be noted that, in order to take care of consumers in the domestic market, the guide book in the MX905 accessories is a pure Chinese font, and we should not be scared by plain English packaging.

Like the M8S, the MX905's remote control also uses the same design, material, and key layout. The advantage of this kind of treatment is that the function keys are clear, and it is more friendly to older people and young children. However, what is less obvious is that it may cause misoperations due to the slightly larger number of buttons. As for the remote control itself, the front side uses a similar metal wire drawing process, the key process is short and the feedback is relatively clear.

In previous evaluations of the M8S, the editors pointed out that the M8S is quite large in size, barely able to grasp one hand. This MX905 appearance control is very good, neither will look too small, it will not be too domineering. Its measurements 115x115x25mm, a full circle smaller than his brother M8S, the thickness should be thinner.

In terms of look and feel alone, if you choose to choose between M8S and MX905, the editor will not hesitate to choose the latter. In addition to the above-mentioned MX905 size is good, in the eyes of the editor it does a better point is the "waist line": MX905 compared to M8S outstanding "waist line" has narrowed, look and feel will look better. Other aspects, MX905 in the material, surface and M8S exactly the same, positive scrub processing.
For the interface of the Huishibao MX905, the editor must really praise it. Previously, the M8S was equipped with eight interfaces that surprised the editors. This time, the more high-end MX905 brought a total of nine interfaces. This is almost twice the number of interfaces of some other brands, it can not be more complete .

Compared with the M8S, the MX905 has a full-size USB 2.0 interface (M8S two), a total of three, the number is undoubted. In terms of details, the three USB ports are vertically aligned perpendicular to the box. The advantage of this is that if the U disk of the user's home is large, there is no need to worry about interference when multiple USB ports are needed. You know, the HD editorial department suffers a great deal, especially when it comes to a smart TV with a USB interface.
In addition, MX905 also has a network cable interface, in the absence of a router can be directly connected to the Internet cable box to the Internet. At the same time, the aircraft is also equipped with an unusual optical (OPTICAL) interface. This kind of interface may be rarely seen on the box. It is an audio output method, and it mostly appears on DVD players, Blu-ray players, and other devices. The optical fiber interface can achieve electrical isolation and prevent digital noise from transmitting through the ground, which helps to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the DAC. After connecting home theater systems, users can get even better sound quality. According to the official introduction of Huishibao, the MX905 also supports next-generation 5.1-channel audio, and the viewing effect in use will be even more impressive.
bottom. There is a cute Android robot in the middle, and the four corners are hollow cutouts.
When plugged into the power connector and pressed the power button, the editor had a little expectation.

Perhaps some readers may ask, why not be so excited about opening a TV box? In fact, in the previous evaluation of the M8S, the native Android interface made the editor extremely unfit. After all, the operating habits of the box are different from those of smart phones and can only be operated by remote control. There are many inconveniences (the editor mentions one, "typing input"). Therefore, China's domestic local box brands have been deeply customized to the running Android system to adapt to the box user habits.


After seeing the interface, the editor sighed with relief. "Thank God, it's finally not a difficult native Android." It can be seen that the MX905 is based on Android 5.1 system customization, the interface is similar to Win8 Metro, very brief but the details of the icon can still be seen relatively rough, the entire UI is still in its infancy. In this regard, the editor thinks that Huishibao has made progress and is worthy of recognition, but there is also much room for improvement in the follow-up. It is hoped that the official will continue to upgrade and update in the later period to create a user-friendly UI with its own characteristics.
Specific to the MX905 UI, you can see the entire interface includes seven main options, including the film and television center, game center, my application and system settings, etc. After the point is opened, there are multiple secondary sub-options. According to the editor's use, the Huishibao MX905 factory is only pre-installed with CIBN, when the shellfish and the sofa housekeeper and other rare applications, the system is very refreshing. In addition, the use of the MX905 system fluency and operating speed performance is good, almost no Caton and drag.
Of course, if you are dissatisfied with the MX905UI interface, its open Android features allow users to install a third-party desktop Launcher for personalization.

Performance, a bit small "accidental"

Please note that the accident here is a slight surprise.

In the official propaganda of the Huishibao, the MX905 is equipped with a 64-bit A53 architecture processor, with "low power consumption and high performance." After the editors found out, the specific model of the processor was Jing Chen S905. This is Jing Chen's most dedicated solution for the box market. It uses a quad-core design, a 28nm process, a maximum frequency of 2GHz, and an integrated five-core ARM Mali-450 GPU. In terms of decoding capability, it supports ultra-high definition 4K@60fps hardware decoding, H.265 10bit, H.264 and AVS+ and many other formats. On the encoding capability, it supports H.264 1080p 60fps hardware encoding, supports HDMI 2.0 and CVBS output, and supports Dolby and DTS decoding.

Then, equipped with Crystal Chen S905 Huishibao MX905 performance in the end how?

The editor used An Bunny to quantify the performance and finally got 35043 points. This achievement ranks at the bottom of the rankings of the dynamic Bunny Dragon 820 and MediaTek's ten-core Ann Bunny. However, as far as the box is concerned, the MX905 is considered to have been among the best in the world. In terms of configuration, the MX905 comes with 2GB of large memory and 8GB of storage, which is a symbol of the high-end storage portfolio in the box field.
In addition, the editor also tested the MX905 video playback performance. In the security Bunny video test software, the Huishibao MX905 can fully support 27 formats of video, only 3 formats can not be fully supported, there is no unsupported format. In addition, the editor also came up with a proprietary test video resource prepared by HDTV. It was found that the MX905 has good support for 1080P, 2K, and even 4K video, and there is no pressure to play 4K 10bit@60fps video.

In general, the MX905 is remarkable in terms of processor performance. At the same time, the video playback capability can cope with most of the use scenarios (Blu-ray ISO does not support), and it is sufficient to meet the daily needs of ordinary users.

Content, bought the best member!
In previous M8S evaluations, HD Fan once pointed out that M8S is supporting CIBN copyrighted content, but the official of the Huishibao is not yet officially authorized to negotiate with CIBN. However, from the previous screenshots, we have already discovered that the CIBN software has been pre-installed in the factory. I believe that the negotiation has already taken shape.

The CIBN software interface is shown in the figure above. The main menu on the left side and the subcategories on the right side. The layout of the interface is clear and the user is relatively easy to use. In the main menu on the left, besides film and television resources, CIBN also aggregated shopping and games, and realized video, game, and online shopping.

As for content, CIBN is one of the seven largest licensees. It is rich in movies, television shows, variety shows, and children. Just off the blockbuster movie, hit TV dramas all have. However, what needs to be pointed out is that most of the content needs to be paid for viewing (mainly movies). For cost-effective considerations, users are better at buying members. Its monthly membership fee is 15 yuan and annual fee is 169 yuan.
Of course, CIBN is mostly on-demand resources. If users want to watch live TV programs, the editors here recommend HDP Live Streaming software (download address: http://down.hdpfans.com/video/15.htm). This is an Android app designed for web TV set-top boxes and focused on live TV. Compact and simple interface, it aggregates over 1000 network channels and keeps daily updated. At the same time with a look back, program previews, collections feature, so that you do not miss any of the latest shows. HDP Live also features program sharing, home-made programs and more!
In addition, in terms of application software and games, although the box is far from the number of Android phones can not be in the same quantity, but there are still many mainstream developers to develop related software for the box. For example, a sofa butler, which is similar to the google Play store on Android phones, is dedicated to providing premium TV applications for smart TV/box users (download address: http://). Users can use this application market to download software suitable for use in boxes, such as security rabbits and rabbits.

In addition, like the M8S, the MX905 also supports ac dual-band WiFi. As we all know, most TV boxes on the market currently only support single-frequency 2.4 GHz WiFi. As more and more wireless devices are being used, the 2.4 GHz band is already overcrowded, and devices will interfere with WiFi signals, causing the speed to slow down. Network congestion. The 5GHz band has stronger anti-interference ability, more stable Wifi wireless signal and faster transmission speed. In the actual experience of the editors, the connection company 5Ghz WiFi is also fully bufferless and fast when watching ultra-clear movies.

Xiaobian has something to say:

Compared with his younger brother M8S, the MX905 is a fully-advanced TV box. Not only is the appearance/interface, but more importantly, Huishibao is aware of the two shortcomings of content and experience and is starting to make up for it. Although it seems that it is still in its initial stage, the direction and attitude are worthy of recognition. In addition, performance MX905 has made great progress, reaching the current high-end level of the box.

Finally, I must mention the price of the MX905. The price of 399 yuan, compared with 299 yuan M8S, the editors believe that the MX905 upgrade value of this 100 yuan difference. But when it comes to the entire box market, the MX905 also needs to face many strong opponents (such as the millet box 3. Enhanced version).

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