First look at the new trend of the development of TV boxes, from the pursuit of performance configuration to the pursuit of comprehensive service experience, from simply watching dramas, to bringing their own WIFI function to watch dramas and surf the Internet.
The Spring Festival is coming, and it is also a good idea to buy a TV box for the family and enrich the family entertainment life. Why not switch to the TV directly? After all, 4K TVs are relatively expensive and have to be thousands. A TV box of a few hundred yuan can realize 4K high-definition drama viewing and high-fidelity Dolby sound.
How to choose the specific TV box? It's actually quite simple!
First, look at the brand
Although the set-top box is not a popular digital product, the regular TV box also needs 3C certification. Therefore, the set-top box of a large factory generally has formal qualifications. For example, honor PRO box, Tencent Aurora CPE set-top box, Xiaomi box 4 series, Taijie box, Dangbei box, etc., are all produced by large-scale domestic manufacturers. System formality and service after-sales are relatively guaranteed.
Second, look at the function
If there are many young people at home, a smart set-top box that prefers web drama on demand is more appropriate. If it is bought for the elders of the family, the IPTV set-top box that is biased towards live TV is more suitable. If you want to meet the needs of the whole family's wireless Internet access and 4K dramas, the wireless broadband set-top box based on CPE technology is more suitable.
The current set-top boxes come with the software market, and they can download software. If the TV box has a U disk interface, it generally supports U disk installation software and viewing pictures and videos. This function is small, but it greatly expands the entertainment function of the TV box.
Special mention of the Spring Festival back to the hometown, the general hometown did not pull the net, at this time cpE set-top box came in handy. Plug in the boot to provide wifi network, you can also watch a wealth of web drama content like an ordinary network set-top box.
Third, look at the content
Many set-top boxes come with less free content and do not support U disk playback, so set-top boxes should be kept away from no matter how cheap they are. Because such a set-top box can see very little content, it is very dependent on mobile phone projection, so it is impossible to achieve 4K high-definition drama.
Choose a set-top box that supports third-party TV software, such as online classes, square dance, fitness and other TV software, with these software, the content of the TV box is more colorful.
Fourth, look at the service
Less advertising, self-contained video membership, and the provision of elderly big character mode are the latest trends in the humanized service of conscientious set-top box manufacturers.
More importantly, choose more mainstream e-commerce platforms to buy, Tencent Aurora CPE set-top box, Glory PRO box, Millet box 4 series and other large factory products, generally according to the product name in the e-commerce platform search can be directly selected. Go to flagship stores and directly operated stores for more after-sales protection.
Fifth, look at the price
Overall, the price of smart set-top boxes is much cheaper than that of smart TVs. The ordinary smart set-top box is generally hundreds, CPE set-top box will be relatively expensive, because it comes with wireless broadband, eliminating the cost of broadband Internet access, compared to the cost of pulling a year of optical fiber plus the cost of watching the drama Internet access, the overall relatively cheap. Mainly look at their own needs to choose, choose products with flexible choices.