Although smart TVs have become popular, everyone's dependence on TV boxes has not decreased, because TVs will encounter some problems over time, and some users will alleviate these problems by using TV boxes. For whether it is necessary to buy a TV box in the end? What can a TV box give us? How to choose? The following is explained to you...
First, is it necessary to install a TV box for smart TV?
——There are the following 7 situations, it is recommended to install a TV box to improve the performance of the TV
1. It is not a smart TV, or although it is a smart TV, but it has been three or four years since I bought it, and the function is limited;
2. Don't want to watch TV commercials, TV memory is small, can't install software or can't install several;
3. Dissatisfied with the current screen projection function, such as screen projection video freezing, software flashback, screen projection black screen and other situations;
4. TVs that are not Android systems, such as Samsung LG or old Sony TVs, cannot install software
5. The TV resolution is low, the frame rate is low, and watching TV is not enjoyable (if the resolution is below 720p, consider direct power replacement)
6. Smart TV functions are not comprehensive enough, such as: video calls; somatosensory games; AI fitness, etc.
7. The operation mode that is convenient for the elderly, such as the elder mode.
Second, what benefits can TV boxes bring?
Advantages: high hardware configuration; Rich film and television resources; Full-featured.
After a few years of use, smart TVs will become very stuck because the memory and configuration can no longer keep up with the update of the software. However, the screen is intact and the display is excellent, so if you replace the TV for the system, it becomes more than worth the loss.
As long as you buy a TV box, connect to the network and use it, it can be easily used to watch TV on demand programs, support the installation of third-party software, mobile phone screen projection, voice assistant, local playback, LAN file sharing and other functions, can also be used for K songs, play games, in multiple scenarios can be used.
Third, the 2023 TV box brand ranking
Electronic products must choose the right brand, some are a hammer of trading, no customer service, no after-sales, problems can only rely on themselves; Therefore, you must choose well-known manufacturers, such as Dangbei, Tmall Magic Box and other brands.
(1) Dangbei -
It is currently one of the well-known intelligent large-screen value-added service providers in China, focusing on the large-screen field of business, and spanning the software, hardware and operating system of the whole ecology of large-screen Internet platform companies, Dangbei has successively released Dangbei projection, Dangbei box and other large-screen intelligent hardware products.
(2) Tmall Magic Box -
It is a network high-definition set-top box jointly created by Tmall, a well-known smart TV box manufacturer in the United Nations under Alibaba, TCL, Skyworth, and Zhuhai Maike Electronics, and Tmall Magic Box adopts Ali's own YUN OS system.
(3) Huawei——
A world-renowned communications brand, the world's leading information and communication technology (ICT) solution provider, consumer business products fully cover mobile phones, smart device products, mobile broadband terminals, terminal clouds, etc.
(4) TV fruit -
The well-known domestic innovative screen projection intelligent hardware was officially launched in major online stores in 2018. TV fruit has strong compatibility, support traditional TVs, monitors, projectors, smart TVs and other devices with HDMI interface.
(5) Skyworth——
Skyworth is a company engaged in multimedia, household appliances and intelligent system services, and also has a very good performance in the smart TV industry.
Fourth, the interpretation of TV box parameters
(1) Processor configuration:
The CPU is the central processing unit, which is a super-large-scale integrated circuit, which is the computing core and control core of a device.
Amlogic Amlogic Amuse: A311D; S922X； S905X4； S905X3； S912； S905
Rockchips: RK3566; RK3399； RK3368； RK3299
The mainstream TV boxes in the market use processor models of these brands. Put a picture on everyone, CPU performance ladder chart for easy judgment——
(2) Memory configuration:
There are great differences in the memory configuration of TV boxes at different price points, and I personally recommend that the selected TV box memory size should not be less than 2GB + 16GB, otherwise it will not take long to use the memory to be full.
(3) Interface configuration:
HDMI interface: used to output high-definition quality of film and television resources, 2.0 and 2.1 specifications are more common, the latter is only used in high-end TV box products, can support 8K 60@fps and 4K 120@fps movies.
USB interface: connect to U disk, local playback transmission port, the mainstream is USB2.0 specification; high-end TV box will use USB3.0, the transmission rate is also higher.
Network cable interface: 100 Gigabit network port is standard, or does not provide a network port to connect to the network directly with WiFi; Now the price of gigabit TV boxes is still relatively high.
(4) Video decoding capability:
In terms of video decoding capabilities, the most basic is resolution, most of the current TV boxes support 4K, and even some boxes already support 8K.
(5) System configuration:
At present, there are only 3 systems used in mainstream TV boxes, one is Android, one is Apple IOS, and the other is Alibaba Cloud yunOS system. Among them, the smoothest TV box is the Android system, which is convenient to install software and has a high degree of software adaptability, which meets the usage habits of most users; Apple's IOS system has copyright problems and sometimes cannot be used; Tmall Alibaba Cloud system has too much built-in shopping content to affect the experience.
5. 300 yuan entry-level TV box comparison recommendation
If you are a novice, buy a TV box for about 300 yuan, is definitely the best choice at present, cheap miscellaneous TV box quality and after-sales are not guaranteed, 300 yuan this price smart set-top box can perfectly meet the needs of users, then about 300 yuan TV box which is the best to use?
About 300 TV box parameter comparison table——
As can be seen from the comparison table, this newly released Dangbei box H3 can be said to set a new benchmark for entry-level TV boxes. When the performance of shell box H3 in all aspects, compared with the TV box of the same price, the advantages are very obvious, let's take a closer look at the parameter configuration——
Appearance:
When the shell box H3 added the design concept of breathing lamp to the appearance, 7 groups of three-color LED lighting effects, with more than 10 effect modes, easily display the operating status of the TV box when working, which increases the fun.
CPU configuration:
The configuration is RK3566 processor using 4-core A55 processor, frequency up to 1.8GHz, integrated Mail-G52 2EE graphics processor has very powerful video decoding capabilities, with high performance, low power consumption characteristics, is the strongest performance TV box in the same price range.
On memory configuration:
The storage has been upgraded to a 2G+32G configuration, of which the 2G operation memory uses LPDDR4 memory, which is twice as good as LPDDR3 memory in terms of performance and integration; The advantage of 32G large storage space and large-capacity storage is that no matter how many applications are installed, it is still smooth and no longer stuttered.
On the interface configuration:
In terms of details, when the shell box H3 has added a USB3.0 interface, it can greatly improve the transmission rate, and at the same time support the USB to network port function, filling the gap that the 300 yuan TV box cannot be connected to the network cable.
Video decoding capabilities:
The built-in G52 image processor is quite excellent in audio and video display and multi-format decoding. Support 8K video decoding, rare video decoding capabilities at the same price, with superior image rendering capabilities, effectively eliminate image noise, make the picture quality more delicate and transparent, and the picture details are clearly visible.
System configuration:
Using the Dangbei OS system, it retains the clear and concise screen style as always, with classification on the left and video thumbnails on the right, and any application you want to open can be done in one step. There is no ads at startup, you can accurately recommend users to like, children's mode, elder mode allows the whole family to use with confidence, support custom desktop, your desktop is your choice.