"Projections under 3,000 yuan can't be bought! Especially the words of a certain big guy in the group of one or two thousand LJs made me remember deeply. In fact, from the perspective of ensuring the experience, this big guy's statement cannot be wrong, but it is not entirely true. Since low-priced projection exists, it means that the market has this demand, who said that low-budget groups are not worthy of enjoying the wall screen to chase dramas and watch movies? But to tell the truth, the projection market at the entry price is indeed mixed, a considerable part of the projection workmanship is very low, the system is not experienced, and the more important brightness of the light machine is still seriously false. It is not realistic for the public users with limited budgets to try and make mistakes one by one, so this time I will try the next thousand-yuan projection new product for you - Happy Planet O3. Don't look at the unfamiliar name, in fact, it is a new product of the new sub-brand MOVIN Happy Planet launched by Jimi in the past two years, which pays more attention to the cost performance. The relationship between them is like vivo and iQOO, OPPO and realme. There is a blessing of Jimi, which is the benchmark of projection, which is one of the important reasons why I decided to start the experience.
Unboxing|Design
The packaging style is very fresh and has a sense of design, in fact, as far as the outer box design is concerned, it has stood out from many projections of the same price. IN OTHER WORDS, DO YOU THINK THAT THE Chinese NAME OF HAPPY PLANET IS MUCH EASIER TO REMEMBER THAN MOVIN? And in order to reflect this happy planet series, the specific model is also very interesting, this new product is happy planet O3, different fonts may not be easy to distinguish, it is not zero three, but "European" three. This round "Oh". It can also be understood as the third planet in the Happy Planet universe.
Traditional family portrait, in addition to the host, power cord, remote control, battery, instruction manual, there is also a Mango TV full-screen film and television membership card with 488 yuan a year, I remember the last time I encountered such a sincere thing was 8 years ago on the Jimi Mango Xiaomi projection. Let's just say that what other projection or TV and other large-screen manufacturers have such arrogance to directly send 1-year members? Or such a content-worthy Mango TV full-screen film and television member? You know, this full-screen member can also watch casually on the phone and tablet.
This remote control adopts the universal design of Jimi, as an old user who has used five or six projections of Jimi, it is familiar to pick up this remote control. I also particularly like the remote control button layout, which is simple and recognizable, there is no extra button design, and every function is where it should be.
Those who know me well will find that the products I experience have one thing in common, which is that the design is online. In fact, I don't have a special preference for the design style of projection products, flat, square, rounded and other shapes can be, but the shape must be coordinated. In this regard, MOVIN Happy Planet O3 has done a good job. The whole body is rounded, the front face is symmetrical design, and the base floating design, there is no monotonous industrial style of many projections at all. The combination of sage green color scheme and frosted paint looks and feel quite elegant and comfortable, who can refuse this textured green brought indoors?
In terms of lens, Happy Planet O3 adopts an all-glass high-transmittance coated lens. The interior uses LED light source, LCD imaging technology. Physical resolution of 1080P. In fact, in my opinion, the optical machine design of this LCD projection is also a highlight, it adopts a precise closed optical machine, only the core component LCD screen to do fixed-point dust protection, and through the open air path to improve the heat dissipation performance, for the double brightness to lay the foundation. There will be no dust spots and easy screen burning problems caused by open optical machines, nor will there be problems of poor heat dissipation, low brightness and short life caused by fully enclosed optical machines. To play LCD projection, you have to rely on professional players like Jimi.
The second half of the machine is wrapped in a mesh material, and there are two 8W speakers inside, which are also the highest specifications given at the same price. From the sage green frosted shell to this grey webbing panel, the design of this projection remains simple and fuller at the same time.
Whether you are looking at the front, sideways, or backwards, each side can make you feel the design aesthetics of Happy Planet O3. I really like the layout and orientation of the portrait grid on the back. Even the HDMI port and USB port on the bottom are aligned with the bottom, and the symmetrical aesthetics make the visual look more comfortable.
Intelligent projection is more diverse than the positioning scene of traditional bulb projection, in order to facilitate daily movement and handling, it also has a hidden handle designed on the top of the back, from the living room to the bedroom, a momentary thing.
Picture|look and feel
The biggest design highlight of this Happy Planet O3 is that it uses a precision closed light machine with the same principle as 10,000 yuan-level 3LCD, which can make the brightness twice as high as the projection of the same price, and the main brightness is not false in the honest label, which really makes me look forward to its real performance.
Without further ado, let's go straight to the wall. This is a real shot of about 100 inches of footage projected onto a white wall at night. Neither this nor the Happy Planet O3 projection behind did color grading (only the output size was cropped and scaled up), and I turned down the camera sensitivity in order to capture details. What do you think of this picture? The actual look and feel is a LCD projection that significantly exceeds the more than 800 ANSI lumens that have been played before, which can prove that its brightness is indeed not false.
My previous projection was not only turned on by watching movies, but completely like TV and watching variety shows every day. Of course, it is impossible to play in an all-black environment for a long time, so I also tested the picture comparison under open fill light (camera M file shooting with the same parameters), and the actual performance at this price point is better than expected. Since the camera is certainly not as lenient as the human eye, the picture under the light is clearer than the picture under my actual perception. And at night I usually turn on smaller lights, partial ambient lighting state, the impact on this projection picture will be less. Seriously, just use it like a TV (of course, on a sunny day, you still have to pull the curtain drops like all projections).
In fact, in addition to the brightness performance we choose to project, the picture accuracy is equally important. Happy Planet O3 is much more reliable than some LCD projections that advertise the 720P as 1080P. It uses a physical 1080P resolution, look at the delicate level of the picture above, and the grass roots are clear. Low-budget projections don't have to be a compromise, they can be enjoyable.
In fact, everyone received a projection, not sure if it is a physical 1080P resolution, you can use a sharpness test map like mine to detect, you can see that the middle of the map I made can clearly distinguish the smallest pixels. It seems that the point-to-point accuracy display of 1080P is really 1080P, and there is no problem with sharpness at all.
After the brightness and accuracy are up to standard, how to further identify the quality of the projection? Look at the colors! Because some projections will produce color casts in order to increase the brightness value. On the Happy Planet O3 machine, the factory-tuned color restoration is more realistic, and there is no obvious color cast. The high contrast ratio of 2500:1 also fills the layered details of the picture.
It also supports MEMC motion compensation, which means that you can enjoy better picture detail while ensuring a consistent and smooth picture, especially in some high-speed moving video images. When choosing a projection and TV, remember to have motion compensation.
The effect of projection in the day is definitely not as good as at night, just like the opening of the cinema to turn off the lights first is a truth, the principle determines the phenomenon. But in fact, there is also a way to further optimize the picture performance, if there is an anti-light curtain like me that provides gain on brightness, then in the daytime window (today's sunny day, thin through the curtains half covered), can still cast a visual perception comparable to thousands of lumens, the ambient brightness will not be too dark, just like watching a large screen TV at home, any time period can have a good look and feel guaranteed.
System|Features
As a person who has used half of the sky of intelligent projection, Jimi's customized system has always been the first echelon in the intelligent projection circle. In fact, it all depends on the foil of teammates, too many projection manufacturers customize the system is quite simple, belongs to the kind that can barely be used and has no experience. The visual style of the Happy Planet O3 desktop equipped with the GMUI 5.0 customization system is still very high. There is no boot advertising, the account system and docking resources are also complete, considering the real needs of users, the desktop navigation tab is still open for customization.
There is little pre-installed inside, leaving only the necessary features and mainstream video platforms. Although it is a thousand-yuan projection, it is directly equipped with 3GB of storage, which is a smooth sense of leapfrogging. After all, with Jimi's technical accumulation for many years, the various functional settings are also very perfect. The global settings interface can be easily called up and adjusted, as well as through the voice on the remote control.
I like the screensaver function of the Jimi system all the time, different from the traditional wallpaper, here it is called "arbitrary door". Offering a lot of novelty and relaxing scenes, several of the designs are also novel, like a window. It is suitable for watching after watching the tense plot, pausing to take a break.
In terms of projection functions, the current mainstream flagship projection functions such as autofocus, automatic keystone correction, automatic screen alignment, and automatic obstacle avoidance are available. Above is the picture that was randomly projected on the wall the next day, pay attention to the lower left corner to block the picture. After turning on automatic obstacle avoidance, it will help you avoid occluded areas, and have you noticed that after the screen zoom adjustment, there is no obvious bright frame like DLP projection. It feels more comfortable. Of course, it is still that sentence, there are conditions to try to full-screen front projection, so as to ensure the best viewing quality.
By the way, in addition to the perfect customization system, it can also bind the device through the APP connection of Jimi, in addition to the conventional remote control, screen projection, screenshots, settings, but also can transfer files in the past, including APK installation packages.
More|Other
Originally, I thought that the design of the vertical was a bit like a speaker, but it is actually a good speaker. It uses JBL's original audio, 2x8W specifications. Note that the original audio is used here, not the brand. The performance of the actual audition has indeed reached the rank of several thousand yuan to leapfrog the challenge. The cavity performance is full, especially the bass dive performance is excellent, which greatly enhances the immersive atmosphere when watching movies. If necessary, the optical machine can be turned off and used as a stand-alone speaker.
By the way, I like the lyrics playback effect of the built-in music player in this projection, and this display template is really boring and comfortable to look at. Listen to songs with Happy Planet O3 at home and open this full-screen lyrics interface, which can really improve the quality of home.
There is a very practical function on Happy Planet O3, that is, STR boots quickly, and it only takes about 5 seconds to quickly enter the system. After all, it is not an old-fashioned light bulb machine, and I am used to using the current projection as the positioning of the TV or display screen, so the frequency of turning on and off is a bit more every day. This quick boot technology is really convenient.
STR fast boot It is not simply turn off the optical machine and wake up, but a technology suspended to the memory, through the plug power can be seen that the real-time power of the pure shutdown optical machine is about 8.9W, and the real-time power of the non-power-off shutdown before the fast boot is only about 0.3W, and the power of power off and power on again is the same, so it is indeed shutdown, not shutdown of the standby of the optical machine.
I usually like to play some simple and casual games with the controller in front of the computer to relax myself. Since there is a new projection this time, I must give it a try, choose a racing game that I just started recently, pick up the controller and play against the projection, and after a few laps, I did not feel the delay that affected the operation. It seems that there is no problem in using it as a big screen to play some casual games.
By the way, if you start now, you will also receive the desktop stand sent by the first purchase, the workmanship is good, very small, and there are two small angle adjustments. The imitation leather material of the surface combined with the non-slip foot mat at the bottom of the projection does not have to worry about slipping. Don't look at this portable desktop stand The angle is not large, but it is projected on the wall a few meters away, and the corresponding picture is raised not small. Quietly tell you that this desktop stand is also very useful for putting phablets and other devices.
Summary: Summary
Turn on a warm mood light in your small home, wear comfortable home clothes, eat snacks, and watch the big movie picture on the wall, full of satisfaction. To tell the truth, the brightness of the non-false standard, the high-value design, the excellent customized system, the sound of JBL, and the mango large-screen membership with one year, as well as the excellent after-sales service blessing of Jimi, are really powerful in the projection of the same price level. Finally, tell everyone what Happy Planet is with a song, "Snail in a small room, play a little projection and blossom in your heart :)"