Pandora's Box Micro Whale Rubik's cube K1 smart projector first test

IT168 evaluation has to say, the rise of micro projector thanks to the development of LED light source, making the volume can be smaller and smaller. Especially with the technical difficulties that have been overcome in recent years, the brightness has greatly increased. However, there is still some distance from popularization, because it is always a difficult problem for families to buy things and use them until the concept of family entertainment is injected.

In many people's view, innovation is nothing more than a projector + network box, maybe some products are like this, but this is not all of the small whale Cube K1. The micro-whale has helped you to plan it. It thinks that the future is an integrated service of the three. It is a combination of an intelligent projector as an output device, light projection technology as a software interactive operation and interactive projection as future content, and even moving out of a Future media laboratory concept. In short, when you dwell in a big city, you enjoy a wide variety of light sculptures AR, digital life content, etc.... It sounds like a sense of technology, but the product is really so interesting? Listen to us Decryption.

Appearance: original design is not low

As the first batch of media who got the Micro Whale Cube K1, to be honest, there wasn’t much expectation of the design at the beginning. After all, micro-projection is different from mobile phones and it’s really hard to be portable. In order to fight out the parameters, Bo out of position, most of the manufacturers are focused on the technology, little emphasis on value. K1 is an exception, the original design, never seen before such a shape, volume and Bluetooth speaker is similar, the weight is light to 1kg, this is still in the case of a built-in 11700mAh battery, you can carry it in your backpack.

For a miniature projector product, it is not easy to do this, so the impression is very high.

The well-known micro whale brand knows that it has always been a low-key route and its simplicity is not simple. The tiny whales Cube K1 believed that this idea was also continued. The body was designed as a parallelogram with an inclination of 20 degrees. There were no screws on the surface, no holes were punched, the lines were tough, and the mechanical aesthetics seemed to be easier to integrate with the home environment. Personality.

The tiny whales Cube K1 adopts aluminum-magnesium alloy brackets, supplemented by plastic materials, which take good care of durability and feel. It will not be like a fingerprint collector as some products do.

How large is the volume? The data of 212 × 54 × 112.9mm alone is really not a concept. So we put it together with the Apple iPhone6s, this time to see it! Really not big.


Details: Technical content is everywhere

Front of the fuselage with a high transmittance coating lens, turned out to be centered design, the industry's first, and strive to balance the United States, projection distance 0.5-5m, zoom 1.1 times, can project 40-120 inches 16:9 high-definition screen, life Up to 20,000 hours, do not change light bulbs for normal use for ten years. Next to it is a 500-megapixel camera, do not underestimate it, it is its presence, can capture the edge of the projection screen resolution, so the small whale Rubik's cube K1 has the ability to autofocus for one second. There is no need to manually adjust the focus after a key is turned on, and the projection screen is automatically clear. It is worth mentioning that the trapezoidal correction of the projection screen is also completed in the same process. I have repeatedly verified this, and it is indeed very fast and extremely convenient.

In order to fix the position, there is a large non-slip mat at the bottom of the small whales Cube K1, and the LOGO for the micro whale in the middle. The lid can be opened and there is a standard screw hole, which makes the placement more flexible and convenient for lifting. It doesn't matter if you want to hang up and project.

There are cooling holes on both sides, one in and one out, must not be blocked, otherwise it will affect the stability of the operation. The noise under normal use is very small, and it will hardly affect the surrounding environment and destroy the overall sound effect.

There are three physical buttons on the top. Just press and hold the leftmost projection button to enter the projection mode or turn off the projector. The middle button is the mute function. Press the right side of the music player button, can be turned into a smart WiFi speaker, automatic random play online radio music (shrimp music, watercress FM, Himalayan radio, 蜻蜓 FM, koala FM, etc.), but also a key collection. Most people simply don't want it. The volume adjustment function is hidden on the front trim. The finger swipes to the left and the volume increases. Swiping to the right makes the volume smaller, and the operation is too natural.

Interface: a lot of humanity highlighted

What is even more unexpected is that touching the underside of the “WHALEY” logo on the top of the body will light up the outline of the rear interface. To like this little bit of detail, not only does it look more technologically sensible, but it also no longer touches the interface in a dim environment.

The tiny whales Cube K1 provides USB3.0, HDMI2.0 and 3.5mm line input interfaces, plus support Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11ac WiFi protocol, is basically compatible with a variety of audio and video playback devices, but also external PlayStation and Xbox game consoles.

So the speaker is also hidden in the back, built-in two power 8W 45mm cavity speaker, received Dolby, DTS certification, combined with the music and other musicians Li Jian jointly developed EQ algorithm, you can optimize the speaker's tri-band performance, listening The sound effect is not worse than the Bluetooth speaker with a price of four or five hundred yuan on the market.

The standard 12-key layout remote controller looks familiar, in fact, like the remote control of the micro-whale TV, and there is no function key for the projection, this matter because most of the time it auto-focus and trapezoidal correction automatically get, do not need tedious operating. Do not know if you noticed no, there is a small hole in the top of the remote control, this is a microphone, just click the voice remote control button, say the name of the movie you want to see or program name, the system will be able to automatically play, but also check the weather However, it is convenient for the elderly and children to recognize the accent of the dialect. It is said that the technology used by the University of Science and Technology is flying.

Without a remote control, you can also use a mobile phone to control the tiny whales Cube K1. Just download an APP and get it! You can also play screencasts (supporting Airplay, miracast, and DLNA protocols).

The small whale Rubik's Cube K1 has a built-in 11700mAh lithium battery, which is rated for up to 3 hours in the official nominal projection mode and 10 hours in the speaker mode, which is close to the measured results. This battery can also charge the mobile phone, which is the rhythm of "multiple use".


As the Internet smart TV brand, the biggest advantage of the micro-whale is naturally "content", which is unmatched by other intelligent projector manufacturers. The contents of the Little Whale Rubik's Cube are richer than the various boxes sold on the market. Not only includes, but also has a strong production and operation platform, voice intelligent system + big data engine + synchronization evaluation system, so you want to see what you want to actively find you.

Based on the Android 5.1 deep customization and optimization of the WUI intelligent system, stability and fluency are obvious to all. The interface adopts the Metro style, and the operation logic of the upper and lower waterfalls meets the habits of most users. Even the elderly people say that it is easy to use.

After entering the system, the left sidebar is my projection, wonderful recommendation, classification, application, and settings. Because the hardware performance is very awesome, the mutual switching is very smooth and there is no stalling at all.

WUI smart system has access to Tencent video, mango TV, Youku potatoes, so that many are playing TV series, domestic and overseas hilarious variety shows can be played on the micro whale Rubik K1 watch, but also exclusive play Super League, Bundesliga and other sports content.

We also found a new feature "Panorama VR." This is a brand new viewing experience. You can adjust the viewing angle to watch the video content just by pressing the up, down, left, and right arrow keys on the remote controller.

New purchase users can also enjoy one-year free VIP membership service, and the renewal price is a good deal. It only costs 199 yuan a year for one year.

Microwhales do not prohibit users from installing APPs as some vendors do. In other words, TV-based clients like TV Cat, TV, CIBN Microphone, and Sofa Manager are all able to operate normally on the Micro Whale Cube K1. Watching live TV is no problem. Do not have to ponder over how to get ROOT permission all day long. In addition, pre-installed WPS projector treasure, as long as the U disk with the file is inserted into the back of the USB interface, you can one-key projection of Word documents.

Unlike LCD TVs, the tiny whales Cube K1 does not have to be constrained by the screen size, and the size of the shot (40-120 inches is the best). Do you know how much a 70-inch LCD TV is available in the market? The cheapest one is 1xxxx, and K1 is only 2999.

In the settings, you can also set the wall color, including white, light blue, light gray, light pink, light yellow, to ensure that the display is the most perfect presentation, do not need to specifically put the wall white or hanging cloth.

In terms of configuration, the Micro Whale Cube K1 uses a 64-bit Hass dual-core processor, clocked at up to 1.2GHz, and integrates a high-performance Mali-450 quad-core GPU with a combination of 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM, which is definitely sufficient.


Display effect: meet domestic requirements

According to official sources, the Micro Whale Cube K1 uses a TI 0.3-inch DLP chip with a resolution of 720P, which is currently the mainstream configuration of the market's micro projectors. With the imported light machine, built-in optical lens consisting of 17 lenses, can enhance the clarity performance. In terms of light sources, OSRAM LED bulb projections have a lifespan of 20,000 hours and a nominal brightness of 280 lumens. This indicator does not seem conspicuous, but from the tests we have conducted in various environments these days, there is no moisture. Everyone can see the effect intuitively from the comparison in the figure below.

When used during the day, the picture effects will be discounted, because the sun has a great influence on the projected picture, which will reduce the contrast and color performance. However, when the curtain is pulled up or watched at night, the brightness is definitely enough.

Various display processing technologies do not waste space here. In terms of the effect of the screen in front of us, the color is still strong, and it belongs to a category that is more liked by the eyeball. Due to the limitation of resolution, when the document is displayed, the sharpness of the text is slightly inferior and it is understandable.

To be honest, the Micro Whale Cube K1 is not an amazing product. It can only be said that there is a compromise in performance and price, but you have to admit that it is functionally the strongest of its kind. Lies in content. I remember at the conference site, the microwhales described a series of usage scenarios, such as opening K1 in the office to share PPT, using K1 and girlfriend at home to watch action films projected on the roof, and driving to the grove to sit on the lawn Open K1 and project the movie on the car. The scenes - bonfire, beauty, wine, lazyness, and pleasantness - are all full. Maybe from the moment you started, you found another way of life, another way to play, just like you opened Pandora's box.

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