In recent years, despite the fierce competition in the TV market that has given rise to technologies like 4K Ultra HD and Baiji, the former primarily enhances the clarity and realism of images, while the latter offers a truly immersive sensory experience. However, these advanced features often come with hefty price tags that make them inaccessible to the general public. Yet, people's desire for a large-screen audio-visual experience remains undiminished. Instead, this demand has grown stronger, leading projectors to transition from commercial use to consumer markets. Among the notable brands making waves in this field are Ultrafine and Nuts.
Early civilian micro-projectors (micro-projectors) were designed to cater to the needs of large screens, compact sizes, and affordable pricing. While they met certain demands, compromises had to be made in various aspects. It wasn't until last year that the ultra-fine meter adjustment product line began focusing on enhancing the core experience of "sound." The H1 emerged at the beginning of 2016, but it was the H1S Aurora, with its enhanced performance, that truly stood out.
Continuing the Classic, Flagship Design
After exploring the artistic route of the Z4 series to capture the market, Ultrafine has been focusing on the H series flagship since last year. Even though it has been a year and a half, the design of the H1 has carried over to the H1S Aurora.
The body size, which has long abandoned the "micro-casting" format (202 * 202 * 135mm), features a metallic hard faction with a carbon crystal gray and matte black finish, giving the product a continuous professional atmosphere. The H1S Aurora takes this a step further with deeper colors, departing entirely from its previous literary style, presenting a flagship aura. Perhaps this is why the H series retains its original design.
The overall design adopts a rounded quadrilateral prism shape. Two-thirds of the area is covered by a high-density round-corner rectangular opening, providing ample airflow channels for heat dissipation (the air intake is located on both sides). This ensures that the two Manhattan stereo speakers inside the body cavity can deliver passionate sound.
The front features a large high-transparency coated glass lens. Both the H1, H1S, and H1S Aurora continue to use the classic Mimic slider switch, which serves both as a physical switch and a lens protector. The main difference from the H1 is the addition of an HD lens on the right side for auto-focus functionality. From an industrial design perspective, Jijun disagrees with this design due to the hole, but the auto-focus function cannot be omitted. This might be the best compromise achieved by the extreme meter.
The top of the body is a matte black plastic panel with a recessed design that can hold some simple objects, though it is not recommended. On the back edge, there is a touch-sensitive media button and a solid player button, useful for pure audio mode under the lens.
All external interfaces are located on the back of the body, including conventional headphone jacks, network cables, USB2.0/3.0, HDMI, and others. To meet users with a high demand for sound quality, Ultrafine also added SPDIF and HDMI ARC output interfaces.
Finally, we must mention the sound system at the bottom of the body. The sound system has always been the soft underbelly of projector products, but this isn't necessarily a flaw, considering the product form and structure of micro-projectors. Due to the size limitations, it's impossible to fit large speakers inside the body, and tri-band low frequencies could cause the body to vibrate, leading to screen shaking. The best solution is to place the speakers externally, but this requires a compromise in product integrity.
Ultrafine's approach involves suspending Manhattan. Two visible 45mm Harman Kardon speakers are present at the bottom, along with a bass passive diaphragm. According to the official statement, this creates a 2.1-channel sound system, enriching the H1S Aurora. Practically speaking, the collaboration between Ultrafine and Manhattan has indeed improved the sound quality of projector products. Compared to products that barely meet expectations, they can satisfy daily viewing needs.
As the current flagship model with the highest number of meters, the absence of accessories in the paste means that two DLP-Link LCD shutter 3D glasses have become standard, priced at 178 yuan per pair. Additionally, on TV, many have seen Hunan Satellite TV advertisements featuring Ultrafine. In fact, Ultrafine has collaborated with Wang Han. Therefore, VIP cards for Mango are randomly included. According to machine kings, this seems to be the standard across all categories, not just a privilege of the H1S Aurora, and at this point, Ultrafine is more conscientious.
Improved Pain Points, Approaching Commercial Use
As a commercial-to-civilian product, home projectors lag behind commercial projectors in brightness and resolution. As a digital product in a home setting, it won't be installed like a professional projector with sufficient projection distance and optimal projection angles. These factors have become pain points for home projectors, and the Polar Aurora H1S shoulders such a mission, at least in the direction it has taken.
Some who have interacted with projectors have remarked that the projector screen is often viewed from hundreds of feet away, at distances of two meters, and on rough white walls. These actual environmental factors make the difference between 720P and 1080P seem negligible. However, upon actually viewing a 1080P projection screen, one would not say so. The refinement of the image and overall picture quality can be clearly distinguished by the naked eye. If a screen is used, the 1080P picture can rival a 2K TV. This might be the reason why Ultrafine was the first to upgrade to 1080P.
For the lack of brightness, the initial H1 raised the brightness to 900 ANSI. After experiencing 1100 ANSI H1S in the middle, the H1S Aurora increased the brightness to 1200 ANSI lumens. The direct effect of the brightness increase is that even with adequate indoor lighting, the screen whitening is quite weak, and in extremely dark nighttime environments, the picture quality is naturally excellent. Therefore, the following pictures are real shots with sufficient ambient light.
From the real shot diagrams, we can see that despite the influence of ambient light, the screen whitening is not severe, within the acceptable normal range, and the overall color is rich with precise color control. The color transitions do not appear sluggish, and daytime viewing has reached a remarkable level. If a conclusion must be drawn, then the Polar meter H1S Aurora is a projector that can be comfortably used during the day for normal viewing.
As a home digital product, the size and layout of each home differ. Only positive investment has become a significant obstacle preventing the normal use of projectors. In fact, this isn't just a problem for business use. The technology was only applied in star models costing more than 10,000 yuan, but this time, the meter's keystone correction functions, which allow up to 45 degrees up and down and 45 degrees left and right, have been directly decentralized to civilian projections. With these adjustments, normal projection screens can also be obtained with oblique launches. Perhaps words alone cannot fully convey this, so refer to the following picture.
As a flagship performance enhancement product, the Polar Aurora H1S Aurora boosts its brightness from 900 ANSI to 1200 ANSI, and its resolution increases from 720 to 1080P. Combined with keystone functions of up to 45 degrees up and down and 45 degrees left and right, the current family has solved the three major pain points of projectors once and for all. This positioning satisfies the expectations of users for projectors.
Minimal Interaction, Suitable for All Ages
As the saying goes, there are old and young in every household, and any family technology product is not just for young people. Catering to the elderly and children in good homes is key. Friendly human-computer interaction has become a real issue in this era.
At this point, Ji Jun highly agrees with the UI design of the Aurora. The OS used by the Aurora H1S Aurora is GMUI 2.0, based on Android 5.1 development. As common knowledge, Android is a vertical screen system, but the projector is a horizontal screen system. The first optimization is the adaptation of vertical and horizontal screens, which has already been planned.
Additionally, GMUI2.0 adopts a minimalist design style. On the left is a Metro similar to Windows 8, with its clear colors and card-like large icon structure being concise and clear, including movies, music, games, and applications. To the right is similar. All Android applications, users can install their favorite applications or games, and the entire operation process is simple and human-friendly.
In terms of film sources, the Mi projector is just a platform product, but it integrates the two mainstream video libraries of Mango and iQiyi, meeting the needs of a wide range of users. Of course, users can also install applications on their own.
Summary: Clear Positioning
The positioning of H1S Aurora is clear. It addresses the pain points left over from price wars and artistic eras, enhancing the brightness and resolution of home projectors and aligning them with commercial projectors. This also reflects the ambitious aspirations of Ultrafine. In fact, in Shenzhen's technology park, you'll find some restaurants and bars equipped with Mi-H series products. Perhaps this is the strongest proof of addressing pain points.
As the leader of the micro-investment industry, the product positioning of this product will undoubtedly help friends quickly align themselves, improve the product line of high-brightness, high-resolution projectors, and lead the projector's product direction, which is also the demeanor that a large factory should have, and this kind of ending is what we ordinary consumers would like to see. Finally, the price of Aurora H1S Aurora is 5,999 yuan. Although it is not cheap, it is more expensive than Bai TV or laser TV. This is the best choice among big screens in the same price range.
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