Introduction At 10:00 on the morning of March 7, Xiaomi.com officially launched an enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3. As Xiaomi's latest masterpiece, not only is the appearance of the shape change, performance has also been greatly improved. Millet box 3 enhanced version is a six-core 64-bit 4K network set-top box, equipped with 2GB storage, 8GB flash memory, while supporting 4K, H.265 decoding, Bluetooth 4.1, etc., in the previous millet box 3 based on a comprehensive upgrade, storage performance Doubled, the official said it "is not only a little faster." Compared to the previous product, the price of 399 yuan is not the style of Xiaomi. What is the value of the enhanced version of the millet box with an increase in volume and price increase? It is not worth buying. The author will provide detailed answers for you through the evaluation.
Unpacking & Appearance
The enhanced version of the millet box 3 continues Xiaomi’s consistent, eco-friendly style. The “MI†logo is printed on the upper right corner of the hard kraft paper case, saving cost and creating a low profile and environmental protection. The back of the box is printed with the product model, main hardware configuration and after-sale contact information.
Six-core 64-bit CPU, Power VR GPU, 2GB memory, 8GB flash memory, 4K ultra-high-definition H.265 hard decoding, from the packaging information alone, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is indeed optimized in terms of configuration performance.
Opening the box, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 came into view, changed the color before, and the millet box 3 enhanced version was changed to pure white, giving a fresh feeling.
Millet box 3 enhanced version still uses the upper and lower structure of the packaging model, the upper is the millet box 3 enhanced version of the host, the lower part of the product is all accessories, including millet Bluetooth voice somatosensory remote control, power adapter, remote control hand rope, 2 VII Battery, HDMI HD Data Cable, manual and three packs of cards. All accessories are placed in different grooves and do not affect each other.
Millet box 3 enhanced host
The millet box 3 enhanced version uses white matte plastic material, sleek square body design, the center is printed with a simple "MI" Logo, the overall look simple and elegant. Although the enhanced version has abandoned the previous thin and light design, it will also bring better cooling effect.
Side hollow heat dissipation grille, double side design better heat dissipation. Behind is the interface area, including 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 HDMI 2.0 port and power interface, compared to the previous generation of products to save the AV port, which means that only the TV set with HDMI port can use the millet box 3 enhanced version, old-fashioned TVs need to buy another converter to use.
The bottom of the millet box 3 enhanced version also uses a frosted process, the light gray bottom makes it more layered. The LOGO and some information of the millet box are printed in the middle part to further highlight the charm of the brand. At the same time, rubber non-slip pads are provided in the corners to prevent the TV box from falling off.
remote control
Millet Box 3 enhanced version is still a Bluetooth voice somatosensory remote control, support for voice and somatosensory functions. In addition to color, the design has not changed, is still a simple 11-key design, where the Home button and voice button in one, hold down the Home button you can make a voice search, the operation is very simple. The back of the remote is marked with somatosensory, Bluetooth, and voice tags.
The shape of the power adapter has also been changed. The cuboid shape is well matched with the host computer, and the inside is marked with numbers, power, and other related information.
Real shot of Mito
When it comes to the enhanced version, not only is the storage space improved, Xiaomi Box 3 Plus has also undergone a significant increase in hardware configuration. The Cortex-A72 processor, the 2-core Cortex-A72 + 4-core Cortex-A53, is used for the first time in the enhanced version of the millet box 3 and is clocked at up to 2GHz. Power VR GX6250 GPU, 2GB dual-channel LPDDR3 memory, 8GB eMMC5.0 high-speed flash memory, double the storage performance, and bring a smoother operating experience.
In addition, the millet box 3 enhanced version also supports 4K ultra-high-definition H.265 hard decoding, dual-band 2.4GHz/5GHz, dual-antenna dual transceiver, while supporting low-power Bluetooth 4.1. In terms of performance, the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 can be said to be a big part of leading products of its kind.
The author used the latest security Bunny 64-bit running software to conduct multiple tests on the millet box 3 enhanced version. The results of the running points were all around 60,000. The highest score reached 70555, which is higher than the score of many eight-core 64-bit boxes. Doubled. Visible, millet box 3 enhanced version does make a lot of optimization in terms of configuration and performance, can smoothly play 4K video and high with video games.
System UI
The millet box 3 enhanced system is based on the MIDI TV version optimized for Android depth. This product is equipped with the latest MIUI TV 1.4.0 version, and has made some changes compared to the previous millet box 3.
Millet Box 3 Plus categorizes content, including online video, lifestyle, and applications. In addition, it also supports the development of applications and games. The newly installed applications will be arranged on the right side of the main interface. Apart from the applications provided by the system, new applications installed by themselves can be customized and sorted, and it is convenient to find applications.
With the ease of use as the core, all the operations can be performed through the remote controller's arrow keys. The ↑ key can be used to enter shortcut settings. The menu keys can be freely edited on the desktop icons. Make changes and settings for system networks, accounts, images, sounds, etc. by setting.
Content resources
The enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 integrates the central Galaxy Internet TV Broadcasting and Control Platform (GITV). At the same time, it aggregates the contents of the four largest licensees, basically involving the latest and most complete film and television, entertainment videos and children's education content. According to the user's needs, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 will be divided into online, video, user, movie, TV drama, children, film and television, rankings, zones and other navigation tags, each tag has a corresponding video resource. You can also directly enter the movie and TV drama categories in the face, clear and concise, realize the page jumps directly.
Thanks to Xiaomi’s four licensees and the major league video websites, the current content of Xiaomi Box 3’s enhanced version reaches 440,000 hours, which is 440,000 hours. The author has no way to answer this question. Enhanced video content.
Relying on a powerful content platform, Xiaomi Box 3 captures the hottest content resources at the moment, and video types meet the needs of various users.
In addition to the above, the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 also provides sports event resources so that users can watch their favorite sports events and reviews in a timely manner. Live concerts, sports competitions and e-sport LIVE broadcasts enrich the program types.
Millet Box 3 Plus also offers rich 3D, Blu-ray, Dolby, and ultra-clear videos. Most of the online videos are based on 720P. They also provide some 1080P and 4K resources for users who have more requirements for videos.
Play the sun's descendants online
Online Mars Rescue
Millet Box 3 Plus is rich and practical in terms of games and applications, providing a wide range of applications and game resources. As with the Millet Box 3, the addition of a "gym", a built-in rich somatosensory game, a combination of sports and games, is also a form of exercise for friends who do not have time to go to the gym.
The game center has a lot of millet-specific customized game applications. The playability of the game is not bad, some games need to buy a Bluetooth gamepad separately to run. The only drawback is that the game center does not support the search function and hopes to perfect it in the future.
Game experience
The power of the Power VR GX6250 GPU in the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is powerful. The GPU 3D security Bunny runs 240% more data than the standard version, supports OpenGL3.1/OpenCL, and has more powerful game compatibility.
Based on the powerful hardware configuration, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 has been greatly improved in terms of game fluency compared to the previous generation, even if the professional game box is not inferior. For example, "WORLD II", "Speed ​​Passion" and other games have smooth pictures and coherent actions. Both the remote control and the joystick can be easily operated without any staging.
Of course, in addition to the built-in games and applications, we can also enrich the entertainment performance of the enhanced version of the millet box 3 by installing third-party software. I recommend reading the tutorial: The installation method of the millet box 3 enhanced version is to install a third-party application market, such as a sofa. Butler (http://), not only has a wealth of video, games and utility software, but also management functions for future use.
Local playback capability
The enhanced version of the millet box 3 is very rich in online video, but for friends who are pursuing the ultimate experience, the built-in 4K, 3D, and Blu-ray movie resources cannot satisfy them, so the device is required to have powerful local playback capabilities. The millet box 3 enhanced version uses the Cortex-A72 processor, and I'm also curious about how the native playback decoding capability of the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is. Here's a closer look.
First, with the security Bunny video evaluation, millet box 3 enhanced version received a high score of 1046, 30 different encoding different packaging formats of the video can all play smoothly, the local playback capability in TV boxes and even smart TV products are also in a leading position .
Here I play a few different formats of video, look at the actual playback of the millet box 3 enhanced version.
Millet Box 3 Plus allows you to set general menus such as aspect ratios, audio tracks, and subtitles when playing local videos. The author specifically tested the actual test of the automatic download subtitle function. The author played is I am a witness, choose to automatically download subtitles, the results of the download subtitles and videos do not match the situation, see the automatic download subtitles and can not guarantee the accuracy rate.
The author tested a few 4K videos, millet box 3 enhanced version can all play smoothly, the effect is great, there is no phenomenon of Caton, even H.265 encoding 4K video can also be a perfect player, showing its local playback capability is very powerful.
4K video local playback
Mobile screen
The millet box 3 enhanced version also has a "cast screen" function, found in the box surface cast screen artifact manual mobile phone download "millet cast screen artifact" APP software, to ensure that the box and the phone are in the same wifi that can achieve the mobile phone remote control, to the box Install software, mobile phone projection pictures, video on demand and other functions.
The enhanced version of the millet box 3 supports pictures and high-definition movie screenings, smooth speed, support for mobile remote control. When you are filming a movie, you can also play it on the fly, without affecting playback.
Voice search is also a highlight feature of the enhanced box of the millet box. Press and hold the remote control's voice/Home button to enter the voice search interface.
The enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 supports actor names, video titles, and related compound word searches. The author tested the four keywords “Fan Bingbing,†“Variety,†“Song Huiqiao TV Series,†and “24 Hours†to search. The results are as follows: :
Visible millet box 3 enhanced version of the voice search function is still relatively intelligent, the set of keywords is more general, and the search results are accurate, you can quickly find the relevant video resources.
Price
The official price of the millet box 3 enhanced version is 399 yuan, the author compared the prices of several 64-bit processor TV box:
In terms of price alone, the enhanced price of the millet box 3 is still higher than the price of a regular TV box.
In addition to the price of the product, part of the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is charged, including four types of charging methods. Details are as follows:
Because the built-in video sources of the enhanced version of the millet box are different, there are different charging methods. The VIP membership fee is basically 30 yuan per month, and the annual payment will be worth some. In addition, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 also supports single-point payment, that is, pay for the video that you want to watch, and you don’t need to pay for videos you don’t watch. But there is also a drawback here, that is, not all video support for unipoint payment.
In general, Xiaomi’s content charging mechanism is more complicated. It is recommended that a unified charging model be adopted, and that the coverage of single-point programs be all-inclusive, so that users will have more freedom of choice.
to sum up
As a new masterpiece of Xiaomi, Xiaomi Box 3 enhanced version has both inheritance and breakthrough compared with its predecessor products. The first is a substantial upgrade of the configuration performance, with the "fast" as the center for the overall optimization of the hardware; the system follows the simple and easy to use MIUI TV version of the system; sitting on the content advantage of the four major license parties and 100 major video sites Alliance, Provide rich video resources; at the same time with powerful decoding capabilities, smooth playback of 4K ultra-clear video, not only to meet the daily needs of ordinary users but also meet the audio and video enthusiasts use requirements.
The official price of the millet box 3 enhanced version is 399 yuan, although higher than the average price, but comprehensive consideration of its hardware, performance and content resources, the price is worth it. If you are a friend with high demand for the product, this product is definitely worth buying; if you just need a normal box that can watch videos, or consider a lower price product.
Unpacking & Appearance
The enhanced version of the millet box 3 continues Xiaomi’s consistent, eco-friendly style. The “MI†logo is printed on the upper right corner of the hard kraft paper case, saving cost and creating a low profile and environmental protection. The back of the box is printed with the product model, main hardware configuration and after-sale contact information.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Packaging Information
Six-core 64-bit CPU, Power VR GPU, 2GB memory, 8GB flash memory, 4K ultra-high-definition H.265 hard decoding, from the packaging information alone, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is indeed optimized in terms of configuration performance.
Millet box 3 enhanced version out of the box
Opening the box, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 came into view, changed the color before, and the millet box 3 enhanced version was changed to pure white, giving a fresh feeling.
Millet Box 3 Plus Packing Accessories
Millet box 3 enhanced version still uses the upper and lower structure of the packaging model, the upper is the millet box 3 enhanced version of the host, the lower part of the product is all accessories, including millet Bluetooth voice somatosensory remote control, power adapter, remote control hand rope, 2 VII Battery, HDMI HD Data Cable, manual and three packs of cards. All accessories are placed in different grooves and do not affect each other.
Millet box 3 enhanced host
Millet box 3 enhanced host
The millet box 3 enhanced version uses white matte plastic material, sleek square body design, the center is printed with a simple "MI" Logo, the overall look simple and elegant. Although the enhanced version has abandoned the previous thin and light design, it will also bring better cooling effect.
Millet box 3 enhanced host side vents
Millet box 3 enhanced host side interface
Side hollow heat dissipation grille, double side design better heat dissipation. Behind is the interface area, including 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 HDMI 2.0 port and power interface, compared to the previous generation of products to save the AV port, which means that only the TV set with HDMI port can use the millet box 3 enhanced version, old-fashioned TVs need to buy another converter to use.
Millet box 3 enhanced host bottom
The bottom of the millet box 3 enhanced version also uses a frosted process, the light gray bottom makes it more layered. The LOGO and some information of the millet box are printed in the middle part to further highlight the charm of the brand. At the same time, rubber non-slip pads are provided in the corners to prevent the TV box from falling off.
remote control
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Bluetooth Voice Remote Control
Millet Box 3 enhanced version is still a Bluetooth voice somatosensory remote control, support for voice and somatosensory functions. In addition to color, the design has not changed, is still a simple 11-key design, where the Home button and voice button in one, hold down the Home button you can make a voice search, the operation is very simple. The back of the remote is marked with somatosensory, Bluetooth, and voice tags.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Power Adapter
The shape of the power adapter has also been changed. The cuboid shape is well matched with the host computer, and the inside is marked with numbers, power, and other related information.
Real shot of Mito
Millet box 3 enhanced version of the real shot map
Hardware Configuration
When it comes to the enhanced version, not only is the storage space improved, Xiaomi Box 3 Plus has also undergone a significant increase in hardware configuration. The Cortex-A72 processor, the 2-core Cortex-A72 + 4-core Cortex-A53, is used for the first time in the enhanced version of the millet box 3 and is clocked at up to 2GHz. Power VR GX6250 GPU, 2GB dual-channel LPDDR3 memory, 8GB eMMC5.0 high-speed flash memory, double the storage performance, and bring a smoother operating experience.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Hardware Configuration
In addition, the millet box 3 enhanced version also supports 4K ultra-high-definition H.265 hard decoding, dual-band 2.4GHz/5GHz, dual-antenna dual transceiver, while supporting low-power Bluetooth 4.1. In terms of performance, the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 can be said to be a big part of leading products of its kind.
The author used the latest security Bunny 64-bit running software to conduct multiple tests on the millet box 3 enhanced version. The results of the running points were all around 60,000. The highest score reached 70555, which is higher than the score of many eight-core 64-bit boxes. Doubled. Visible, millet box 3 enhanced version does make a lot of optimization in terms of configuration and performance, can smoothly play 4K video and high with video games.
system resource
System UI
The millet box 3 enhanced system is based on the MIDI TV version optimized for Android depth. This product is equipped with the latest MIUI TV 1.4.0 version, and has made some changes compared to the previous millet box 3.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced UI
Millet Box 3 Plus categorizes content, including online video, lifestyle, and applications. In addition, it also supports the development of applications and games. The newly installed applications will be arranged on the right side of the main interface. Apart from the applications provided by the system, new applications installed by themselves can be customized and sorted, and it is convenient to find applications.
Millet Box 3 Plus Settings
With the ease of use as the core, all the operations can be performed through the remote controller's arrow keys. The ↑ key can be used to enter shortcut settings. The menu keys can be freely edited on the desktop icons. Make changes and settings for system networks, accounts, images, sounds, etc. by setting.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Online Movies
Content resources
The enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 integrates the central Galaxy Internet TV Broadcasting and Control Platform (GITV). At the same time, it aggregates the contents of the four largest licensees, basically involving the latest and most complete film and television, entertainment videos and children's education content. According to the user's needs, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 will be divided into online, video, user, movie, TV drama, children, film and television, rankings, zones and other navigation tags, each tag has a corresponding video resource. You can also directly enter the movie and TV drama categories in the face, clear and concise, realize the page jumps directly.
Millet box 3 enhanced video library
Thanks to Xiaomi’s four licensees and the major league video websites, the current content of Xiaomi Box 3’s enhanced version reaches 440,000 hours, which is 440,000 hours. The author has no way to answer this question. Enhanced video content.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Content Statistics
Relying on a powerful content platform, Xiaomi Box 3 captures the hottest content resources at the moment, and video types meet the needs of various users.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Sports Resources
In addition to the above, the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 also provides sports event resources so that users can watch their favorite sports events and reviews in a timely manner. Live concerts, sports competitions and e-sport LIVE broadcasts enrich the program types.
Millet Box 3 Plus also offers rich 3D, Blu-ray, Dolby, and ultra-clear videos. Most of the online videos are based on 720P. They also provide some 1080P and 4K resources for users who have more requirements for videos.
Play the sun's descendants online
Millet Box 3 Plus plays online sun descent
Online Mars Rescue
Millet Box 3 Plus Online Mars Rescue
Games & Apps
Millet Box 3 Plus is rich and practical in terms of games and applications, providing a wide range of applications and game resources. As with the Millet Box 3, the addition of a "gym", a built-in rich somatosensory game, a combination of sports and games, is also a form of exercise for friends who do not have time to go to the gym.
Millet Box 3 Plus App Store
Millet Box 3 Plus Game Center
The game center has a lot of millet-specific customized game applications. The playability of the game is not bad, some games need to buy a Bluetooth gamepad separately to run. The only drawback is that the game center does not support the search function and hopes to perfect it in the future.
Game experience
The power of the Power VR GX6250 GPU in the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is powerful. The GPU 3D security Bunny runs 240% more data than the standard version, supports OpenGL3.1/OpenCL, and has more powerful game compatibility.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Run "Speed ​​of Passion"
Millet Box 3 Plus Runs "WORLD II"
Based on the powerful hardware configuration, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 has been greatly improved in terms of game fluency compared to the previous generation, even if the professional game box is not inferior. For example, "WORLD II", "Speed ​​Passion" and other games have smooth pictures and coherent actions. Both the remote control and the joystick can be easily operated without any staging.
Of course, in addition to the built-in games and applications, we can also enrich the entertainment performance of the enhanced version of the millet box 3 by installing third-party software. I recommend reading the tutorial: The installation method of the millet box 3 enhanced version is to install a third-party application market, such as a sofa. Butler (http://), not only has a wealth of video, games and utility software, but also management functions for future use.
Local playback capability
The enhanced version of the millet box 3 is very rich in online video, but for friends who are pursuing the ultimate experience, the built-in 4K, 3D, and Blu-ray movie resources cannot satisfy them, so the device is required to have powerful local playback capabilities. The millet box 3 enhanced version uses the Cortex-A72 processor, and I'm also curious about how the native playback decoding capability of the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is. Here's a closer look.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Video Format Testing
First, with the security Bunny video evaluation, millet box 3 enhanced version received a high score of 1046, 30 different encoding different packaging formats of the video can all play smoothly, the local playback capability in TV boxes and even smart TV products are also in a leading position .
Here I play a few different formats of video, look at the actual playback of the millet box 3 enhanced version.
Millet box 3 enhanced version video playback
Millet Box 3 Plus Automatically Download Subtitles
Millet Box 3 Plus allows you to set general menus such as aspect ratios, audio tracks, and subtitles when playing local videos. The author specifically tested the actual test of the automatic download subtitle function. The author played is I am a witness, choose to automatically download subtitles, the results of the download subtitles and videos do not match the situation, see the automatic download subtitles and can not guarantee the accuracy rate.
Millet Box 3 Plus Play Transformer 4
The author tested a few 4K videos, millet box 3 enhanced version can all play smoothly, the effect is great, there is no phenomenon of Caton, even H.265 encoding 4K video can also be a perfect player, showing its local playback capability is very powerful.
4K video local playback
Millet Box 3 Plus Play 4K Video
other
Mobile screen
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Mobile Screen
The millet box 3 enhanced version also has a "cast screen" function, found in the box surface cast screen artifact manual mobile phone download "millet cast screen artifact" APP software, to ensure that the box and the phone are in the same wifi that can achieve the mobile phone remote control, to the box Install software, mobile phone projection pictures, video on demand and other functions.
The enhanced version of the millet box 3 supports pictures and high-definition movie screenings, smooth speed, support for mobile remote control. When you are filming a movie, you can also play it on the fly, without affecting playback.
Video screencast
voice search Voice search is also a highlight feature of the enhanced box of the millet box. Press and hold the remote control's voice/Home button to enter the voice search interface.
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Voice Search
The enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 supports actor names, video titles, and related compound word searches. The author tested the four keywords “Fan Bingbing,†“Variety,†“Song Huiqiao TV Series,†and “24 Hours†to search. The results are as follows: :
Millet Box 3 Enhanced Voice Search
Visible millet box 3 enhanced version of the voice search function is still relatively intelligent, the set of keywords is more general, and the search results are accurate, you can quickly find the relevant video resources.
Price
The official price of the millet box 3 enhanced version is 399 yuan, the author compared the prices of several 64-bit processor TV box:
Millet box 3 enhanced version price
In terms of price alone, the enhanced price of the millet box 3 is still higher than the price of a regular TV box.
In addition to the price of the product, part of the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is charged, including four types of charging methods. Details are as follows:
Millet Box 3 Enhanced VIP Charges
Because the built-in video sources of the enhanced version of the millet box are different, there are different charging methods. The VIP membership fee is basically 30 yuan per month, and the annual payment will be worth some. In addition, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 also supports single-point payment, that is, pay for the video that you want to watch, and you don’t need to pay for videos you don’t watch. But there is also a drawback here, that is, not all video support for unipoint payment.
In general, Xiaomi’s content charging mechanism is more complicated. It is recommended that a unified charging model be adopted, and that the coverage of single-point programs be all-inclusive, so that users will have more freedom of choice.
to sum up
As a new masterpiece of Xiaomi, Xiaomi Box 3 enhanced version has both inheritance and breakthrough compared with its predecessor products. The first is a substantial upgrade of the configuration performance, with the "fast" as the center for the overall optimization of the hardware; the system follows the simple and easy to use MIUI TV version of the system; sitting on the content advantage of the four major license parties and 100 major video sites Alliance, Provide rich video resources; at the same time with powerful decoding capabilities, smooth playback of 4K ultra-clear video, not only to meet the daily needs of ordinary users but also meet the audio and video enthusiasts use requirements.
The official price of the millet box 3 enhanced version is 399 yuan, although higher than the average price, but comprehensive consideration of its hardware, performance and content resources, the price is worth it. If you are a friend with high demand for the product, this product is definitely worth buying; if you just need a normal box that can watch videos, or consider a lower price product.
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