Micro whale 65 inch 4K smart TV W65U evaluation, new selection of young people living room screen

The larger and bigger the size of smart TVs, has become a trend for consumers to buy TVs. According to the color TV market H1 report released by Ovid Cloud Network in the first half of the year, 55-inch TVs have become the first choice for home living rooms, and smart TVs with 60-inch and above are gradually being sought after by people. "The bigger the screen, the more refreshing the movie," and everyone's consensus.

At this stage, for domestic TV makers, in addition to continuing to plunge into the popular 43-inch, 55-inch segment television market, the larger 60-inch and above market also needs to lay out card slots in advance. So we saw the launch of the 65-inch millet TV 3S at the millet conference last month, and the protagonist of today's article, the micro whale 65-inch screen smart TV. It is worth noting that this new micro whale is the first 65-inch TV from Micro Whale.

Down-to-earth evolution: "more thin" and "harder"
In fact, Xiao Bian had previously worked on a number of small whale television products, including 43-inch cannons and 55-inch curved surfaces. In terms of appearance alone, the 65-inch W65U visual perception is even more shocking. When editors and co-workers put their installations in the living room and watched on the sofa, they sincerely sighed: “Great!”. After discussion in the HD editorial office, even if the home living room is not particularly small, placing a 65-inch micro whale W65U will definitely give you an excellent viewing experience. As for the "TV size and viewing distance" problem? For young people pursuing experience effects, they are not very concerned about it.

Of course, in addition to the most intuitive visual experience of “big”, there are still a lot of changes in the new 65-inch new product.
As always, the narrow border design is one of the reasons why the editors still have a good impression on the micro-whale TV, but this time the W65U still has considerable improvement. Compared to the previous 55-inch surface models, the W65U uses a high-strength aluminum alloy frame instead of a simple metal “overlap” to further strengthen the fuselage. The border color uses the classic light and extravagant space ash, sanding and anodizing process grinding process, the screen and the border seamlessly integrated in the screen state, but also allows TV to better integrate into the user's living room home style.

In terms of body thickness, this is a place where the new micro whale's new product brings editors a small surprise. A friend who knows the Little Whale TV may know that the control of the body thickness of his previous product is unsatisfactory, and the 55-inch surface model of the Micro Whale that was evaluated in the high-definition model is not satisfactory. The W65U's thinnest upper body is only 9.9mm, plus the covered metal back, whether it is the perception or touch, compared to the previous evaluation of several high-definition micro whale products are not small The promotion. Compared with the red rice Note 3 used by the editor, you will find that the thickness of the two is not much different.
Positive details. Hidden sound cavity design, the speaker is cleverly placed in the bottom of the screen, covered by open metal mesh cover. It is reported that W65U built-in stereo box speakers, with double-sided balanced bass enhancement and two patented technology of the treble spread of the treasure trough, supports a variety of audio effects. In general, the design and technology of the micro whale continue the usual way, and the audio quality in the actual viewing has maintained a high level.
For the “W65U thinnest upper body only 9.9mm” described above, unknown readers may be confused. After reading the above figure, everyone should be clear. In fact, due to factors such as industrial design, airframe structure, and internal components, the vast majority of thin-body smart TVs currently advertised are actually the upper half of their thickness. And if you want to make the overall XXmm like a smartphone, the current technology can't really do it.
â–³ Back detail 1: The lower half is covered with a plastic cover, while the heat dissipation holes are dense. For smart TVs that will be used for a long time, this is undoubtedly a better way of handling.
â–³ Back Detail 2: There is a physical rocker button in the lower right corner of the back, which can temporarily serve as the remote control role. In addition, there is a physical switch key on the left bottom of the fuselage.
Similar to previous products, almost all interfaces of the W65U are centered on the right side of the back. The richness of interfaces is as usual: Nine interfaces including HDMI 2.02, TV TV input 1, 3.5mm audio interface 1, USB 3.02, Ethernet interface, and optical output interface are provided to meet the daily needs of users. Among them, the details of the two USB 3.0 standards make it possible for users to watch an ultra-clear drama with an external hard disk.
â–³ main accessories list.
There is no difference between the remote control and the past: black plastic material, the button layout is simple and clear, the body grip is good. In addition, the moderate length of the remote control, in the manipulation of the editor's slender thumb can basically reach the common control keys.

It should be noted that this is a Bluetooth remote control. The benefits do not need to be edited by the editor: The use of infrared remote control is more arbitrary, and it can be easily controlled without aiming at the TV. In addition, the Micro Whale Remote Control also supports voice remote control. There is a dedicated button in the upper right corner, long press to wake up the change function, allowing users to voice control video, weather and settings. According to the editor's actual measurement, the microwhale has high speech recognition rate and satisfactory response speed. For users with elderly and children at home, this is undoubtedly a heartwarming function.

When 4K becomes a "standard", what does a micro whale deal with?

A word popular in the TV industry market: Buying a TV is buying a screen. As the subtitle says, when the 4K resolution screen gradually becomes the standard for smart TVs, will there be a gap between major manufacturers and products that advertise 4K screens?
At this stage, smart TV screens can be divided into two types from the technical level: one is often heard of IPS hard screens, and the other is VA soft screens (which do not have universality, except temporarily excluded here). The LCD panel technology focuses on foreign TV manufacturers. The VA camp includes Samsung, Taiwan AUO, Chi Mei, and Sharp. The IPS camp includes LG-Philips joint ventures and Hitachi, Panasonic, Toshiba joint venture IPS-α two manufacturers.

The micro whale, which has a good relationship with the upstream screen vendor, chose the imported Samsung RGB True 4K screen. Prior to this, the high-end product "Canopus" released in early August was the world's first Samsung 78-inch 4K curved screen. Earlier, the micro whale product manager Mao Zhixue, who was interviewed by the editors, once said that the micro whale will not stick to the screen or blindly stand in line and will present it to the consumers. So, what will be the performance of the imported Samsung screen that the W65U is equipped with?
It is reported that the W65U uses a 65-inch resolution screen, 178° wide viewing angle, 90% high color gamut, and 5000:1 static contrast. It is worth noting that this is a 10-bit panel capable of presenting 1.07 billion colors, and its color-difference performance is 64 times that of ordinary 8-bit panels, which has met the standard of professional image design displays. According to the information HDTV has detected, the microwhales have also customized backlight modules for this screen to ensure that the screen brightness is stable and uniform. At the same time, PLGP technology light guide plate is used to bring about better purity of displayed colors.
Judging from the actual experience of the editors, the Whale W65U doesn’t have to worry about the viewing angle. There are no visible color casts or whiteouts in the four directions and two oblique diagonal angles. See?). In terms of color reproduction, the W65U has a more realistic color transition with no cross-infection between colors, but the color performance is subdued. Brightness is also one of the factors influencing the display effect of the screen. The W65U still has a good performance during the daytime indoor lighting. According to the data given by the official micro-whale, the average brightness of this Samsung 4K display is 300nit. As long as it is not a room with extremely strong light, the W65U is enough to complete the mission.

In addition, the dynamics of this screen correspond to only 8ms. Such a short response time means that the user barely feels the tail-shadowing when viewing the moving picture. In the actual measurement, the W65U's dynamic performance was satisfactory. When watching a passionate fight, chasing and other movie scenes, the playback screen was very smooth. At the same time, the micro whale also gives the user DIY rights in terms of color performance, and can set custom settings if they are not satisfied. Microwhales provide 7 modes, including standards, movies, and monitors, for users to choose from to satisfy different user needs.

Small "upgraded" WUI system and content
After using dozens of smart TVs and TV boxes, large and small, the editors still respected and loved the WUI's deep customization of WUI based on Android.

The reason is to think carefully, except for the concise and clear color Metro wind icon and smooth optimization, the waterfall streaming home design is the root of my heart: the left side is the main menu option, including the signal source, my Seven options, such as TV and wonderful information, are card sub-options on the right. The benefit of this design is that it shortens the path and cost of finding content and allows users to get started quickly. Of course, in addition to the simplicity and convenience of the system itself, the addition of voice recognition mentioned above will make the entire user experience even higher.
Regarding system functions, the editors will no longer introduce too much. Friends who want to know can search for high-definition fan past evaluation content on the website. Here, the editors chat with everyone about the new changes in the selection of the WUI system and the new feature "Panorama VR."

This is a new feature that the current micro-whales have added to the latest WUI system to provide users with virtual reality panoramic video. While enriching content resources, it also brings new experiences to users. In fact, as early as April of this year, the micro-whale announced its VR strategy, announcing a comprehensive layout of VR from technological innovation, equipment development and content production. At the end of September, the result of micro whale device development, the “Micro whale X1 machine” was officially released. It is natural that the “Panorama VR” video that was produced as a result of the initial production of the content was transferred to the micro whale TV.
Specific to VR content, Microwhale will import video content that is cooperating with China New Song, allowing users to see past content. In addition, the micro-whale also categorizes a considerable amount of VR video so that users can quickly find interesting content. It should be noted that when the virtual reality content is transferred to the smart TV, the user has to face the screen directly to watch, so the “immersion” associated with VR is no longer relevant. But correspondingly, the troublesome vertigo has been resolved. As for the experience, the picture seen by the user during the viewing is slightly distorted, and the remote controller can be used to adjust the viewing angle in four directions: up, down, left, and right.
Content, micro whale and one of the seven license parties of the GITV Galaxy Guanghe cooperation, while access Tencent video, mango TV, TVB and SMG and other partner video resources. Therefore, the current popular hits, hit TV dramas, etc., users can watch on the Whale W65U. The quality of resources is also relatively good, the vast majority of ultra-clear picture quality, and even 4K resources, give full play to 4K resolution Ultra HD advantage.

There is a small detail in the experience. The editors first intercepted the "Movie Theater" option picture on the previous day, and when they opened again the next day, they discovered a new film "Warcraft" that was popular with domestic fans. According to the editors' inquiries, the content of the micro-whales is updated daily (not limited to movies). Films that have just been released can generally be found, and some of them can even be watched on the micro-whale TV without being released.
Of course, for smart TV or TV box users, not having a VIP membership is a very painful thing, because most of them require paid viewing. Fortunately, the micro-whales have implemented the principle of service for the purchase of members. New TV users can register and log in to receive one year of VIP. Late renewal is also more cost-effective, the annual fee is 199 yuan.

Performance "regular"

The characteristics of TVs determine that it does not require tedious multitasking, large game loading, etc. So, how will performance of the Whale W65U behave this time?
Let's look at the parameters first. From the editors' observations and the official information released by the micro-whale, the W65U is equipped with an Mstar 6A828 quad-core processor. This chip is based on the ARM 64-bit Cortex A53 architecture, clocked at 1.4GHz, and integrates the Mali 450MP4 six-core GPU. It supports H.264, VP9, ​​H.265 and other full 4K format hard decoding, in particular supports H.265 4K2K @ 60Hz 10bit ultra-high definition decoding, taking all 4K sources. Overall, the Mstar 6A828 is a good mid-range processor. In addition, the Micro Whale W65U is also equipped with 2GB DDR3 memory and 8GB eMMC storage space.

However, it needs to be pointed out that although the subsequent chips such as the Mstar 6A928 and the Mstar 6A938 will be commercially available. Looking at the existing product line of the microwhales, except for the high-end TV products that have already been released, the “Tianke” is equipped with the Mstar 6A938 (not yet available for sale), and other high-end models targeting the general public are still on the old Mstar 6A828. On the processor. It must be said that the micro-whales are more sincere in performance than the other Internet TV counterparts. This is what the editors are quite sorry about.

Quad-core A53 architecture means low performance? Can't play the game? Not too. Thanks to the optimization of WUI, the use of the Whale W65U is very smooth, with almost no sense of rattle. At the same time, coping with the vast majority of small and medium-sized games in the application market is also handy. Therefore, there is no problem for users who want to play games and unzip them through this TV.
Compared to the absolute operating performance, the ability to play on TV is the focus of the average user. Previously introduced Mstar 6A828 is to support a variety of formats decoding, especially to support H.265 4K2K @ 60Hz 10bit ultra-high definition decoding people are quite pleased.

According to the survey of Xiao Bian, among all the 30 videos tested, the Micro Whale W55C1T can play 25 of them in perfect, 3 incomplete support formats, and 2 video formats do not support it. In addition, the editor also took out some of his own exclusive video for testing. In addition to high bit rate, special format video, other 4K, H.265 video Whale W65U can basically win.

Xiao Bian "has something to say":
If you are concerned about micro-whales, or if you are already a user of micro-whale TV, then you may feel the same feeling as the editors when you look at the full-scale review: This is a sincere work with steady rise.

In appearance, the micro whale W65U is free from the image of “silly and thick” in the past and is presented with a delicate, lightweight new face. At the same time, the use of materials to get more kind, space ash + aluminum alloy combination, so that the entire TV calm without losing the atmosphere. In terms of system and content, WUI continues to maintain its excellent genes. Although the addition of VR video is not yet a "much more powerful," it also allows users to update and make more special choices. Of course, the micro whale's lack of focus on the upgrade of the core processor is a very regrettable place. Fortunately, local video playback capability is good, to save face.