In the past, most projectors were placed in business offices or in movie theaters. With the continuous development of micro smart projectors in recent years. The overall hardware performance of micro-intelligent projectors continues to increase, and system software continues to improve and adapt. In addition to being more suitable for mobile business offices, micro smart projectors are gradually appearing in the family living room and bedroom. Unlike business education projectors, micro-smart projectors are mostly equipped with Android systems and have smart functions, but they are used directly without external output devices. So micro-intelligent projectors also have no-screen televisions. In other words, commercial office and home entertainment, micro-intelligent projectors can all be competent, this time I experience micro-cast music Z1 portable high-definition projector is one compact and portable, performance is quite powerful, comes with the system's micro-smart projection machine.
Out of the box
Micro-cast music Z1 uses the outer box of the world box, and the whole package uses white as the background color. The front is a positive solid graphic of the micro-cast music Z1. The entire package design style is quite simple.
Micro-cast music Z1's family portrait contains: micro-cast music Z1 main one, 2.4G wireless fast one oh air, HDMi video line, a power adapter, user manual.
Micro-cast music Z1 streamlined design, the appearance of mellow, the whole body are no sharp place. The chassis is made of high-temperature-resistant PC+ABS surface material. After high-polishing and piano paint with anti-scratch paint, but the overall plastic feel stronger, if replaced by a metal shell is more perfect.
Micro touch music Z1's body button is set in the fuselage at the end of the power switch. The proximity of the buttons to the power button has the risk of inadvertent touching, and the buttons are all integrated together, and they are touch buttons, and there is no physical button feel, so the risk of misoperation is very high.
Left and right sides and sides, there is a large area of ​​cooling holes, used to quickly discharge the heat generated when the micro cast music Z1 work.
Micro-cast music Z1 right is a rich interface, from left to right are Micro USB interface, 3.5mm headphone output interface, TF card slot, HDMI video input interface, USB interface, DC12V power supply port.
The middle of the fuselage in front of the high-light coated lens, at the end there is a dust-proof silicone plug protected, to avoid the usual lens contamination with too much dust. Above the lens is a focusing ring that adjusts the focal length to make the projection display clearer.
There are 4 damping pads on the back of the projector, and the middle is the nameplate of micro-cast music Z1. Some of the specifications of micro-cast music are marked above.
There is also a support column above, which is used to raise the micro-cast music Z1, so that the projection screen is more useful. The height of the support column is about 2cm.
On the right side of the face-shoot is a standard M1/4 screw hole. This hole is used for mounting and can also be used to mount a tripod, in addition to the bracket fixing holes. The left-hand opening area is the radiator inlet hole. There is a turbo fan in the inside to quickly suck in the cold air to help cool the Z1 and cool the heat-carrying air out.
The power adapter is a DC 12V/4A specification. This type of product is also available on the market and alternative products are easy to find.
Randomly matched HDMI cables, workmanship quality is good, that is, the length is too short.
Micro-cast music Z1's overall hardware specification is still good, middle
Experience
Turn on the micro-switching music Z1, when the work indicator lights, turn on the micro-cast music Z1 switch, button backlight is also lit. This time waiting for the micro-cast music Z1 projection on the wall on it. In the case of weak ambient light, the projection effect is very good.
When micro-cast music Z1 is running, the working state of the lens.
When first projecting, the focal length is not adjusted, so the picture is basically very fuzzy, this time you need to manually adjust the focus ring above the lens.
When the screen is clearly displayed, the Micro Play Z1 can be used normally. However, the brightness of the screen is a bit dark, so I tried to adjust the brightness, but I found that the default brightness is the highest.
As a micro smart projector, the biggest feature is that it comes with an operating system, and almost all operating system functions rely on the network to normal use. This time you need to connect wifi first.
The system optimization of the micro-smart projector is very important, because it will involve the user experience. Although the overall stability and fluency of the micro-cast music Z1 operating system are very good, but the optimization of the system software is not in place. For example, a browser, which is a browser that requires a touch screen to operate, is almost useless with a remote controller. The audio and video software displayed on the interface is not online resource software, but local playback software. This has no practical effect on the experience of most users. Because of this, everyone usually watches online movies or live TV shows. In the author's test, the "practical" function was almost never used.
In the settings, there are many options for the user to set, the type of setting is very complete.
The projection setting is to set the main parameter effects such as brightness, color temperature, trapezoidal correction, screen rotation, etc. The trapezoidal correction is mainly vertical correction, and the adjustment angle is ±20°. Time and date setting is very simple, just need to adjust it automatically. There are three options for volume adjustment. The volume can be controlled here or through the remote control. Since the audio equipment is not connected to other headphone speakers, the default settings can only be used here. The sound than the default is not turned on, and do not know what equipment you need to open. As for the display settings, the main thing is to adjust the screen displacement.
Storage Information Since no TF card is currently inserted, the SD Card display is not available. NandFlash displays a total capacity of 4.04G and the remaining 3.96G. Language and input method settings are usually not used, but the language is still a lot of choice, as long as the user can read it.... Multi-screen interaction is required to use the code download app. Instead of direct screen casting.
In the device information, you can see that the system of micro-cast music Z1 is customized based on Android 4.4.4. In the application management, you can see the factory pre-installed APP and the user's own Android APP. In the developer options, the main functions are actually open, and users basically do not need to set anything. Just inside there is an advanced setting, enter here to see more detailed settings, is entirely Android phone tablet settings options, I believe that each user is very familiar with.
The application mainly refers to the various APP softwares of the system. In theory, video software, audio software, and application software should be displayed here, but this interface is obviously not designed well, there are two light settings, and there are projection settings. It is a function in another large item. Due to the previous experience in the utility tool that needs to touch the browser, so I think of the application market to download a suitable browser to use, the results click to find is actually the Play Store... I need to first add the google account, play Store also got in page. And to visit the play store to over the wall, it is very inappropriate for domestic users Yeah, these should be removed when the factory, replaced by domestic market software.
Fortunately, the author has always had some APPs in its mobile storage settings, which just tested the micro-casting music Z1 support for mobile storage devices.
The author installed a sofa butler, easy loading, system compatibility is no problem. This is normal market software.
I downloaded the security Bunny evaluation software TV version of the micro-cast music Z1 made a score of 9168, the performance of the overall weaker, mainly 0.8-1.2G 4-core CPU score is lower. However, this grading evaluation is only used as a reference. Although the score is low, the system is very smooth, and the video playback is also normal. It may be that there are some large game applications that require a higher CPU.
The author then installed a lot of APP to enrich the entire system. After all, the system is excellent again, and it can't satisfy the needs of all users. Each user can adjust according to their own needs. This is the meaning of intelligence. The author is an audiophile, but also a gamer, so playing APP, game hall APP is indispensable.
Film shots and projections, the effect of the projection is really good. The author originally wanted to test the projection effect. The result was really funny. So after shooting a few projection effects, I watched the movie there. Haha. Having said that, the micro-cast music Z1's speaker effect is still possible, not very good, but it will not be bad. However, when I was projecting, I was sitting next to the projector. The sound was sent from here. I feel weird. I still have to find the sound wall in front of me.
I installed several game hall software, game operations, or use the handle is most appropriate, but the remote control can also operate some games, I used the Sudoku TV version to experience the remote control operation, although there is no problem, but it is not very convenient, But for some slow-paced APPs, such as the elimination of stars, the remote control can handle it well. This kind of game is my favorite mom. The overall display on the phone and the tablet is too small, and playing with the projector is fun. And the handle mother is also not used to use her remote control she is very smooth.
I used Bluetooth and 2.4G connection tests when I used the gamepad to experience the game. As a result, the author found that when using the 2.4G connection, the operation had a very significant delay, and the delay was about 0.5 seconds. This caused the author to hang Mary several times. There is no such delay with a Bluetooth connection, and it is not known whether it interferes with the remote 2.4G.
I hate shopping, visiting the store, visiting the supermarket, so I basically buy online shopping, and my mom and dad will be online shopping, and now online shopping, mobile phone offers will be higher than the PC side, and the operation is also more simple. But the bad thing about mobile phones is that the screen is too small and it looks inconvenient. Therefore, shopping apps naturally have to do a test, so that the author is more than the TV version, mobile version, the computer version of the gap is somewhat larger. However, this is a small problem. Use a projector to look at the shopping app. The display is large and the things are clearer.
Laptop connection micro music investment Z1 screen output test, in addition to the power cord, HDMI cable, we should also see the Micro USB cable, this line is for the screen shot, because micro cast music Z1 no APP can support screenshots, connect the keyboard Can not take screenshots, had to connect to the computer, use mobile assistant software to screen. After connecting the HDMI cable, the signal source is selected to HDMI, and the desktop of the notebook will be projected out. Its useful projector is also a very good choice to play games, and the effect of the large screen is very good.
Micro-cast music Z1 projection effect in a dim environment is very good, night lights, the effect is not alright. This is also the weakness of all current smart projectors. Unless you bring the brightness up.
to sum up
After this period of time for the micro-cast music Z1 in-depth experience, the author believes that the overall performance of micro-cast music Z1 is still remarkable, the hardware configuration mainstream, the projection effect is very good, the system stability is good, the operation process, the interface is more complete and rich , For the compatibility of external settings is also good, long-term work is not much heat. I feel quite satisfied. However, the lack of system optimization is a big problem. For the current experience, this system is more like a tablet system than a projector system, which leads to a poor experience. I hope we can continue to optimize and improve in the later period.
Out of the box
Micro-cast music Z1 uses the outer box of the world box, and the whole package uses white as the background color. The front is a positive solid graphic of the micro-cast music Z1. The entire package design style is quite simple.
Micro-cast music Z1's family portrait contains: micro-cast music Z1 main one, 2.4G wireless fast one oh air, HDMi video line, a power adapter, user manual.
Micro-cast music Z1's remote control is not infrared control, but the use of 2.4G wireless signal control, this method is very good, because there is no directionality, no need to put the remote control and the projector is very accurate. Any direction key will be accepted accurately. However, the layout of the buttons makes the author quite uncomfortable, especially the OK button is not actually in the middle of the cross key. This time, I will press the wrong button. The main reason is not used. The overall remote control is rounded, and the battery compartment is actually on the back, using two AAA batteries.
The manual is relatively simple as a whole, but the usage method and installation method are described in the pictures and texts, so that users can quickly get started.
Turn on the micro-switching music Z1, when the work indicator lights, turn on the micro-cast music Z1 switch, button backlight is also lit. This time waiting for the micro-cast music Z1 projection on the wall on it. In the case of weak ambient light, the projection effect is very good.
When the screen is clearly displayed, the Micro Play Z1 can be used normally. However, the brightness of the screen is a bit dark, so I tried to adjust the brightness, but I found that the default brightness is the highest.
As a micro smart projector, the biggest feature is that it comes with an operating system, and almost all operating system functions rely on the network to normal use. This time you need to connect wifi first.
After this period of time for the micro-cast music Z1 in-depth experience, the author believes that the overall performance of micro-cast music Z1 is still remarkable, the hardware configuration mainstream, the projection effect is very good, the system stability is good, the operation process, the interface is more complete and rich , For the compatibility of external settings is also good, long-term work is not much heat. I feel quite satisfied. However, the lack of system optimization is a big problem. For the current experience, this system is more like a tablet system than a projector system, which leads to a poor experience. I hope we can continue to optimize and improve in the later period.