High-definition player evolution
The emergence of high-definition players is just in the beginning stage of high-definition, when most families are still using low-bandwidth ADSL, online video sites do not have high-definition film source, so we all chose to play high-definition video locally. However, local players are facing high prices for Blu-ray players, and Blu-ray movie discs are less and more expensive. As a result, downloading of high-definition video on the Internet has become the most adopted method. The playback device used is often a computer, or HTPC. However, HTPC also has troubles in playing high-definition video. You need to set up playback software, and it is inconvenient for the computer to connect to the TV. The operation also requires the use of a mouse and keyboard. As a result, it is easy to decode and play high-definition video, and it is convenient to connect a TV. The high-definition player, which is also convenient for over-control, has been widely recognized after its introduction.
A few years later, as the bandwidth of home networks has increased, the number of high-definition video sources for online video has increased. The emergence of video boxes and network set-top boxes with most of the functions of high-definition players has gradually replaced the main position of high-definition players in the market. . However, the high-definition player has not been eliminated. Instead, it has kept pace with the times. While maintaining its original functions, it has also joined the support of intelligent systems and has become a favorite of some HD enthusiasts.
The Sea Medi Q10 IV generation is a high-definition player that I recently paid more attention to. The reason is that its hardware provides support for popular HDR video. Unfortunately, the latest firmware of the Q10 four generation did not open support for HDR, but this did not affect my interest in this popular high-definition player. I would like to use it to understand the progress of today's high-definition player.
The difference with the network set-top box
In fact, the difference between the current popular video box and the high-end player such as the Haimedi Q10 four generations can be distinguished from the appearance. Video boxes are taking a simplistic style, the appearance of the general trend of miniaturization, interface simplification. For the famous millet box, its interface is simple enough to leave only power, HDMI, and USB. The emphasis on local playback of high-definition player is slightly larger, the interface is more abundant, in addition to the video interface, often leave a separate audio interface.
Sea Meidi Q10 four generations of the shell is black full metal material, and using the drawing process. Although the body is a square structure, the corners around the machine are rounded. The Q10's four-generation front panel is designed with acrylic lenses and features an LED display that displays local time while working. Q10 four-generation interface is quite rich, not only behind the fuselage placed a set of HDMI2.0a interface, a set of composite video interfaces, a USB3.0 B-type interface, a set of coaxial and fiber optic interface, still in the fuselage Side design a set of USB3.0 interface, two sets of USB2.0 interface and SD / MMC slot.
On the Importance of Internal Hard Disk
In addition to the appearance and interface, high-definition players and network set-top boxes have an important difference. High-definition players often support built-in hard disks. For example, the Haimeidi Q10 four generation has a push button on the left side of the fuselage. You can easily open the entire fuselage top cover by gently opening it. After the top cover is opened, a 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA 3.0 hard disk can be placed on the belly of the Q10 four generations.
In addition to the storage media, the advantage of using the built-in hard disk playback is the transmission bandwidth brought by the SATA3.0 interface, because for high bit rate Blu-ray discs, even USB3.0 actually has a lot of pressure. The internal hard disk transmits data through the SATA3.0 interface, which not only greatly facilitates the collection and playback of classic Blu-ray movies by enthusiasts, but also provides high-stream transmission for some large dynamic pictures.
Powerful performance
Strong decoding performance and natural native picture quality output under strong hardware support are another factor that HD players receive from HD enthusiasts. The Sea Medi Q10 fourth generation is equipped with the Hi3798CV200 chip solution jointly launched by 2016 Dolby Laboratories and HiSilicon. It is based on the Cortex A53 architecture with the highest ARM performance. The clock frequency is up to 2.0GHz and the stability is strong enough. This CPU built-in hardware decoder HiVXE2.0 video engine, can take full-format video, support H.265 hard solution technology, and even support 4K HDR decoding. Because the HiVXE2.0 decoding engine uses a 2x decoding pipeline unit, its HD dynamic picture can be played smoothly, even if it is 4K@60fps decoding high stream is also a breeze. Of course, in the eyes of the 4K chip source, it perfectly supports the Blu-ray original disc (BDMV) and Blu-ray ISO playback, and achieves hard decoding. The ability of the 4K professional Blu-ray player is regarded by HD enthusiasts.
In addition to being able to decode smoothly, in the quality experience, the four generations of the sea meidi Q10 are also very powerful. It passes the Ultra HD Premium (4K HDR) standard certification and the Imprex 2.0 image optimization engine, providing the cutting edge of the 4K sharpness experience and colorful natural quality experience. What surprised me most is that Provide HDR support (HDR firmware is not yet open), also provides 10bit color depth support. Regarding the effect of 10bit color depth on picture quality, I will do a detailed comparison test next.
Decoding and picture quality
For the first time, the four generations of Haimedi Q10 have entered a very friendly initial setup interface, allowing users to select languages, adjust display areas and set up networks. Thanks to the Android 5.1 system, the four-generation interface of the Haimedi Q10 is already very similar to today's video box. Mango TV is the video partner of the fourth generation of Haimedi Q10, but I don't want to do a detailed experience for this online video platform. On the one hand, because many video boxes are equipped with the same platform, on the other hand, I believe this is not a concern for users who are planning to purchase the fourth generation of Haimedi Q10. In addition, it is necessary to put forward that the Haimeidi Q10 four generations can install APPs on the U disk. So what is the focus of my attention? That's right, that is Haimeidi's video decoding capability and picture quality.
Regarding the decoding capability, the four generations of Sea MediTech Q10 didn't disappoint me. As I expected, it was very powerful for video decoding. In the experience, I almost tried all the video formats. Whether it is 1080p full HD or 4K ultra high definition video, the Haimeidi Q10 four generations can easily decode and support for external subtitles is very good, whether it is .srt, or. Ass can support. Moreover, it is also possible to set external subtitle fonts, font color, font size, subtitle position, subtitle line spacing, character spacing, etc. What surprises me most is the setting of 3D subtitle cutting. This is for playing 3D movies. A very good design.
Of course, the Blu-ray original file is the focus of my experience. After my test experience, it proves that the two kinds of Blu-ray original ISO and BDMV that are commonly used by people today can be easily identified and decoded by the four generations of Haimeidi Q10. If you have to say that it is not enough, it does not support the original menu. Instead, it replaces the original menu with your own simple menu. Press the "Menu" button on the remote control, a blue EASY menu will appear at the top of the screen, where you can select audio tracks, subtitles, chapters, etc., and you can also perform some Blu-ray original playback settings, such as play mode, 3D playback settings, plug-in Subtitle settings, default track and subtitle settings, and more.
Frankly speaking, image quality has always been an important reason why HD enthusiasts have tangled up between HD players and Blu-ray players. What about the output quality of the four generations of Haimeidi Q10?
In the advanced settings, first of all by the image mode selection: Standard, Bright, Sports, Movie among several preset modes, we will of course choose the movie. Next is the switch of the Imprex2.0 image optimization engine. Theoretically speaking, Imprex2.0 image optimization engine not only has higher image resolution image analysis and processing performance, but also improves the overall picture color and noise reduction, and the details are more prominent. It can perform dynamic contrast, sharpness, and drop of image information. The noise, digital noise reduction, motion compensation and other details are compared in an intelligent way to repair the loss of detail that may occur during signal compression and transmission, and the brightness of the backlight in each area can be automatically adjusted according to the light and dark information in the image. A lot of image descriptions seem like this should be a very powerful image optimization process, but from the perspective of my actual viewing, the most obvious feeling is that the color saturation slightly increases, the brightness of the dark areas has a slight increase and will make the details of the dark part more Clear.
What I want to talk about next is the support of HDR. That's right. The beginning of HDR support led me to have a keen interest in the four generations of the Haimedi Q10. At the beginning, when I got the fourth generation of the Haimedi Q10, you can also see the HDR switch options in the settings. This made me a little excited. When I played the HDR source, I encountered a problem that I could not decode and play normally. When asked about the vendor's issue, I was told that the current firmware is not yet open to support HDR. Setting the HDR switch to see it does not actually have any effect. After waiting for me to be disappointed for a few days, Haimei Di has released a new firmware. When I can't wait to update it, I find that the HDR setting options in the settings are gone, but the HDR video is playable. It seems that Haidi is still debugging about HDR output.
Without the support of HDR, the four generations of Sea Mead Q10 gave me another surprise. For the support of 10bit video, you can see in the advanced settings that it provides RGB444 10Bit and YCBCr444 10Bit output options.
I happened to be in the hands of 10Bit video and a TV supporting YCBCr444 10Bit (millet TV 3 60 inches). I set the image output to YCBCr444 8Bit and YCBCr444 10Bit, respectively, and play two 8Bit video and 10Bit video respectively. The contrast between the two will be obvious, and the color of the 10Bit video is obviously more accurate.
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After a few days of trial, I think that the fourth generation of the sea meidi Q10 is a very good high-definition player, whether it is video decoding capabilities, or the quality of the output are better than the best-selling video box in the market. Of course, its price also exceeds those video boxes. Such a product is very suitable for those who like high-definition video, especially need to decode and play Blu-ray original friends. Even though his price is more expensive than those of video boxes, his price/performance ratio stands out because of the superior quality and sound quality of high-end Blu-ray players. Especially its support for HDR video (there was no support for HDR firmware release at the time of writing). After the release of HDR firmware, it may be that you have received countless HD player options that really support HDR video and 10Bit color depth. .
The emergence of high-definition players is just in the beginning stage of high-definition, when most families are still using low-bandwidth ADSL, online video sites do not have high-definition film source, so we all chose to play high-definition video locally. However, local players are facing high prices for Blu-ray players, and Blu-ray movie discs are less and more expensive. As a result, downloading of high-definition video on the Internet has become the most adopted method. The playback device used is often a computer, or HTPC. However, HTPC also has troubles in playing high-definition video. You need to set up playback software, and it is inconvenient for the computer to connect to the TV. The operation also requires the use of a mouse and keyboard. As a result, it is easy to decode and play high-definition video, and it is convenient to connect a TV. The high-definition player, which is also convenient for over-control, has been widely recognized after its introduction.
A few years later, as the bandwidth of home networks has increased, the number of high-definition video sources for online video has increased. The emergence of video boxes and network set-top boxes with most of the functions of high-definition players has gradually replaced the main position of high-definition players in the market. . However, the high-definition player has not been eliminated. Instead, it has kept pace with the times. While maintaining its original functions, it has also joined the support of intelligent systems and has become a favorite of some HD enthusiasts.
The Sea Medi Q10 IV generation is a high-definition player that I recently paid more attention to. The reason is that its hardware provides support for popular HDR video. Unfortunately, the latest firmware of the Q10 four generation did not open support for HDR, but this did not affect my interest in this popular high-definition player. I would like to use it to understand the progress of today's high-definition player.
The difference with the network set-top box
In fact, the difference between the current popular video box and the high-end player such as the Haimedi Q10 four generations can be distinguished from the appearance. Video boxes are taking a simplistic style, the appearance of the general trend of miniaturization, interface simplification. For the famous millet box, its interface is simple enough to leave only power, HDMI, and USB. The emphasis on local playback of high-definition player is slightly larger, the interface is more abundant, in addition to the video interface, often leave a separate audio interface.
Sea Meidi Q10 four generations of the shell is black full metal material, and using the drawing process. Although the body is a square structure, the corners around the machine are rounded. The Q10's four-generation front panel is designed with acrylic lenses and features an LED display that displays local time while working. Q10 four-generation interface is quite rich, not only behind the fuselage placed a set of HDMI2.0a interface, a set of composite video interfaces, a USB3.0 B-type interface, a set of coaxial and fiber optic interface, still in the fuselage Side design a set of USB3.0 interface, two sets of USB2.0 interface and SD / MMC slot.
On the Importance of Internal Hard Disk
In addition to the appearance and interface, high-definition players and network set-top boxes have an important difference. High-definition players often support built-in hard disks. For example, the Haimeidi Q10 four generation has a push button on the left side of the fuselage. You can easily open the entire fuselage top cover by gently opening it. After the top cover is opened, a 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA 3.0 hard disk can be placed on the belly of the Q10 four generations.
Now that many video boxes can support mobile hard disks, why do they still need a built-in hard disk? I believe this is a question of many people. I believe that most of the people who ask such questions are ordinary consumers. A high-definition video enthusiast will certainly understand the importance of the built-in hard disk for high-definition players. High-definition video enthusiasts must have the best quality HD video in their minds, Blu-ray discs, and these Blu-ray discs with high-definition picture quality and HD audio tracks (including multiple audio tracks and up to 7.1-channel, panoramic sound channels) The capacity of the original file is several times that of ordinary high-definition video, with 25GB being small and even as large as 50GB. This high-capacity high-definition video, hard disk is the best storage medium.
In addition to the storage media, the advantage of using the built-in hard disk playback is the transmission bandwidth brought by the SATA3.0 interface, because for high bit rate Blu-ray discs, even USB3.0 actually has a lot of pressure. The internal hard disk transmits data through the SATA3.0 interface, which not only greatly facilitates the collection and playback of classic Blu-ray movies by enthusiasts, but also provides high-stream transmission for some large dynamic pictures.
Powerful performance
Strong decoding performance and natural native picture quality output under strong hardware support are another factor that HD players receive from HD enthusiasts. The Sea Medi Q10 fourth generation is equipped with the Hi3798CV200 chip solution jointly launched by 2016 Dolby Laboratories and HiSilicon. It is based on the Cortex A53 architecture with the highest ARM performance. The clock frequency is up to 2.0GHz and the stability is strong enough. This CPU built-in hardware decoder HiVXE2.0 video engine, can take full-format video, support H.265 hard solution technology, and even support 4K HDR decoding. Because the HiVXE2.0 decoding engine uses a 2x decoding pipeline unit, its HD dynamic picture can be played smoothly, even if it is 4K@60fps decoding high stream is also a breeze. Of course, in the eyes of the 4K chip source, it perfectly supports the Blu-ray original disc (BDMV) and Blu-ray ISO playback, and achieves hard decoding. The ability of the 4K professional Blu-ray player is regarded by HD enthusiasts.
In addition to being able to decode smoothly, in the quality experience, the four generations of the sea meidi Q10 are also very powerful. It passes the Ultra HD Premium (4K HDR) standard certification and the Imprex 2.0 image optimization engine, providing the cutting edge of the 4K sharpness experience and colorful natural quality experience. What surprised me most is that Provide HDR support (HDR firmware is not yet open), also provides 10bit color depth support. Regarding the effect of 10bit color depth on picture quality, I will do a detailed comparison test next.
Decoding and picture quality
For the first time, the four generations of Haimedi Q10 have entered a very friendly initial setup interface, allowing users to select languages, adjust display areas and set up networks. Thanks to the Android 5.1 system, the four-generation interface of the Haimedi Q10 is already very similar to today's video box. Mango TV is the video partner of the fourth generation of Haimedi Q10, but I don't want to do a detailed experience for this online video platform. On the one hand, because many video boxes are equipped with the same platform, on the other hand, I believe this is not a concern for users who are planning to purchase the fourth generation of Haimedi Q10. In addition, it is necessary to put forward that the Haimeidi Q10 four generations can install APPs on the U disk. So what is the focus of my attention? That's right, that is Haimeidi's video decoding capability and picture quality.
Regarding the decoding capability, the four generations of Sea MediTech Q10 didn't disappoint me. As I expected, it was very powerful for video decoding. In the experience, I almost tried all the video formats. Whether it is 1080p full HD or 4K ultra high definition video, the Haimeidi Q10 four generations can easily decode and support for external subtitles is very good, whether it is .srt, or. Ass can support. Moreover, it is also possible to set external subtitle fonts, font color, font size, subtitle position, subtitle line spacing, character spacing, etc. What surprises me most is the setting of 3D subtitle cutting. This is for playing 3D movies. A very good design.
Of course, the Blu-ray original file is the focus of my experience. After my test experience, it proves that the two kinds of Blu-ray original ISO and BDMV that are commonly used by people today can be easily identified and decoded by the four generations of Haimeidi Q10. If you have to say that it is not enough, it does not support the original menu. Instead, it replaces the original menu with your own simple menu. Press the "Menu" button on the remote control, a blue EASY menu will appear at the top of the screen, where you can select audio tracks, subtitles, chapters, etc., and you can also perform some Blu-ray original playback settings, such as play mode, 3D playback settings, plug-in Subtitle settings, default track and subtitle settings, and more.
Frankly speaking, image quality has always been an important reason why HD enthusiasts have tangled up between HD players and Blu-ray players. What about the output quality of the four generations of Haimeidi Q10?
In the advanced settings, first of all by the image mode selection: Standard, Bright, Sports, Movie among several preset modes, we will of course choose the movie. Next is the switch of the Imprex2.0 image optimization engine. Theoretically speaking, Imprex2.0 image optimization engine not only has higher image resolution image analysis and processing performance, but also improves the overall picture color and noise reduction, and the details are more prominent. It can perform dynamic contrast, sharpness, and drop of image information. The noise, digital noise reduction, motion compensation and other details are compared in an intelligent way to repair the loss of detail that may occur during signal compression and transmission, and the brightness of the backlight in each area can be automatically adjusted according to the light and dark information in the image. A lot of image descriptions seem like this should be a very powerful image optimization process, but from the perspective of my actual viewing, the most obvious feeling is that the color saturation slightly increases, the brightness of the dark areas has a slight increase and will make the details of the dark part more Clear.
What I want to talk about next is the support of HDR. That's right. The beginning of HDR support led me to have a keen interest in the four generations of the Haimedi Q10. At the beginning, when I got the fourth generation of the Haimedi Q10, you can also see the HDR switch options in the settings. This made me a little excited. When I played the HDR source, I encountered a problem that I could not decode and play normally. When asked about the vendor's issue, I was told that the current firmware is not yet open to support HDR. Setting the HDR switch to see it does not actually have any effect. After waiting for me to be disappointed for a few days, Haimei Di has released a new firmware. When I can't wait to update it, I find that the HDR setting options in the settings are gone, but the HDR video is playable. It seems that Haidi is still debugging about HDR output.
Without the support of HDR, the four generations of Sea Mead Q10 gave me another surprise. For the support of 10bit video, you can see in the advanced settings that it provides RGB444 10Bit and YCBCr444 10Bit output options.
I happened to be in the hands of 10Bit video and a TV supporting YCBCr444 10Bit (millet TV 3 60 inches). I set the image output to YCBCr444 8Bit and YCBCr444 10Bit, respectively, and play two 8Bit video and 10Bit video respectively. The contrast between the two will be obvious, and the color of the 10Bit video is obviously more accurate.
(8bit output 8bit video)
(10bit output 10bit video)
After talking about quality, you can't forget the sound quality. Because of the greatest pleasure of playing Blu-ray movies, in addition to high quality enjoyment, HD surround sound reproduction is the most popular among HD enthusiasts. Haimeidi Q10 four generation HDMI 2.0a output to AV amplifier up to 7.1 times the audio source code output, with 7.1 sound system to achieve the surround experience, and all this only need to enter the Haimeidi Q10 four generations of the system Set up the menu. Write last
After a few days of trial, I think that the fourth generation of the sea meidi Q10 is a very good high-definition player, whether it is video decoding capabilities, or the quality of the output are better than the best-selling video box in the market. Of course, its price also exceeds those video boxes. Such a product is very suitable for those who like high-definition video, especially need to decode and play Blu-ray original friends. Even though his price is more expensive than those of video boxes, his price/performance ratio stands out because of the superior quality and sound quality of high-end Blu-ray players. Especially its support for HDR video (there was no support for HDR firmware release at the time of writing). After the release of HDR firmware, it may be that you have received countless HD player options that really support HDR video and 10Bit color depth. .
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