[Review] Millet box 3 enhanced version is worth buying?

In line with the slogan of “birth for fever”, the enhanced version of millet box 3 of Xiaomi’s official website has received a lot. Before that, whether it was the millet box 3 that had just been put on the shelves last year or the millet box that was opened up by others, it was once the star product of the smart TV market and accumulated a good reputation and attention. So what enhancements have the millet box 3 enhanced? What are the unique designs and innovations in the numerous smart TV boxes? There is also the question that everyone is most concerned about: Is it worth buying an enhanced version of the millet box 3? Xiao Bian this will give everyone a one-by-one answer. (Last surprise!)



· At first sight, the molding process is more outstanding

Although Xiaomi Box and Xiaomi Box Plus had previously won the 2015 Red Dot Award for their outstanding design, Xiaobian still prefers the white minimalist style of the Xiaomi Box. The black Xiaomi Box looks too big. Too low-key and restrained. The enhanced version of the millet box 3 is to start with the millet box design. Compared with the millet box 3, the most prominent change in the enhanced version of the millet box 3 is the new design of the fuselage, a rounded square body design, white matte plastic material, side hollowing out the heat radiating grille... making the millet box 3 The enhanced version looks simple and elegant overall.


Interfaces, millet box 3 enhanced version only provides two USB2.0, 1 HDMI interface, and a power interface. This also means that the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 does not support the connection of the wired network connection to the old AV interface TV. At the same time, the lack of audio output interface also makes many users who seek for sound quality to search for more complicated solutions. The scope of application has been reduced and it is more oriented towards young users.


From the above comparison chart, it can be seen that the millet box 3 enhanced version has a larger body size than the millet box 3. In fact, this is because the enhanced version of the millet box 3 was the first to incorporate an active cooling fan in the body. The fan is said to automatically adjust the speed according to the operating status of the box, so as to ensure stable performance when playing heavy loads such as playing 3D games and playing 4K videos.


For consumers, the concern is naturally noise and quality issues. After all, the quality of the newly added parts remains to be verified. However, in the actual use test of Xiao Bian, the ultra-quiet design of the active cooling fan has almost no noise. The fan's own warranty is also part of the enhanced version of the millet box 3, its cooling performance is better than the millet box 3 on a large section! Visible than the ultimate light and thin body, millet box 3 enhanced version more value for the ultimate performance and stable and reliable operation.


· Performance doubled, faster

"More than a little bit faster," is the enhanced version of the millet box 3, showing Xiaomi's strong confidence in this product. From the data point of view, millet box 3 enhanced version uses the high-end Cortex-A72 processor, clocked at up to 2GHz, with the sofa butler running up to 15,000 +, not only the fastest box of millet, the entire smart TV market is second to none. At the same time, the Power VR GX6250 GPU has powerful performance and is compatible with the A8X processor GPU used in the iPad Air2. It can easily control super-shaking 4K ultra high-definition video, cool 3D games, support OpenGL3.1/OpenCL, and has more powerful game compatibility. Sex allows users to experience more and bigger games on TV.



In Xiao Bian's test, the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 can play smoothly and clearly on high bit rate videos in various formats. It also appears to be a good job when running some large-scale games, especially when the active cooling fan is added, making Xiaomi a better choice. The stability of the enhanced version of Box 3 has been greatly improved, and the phenomenon of using more cards has not appeared on the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3.

The second is the change in storage capacity, directly from the 1G of the millet box 3 to 4G flash memory, direct upgrade to the current 2G LPDDR3 dual-channel 64bit storage and 8G eMMC 5.0 flash memory, the most intuitive change is the millet box can install the equivalent number The use of game software for Double Millet Box 3 (since the system is set up, Millet Box 3 has app install space of only about 1G)!


In addition to a significant increase in host hardware, Xiaomi Box 3 Plus also comes standard with Xiaomi's Bluetooth voice experience remote control. The user who used the millet box 3 will certainly be impressed with this remote control. In addition to the functions of the conventional remote control, the millet Bluetooth remote control also incorporates voice, somatosensory, and other functions, which greatly simplify the behavior of the user to control the smart TV box. For example, a conventional remote controller needs to search for the TV program he wants to watch using the 9-door input method. The Xiaomi remote controller only needs to speak to the TV program name he wants to watch.

The addition of the Bosch 6-axis sensor inside the remote control allows it to accurately capture every single action of the user and thus experience a rich body of somatosensory games.


802.11ac dual-band WiFi adopts 2x2 dual-antenna mode, which not only makes the WiFi signal more stable, but also greatly improves the transmission rate.


· Depth customization for a more comfortable experience

With a pleasing appearance and powerful hardware, the rest is the user experience. The millet box 3 enhanced version uses its MIUI TV version system designed for TV screens. It integrates with Xiaomi's smart home. If there are millet routers, air purifiers and other devices at home, it can be easily connected.



It is worth mentioning that the sofa housekeeper and Xiaomi have conducted in-depth cooperation and provided the intimate "millet area" for the users of the millet TV/box in the sofa butler, and provided the necessary smart TV application for the millet TV/box users. .


In terms of content, the enhanced version of Xiaomi Box 3 integrates the film and television resources under the Central Galaxy Television Broadcasting and Control Platform (GITV), covering the latest and hottest video content. Xiao Bian finds the now-popular "Descent of the Sun", "Old Gun", "Dragon Hunting", etc., all of which can be found in its own TV channel. Users can choose to include Blu-ray and ultra-clear. A variety of sharpness.



It should be noted that some of the latest content in the MIUI TV version system requires paid viewing. If you want to watch all content, you need to pay an additional ¥30/month membership fee. Of course, you can also choose to install a large number of third-party applications to expand the enhanced version of the millet box 3 game, download the smart TV must-have application market - sofa butler can easily view the various applications carefully prepared for everyone Xiaobian Topics, download more exciting video game application software. Specific installation tutorial ()


In addition, the millet box 3 enhanced version also supports the official cast screen function, the user through the smart phone to download the official application of the "millet cast screen artifact", you can achieve mobile remote control, remote installation software, mobile projection pictures, video on demand and so on, Very convenient.


· to sum up:

In summary, the millet box 3 enhanced version compared to the millet box 3 to save the money, first of all doubled in the hardware configuration, with "fast" as the center of "deliberation" to carry out a lot of hardware optimization; software Adopting its own acclaimed MIUI TV system, it is capable of performing a series of functions such as 4K super clear playback, 3D large-scale games, voice manipulation, somatosensory games, and so on, while maintaining good performance for a long time. Xiao Bian left a deep impression on the test.

Such hardware configuration is even one of the best in the entire smart TV market, not to mention millet's optimization of the software is also obvious to all, compared to the price of the millet box 3 is currently only increased by ¥ 100 only in Xiaobian see It's still very good value! In the period of new product launch, it can fully predict the shortage and appreciation!

So Xiaobian's final conclusion is: Xiaomi box 3 enhanced version is worth buying!

Then the question came, according to the latest news of the millet official website, the enhanced version of the millet box 3 will be sold on the official website on March 18th... Such a smart TV box is not necessarily able to buy, for many rice flour is Absolutely unacceptable... For this purpose, the sofa housekeeper and the official millet team have specially prepared an exclusive launch event for the millet box 3 enhanced version. Scan the QR code below to pay attention to the sofa housekeeper's official micro signal, and it will be tomorrow (March 9th) ) Participate in scheduled activities and you will have the chance to get the launch of the enhanced version of Millet Box 3 for free for the first time!

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