This appearance comparison is much easier compared with those of the comparative evaluations written in front, because in addition to Lynx Box 2, other models of the Lynx Box use a basically consistent design. The changes were made in very few places, so this time writing the appearance part wouldn't have to be lengthy, head-to-toe.

1 day cat box 1S enhanced version:

Tmall Box Plus is basically the same as the Lynx Box 1S that was not included in the review. The body's pebble-like trowel design is neither rounded nor square. The color of the whole machine is Chinese red and black, which is the main color of Alibaba's Lynx Mall. The visual impact is still good. The surface of the body is also made of matt patterns. The Lynx Box 1S has a white commemorative edition in addition to the regular edition. The color scheme only changes the normal version of red to white, as shown in the model. The cat's logo on the front of the fuselage is integrated with the fuselage. The middle nose is the power indicator and the top is the LOGO of Tmall. The central part of the bottom is recessed, and a non-slip mat in the middle position surrounds some simple device information and 3C certification. In the middle part of the fuselage is a ring of grooves around three sides, which is a good place for dust accumulation. The back is the interface, from left to right are AV port, Rec hole, USB2.0 port, network port, HDMI output port and DC power port. The white commemorative edition has a TF card slot in the interface setting (normal version also has TF card slot, only need to disassemble after seeing).



Lynx Box 1S Plus

2 days cat box 1S+:

Lynx Box 1S+'s appearance is basically the same as Lynx 1S's enhanced version. It is necessary to say that there is something different. It is the cat's LOGO that is removed from the top of the Tmall's box 1S+. The interface is also the same as Lynx's 1S enhanced version. However, in terms of location, the interface of the Tmall Box 1S+ is from the right to the left, which are the AV port, Rec hole, USB2.0 port, network port, HDMI output port, and DC power port.


Lynx Box 1S+


3 days cat box Youth Edition:

Tmall Box Youth Edition is roughly the same as the above two. The difference is that the Youth Edition directly replaces the red element with black, so that the Youth Edition becomes a black body, so the Tmall Box Youth Edition has a name. Tmall black box. The youthful version of Tmall's nose emits a faint blue light with power on, and the groove in the middle of the fuselage is also removed. The interface aspect is consistent with the Tmall Box 1S+ in terms of configuration and location, but the reset hole changes the lower position.



Youth Edition

4 days cat box 2:

Compared with the appearance of the front model, Lynx Box 2 has a big change. The body is larger and rounder, similar to the old-fashioned portable CD player. Tmall Box 2 also has a new color gold on the color palette. Since Apple's introduction of golden elements, both domestic and international manufacturers have followed suit. This color is really bad. In addition to gold, Lynx Box 2 also offers a white version. The outline of the top of the body of Lynx Box 2 is outlined in a circle of silver. In the back of the fuselage is the interface, remove the reset hole, and other consistent with the Tmall 1S+ box.


Lynx Box 2

Interface face ratio (black box and Tmall 1S+):



Interface comparison

In general, the 1S enhanced version and the 1S white commemorative version all have a TF card slot, but the 1S enhanced version does not have a card slot. It is necessary to open the machine for the card to be inserted. This is inconvenient. Other versions canceled the TF card slot. This is not good news for game lovers. Without TF card slots, memory expansion is not possible. It is also not good for ROOT or flashing. Perhaps the latter is the reason for canceling TF card slots.

Commentary Jun Comments: Tianmian box of several generations of products to remove Lynx 2 outside the box, the other models basically no change in appearance, iterative products Lynx 2 change the appearance of the box is getting bigger and bigger. The latest version of the youth version is also returned to the original appearance, it is inevitable that people feel fatigue, but also not conducive to identification between products. The TF card slot of Lynx Box 1S enhanced version needs to be disassembled to see. This is not user-friendly. In short, this is only a measure of the personal views of the gentleman. Fan you see what they think.

Third, hardware comparison:

Since the appearance of the change is not big, it must be that the internal configuration changes slightly? Really, from Lynx Box 1S Plus to Lynx Box 2, the internal configuration is still quite large. Since it is configuration, if you want to start with the master:

1 day cat box 1S enhanced version: Lynx 1S enhanced version of the use of 40-nanometer manufacturing process Allwinner A31s processor, its internal configuration of the 1.2G Cortex-A7 quad-core processor, Gpu is SGX544mp2, low power consumption , performance and generation of cortex-A9 dual-core Lynx box almost. In addition, the A31s is launched as a cost-down version of the A31 quad-core mobile application processor A31. Compared with the A31, the A31s has added a variety of wireless data transmission technologies such as 3G, 2G, LTE, WIFI, and BT. FM, GPS, AGPS, GPRS and other support. This processor is also used in the tablet area more. The Quanzhi A31s supports 2160P video decoding and H.264 HP 1080p@30fps video encoding. In addition, the Quan Zhi A31s also supports high-definition image processing and fast image capture, and has a low-power PMU AXP221s specifically designed for multi-core CPUs, an integrated Audio codec module, support for multiple MIC interfaces and adoption of Quan Zhi's proprietary CrispTalk noise reduction technology.



Quan Zhi A31s




A31s framework


2 days of the cat box 1S +: Crystal morning s802 processor. The chip is based on TSMC's most advanced 28nm HPM process, based on the Cortex-A9r4 quad-core architecture, with single-core clock speeds up to 2GHz. Supports 64-bit dual channel memory. For the CPU performance, in addition to the architecture, the biggest impact is the main frequency. However, increasing the main frequency will bring about increased power consumption and chip fever. To solve this problem, the best way is to improve the chip's process, the chip's integration is higher, the unit area is smaller, power consumption and heat will be even less. So the Jing Chen S802 uses the same TSMC 28nm HPM process as Qualcomm's latest Xiaolong 800 series processor. It is said that this quad-core CPU performance up to 20000DMIPS, is nearly four times the performance of quad-core Cortex-A7. Crystal GPU S802 chip GPU is an eight-core ARM Mali450, is twice the S805 chip, better processing of high-definition video.


S802




3 days cat box M11 Youth Edition: The machine is using MediaTek's MT8685. The information disclosed by the chip is not much, only know MT8685 is a chip launched for the box, based on quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 architecture, GPU is Mali 450 MP4, integrated 5GHz dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, support H. 265 video playback, Dolby/DTS audio decoding and more. These are the information obtained from the introduction of the official website chip scheme. In addition, there is almost no other MT8685 information on the official website.



MT8685


4 days of the cat's box 2: the chip used for the crystal Chen S802-H, and what has just been introduced Crystal Chen S802 What is the difference, the difference is that Chen Chen S802 chip is divided into S802, S802-H, S802-B these three Version, or you can also call S802-H for S802D, S802-B for S802DD, all refer to the same version. The S802 chip does not support Dolby or digital cinema systems. The S802-H only supports Dolby, and the S802-B supports both Dolby and digital cinema systems. Moreover, these versions of the S802 chip do not support H.265 decoding. Other aspects are basically the same as the S802. This chip is also using TSMC's most advanced 28nm HPM process, based on the Cortex-A9r4 quad-core architecture, single-core clock up to 2GHz. The GPU is also an eight-core ARM Mali450.


S802


From the above parameters, it is clear that the Lynx Box 2 and the Lynx Box 1S+ equipped with the Cortex-A9 architecture chip are much better than the Lynx Box Youth version equipped with the Cortex-A7 architecture and the Lynx Box 1S enhanced version. What's more, the A31s and MT8685 with A7 architecture chips are used. How do these two chips compare? MTK MT8685A Gpu is Mali-450MP4, 4+2 core frequency 416MHz. MTK is a quad-core solution launched in 2014 and supports HEVC and H.265 1080p/30fps video encoding. The A31s Gpu uses the SGX544MP2, a processor announced by the company at the end of 2012 that supports 2160P video decoding and H.264 HP 1080p@30fps video encoding. However, A31s is two years earlier than MT8685. Its status has long been replaced by Quan Zhi’s other series, while MT8685A supports hardware decoding of H265 video playback, which is more in line with future development.


In terms of memory, Lynx Box 2 uses a combination of 2GB memory and 8GB flash memory, while other boxes use a combination of 1GB memory and 8GB flash memory. Lynx Box 1S supports TF card expansion. In other respects, only Lynx Box 2 supports Bluetooth and supports 4K resolution output.


Commentary Jun Comments: From the parameters point of view, it is clear that the performance generation is stronger than the one generation, and adding the Bluetooth function and replacing the large-capacity running memory on the Lynx Box 2 is also in line with the laws of this type of electronic product iteration. Like this brand of the same family, it is also the orderly iteration, of course, is the best choice for the latest strongest.


Fourth, the UI comparison:

The four models used in this review have all adopted Alibaba Cloud systems on the system, and the licensees are all Chinese. In the UI system, these models are basically the same, the difference is basically the system version, and the system is updated after the same version is also similar. So this UI comparison is a simple introduction to the UI of the Tmall Box. The system number to be elaborated this time is 2.2:
The first is to start a cool animation:


startup screen



The UI of the system has an instant play window to play the recommended content, which is still very good. On the left side of the main interface are system settings, multimedia playback, video chat and other options:


Homepage


Support for video chat, this is a very good feature, but the requirement is that the other party also has a box:


video


The machine has a built-in Hua Digital TV platform. The video has been categorized in detail on the main interface:


classification




After moving a certain category, some fiery video recommendations appear, and the animation effect is beautiful:



recommend


Video content is still very rich, but some sources are to pay:


video



When the video is opened, it can be played in the small window, you can switch the full screen, and next to it is a video-like recommendation.



video




The quality of the video is guaranteed, support for breakpoint memory and drag play:


video




System Settings Interface:


System settings




General settings:



Universal settings


Because Tmall Box 2 relies on the Tmall platform, it is very convenient to purchase things on TV. The unique "M" button, a key to the mall, is easy to purchase:



shopping



Evaluation Jun Comments: In the past evaluation, basically using the Alibaba Cloud box will have shopping in the system this section, and must be a motherboard block. In terms of evaluation, Jun thinks that for the time being, Alibaba Cloud integrates shopping into the home page and is not friendly in an unchangeable manner. Jujun thinks that shopping with a box is far less convenient than using a computer or a mobile phone App. There are fewer items on the box and you want to use one item. You also need to press the button one by one with the remote control. The experience is not good. If you can set shopping into the secondary menu, then it is really a manifestation of humanity.


Fifth, local analysis:

The content of this test is still the same as usual. A total of five videos are our most commonly used formats. The average bit rate is around 6M. The download rate of our forum's HD resources is almost a bit more than 1M. We measured a hundred films in Jun’s hard drive, with an average size of 1.5G. I just read a few of them and the highest bit rate is only a bit more than 2M. Say the content of the following test If the box is running, then the general downloaded local video playback is no problem. The purpose of this local analysis is also based on the use of normal home video playback. Let's take a look at the test results below:


video






Audio frequency



Commentary Jun Comments: From the above, the basic problem in the hard solution RMVB format, then we downloaded a lot of movies are RMVB format, how to do it? Do not worry, download and download the format is generally 720P The bit rate and frame rate also did not test the video high. Besides, this is a hard solution for the box, and the box does not limit the installation of third-party software, so installing a third-party player can solve it. Like MX Player or kodi, the software solution capability is very good. In terms of audio, basically the most common audio has passed, and it's still good.

At last:

Well, this time the cross comparison between all the models in the Lynx box in the end is over, we all know the difference between Lynx box? Reply tells the evaluation mon!

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