PPBOX 4K TV box experience is outdated and the price of the box is still high

This year, PPTV made a big move and spent a huge amount of money to acquire a large number of content copyrights. For example, the extremely popular movie "Warcraft" had its exclusive online new media copyright acquired by PPTV.
PPTV's content upgrade has also attracted more attention to the terminals that PPTV plays content. Among them, the PPBOX 4K released last year, which is currently the only TV box sold on the PPTV official website, has attracted our attention. The PPBOX 4K is priced at 499 RMB, which is much more expensive than many new TV boxes released in 2016. So, is this TV box, which has been on the market for a year, really worth the high price?

The appearance imitates the classic Apple style

PPBOX 4K uses a metal aluminum frame with this chamfered design, the top surface is made of transparent acrylic plate, and the box body has rounded corners and rectangular shapes. The visual effect of iPhone 5S is too strong.
The back of the box has two USB 2.0 ports, a network port, an HDMI 1.4 port and a Micro-SD port. The power port and reset button are also placed on this side.

In terms of interface types, the main external devices are basically taken care of. The VGA interface of the old TV can only be connected by finding an adapter cable.
The heat dissipation vents are arranged at the bottom of the PPBOX 4K, surrounding the box. The official website claims that this 360-degree heat dissipation design has super heat dissipation capabilities, but the heat dissipation vents arranged at the bottom still have to be questioned.
Please don't touch the remote control during 4K playback!
In terms of appearance, it is quite attractive. But what people are more concerned about is whether this PPBOX 4K can keep up with the technological upgrades of the box.
Here is a parameter chart for your reference.

PPBOX 4K has 4K in its name, so let’s first test the 4K output capability of this TV box.

First, adjust the resolution to 4K. As we can see in the picture, PPBOX 4K can only support 4K resolution output at 30fps. This is because the HDMI interface used by PPBOX 4K is version 1.4, which can only push 4K resolution to 30fps.

This time, we will use the 4K video of "Looper" as a sample. After testing, PPBOX 4K can still play 4K videos normally. However, due to the limited decoding ability of the chip, when fast forward or rewind, the video will automatically stop playing and the playback interface will pop up. So if you want to watch 4K videos with this PPBOX 4K, you must be prepared to watch it all in one go, otherwise you have to start watching from the beginning, which is very uncomfortable.
After playing 4K videos for such a long time, PPBOX 4K should have been fully operational for a while, which is a good time to test the operating temperature of this TV box.

The temperature of 34.2 degrees Celsius gives the illusion that this box is not working at all. Maybe the 360-degree heat dissipation is really unique?

In standby mode, the power consumption of PPBOX 4K is 2.4W, while when playing 4K video, the power consumption of this box is about 6.8W. It can be seen that PPBOX 4K is a pseudo-standby TV box, and its standby power consumption is far higher than that of ordinary TV boxes.

Returning to the main interface, the cross-interactive main interface appears clear and concise, which is probably the advantage that PPBOX 4K has maintained to this day.

After opening the video menu, four columns of cover images are arranged on the left. Videos can be selected through page turning and filtering functions, while the right side will display the introduction of the video. To find a video, you need to return to the main interface and search in the search option of the main interface collection.
PPBOX 4K is priced high
A TV box launched last year was priced at 299 RMB on its first day, but the price rose to 499 RMB a year later? This kind of violation of the rules of the electronic product market is happening to PPBOX 4K.

Of course, 499 RMB also includes one year of membership. With the annual membership, users can watch the high-quality content that PPTV has worked hard to create this year.
PPTV seems to be planning to use content to promote PPBOX 4K, but the price of 499 does not seem to be a promotional move. PPTV's official website shows that the annual membership fee of PPTV is worth 240 RMB, but the actual selling price is 149 RMB. Through unofficial channels such as Taobao, you can even get this service for dozens of RMB.
Calculated in this way, even if the membership value is excluded, the actual positioning of PPBOX 4K is more than RMB 350, which is still more expensive than most new box products this year.
Nowadays, you can buy a TV box with a DHMI 2.0 interface, full 4K playback capability, and a video platform that is no less than PPTV's TV box for 300 RMB. Why should we spend nearly twice the price to buy PPBOX 4K?

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