There is a lot to watch? Can Weijing grab a share of the smart TV industry?

Starting with traditional TV manufacturers such as Hisense and TCL, and then the participation of Xiaomi and LeTV, and later the emergence of operators led by Damai, the smart TV industry has been in constant battle. Just as the major manufacturers were fighting, Li Ruigang, the former chairman of Bestone, and his old partner Li Huaiyu founded Whaley Technology and announced their entry into the smart TV industry.

On August 13, Whale Technology announced a new product launch conference. The appearance of Whale TV also announced that Li Ruigang officially entered the smart TV industry.

There is a lot of potential? It has been brewing for a long time and seems promising

As early as four years ago, Li Ruigang and Li Huaiyu began to develop an interest in the smart TV industry. It was not until May this year that the establishment of Whaley Technology made Li Ruigang, who had already started planning, determined to enter the smart TV industry.

Li Ruigang has always given people an image of being far-sighted. Three months after the establishment of the company, Weijing TV was launched. It has to be said that Li Ruigang implemented his plan very quickly.

At the press conference, Li Huaiyu announced that the model of the first Whale TV is WTV55K1, with a 55-inch display, 4K resolution, Android system, Dolby sound effects, and is manufactured by AOC. It uses a series of basic configurations such as MStar828 quad-core CPU, Mali-450 quad-core GPU, 2G memory, 8G flash memory, etc. The system is different from the magnetic block design of traditional smart TVs and adopts waterfall operation for the first time.

Content partners include Time Warner, TVB, Oriental DreamWorks, Canxing Production, IMAX, China Caixin Media, Ti Ao Power, Shenglishijia, and Guevara Dream Center, covering many fields such as leisure, sports, entertainment, film viewing, and fashion, and the TV will support the installation of third-party software. According to Li Ruigang's idea, he hopes to create a new generation of TV that integrates reading, audio-visual, mobile phone interconnection, DVD player, game console and other functions.

The rich content has undoubtedly attracted the attention of a large number of users, and the investors behind it, such as the Chinese Culture Fund, Alibaba and Tencent, have reassured many users.

The road is long and the goal is not easy to achieve

Li Ruigang's steadiness and the participation of many investors have enabled Whaley Technology to compete in the smart TV industry. Whaley Technology CEO Li Huaiyu said: "Our dream is not only to make a good TV in the Internet age, but also to become the representative of the new generation of lifestyle for young Chinese families."

Weijing Technology, jointly created by giants, allowed Li Ruigang to set Weijing TV's goal of becoming the number one brand in China's home Internet.

It is too early to say whether it will be successful, because this goal is not easy to achieve. After all, there were only three months from the establishment of the company to the release of new products. Weijing is still too new. Although Li Ruigang had planned for four years, the smart TV industry developed too rapidly due to hardware and network reasons, and plans could not keep up with the changes.

As smart TV manufacturers, traditional TV manufacturers such as Hisense and TCL have already accumulated a large user base after years of accumulation. Xiaomi has also paved the way for its smart TVs across the country with the help of mobile phones. LeTV has huge traffic and high-quality content resources to support its smart TVs.

Compared with these predecessors who have already entered the TV industry and developed a certain foundation, how many users will buy into Weijing TV, which appears out of nowhere in front of users and has no sense of existence, relying only on Li Ruigang's legendary experience and the personal charm of product spokesperson Li Jian?

With smart TVs developing rapidly and major manufacturers eyeing them covetously, it remains unknown whether Li Ruigang can lead Weijing to gain a foothold in this industry and share the fruits of success.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.