Polar meter Z4 Aurora smart projection evaluation experience smart projection preferred

Part 1 | Product initial impression

In fact, the projection of this product, I have long understood, I believe that more geek friends have long been familiar; unfortunately, until 2016 has had the opportunity to contact the meter, but fortunately the first contact is the flagship product - aurora.

The word Aurora comes from the Latin word Ios; the legend Ios is the “dawn” of Greek mythology. This biased literary word is used on the flagship projection of the meter, giving the author's first impression of being colorful and beautiful; it is worth giving the writer a good impression.

Part 2 | Unpacking

Unlike traditional manufacturer packaging, Aurora's packaging is very simple. The individual did not come into contact with other rice products, but the front of the box is very meaningful. In addition to the words of the Z4 Aurora, it is a circle of colorful Aurora apertures with a sophisticated design.

Instead of defining the product as a home projection or a smart projection, Polar Rice defines the product as a "non-screen TV." Prior to this, it seems that there is no screen TV is a very high-end concept, but the meter is the introduction of this concept into the homes of ordinary people.


Other locations in the box do not have much to recommend. The overall situation is very simple.


However, when you open the front of the box, the inner side is very connotation. It can be seen that the front of the internal packaging box is composed of two major parts and is equipped with a delicate drawstring that can separate the two parts.


Seen from the side, it is also very obvious that the packaging box can be almost spliced ​​with 3 large blocks.


Open the above two modules, you can see the fine inner packaging, with a pink design. Through the above pattern, it is not difficult to guess, from left to right are 3D glasses, Aurora host, power line.


We saw a beautiful aurora and lay quietly in the box. The good thing is that the packaging inside the product is very neat, 3D glasses have a separate box for storage, and the Aurora host and remote control, etc. have adopted an embedded design, a full range of protection. A rigorous attitude is evident.


The surprise continues. The product comes with a VIP exchange card worth 720 yuan. With the mango TV custom UI of the product, you can enjoy VIP resources.

Of course, it is worth noting that since the product itself has an Android system built in, it can use Android market software to download a large number of TV applications, and the expansion is very strong.


Family portrait: host 1, 3D glasses 2, power cord 2, Micro USB charging cable 1 (for remote control charging), all-metal remote control 1, metal tripod 1, manual 1.


It can be said that the pole meter did a detailed job. Such as 3D glasses, prepared two, you can enjoy the other half watching 3D movie fun. In addition, the glasses are also very complete packaging, glasses bags, charging lines, glasses cloth, everything.


The overall appearance of the glasses is refined, and protective films are attached to the lenses to prevent scratches. In addition, since the glasses are used for charging, it is necessary to tear off the top label and click the switch button before use. Glasses plastic sense, but there is a certain degree of toughness, excellent workmanship.


The product comes with a triangular bracket that can be attached to the bottom of the aurora and then mounted on the pan tilt of the SLR tripod. In fact, I do not quite understand this design. After all, most home projections have screw holes on the bottom to match the SLR tripod. With so many accessories, I feel a little wasteful.


The power cord has a split design, and the pole meter is also very intimate with a plastic shell over the three-prong plug.


Maxim Bluetooth remote control should be a major highlight of the product, features 6: full metal body, voice recognition, focal length adjustment, gravity sensing (game used as a handle), lithium battery, flying squirrel. Among them, the flying squirrel function is really the best method for the projector, in addition to an external keyboard or mobile phone control, like this one!

The method of turning the remote control into a flying squirrel is also very cool, and a flip is OK.


The function is described on the back of the remote control. The product uses the Micro USB interface to charge. The remote control is light and has excellent texture.


There is a simple graphic description page for the product. There is a graphic explanation for the basic use of the projection, which is more suitable for people who use the projection product for the first time.



Part 3 | Products

OK, long-awaited, we come to see the elegance of the Aurora immediately! The first time we actually touched the aurora, the first feeling is small, and it is not in direct proportion to the huge outer packaging box. The author used to look at other models of ultra-thin rice products on the Internet. They all look like huge bodies. It's really better to see it.

The top of the fuselage, is similar to an old record player, with a metal body, there is a strong retro + stylish visual contrast. However, this black area is not a vase, but there is a powerful gesture recognition function. The middle meter LOGO, also a touch button, can achieve a variety of functions such as switching.


The overall design makes the author can not help but think of a word: Tianyuan place. The black on the top is not consistent with the black surrounding the logo, highlighting the middle touch button.



The entire fuselage uses a cube design style, slightly tough. Wherever the edges meet, there is a circular arc cutting and the feel is very smooth. The left and right sides of the fuselage are not designed with any interface or speakers, and the sides are very simple.


Underneath the front, there is a silver “pin” underneath the black record. In fact, an LED lamp is built in, and it will show a blue light during operation.


Dingzhuang photo: This is a beautiful artwork. The exquisite appearance allows the product to be placed in any household product as an ornament. The design, Aurora is really great. On the side of the lens, it is a Harman Kardon audio system, which has excellent results; in particular, the high frequency performance of the product is very good.


Above the sound of the product, there is also printed Harman Kardon in English. Aurora can not only be used as a projector, but also can be used alone as a WIFI audio. In standby mode, closing the lens cover can directly enter music playback, which is very smooth.


As for the opening of the lens cover, the design is also more subtle, with a pull-style design, at the bottom of the aurora, there is a small horizontal rod, you can open the lens directly to open, rather than like the traditional projector needs protective cover Take it easy to lose.



The 1.2KG Aurora is very light in its hands. On the back, except for the fan that can adjust the wind speed (10-speed adjustment wind speed), all interfaces are distributed here. It can be said that the basic interface has already been covered, and the design of dual USB dual HDMI has also greatly improved the product's scalability. However, many office computers are still equipped with VGA interfaces, so if it is used as an office, it will have a slight impact.


The bottom of the aurora is a black tray. In addition to the LOGO and some parameters of the Z4 Aurora, three round screws can fix the triangle bracket. It is also designed with anti-slip strips, so even if you place your aurora on a flat surface, you can do it perfectly.


OK, I believe that we are introduced here, and everyone should have a more comprehensive understanding of the product. It can be said that Aurora's high-quality body processing technology, beautiful appearance, and meticulous details of control, let the author have a good first impression of this flagship product.

Of course, although the appearance is important, performance is the key. Let's look at the performance of Aurora.

Part 4 | Projection Experience

In fact, the above mentioned performance, I do not mean how high the configuration of the projector. From the perspective of consumers, individuals believe that as long as the picture is clear enough, the flow is high, and the network is stable, it is a good projection. Of course, the flagship should give us more unexpected features.

Thanks to the 600 lumens of Aurora's high brightness, the environment is still bright even when the ambient light is turned off. The following figure shows the author fixing the aurora on a tripod. As you can see, the surrounding environment is also very bright. However, I believe that the projection ratio of Aurora is a bit small, 1.2:1, so when the distance between the projection screen and the projector is 2 meters, the window reached is 76 inches.


OK, we first look at how the system performance of the product. In fact, the UI of Aurora can be basically divided into four blocks, namely: 1 status bar 2 signal source input selection area 3 main content area 4 plug-in area. Of course, in fact, UI and other projection or TV boxes are not much different. The large modular design is simple to operate.


Storage can be selected in various ways. At the same time, you can also set the boot input method. If you have long-term work, you can choose to start HDMI, then you can connect to mobile devices through the HDMI HD cable after booting.


The overall UI design of Mango TV is relatively fresh. As for resources, of course, it is very much. Generally divided into film, music, games, application of four major modules.


At the far right of the screen is the setting area of ​​Aurora. Here, the most outstanding feature is the Jie Pictorial. The picture resources are very rich. There are also real pictures in the following. In addition, you can also choose to enter the Internet TV of Mango TV, which is more convenient.


The storage should be 8G, and the system occupies part of it. The remaining 7.1G capacity was sufficient for use. The product's resource manager uses different types to distinguish the design, and the UI is relatively clear and easy to understand.



Of course, ordinary folder browsing is also supported, and it is still very useful when searching for some files.


The setup interface is also very rich. You can see through the animation that the Aurora's definable system is very high. Among them, the more prominent feature is that the product supports various projection methods such as front projection, rear projection, and reverse projection; it also supports up-and-down 30° trapezoidal correction, which is a flagship configuration.

Here, the author is very much praised, that is, the product can be set to start the music, when the boot, first play a beautiful song, very comfortable. Of course, the product also supports Miracast and Airplay, so no matter if it is an Android phone or an Apple phone, it can be wirelessly screened.


It is worth mentioning that Aurora also supports the commercial version of the UI in addition to the custom-made UI for mangoes. In the status bar, you can choose to switch, fast, after the switch is complete, it is all Office icons.


The author looked at the built-in resources and it is quite rich. However, I think this is not particularly important, after all, you can expand, download other video software, resources are not a problem.



The game is free to download, and it is automatically installed after download. It is very smooth and playable.



Application program interface, you can freely install other programs. However, there are very few built-in programs for Aurora, and it is recommended that you install the other Android market software, such as the market, to install other applications.


Entering the Mango Internet TV, resources are more abundant and daily needs can be met.


The electronic manual mentioned above is very interesting. The easy-to-understand graphic method has been used to explain it. It is very easy to use.



What is more interesting is this hidden function. On the homepage, long-pressing the remote control setting button can start the 3D switching option and quickly set the 3D playback on the main page.


See the above screenshot, we should be more curious, how to do a screenshot? This time, in fact, the author really did not use any other tools, all because of Aurora's mobile phone app - Mimi assistant. A very powerful mobile-side tool. The main interface is the remote control interface, which is very simple. On the left side of the status bar, device management, on-screen, and application management can be implemented. On the right side of the status bar, text entry, touchpad function, focus adjustment, and screen capture functions can be implemented.

It can be said that because of the expandability of the APP, the functionality of this APP is much more powerful than the original Bluetooth remote control.


Compared with the special features, text input can be input to the projection on the mobile phone, which saves the trouble of selecting a character on the remote control. Because the mobile phone is a WIFI connected projector, it can simultaneously control multiple meters with the same WIFI environment. In addition, each time the screenshot is taken, the screen shot of the screenshot is displayed on the remote control of the mobile phone. However, there is a bug here that is unable to click on the picture to see the details.


It can be said that the UI of Aurora is generally simpler than other similar products, but the actual functions are more abundant. The author gave this UI a big praise!

Formally entered the display of quality. As a flagship product, the picture quality should be originally intended. Let's first look at some pictures in the pictorial. This feature is really good, you can enjoy a lot of beautiful scenery, all kinds of beautiful maps everything. The aurora did not disappoint me. In the actual shooting process, the results were very good.

Note: All screens have the effect of camera straight out, without any correction or color adjustment. Camera: Nikon D70S Exposure: 1/60S ISO: 1250 Aperture: F5

Scenery is clearly structured, especially for playing high-brightness pictures, and details are in place.



Goddess appears, please raise your hand. The details are in place and the goddess' hair can be seen very clearly.


If there is a limited vacation, and the other half of your own, to start a journey that says to go?



Speaking of the recent fiery movie, I believe it was an assassination; of course, the most important reason is that in addition to the main story line, Jun Ji Hyun is also a bright spot. The details of Aurora are in place, and even the eyes of Jeon Ji-hyun are put in place.


Of course, it would be nice to come to a music concert at home and watch the goddess singing quietly.



Of course, looking at the Peppa Pig with her children is also a very good choice. The picture quality is clear and the animation looks smoother.


The best Mandarin animation in 2015: The return of the holy day, the resources can be directly searched, and the sources are very rich.



It's also very good to watch a Hollywood movie. Mainly with the aurora Harman Kardon audio, the effect is indeed very shocking.


OK, let's look at the typical picture quality performance. Of course, with the previous picture, I believe that everyone has their own understanding of the performance of Aurora.


For color, the reduction of aurora is also very high, and the actual scene feels great. When the surrounding environment is dark, there is almost no difference from the color displayed on the computer screen. (Note: The picture above is the original picture, the picture below is the projection picture).


Since the Aurora itself also has a built-in game lobby, the game can also be downloaded directly, using a remote controller with a gravity sensor to control it, and the large-screen gameplay is awesome.


Aurora also has built-in WPS Office, so you can directly access or edit word files. Of course, the effect of wireless mouse and keyboard will be much better. After the projection, the font is sharp and sharp, the edges are obvious, and the actual effect is very good. It can be said that the Aurora is as good as the office.


After 2 hours of continuous video playback, the author measured the temperature and found that in addition to the outlet has reached 40 ° (this temperature is much lower than the same kind of product temperature around 50 ° high temperature), the other location is lower, the Aurora cooling Quite good (Note: All tests have kept the fan speed factory setting unchanged).


Part 5 | Featured Features

1) Keystone correction

First look at this more powerful feature, with this feature, basically do not have to worry about the projector's placement angle and other issues. In order to test, the author intentionally offsets the projection, so the effect of stealing is offset.

Real shot image before adjustment:



Enter reminder adjustment interface, you can adjust the four corners one by one, very convenient. After adjustment, you can see that the image immediately returns to a positive angle.


Real shot image after adjustment:



2) 3D projection (including 3D film source and 2D conversion 3D)

It can be said that many home projectors have the function of 3D source; but it should be a conscience manufacturer with few dual 3D glasses; in addition, the contrast of 3D visual effects is still very good. First of all, playing video interface, you can choose 3D settings, more abundant, you can adjust a variety of modes.



The author's choice this time is that 2D is converted into 3D, and we come to feel the effect.

1) Before the conversion, real shot map:


2) After the conversion, real shot map:


3) After wearing 3D glasses, take pictures:



Due to the volume problem of the glasses, the effect may not be particularly pronounced after the SLR photographing. According to the actual feelings, in fact, 3D effect is very good, can be comparable to the effect of general 3D cinema.

3) Gesture recognition:

Gesture recognition, in fact, the author used most of the two: the finger around the middle of the touch button to adjust the volume. This function is very practical, as long as you leave the touch button within 10CM, turn your finger to adjust the volume.


Switch Songs: You can switch songs by leaving the top black record area within 10cm. Awesome experience!

It can be said that these two functions are more practical and full of science and technology. However, individuals are not very appreciative of their usage rate. After all, metal remote controls or mobile phone apps are very useful. Is icing on the cake!

Part 6 | Summary

OK, a lot of sleek articles. The time that the author experienced the aurora is also quite long. I feel that this product is really interesting. Compared with the projection products of the past, I have added a lot of features to the features. During use, the product's performance is very stable, there is no catch or other problems. And with high lumens, and UI's special design, Aurora can not only be used at home, even if it is sufficient for office use (with a HDMI to VGA, can basically respond to most of the use of the environment).

Although the article also put forward a lot of suggestions for improvement of the Aurora, but it does not hide, as the article stated, Aurora with its powerful and comprehensive configuration, excellent and stable performance, the title of the innocent family projection king!

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