Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Review: Official License Support + Massive Sohu Video

Foreword


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is a TV box product jointly launched by Skyworth Digital and Sohu Video. It focuses on massive video resources, optimized navigation interface design for resource content, box body hub cover design, remote voice search and headphone jack design, Make this TV box product closer to the user's life needs. Skyworth Sohu box S1 operating performance? What are the product highlights and disadvantages? Xiaobian sofa to answer your questions!



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Reviews

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 sofa Xiao Bian trial evaluation is the WIFI version priced at 399 yuan, the current market is open for booking infrared version, priced at 299 yuan.


Next, the sofa Xiaobian took everyone to see the details of this 399 yuan TV box product!


Out of the box


Skyworth Sohu box S1 how to pack? How is the fuselage design process? For Skyworth Sohu Box S1, the "appearance" Xiaobian first introduced!


Skyworth Sohu box S1 how to pack? How is the fuselage design process? For Skyworth Sohu Box S1, the "appearance" Xiaobian first introduced!



Skyworth Sohu box S1 packaging

Skyworth Sohu box S1 packaging uses a pure white circular design, the front of the package is printed with "Sohu Video" LOGO, the package side printed with "S1" type words and four highlights function profile, the bottom of the outer package printed product cooperation sales platform Jingdong , cooperation licensees CIBN, product basic information, etc.!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Unpacking



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Inner Packaging

Open Skyworth Sohu box S1 outer cover, you can directly see Skyworth Sohu box S1 product! Inner packaging is mainly divided into two layers, the upper is the Skyworth Sohu box S1, the lower is the Skyworth Sohu box S1 parts packaging layer. It can be seen that the inner packaging is very detailed, and every product is neat and orderly!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Family Portrait

Remove all products, Skyworth Sohu box S1, remote control, power cord, HDMI cable, user guide, product warranty card, product certification.


Skyworth Sohu box S1 body

Skyworth Sohu box S1 is a black circle looking directly at the top, using a solid black polished round design, the overall size ofmm, weighs about 296g.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Bottom

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 has a frosted material at the bottom and a curved design around it. The center uses a rubber material base to provide a non-slip effect.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Hub Cover


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Hub Cover

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is equipped with a line cap design at the bottom third, and the line cap is detachable. The power cord and network cable are stored in the line cap, making the living room more tidy and clean.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Interface Design

Remove the hub cover, you can see the internal interface settings, from left to right in order: USB interface, power interface, RJ45 interface, HDMI interface, Micro USB interface.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Interface Hub Cover


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Interface Hub Cover

Look at the operational use of the Skyworth Sohu Box S1 hub cover design!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Remote Control

Skyworth Sohu box S1 remote control uses a frosted body design, 13 two-sided smooth button buttons, including voice buttons, broadcast control keys. The rear end of the remote control is thicker than the front section and is ergonomically designed for easier gripping


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 remote control headphone jack

Skyworth Sohu box S1 remote control of a major highlight, that is, headphone jack design! Users in the process of using the headset can be inserted into the remote control interface, open the private theater mode!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 remote control battery

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 remote control second highlight, that is, 5th battery design! Built-in two 5th battery, power storage capacity is more powerful!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 and Remote Control

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 and Remote Control

Summary: Skyworth Sohu Box S1 and remote control are all using pure black color selection, compared to the previous Skyworth box products, in the box itself and the remote control has a unique original design! Box collection line cover design, remote control 5 No. battery, headphone jack, are from the user's point of view, compared to force!

Boot experience

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is the first boot operation to experience the affection! TVhome Xiaobian recorded the first boot operation flow of Skyworth Sohu Box S1, and took a look at what the first impression of Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is for the user!


Skyworth Sohu box S1 first boot

Open Skyworth Sohu box S1, after a short CIBN licensee interface, directly into the UI main interface! It can be seen from the figure that Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is not connected to the network for the first time and gives networking tips.


Skyworth Sohu box S1 first boot

According to the system prompts, select the network settings option.


Skyworth Sohu box S1 first boot

Automatically search for the wireless network user name in the network setting interface, and you only need to choose your own WIFI user name, and enter the password to the network!

Summary: Skyworth Sohu box S1 first boot, direct help users to network operation! TV box product networking is the most basic operation, and networking can reach the highest operating experience. After powering on the network, you do not need to manually connect again when you turn on the computer again!


UI interface

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 uses Android 4.4 operating system. The upper left corner of the main interface indicates the licensee CIBN logo and user login status. The upper right corner shows the time and network conditions! Left and right content division, left and right navigation operations, right content resources display, the overall looks new and clean!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 UI Interface Design

As can be seen from the layout of the UI interface, Skyworth Sohu Box S1 interface to achieve two content layout, the left side is the upper and lower navigation bar, which is the corresponding content resources. This kind of UI interface layout compared to the traditional left and right navigation, it is bright!












Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Navigation Bar Design

The left and right navigation bars are divided into: recommendation, theater, TV drama, movie, animation, variety, sports, applications, users, settings, search, 11 navigation categories! Mainly for the content of eight major categories of resources, we can see that the optimization of content display is particularly prominent!




Skyworth Sohu box S1 recommended interface content










Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Cinema Interface Content

The right-side resource content section, which categorizes content resources such as theaters for more detailed content classification, namely: Hollywood Picks, Pirates of the Caribbean Series, High-IQ Brain Burning Crime, Drama Films, Heroes of Marvel Heroes, Biographical Films , Suspense films, etc. All categories are divided up and down, in each category of content view into a single horizontal view.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Storage Interface

Highlights: After the Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is connected to a USB storage device, the navigation category will be automatically added in the navigation bar. Here, users can easily view all the contents of the external storage device!

Summary: Skyworth Sohu box S1 UI interface, using the upper and lower navigation bar design, left navigation bar, right content display! This interface layout is more innovative than the traditional left-right navigation mode. And for the classification and optimization of content resources is also very clear, clear Skyworth Sohu box S1's main product advantages - massive resources = CIBN + Sohu video!

Third-party application download

The SARFT issued a series of management documents for the OTT industry, and many third-party applications cannot be downloaded or installed on TV box products. Skyworth Sohu Box S1 responds to radio and television-related policies, but it has yet to open U disk application installation function! So, what about application download and installation enthusiasts? Xiao Bian made a detailed trial introduction to this problem!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Installs Third Party Applications

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Application Interface

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 has built-in application stores and game stores that can directly install application software. The two major items in the Skyworth Sohu box S1 are set in the navigation application category to achieve the download requirements of the application!

Xiao Bian in the trial process, found Skyworth Sohu box S1 can not be installed through the U disk third-party applications! But in the interface settings on the Micro USB interface to make up for this shortcoming!

Micro USB interface installation and application methods:

Operating procedures:


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Version Number Operation

Settings - System Settings - More - About Media Box - Version Number. When you move the cursor to the version number, use the remote control to click the "OK" button, and you will know that the "enter developer mode" prompt appears.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 USB Debugging

More - Developer Options - USB Debug, USB debugging is turned on.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Unknown Source Debug

More - Secure - Unknown source, debug unknown source is turned on.

Connect the Micro USB interface of Skyworth Sohu Box S1 to your computer, and you can download and install the local application!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Third Party Application Download, Installation

One of the security Bunny evaluation, 360 mobile assistant, sofa butler, is the third party trial installation of third-party applications! It is to force!

Note: Skyworth Sohu Box S1 also supports Goku Assistant Remote Push Installation!

Summary: Skyworth Sohu Box S1 built-in application store and game store, you can download and install the native application software. And special Micro USB interface, under a number of policies, even without the USB interface can also achieve third-party application software download, install!

Hardware running points

Skyworth Sohu box S1 uses imported chip Amlogic S812 quad-core Cortex-A9 core architecture, 2.0GHZ frequency, eight-core Mali-450 image processor. And, with 1GB of memory, 8GB of flash memory, strong power, so that the user's operating experience is more smooth and outstanding!


Skyworth Sohu box S1 processor is not the mainstream 64-bit processor, but the crystal morning S812 quad-core processor, but the performance is still relatively mature!



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Ann Bunny Running Points

Xiaobian use security Bunny evaluation V6.0 hardware performance test results: 23665 points!

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 scored 8676 points on UX performance; CPU performance was 10463 points; RAM performance was 4526 points!


Summary: Skyworth Sohu Box S1 belongs to the ranks of mid-range TV boxes, with the most outstanding processor performance and outstanding UX performance. Although it is not the top operating performance of current TV box products, it can also meet the needs of mainstream TV box users!


Video format support

Skyworth Sohu box S1 support what format video playback? Xiao Bian install security Bunny video test introduction, to see how Skyworth Sohu box S1 in the video format support capabilities?



Skyworth Sohu box S1 video format support running points


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Video Format Support Details

Skyworth Sohu box S1 video test results: 1068 points. Skyworth Sohu Box S1's video playback capability is clearly visible and can play video resources in all formats.

An Bunny video test was tested against the Skyworth Sohu box S1 video playback format. The results were surprising! Skyworth Sohu Box S1 supports 30 kinds of video formats for detection. There are no incomplete support formats and no support formats. It can be said that Skyworth Sohu Box S1 can play video resources in all formats!

Summary: Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is no doubt in the video format playback capability, to meet the user's playback requirements of all format resources! For the massive resources of Skyworth Sohu Box S1 equipped with CIBN+Sohu Video, support for all video formats is undoubtedly the icing on the cake!

Online resources

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 cooperates with CIBN licensees and joins Sohu Video, bringing with it massive and genuine video resources, and unlimited high-definition viewing and enjoyment. It is a specially-designed flying fox production column, which includes self-made dramas such as "The Man of Silk", "Ms. Need", "Dapeng Inn", "The Unwitting Master", "He Comes, Please Close Your Eyes" and so on. Broadcast resources. And, Skyworth Sohu Box S1 supports 4K+H.265 hard decoding, Dolby stereo surround distribution with more than 5.1 channels, then what about audiovisual effects?


Xiaobian conducts trial evaluation on the online resources of Skyworth Sohu Box S1 to see how the capacity of the resources and playback effects are!



















Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Resource Interface

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 user interface is optimized for content resources. The left navigation bar is divided into 11 major items, of which eight items are classified as resources: search, recommendation, theater, TV drama, film, animation, variety show ,physical education. The detailed division of resources in the main interface shows that the main function of this TV box product is resource playback.



















Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Resource Contents Interface

In each category of resource navigation and classification, a detailed classification has been performed again. Taking the theater as an example, the content resources of the right theater are divided into: Hollywood Collection, Pirates of the Caribbean Series, High-IQ Burning Brain Crimes, Heroes of Marvel Attack , Drama, Biography, Suspense, Action, Magic, Anime, Comedy, Horror, War, 13 detailed categories!




Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Flying Fox Products

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 ad hoc recommendation - flying fox production area, including the unwitting Master, hurry that year, reeling men 4 WAKOO entertainment lady, if not, observing the teacher, secretive and great, Da Peng 嘚 嘚 嘚.

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 online resources online play operation:


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Preview Winnie the Pooh


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Preview Winnie the Pooh


We use the box to pilot Winnie the Pooh, choose the "Animation" option, select the video resources that you want to play, you can see the Winnie the Pooh introduction, such as: video clarity, release time, broadcast duration, director, starring, introduction, etc. Information, and the user can carry out the collection of operating functions! Note: Skyworth Sohu box S1's cinema resources are charged, open members 18 yuan per month!

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Online Resource Play Effect Picture:


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Pilot Winnie Pooh Picture



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Pilot Winnie Pooh Picture



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Pilot Winnie Pooh Picture



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Pilot Winnie Pooh Picture

Winnie the Pooh high-definition resource playback effect is still very awesome! During the playback process does not appear Caton, smearing and other adverse effects! Play screen clear and colorful. Click the "OK" button on the remote control during video playback to set the video resource resolution.

Skyworth Sohu box S1 pilot broadcast US drama "Big Bang" Season 8:



Skyworth Sohu box S1 pilot broadcast US drama "Big Bang"




Skyworth Sohu box S1 pilot broadcast US drama "Big Bang"




Skyworth Sohu box S1 pilot broadcast US drama "Big Bang"


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 pilot "Big Bang" Season 8, the drama details interface not only has a detailed story introduction, but also "selection", "chasing drama" and other operating functions. Not to mention the playback effect, during the playback process, click on the “menu key” of the remote control to perform the operation of the selection in the play! Skyworth Sohu box S1 hit Sohu's powerful US drama inventory, old drama updates, new drama on demand, popular variety shows and other resources available!

Summary: Skyworth's Sohu Box S1 has a detailed classification of resources, and online resources are played clearly and smoothly. And there are free sohu video exclusive resources, you can watch it on demand!

Game features

Skyworth Sohu box S1 supports 3D game play, and built-in game store, users can directly download and install game applications! TV home Xiao Bian download, install "Delicious Galaxia" and "My name is MT2" for demo introduction, take a look at the remote control game and handle game on Skyworth Sohu box S1 on the play effect?

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 built-in game store










Skyworth Sohu Box S1 built-in game store


The user can directly download the game application in the game store. The game store has a built-in rich game application and performs detailed classification to facilitate the user to search and download. That is: Action, Racing, Casual, Shooting, Adventure, Role Playing, Sports, Chess.

"Famous Gala" (remote control game) demo introduction:

"Delicious Galaxia" is a casual game that is fresh, lovely, and simple to use. It is easy to play with a remote control! The simple, beautiful picture design, and the easy-to-play and leisurely plot design have become the main highlights of the game!




Skyworth Sohu box S1 demo "Beautiful Gala"




Skyworth Sohu box S1 demo "Beautiful Gala"




Skyworth Sohu box S1 demo "Beautiful Gala"


Skyworth Sohu box S1 demo "Delicious Galaxia", the picture is clear, the remote control is fluent, with the continuous transformation of the screen, the development of the characters of the game, the background music will also cooperate with the transformation. The game has a simple plot and easy-to-handle controls. In general, the Skyworth Sohu box S1 is good on the screen, sound effects, and operation experience.

"My name is MT2" (handle game) demo introduction:

"My name is MT2" is a game that focuses on gorgeous 3D special effects and 360° dynamic viewing. 3D visual effects, gorgeous screen design, make people shine!



Skyworth Sohu box S1 demo "My name is MT2"




Skyworth Sohu box S1 demo "My name is MT2"




Skyworth Sohu box S1 demo "My name is MT2"


Skyworth Sohu box S1 open "my name is MT2", the screen presents the game effect can be said that the picture is clear and colorful. And during the play process, there is no phenomenon of cattoning or smearing. The 360° dynamic viewing angle of the picture and the 3D picture effect are awesome, giving the player a visual impact. With the development of the game plot, the sound effects will be changed with the picture, it is easy to bring the player to the game plot!

Summary: Skyworth Sohu Box S1 supports 3D games to play smoothly, showing good performance in game screen display, audio playback, and smooth operation experience. And can achieve a variety of operating methods such as handle games and remote control games, to meet the different play needs of different game players.

Highlights function




Skyworth Sohu Box S1 also supports 3D game play, wireless screen support Airplay / DLNA protocol, easy to mobile phone, Pad pictures, music, video projected on the TV screen to share with family!

First, voice search function.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Remote Voice Search Button



Skyworth Sohu box S1 voice search function



Skyworth Sohu box S1 voice search function













Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Voice Search Demo



Operation flow: long press the voice key on the remote control - speak out the resource that you want to see in the remote control - Skyworth Sohu box S1 automatically search play

The voice search function of Skyworth Sohu Box S1 can also be used to set the “recognition language” and enable the setting of Putonghua, Cantonese, and Sichuan dialects. In addition, the search form is also quite extensive, and users can search freely, such as: direct search resource name (unwitting mages); a person's work (Huo Jianhua's TV series); a year's resources (2015 cartoons); time Fast forward (fast forward 5 minutes); fast rewind (fast rewind to 3 minutes 33 seconds) and so on. Voice search to get rid of the manual typing search cumbersome steps!

Second, earphone exclusive mode.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Remote Control Headphone Exclusive Mode



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Remote Control Headphone Exclusive Mode


Operation flow: Identify the headphone jack on the remote control - Connect the headphone directly to the remote control

What if I don't have a Bluetooth speaker or Bluetooth headset? Skyworth Sohu Box S1 remote control meets the needs of users to create private cinema viewing effects! No need to worry about no Bluetooth devices! Users only need to connect the wired headset to the remote control, you can carry around at home, to complete a person watching , will no longer disturb the rest of the family.

Third, Wukong's remote expansion capabilities.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Extension


Operation flow: Box-side installation Goku remote control - Mobile terminal installation Goku remote control - The box and mobile phone are connected in the same LAN.

Skyworth Sohu Box S1 can install third-party application software. TVhome Xiaobian uses the "Goku remote control" as an example. The installation of Goku's remote control enables wireless extensions, cleanup acceleration, uninstall applications, file management, screenshots, joystick mode, shutdown, child locks, and remote installation applications.

Summary: Skyworth Sohu Box S1 In addition to the conventional wireless screen-casting function, the new voice search and remote control headphone jack are all close to the user's new features! And can install third-party application software to achieve more extended functional operation !

Setting function

Skyworth Sohu Box S1's setting function also includes most of the TV set box's conventional setting functions, namely screen settings, sound settings, playback settings and system settings, etc., Skyworth Sohu Box S1 special intelligent remote control settings add function! The basic settings of Skyworth Sohu Box S1 are all set in the navigation bar.


First, picture and sound.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Screen and Sound Settings

The screen settings can achieve the settings such as the resolution, image smoothing, screen calibration, and restoring calibration of Skyworth Sohu Box S1. Sound settings, you can achieve two-channel, transparent transmission settings.

Second, smart remote control.


Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Smart Remote Add

Smart remote control, can add new smart remote control to meet the user's needs!

Third, play settings.



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 Play Settings

Playback settings enable two settings, Local Play Settings and On-Demand Settings. Local playback settings, subtitle switch, audio track, dynamic range compression operations. On-demand settings, you can achieve the set of operations to skip the beginning and ending.

Fourth, the system settings.



Skyworth Sohu Box S1 System Settings

The system settings include system upgrades, screen savers, hibernation, geographic locations, and key sound settings. Among them, the screen saver and hibernation settings are able to meet the user's daily viewing of video resources, and they are relatively close to the people!

Summary: The set-up function of Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is based on some basic operating functions. Compared with other TV box products, it does not have much outstanding performance, but it is enough to meet the user's conventional implementation requirements!

Evaluation summary

Skyworth Sohu box S1 easy to use it? Sofa Xiao Bian This is a trial evaluation of Skyworth Sohu Box S1's unpacking, boot experience, UI interface, third-party application download, hardware running points, video playback capability, online content resources, game features, highlights operation functions and setting functions. Analyze the operating performance of Skyworth Sohu Box S1!


Skyworth Sohu Box S1

Skyworth Sohu box S1 uses a round black body design, its highlight is the design of the bottom line cover, to help users organize the wire, so that the user's living room becomes more neat! And Skyworth Sohu box S1 neat and clean packaging, each of the accessories are firmly fixed in the packaging, orderly, at a glance, can be said to open the package surprise!

On the hardware configuration, Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is equipped with an imported chip Amlogic S812 quad-core Cortex-A9 core architecture, 2.0GHZ frequency, eight-core Mali-450 image processor, running memory 1G, hardware memory 8G, carrying Android 4.4 operating system, to achieve 4K+H.265 video decoding playback capability. Ann Bunny evaluation V6.0 hardware running points more than 23665 points, excellent performance in the CPU, up to 10463 points!

In terms of interface operations, Skyworth Sohu Box S1 performs depth optimization based on resource classification, and classifies the navigation bar. It uses the upper and lower navigation bar designs. The left navigation bar and the right-side response content display are more novel and fun in the operation experience!

On content resources, Skyworth Sohu Box S1 is equipped with CIBN licensee resources and join hands with Sohu Video to build a massive video resource platform. Specially-designed Flying Fox produced a column that included Sohu video's self-produced drama, "Silk Man," "Missing Lady," "Dapeng 嘚 嘚 、," "Inadvertent Mage," "He came, please close your eyes," and other hit resources .

In terms of features, Skyworth Sohu's S1 remote control features a special voice search function and an exclusive earphone mode, which not only enables convenient voice search, but also enables earphone exclusive mode operation and personal home theater viewing. And, the Micro USB interface on the body implements the download and installation of third-party application software to meet the user's downloading scenario!

In general, Skyworth Sohu Box S1's fuselage hub cover design, Micro USB interface design; voice search button on the remote control, headphone jack settings; operation interface on the up and down navigation bar design; content resources on the CIBN + Sohu video , are their highlights! Unfortunately, there is no Bluetooth function!