Kaibol F8 full-scale evaluation, performance monsters in the living room

Unconsciously, the Spring Festival of 2016 is approaching and 2015 will be successfully completed. At the turning point of this old and new arrival, the sofa network joint HDTV prepared a 2015 Hengping summary, and conducted an in-depth evaluation of the smart TV boxes that were launched in 2015 to help everyone understand these products more fully and to eliminate interference. This Hengping did not receive any sponsorship, and all purchase their own models at their own expense to ensure fairness, openness, and fairness.

Shenzhen Kaiboer Technology Co., Ltd. is the earliest domestic manufacturer of high-definition players and smart network TV set-top boxes. After years of development, Kaiboer has become a national high-tech enterprise that independently produces, researches, and sells smart high-definition playback devices. The product is extremely rich. In 2015, it launched the first 8-core new product - the opener F8, equipped with Rockchip's RK3368 chip. It uses an 8-core 64-bit ARM Coretex-A53 core architecture, 28nm process design, running at 1.5GHz; the GPU is PowerVR G6110, supports OPENGL ES 3.1; strong video capability, supports 4K×2K video, H.264/H.265 hard decoding and HDMI 2.0@60Hz output; system platform is based on ndroid 5.1 Ali YunOS system, and upgrade to 2GB operation Memory and 16GB ultra-large body flash memory, and Bluetooth, powerful hardware configuration will bring a smoother experience.


Kaibor F8 uses white and blue carton packaging, positive by the main characteristics of the domineering "1", highlights the open Bor's confidence. The striking figure of F8/8 in the upper right corner is the crowning touch. There is information about the manufacturer at the bottom, and the entire package is not fancy, giving people a feeling of prudence.



F8 uses all-metal casing, all aluminum alloy material, surface frosted technology, with a strong grainy texture, strong texture, and the metal body is conducive to heat dissipation. The front panel is the acrylic panel. At first glance it looks like there is a display screen. Unfortunately, it is not used. It is used only for decoration purposes. The infrared receiver is hidden behind it and is equipped with a working indicator. It emits a faint blue light at work. Dazzling. External dual antenna, stronger ability to accept, complete interface, old and new TV can be used.



Kaibol F8 open Boer F8 cover and side of the one-piece molding process manufacturing, seamless connection, refuse to enter the interior of the dust, rounded design does not paddle, silver obtuse angle treatment highlights the charm of the metal primary colors. The remote control re-opens the model, streamline design, feel good, especially with a TV learning function, greatly facilitates the control, to avoid the inconvenience of mixing several remote control. With the number keys, input passwords, live channel changing is more convenient, and the key distance is larger, reducing the chance of mistakes. Using the most common 2 No. 7 battery power supply, it is more convenient to replace the special shaped button battery. Look, black remote control with a silver body seems to be very good!


Due to the GD policy, some applications have to be installed on their own. Fortunately, KBoll gave intimate tips.



Power adapter input 110V-240V/1.5A, output 5V/2A, after 3C certification, safety and security.

A full set of standard hosts, remote controls, power adapters, manuals, certificates, unfortunately there is no standard HDMI cable, causing great inconvenience to users.


In order to find out, let's take a closer look at the machine.

Unscrew the four screws to open the bottom cover. Visible blue motherboard less than half of the size of the shell, exquisite degree is evident.


This is a complete picture of the motherboard, the back interface from left to right AV output, dual USB2.0, between the reset button, Lan network interface, HDMI2.0 output and power input interface, composite video output and HDMI coexistence design, Compatible with new and old TVs, praiseworthy!


There are two SAMSUNG DDR3 memory chips K4B4G1646Q-HYK0 on the back of the motherboard, FBGA96 package single 512M, two components 1G.


The RK3368 CPU is covered with aluminum heat sinks to prevent fever. There are two SAMSUNG DDR3 memory chips next to the K4B4G1646Q-HYK0, and the two on the back constitute a total of 2G of memory, which is twice as high as the mainstream 1G memory and runs more smoothly.



The flash memory particles also use the SAMSUNG brand KLMAG4FE4B-B002, a single 16G capacity, which should be the largest in the current box. More than a little bit of common 4G, 8G, but also make up for the lack of TF card expansion slot regret.



The following is a professional video processing chip RK1000-S QFP64 package It is rockchip company introduced an integrated audio codec, high-definition audio and video signal filtering, and tv video signal output function, RK1000-S also contains the audio part of the codec.



The RTL8723BS is a Bluetooth WiFi combo module (WiFi+BT), low power consumption, stable performance, package: LGA-44, WiFi connection: SDIO/GSPI interface, speed up to 150Mbps, in line with the standard: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11d, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11h, IEEE 802.11i. Bluetooth supports 4.0+3.0 high-speed (HS) requirements while complying with Bluetooth 2.1+ enhanced data rate (EDR). Bluetooth 3.0 + HS can make it easier to connect.


This is a receiving head, small indicator board, and a large board with a plug-in connection, without much explanation.




The open system of the opener Bor F8 is based on the ndroid 5.1 Ali YunOS system. The recent disruption of the Ali cloud OS service has made a lot of noises. Presumably we all know very well that if we stop suspending the unfavorable factors, in fact, Alibaba Cloud OS is still very good. YunOS is to build a standardized, open platform, with a unified standard entrance and a unified flow configuration mechanism, shared payment system and push system, in addition to movies and television programs, large screen games, so that everyone can be on TV shopping is Ali The original intention, but now openly delete Ali's own installed software is really offensive.


The video service suspension notice is very eye-catching and all programs are temporarily unavailable.

However, the game board is not affected at all. Everyone can enjoy playing.



Shopping is the main section of Ali's promotion. An Taobao account has unimpeded access. It is clearer to see a big screen shopping on TV. It is also an experience.

There are application stores in the application section. Everyone can take what they need. It is commendable that there are three custom icons on the right side to facilitate users to add shortcuts.

The system settings are also YunOS features, and are relatively simple. The difference is that there are Taobao account and payment settings to facilitate later shopping on the box.

There are many styles of wallpaper and it's pretty.



Online function to see online film and television This is the main function of the box, holding a remote control to see what you want to see what is far more convenient than the GD set-top box, but unfortunately when I test, encountered film and television to stop serving, can not watch, and even regret.


However, the game is not affected by stopping the service. The game hall is operating normally.

There are many games and there is always one for you!

There are many kinds of games, some need to handle to play, for users without matching handles, or remote control games are more convenient!

Try to play mahjong, bloody battle in the end, haha!

The picture is exquisite, the actual combat sense is strong, leisure and entertainment are very good.

Children are the bud of the motherland in the future. They must be kind to them and cultivate them! Talented foods such as Talent World, Beva Children's Song, and Book Garden make them not lose at the starting line.


As we all know, children's songs contain abundant natural knowledge and common sense. They are one of the ways to help children understand things and understand the world. Beva's children's songs contain many catchy classics. Their lively language, rich lyrics, and distinct musicality and sense of rhythm are important ways to cultivate children's musicality and aesthetics. It is hoped that through the singing of the sound of the child's voice and the high-quality sound effects, the baby will be able to listen to the songs, feel the charm of the music, and grow healthily in a relaxed, cheerful and natural state. Parents are advised to let the children see more.






Taobao shopping is the main push function of the Yun0S system. Ali hopes people will return to the living room and enjoy shopping on TV.

Special discounts every day really cheap, 9 to 9 home delivery, how counted are worth!

The TV shopping category is complete, according to the map, even if the elderly can operate smoothly.

Mobile digital is hot, young people like it best, buy it quickly!

Get a deal, grab a discount, don't say you don't know!

You can recharge your mobile phone while sitting in your home.

Installation process 1 Download the sofa butler installation file to the U disk → 2U disk management Open the installation file → 3 Complete the installation

Steps
1. Baidu searches for "Sofa Manager" and clicks on the top ranked search results to enter the sofa ().


Click "Download now" at the most prominent place on the homepage to download the latest version of the sofa butler apk installation package (360 browser pop-up download box please select "download to computer only"). You can also check out other brand TV box tutorials at the Home Tutorials portal.


You can also directly download the sofa butler apk installation package by clicking on the right link: http://app.shafa.com/shafa.apk. Download a good apk installation package, please copy to U disk.

2. Insert the U disk into the open Bor box and enter the local media - resource management - removable disk - udisk0;




3. Find the sofa manager just copied in, click Install;

4. Once installed, you can open the sofa butler directly.



In addition to watching online videos, the box also plays an important role in local playback. Imagine that you have been hard-pressed to download a good play, or you have copied a great movie from your friend, but you cannot play it back. Kai Boer F8 is using Rockchip RK3368, which uses eight core 64-bit ARM Coretex-A53 core architecture, 28nm process design, clocked at 1.5GHz; GPU is PowerVR G6110, supports OPENGL ES 3.1, claims to support 4K × 2K video H What about .264/H.265 hard decoding and HDMI 2.0@60Hz output, and let the facts speak.


Plug in the mobile hard disk, open the multimedia player, select USB, select a variety of prepared test pieces to test it.

The first to appear was nine 4K test pieces.

4k effect is not really covered, but only 9 of the 9 test pieces can be played normally, and 4 can not be played.

There was no problem with H.265 playback, and all three test pieces played perfectly.

Next, various formats of test pieces welcome the challenge.

Most of them can play normally. Unfortunately, the playback of the tp and wmv formats fails, and the pictures in m2ts, vod, and ts formats are silent.

There are also different bit-rate testers to test the F8, and there are actually 3 of the 8 samples that cannot be played. I am very sorry.


Picture playback capabilities, jpe, jpeg, jpg, pne, wbmp and other mainstream formats can be displayed normally.

Kaibol F8 local audio playback capability test.


10 samples pass through 7 and 3 cannot be played. See the table below for details:



The details of the hardware configuration have to ask the master rabbit bunny to hand in the answer sheet. The details are as follows.

The score of 37,459, although not the highest, is also among the best, and I like it.

Power consumption 2.6W

Standby power 2.5W, it can be seen Kaibol F8 is not a real standby, just turn off the picture sound output, the system is still running, click on to resume.

Power consumption is 3.1 watts when on-demand.

Static power consumption of 4.5 watts when connecting external 2.5-inch mobile hard disk.

Power consumption is 6.3 watts when playing video from an external mobile hard disk.


to sum up:
Kaibol F8 adopts leading 8-core configuration and upgrades memory to 2G to ensure multi-task operation is not stalled, 16G flash memory can store more content, integrated metal body upgrades grade, dual antenna design WIFI receiving ability is stronger , Although the hardware configuration is not bad, but subject to the impact of firmware capabilities, so the local playback performance is not satisfactory, may be due to the recent suspension of Ali YunOS system also has some impact on the normal use of the recent improvements, I hope the manufacturers to update the firmware completely resolved.

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