Huawei Glory Box uses the latest Hass Hi3798M professional quad-core chip developed by Huawei. It has 4K and H265 hard solution capabilities. Local playback can fully support various mainstream video formats, and there are also GIT licenses. In fact, last year Hengping has chosen to honor the box. In the case of Huawei's new Huawei box M330 this year, why did you choose to honor the box M321? Because we chose the Hengping machine in 2015.11 month, the sales volume of the glory box M321 is high. Huawei box M330. By the end of 2015.12 months, when the evaluation was ready to publish, Huawei's box M330 Jingdong prices fell to 299, sales go-ahead glorious box, which, evaluation Jun said that quite crazy. Next, return to the topic, to see how the real performance of the glory box M321, this evaluation using HDP evaluation room professional evaluation component, bring you to witness.
The blue outer packaging of the lake is quite visually pleasing. Its design is novel and generous, the logo is concise, the box of honor in the middle and the glory of Huawei in the lower right corner, the symbol of strength, no fancy graphics, and endless fantasy and expectation:
Glory box packaging
The back of the box introduces several features of the glory box to users, as well as various contact methods of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and glory of the official WeChat two-dimensional code and other information.
Glory box box bottom
The side of the box is affixed with a product information label: Model: MediaQ M321, Product Name: 4K Extremely Clear HD Network Set-Top Box
Glory box sidemark
The host and its accessories adopt a double packaging design. The first feeling of opening the box is very cool. The standard information and optional accessories on the left are clear, but the fixed base of the box is not standard.
Glory Box Package Open
The accessories are also arranged in an orderly manner. In the picture we can see the standard of the box: power supply, remote control, HDMI high-definition cable, manual, etc., as well as a pair of No. 7 batteries:
Glory box interior
Take a closer look at the glory box, using a full black acrylic polished glossy plastic body, small and exquisite, official website data, the body is only 85mm 85mm, height is only 15.5mm,
Glory box interior
The machine is small and cute, but the weight is not light, and it feels heavy.
Glory box
TF card slot on the side of the machine for extended memory.
Glory box TF card slot
The main function ports arranged behind the machine, compact size, compactly arranged the AV port, RJ45 network port, USB2.0 port, HDMI high-definition output and power input port:
Glory box interface
Both sides of the back of the host are rubber feet, which play a non-slip function with the weight of the body. The middle is the basic information of the box.
Glory box bottom
The glory box's remote control resembles the secret box's remote control, surface matte material, non-slip design, but this time did not use the secret box Bluetooth remote control design, but the ordinary infrared remote control, also lacks a play / pause button, the actual test The receiving sensitivity is very good, the remote control range is also very large, and it feels good.
Glory Box Remote Control
The power adapter adopts DC output 12V/1A, 3C certification, and quality assurance.
Glory box power supply
Take out a family portrait! Forgot to send a pair of 7 batteries (because it is already installed in the remote control).
Glory box family portrait
Extreme evaluation of course, ultimately, disassemble to see, Glory box teardown only need to open the bottom of the mat and stickers, there are three screws fixed, remove the screw to open, but the demolition of the machine and then paste back to the factory can not be as perfect !
Glory box disassemble
After dismantling the internal layout of the box, the top cover is equipped with weighted iron to ensure the stability of the box. The main components are metal shields.
Glory box disassemble
After removing the shielding cover, the panorama of the motherboard clearly shows the following CPU chips and memory.
Glory box chip
The main control chip uses Hi3798MV100 professional quad-core chip, ARM A7 architecture, clocked at up to 1.5GHz, GPU is quad-core Mali450, built-in HiVPX4 hardware decoding chip, decoding capacity is 100% better than the ordinary 4-core box, integrated global leading lmprex "image Core "image optimization engine core, the output picture is clearer and brighter, local playback 4K + H.265 hardware decoding output, can fully support a variety of mainstream video formats.
Glory box chip
The memory model is two 512MB South Asian RAM particles that make up 1GB of memory
Glory box memory
Flash Flash, SanDisk's eMMC, model SDIN8DE2-4G, capacity 4GB.
Glory Box Flash
The WIFI wireless network adapter adopts the realtek RTL8198eu module, supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, 2.4G single-band, does not support 5G, MIMO technology, and 2T2R300M complementary omnidirectional antenna design.
Glory box module
Complementary omnidirectional antenna printed on a circuit board. The dual antenna position is 90 degrees, increasing the signal reception range.
Glory box interior
St. State Micro SGM89000 audio decoding IC.
Glory box audio decoding
From the teardown process, we can see that the glory box main board layout is compact and reasonable, labor materials are solid, and the manufacturing process is excellent.
The start-up time of the Glory Box is very fast. It takes less than 20 seconds from powering on to the UI desktop. GITV is the sign of Glory Box, a joint licensee of Radio and TV, Galaxy Internet TV Co., Ltd., providing glory to users of the box. Stable genuine content service guarantee
Glory box boot
The main UI of the Glory Box UI directly classifies Galaxy's film and television programs by movies, TV dramas, animations, variety shows, etc. The center of the desktop displays the recommended videos in the form of posters. The remote control keys can be switched, and direct clicks can be entered. There are different function options in the small category, according to the different video options switch, will search, recently watched, favorites, my cache Dolby area, 4K area, HD area, hot zone, synchro theater, parents lock and other commonly used Functionality, cleverly set to the page, makes the desktop quite fresh and the subject prominent.
Home
Users can download more and better third-party video application software by installing a sofa manager.
Installation process 1 Download the sofa butler installation file to the U disk → 2U disk to the Huawei glory box → 3 installation package management into the U disk to install → 4 installation is complete
2. Enter the Huawei box "Applications" option to open the "File Manager";
3, find the sofa butler installation file in the file manager → USB1 column, press OK;
4, determine the installation, the installation file APK will begin execution, please wait;
The 
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. Enter the Huawei box "Applications" option to open the "File Manager";
3, find the sofa butler installation file in the file manager → USB1 column, press OK;
4, determine the installation, the installation file APK will begin execution, please wait;
The 5, the installation is complete, after only need to pass the sofa butler can download any TV version of the application, very convenient.
With the help of the Yangguang Galaxy broadcast control platform, the movie section provides users with a large number of movie theaters. It also has exclusive Dolby special area, 4K area, 3D area, Hollywood blockbuster area, and so on. Cinematic films at home and abroad are also involved.
Glory box movie
Glory box movie interface
The TV drama column provides users with high-definition, hits, synchronized theaters, and acclaimed list repertoire. The series is rich and updated daily.
Glory Box TV Drama
Glory Box TV Drama
The animation area's hit area, nursery rhymes and animation movies are alive and well:
Glory Box Anime
Glory Box Anime
There is also a parental control entrance. Parents can set a password to restrict the daily viewing time of the child and enter the date of birth of the child. The system will recommend the content suitable for the age according to the age. Once the child watches the animation program, it will automatically Cut off can not watch.
Glory box child lock
Variety of variety shows is rich in resources but the classification is very simple and clear. Several options such as single broadcast, funny, draft selection and interview are very convenient for users.
Glory Box Variety Show
The program in the feature area is too rich, including 14 options for children, sports, documentaries, music, entertainment, education, information, funny, living, finance, travel, cars, film, fashion, etc.
Glory box classification
Glory box settings: including network, network speed, version upgrade, display, playback, account, and about advanced settings and other options, settings simple and convenient, general users can easily set.
Glory box set
In particular, it is worth mentioning that the 4K resolution setting provides hardware support for users to play Ultra HD video and is worthy of praise:
Glory box resolution
Playback settings are also an essential option, where the user can adjust the audio output of the AV interface and the HDMI interface. As can be seen in the figure below, the AV interface of the Glory box can be compatible with spdif audio output and can be received by the amplifier to enjoy Dolby and DTS surround effect.
Glory box audio
The video enhancement function of the Glory Box was obtained in the video quality. After the video quality adjustment was turned on, Huawei's unique ImprexTM video enhancement engine was launched. The user can clearly feel the improvement of the picture and the picture quality is clearer: the integrated coding noise is eliminated. Sharpen enhancement, edge interpolation, and over-separation techniques to correct and compensate for loss of image quality. Even low-stream programs can be displayed in HD and 4k TVs more clearly. Colors are more realistic: dynamic contrast techniques that restore true colors and make images more accessible Transparent, brighter colors. Recommend that everyone must open this feature.
Glory box color mode
The search function of the box has an entrance on the front page. Enter the first letter of the name of the video you are looking for and you will be able to come out immediately. The world starring Sou Wang Baoqiang will have a look without a thief and it will soon come out.
From the UI of the glory box, we can see that the glory box can only be used for online on-demand movies, TV shows, variety shows, animations, etc., and there is no pre-installed TV live application. Fortunately, the video resources of the GITV are stable and rich, the picture quality is clear, and the program update speed is fast. , Or to bring users no small surprises, online demand, users can also use the remote control to seamlessly switch the definition, select the best clarity to watch, glory box unique ImprexTM video enhancement engine, can enhance each The quality of a frame of picture.
Glory box movie
Glory box movie screenshot
4K movie area video resources, the highest quality of clarity can reach 4K, watching can be seamlessly switched, let you over 4K addiction, as long as your Internet speed can keep up.
Glory box 4K clarity
Glory box 4K clarity
The unique offline caching function can be used for program caching through an external storage device. The system automatically caches in the background to facilitate viewing due to insufficient bandwidth. Other boxes still do not have this feature.
Glory Box Offline Cache
The local playback of the glory box is realized through the file management or media center. The file management can directly read the storage device connected to the USB port. When entering the media center, the user can share the audio and video resources through the established local area network, which is very practical and convenient. Using HDP evaluation room professional 3D, 4K, H265 encoding formats and video resources of different formats and different bitrates for testing, most of them can be played smoothly, .tp/vob/evo format video can not read playback, but 4K and H265 encoding There is no problem with the format of video playback, but because DTS decoding is not supported, some videos cannot support audio when they are played. The results are as follows:
Glory Box Local Play Test Results
The user enters the play selection via file management or media center:
Glory Box File Manager
During playback, the user can use the positioning to select the playback time and use the playback settings to make adjustments.
Glory box adjustment
4K playback, beautiful images, vivid color reproduction:
Glory box 4K screenshot
Glory box 4K screenshot
Glory box 4K screenshot
Glory box local play screenshot
The video sample test in the H265 format is also perfect:
Glory box local H.265 screenshot
Glory box local H.265 screenshot
Glory box supports all 3D format video, but playback is not forced 2D display selection, you must connect 3D TV to watch,
Glory box local 3D screenshot
Glory box local 3D screenshot
Blu-ray original ISO format video normal playback, there is no Blu-ray navigation, control inconvenience.
Glory box Blu-ray screenshot
In the audio test of the Glory Box, there are 12 test sources, of which the DTS, VQF, DTS-WAV and CUE formats do not support playback. The others can play smoothly. During the playback process, after a few seconds, the machine will jump out of a background image. The playback interface is no longer monotonous gray:
Glory box music background contrast
The background image user can also press the menu button to select Close:
Glory box close up background
Photo test, 56 test formats support 12 formats, GIF animation pictures also play smoothly, press the menu key during playback to adjust the picture size and select the play mode, but the measured can not be looped and played in sequence, can not be a simple picture edit.
Glory box image test
Obvious color cast on 32-bit BMP pictures
Glory box image test
Animated images in GIF format also play smoothly:
Glory box image test
The glory box factory system, in addition to the GITV video, did not bring third-party software. To install third-party software, users need to go to the advanced settings in the system security - allow installation of unknown source application options open, you can add the desired third-party applications, such as TV live, film and television aggregation, news stocks and other applications, through the download A third-party application APK or an application such as a sofa butler installed directly in the machine allows the user to select, install, and manage third-party applications for the Glory Box.
Glory Box Installs Third Party Applications
With the installation of HDP Live, the Glory Box will be able to receive high-definition television programs including CCTV, TV, and local stations. The content is rich and the images are clear. Many programs still have to look back in seven days. I have been using it and I feel very good.
Glory Box Install HDP Live
What users want can be installed and used by themselves, and can be found in applications
Glory box application
Finally, let's take a look at the results obtained by the security Bunny test software testing glory box. The Bunny version used in the test was version V5.7, and the final test score was: 14598. This score was quite satisfactory in many of the Internet set-top boxes in 2015, but the glory box was a 14-year product. This result is also in line with sense:
Glory box run score results
Ann Bunny video test results: The 860's total score is higher in many models in 2015 than many eight-core network set-top boxes.
Glory Box Video Run Points
Overall power consumption: The Hankun smart metering socket was used for measurement. The results are as follows: Standby power consumption is 2.2W, and integrated power consumption is 4.0W:
Glory box power test
Glory box power test
Glory box test summary:
Glory box is small and exquisite, exquisite workmanship is very likable, hardware configuration and function performance is also very strong, but 4K machine only has a 2.0 USB port, can not play the best performance of the machine, but with the advantage of GITV, can provide not Less genuine high-quality video resources for users, support 4K and H265 hard solutions, exclusive Shadow Core image optimization technology, can always give the user the best picture quality, local playback there are many places can be improved, such as the DTS Perfect decoding of audio, compatibility with more video formats, etc. The glory box is a product of the å«¡ series, and the update of the new firmware is also a stepless Huawei box. As of the evaluation of the June 11.25th test, the firmware version of the Glory Box has been updated to the B111 version, which fixes a large number of bugs. The glory box M321 has already been on the market. Fanyou likes to pay attention.