All "core" to know British Fick i8 eight nuclear TV box evaluation

Infinity i8 eight core - true "core" hero

With the rapid growth in the demand for smart TV set-top boxes, there are countless companies aiming at this market share, new companies have sprung up and traditional industries also hope to be stationed there. They all want to share a cup of this “melee”. soup. However, the industry standards are not unified, and the conventional “mainstream configuration” has become the main “guideline” that leads the development of the industry. Various types of products that are mixed are flooded in the market under the guidance of the “Guidelines,” bringing consumers a hundred flowers. At the same time, it also brings some hindrance to the development of the industry—the lag in the development of smart TV set-top boxes.

In the chaos of the hero, in this "melee", there are many manufacturers fell, but also emerged a number of deep plowing technology companies, and Infineon is one such member. Infik is the first domestic manufacturer engaged in the research and development of digital audio and video products. It has a deeper idea in the field of smart TV set-top boxes. Infinity i8 eight-core sets a benchmark for smart TV set-top boxes in a standard industry. The industry has set a direction sign, and the eight-core technology is enough to make Infinity i8 eight-core become the true "core" hero in the melee!


Infinity i8 eight nuclear industry true "core" hero

Infinity i8 eight-core is the latest flagship product of Infik. In the simple design, it is equipped with the industry's first dedicated H8 eight-core processing chip designed for smart TV set-top box, with eight-core GPU. , 1G large-capacity storage and 8G storage, innovated the mainstream technical standards of the smart TV set-top box industry. In addition, the Infinity i8 eight-core supports 4K decoding and hard-to-play H.265, which brings endless fun to video enthusiasts!

Let's take a look at the following to find out more about how the Infinity i8 eight-core has brought us all the "core" surprises.

Infinity i8 eight core - simple appearance

The Infineon i8 eight-core packaging is particularly professional, giving people at the first glance to know that this is professional to do smart TV set-top boxes, boxes above clearly marked with a genuine number of authorized authorization marks, in line with SARFT policy guidelines to eliminate Consumers are “being stopped” worries, and there are two places on the package that are more eye-catching: “i8 true eight cores”, which also highlights the industry’s first initiative of Infinity i8 eight cores; “stand-horizontal” needs With the use of a random delivery base, consumers can flexibly select the Infinity i8 eight-core placement mode for private spaces.


Professional Infinity i8 Eight Core Packaging

After opening the Infinity i8 eight-core smart TV set-top box, the accessories are mainly milky white, which is in stark contrast with the dark outer packaging. The mainframe is on the right side of the box and the instant noodles are embedded in the left and right sides of the host, which can play well The shockproof effect, the remote control is very appropriate "crowding" in the gap between the back of the main unit and the box, the milky white charger and the base, the AV cable is on the left side of the main unit, the warranty card and the "Guide to Use" press on the machine. At the bottom, there is also an HDMI cable above the host.


Infinity i8 eight nuclear family portrait

Infinity i8 eight core design of milky white high-quality plastic, surface polished, the body is small and exquisite, clearly marked with gray English Ingram's English letters, the front and left and right side of the frame wrapped acrylic material and the following no Seam connection, four-round rounded design can prevent right-angle scratches. The marks on the left and right sides of the machine that are clearly marked with “HDTV Network Player” and “Cloud System” are marked with the “inphic” mark on the left and the IR receiving head with the “cloud system” mark on the right.


Infinity i8 eight cores are mainly milky white


A gray "inphic" mark is engraved on the machine


Acrylic material with front and left and right side borders

The middle rectangular area surrounded by the four colloidal pins is covered with cooling holes to ensure sufficient heat dissipation and working stability of the machine. Another function of the pin is to cooperate with the base, and the recessed position of the pin is used to ensure the host. With the base of the fixed, we can see the company's unique ingenuity!


The machine is covered with cooling holes


The “close contact” between the base clip and the host pin

The Infinico i8 eight-core computer backs all the input and output ports, including: AV output, dual USB input, RJ-45 network interface, HDMI output port, and DC power input port.


Infinik i8 eight core back all the interfaces

The conventional functions of the Infinity i8 eight-core remote controller are readily available. In addition, the “Television button learning area” is specially set. After learning, the user can operate the source and volume of the TV through these buttons, greatly improving the user experience. Experience.


Infinity i8 eight-core remote control

Infini i8 eight-core overall packaging is compact but not crowded, intimate to the user with the AV cable and HDMI cable, eliminating the additional purchase of the user's troubles, warranty card and the "Guide to use" reflects the Infineon professional after-sales service.


Intimate consideration for random standard HDMI

Xiao Bian Comments: Infinico i8 eight core overall compact but not crowded, intimate with the user with the AV cable and HDMI cable, eliminating the additional purchase of the user's troubles, warranty card and the "Guide to use" reflects the Infine professional After-sales service. The whole host adhering to the minimalist design genre, all the interfaces are gathered in the rear of the machine, the polished top surface and the acrylic four-sided design appear simple and at the same time set high-end atmosphere, put it in the living room like a craft, but it has played It is not just the role of a "vase."

Infinity i8 eight nuclear - hardware tall

The Infinity i8 eight core is different from other products, the main advantage is that it uses an all-Chip H8 eight-core CPU processor, is still the first case in the industry, 8 ARM Cortex-A7 core can work at the same time, frequency Up to 2.0GHz ensures smooth operation of 3D large-scale applications and increased decoding stability. In the process of using Infinity i8 eight cores, the author apparently had no sense of dullness, and the reaction was very quick and the use was very comfortable.


Quan Zhi H8 eight core processing chip

The GPU uses a PC-class display chip PowerVR SGX544, which is comparable to the mainstream computer graphics card. Its operating frequency can be as high as 700MHz, and it fully supports Microsoft DirectX 9 and the greatest degree of hardware acceleration. The graphics processing performance is excellent. When I was conducting a video test, the playback of H.265 and 4K files was very smooth, and there will be an introduction to the following parts of the evaluation.

Infiniti i8 eight-core is also equipped with 1GB of large memory and 8GB FLASH mass flash memory, users can freely, no worries to expand third-party applications, the following is the Infiniti i8 eight-core detailed parameter configuration:


Infinik i8 eight-core parameter list

Let us use "data" to prove that: Infinity i8 eight core you deserve!

Ann Bunny

Ann Bunny is a software that professionally tests the ratings of mobile phones and tablet computers. It can perform UE testing (multitasking and virtual machines), overall CPU performance testing, RAM memory test testing, 2D/3D graphics performance testing, and data storage I/O. Performance testing, consumers can have a grasp of the device as a whole through the security Bunny test software, the following is the Infinity i8 eight nuclear running points


Ann Bunny Run Results: 20996 points

As can be seen from the data, the CPU runs into 6434 points, and the GPU runs into 4935 points. The score is very good. It is estimated that it is proud of the new 8-core processor. From the scores, it can be seen that the Infinity i8 eight cores are capable of multi-tasking and running large applications, and 2D/3D decoding is a breeze. If you have to pick the bones in an egg, you can only say that if the storage capacity can be larger, the performance of the machine can be estimated to increase. However, the machine is positioned in the living room for entertainment. The size of 1GB is more than sufficient.

Vellamo

Vellamo is a benchmarking application that tests the JS and HTML5 capabilities of the device. The HTML5 module can be used to evaluate mobile web browser performance, while the Metal module can measure the CPU subsystem performance of the mobile processor. Vellamo can evaluate scroll scaling, 3D graphics, video performance, memory reads and writes, bandwidth peak performance, and more. Because the Infinity i8 eight core is located in the smart TV set-top box, here we focus on the Metal module, scored 538 points, good performance.


Vellamo Metal scored 538 points

NenaMark2

NenaMark2 is a hardware-accelerated benchmark for Android devices that tests the graphics capabilities of a mobile phone by presenting a real-time rendered image, including reflections, dynamic shadows, surface parameters, complex light patterns, etc., and requires Android 2.0 The above system and OpenGL ES 2.0 support. From the data, it can be seen that the Infinity i8 eight-core score is 59.9fps, which is the best in its class.



NenaMark2 runs the best currently and scores 59.9fps

Editor Comments: From the above run points can be seen, Infinity i8 eight core thanks to Quan Zhi H8 eight-core CPU to bring this product has a very superior performance, Xiao Bian in the process of testing the machine is really fast Large-scale applications can also be easily taken down. During the use process, there are no problems encountered by Android devices such as crashes and stalls. As a set-top box, the Infinity i8 eight core has exceeded the performance of the set-top box, as a micro-PC positioning is not an exaggeration.

Infinity i8 eight nuclear - China Genuine authorized

Infinek i8 eight-core is equipped with Android-based Alibaba Cloud intelligent operating system. As long as an account can access the Internet, you can use cloud applications. The boot interface is the first to display the logo of Aliyun OS, and then the cloud is displayed. Logo and Infik two brands.


Infinity i8 eight-core boot interface

After entering the main interface, it is mainly divided into seven sections: “Recommendation, film and television, shopping, games, education, applications, and tools”. These seven sections cover all aspects of life, entertainment, and learning. The recommended floating blocks on the forums recommend to users. The latest and most complete living information and video resources allow users to understand the outside world at home. In terms of UI, i8 also comes with the industry's first SmartBar bottom bar, users can easily add commonly used for this, to open the door for users, with ease.

"Television" section has a large number of genuine authorized high-definition television video resources, in line with national "181 file" controllable and manageable principles, video on demand content including information, movies, television drama, sports, exploration, variety, entertainment and other high-definition video, film and television The resources are very rich. Both the elderly and the children can find their favorite resources here.


Infinik i8 Eight-Core has a genuine number of authorized China

Under the TV program column, various types of TV dramas are dazzling, update and network synchronization, will not let you miss the wonderful moments, and in particular have a "TVB area", for students who like "Dangang drama" to open a convenient door.


Infinity i8 eight nuclear with "TVB area"

In the video on demand introduction interface, manufacturers are very intimate with "smooth, clear, high-definition" three specifications for users to choose, mainly to take into account the different users in the speed of the network is different, the three specifications of the video quality The speed requirement has been gradually strengthened. In addition, you can collect favorite movies or TV shows, and then you can directly watch them in the "Favorites" section of the "Film and TV" section.


Different resolutions correspond to different speed requirements

Xiao Bian opened the Superman Hancock at a speed of 12 megabits of wireline network for telecom networks. The definition selected “clear”, and it was very smooth when playing automatically. The quality of the picture was delicate, and it was slightly buffered before and after dragging. The time will not be very long. It can be seen that this piece of online play is optimized. The most intriguing thing is the breakpoint memory function of online video. After the video plays halfway out of playback, the system will prompt whether or not to play the breakpoint when it is re-entered. This will bring good news to consumers who cannot continue to watch for a long time.


Online Play Superman Superman Hancock

Xiao Bian Comments: Infinico i8 eight-core online video player has a genuine number of authorized China, a large number of high-definition video resources and network synchronization updates, clear screen, smooth playback, and simple and clear operation, but also has a human video collection features and video The breakpoint memory function brings great convenience to the viewer.

Infiniti i8 eight core - the ultimate high-definition 4K playback and hard solution H.265

The Infiniti i8 eight-core powerful CPU and GPU brings convenience to its decoding. For 4K and H.265 can be said to come. 4K video resolution of 4096x2160 pixels, 2x 1080p high-definition, can better depict the picture, making the picture more delicate, coupled with the Infinity i8 eight-core full-color display engine Smart Color 2.0 color enhancement Technology, very realistic, more love closer to the real picture; support for the H.265 video format, is undoubtedly a great news, H.265 standard implementation can transmit higher quality network video under limited bandwidth, only the original half Bandwidth can play the same quality of video, which is as the living room TV screen becomes larger and higher resolution, but also with the demand for high-definition online video on demand.

Now let's take a look at the test situation of Xiao Bian's local decoding function of Infinity i8 eight cores.


4K source test

In order to test the compatibility of Infinity i8 eight cores, Xiao Bian tested multiple video streams with different resolutions and different resolutions in different formats. The highest 4K files, H.265 video play order playback, and drag forward and backward playback were compatible. Only 1 4K file plays a little small card.


Hard solution H.265 source

Infinek i8 eight-core body with two USB2.0 interface, user-friendly access to local storage devices, video playback, while Infiniti i8 eight-core support LAN SMB, NFS share local file playback, LAN sharing play Greatly increase the convenience of audiophiles playing videos, as long as the built-in shared memory in the home area network, you can enjoy the classic video resources for many years without frequent plugging and unplugging the mobile storage!


Infinik i8 eight-core super full local device source

Xiao Bian passed the local area network's network neighbors and NFS share to test multiple video streams with different video streams. The highest 4K files and H.265 video play sequences were played and dragged forward and backward playback. It was as smooth as playing locally.

Infinity i8 eight-core - TV big screen happy shopping

Alibaba Cloud OS is Alibaba Group's smart phone operating system. It relies on the accumulated experience in the field of e-commerce in Alibaba Group and a powerful cloud computing platform. Therefore, it will have a little more “Taobao” taste. The sharp-eyed friend does not Difficult to find in the shopping section built a number of Taobao-related shopping floats, many of which are often used by consumers Tmall supermarkets, Taobao, credit recharge and other big-screen shopping, for the elderly do not understand computer shopping, is a Kind of "compensation."


Built-in Tmall supermarket application


Taobao Shopping

Easy recharge

After selecting the goods, there must be a friend who will ask how to pay. The design of Alibaba Cloud OS is all in there. There is an account in the "System Settings" option of the set-top box, as long as you log in to Taobao's account here. At that time, the recipient information will be automatically updated to the corresponding location, and the user is very convenient to operate.

Xiao Bian Comments: TV shopping has become increasingly popular in the development of e-commerce today. Its operation process is simpler than that on PCs, and its user UI is extremely good. Shopping on the big screen of TV can not only allow the elderly to enjoy online shopping. It is comfortable and the presentation of the big screen allows the whole family to choose the goods they like. It is enjoyable and enjoyable for families.

Infinity i8 Eight Core - Convenient multi-screen interaction

Infinick i8 eight-core multi-screen interactive features are very powerful, optimization is very in-depth, as long as you have a android or iOS smartphones, and connected to the same LAN, you can completely eliminate the need for a remote control to achieve all operations, The effect is even more powerful than the remote control - it can realize virtual key remote control, touch screen remote control, game pad, steering wheel, voice control, local projection and home monitoring.



Infinity i8 eight-core multi-screen interactive

Xiao Beng can not wait to come up with android phone, sweeping hopefully to the screen, the mobile phone side installed Ali TV assistant, mobile phone application and Infinek i8 eight core shape design exactly the same, are taking the minimalist school, from the six sections Consisting of a main menu, the application recommendation will recommend some popular applications and games on the network, and support the installation and uninstallation of the mobile terminal control set-top box. It is very practical. The only drawback is that the popular movie is empty, there is no video here. Online video push for users.


Key remote control and touch screen remote control are mainly used as remote control. It is very practical when the remote control cannot be found or the battery of the remote control is not available. The innovation of the concept of mobile phone remote control is undoubtedly benefited from smart home appliances and the Internet of things. The development of the appliance, and home appliances in the future will be in this direction, showing that the i8's forward-looking, at least in the past few years will not be out of date. In the actual operation process, whether it is the application of the mobile phone or the response speed of the set-top box is very fast, the delay of the mobile phone remote control is very small, and it is almost negligible, and this novel remote control method does bring extra surprises to home entertainment.


Gamepads and steering wheels are specially developed for video games. You can use the wireless connection to play video games on the large screen in the living room. You will definitely ask “what if there is no game related to the gamepad?” Use the clover mark in the upper right to enter the relevant game download and installation interface.


Touch the mobile phone screen blue microphone button, you can operate on the TV voice, voice search source and other operations, Xiao Bian tried the next, the accuracy rate of up to 95%, very worth looking forward to a feature!



Local projection can project pictures, videos, and music on the mobile phone to Infinity i8 eight cores and share it with everyone on the big screen of the TV. The operation is simple. Just click “Local Projection” and select the corresponding picture, music and video files. You can, the reaction is fast, the most unexpected to Xiao Bian is that it can also push the posters in the embedded songs, and can stretch the zooming operation of the projected pictures on the mobile phone end. Very high-end atmosphere has grades! Through the wireless network connection, the ordinary 1080P video can be smoothly projected, but when projecting a large stream of 1080P video files and 4K files, the picture is a bit stuck.




Projecting a song with a poster embedded in a song

Xiao Bian Comments: Infinac i8 eight core also supports DLNA push function, compatibility is very good, Xiaobian tried Tencent video applications, iQiyi applications, iMediaShare and other third-party push applications, the effect is very satisfactory, but also convenient The optimization is very good. Multi-screen interaction is now a popular user experience that is free from wire constraints. It is also a relatively common experience in smart homes. It can make control more flexible and diversified, and enhance the entertainment and convenience of the living room.

Infinity i8 eight core - evaluation review

Users who need to expand the box application can refer to the tutorial: Infinik Box I8 Installation Method Install the sofa manager to implement third-party application extensions.

The Infinity i8 eight-core form continues the i8 quad-core form. Xiao Bian thinks this is a very good practice. The main reason is that this kind of design can be used for both vertical and horizontal modes. Xiao Bian particularly likes to work with the base stand. One can save space (put the remote control in another slot on the base), and secondly, it can be distinguished from the traditional set-top box, stand in the living room, not just the smart TV set-top box, or a craft.



Integrated home monitoring, one-click acceleration, perpetual calendar, wifi hotspot and other common tools

Infiniti i8 eight-core pioneered the CPU upgrade to an eight-core processor, refreshed the set-top box industry's technical standards, I believe that will bring a new round of reshuffle for the smart TV set-top box industry technology, with a strong GPU processing, regardless of It is easy to implement multi-task execution or video decoding. The combination of 1GB memory storage and 8GB memory makes the Infinity i8 eight-core very excellent in handling everyday applications.


Home monitoring escort family

In terms of UI, the Infinity i8 eight-core is equipped with Alibaba Cloud OS, which is based on Android's deep customization, and seamlessly integrates Alibaba's e-commerce into the TV. At first glance, it seems to be a hard advertisement, but afterwards, it is also a stand. From the user's point of view, to reflect the daily needs of shopping in home entertainment, add a fun. I8 eight cores also have a genuine number of authorized China, the local decoding takes all kinds of formats, viewing movies are correct!


TV shopping is fun

Infiniti's i8 eight cores conquer your exterior with its compact shape, captivating your sensory needs with its strong core and tapping your deep needs with its perfect performance. This is Infinico's all-core product. Infinity i8 eight-core smart TV set-top box.


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