Millet box mini version evaluation, charm continues unabated hot, New Year home preferred gift

The millet box has now been renamed the millet box mini. This year's Hengping still has it, simply because the product continues to sell hot. So in order to make everyone better reference, continue to talk about this. When I received the mini box of the millet box, the deepest impression was of course that the box was very small, only two matchboxes were so big. So what about the function of such a small thing? It was still somewhat skeptical at first. Such a small box was What are the benefits of practical applications? Of course, it is easy to carry. Put some HD cables, boxes, and remote controls into the original packaging. You can hold them everywhere. The original packaging also has only two toothpaste boxes. It is very convenient. Looking at the New Year, many friends leave the place of work, go home New Year, then you can carry the box with you, where you can easily chase drama, watch movies, or very convenient, here's a look at the millet Quantitative evaluation of the mini version of the box.


The millet box mini version is equipped with MediaTek's MT8685 quad-core CPU, based on the ARM Cortex-A7 core, 4+2 core GPU Mali450, 1GB of memory, and 4GB of flash memory, supporting H.265 decoding.


First look at the security Bunny test 5.7 run points. The results of 22319 were generally performed in the 2015 quad-core network set-top box:

Millet box mini version security Bunny evaluation display related information:

The mini box of the millet box uses ultrasonic plastic welding and does not use screws, so once it is disassembled, it cannot be restored and it is difficult to dismantle.

Behind the shield on the back of the motherboard, there is the main processing chip MT8685 and South Asia DDR3 memory. The DDR3 memory is 512MB, and a total of two pieces of memory make up 1GB.

Behind the signal unit shield is the MT6225N multifunction chip. This chip integrates Bluetooth, WiFi and other functions. The chip behind the mask on the front of the mainboard is SKhynix's 4GB eMMC flash memory:


Millet box mini version of the packaging, a look is still the usual style of millet, simple and generous, but with the millet phone's outer packaging is somewhat different in color. The overall color is white, with a prominent millet logo in the upper right corner. On the back of the package, the product features and related parameters of the millet box mini version are marked in detail:

Although the appearance looks very simple, but the packaging is meticulously unambiguous, each part is packed in a small carton, it is very delicate, the specification is the millet's usual orange, decomposition:

The remote control uses the same standard 11-key as the millet box, but this remote control is not infrared, but Bluetooth. It can achieve 360-degree control:

HDMI HD cable uses a soft material that is easy to carry:


The main body of the small box is an interface, HDMI output interface. There is a power plug under the box, that is, the power adapter is built into the box itself. The words marked with millet boxes at the bottom, and the serial number of the product, here is orange, very nice. There is no other label on the top except for Xiaomi’s logo:

Overall, this small box is based on white and orange colors, consistent with the consistent color used by Xiaomi. However, this time not only the orange background, but also other colors are available, so users have more. The choice. In terms of body size, only "small" characters can be expressed.



The first launch of the millet box mini version, there will be set guidance, such as the connection to the network and the Bluetooth remote control, and so on:

The mini version of the millet box still uses the millet-depth custom MIUI TV version in the system: the interface uses a large picture arrangement, concise and easy to use. The big icon categories are online video, game centers, application stores, and smart homes from left to right. Large icons use different colors. The front three figures have also done a frame of beautification and full of action.

On the right is a built-in or installed application icon, no need to enter the next level icon to find, long press can be edited, moved or deleted, simple operation to avoid the cumbersome user learning.
The speed of MIUI update has always been very fast, as is the MIUI TV version of the mini version of the millet box. The evaluation room we did this time is based on the latest firmware tests:

MIUI TV version is very prominent in ease of use, there is basically no fancy design, large icons with small icons, simple and natural, while supporting mobile customization, without losing personality, truly easy to play with the box.


The mini version of the millet box is connected to the Galaxy Internet TV Integrated Broadcasting and Control Platform (GITV), which is managed and operated by Galaxy Internet TV. It relies on the high quality content resources of many content service platforms such as CCTV, Jiangsu Internet TV and movie network. And in the later period, Xiaomi also added the content of Lichi TV to MIUI, which is richer in resources. Millet box mini version of the update cycle is very fast, the latest and hottest movies are also included, such as "Charlotte trouble" and so on:

Film and television classification, in addition to traditional movies, television shows, variety shows, etc., there is a new addition on the 7th, for some chase drama party, it can be said to be a gospel. The first time you can catch what you want to see.

The contents of the zone are more targeted and suitable for broader needs, such as users who like to watch Blu-ray and 3D. Blu-ray playback effect view:

Leaderboards make it easy to check out the latest and most popular movies and TV series, so that users are no longer out of place.

User's play record and collection area, convenient for users to continue broadcasting:
From the test results, the millet box mini version of the resource content is very rich, and update speed.



Due to the mini version of the millet box, which cannot be added to the USB interface, the local LAN sharing play is particularly important. Open the HD player, which can automatically search for devices in the LAN and can be displayed in categories such as video and music. Support for automatic loading of movie covers:

Let's take a look at the video test results of the security Bunny. Subject to the constraints of hardware, the mini version of the millet box does not support playback at 2K or higher resolution levels:


On the encoding, the millet box mini version supports video playback in H.265 format, but does not support reading of Blu-ray ISO files. Different formats of test, millet box mini version only a very small format does not support. In local playback, the millet box mini version supports automatic download of subtitles, and it is very user-friendly support for the subtitle color size location settings:

Local play test content screenshot:

Audio media testing supports popular formats. Millet box mini version of the music player supports automatic download of lyrics:

The millet box mini version of the picture test, quite satisfactory, only supports the conventional image format, 32Bit BMP format is cast on other boxes, in the millet box mini version is not viewable. For the identification of the music box picture for the mini box player of the millet box, the same icon can be used for playing and not playing, which makes it difficult for the user to distinguish whether the file can be viewed on the mini version of the millet box:

According to local media playback tests, various popular formats are supported to support H.265 hard solutions, but there are also deficiencies in that they do not support ISO image file playback, but they perform well in the playback interface: videos can be downloaded automatically. The cover has a variety of arrangements. Subtitles can be automatically downloaded during playback, and music can be downloaded automatically.



Different from other network set-top boxes that use power adapters, the millet box mini version is powered by a direct-line AC power supply. The power consumption is relatively bright. The power consumption is only 0.6W during standby and only about 1W when playing video.



As an active advocate of smart homes, how can Xiaomi not let the mobile phone connect to the box? As long as you download an application, it will be wonderful again. Open the manual and scan the QR code to download it. After the application is installed, the mobile phone and the millet box mini version can be connected successfully in the same LAN. Now you can choose your favorite movie and TV show to be delivered to TV, which is a box play, very convenient. Mobile phone remote control, touch the mobile phone to replace the remote control of the arrow keys, and the notebook's touchpad is almost a single point on behalf of the confirmation, smooth operation, easy to use.


Millet box mini version does not block the installation of third-party applications, because the box itself does not have a USB interface, giving the first impression may be very difficult to install, in fact, Xiaomi has been thought of for you, open the quick installation application. You can then install the application by entering the prompt address on your phone and computer:

Millet box mini version evaluation summary:

Through the evaluation of the mini version of the millet box, it is the system firmware that is optimized for the box. The system's beautification and movement make people feel very beautiful and smooth. The system is more comprehensive in handling the local media than other boxes. In terms of success, the film library is particularly prominent. After the document is scanned, the library is automatically formed. It can be indexed alphabetically, or can be viewed by time, and subtitles can be automatically downloaded. Although the function is small, it solves the big problem.

In appearance, the mini version of the millet box is a differentiated brand played by Xiaomi in the living room area. It changed the previous version of the Internet's top-mounted box to be large and inconvenient to carry. With just one HDMI interface, you can achieve great content output.

Constrained by market positioning and compact size, the mini version of the millet box is relatively modest in terms of main control configuration. It is better for H.265 encoded video support, but it does not work well for video playback at resolutions of 2K and above.