Connecting a PC to a TV. SMART TV - Minicomputer.

Perhaps, this article will become a corny for those who have stumbled into an ambiguous situation after buying a TV. If you bought a brand new TV set for the second time, you won the most technologically advanced addition to the market. And even today in stores you can buy new models for the same price, but with USB support and more rich functions. First your TV set is so bright, but it turns out that it doesn’t work anymore.

Really, there is no support for rozladіv, out. There are a lot of ways to add a couple of functions to the TV set without breaking it down. It’s true, you’ll have to show a little bit of courage and initiative.

1) Outstanding media player. To put it simply, it's not a big black plastic box with a rose for hard drive that controller. The most common way is to save and open files without the participation of a computer. Today they buy more importantly to replace the old DVD players. Aje for a media player does not need to buy discs, everything can be found on the Internet at the highest quality.

2) Mini-pc on android, looking like an overgrown flash drive. Ale, in my heart, maybe richer, lower standard media player. So it became clear what it is, you need to show yourself a great dual-core smartphone on android with a battery and take a display. We put everything in a compact case and added hdmi output.

Now our mini pc on android "live" in the form of a USB, and instead of the screen, the TV is victorious.

Global list of possessions for mini pc on android.

1) Drotovі that dartless mice that keyboard. Some models can support Bluetooth.

2) Support for connecting flash drives, cards microSD memory, that day hard drives(The deyakі modelі zaliznichnyh vymagayut dodatkovogo zhilennya).

3) Pidtrimka joysticks

4) USB support habiv.

5) USB support web cameras(Not all camera models)

6) Support for USB modems

7) Air-mouse support

I’ll build a few possible scenarios for such an addition.

1) Internet surfing. Social media and etc.

2) Online video, Adobe support Flash Player ale treba put okremo.

3) Games. Everything is more complicated here. Installing the game is not a problem, but all games for android are “imprisoned” under sensory control or a gyroscope. Active games support hardware joysticks, but there are no guarantees. All of them run Angry Birds without any problems and are looking for a help mouse.

There are no standard solutions for this gallery, but in principle you can look at the Game Stick or Ouya. These two start-apis from the Kickstarter site, they brought the idea of ​​Android set-top box to the ideal. Just buying, plugging in and koristuєshsya.

Ale tsi two projects є komertsіynimi і stinks piecemezhenі u sposobnosti. For example, they have no support for the market.

Let's take a look at the "free" mini-pc for android.

1) The first type of mini-pc type of flash drive: Imito MX2, UG007 and analogues.

I myself koristuyusya UG007 and the reaction is less positive. And today I got a bi Imito MX2. According to the “beginning” the stench is absolutely the same, but the quality of the selection and the picking of the pickleer in Imito is better.

Characteristics

• OS Android 4.1
• Processor Rockchip RK3066
• RAM 1GB
• Interfaces Bluetooth, Wi-fi, 1USB

Contents of delivery.

• Mini PC
• Subwoofer HDMI
• USB cable

I would like to point out that there are no suitable elements in the kit, the picker left the choice for us. I would be happy to buy a bluetooth remote-keyboard for 20$, so that the adapter does not occupy a single USB port. Before the speech, I myself will stand 55-60$ h free delivery from China. Ale for the first time included without a great bear is not enough. Bluetooth still needs to be turned on.

2) Another type is mini-pc, similar to Apple TV: MINIX NEO X5, Mygica atv1200.

Behind the warehouse stench, few people are blown up in front, the productivity is about the same. It's not surprising, even today, a leather phone can pull HD video. And more open space allows you to accommodate more ports.

Specifications Minix NEO X5

• OS Android 4.1
• Processor Rockchip RK3066
• Graphic clipper Mali-400MP
• RAM 1GB
• Internal memory 8GB, microSD card support

Interfaces Bluetooth, Wi-fi, 3xUSB+ micro USB OTG, LAN(RJ45), sockets for headphones and microphone minijack 3.5mm, IF port for remote control

Contents of delivery

• Mini PC
• Subwoofer HDMI
• USB cable, USB OTG
• Adapter 220v USB, other American sockets.
• IC remote control
• The price of MINIX NEO X5 is $99 with free shipping from China.

Once connected, you get full Android on your TV, and all for $80-100.

Letting go of the first Mac mini ten years ago, Apple brought Garniy computer can fit in a small case. It will take a good hour, so that the computer makers have gathered the courage to inherit this butt. Today, a mini-PC can be purchased for 10,000 rubles, and it’s literally devastating, and stink and practically all the bazhan can work with multimedia or with office programs.

In addition, technologies, equipped with a super-compact case, are oriented towards noiseless and energy-efficient operation. All the same, it is necessary to choose the class of extensions in the role of a universal media center, which can be connected directly to the TV, or in the role office computer, resources of which are sufficient for comfortable work in Word, Excel and other editors.

Of course, replace your computer with a new one system unit small PCs cannot equip top-class PCs. Tim is not less, stench is an alternative to laptops, chips are often at approximately the same price, the productivity of laptops is lower, the productivity of mini-PCs is lower. It is reasonable to come up with a mini-PC, if you plan to beat the critical computer only permanently. We did a test shorter outbuildings in price category up to 40,000 rubles and rozpovimo, like inexpensive over-compact PCs have shown themselves to be even better.

Computers wide apart

Razmіrіv ta designіv minі-PK іsnuіє majestic number, vіrіznyayutsya stinks also for productivity. The largest of them have a square base with a side of about 20 cm, a height of about five centimeters and a weight of about a kilogram - such a case is often vicorated by Asus and Apple. Their competitor Zotac, as a rule, gives priority to a more compact form factor: a square with a side of 13 cm.

Zotac ZBox PI321 pico (15,000 rubles, did not take part in the test) more smartphone(150 g) and fit to the gut of the jacket. According to the hardware equipment of the attachments, there are, of course, mini-PCs, but there is enough tightness for comfortable work with office programs.

But still there is no boundary: there are smaller buildings. For example, the nettop Zotac ZBOX PI321 pico, which does not take part in the pairing, is important as a smartphone, and the processor, which is victorious - Atom Z3735F - is more suitable for tablets.

Efficient mini-PC robot with Broadwell microarchitecture

In order to choose a good mini-PC, company engineers will always have to compromise, even if a computer in a super-compact case can be not only productive, but also equipped with the necessary roses, as well as a quiet cooling system. Spivvіdshenie proizvoditelnosti and spozhivannoї elektroenergegiї nasampered to be the main characteristics of the processor. May all the outbuildings that are being tested, work on Intel processorsіz maximum thermal package (TDP) 15 W.

Let's talk about the energy-saving chips of the Haswell and Broadwell generations, moreover, the advantage is shown by Broadwell, the chips of the expansion of transistors in chips and microarchitecture are composed of a total of 14 nm, while Haswell is produced according to the norms of the 22-nanometer technical process. The smaller the size of the transistors, the more efficient the microcircuit. In theory, Broadwell chips for the same TDP value reach more calculus so less energy is used for the same productivity.

In practice, the performance of our benchmark Cinebench, which evaluates the productivity of rich-core processors, has been improved. I got a lot of balls for an hour of testing by removing the Broadwell Core i5 processor from the ZBox nano MI542 Plus mini-PC from Zotac, followed by the release of the Core i5 (Haswell) from the Apple mini mini-PC.

Situation h Core processors i3 is like that. The result of the Broadwell processor embedded in the MSI Cubi mini-PC, appeared to be the top performance of the Core i3-4030U, which until recently was the world's standard for an add-on CPU.

I will add the picture to Celeron processors Microarchitecture Haswell and APU like AMD from ZBox nano AQ02Plus with TDP values ​​​​at 19 W, as for the productivity of the processor, Broadwell and Haswell can not represent serious competition.

help our testa Asus VivoPC VM62N equipped with discrete graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 820M, Yaka, vtim, dosit weak. Reshta add-ons for rendering game graphics or for creating films by integrating into a video card chip.

And finally, the graphics performance of the Intel HD Graphics 5000 in Apple Mac mini appears to be higher, lower NVIDIA. Of all the protests of Intel video cards, it has the most intense hardware security That is the best clock frequency. On the third stage, the ZBox nano MI542 Plus was expanded with a Broadwell chip. However, for the passage of serious igor zhodnogo z tsikh graphic solutions not enough.

Film and video editing

The picture from the creation of films is still there. Mustache graphic chips support hardware faster H.264. When looking at a movie online, that captured video in MP4 or MKV formats can be switched, which may be more skin-friendly than the H.264 standard.

Starting with a generation of Haswell, Intel graphics for the H.264 codec are bringing the 4K retail home to the fore. And the AMD graphics axis for 4K does not work. At the same time, the Internet companies and the industry have moved step by step to a new generation of codecs. Google plans to launch videos on YouTube in VP9 format, and Netflix plans to broadcast TV series in a 4K retail building using the H.265 video compression standard. Therefore, a mini-PC in the role of a universal home programer can be replaced with a chip from the Broadwell microarchitecture, but the Intel microarchitecture is no longer supporting the new H.265 and VP9 video compression standards. Problems are blamed only when playing 4K video with a frame rate of 60 FPS.

Also, when adding a mini-PC, it is important to respect the type of disks you have. For a great collection of films, take until respect only mini-PCs with storage devices on magnetic disks, whose productivity, prote, fills the bag with the best. The storage capacity of hard disks is 1 TB, and the storage capacity of high-capacity hard drives is 128 GB. Economical purchases can easily complete the mini-PC, the oscillators sound easily, which allows you to replace the RAM and hard drive without any special problems.

How do you keep a collection of films from merezhevoy shoshishchi in home measure, you may want to think about installing a high-performance solid-state storage device to increase the productivity of a mini-PC. But if the whole collection of films and tracks is guilty of falling into the hood, then everything will be pushed into the hull. Some outbuildings have enough space for storage on magnetic disks 3.5 inches up to 1 TB, which can easily be replaced by a 4 TB model.

Reach more high speed allow hybrid storage (SSHD) with integration magnetic disks and a high-quality flash chip, recognized for cashing the most frequently victorious data, like, for example, Acer Aspire Revo One.

Mini-PC with housing smaller sizes fit storage capacity of 2.5 inches and no more - in such a case, you can add more changeable disks with a capacity of up to 1 TB.

What does it cost to connect peripheral buildings, all mini-PCs are equipped well. As a rule, the stench is obov'azkovo possessed dartless z'ednannyam IEEE 802.11ac and LAN connector. Chotirioh USB plugs 3.0 enough for the mouse, keyboard and sound optical drive. There is no need for a driver to drive.

Monitor or TV are connected via HDMI or DisplayPort. HDMI sockets are on all attachments, DisplayPort is less than half. If you are already admiring the picture of a TV set in a 4K retail building in your home, you will need a mini-PC and a minimum of DisplayPort 1.2. Starting from this version, this version is higher, this version can transmit 4K at a frame rate of 60 FPS. HDMI 1.4 can only handle 30 fps, and mini PCs with HDMI 2.0 are not yet available.

Test results 14 mini-PC

Test bags

Best product: ASUS VivoPC VM62N-G005M practically does not have shortcomings. The equipment is good, the productivity is high, and the noise level is low.

Optimum choice: ZBox BI320 like Zotac is cheaper, lower testing, and more equipment solid-state accumulator. However, the wine does not support the creation of 4K video dartless standard IEEE 802.11ac.

The entire world of digital media content has great popularity. And it's not surprising, even development modern technologies gave opportunity to koristuvachs All-World Merezhy without any particular problems, to gain access to practically any obsyagu information - for the rest of the year, the quality of the Internet connection has grown significantly. The result of the increase in speed was those who are now absolutely neobov'yazkovo to go to the store, to get a movie, whatever it was worthy of, or a musical novelty. Now everything can be taken away from the "virtual" look, moreover, it is richer cheaper, but no less important, smarter.

Moreover, even earlier to review the video on great screen If you need to connect a computer to a TV set or a DVD-programmer, then now there is no need for anyone. Such mini-PCs, which work under the Android OS controls, are easy to set up and operate, give great opportunities for the implementation of various media formats, gain access to Merezhi, to the control of the primary computers, practically instantly take over.

Later, we protested against some models of inexpensive mini-computers and marveled at the stench of respect for potential buyers.

Haier DMA6000(Average price 4500 rubles)

I’ll build a nice looking one to finish it off nicely - regardless of the plastic case, the miniature device looks to finish it haphazardly. The folding is so very high - when squeezing, do not creak anything, sew the folding seams neatly.

The model is delivered in a small barvisto box, in which you can find everything you need for the cob of cob: remote control remote care with USB receiver, lace adapter life, USB cable, HDMI socket short help koristuvacha.

On the left side I will add an HDMI socket, for the help of which the model is connected to the input of the TV. Є th slot for memory cards type microSD, as well as a port micro USB, which I will build for living. Between tsimi roses and roses light indicator, which signals about the camp of the apparatus.

For connecting various peripherals (keyboards and mice, USB-storage or webcams), use a full-size USB port, placement on the right side of the body

The remote control panel is reversible, the buttons are loud for koristuvachiv. Є th chotiri special buttons seen in color, they change their functions according to the context.

Haier DMA6000 works under Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. The basis of the hardware warehouse is a dual-core 1.6-GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, which also has long been known as the Mali 400. g/n.

Marveling at such modest characteristics, you become aware that you can’t be here about being serious games. Our testing proved it - the rating in the popular Antutu benchmark turned out to be rather low, Haier DMA6000 scoring just over 5500 points.

Progravannya test Full HD video so itself did not please - buli remember smikuvannya pictures and frame skipping.

Android mini PC MK 809(Average price 4500 rubles)

The design of this device can be called doubtful in the distance - the upper and lower panels are decorated with "sand carbon", while the sides shine with black gloss. Folding yakіsne, the halves should be finished one to one, so that the design looks solid and copes with the damage.

The packaging is in a small cardboard box, which obviously does not shine with creativity - there is no way to name the picker on it. The complete set is also ordinary - everything that is taken away by the coristuvach, the life block, USB cable- micro USB, micro USB OTG adapter and small subwoofer HDMI. There is no remote control panel, no cable for connecting to a computer - you have to buy everything.

Connectors for MK 809 chotiri: tse HDMI for connecting a TV or monitor, a fully sized USB port and a micro-USB socket for connecting outbuildings, and one more micro-USB for life. In addition, the slot for cards has been changed to the microSD type and the robot indicator will be attached.

Tsei mini-PC will be delivered from the "naked" Android version 4.2.2, without any additional major changes. Attachment may five working tables in a row Google at the upper part, and the menu row in the lower part of the screen has the buttons “back”, “home”, “reminder” and the keys for adjusting the volume. In addition, the interface of the screen can display the screenshot button on the screen, which will allow you to save a picture of the work table by saving the image to the memory card.

The heart of the hardware filling is a 1600-MHz Rockchip RK3188 processor, also for processing the video support the Mali-400 MP4 accelerator. About `em operational memory stores 1 GB, flash memory - 8 GB. Three wireless interfaces, such as Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, which allow you to connect a keyboard and a mouse without a lack of USB-ports.

Productivity testing showed modest results. At the synthetic benchmark Antutu, gaining 14,356 points, it’s not like the “games” on the new one. The creation of the test video did not reveal any visible “gales”, although here it’s a good idea to think that it’s possible to expand the interface to become 1280x672 pixels, it’s clear that Full HD content is simply freed up for a healthy mind.

iMito-MX1 Bluetooth(Average price 5100 rubles)

Whose attachments, broken up by engineers from the Middle Kingdom, look elegant. with a sultry look- looking out more nicely with good material. Larger vikonan body with anodized aluminium, plastic is covered with roses at the ends.

Also, the packaging of this device - the box is made of plastic, moreover, the thickness of the wall is 1.5 mm. Know, so mi zustrіchaєmo forward. And the axis of the delivery set appeared to be no more than a couple of cables and a paper insert with a larger lower translation of the instructions. Let’s hope that I’ll build a living room for an additional connection to the USB port of the TV, prote on rich models, especially old ones, such a daily class. Vtіm, some of the Chinese blocs of life are always depleted of the best things, so it’s important, that the koristuvachevs just got the opportunity to buy a living life independently.

There are several roses on the case - HDMI and three USBs, one of which serves to connect the living block. Є memory card slot type microSD, as well as a light indicator of work.

The Vikonan hardware is based on a dual-core 1.6-GHz Rockchip RK3066 processor, supplemented with a Mali 400 MP4 graphics processor. The volume of RAM becomes 1 GB, and the saving of data is replaced by 8 GB of ROM. Wireless interfaces are represented by Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth, for the help of which you can connect a keyboard, mouse, headset and other attachments.

In the yakost operating system vykoristovuetsya "naked" Android 4.1.1. From one side, ce kindly, the complexity of the front-mounted software, dragging the Chinese virobnik for an hour to make it very hard, for the least, could put a decent video player if you want. Tue, Google service Play easily solves any problems from software security.

As a result, performance testing showed modest results. At the synthetic AnTuTu Benchmark, the device scored 5621 "fathers", moreover, the process of robotic attachments sometimes hung with further re-engagement. The creation of a trial video film showed some ripples and controversy, although less important videos went with a bang.

Defender Smart Android HD2(Average price 4200 rubles)

The vikonan's model is in a small black case with a blue edging - the conciseness is unimpressive, it looks even worse. Zabarvlennya matte, to that I will not be afraid of fingers of fingers. Irrespective of those whose main material is plastic, it is necessary to finish the garn.

Defender Smart Android HD2 comes in a nicely designed small cardboard box, on the back of the door you can find information about the main technical characteristics and stagnant technologies. The delivery set includes everything you need: the attachment itself, a life adapter, an HDMI adapter, a small instruction manual, a warranty card and a life cable with an additional USB socket.

There is a permanent HDMI-pin, ruffled at the end of the case, the device has two USB-ports (one of them is in the micro format) and a slot for memory cards of the microSD type. Іsnuє іdikator aktіvі, scho vіdobrazhaє protochny mill pristroy.

The model is based on a dual-core 1.6-GHz Rockchip RK3066 processor and a Mali 400 MP4 video processor. The RAM is set to 1 GB, while the ROM becomes 4 GB of storage. There are two wireless interfaces - Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth, so there are no problems with connected peripherals. Pratsiuє model pid keruvannyam operationally Android systems 4.2.

What is the cost of productivity ... You can say that it is out of the question Chinese tablets court prescription. In the AnTuTu Benchmark test, the device scored 5975 points, so you won’t be able to play especially “cool” games. With a glance at the video, the situation turned out to be richly beautiful, we didn’t remember any such “galms” when we were playing the test video.

Protesting chotir inexpensive outbuildings, so chi іnakshe presented on the Russian market, we dіyshli visnovka, scho all the stinks so іnakshe in zmozі zabeschechit koristuvach with reception quills to watch videos on the great screen of the home TV. Vtim, є i impersonal respect, head s yak є vkrai low productivity, what do you see summarily on the aphids of the same inexpensive Chinese smartphones both tablets with eight-core processors and more or less decent video processors. Tim is not less, similar to a mini-PC, singsongly, to appear korisny for those who have not yet managed to buy their own "tricks" TV, equipment for the rest of the word tehnіkі.

Today, 3 models of mini-computers, or they can also be called TV set-top boxes, take their part. The first participant is BEELINK BT3, a mini-computer based on Intel Cherry Trail X5-Z8300, which works keruvannyam Windows 10 64bit. 3 features I will build this varto vіdznachiti 64GB (ymovіrno 64GB NAND flash or SSD) accumulative, divided into two parts 40 and 20 GB, and also two USB interface 2.0 and one USB 3.0 port.

OS: Windows 10 64bit
Processor: Intel Cherry Trail X5-Z8300 Quad Core
Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 8 generation
Memory: 2GB RAM (DDR3L-1333) + 64GB ROM + SD slot
WiFi: 802.11b/g/n WiFi(2.4G/5G)
Bluetooth: BT4.0
LAN: Gigabit LAN
Screen: HDMI output 1080p
External interfaces: 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0
Memory card support: 1 SD slot max 128GB
Sound: 3.5 mm jack
Dimensions: 120 x 120 x 24mm
Masa: 450 g
Complete set: TV box (mini PC), living block, instructions.

Mini PC Beelink Intel BT3 may have small dimensions - 12 x 12 x 2.4 cm, and may have 2 GB of RAM. Two divided, about which I wrote more, subdivided into the system Windows disk(C:) ta local disk(D:). The internal memory can be expanded with an additional SD slot, which supports cards up to 128 GB. Mini-PCs can also have wireless and wireless interfaces: Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Mini-computer Beelink Intel BT3

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The BEELINK BT3 mini-computer can be purchased for a special price of $129 at the GearBest online store with a promo code GBBT3.

Voyo is promoting a mini-computer (nettop) V3 with a 14-nm Atom x7-Z8700 processor of the Cherry Trail generation with a base clock frequency 1.6 GHz and in turbo mode up to 2.4 GHz. It is especially noteworthy that the case of the gadget of vicons is made of metal. It should be noted that the device is even more productive, with 8th generation Intel graphics and a 2-channel memory controller on board - LPDDR3. Nettop working under management 64-bit operating system Windows systems 10.

Mini computer Voyo V3

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Voyo V3 is equipped with 4 gigabytes of RAM and 128 GB internal flash storage. Plus, to top it off, a similar obsyag can be taken off the top of the microSD card. In the arsenal of the nettop you will find a wireless WLAN adapter 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, as well as two USB 3.0 ports, one USB socket 2.0, new symmetrical port USB Type-C and HDMI interface. Voyo V3 has modest dimensions - 130 × 130 × 9.9 mm, and a small body - close to 200 g.