I-Manhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer enokubuyekezwa Ngokukhululekile: I-IPTV yamahhala yabantu abaningi

Abafundi abavamile bangase bacasulwe yimi ngokukhuluma Ngokukhululekile, kodwa, njengomlandeli omkhulu wokusakazwa kwaseBrithani, ngikholelwa ngokweqiniso ukuthi kunezela okuthile kunoma iyiphi ithelevishini evuliwe. Inqwaba yabakhiqizi be-TV bayayisekela, nge-Hisense, i-Panasonic, i-Philips, i-TCL nezinye izinketho ezinikezayo ezikunikeza ukufinyelela okulula kunkundla ye-IPTV ekhula ngokushesha yase-UK.

Kodwa-ke, izinhlobo ezimbalwa zemikhiqizo emikhulu azikho ohlwini lwabakhiqizi bemishini yokusebenza abasekela Ngokukhululekile, okuyi-LG ne-Samsung. Ngokocwaningo olwenziwe yi-YouGov ehlobo eledlule, ngaphezu kwama-70% abanikazi be-LG ne-Samsung TV abangu-2,149 bafuna Ngokukhululekile ku-TV yabo elandelayo. Lokhu kukhombisa isidingo esikhulu kanye negebe emakethe ye-TiVo OS-powered Manhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer.

I-Manhattan yazi into noma ezimbili ngokwenza ama-set-top boxes, njengoba ikhiqize imikhiqizo eminingana esekwe ku-Freesat ne-Freeview esikhathini esidlule. Ngokuhlangana ne-Freely ne-TiVo, inikeza ingcebo yokuqukethwe kwamahhala nokukhokhelwayo okungadingi lutho ngaphandle kwebhokisi noxhumo lwe-inthanethi (kunconyiwe okungu-10Mbps noma ngaphezulu). Lezo yizindaba ezinhle zamakhaya angenayo i-aerial ye-TV, kodwa ingabe i-Manhattan Aero yase-UK iyigajethi elandelayo yokuzijabulisa yasekhaya okufanele ibe nayo? Ngichithe amaviki ambalwa edlule ngiyihlola ukuze ngithole.

Utholani ngemali?

IManhattan Aero ibiza u-£70 futhi itholakala kubathengisi abahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa i-Amazon, Currys kanye noJohn Lewis. Kuyidivayisi ebukeka ingenalutho enesilinganiso esingu-96 x 96 x 26mm (WDH), kodwa ayidingi ukuba ibe yisitayela; lapha kugxilwe ekuletheni izinto ngenkathi uzithoba ngangokunokwenzeka.

Kukhona okokufaka okune ngemuva kwebhokisi: izimbobo ezimbili ze-USB-C – eyodwa yazo esetshenziselwa ukuxhuma umthofi wamandla onikeziwe – imbobo ye-HDMI, kanye nembobo ye-Ethernet yokuyixhuma ngqo kumzila wakho. Abantu abaningi cishe bazoshiya okwakamuva futhi basebenzise i-Wi-Fi; I-Wi-Fi 6 iyasekelwa.

I-Manhattan ihlanganisa intambo ye-HDMI engu-1.2m esekela ukulungiswa kwe-4K kufika ku-60Hz, kanye nesilawuli kude kanye namabhethri e-AAA okumele ifakwe ngawo amandla. Isilawuli kude akwethusi emnyangweni wokuklama, kodwa kulula ukuyisebenzisa futhi sibonisa izinqamuleli ze-Freely, TiVo+, Disney+, Prime Video, Netflix kanye ne-YouTube.

Inkinobho yemakrofoni ngenhla kwalezo zinqamuleli ibonisa ukusekela imiyalo yezwi ngezilokotho ze-TiVo Voice. Futhi unenkinobho Yasekhaya ye-TiVo kanye nenkinobho Yomhlahlandlela yokugxumela ngqo ku-Freely EPG uma uthanda.

Yini eyenza kahle?

Ububanzi bokuqukethwe kwamahhala okutholakala ku-Manhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer kuyindawo esobala ongaqala ngayo. Okubaluleke kakhulu kwabaningi kuzoba ukukhetha kukaFreely iziteshi ezibukhoma ezingaphezu kuka-70, okuhlanganisa okuyisisekelo njenge-E4, i-U&Dave ne-CBeebies, nokusekelwa kwazo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza zokubamba i-TV yase-UK, njenge-BBC iPlayer ne-ITVX.

Futhi uneziteshi zikamabonakude zokusakaza zamahhala ezisekelwa izikhangiso ezingaphezu kuka-400 ezitholakala nge-TiVo+ Free. Kukhona okuthile kwawo wonke umuntu, noma ngabe uthanda ezemidlalo, i-sci-fi, imvelo, izindaba, ama-rom-coms noma i-TV yangempela. Ngamafuphi, ngisho noma ungakukhokheli okuqukethwe, ngeke ushodelwe kokuthile ongakubuka.

Uma usuvele unokubhalisele okukhokhelwe ezinkundleni ezidumile, uzothola ukuthi i-TiVo OS isekela iningi lezinhlelo zokusebenza ezihambisanayo. Ngishilo izinkundla ezimbalwa ezinkulu zokusakaza ezitholakala nge-TiVo OS ngenhla; bamane bangamaphuzu eqhwa, nezinketho ezifana ne-DAZN, Mubi, ne-Crunchyroll nazo zisekelwa. Kukhona abambalwa abangekho abaphawulekayo, engizoxoxa ngakho kamuva.

I-Aero ayinasibopho ngokuqondile ngekhwalithi ebonakalayo yokuqukethwe okubukayo (ukubhalisa kwakho kwe-TV nokusakaza-bukhoma kunquma lokho). Noma kunjalo, ukusekelwa kwe-4K ku-60Hz kanye ne-HDR10+ kusho ukuthi, inqobo nje uma unomabonakude we-4K HDR, ungajabulela izithombe ezihlanzekile, ezibushelelezi kokuqukethwe okuhambisanayo.

Ngihlole i-Manhattan Aero nge-LG C5 OLED yangonyaka odlule, kanye nochungechunge lwakamuva lwe UBridgerton ku-Netflix kubukeka kukuhle nge-HDR10+. Idizayini yemvunulo ewubukhazikhazi kanye ne-London yenkathi ye-Regency igqame ngemibala egcwele ngokweqile ebonisa ukugreda kwesizini yakamuva.

Ngenkathi ngibukele i-Men’s Cross-Country Skiing 4 x 7km Relay kuma-Olympics Wasebusika ngo-FreelY, izithombe ze-FHD bezicijile, uma ukufiphala okuncane nge-HDR isethwe kokuthi Okuzenzakalelayo kumenyu yezilungiselelo ze-Aero, engicabanga ukuthi izenzakalela ibe yi-HLG yokusakaza kwe-BBC. Nokho, ukukhetha mathupha i-HDR10+ kuholele kumbukwane ohehayo owenze umsebenzi omuhle wokulinganisa ingemuva elineqhwa namasudi omjaho anemibala yabashwibi.

Phakathi naso sonke isikhathi sami ngihlola i-Manhattan Aero, ngithole isabela kakhulu. Ukuhamba phakathi kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ekhasini eliyisiqalo le-TiVo kulula, izinhlelo zokusebenza zilayisha ngokushesha, futhi ukuziqalisa usuka kude kuthatha imizuzwana ezimweni eziningi.

Ikhasi eliyisiqalo ngokukhululeka livela ngokushesha nje lapho kubhenywa, njengoba kwenza i-Freely electronic program guide (EPG), futhi ukuzulazula kokubili kuwumoya. Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili eziteshini kuyashesha, futhi ungakwazi ukuphequlula emuva noma uye phambili ngezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ukuze uthole izinto okungenzeka ukuthi uzigejile noma uhlele ukubuka kwakho okuzayo. Uma kukhona okuthile okubukhoma okuphuthelwe ekuqaleni, ungacindezela okuthi “Qala kabusha” ngaphakathi kwe-EPG ukuze uyiswe kuhlelo olufanele kuzinhlelo zokusebenza ezifana ne-BBC iPlayer noma i-ITVX. Ukukhetha “Ulwazi Neziqephu” kukuvumela ukuthi uphequlule uhlu olugcwele lweziqephu ezitholakalayo zokusakaza kwakho okukhethile.

Isitimela sokuqukethwe kwe-Live TV sihlala phambili namaphakathi nohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Freely, kodwa ukuskrola phansi ekhasini eliyisiqalo kuveza ojantshi abahlanganisa “Okukhethiwe Okuphezulu” kanye “Nokuthrendayo” kokuqukethwe okudingekayo, kanye namareyili aqondene nohlobo nesiteshi. Izigaba “Okusanda kubukwa” kanye “nohlu lwami” zikuvumela ukuthi ugxumele emuva lapho ugcine khona, noma ulondoloze izinhlelo ozozibuka kamuva. Ngokukhululekile uthembisa ukwengeza izici ezintsha kulo nyaka; Ngiyajabula ukubona ukuthi lokho osekuvele kuwumsebenzi ohlaba umxhwele kungathuthukiswa kanjani.

Ngike ngathinta isilawuli kude ngaphambili, kodwa kufanele kukhulunywe ngaso nalapha. Isakhiwo sezinkinobho sibanzi kodwa asiminyene, izinkinobho zicindezela ngokuchofoza okujabulisayo, futhi ukugoba kwesilawuli kude esilula kukwenza kube lula ukuyisebenzisa.

Enye yamandla e-TiVo OS izilawuli zayo zezwi, futhi zisebenza ngendlela efanayo lapha njengoba zisebenza kuma-TV asebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza, njenge-Sharp GM6 ne-Bush UT24SB. Ungasebenzisa imiyalo eyisisekelo njengokuthi “Ngithole u-X” noma “Ngibonise u-Y” ukuze useshe okuqukethwe, uzulazule ku-OS usebenzisa imiyalo efana nokuthi “Vula i-Netflix”, futhi ulungise izilungiselelo eziyinhloko njengevolumu.

Kodwa i-TiVo Voice iya ungqimba olujulile, ikuvumela ukuthi wenze ngcono imiphumela usebenzisa imiyalo yokulandelela. Ngesayensi, ngiyicele ukuthi “Ngibonise amafilimu e-Cameron Diaz”. Yazibophezela ngokushesha, ikhipha uhlu olubanzi lwekhathalogi yakhe engemuva. Ngabe sengithi, “Labo kuphela abaphuma kuma-1990s”. Lokhu kwehlisa izinketho zibe yisishiyagalolunye. Ekugcineni, ngalandela ngokuthi “Labo kuphela abanoJim Carrey”, okwaholela kimina Imaski. I-TiVo bese ibonisa izinhlelo zokusebenza lapho ifilimu ingatholakala khona futhi ikutshele ukuthi imahhala, ifakiwe nokubhaliselwe okukhona, noma iyatholakala ukuze iqashwe noma ithengwe. Ngemva kokukhetha i-Prime Video, engiyilungu layo elikhokhelwayo, bengibukele intandokazi yami yobunsizwa phakathi nomzuzu.

Ekugcineni, ngifuna ukuvuma ngekhanda ukuthi kulula kangakanani ukusetha i-Manhattan Aero. Ukungena emhlabeni womabonakude ohlakaniphile nosakazwayo kungaba nzima uma ungeyena uchwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe. Kodwa ukwengeza ukusebenza okuhlakaniphile ku-TV endala nge-Aero bekungeke kube lula. Xhuma ibhokisi kumthombo wakho wamandla, lixhume ku-TV yakho nge-HDMI, faka iphasiwedi yakho ye-Wi-Fi, khetha imikhawulo yakho yokukhula kanye nekhodi ye-PIN, engeza amashaneli, kanye ne-BOSH, usulungele ukuhamba.

Yini engathuthukiswa?

Kuyamangaza njengoba ukunikezwa kokuqukethwe kwe-TiVo kungukuthi, akushiyi amapulatifomu ambalwa adumile. Ayikho i-Apple TV, Manje, i-Discovery+ noma i-Paramount+ – iziqhumane ezinkulu ezine – futhi ukungabikho kwale quartet kungase kubeke abantu engozini. Bekungeyona inkinga kimina, njengoba bengikwazi ukufinyelela zonke lezo zinhlelo zokusebenza nge-webOS yakwa-LG, kodwa uma ungenayo i-TV ezisekelayo, zizohlala ziyimbobo kuzikhali zakho zokusakaza. Izinkundla ezintsha zengezwa ezinhlelweni zokusebenza njalo, noma kunjalo, ngakho-ke lokhu kungashintsha.

Akukho futhi ukusekelwa kwefomethi ye-HDR esetshenziswa kakhulu, i-Dolby Vision. Uthola i-HDR10+, okuyizinkonzo eziningi zokusakaza ezisekela manje, kodwa bekungaba kuhle ukukhetha phakathi kwakho kokubili.

Nakuba ngithanda ububanzi bokunikezwa kwe-TiVo+ Free, akusona isikhombimsebenzisi esisebenziseka kalula. Ngaphandle kohlu oluqondile noma umhlahlandlela ohlanganisa zonke iziteshi enganginazo ezandleni zami, ngangivame ukushiywa ngiskrola ngokungenanjongo emigqeni yezinketho ngaphambi kokuthola okuthile okukhangayo.

Ngithemba ukuthi “Ngoba Ubukele” kanye “Okunconyelwe Wena” kuzogcwala iziphakamiso ezifaneleke kakhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Nokho, ngemva kwezinsuku eziyishumi zokusetshenziswa, ngangisanconywa izinto engangingeke ngiphuphe ukuzibuka, njengokuthi Ikhodi Ye-ambulensi Ebomvu futhi UGeorge OGs. Ukube lokhu kwakamuva bekungo-Alan Shearer noma uKevin Keegan, ngibale, kepha bekumayelana “nezinkanyezi” ze Geordie Shore.

Ngenxa yalokho, ngathembela kakhulu ekusesheni ngezwi. Ngokuvamile kunalokho, lezi zisebenze ngempumelelo, ikakhulukazi lapho ngifuna okuthile okuqondile, njengokuthi I-Butterfly Effect. Kodwa-ke, ukuqashelwa kwezwi kungenza ngomsebenzi omncane, noma ngingenza ngezifundo zokukhuluma kahle, njengoba imiyalo yami yayihunyushwa ngokungeyikho ngezikhathi ezithile. U-“Jim Carrey” wenze iphutha wathi “Jim Kerry”, kuyilapho elithi “TiVo+ Free” lihunyushwe ngokuthi “TiVo ibhasi lesithathu”.

Kuhle futhi ukuqaphela ukuthi ngithole amakhodi ephutha athi “Izwi Alitholakali Okwesikhashana” izikhathi ezimbalwa phakathi nokuhlolwa. Ikhodi yephutha yeklayenti iphakamise ukuthi kungase kube nenkinga ngoxhumo lwe-inthanethi ku-Aero, kodwa angizange ngibe nezinkinga ezinjalo lapho kulayishwa okuqukethwe kohlelo lokusebenza namanye amadivayisi kunethiwekhi asebenza kahle.

Ingabe kufanele uthenge i-Manhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer?

I-Manhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer ingumkhiqizo omuhle ozohlomulisa inqwaba yamakhaya ase-UK. Izobonakala iwusizo kakhulu kulabo abanama-TV angahlakaniphile, abangenakho ukufinyelela i-eriyeli ye-TV, noma abafuna ukunciphisa ukubhalisa kwabo okukhokhelwayo ukuze bavune okuqukethwe kwamahhala.

Ububanzi bokuqukethwe kwamahhala okubukhoma nokufunwayo okutholakala ngoxhumano lwakho lwe-inthanethi kuwumdwebo omkhulu, futhi i-Aero ekugcineni inika abanikazi be-LG ne-Samsung TV indlela yokujabulela Ngokukhululekile, okuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokujabulela okuqukethwe kokusakaza bukhoma nokufunwa kakhulu e-UK.

I-Aero ibingaba ngcono nakakhulu ukube ibingasekela uhlelo lohlelo lokusebenza oluphelele nakakhulu, i-Dolby Vision futhi inikeze indlela elula yokuhlolisisa ingcebo yokuqukethwe etholakala nge-TiVo+ Free. Kodwa noma kunjalo, ngincoma ngenhliziyo yonke. Kulula ngendlela emangalisayo ukuvuka nokusebenza, okunentengo enengqondo, kanye nengane entsha yephosta ukuze uthole ukufinyelela okulula kokuqukethwe kwe-TV kwamahhala.