If you want to enter the PS4 family, you must first purchase a PS4 console, and the PS4 console can be divided into several versions according to the sale area, such as the National Bank, Hong Kong version, and Japanese version. After choosing the region, you also need to choose If you buy a Slim or Pro model host, if you haven’t contacted the host before, you probably don’t know how to choose it. Let’s introduce how to purchase the host according to your own situation.
1. Choose the sales area
First of all, you must decide where to buy the console. The PS4 console can be divided into several versions according to the different regions of sale, including the Bank of China, Hong Kong version, and Japanese version. There is no difference in the use of the host in other regions except for the Bank of China host. The overseas version of the host can log in to all regional server accounts. , There is no restriction between the physical disk and the host. If the host is the Japanese version, you can also use the Hong Kong version of the CD.
However, the power plug of the host may be different. For example, the Hong Kong version of the host needs to purchase an adapter before it can be used in the mainland. (The picture below is a schematic diagram of the Hong Kong version of the power plug), while the Japanese version of the host plug can be used directly in China.
The advantage of the overseas version of the host is that you can directly log in to the foreign server account and the national server account, and there is no need to worry about the backdoor being blocked. However, the disadvantage is that there is no warranty service, or it is difficult to carry out a warranty, because the host must be mailed to the sales area to be guaranteed. It needs to negotiate with the purchase store, and it takes a long time and the round-trip postage is high. However, the quality control of the Sony PS4 console is good, and the probability of failure is very low, and if there are some physical video game stores in the local area, these stores can also deal with some simple failures.
The Bank of China console is a PS4 console sold in mainland China. Compared with other versions, it has the advantages of warranty/after-sales convenience. However, the disadvantage is that the purchased console can only log in to the national server PSN account, and you need to perform a “U disk backup” to log in. Foreign server account.
Host backup allows National Bank to achieve most of the functions of overseas version of the host, but there are still some differences. Players interested in this aspect can move to the author’s: “PS4 Newbies-National Bank PS4 Backup Details”
“PS4 Newbies-National Bank PS4 Backup Method Detailed”
2. Choose Pro or Slim?
After deciding where to buy the console, you have to choose which model of console to buy. At present, the common models on the market are divided into two versions, Slim and Pro. Among them, Slim has two memory capacities of 500G and 1T, and Pro only has a 1T capacity version. Occasionally, some games will launch limited edition consoles when they are released. Most of these limited consoles replace the shell of the console and the appearance of the handle has no difference in actual performance.
Slim is lighter in weight, smaller in size, and lighter. But the output picture is worse than Pro, the internal recording function can only record 720P video. However, the price is also lower, usually around 2,000 yuan, which is suitable for users who do not have high requirements on the screen and have a small budget.
Pro is heavier and more powerful than Slim. It supports 4K image output, but the premise is that you have a monitor or TV that supports 4K. However, even if the monitor does not support 4K images, you can choose to turn on the “Super Sampling Mode” in the “Sound and Display-Video Output Settings” to improve the game picture quality. For games that have been released before the launch of PS4Pro, you can choose to turn on the “enhanced mode” in the system to improve the game’s screen. Some game Pro consoles can also choose to enable settings such as higher frame rates. And PS4Pro’s internal recording function supports recording 1080P screens. Of course, the price is higher than that of Slim, usually around 2700 yuan, which is suitable for users who have higher requirements on the screen and have sufficient budget.
3. Something about the laptop screen
Many people often use the display device at hand directly after purchasing the host. A laptop is one of the common options, but when we connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI interface of the laptop, an embarrassing picture appears-nothing happens . Don’t worry, it’s not that your laptop’s HDMI interface is broken, nor is there a problem with the PS4’s output function, but the conflict between the two HDMI interfaces.
First of all, we will do a little science popularization. Most of the laptops on the market (only the old flagship models of Alienware support HDMI-IN, and the new models have removed this function), the HDMI interface only has the OUT function. That is, only the output of data is supported, and the input of data cannot be accepted. The HDMI interface on the PS4 is also the same OUT interface, which is responsible for data output. When the two HDMI-OUT interfaces are connected together, naturally there will be no screens appearing on the laptop. (The emoticon bag from NS)
And if you want a laptop to act as a PS4 screen, there is no way, but you need a wallet to spend a bit, and you need to purchase a separate capture card to play the host screen on the laptop screen. However, depending on the computer performance, the capture card used, the capture software and other factors, there may be a certain delay.
Before starting to capture, turn off the “Enable HDCP” option on the host to capture the screen. The location is in [Settings-System-Enable HDCP] (so if you want to start collecting, you need to find a monitor)
However, the price of a high-end capture card is often not low, and the price of a common monitor is not much different, and the delay caused by the capture card may affect some subtle operations in the game, so please consider your own situation and choose whether to buy a capture card .
to sum up
(1) Compared with the overseas version, the Bank of China host has the advantages of warranty and convenient after-sales service.
(2) At present, the Bank of China host can achieve the same experience as the overseas version host through “U disk backup”, but if you want to add a new foreign server account, you need to back up again.
(3) If you are worried that the subsequent “U disk backup” will be blocked, you can choose the overseas version of the host, but you may need to prepare the corresponding plug converter.
(4) If the budget is sufficient, it is recommended to choose Pro to get a better picture experience, but if you want to experience the exclusive game Slim at a lower price, it is also a good choice.
The above is some introduction about the PS4 before buying. Please make your choice based on your own situation when buying. I hope it will be helpful for you to buy a console.
