OFweek smart home network news: Many consumers are curious about TCL brand new release of Internet TV brand Thunderbird TV products, the author here by Thunderbird TV evaluation to give you answers. In this evaluation, we chose the 55-inch model with the highest degree of attention currently on the market. The specific model of the Thunderbird is the I55-UI. This model is also the most cost-effective subjective evaluation of Thunderbird's four new models. .
Thunderbird, as the brand new Internet sub-brand of TCL, has carried out a brand-new design from packaging, logos, appearance and accessories, as well as functions. It has highlighted the elements of Internet innovation liberalization, and it is naturally closer to avant-garde and humanity.
TCL Thunderbird's English name is FFALCON, falcon is the English name of the Falcon, and according to the official interpretation of TCL, Thunderbird brand evolved from TCL's Eagle culture, and at the same time the three V-shaped logos of the logo formed a bird flight. The simplified logo of the form, the concise design is obviously that accords with the brand idea that TCL confers Thunderbird's “simple entertainment simple loveâ€.
Thunderbird I55 uses a screen-separated packaging model. This model can reduce the cost of packaging design to a certain extent and reduce the risk of shipping damage caused by integrated packaging.
Thunderbird I55's packaging strength is still in place, in addition to foam buffering fixed mode, the screen also added partitions, effectively reducing the probability of fragmentation caused by logistics and transportation.
After disassembling all of Thunderbird I55's packaging, we found that the assembly of this product is not difficult in fact, the base is separated from the left and right, and clearly marked, the base can be installed only by a cross-shaped ordinary screwdriver. At the same time, this product's original accessories also comes with a rack and a full set of expansion screws, to facilitate the user to choose their own base or wall, compared to some brands through the installation approach to hold customers' marketing model to be kind enough too much.
In addition, Thunderbird I55's peripheral accessories are also readily available, the original factory comes with Bluetooth intelligent voice remote control and remote control leather case, also comes with two 3A7 batteries, in addition to the AV conversion line And a power cord. Among them, the leather case of the remote control is a major highlight. In the early days when the plastic case on the remote control became a national condition with Chinese characteristics, this kind of affection complex was continued by the TCL Thunderbird on a more high-end atmosphere.
At present, ultra-thin and large-size LCD TVs are used as main appliances in the living room. When users purchase, in addition to considering brands, quality, sound effects, and functions, the appearance is often the most subjective and direct influence. When we buy a TV, we not only need to consider the size, thickness, but also consider the color and other design details.
Thunderbird I55's overall design does not belong to an amazing type, but it can also be considered avant-garde. The most prominent and intuitive feeling of this product is its simplicity.
Thunderbird I55 contains a total of four different colors, we currently use this evaluation machine is more closely related to the popular aesthetic of silver and black mix and match, for most of the home environment, the performance is very coordinated, very easy to integrate.
The integration of the ultra-narrow frame enhances the visual aesthetics of the entire machine. The outer frame of the aluminum metal allows the texture to be displayed, especially the crescent-shaped breathing lamp at the bottom of the front, and the beauty of streamlines is added to Founder. Hollow metal triangle separation bases tend to be traditional, while also providing a spatial three-dimensional sense of simple lines.
The side of the Thunderbird I55 also stands out for its slimness. The average thickness of the fuselage is 11.2 millimeters. The top line adopts a diamond transition to visually enhance the concept of thinness, which is more layered than straight up and down.
At the same time, compared to the front of the Thunderbird I55, personally feel that TCL has much more effort in the back part of this product than other brands. This product uses a unique cable management design in addition to the interface. The patch cords can be finished through the individually designed cable ducts, and the attached cover plate can further increase the cleanliness of the back of the fuselage. From this nuanced point, we can judge that the designer must be a Virgo. .
Interfaces, Thunderbird I55 provides the majority of mainstream smart TV interface, from top to bottom for the digital audio output, RJ45 wired network interface, three groups of HDMI, and a USB3.0 and AV terminals, including the number of HDMI interfaces The three are very worthy of praise.
In addition to the interface area, in the vicinity of the rear power button on the fuselage, Thunderbird I55 also has a USB interface that is convenient for users to connect. Because of its own intelligent system, a USB interface or intensive USB design will bring users Inconvenient, in addition to external mobile storage, while the need to connect wireless mouse and keyboard, and Thunderbird I55's design, not only enough, but also in terms of humanization to achieve great convenience.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Thunderbird I55's power cord adopts a tapping design. Compared to the earlier direct-fixed power cord, this model will not cause any problems with the cord when it is installed.
Thunderbird I55's remote control is also a lot of highlights, this remote control uses 14 key design, high key separation, partition clear, easy to use, and its Bluetooth-based wireless connection, not limited by the direction and distance of the infrared, when the user operates No need to aim at the fixed part of the TV. At the same time, this remote control also supports intelligent voice control, we only need to complete the search and other operations through voice commands. It is no longer constrained by the system's complicated steps, and it is suitable for both young and old.
Having said the appearance features, we will talk about the basic hardware and technical conditions of this product.
Thunderbird I55 uses a 55-inch 4K resolution VA wide-angle wide color gamut screen, dynamic contrast up to 120,000: 1, dynamic peak brightness up to 450nits, which supports H. 265 10bit hard decoding technology, can perfectly play 4K ultra-high definition video content, and supports full ecological HDR, including all HDR standards including HDR10, Blu-ray HDR standard, Dolby Vision, HLG broadcast HDR standard, and built-in QHD Turbo painting Quality engine, support for full color reproduction and brightness fine control, 48-bit color precision matching while enhancing the dark details of the screen, high-color Color Volume technology can display 4.5 times the SDR color space display capabilities, in addition Thunderbird I55 also Support MEMC dynamic picture compensation, effective solution to screen smearing and jitter, can make high-speed motion pictures clearly show.
It is worth mentioning that Thunderbird I55 has also enhanced eye health for users. This product supports anti-blue eye protection, can effectively filter out the blue light contained in the backlight of the display, and at the same time joins the patent of hybrid dimming. The technology eliminates the flickering of the screen when the backlight intensity changes dynamically, and reduces the visual fatigue when watching TV.
Confined only to the vision is clearly not the only standard for smart TV's excellent products, Thunderbird I55 in the sound quality and sound effects, but also without losing the highlights.
This product has a Conchs sound system, using an inverted speaker design, can provide a more layered sound field effect, and for each sound band has a good correspondence adjustment.
In addition, the Thunderbird I55 also supports Dolby surround sound, effectively enhancing the live performance of the living room broadcast, especially in the broadcast of high-definition television movies, may create the sound atmosphere of the top cinema.
At the same time, this product also integrates vocal enhancement technology and intelligent loudness adjustment function, to filter out interference noise when the human ear is listening, the dialog dialogue of the characters can be effectively improved, and bring about the transformation of the sound source. The intelligent adjustment of sound intensity changes.
For many users, the parameters of the display are certainly important, but in the current smart TV era, performance indicators are also indispensable.
Thunderbird I55 fuselage built 64-bit quad-core Mstar838A processor, this processor clocked up to 1.7GHZ, using four A53 architecture core components, while accompanied by four Mali T820 graphics processor core, in the current high-end models Commonly used, it is a universal solution with high image quality and high performance.
In addition, the aircraft is also equipped with 2GB of running memory, and comes with 16GB of storage space, effectively guarantees the smooth operation of the system and the user to install smart TV App space.
In the peripheral area, Thunderbird I55 also supports dual-band dual-channel 2.4G/5GHz WIFI, MIMO synchronous transmission and receiving, effectively improve bandwidth efficiency and reduce delay, to achieve smooth playback when watching network video. The Bluetooth 4.1 can also be extended wireless mouse and keyboard and handle, as well as external wireless speaker system and other peripheral components.
In fact, as a good smart TV, many manufacturers are currently focusing on the user's real experience. The part related to this is the system UI of smart TV.
At present, almost all smart TVs are based on the Android system, and UI's richness and humanistic performance are varied. At present, the independently developed FFUI adopted by TCL launched by Thunderbird I55 is based on the TV+OS 3.0 intelligent system, emphasizing smoothness and simplicity, while maximizing function and content enrichment.
Unlike many Internet TV brands, which have a large number of ads implanted as profit points, the Thunderbird I55 appears to be very clean and neat. The entire system runs smoothly without delay, and the UI of the Diamond Design Language is even more unique. Whether it is the classification of channels or the content of the content, it supports the user's own definition, so that the overall control is more at ease.
In addition to simplification and high-efficiency in the interface, the smart voice function provided by the FFUI is also very convenient for the convenience of manipulation. Through the standard Bluetooth intelligent voice remote controller, we can directly say what we want to watch video content, reduce the manual search process, while in the broadcast, we can also control the progress of the playback through the voice. Even other information inquiries and human-machine conversations can be accomplished through Bluetooth intelligent voice remote control, which provides great convenience for the elderly and others to accept limited new people.
In addition, Thunderbird I55 also has a multi-screen interactive system on the system, which can complete the TV video viewing and chat, correct, support for home circle content remote screen sharing, and business projection and other functions that can make Television becomes the center of home entertainment sharing, but it can also become a demonstration tool for office scenes.
Of course, for low-level users, TCL has also specifically provided a unique child protection system, which allows children to watch television programs with restraint, while preventing children from viewing long-term damage to vision and delaying their studies.
In terms of content resources, as an established television brand, TCL has achieved a great effect on Thunderbirds. At present, Thunderbird's entire line of products integrates Tencent and Youku's video content. Massive movies, TV shows, and sports events can be easily watched on Thunderbird. Thunderbird's unique network acceleration technology on the FFUI system can be used. Realize the super smoothness of online video broadcasting. Apart from the film and television section, Thunderbird is also rich in applications and game resources. We will not go into details here.
At present, Thunderbird I55 can be purchased for a free one-year Tencent video membership service worth 299 yuan. At the same time, before the formal sale, consumers who successfully booked in Jingdong can also get a 500 yuan Jingdong card back, so Thunderbird The I55's price/performance ratio will increase further.
to sum up:
Through the evaluation process, we can find that when TCL builds the Thunderbird brand, it faces a very wide range of families. It can be either a young singleton or a two-person world, or it can be a family of four generations. In terms of products similar to those of the Thunderbird I55, the 55-inch smart TV, which is very mainstream, not only achieves the comprehensiveness of TCL as a veteran TV maker in high-definition picture quality and powerful sound quality, but also looks stylish and hardware. In terms of mainstreaming, UI's fluency and user-friendliness, as well as the richness of content services are also inseparable from those of Internet brands. Therefore, the emergence of Thunderbird allows TCL to re-energize the market in the field of smart black power. The I55's products are obviously high-priced alternatives for the public.