IT168? Evaluation On March 29th, TCL held a spring product launch conference in Beijing, and launched a brand-new Internet brand Thunderbird TV. Thunderbird TV, as the last Internet TV launched by a traditional manufacturer, came a little late, but it is indeed the most understandable Internet TV brand in Internet thinking. In terms of hardware technology, relying on TCL's strong R&D ability, we integrate the video resources of Tencent Video and Youku, and bring more perfect content to users. Combined with the most popular artificial intelligence, cloud computing and e-commerce sales methods, we began to break into Internet smart TV. By learning from each other's strengths, we can make an Internet smart TV that is more in line with the needs of users.

Just when the industry practitioners didn't understand TCL Thunderbird TV, on May 19th, after a lapse of more than one month, Thunderbird once again brought a brand-new curved TV-Thunderbird I55C-UI. It has the advantages of 4K resolution curved screen, ecological HDR technology and intelligent operation. At the same time, its image quality, color reproduction, brightness fine control and other aspects are properly controlled, which is comparable to or even exceeds that of international panel manufacturers. Today, we are lucky enough to get this 55-inch I55C-UI curved TV for the first time. Next, we will evaluate this TV from many aspects such as appearance, image quality, intelligent control and content, and give a relatively pertinent evaluation. Is this TV worth buying?

Editor's comment: This song? Art from nature "curved TV has 4R gold curved surface, which perfectly fits the radian of eyeball. The ViewMax field of vision is generated, and the ultra-narrow bezel with unique curved screen design not only captures the beauty of people's appearance, but also makes people feel immersive. Brand-new integrated design, each line outlines a light and smooth feeling, and builds a unique face like a diamond. Aviation aluminum alloy frame and hollow base, no matter where they are placed at home, are a carefully savored work of art.

detailed explanation of the appearance of 4R golden curvature

One of the biggest highlights in the appearance of Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI is the curved surface design, with a curvature as high as 4r, which can be called the golden curvature, and it is also the most suitable curvature for eyeball design. The simple black tone is decorated with a silver frame and a base, which is simple and fashionable, and is very compatible with the modern home decoration style.

Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI adopts the most popular all-metal ultra-thin body and narrow frame design, and the frame is polished to the extreme, so as to finally create an ultra-high screen ratio and a wider picture when watching TV.

The integrated fuselage is screw-free, and at the same time, the middle part adopts a functional metal waistline that integrates shielding and beauty, centralized storage and wiring management, and exquisite wire management, which cleverly hides some wires and makes the back more clean and tidy.

The base is novel in design and exquisite in materials. The unique triangular metal hollow base not only conforms to the engineering principle, but also perfectly combines elegance and strength. More importantly, the fuselage combines elegance and stability perfectly. No matter where it is placed at home, it can instantly enhance the beauty of home decoration.

the most surprising design is that it is equipped with an independent USB2. interface on the side of the power switch, which does not conflict with other interfaces and is very convenient to use.

There are many interfaces, such as network cable interface, USB3. and HDMI, which basically cover the most popular TV interfaces at present. Rich interfaces can meet the needs of daily expansion.

The remote controller abandons the traditional digital key remote controller and adopts a more concise design mode, with navigation keys and function keys, and supports voice control, which is convenient for the elderly and children to operate and use. The more practical voice control is analyzed in detail below.

summary: the design of the curved screen is like a work of art in the living room. The reasonable back design adopts the design scheme of storage and line arrangement, which is beautiful and practical.

detailed picture quality explanation of Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI

One of the most core standards of TV is picture quality. Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI uses 4K ultra-high definition screen. What is its picture quality effect? We took out a more professional instrument BM-7 to test it. Before the test, we set the specific picture quality performance parameters of Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI as follows: When the default LED backlight is adjusted to the maximum, the NTSC color gamut reaches 79.83%. On the whole, it is excellent, colorful and vivid, which is more in line with the visual experience when watching videos.

▲ Thunderbird I55C-UI color gamut performance

As a 4K ultra-high-definition TV, the performance of picture details is also worthy of attention. Let's release a set of real ultra-high-definition pictures and videos. It is inevitable that the screen shot will be slightly distorted, but we can still see the accuracy of color performance and the nature of transition through the comparison of different pictures. Can clearly see the actual performance of Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI.

▲ ultra-high-definition picture shooting

▲ ultra-high-definition picture shooting

▲ ultra-high-definition picture shooting

▲ ultra-high-definition picture shooting

What is the effect of Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI on moving pictures? We restore the TV to the factory settings. In the default mode, we can check the dynamic definition and watch it at close range, so it is difficult to identify the smear phenomenon, and even if we watch it for a long time, it will not bring dizziness. During the test, we played local files, and there was no frame skipping during the full HD or 4K ultra-clear resources. The playback was smooth, and the fast-forward and fast-backward operation was also very sensitive, and the decoding ability of the whole TV was fully reflected.

▲ Dynamic Definition Test Film Source

▲ Dynamic Definition Test Film Source

More importantly, Thunderbird I55C-UI TV supports mainstream HDR standards including HDR1, Dolby Vision and HLG, which means Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI supports 4K HDR movies, and this video format will be in the actual playback process.

▲4K HDR format movie playback test

Summary: The overall picture quality is excellent, the color reproduction is true and natural, the color transition is smooth, the dynamic picture effect is good, and the color reproduction is true and natural.

Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI system and operability analysis

The system is the soul of TV, and besides the picture quality, the system is an important part of TV. It dominates the interaction and control of TV, and the quality of the system directly affects the user experience. Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI adopts deeply optimized FFUI system, which achieves super-fast and super-simple second-speed response in control response, and its usage habit is more in line with Chinese control habits. The diamond-shaped UI interface is more dynamic and energetic, adding more interest to life, with richer UI content, clearer structure and more delicate presentation. User-friendly plate customization, users distribute and arrange according to their own needs, and customize a TV of their own.

▲ Thunderbird I55C-UI TV main UI interface

After flattening, the UI design is more fashionable and concise. Modular structure display, clearer structure, more conducive to content search. Page navigation mainly includes Thunderbird channel, home page, movies, VIP, applications, sports, shopping, karaoke and other major sections, which basically cover the daily application needs of family users of all ages. At the same time, the main interface supports DIY, and users can make classification adjustments according to their own needs.

▲ main UI subscription channel adjustment

Thunderbird channel content can be customized by users, and the channel content can be changed according to personal habits, so that personal favorite content can be seen more conveniently and quickly.

▲ Customize Thunderbird channel content

▲ Movie channel

▲VIP channel

▲ Application channel

▲ Shopping channel

▲ karaoke channel

▲ Game channel

In the actual experience, the overall control switching of the above main interfaces is very smooth, the response speed is extremely fast, and there is no switching between different interfaces. The following is a video demonstration of the switching effect between various interfaces.

in addition to the normal remote control to control the TV, Thunderbird I55C-UI TV also supports voice control. As long as you say what you want to watch by voice, the TV will automatically search to push the content and control the TV at the same time. When a voice-on-demand ode to joy is issued, the TV will automatically jump to the recently hit ode to joy.

▲ Ode to Joy by Voice Control

▲ Fast-forward by Voice Control

▲ Pause by Voice Control

▲ Start by Voice Control

Thunderbird TV supports the search of movie and television resources in addition to simple commands. When Deng Chao's movie is released, the interface will automatically push out the movie resources starring Deng Chao.

▲ Voice output of Deng Chao's movies

▲ Search results show that Thunderbird Curved TV I55C-UI, the main movie in Deng Chao, also supports a wider range of specific demand content search, such as "I want to watch action movies", which pushes out the content about action movies, including a collection of various action movies, so that you can watch enough at one time.

▲ Voice control demonstration

▲ Voice control demonstration

Summary: The system is simple in control and supports intelligent voice control, which is convenient for the elderly and children. Humanized trump card channel and main column customization make TV understand the master's heart better. The flat design scheme is adopted in the UI interface, which is beautiful and generous.

detailed explanation of Thunderbird TV I55C-UI online video resources

As an Internet TV resource, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI naturally belongs to one of its strengths. In terms of resources, it adopts the way of aggregating Internet resources, and through in-depth content cooperation with Tencent, it has more than 6 million hours of exclusive resources and self-made content of genuine copyrighted movies, TV series, variety shows, sports, animations and fine products. More than 1, films cover most Chinese cinema films, and the top products of the six major Hollywood film giants are constantly flowing, and they are updated day and night to ensure that users can have the latest content to watch.

▲ cinema blockbuster resources

▲ cinema blockbuster resources video demonstration

▲ TV drama resources video demonstration

Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI, as an Internet brand owned by TCL, naturally integrates many advantages of TCL, so Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI integrates the unique global broadcast content of TCL TV. This is a unique resource that other TVs don't have. At present, the premiere cinema is the only home movie player in China that has been certified by an authoritative organization, providing users with the hottest movies synchronized with the cinema schedule, most of which are free, and some of the latest blockbusters need to be paid to watch. The actual experience price is 5 yuan money, which is much more favorable than that of cinemas. At the same time, he also supports the post-payment mode, so you can look at the payment first.

▲ Global broadcasting service

▲ Support for watching first and then paying

▲ Unique content resources for world premiere

Summary: There are abundant online video resources, covering the most popular film and television resources at present. At the same time, the unique global blockbuster allows consumers to enjoy the fun brought by the blockbuster without leaving home.

intelligent application and evaluation summary of Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI

Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI, as an Internet smart TV, not only has Internet resources, but also has the function of intelligent application expansion. Improve the endurance and playability of TV through the expansion of application programs. Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI has many practical and fun applications built in. Users of these applications can uninstall and update themselves, and at the same time, they can go to the app store to download more programs for better expansion.

▲ App Store interface

▲ Built-in applications

At present, there are hundreds of applications in the App Store, and most of them are customized versions for TV. Although the resources are not comparable to those of mobile phones, these applications fully meet the TV display. It is these super-large screen displays that make these applications better displayed, especially those for food.

▲ Gourmet TV Edition

▲ Various food shows

▲ Food production process

In terms of games, Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI can download and experience TV games through the built-in game center. The game covers a variety of TV games such as handles and remote controllers, and a variety of games support simultaneous control of handles and remote controllers, so users can choose according to their own needs. Many of them are highly playable, and it takes a long time to play one every day, and the content will be updated irregularly.

▲ demonstration of handle and remote control

▲ screenshot of lightning game

▲ screenshot of lightning game

In the game experience, we downloaded the shooting game Thunder. It has a certain demand for the picture response, but in the actual experience, the flight of the plane and the firing of bullets are very fast. Even when entering the customs, many bullets and obstacles fly around, and the TV Boss not appear stuck, and the overall fluency is also very high.

▲ karaoke interface

▲ karaoke interface

Besides games, Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI has another more important application, that is karaoke. Do not leave home to meet the vision of karaoke, and at the same time do not need other external equipment, link the microphone to karaoke. The classification is also very simple, and it is very convenient to find various resources, which can be comparable to KTV. More importantly, Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI is equipped with Conchs sound high-end audio system, which integrates software and hardware, adopts inverted speaker design, and has a very good sense of sound layering. Dolby's 36 surround sound field and all-round sense of encirclement make you feel like you are at a concert in karaoke, so you are the king of karaoke in reality.

Test conclusion: Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI, as an Internet sub-brand of TCL, has inherited TCL's years of product research and development experience in TV technology, with exquisite production materials and exquisite and fashionable design. The refreshing 4R golden curvature brings an immersive impression. In terms of image quality, the improvement of 4K resolution and wide color gamut is also very obvious, and the image quality is more gorgeous and real. In terms of content resources, through the deep integration of Internet resources, it has brought users more latest video resources such as movies, TV series and variety shows, and inherited TCL's global broadcasting business, allowing you to enjoy the latest ultra-high-definition movie resources without leaving home. In addition to exquisite design, excellent picture quality and rich online video resources, Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI can get a good experience in maneuverability and extended attributes, and Dolby audio decoding technology is built in the sound effect, so the sound quality is natural and true, and the sound is pleasant to listen to. It can be said that Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI is also very balanced in all aspects, so a brand-new Internet smart TV is destined to become the new protagonist in the living room.

the price of Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI 55-inch is 3999 yuan, which is among the best in the same size. More importantly, it adopts 4R golden curvature, which makes the viewing more shocking. Thunderbird in terms of image quality and online video resources.