The most stunning curved TV Thunderbird I55C-UI evaluation

In addition to the change in the main brands, there has been a greater degree of innovation in television technology over the years. The earliest evolution from the convex screen to the now more popular curved surface television, the greater visual field space and perspective brings a better use experience, but in order to stand out in the market where the homogenization phenomenon is serious, an excellent TV The product must have a balanced configuration and highlights. The Thunderbird Curve TV I55C-UI recently released can be said to be such a masterpiece.

Ovid Cloud Network data shows that the proportion of curved TV market in China will reach 8.5% in 2017. It can be seen that the curved surface TVs provide more space for design and innovation, and can satisfy consumer demand for TVs from more dimensions. . The Thunderbird I55C-UI surface TV can be said to have a high facial appearance, a huge video resource, and a perfect picture quality. It happened to have arrived in the Chinese evaluation room. Today, the author will bring you an article about this TV. A detailed evaluation to see if this TV is worth our purchase.

Appearance: Concise design with integrated design

Thunderbird I55C-UI as an Internet TV, it can be said that the traditional TV high-detailed display and more stylish appearance combined, "song art from heaven" product slogan also highlights its own user experience Confidence. One of the biggest highlights of the I55C-UI's appearance is the 4000R's golden curvature, which is the golden curvature of the television industry and was rated as the curvature that best fits the eyeball design.

I believe many people will ask, why is 4000 considered golden curvature? The current market can be said to have curved TV with 3000R and 4000R curvature screens. The 4000R curvature screen has the same curvature as the curvature of the human eyeball. It can make every point of the TV reach the eyes completely equidistant, relieve the pressure and vision of the brain. Fatigue brings a comfortable and healthy quality experience. We will make specific assessments of the quality of the image in the following paragraphs.

Let's go back to the appearance of this TV. Although the overall appearance of the Thunderbird I55C-UI is very tough, every line shows a light streamline concept. At the same time, it also uses an integrated body design, in addition to the base outside the screw hole is hidden, the whole machine can not see a screw hole outside, at first glance it gives us a simple, atmospheric visual experience, Underneath the fuselage with a crescent-shaped breathing light, this can be said to have become a signature design of Thunderbird TV.

Thunderbird I55C-UI constantly breaks through the boundary of borders through technological innovations, achieves ultra-narrow micro borders, and uses diamond-shaped bevel transitions. With curved screen designs, visually speaking, the screen and frame are seamlessly compatible, and the frame is visually enhanced. Weakening brings more amazing and comfortable viewing results. At the same time, the design of this kind of machine has a frame, and it also sturdies its own design. It can be said to serve two purposes. The home is obviously brighter.

The aerospace aluminum alloy is used for the base and the frame. The titanium air limit base adopts a metal texture and a triangular structure. It firmly grips the water level and displays firmly. It not only conforms to engineering principles, but also perfectly integrates elegance and strength, no matter where it is placed. Can instantly enhance the sense of home decoration, and even can bring a touch of artwork.

Interface, Thunderbird I55C-UI can be said sincerity, it has three support 4K output HDMI port, a USB3.0 interface, in addition to the design of digital audio output, network input, antenna input and AV input interface, for The old user also designed an analog antenna interface, highlighting the details in the details. If you suspect that the interface adapter is too hard to organize, you can hide it with the included cover to prevent damage to the integrated aesthetics. In the lower right corner of the back of the fuselage has a power button and a USB interface, easy to insert peripherals such as U disk, game controller, etc. at the same time, at the same time under the logo on the back also designed cooling vents.

The remote control is followed by a classic chocolate-type button, factory-like leather protective cover, key-way key feedback is also very good. The feel of the touch is very apt, the overall function is not much different from the previous one, and the user should have no problem with it. In addition, the remote control is also equipped with voice operation buttons, I believe that for the elderly and children's use of great help. About speech operation will be described in detail later!

With the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, users are demanding a higher level of appearance in addition to the quality requirements of television. After all, for most families, a high-value TV is placed in the home. One of the necessary considerations for the decoration. If you do not have the right choice, it will greatly affect the overall beauty of the living room. From the appearance of the value and process point of view, Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI can be quite attractive, but also with a variety of home decoration style match.

4K ultimate visual quality

Thunderbird curved TV I55C-UI hardware performance is also more powerful, it uses the Mstar 838A + Mali T820 with 2G + 16G storage portfolio, which for the SOC due to balanced and stable performance is widely used in mainstream television, up to 1.7GHz The clock frequency, using four 64-bit Cortex A53 architecture cores, ensures the stability and fluency of the TV system control, and also ensures the powerful video decoding capability of the Thunderbird TV I55C surface.

Thunderbird Curve TV I55C-UI not only has 4000R's golden curvature, but also uses a 4K ultra-high-definition screen (with a screen resolution of 3840*2160). To know that many 4K TVs in the market are fake 4K, shoddy, consumer complaints are common. The Thunderbird I55C-UI is one of the very few TV products that actually use the top 4K panels. In addition, it also supports a variety of picture quality technologies such as HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG, and Light Sensor, all of which make the Thunderbird TV I55C-UI The picture quality is more outstanding and it can be said that it is far better than ordinary 4K TV products. At the same time, with built-in HDR technology, basically any scene can be easily dealt with, allowing consumers to enjoy a more refined quality experience. Of course, we still need to verify the actual quality of the picture.

In the color transition test, the middle square of the color chart of the Thunderbird I55-UI is overly obvious, the separation between the blue tip and the green tip is very obvious, and the transition of the red color at the tip is also quite satisfactory, in line with the current television. The mainstream level of the market.

At the same time, Thunderbird Curved TV I55C-UI has no obvious traces of light leakage. In addition to color and black and white tests, we can see that the color panel is clear and without stripes, and the black and white blocks are basically unambiguous. This kind of performance is very similar. outstanding.

For different picture quality under different circumstances, Thunderbird curved surface TV I55C-UI also deep cut HDR, it supports full ecological HDR, can perfectly decode all tested HDR video sources, of course, decoding is one thing, can It is another thing to show that HDR should have the effect it should have. The 4K HDR stretches the dynamics between bright and dark fields by increasing the brightness of the TV. It can be more detailed in some details. It can be seen from the HDR film proofs that the highlights and shadows of the picture have been very detailed. With a good expression, the scenes are restored in more detail, the true visual enjoyment is restored to the maximum extent, and the screen is more layered.

In the high-contrast 4K impact test, the silhouette of the model's clothes is clearly visible, and the human skin color is not biased, and the highlights and shadows are also excellent.

As can be seen from the above figure, the overall brightness and dark details of the picture are more prominent. No matter whether it is portrait, artwork or food, it is very transparent and the dark details are also clearly presented. Especially the proofs of the horizontal platter, each color is very rich, saturation is very good, even better than the traditional manufacturers do.

MEMC motion compensation, especially for sports events, has a very good optimized output. After turning on, there will be no image smearing when watching high-speed sports movies and sports events. In the basketball game, the fast running characters do not There is a mosaic or a petton, and the picture is very smooth.

It is worth mentioning that, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI also deeply cultivating eye protection function, there is a unique mixed dimming patented technology, to minimize the viewer's eyestrain. And also has anti-blue eye mode, allowing users to watch TV more healthy.

UI and resources: resource-rich system is easy to use quickly

In the era of the Internet of Everything, it is important to determine the quality and value of a TV. Besides, the system UI and its own resources are also important. So how will Thunderbird TV I55C-UI accomplish this?

It can be said that the system has become an important part of smart TV. It dominates the interaction and manipulation of television. Whether it is humanized or whether the built-in resources are rich directly affects the user's experience. Many smart TVs have already suffered from user criticism on the system. Thunderbird Curved TV I55C-UI uses a deeply optimized FFUI system. The interaction is still relatively rapid, and it is more in line with the Chinese people's control habits. Its diamond-shaped design UI complements the icon interface and product appearance. At the same time, the main interface panel supports customization. The users are arranged according to their own needs and will not be subject to system function hijacking. The author of a new experience.

Specifically, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI built-in FFUI still take the simple line. Divided module makes the classification more clear. The main interface navigation mainly includes Thunderbird Channel, homepage, film and television, VIP, applications, sports, shopping, K songs, and other popular major sections.

First of all, let's look at the Thunderbird Channel, which is the carousel content provided by Thunderbird TV. If you don't really want to watch a movie, you can choose to enter the Thunderbird Channel to watch it. The overall picture quality of movies, children, games, variety shows, stars and other omni-directional video resources is very good. Even if the animation works of the last century, “Cats and Rats” can also perform better in quality, it can also be based on the user’s private use. Custom/collection, the entire Thunderbird Channel does not include any advertisements.

Thunderbird TV I55C-UI built-in application store resources are also very rich, mainstream applications readily available, also has a detailed classification and download rankings, diversification indicators can help you easily find the software you want, also supports USB external installation Software, all you want are basic;

Thunderbird TV I55C-UI also comes with a TV guard, which can not only remove garbage at any time, improve the operating speed, but also to meet more family needs, such as the child lock shown in the figure above, can be against time or Downloading a good app is timed/full-locked so that even adults can go out and prevent children from becoming obsessed with TV or games.

The sports area is also a very commendable design. It not only provides video content for events such as the NBA, Champions League, and CBA, but also provides a series of fitness content. In this age of fitness for all, it is easy for users to take daily fitness punches.

For many of the 80's and 90's, they went to work hard in the field and had rare encounters with their parents in the past few years. Thunderbird TV I55C-UI helps us to maximize the distance between ourselves and their loved ones. With its built-in home circle, it only requires a simple operation to use TV to communicate with relatives, and 4K curved TV video. The effect is by no means comparable with the general mobile phone/Pad, face-to-face communication with anytime, anywhere.

The education section can better help children's learning and development. Thunderbird TV I55C-UI provides primary, middle and high school learning content, so that learning and entertainment are correct and parents can rest assured.

Built-in multi-screen interactive function, a few simple steps to make your own variety of terminals to connect to the TV, enjoy the powerful visual effects of 4K curved TV, Imagine using a mobile phone as a handle, with a large 55-inch screen to play "King of the glory" want to The king is not mad?

For many young people, it has become more and more people's choice to go to the K group. Thunderbird TV I55C-UI also supports the K song function, I did not have to worry about the pro-test song copyright issues, nowadays the vast majority of popular hot songs can be found, but also the sound effects, tone, all-round adjustment. Find three or five friends during the holidays, you can easily sing K at home, have it, you have a family K room.

It is worth mentioning that the Thunderbird TV I55C-UI also supports the WeChat connection function. After the scan code has been authorized between the TV and the mobile phone, we can not only use the mobile phone to remotely control the TV, but also can use the interesting videos and photos in the mobile phone. Transmitting to the TV, using 4K large surfaces to share happiness in life, is perhaps a double happiness.

There is no doubt that the current voice manipulation has become one of the essential qualities of smart TVs. The Thunderbird TV I55C-UI naturally will not drop such a function. It can understand your voice commands, and in a word, it will satisfy you. .

After the actual experience of the author, whether it is to watch their favorite guardian, movie, or query the weather, open the application, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI can give the author a very good response speed, not only that, say "put some music After the instruction, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI directly opened the built-in QQ music for us. It is still very smart. In general, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI voice performance is still quite good, in addition to improving work efficiency, but also can help them to complete the TV control in a short time, and increase the reduction in learning.

Having finished the system UI, let's take a look at the performance of Thunderbird TV I55C-UI in terms of resource content. At the same time, we have Tencent video and global broadcast video resources. In addition to the broadcast of movies and other resources, there are users who can choose The single broadcast service provided is sufficient to meet the daily viewing needs of users.

Specifically, Tencent’s video covers the current mainstream popular film and television works and variety shows. The global broadcast can also be used to fill Tencent videos in terms of film and television resources. It can allow users to see movie-size movies in the first place. For the first time, the author of the powerful alliance saw her. My mother never had to worry that I couldn't find a movie I wanted to watch.

It is worth mentioning that Tencent's video content includes sports content, and brought high-quality NBA and other competition programs for Thunderbird TV I55C-UI. The previously mentioned MEMC motion compensation technology also has its best use. .

At the same time, the author also learned that Thunderbird TV I55C-UI will also maintain daily updates to the video library, in a timely manner to ensure that it has the latest video content resources, allowing users to enjoy such a desired movie in the first time.

Sound quality: Inverted speaker design is amazing

As the television becomes thinner and thinner, the remaining space for the speaker becomes relatively smaller and smaller. Few manufacturers will use sound quality as a publicity gimmick. Many users have also started to use external speakers to expand sound effects. However, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI this time another way, using a new inverted speaker design, with the Conchs sound sound system, support for DOLBY, DTS dual decoding technology, set the hardware and software as a whole, the overall sound quality is still very good.

After actual measurement, the sound level of Thunderbird TV I55C-UI is obviously good, and it can create a surround sound field with a sense of space and surrounding. After the sound enhancement and music mode is turned on, the sound effect is more natural: high pitched, sweet, and midrange Full, deep bass, I believe you will suddenly find out why each song is so nice.

In addition, Thunderbird I55C-UI equipped with Bluetooth listening function, support for mobile phone Bluetooth to connect TV to play music and turn off the TV display, while reducing the energy loss, to achieve both the music and very environmental protection effect, this conscience design will believe Get a lot of music people of all ages.

Evaluation summary

In general, regardless of the appearance of value, system UI, content resources, quality or sound quality, Thunderbird TV I55C-UI performance is quite good, largely beyond the author's expectations.

Thunderbird TV is a smart product launched by Thunderbird Technology, a high-end Internet brand under TCL. It inherits TCL's many years of product R&D experience in television technology. Appearance has 4000R gold curvature of the surface and aviation aluminum frame makes Thunderbird TV I55C-UI show high-end grade, plus the high level of technology on the side, can be seamlessly integrated into the home decoration system; 4000R golden curvature , HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG, Light Sensor, etc. ensure the core image quality of the I55C-UI; FFUI is not only fashionable but also very easy to use, rich resource advantages to make the whole machine more connotation, in the same price products Very competitive. So recently there are friends to buy 55-inch 4K curved TV plans, this Thunderbird TV I55C-UI may really be considered.