Storm TV released three televisions in a breath today. Their names are called Storm TV. There are three sizes: 42-inch, 50-inch, and 55-inch. Although this is a product that bears the title of Internet TV, it cannot be denied. The whole team of Storm TV is not a recruit in the TV industry, so this kind of product naturally attracts more attention. At present, we have received the 55-inch version of Storm TV. What kind of standard can TV achieve? This issue of "Walking into Storm TV" gives you the answer.
Appearance score high details need to be improved
For a TV, some consumers look at the picture quality, but there are also a large number of consumers look at the appearance, television as the living room's "main" electrical appliances, it has the task of highlighting the style of the room owner, so say The importance of appearance is self-evident. The appearance of the 55-inch Storm TV (hereinafter referred to as Storm TV), and my colleagues still gave a relatively high rating, first of all from the color, Phoenix received this TV with champagne gold color , And the positive use of a narrow border design, from the visual effect is positive impact is still very strong, but we will find after the screen is lit, storm TV or use a more tricky way, so that the screen ratio is higher .
In fact, in addition to the appearance of the TV itself, Storm TV has a small detail worth our attention - the power plug, storm TV's power connector is a common two-hole design, but the volume has been significantly reduced, L-type plug design is also adopted. The biggest advantage of this design is that when the user needs to install a storm TV wall mount, the power plug will never interfere with the installation of the TV, and even if the plug is exposed, it will not affect the overall vision. Beautiful.
Balanced sound quality without short board
We can see that the 55-inch version of Storm TV uses a very high level hardware configuration in the industry. The processor is the Amlogic T866 with four Cortex-A9 cores clocked at 1.8GHz and the GPU module is Mali-. 450 MP4, can easily support 4K resolution 30fps video playback. In addition, 2GB DDR3 running memory can meet the system's multi-tasking operation at this level of television. In actual operation, the system UI responds quickly and the screen is smooth.
The front part also mentioned that all the smart function-related hardware is integrated in the removable TVkit box. This very unique design allows Storm TV to have the ability to upgrade hardware compared to integrating the box in the speaker. In the approach, TVkit has lower upgrade costs. After all, video quality and content throughput are rapidly improving. Sooner or later, current hardware will face bottlenecks. For TV products that have been used for several years at a time, providing replaceable hardware functionality is more or less useful.
The screen is one of our most concerned parameters. In this respect, the performance of the 55-inch storm TV super TV is relatively satisfactory to us. This large-size LG IPS hard screen and other products with the same price, the inevitable color inequality, but the white-colored blocks are only concentrated in the bottom left and right corners of the screen, there is no large-scale proliferation, unless you Look at the black screen at night, otherwise it is almost impossible to notice the existence of this bright corner.
In terms of 4K resolution, the 55-inch Storm TV Super TV can drive each pixel independently, so in the picture below, small text can still be clearly identified. It is worth noting that many domestic TV products have trickery in this area, and the so-called "pseudo-4K" phenomenon will also occur. We are more than happy to see that the 55-inch storm TV super TV is still very hard in this regard.
In the color test, we found that the screen has a slight color bar phenomenon, and there is a certain gap with the top panel, but in line with the price of this product, and the same price performance of the product.
The last thing to say on the screen is the “left-eye†function of the Storm sign. We can think of it as similar to Sony TV's "Terry Charm" technology, which uses software algorithms to enhance the contrast and color saturation of video images. For the user, the screen effects brought by this software algorithm are much more direct and effective than the improvement of the screen hardware.
Finally, the sound effects, 50-inch and 55-inch Storm TV Super TV are built-in two 10W full-range speakers and two 5W tweeters. From a subjective auditory point of view, we believe that this product's extroverted effects are relatively balanced, and you will not feel that any one frequency sounds particularly prominent, nor does it feel very depressing. The overall resolving power of the sound is acceptable, and some sounds (such as musical instruments, vocals, etc.) still lack a real sense of texture. For ordinary users, the sound quality of Storm TV is sufficient, and for Hi-Fiers, you have to buy high-end speakers anyway.
Low cost of learning needs to be improved
After learning about the essence of Storm TV as a TV, let's take a look at some of the experiences of Storm TV as an Internet TV. As a qualified Internet TV is a very important point in the remote control, Storm TV's remote control draws on the shape of Apple TV and Xiaomi TV, from this point we can see that Storm TV hopes to have a simple remote control From this point, the arrow keys are controlled, the middle circle is the confirmation, the homepage, menu, return key, volume plus/minus button, there is a storm TV "Biu" button, other buttons are very easy to understand, and "Biu key" can quickly enter the three menus of library, source and viewing history.
From the perspective of learning costs, Storm's remote control still allows users to get started quickly. There are not so many complex newcomers that are more suitable for initial exposure to smart TVs. However, it should be noted that the remote control of the Storm TV uses infrared for remote control. In contrast, I personally prefer the Bluetooth remote control.
In terms of experience, the system UI of Storm TV is also a concise way of thinking. Home users can switch between different sources. On the right is the resource blocks lined up in rows. The most common is the movie and television. There are also music, games, and application markets. We can also see secondary menus in some sections, which are more humane. In the setup interface, we can see that Storm TV still adopts a simple style design. Many functions that are “not necessary†on the TV are directly deleted. For example, the debugging of ADB has not been found.
When I started using the remote control, I found that there was a certain degree of lag. However, after verification, I discovered that it was not an optimization problem. Instead, I was interested in Storm TV. In the response speed, there was no problem with Storm TV, but the animation effect. The slowness of deliberately doing is probably trying to create a smooth feeling, but from my personal point of view, I prefer to have no feeling of procrastination.
In terms of content, Storm TV cooperates with GICV to provide content, which means that in addition to the storm's own video resources, there will be content such as iQIYI, PPS, etc., and we have found out in the application market. The use of Mango TV and Hua Digital TV can be counted as supplementary content. Judging from the type of video resources, Storm TV has several major categories such as carousels, movies, TV dramas, and children. However, classifications such as “theatricalâ€, “specialistâ€, and “television†are more likely to cause confusion.
Of course, as a 4K resolution model Storm TV is an independent 4K channel, in this channel I chose a movie to watch, the speed is still to meet the demand, and 4K resources are already relatively abundant, However, most of the attractive films in the movie still require the VIP membership to watch. The free resources, in the "new" degree is not enough to force, more attractive. If you want resources, members are more reliable. Users can download various app software by installing sofa manager http:// to enrich other TV resources.
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to sum up
The appearance of Storm TV has a high degree of originality, especially the design of the speaker part is still very creative, but there are still room for improvement in some details. In terms of hardware specifications, Storm TV has reached the mainstream level, 4K panel is also satisfactory, and the TV kit upgrade is also a good idea. In terms of resources, if it is a member, it still has a lot of content to force, but if it is an ordinary user in the content part may be relatively weak. As an Internet TV, Storm TV's performance is sufficiently balanced. Although some details still have room for improvement, there is no obvious shortcoming.
Appearance score high details need to be improved
55 inch Storm TV
For a TV, some consumers look at the picture quality, but there are also a large number of consumers look at the appearance, television as the living room's "main" electrical appliances, it has the task of highlighting the style of the room owner, so say The importance of appearance is self-evident. The appearance of the 55-inch Storm TV (hereinafter referred to as Storm TV), and my colleagues still gave a relatively high rating, first of all from the color, Phoenix received this TV with champagne gold color , And the positive use of a narrow border design, from the visual effect is positive impact is still very strong, but we will find after the screen is lit, storm TV or use a more tricky way, so that the screen ratio is higher .
The bottom speaker has a stepped design
On the left is the Storm TV logo
There is a power indicator on the right
In terms of details, the front of Storm TV is very concise, and there are only some very personalized designs at the bottom. Storm TV has designed the speakers in a long bar under the screen, and this speaker and screen are not on a single plane. Stepped design, it is worth noting that the opening of the speaker is more care for beauty, and does not appear very abrupt, storm TV's logo "hidden" on the far left of this speaker, the right side also has a The power indicator, such a hidden design does enhance the certainty of Storm TV.
Brackets and overall style are a bit off
Most of the frontal design and details of Storm TV have been well received, but there is one part that appears to be somewhat "alternative" - ​​the bracket, storm TV's bracket uses a bolt-type design and screws, this kind of installation and fixation There is no problem with the method, but the surface of the bracket is chrome-plated and the rose gold color is selected. Although the front of the storm TV is basically gold-free, the frame and the bracket still have a distinct color, and in terms of style, chrome and metal There are also obvious visual differences between drawing. If the bracket can be sandblasted and used Champagne Gold, the visual effect will be better.
The transitional rounded edge of the border also handles the more detailed
The back design of the Storm TV is very interesting, because the speaker design in the bottom of the fuselage, so the convex part of the back of the fuselage is irregular rectangular, convex area has also been significantly reduced. The back of Storm TV used a large area of ​​metal brushing effect, matching the color of champagne gold, giving a relatively full sense of quality, and the buddies have played a relatively high score for the back face value of Storm TV, it can be said The design still caters to the preferences of most people.
Rose gold back panel on the back
Body side
Thickness control is also good
The thickness of the Storm TV is still well controlled, the thinnest part is only half of the one dollar coin, and because the speaker is placed at the bottom, the storm TV is really thin from the visual effect. Remove the bottom of the speakers, the highlight of the Storm TV is the most central area of ​​this TV, and in the interface Storm TV has 3 HDMI interfaces from top to bottom, a USB 3.0 interface, two USB 2.0 interfaces, an AV input Interface, a fiber interface and a network cable interface.
Interfaces are on this side
TV kit is the core function of Storm TV
This 3 HDMI interface and USB 3.0 interface is the heart of the entire storm TV - TV kit, which is storm TV main split design, support for subsequent hardware upgrades. We can see there is a knob behind the HDMI interface. After unlocking the rotation, the TV kit can be taken out. In the future, if Storm TV introduces a new generation of products, the old users of Storm TV can upgrade the TV kit. Improve the performance of Storm TV. There is a joystick on the left side of the entire TV back panel. Through this joystick, the user can control the arrow keys and confirm the function.
Easy to use joystick
Power plug design is very flattering
The size is only one dollar coin size
In fact, in addition to the appearance of the TV itself, Storm TV has a small detail worth our attention - the power plug, storm TV's power connector is a common two-hole design, but the volume has been significantly reduced, L-type plug design is also adopted. The biggest advantage of this design is that when the user needs to install a storm TV wall mount, the power plug will never interfere with the installation of the TV, and even if the plug is exposed, it will not affect the overall vision. Beautiful.
Balanced sound quality without short board
We can see that the 55-inch version of Storm TV uses a very high level hardware configuration in the industry. The processor is the Amlogic T866 with four Cortex-A9 cores clocked at 1.8GHz and the GPU module is Mali-. 450 MP4, can easily support 4K resolution 30fps video playback. In addition, 2GB DDR3 running memory can meet the system's multi-tasking operation at this level of television. In actual operation, the system UI responds quickly and the screen is smooth.
Storm TV Kit
Has 3 HDMI interfaces and one USB 3.0 interface
The front part also mentioned that all the smart function-related hardware is integrated in the removable TVkit box. This very unique design allows Storm TV to have the ability to upgrade hardware compared to integrating the box in the speaker. In the approach, TVkit has lower upgrade costs. After all, video quality and content throughput are rapidly improving. Sooner or later, current hardware will face bottlenecks. For TV products that have been used for several years at a time, providing replaceable hardware functionality is more or less useful.
The screen is one of our most concerned parameters. In this respect, the performance of the 55-inch storm TV super TV is relatively satisfactory to us. This large-size LG IPS hard screen and other products with the same price, the inevitable color inequality, but the white-colored blocks are only concentrated in the bottom left and right corners of the screen, there is no large-scale proliferation, unless you Look at the black screen at night, otherwise it is almost impossible to notice the existence of this bright corner.
Black screen test
In terms of 4K resolution, the 55-inch Storm TV Super TV can drive each pixel independently, so in the picture below, small text can still be clearly identified. It is worth noting that many domestic TV products have trickery in this area, and the so-called "pseudo-4K" phenomenon will also occur. We are more than happy to see that the 55-inch storm TV super TV is still very hard in this regard.
In the color test, we found that the screen has a slight color bar phenomenon, and there is a certain gap with the top panel, but in line with the price of this product, and the same price performance of the product.
Color bar test
The last thing to say on the screen is the “left-eye†function of the Storm sign. We can think of it as similar to Sony TV's "Terry Charm" technology, which uses software algorithms to enhance the contrast and color saturation of video images. For the user, the screen effects brought by this software algorithm are much more direct and effective than the improvement of the screen hardware.
Finally, the sound effects, 50-inch and 55-inch Storm TV Super TV are built-in two 10W full-range speakers and two 5W tweeters. From a subjective auditory point of view, we believe that this product's extroverted effects are relatively balanced, and you will not feel that any one frequency sounds particularly prominent, nor does it feel very depressing. The overall resolving power of the sound is acceptable, and some sounds (such as musical instruments, vocals, etc.) still lack a real sense of texture. For ordinary users, the sound quality of Storm TV is sufficient, and for Hi-Fiers, you have to buy high-end speakers anyway.
Low cost of learning needs to be improved
After learning about the essence of Storm TV as a TV, let's take a look at some of the experiences of Storm TV as an Internet TV. As a qualified Internet TV is a very important point in the remote control, Storm TV's remote control draws on the shape of Apple TV and Xiaomi TV, from this point we can see that Storm TV hopes to have a simple remote control From this point, the arrow keys are controlled, the middle circle is the confirmation, the homepage, menu, return key, volume plus/minus button, there is a storm TV "Biu" button, other buttons are very easy to understand, and "Biu key" can quickly enter the three menus of library, source and viewing history.
Remote control design is very simple
Several functions of "Biu key"
From the perspective of learning costs, Storm's remote control still allows users to get started quickly. There are not so many complex newcomers that are more suitable for initial exposure to smart TVs. However, it should be noted that the remote control of the Storm TV uses infrared for remote control. In contrast, I personally prefer the Bluetooth remote control.
Storm TV main interface
In terms of experience, the system UI of Storm TV is also a concise way of thinking. Home users can switch between different sources. On the right is the resource blocks lined up in rows. The most common is the movie and television. There are also music, games, and application markets. We can also see secondary menus in some sections, which are more humane. In the setup interface, we can see that Storm TV still adopts a simple style design. Many functions that are “not necessary†on the TV are directly deleted. For example, the debugging of ADB has not been found.
Individual plate has secondary menu
When I started using the remote control, I found that there was a certain degree of lag. However, after verification, I discovered that it was not an optimization problem. Instead, I was interested in Storm TV. In the response speed, there was no problem with Storm TV, but the animation effect. The slowness of deliberately doing is probably trying to create a smooth feeling, but from my personal point of view, I prefer to have no feeling of procrastination.
Collaborate with GICV to provide video resources
Several video applications can be found in the app store
In terms of content, Storm TV cooperates with GICV to provide content, which means that in addition to the storm's own video resources, there will be content such as iQIYI, PPS, etc., and we have found out in the application market. The use of Mango TV and Hua Digital TV can be counted as supplementary content. Judging from the type of video resources, Storm TV has several major categories such as carousels, movies, TV dramas, and children. However, classifications such as “theatricalâ€, “specialistâ€, and “television†are more likely to cause confusion.
4K resources are still more
The speed of resources is also fast enough
There are many resources for the need for membership
Of course, as a 4K resolution model Storm TV is an independent 4K channel, in this channel I chose a movie to watch, the speed is still to meet the demand, and 4K resources are already relatively abundant, However, most of the attractive films in the movie still require the VIP membership to watch. The free resources, in the "new" degree is not enough to force, more attractive. If you want resources, members are more reliable. Users can download various app software by installing sofa manager http:// to enrich other TV resources.
to sum up
The appearance of Storm TV has a high degree of originality, especially the design of the speaker part is still very creative, but there are still room for improvement in some details. In terms of hardware specifications, Storm TV has reached the mainstream level, 4K panel is also satisfactory, and the TV kit upgrade is also a good idea. In terms of resources, if it is a member, it still has a lot of content to force, but if it is an ordinary user in the content part may be relatively weak. As an Internet TV, Storm TV's performance is sufficiently balanced. Although some details still have room for improvement, there is no obvious shortcoming.