Recently, the storm held a press conference and launched the first storm super TVs to enter the color TV industry. It attracted attention with many innovations such as rose gold full metal appearance and plug-in split design. Recently, we received a 55-inch storm 55B. This product is priced at 4,398 yuan. Let's take a look at this smart TV under the storm.
industrial design
Storm TV 55B uses a rose gold all-metal look, split design, from a visual point of view is a more distinctive TV.
In the design, the storm super body TV uses a rose gold color, the base, frame, backplane, speakers and other areas are all using a rose gold color.
Storm Super TV uses a plug-in split design, the CPU and GPU and other core hardware are integrated in a hot-swappable Tvkit (TV host), the user can later replace the Tvkit, to complete the TV upgrade.
The design of Storm TV 55B also has its own characteristics. The slightly reddish rose gold color is rare and has a certain degree of recognition.
Work materials
A good television must work hard in this regard. Because the border material, whether the integrated production process is not only aesthetic problems, but also affect the leakage of LCD TVs, affecting the quality.
Storm TV 55B uses metal brushed edges, metal brushed backplanes, and metal bases, which are commendable from the point of view.
In order to make the base rose, frame, back plate, horn and other areas of rose gold consistent in color, Storm TV 55B adopts four different processes: integrated bending and engraving, high-temperature melting die-casting, steel plated galvanized one-hole punching and steel plate punching and cutting.
Storm TV 55B frame material 3 points, frame process 3 points, base material 3 points, back shell material 3 points, back shell process 3 points, a total of 15 points.
Internal dismantling
After watching outside the interior, the next step is to dismantle the part. After removing the back shell, we can see that Storm TV 55B separates the smart part, which is based on its split design. The overall layout is three boards.
There is an electromagnetic shield on the color processing part, which is better for signal stability.
From the perspective of internal dismantling, the interior work materials for Storm TV 55B are quite satisfactory.
Sound quality experience
See the audio section below. Storm TV 55B pays attention to the sound quality. The sound design adopts a symmetric passive filter architecture design, and the tweeter has a positive forward design, which can facilitate user reception.
According to reports, Storm TV has a dbx-tv intelligent sound system, according to the current viewing content intelligent identification, automatically switch the most appropriate sound mode, optimize the sense of presence and sight.
The sound quality experience of Storm TV 55B was very good.
Quality experience
According to official sources, Storm TV 55B uses blue chip + RG high color phosphor technology, up to 89% NTSC color gamut. The storm also used the left-eye engine technology of Storm Video on the TV to improve the picture quality by inserting frames.
In terms of picture quality, we tested the quality of this product by performing quality tests such as “Super HiVi Cast†and other tests on the color transitions, contrast ratios, and the ability to restore three primary colors of TVs. The test pictures were taken in the standard mode (for digital reference only after the screen shots were taken for multiple digital conversions after the shooting and the reader's display device performance was not the same).
From the color ladder screen above, you can see the overall color transition of Storm TV 55B. The dividing line between each color block is clearly visible. The transition of the red color block at the tip of the triangle is clear, and the transition of the color blocks at the green and blue tips is not clear.
In the contrast test, the performance of Storm TV 55B is shown above. In the picture above, the model is dressed in a black background in a black background. The details on the clothes are not clear; the white model is performing well and the folds on the clothes are also displayed.
Overall, the quality experience of Storm TV 55B is at an intermediate level in LCD TVs.
System operation
Storm TV 55B is based on the Android system and uses its own style UI. The feature is that each icon has a rounded rectangle design. When the menu option is popped up, the background will be Gaussian blurred. Below each category icon is a small icon of common function options, users do not need to enter the category to click on the use of a menu. The wind UI also supports the mobile phone to shake the stream to the TV screen, and the mobile phone is selected to watch the big screen.
The wind UI has a speed broadcast mode. When previewing a movie, the background is a highlight video of the movie and can be played with one stroke. The rotation area will play 724 hours of selected videos in turn.
The biu key of the remote control can realize one-touch direct customization page.
There is a biu key in the middle of the storm TV remote control
Configuration information
In general, the operation experience of the Storm TV system is superior UI design convenience and remote control operation, and the overall experience is good.
Smart experience
Storm TV has a variety of smart features to meet the daily needs of users.
APP installation: Storm TV can push the application in the computer and mobile phone to the TV. This is a more practical and rare function. Storm TV super TV users can refer to the tutorial: Storm TV Super TV Installation Method Install a sofa butler to implement third-party application extensions.
Multi-screen interaction: The interaction between Storm TV and mobile phone is mainly realized through APP fans, but only the Android version is currently available. Storm TV's fan app can push the video website content of the mobile phone page to the TV broadcast, and can also make its own movie list. More distinctively, the fan app has a smart multi-screen offline caching function, which can be realized after the fan is tied with the storm TV. The mobile phone can locally continue to watch offline video without a network environment. The fan app also has a remote control function.
Storm TV voice function: There is no voice button and microphone on Storm TV's remote control. It seems that there is no voice function.
Storm TV's multi-screen interactive experience is good, this can get full score, but there is no Apple IOS version, this is sorry.
Videogame resources
Storm Super TV is equipped with a genuine broadcast platform for Yangguang Galaxy, with more than 400,000+ high-fidelity music and 5000+ compatible TV screen games to choose from, and through carousel, cinema speed broadcast, daily broadcast, and various types Leaderboards and fandoms. However, there are too many resource entrances, and we have a choice and confusion when we use them.
Storm Super TV has opened up a special 24bit CD-quality sound music area, which is more distinctive.
Storm TV game hall is a love game platform and provides users with TV game resources such as entertainment, flight shooting, parkour and education.
Storm TV's score in the game entertainment section was video and audio resources 8, and game resources 3. It scored 11 points.
Evaluation summary
As the first debut product of Storm TV, this TV has distinctive features in terms of appearance design and system operation, as well as good materials for work and intelligence, and overall it gives us a very good impression.
industrial design
Storm TV 55B uses a rose gold all-metal look, split design, from a visual point of view is a more distinctive TV.
Storm TV 55B
In the design, the storm super body TV uses a rose gold color, the base, frame, backplane, speakers and other areas are all using a rose gold color.
Storm TV 55B plastic frame, metal brushed edge
Storm TV 55B base, LOGO
Storm Super TV uses a plug-in split design, the CPU and GPU and other core hardware are integrated in a hot-swappable Tvkit (TV host), the user can later replace the Tvkit, to complete the TV upgrade.
Storm TV 55B back
Storm TV 55B Hot-swappable Tvkit (TV host)
The design of Storm TV 55B also has its own characteristics. The slightly reddish rose gold color is rare and has a certain degree of recognition.
Work materials
A good television must work hard in this regard. Because the border material, whether the integrated production process is not only aesthetic problems, but also affect the leakage of LCD TVs, affecting the quality.
Storm TV 55B uses metal brushed edges, metal brushed backplanes, and metal bases, which are commendable from the point of view.
Storm TV 55B Brushed Backplane
In order to make the base rose, frame, back plate, horn and other areas of rose gold consistent in color, Storm TV 55B adopts four different processes: integrated bending and engraving, high-temperature melting die-casting, steel plated galvanized one-hole punching and steel plate punching and cutting.
Storm TV 55B metal base, plastic back shell
Storm TV 55B frame material 3 points, frame process 3 points, base material 3 points, back shell material 3 points, back shell process 3 points, a total of 15 points.
Internal dismantling
After watching outside the interior, the next step is to dismantle the part. After removing the back shell, we can see that Storm TV 55B separates the smart part, which is based on its split design. The overall layout is three boards.
Internal situation of Storm TV 55B
There is an electromagnetic shield on the color processing part, which is better for signal stability.
Better wire, more orderly and neat alignment
Many heat sinks ensure rapid heat dissipation
Stormboard TV is also marked on the smart movement board
From the perspective of internal dismantling, the interior work materials for Storm TV 55B are quite satisfactory.
Sound quality experience
See the audio section below. Storm TV 55B pays attention to the sound quality. The sound design adopts a symmetric passive filter architecture design, and the tweeter has a positive forward design, which can facilitate user reception.
Storm TV 55B equipped audio unit
The tweeter faces the front
According to reports, Storm TV has a dbx-tv intelligent sound system, according to the current viewing content intelligent identification, automatically switch the most appropriate sound mode, optimize the sense of presence and sight.
Audition
The sound quality experience of Storm TV 55B was very good.
Quality experience
According to official sources, Storm TV 55B uses blue chip + RG high color phosphor technology, up to 89% NTSC color gamut. The storm also used the left-eye engine technology of Storm Video on the TV to improve the picture quality by inserting frames.
In terms of picture quality, we tested the quality of this product by performing quality tests such as “Super HiVi Cast†and other tests on the color transitions, contrast ratios, and the ability to restore three primary colors of TVs. The test pictures were taken in the standard mode (for digital reference only after the screen shots were taken for multiple digital conversions after the shooting and the reader's display device performance was not the same).
Storm TV 55B color performance
From the color ladder screen above, you can see the overall color transition of Storm TV 55B. The dividing line between each color block is clearly visible. The transition of the red color block at the tip of the triangle is clear, and the transition of the color blocks at the green and blue tips is not clear.
Storm TV 55B contrast performance
In the contrast test, the performance of Storm TV 55B is shown above. In the picture above, the model is dressed in a black background in a black background. The details on the clothes are not clear; the white model is performing well and the folds on the clothes are also displayed.
Overall, the quality experience of Storm TV 55B is at an intermediate level in LCD TVs.
System operation
Storm TV 55B is based on the Android system and uses its own style UI. The feature is that each icon has a rounded rectangle design. When the menu option is popped up, the background will be Gaussian blurred. Below each category icon is a small icon of common function options, users do not need to enter the category to click on the use of a menu. The wind UI also supports the mobile phone to shake the stream to the TV screen, and the mobile phone is selected to watch the big screen.
Storm TV Wind UI
The wind UI has a speed broadcast mode. When previewing a movie, the background is a highlight video of the movie and can be played with one stroke. The rotation area will play 724 hours of selected videos in turn.
Background Gaussian Blur
There are common function options under the category, you do not need to enter directly click to use
The biu key of the remote control can realize one-touch direct customization page.
There is a biu key in the middle of the storm TV remote control
Biu key can be customized
Configuration information
Storm TV 55B display configuration
Storm TV 55B display configuration
In general, the operation experience of the Storm TV system is superior UI design convenience and remote control operation, and the overall experience is good.
Smart experience
Storm TV has a variety of smart features to meet the daily needs of users.
APP installation: Storm TV can push the application in the computer and mobile phone to the TV. This is a more practical and rare function. Storm TV super TV users can refer to the tutorial: Storm TV Super TV Installation Method Install a sofa butler to implement third-party application extensions.
Storm TV APP installation diversification
Multi-screen interaction: The interaction between Storm TV and mobile phone is mainly realized through APP fans, but only the Android version is currently available. Storm TV's fan app can push the video website content of the mobile phone page to the TV broadcast, and can also make its own movie list. More distinctively, the fan app has a smart multi-screen offline caching function, which can be realized after the fan is tied with the storm TV. The mobile phone can locally continue to watch offline video without a network environment. The fan app also has a remote control function.
Storm TV App currently only supports Android
Can push mobile video to TV
Storm TV voice function: There is no voice button and microphone on Storm TV's remote control. It seems that there is no voice function.
Storm TV's multi-screen interactive experience is good, this can get full score, but there is no Apple IOS version, this is sorry.
Videogame resources
Storm Super TV is equipped with a genuine broadcast platform for Yangguang Galaxy, with more than 400,000+ high-fidelity music and 5000+ compatible TV screen games to choose from, and through carousel, cinema speed broadcast, daily broadcast, and various types Leaderboards and fandoms. However, there are too many resource entrances, and we have a choice and confusion when we use them.
Carousel
Storm Super TV has opened up a special 24bit CD-quality sound music area, which is more distinctive.
High-quality music area
Listen casually
Storm TV game hall is a love game platform and provides users with TV game resources such as entertainment, flight shooting, parkour and education.
Storm TV Game Hall
Storm TV's score in the game entertainment section was video and audio resources 8, and game resources 3. It scored 11 points.
Evaluation summary
As the first debut product of Storm TV, this TV has distinctive features in terms of appearance design and system operation, as well as good materials for work and intelligence, and overall it gives us a very good impression.