It is said that the greatest advantage of Internet TV over traditional TV lies in its rich and colorful content resources. More and more Internet companies that started out with content are also well aware of this. They all intruded into Internet TV in the second half of 2015. In the field, it launched its own brand of smart TV products, constantly reducing the industry threshold, but also refreshed the bottom price of the product.
However, with the large number of products and complicated concepts, consumers are becoming more and more numb with TV products launched by Internet companies. They slowly feel that they have not had much other characteristics and advantages other than low prices. So does Internet TV really only have low prices? Let's take a look at some of the popular Internet TVs that refreshed the industry's bottom price some time ago. This evaluation is based on its 43-inch version, which uses a 4K screen with a resolution of and a price of 1799 yuan.
Narrow border champagne gold appearance mainstream level
With the popularity of the iPhone's local gold color scheme, more and more consumer electronics products are beginning to learn from them. The golden color scheme is their main color, and the popular TV recently launched is no exception. The whole body uses a single color combination of champagne gold, plus everyone is familiar with a pair of herringbone holder base, coupled with ultra-narrow frame, basically the elements are available.
In the details, the popular TV uses the FunTV logo, and the overall handling has reached a basic level. The work is good, and there is no burr in the hand. The rim fits well and there is no obvious gap.
The backplane part adopts rare white color matching and no screw hole design. The interface part is located in the right half area of ​​the backboard. The L shape is both easy to hide and easy to connect when mounted; the interface includes an antenna interface, 2 HDMI, 2 USB 2.0, component/video inputs, audio input, headphones, and 1 RJ45 Ethernet interface.
As for the overall good-looking or unsightly question, actually looking at the individual, after all, carrots and vegetables have their own love. I think the appearance is to achieve the mainstream level of smart TV.
Interactive interactive UI system needs to be improved
The popular TV remote control also supports the two mainstream functions of Bluetooth connectivity and voice control. The biggest feature is its asymmetrical shape, which is more solid and more gripping than other connected TV remote controls. At the same time on the button is relatively simple, a total of 15, there is a special feature is to support a key switch signal source and clean up the system's function, the operation is slightly harder, but fortunately the feedback is moderate, sensitive control.
Since it is FunTv, most of its systems are called FunUI. Sure enough, the popular TV system is called.
It adopts a distinctive cross UI architecture, with vertical distribution of all categories, viewing history, today's hits, movies, TV shows, children, variety shows, news and more. Horizontally, while having all the classifications, it added the recommendations for related content of each category and displayed them in the form of posters. It can be said that there is not much hierarchical relationship between the two.
Click on the relevant content to enter the second level interface, which is the details page for movies, TV shows, sports programs, etc. The resources basically include the latest movies, TV shows, children's programs and sports and other content resources.
In general, the interaction of the popular television is still very convenient, the remote control is sensitive, the UI interface is also very simple, there is no caton in the screen switching and frequent manipulation, very smooth. This is also related to its configuration. Popular TVs use 64-bit Mstar 6A638 CPUs and quad-core Mali-T720MP2 GPUs. 1G memory + 8G flash memory is not top-level, but it is basically enough for everyday use.
However, the interface level of the UI is not clear enough and there are drawbacks. The main interface has more categories, has too much detail, and is cumbersome to choose. At the same time, the related content is also somewhat redundant. It looks relatively confusing and not concise.
Users who need to expand their TV applications can refer to the tutorial: Popular Smart TV Installation Methods Install a sofa housekeeper to implement third-party application extensions.
The quality is law-abiding and sports resources are abundant
Popular TV uses the license of Best Connect, and the content is linked with the Oriental Pearl. The coverage of the domestic cinema movie is as high as 90%. And also has children's animation section, the introduction of Disney and other brand content, while the sports section has NBA resources and Premier League's full-time copyright.
In the actual experience, we can also see that its content resources are indeed more abundant, there are four light membership packages, namely, film and television, animation children, the most documentary, Premier League, etc., the package price is 199 yuan, 199 yuan, 150 Yuan and 299 yuan, the user can choose according to their own preferences, or very convenient. Therefore, the low price of Internet TV is also justified, and it is more with the advantage of content to attract users to purchase value-added services.
In the video on demand test, we tested the latest movies, children's programs, etc. During the process, you can choose different resolutions. When I choose the ultra-clear mode, the overall playback is very smooth. When fast-forward, it will buffer for about 3 seconds. The overall experience is pretty good. Of course, this is related to the personal network situation.
What's worth it is that BesTV is rich in sports resources such as the NBA and the Premier League. So there is a dedicated NBA and Premier League area on television, which is very rich in resources. It is still very attractive for sports fans.
Also in the next quality test, we used familiar 4K sample "beauty and roast duck" and two high-resolution pictures.
As a result, when playing 4K samples, popular TV does not support decoding this mainstream movie and needs to be improved.
While testing high-resolution pictures, although the popular TV is slightly slower to read, the overall effect of the display is still very comfortable. The details of the characters and pets are very clear, the details are very good, and the color is very natural. .
However, in the classic Peking Opera Chronicle pictures, the popular TV can basically show clear details, and the details of the characters are also handled well. The color saturation and the transition are slightly unnatural, and the color reduction part needs further improvement.
to sum up:
The increasing influx of Internet companies into the TV industry has impacted traditional TV manufacturers, urging the entire industry to advance in various aspects such as technology and marketing; at the same time, it has also lowered the price of TV products and brought them to consumers. Affordable, this is a good thing. However, as the price goes down, the profit space is also shrinking. More and more televisions are less reassuring in terms of quality. At the same time, after-sales services are not guaranteed. This is also a question worth pondering.
Therefore, the low price is certainly not the ultimate goal. It is possible to bring better quality and experience to consumers within a reasonable price to win more consumers and gain more profits. The popular television tells us that the low price of Internet TV is more likely to attract users to purchase value-added services with rich content. It is not to cut costs and reduce quality.
In general, though popular television has performed quite well in terms of picture quality, system UI design needs further improvement. However, combined with its price of 1,799 yuan, it can be said that based on this price, whether it is from the appearance or content resources, have reached the mainstream level, if you are not very high on the quality requirements, while the video content, especially sports resources If you are interested, popular television is still worth recommending.