World's First VR TV Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

1 Introduction

VR (virtual reality) is undoubtedly the hottest word in science and technology in 2016. This new experience has quickly spread to various technology industries. Many manufacturers also add products with VR or similar capabilities to the next major product. TV is the main entertainment device in the living room of a home. Joining a VR experience is naturally a matter of fact. However, at present, there is not much news about TV VR function. And as everyone imagined how wonderful the VR technology would bring to future televisions, the storm launched the world’s first VR TV 55X with lightning speed, which really made the audience stunned. The sofa network evaluation room has finally received this product, and then take a look at the characteristics of this product.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
As a TV with a main VR selling point, in fact, Storm 55X also has unique advantages in other aspects. Let us briefly look at the overview of this product.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
2. Appearance introduction (1)

Storm 55X compared to the previous 55B in appearance, the overall appearance of the change is not. Rose gold metal body, one-folded ultra-narrow frame, simple and sturdy wing base. In the seemingly "new bottle of wine" approach, Storm 55X actually has a lot of changes.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
It must be said that the rose gold color unique to the storm series TV is very special. Storm 55X is no exception. Compared to the general rose gold on the market, Storm 55X rose gold is more reddish, this high-profile color style reflects a very elegant style. This is extremely rare in all current television brands.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
Storm 55X adopts a borderless design according to current trends, so that this TV can hardly see the existence of a border when watching, and the sense of presence increases greatly.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
As for the thickness of the border, Storm 55X is controlled to the extreme, left, right, on both are 5.9mm, the bottom frame is 14mm, from the side, the thinnest part of the machine is only 8.5mm, this value is relative to all the current market The same size television products are lower.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
The light and dexterous wing base unique to the Storm 55X presents a simple and stylish modern look. The rose gold-plated base is also integrated with the TV itself, and the side-entry concealed mounting style makes it more secure.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
3, appearance introduction (2)

Storm 55X's speaker is designed to face down, designed for the patented large cavity + whispering wall, this design changes the sound diffusion method, the diffraction produces a mixed sound, and let the sound rushed forward, resulting in a strong sense of presence. Storm 55X has Dolby Audio, dbx-tv, DTS three sound groups, can give the audience the most shocking live sound.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
The front of the Storm 55X's front bezel is the Storm Brand LOGO. The power indicator is designed on the right side of the front bezel, not easy to see.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
The back of the Storm 55X is mainly composed of two parts, the gold part is made of metal materials, according to the official saying is "the United States back"; the black part is made of engineering plastics, with good flame retardant and heat dissipation performance.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
The back of the Storm VR TV 55X uses an all-metal gold electroplating backplate, which perfectly blends with the top border to reflect a very unique look and feel. The backboard uses a matte process that also takes care of heat dissipation.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
Even if it is not easy to see on the back, the Storm 55X is still meticulous in detail.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
4, details

In the extended interface, Storm 55X is also very comprehensive, three groups of HDMI interfaces, a set of USB3.0 interfaces, two sets of USB2.0 interfaces, other LAN ports, audio and optical fiber interfaces are also readily available, very much to the force. It is worth mentioning that Storm 55X adopts the most up-to-date split modular design, and the host can be removed and upgraded independently, which avoids the elimination of traditional smart TVs due to hardware configuration. Caused frequent machine changes.



Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
While taking into account the beautiful appearance, the heat dissipation holes are also fully preserved, so that there is no need to worry about overheating of the TV.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
The Storm 55X's power line segment did not use a split-module design, which is a bit of a pity. However, the magic clasp strap that comes with the line is very good.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
On the remote control side, Storm 55K still continues the former 55B model. The typical Internet TV 12-key simple design, custom "Biu" key can be customized according to the user's preferences, allowing users to open the program they want to watch.



Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
5, screen test

The screen of Storm 55X adopts LG's original IPS 4K hard screen. This type of screen is more prominent in color performance and is also more ideal in terms of viewing angle. Let's take a look at the screen performance of this product.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
In the shadow performance, the Storm 55X appeared to be weak, and the loss of detail in the overly dark location was more serious. This is also a common problem in IPS. Fortunately, the performance in bright colors is relatively good. This, to a certain extent, makes the overall performance of the screen still relatively impressive. satisfied.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
In the color transition, Storm 55X is still satisfactory, each color is relatively clear, the transition is more natural. The gray-level response is also worthy of recognition.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
In terms of contrast, it is a good confirmation of the above inferences. Storm 55X is slightly inferior to white in black performance.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
The color performance is still very good. This is also an advantage of LG's IPS hard disk.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
6. Resources Introduction (1)

Wind UI is a unique operating system created by Storm. Based on Android's deep customization, it is far more popular than other Internet TV brands in terms of fluency and convenience.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
Wind UI system interface design is simple, the common content is divided into several major sections, users can click directly into their own needs, very intuitive. In particular, if you don’t know what the current recommended movie really is, you can pause the cursor on it, so that you can see the background and start playing the movie trailer. This is very practical and cool.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
Storm 55X uses the GITV Yangguang Galaxy Internet TV license, which integrates iQIYI Video, Aofei Animation and other massive original content, including 9600+ movies, 73,000+ hours of TV dramas, 75,000+ hours of variety entertainment, 1000+ hours of documentary, 35 , 000+ animation, 400,000 first CD-class/24-bit high-fidelity music, etc., is worthy of the so-called super content carrier TV.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
Most movies support online playback at 1080P and 4K resolutions, and the loading speed is very fast. But most movies also need to purchase iQIYI VIP. If you haven't determined whether or not you want to buy it, it doesn't matter. Users who purchased Storm 55X can get several days of VIP trial opportunities.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
There are good hardware and display effects, of course, with a rich content resources, the combination of software and hardware can play the greatest value of a TV. In terms of content, it is recommended to install a sofa butler - the sofa butler is a third-party app store designed specifically for smart TVs, Android box users, carefully providing television, box users with high-quality TV exclusive version of the application, including with live Or on-demand video and audio and video software, various types of recreational competitive video game software, and daily office entertainment management system management tools. Storm Ultra TV 55X TV users can refer to the tutorial: Storm TV TV 55X installation method Install sofa butler to expand third-party applications.

7, resources introduction (2)

TV dramas are indispensable content for female friends at home, especially popular TV series such as "Old Nine Doors" and "Fantasy City". It must not be missed. On Storm 55X, these contents are real-time synchronized updates.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
If you really don't know what to watch, then it's a good idea to choose a carousel to take a look.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
In addition, children's programs and game channels are readily available, and users can choose according to actual needs.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
As an important feature of the wind IU resources, we must introduce here. That's music. There are a lot of music in the music section. It's great to listen to Hi-res, Hi-Fi and other high-resolution digital music online. Thanks to the Storm 55X's large-tone cavity design, music playback is comparable to home theater.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
8, VR + run points

As one of the main features of Storm 55X, VR provides more conceptual experience at this stage, and set up a VR zone. Entering the VR zone, users can select the VR demo video they want to watch and then use the remote control. For 360-degree viewing without blind spots, although this is only the first generation of VR TV products, but it does provide consumers with a new way of viewing, I believe that in the future the application of VR features in Storm TV will achieve better performance.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
In terms of performance, Storm 55X is also very powerful, super flagship chip T866H provides excellent data processing capabilities. Let's take a look at the final run points with security bunny and nenamark2.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
The final score of Storm 55X on Ann Bunny was 29,166 points, which is a very high score. On NENAMARK2, Storm 55X also achieved good results with an average performance of 50F.

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews

Storm Super TV 55X Reviews
9, local playback

Finally, talk about the local playback capability of Storm 55X. Xiao Bian selected a few HDR and 4K videos to play. In addition to the 10 bit rate video, the video could not be played. Other videos were played smoothly. During playback, The frame rate and the smoothness of the picture performed well.

Gladiator 1080P

Football demonstration 4K

Into the cave 4K HDR

Into the cave 4K HDR

Into the cave 4K HDR
to sum up:

Storm 55X as the world's first VR TV, in the overall performance is still quite satisfactory. First of all, in terms of multi-functionality, the Storm 55X has almost included all the current games that mainstream smart TVs have. Although LG's original IPS hard screen was not amazing in performance, it was actually worth the money in the same price range. The large-tone cavity design makes the sound transparent, and the one-piece bending process is accompanied by a fascinating beauty back design that makes this product's texture rise to a level far beyond the selling price. VR as the main selling point of this product, but found in the actual experience is still at an early stage, I believe that with the progress of technology, the storm will continue to improve this trend of the trend.