Cozy living room partner: TCL TV + H8800 curved TV evaluation

As early as when large-size CRT color TVs began to be popular in China, the entire movie industry was deserted. People are no longer willing to spend money lining up to see a movie, but instead sit at home and watch TV. This kind of thing appeared again today. Many of my friends will still turn on the TV when they get home, but they just want to order a TV show and let the TV play automatically. Then they have to do what they can do, or play on the couch and occasionally look up at the TV screen.

On the other hand, everyone’s pursuit of television seems to have only one indicator of screen size. It is like the eternal question of photography beginner users: "How many pixels is your camera?". When people talk about television, they often say: "How big is your home TV?" As a fan of electronics and industrial products, I often find that user behavior in different areas is always surprisingly similar. It also makes one more helpless.

The era of information explosion that we are in has provided us with a huge amount of content, and precisely because of too much content, each of us is facing too many choices, so we can only continue to reduce the attention dimension of our information screening. In order to quickly get more content. Even when we watch a TV show or movie, we will fast-forward in order to understand what's going on behind the scenes. Sweep the content we are interested in and stop. As everyone knows, this will miss many wonderful details and feelings. This kind of user behavior has also spawned a lot of shoddy content. The film makers no longer strive to create content, but rather arbitrarily stacking content, because the user wants to know is only "What happened?"

The above paragraph seems to be more like Tucao than the content of the experience report. It is actually my experience brought by this product experience. This experience made me feel that I should return to the kind of comfortable and stress-free peace of mind watching a movie and experiencing the full story, story, and sound effects. This is where this TV makes people feel comfortable.

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The frequency of consumption of such products as TVs in this era is actually quite low. Since I bought a brand known for a panel, I only occasionally look at new product information. Before TCL's product experience started, I didn't even know that there was such a curved screen TV. But at the end of last year, TCL's other ultra-wide color gamut of quantum dot-TV, the H9700, attracted me attention. So after this extremely fruitful experience was announced, I applied for the opportunity for evaluation at the first time. H8800 this product line is indeed QH8800 this quantum dot TV. I really hope that I will have the chance to experience some of the most recent products in the area of ​​television that have a little black technology.

The concept of curved screen television has been proposed for quite a long time. Different manufacturers have also produced a lot of products. There should be dozens of products of different models and brands on the market. However, many consumers accept the concept of curved screen is not very high. The reason. It's because the consumption cycle of TV is really long. In the past decade or so, countless monitors and television manufacturers have spent a lot of time and money educating users: the screen is to be calm! As we recall, is the CRT era a high-end monitor? In the era of flat-panel TVs, all manufacturers’ product promotion will inevitably mention such concepts as ultra-thin design and ultra-narrow frame. Therefore, many users of curved screens are doubtful after the appearance of the curved screen. In fact, I feel that the actual effects of curved screens need to be experienced beforehand. As for thin and light issues, this is like the difference between SLR cameras and card cameras, and also the difference between high-end desktop stereos and walkman stereos. Light and thin are certainly good, but the visual effects of curved screens are totally different sensory experiences.

"Texture" - TV, after all, this thing does not want you to carry a day to work. In the room, it is a visual focus. To a certain extent, the TV is one of the most eye-catching devices in the living room or in the room. It is also a big decoration in the room. So the "texture" of the TV is very important for the overall style of the room. The overall appearance of the H8800 is the type that favors high-end stability.

Another source of texture for the TCL H8800 is his included Harman/kardon sound base. According to official data, the volume of the 55-inch version of the H8800 sound box is 4.5L, and the 65-inch version is 5.5L. This indicator is far beyond the standard of a normal body speaker. Reached the level of independent speakers. It can be understood this way: The H8800 is equivalent to a TV plus a set of high-quality stand-alone speakers plus a base. Some users may have little idea of ​​Harman/kardon's position in the audio equipment circle. Because this is a TV experience report, I will briefly mention that interested readers can understand for themselves. H/k has a lot of sub-brands, everyone familiar with JBL and AKG headphones are affiliated with it. In addition, H/k is also a well-known audio system provider. Its Logic 7 system is used in Mercedes-Benz S, BMW7 series and other luxury cars. H8800 uses such a speaker, the audio decoding capability must be strengthened, DOLBY digital Plus, DTS, DTS surround and other audio decoding support. From this perspective, let me personally look forward to the sound performance of the H8800.

After putting the TV in the TV cabinet of the room, we can finally feel some design details. One thing that needs to be mentioned here is that the base of the H8800 is designed to have a 7-degree reclining angle. This angle is designed based on the height of the living room TV cabinet and the visual angle of the user sitting or lying on the sofa. Therefore, if you want to ensure a better visual experience, it is not recommended to place it on the table above 80cm above the ground, otherwise the angle of view will be more strange. Behind the fuselage is also provided with a wall of the hole, but also covered with a rubber dust cover. But consider the body comes with speaker base. I personally strongly recommend placing it instead of wall-mounting. After wall-hanging, the sound produced by the sound box of the rear speakers will be repeatedly reflected in the narrow space between the fuselage and the wall, which will seriously affect the sound effect.

Since I have long since turned off my home cable TV, testing can only be done from external video sources. So first take a look at the millet box.

One of the traditional TV evaluations is shooting screen shots. I don't particularly like this one. The reason is that the color that the camera presents after shooting is completely inconsistent with the color that the human eye sees, especially the screen, which is the material of the emissive body. The CMOS's reading and processing of colors eventually affected photos by multiple factors. So it is totally impossible for users to perceive true colors.

I only write about my senses:

H8800 uses Samsung's curved panel, and TCL has done its own tuning in color. We all know that Samsung's screen is characterized by rich colors and beautiful colors, but because I usually come into contact with some design and visual work, I prefer true and accurate color reproduction. Samsung's style is slightly overdone, it looks dazzling, and it takes a long time to watch. It is easy to fatigue, and the other is that it tends to be green in color. However, my feeling on the H8800 is that the colors have become softer and it is clear that TCL has done its own processing and adjustment in the color gamut control technology. The display color style of this TV is obviously different from that of Samsung.

The first is that the color gamut is broad enough, from the data provided by the manufacturers and the data from various media using professional instruments to test. The NTSC color gamut coverage of this TV is from 89%-96% (color gamut testing may vary due to factors such as display material quality, backlight, settings, or test equipment) and the general reaction is red and blue. Best, close to 100% NTSC range. (The above data refers to a number of online media such as Bubble and Tianji, and everyone can search for the original).

Followed by TCL claimed to join the unique natural light patented technology and intelligent dimming technology. The vendor’s advocacy, whether or not, is based only on actual use. It took me a day and my love (liao) to use this TV to read the three editions of Godzilla in 1954, 2001, and 2014. Later I watched the high dynamics of Women's Federation. Screen movie and animated movies like "Princess Phantom". During the viewing process, there was no visual discomfort. In 1954, since Godzilla was a black-and-white film, it mainly saw the gray transition of different brightnesses of the screen. The intuitive feeling was smooth and natural, and some televisions did not experience gray transitions. The problem. The feelings of the later movies are basically colorful, bright, and accurate. You can often see words from some ruan measures.

However, when I watched "Princess Phantom," I was really shocked.

I used a Blu-ray version of friends hard back from the 11 zone, the playback device is PS4

Shock from three aspects.

The surface, the surface of the screen I myself spent a little time to adapt. Including repeatedly changing positions seeks the most comfortable viewing angle. As a result of the test, the sensory distance from the TV 2.5-3M is the most comfortable. The curved screen feels very obvious when playing a large scene with a wide viewing angle. The tension of the picture is far beyond the normal screen. The sense of integration is very strong. If you are interested, you can use the scene in the “Lord of the Rings” to track the orcs in the mountains, or experience the classic bomb tail trail in Pearl Harbor. But one thing is to emphasize it. It's a bit weird if the viewing angle is too low when viewed, for example, if the head-up line of sight of a person is in the same plane as the lower edge of the TV (it is therefore highly recommended not to hang a wall or put it too high). The other is that the curved screen is not very obvious when looking at such scenes as close-ups of people's faces, so the feeling advantage is still in the expressiveness of the big scenes.

The colors, Miyazaki's bright colors, we all know, "Mystery" film I have seen no less than 20 times in the past, during the iMac, 某 factory a generation of screen TV, a tall projection on the news have tried. This film has a bright daytime grassland and large forest scenes. However, there are also many dark scenes such as dark night scenes, deep forests, and the rush of the last kylin beast. In these scenes, the H8800 has a good picture tone. In some night scenes with fragments of fire. The light and shadow transition of the human face is very natural. In the end, the man with his sister ushered in the scene of the happy life that the light had never been ashamed of. The large area of ​​green and sunny scenes is seamless, especially the transition of the sky's color and brightness is very comfortable. Wide color gamut backlighting really contributed. But there is still a small problem, that is, the green of certain scenes is still a little thick (please forgive my entanglement). But overall it was indeed a movie that impressed me.

Sound effects, to be honest, the sound effects of the H8800 My evaluation at this stage was not particularly accurate. There are two reasons. First, this is a new machine. The speaker hasn't fully opened yet. The other is that even if the body sound box is in its best state, it still cannot match the sound effects of independent power amplifiers. But the problem is that you have to spend thousands of dollars or even tens of thousands more on an independent amplifier device plus a 5.1 system. This is not a comparative dimension. So I only feel that from the time I used this week and more: This sound effect, if you are not a high-end enthusiasts, but also have relatively high requirements for sound quality sound, this is a good choice.

Finally sum up.

First of all thank you for reading such a less traditional experience article. As I said at the beginning, this TV made me think about turning off the mobile phone and interference, and looking at the film with peace of mind. Secondly, due to the integrated design and excellent voice performance, most of the users have been spared no effort to find audio equipment and television, and have trouble installing their own lines. It also makes your TV cabinet tidy and clean (the cover behind the line cover is obviously for the neat user) instead of a bunch of equipment and wire. Curved screens, as the biggest selling point of this device, do have a unique look and feel. Personally, it is worth considering considering users who have requirements for viewing quality. Finally, suggest everyone. I strongly recommend that you go to the line and experience the product yourself. My words and pictures cannot replace your ears and eyes. For such an interesting product, it is worth taking a moment to look at it.

Whether it can really let you concentrate on watching movies and enjoying life in your living room depends on your own attitude.