Today, the boundaries between Internet companies and traditional enterprises are increasingly blurred. This is most prominent in the television industry. Traditional TV manufacturers are seeking Internet thinking and online operation models, and Internet companies are aiming to use the advantages of their own Internet properties to launch hardware products launched by traditional industries. So after LeTV, we saw PPTV officially stepped into the TV circle and launched PPTV TV.
PPTV released a total of three 4K TVs: the 55-inch PPTV-55T home theater with SoundBar audio system, the 43-inch PPTV-43P, and the 55-inch PPTV-55P. Model PPTV-55T home theater version, and its price is also the highest to reach 4999 yuan (hardware) + 360 yuan (one year full-screen film and television members). Its LG original 4 color 4K IPS hard screen as a hardware selling point, the system is equipped with their own PPOS "cross interactive" system, then such a combination of hardware and software can bring a perfect experience, 4999 yuan +360 Is the price of the yuan worth buying? With these problems we have a closer look.
Appearance
From the appearance, the PPTV-55T does not adopt the irregular design pursued by most LCD TVs to highlight the advantage of the thinnest thickness, but to adopt a wedge design for the sound provided on the bottom. So this design seems to give me a first impression is a bit thick, especially thin today, this contrast is even more obvious. This can be easily read from the 3D dimensions of this product. The 1233 x 713.6 x 65mm without the base size means that the thickness of the lower edge of the TV frame has reached 6.5cm, and the thickness of 6.5cm has not been visually disguised All of this is reflected in the bright, glittering border of the metal, so this product is relatively more suitable for use on the desktop than on the wall, especially with an external audio system.
From the design point of view, because of the wedge-shaped design, the strength of the product will have an inherent advantage over those of those who pursue light and thin products. The frame adopts all-metal design, on the one hand, it increases the strength of the product at the edge, and it also can effectively reduce the thickness of the frame. So we see that although the side looks thicker, the frame is actually very narrow from the front, and the body will give you a very slick feeling and will not be as light as some products Deformation occurs at a glance.
In the design of the base, the steel rod and the base are combined to design and the height of the television is fixed and adjusted by inserting the steel rod into the body. This design provides great convenience for the TV alone and for use with the SoundBar. When used alone, the steel bar can be inserted deep into the gap area to allow the base and fuselage body to come in close contact. And when using SoundBar in combination, the opposite is true.
Although PPTV is a new brand in the TV industry, it does not have any sense of roughness when it comes to product workmanship. The screen and metal middle frame, cover and front part of the fuselage, and the stability of the base are all better. Awkward place. The logo in the front center position is displayed as a red backlight when it is turned off, and turns blue when it is turned on, which is in line with the user's general awareness of the dual functions of decoration and indication.
Extensive extensions
As a 4K TV with a price range of 4999 yuan, the SoundBar comes with a set price, which is still acceptable. However, in addition to this set of sound looks good, other accessories are relatively less, the TV itself does not push what 3D features, there is no natural gift 3D glasses. In addition, although this TV is to support some game features, but does not come with a game handle, a little regret. The remaining accessories in the package are common remote controls, power cords, bracket bases and accessories, manual warranty cards.
This machine is rich in interface design, including 3 HDMI (one of which supports MHL), 3 USB (one is USB 3.0 specification), an SD card slot, an AV composite port, a network cable interface, RF RF input interface, an 8Pin SoundBar cable, a computer-friendly VGA connector, and a power cable connector.
Because the main body of the fuselage adopts a wedge-shaped design, there is enough space at the bottom of the fuselage to allow the interface to be arranged. All the interfaces can be realized in a groove, and the realization of visual completeness is a kind of compensation for unsuitable wall-mounting. .
Functional articles
Overall function balance display effect is good
PPTV-P55T uses an ultra-narrow frame design with a resolution of 38,602,140 4K and a viewing angle of 178 degrees. It is worth mentioning that it is equipped with a 4K IPS hard screen from the LG original 4 color 4K panel, in the display effect than the ordinary 4K panel has greater saturation, richer picture contrast. In addition, the TV is equipped with an Mstar-6A928 4-core CPU and a Mali-760 4-core GPU capable of hardware decoding of H.265. The built-in 2GB DDR3 memory can effectively buffer large-capacity video files. Supports dts acoustic technology and Dolby sound, and overall it performs well in terms of sound quality.
Cross structure interaction system
PPTV-P55T not only adopts many technologies on the screen and display effects, but also has been deeply customized on the basis of the Android 4.4 system. The main interface is designed as a cross-interactive system PPOS. Can bring a more seamless convergence operation experience, simple and easy to use. Because it is an Android system, so you can expand the functionality of more possibilities, support external U disk to install third-party software, you can according to your own habits to further optimize the TV.
The remote spotlight is not much
The P55T is only equipped with an ordinary multi-key remote control. It does not have the popular touchpad, voice search, NFC and other technologies. This is actually in line with such popular product positioning. However, there are still many features on the remote control, including the ability to adjust sources, shopping, and so on. The entire front face of the remote control uses an integrated design, and the keystrokes on the keys are short and the keystrokes are short.
Support DLNA device sharing
In addition to the common U disk playback function, this P55T also supports DLNA wireless sharing function. You can use wireless devices that support DLNA sharing function, including mobile phones, tablets, etc. to wirelessly project their contents on the TV. Of course, this feature Disadvantages are also obvious, and the limitation is reflected in the need for your mobile device support.
Built-in Suning Shopping Store
Nowadays, more and more cross-border models have emerged. One of them is the e-commerce shopping function. The PPTV-P55T is also a shopping TV with a built-in Suning platform. Open the shopping area, you can see a wide range of goods. Because this function is rooted in the entire product, in order to facilitate the user's fastest use and access to the shopping area, PPTV also optimized the remote control and added a special shopping button at the bottom.
Multi-screen interconnection
As long as your TV, mobile phone, tablet, computer and other mobile devices are in the same network environment, the Samsung UA65HU9800 brand new Smart Browsing 2.0 application can send live TV programs to your smartphone or tablet, or move it through wireless transmission. The device is used as a TV remote control.
Increase West deck sports section
Since last year's World Cup, more television manufacturers have increased their emphasis on sports events. PPTV, which uses its own content advantages, has set up a western deck that is specifically aimed at La Liga events. This can be a great way for users who love football to enjoy La Liga events more closely. It should be excellent. In addition, for sports enthusiasts, a dedicated sports section is integrated into the TV.
Experience
Boot stability needs to be improved
The PPOS of P55T is an expecting system, which can be seen from the efforts of the manufacturers. However, the new system seems to lack stability. In the process of starting the system for the first time, I have not yet completed the five steps and experienced a system crash and restart. The experience is slightly poor. It's hard to imagine how it would be awkward to feel if users buy home and hang up for the first time.
After entering the system after restart, the first use requires 5 steps to set. The first step is to understand the use of the remote control, which is very useful for first-time users, especially the elderly and children. The second step is to set up the wireless network, which is the same as the common setting method. After entering the correct password, the television is officially activated even if it is an access network. The third step is the signal source selection, users can choose to connect the HDMI line, and some other commonly used connection methods, the fourth step is the member activation and the fifth step system upgrade. It is worth mentioning here is the fifth step of the system upgrade, the TV did not give any prompt to the user, jump directly into the robot upgrade interface, it is estimated that the uninformed user still thinks that the TV has a problem, this experience is not good .
PPOS cross interaction system smooth arrangement rules worth improving
After many setbacks, we finally entered the operation interface. The overall smoothness of the operation interface is still very good. There is no Caton in the animation conversion. However, I noticed that after officially entering the system interface, the wireless connection icon in the upper right corner still does not light up. It seems that the networking speed is slightly slower. P55T uses PPTV's proprietary PPOS system. The system's entire interface is structured and looks like the Sony PS series host interface. Arranged on the far left is the search function, the focus is on the options I have seen, and the arrangement of these positions is in accordance with the user's general usage habits. The signal source and La Liga module are arranged on the right side. The signal source module reappears here. It is actually a very scientific design. The user can change the signal access method at any time during use.
However, judging from my personal usage habits, the La Liga and VIP Privileges modules that came after the signal source seemed to be a bit outrageous. And most of the user's usage habits, I think this is not in line with the use of habits. Appropriate advancement of movie and TV modules seems to be the more appropriate solution.
Insufficient content resources need to be improved
The video content part I think is particularly worth mentioning, that is, content resources are indeed not rich enough, which is reflected in several major aspects and some small details. The total number of movie and television resources that the P55T accesses to the CIBN resources is still barely plausible. There are about 572 movies in total and 816 TV shows. But if you look at the classification further, then you will find that there are only 9 movies in the movie's Japanese-Korean movie category, there are only 32 movies in the cinema category, and there is only one Crayon Shin-chan in the movie category.
Let's look at some of the details under the television classification. There are 20 Taiwan drama classifications and 16 Korean dramas. Only Mainland China TV dramas can achieve more than 780 objective ones. Other classifications are just like foils, and they only exist to fill in categories. The same issues apply to variety and animation categories. There are 1 Japanese and Korean variety shows, 1 Taiwanese variety show, 3 European and American animations, and 5 new generation serials (including duplicates). I really don't know how to set the contents, one big category inside. There is only one content. What is the significance of its classification? This is what we observe from the details of the channel content. Let's talk about the problems with the big channel settings.
The top of the main menu is the La Liga module. So what do we see when we enter the La Liga module? "No sports events on the day!" In other words, this module has no effect at this time. As an important large-scale project in the PPOS system, it is in such an advanced position. However, 60% of the time has no effect. It is obviously unreasonable.
In addition to the sports module and travel module that are relatively close behind, when you open it is a classification of football, fighting, etc. When you open it up, you will find that there are some PPTV related resources, some are video news, some are Replay highlights, some lace news, but also has nothing to do. This content collection will not appear a bit sloppy?
Finally, what I want to say is that as a 4K TV, there is no support for 4K in the content option category, and there is no 4K content channel. How does the 4K display effect advantage be reflected? Do you really want users to manually find 4K source on U disk to play? In general, I feel that I am still disappointed with the whole experience of content resources. Many details gave me a feeling of piecemeal content. Further enriching the content seems to be what PPTV needs to do.
Remote control grip feels slightly delayed
The remote control is the main operation method of this TV. Although the remote control has not designed too many functions, its excellent grip and good button design still make the user feel more comfortable in his hands. However, there seems to be a slight delay in the control experience. I don't think I need to investigate whether it is related to the system or the hardware. I only know that you need good patience. Waiting for one or two seconds after the operation is common The situation, especially in the case of playing video programs, is much more pronounced. This part of the experience seems to need further optimization.
App store decent application is not much
Turn on the TV's own application store. You will find that although there are a large number of software, there is almost no software that you commonly use on the Android platform. Most of them come from PPTV's self-built ecology. In the software section, the main applications are Meijiaxiu, tulip registration, driving test simulation and other software. I also tried a driving test simulation software. I thought it was a 3D animation assisted form to help users master the knowledge. As with the exams, the ABCD's boring four-choice model seems to be very shabby.
In terms of games, we can't see the works of big companies. There are a lot of small games like workshops, but I have absolutely no impulse to install them. In the app store section, the only part I would like to praise is the audio and video section, which mainly integrates children's programs. This will be a very useful block for families with just three children. In general, in addition to the audio and video portion of the App Store, the content of the child's content seems to be useful. It is suggested that PPTV will expand the optimized mainstream applications in the future so that the application store can really play its role.
Excellent video playback quality
Because content resources are limited, installing third-party applications and using U-disks to play will be the most common use cases faced by most users. Therefore, on the actual effect of U-disc playback, we use an external U-disk to read 4K sources. Sony TV for a simple picture quality test. In the actual experience, the 4K ultra-high-definition file does not get stuck in the decoding process. In the picture, we find that it is very delicate in the display of characters. The characters' skin is smooth and the hair is full of details. At the same time, the grasp of multi-color images is also in place. , no color cast, sharpness, contrast, color saturation and other aspects have performed well. In the support of external content formats, ordinary jpg pictures, common audio formats are also no problem, but in the video file support, the actual measurement of the current mainstream MKV, AVI, RMVB, MP4, MOV and other video formats can basically play smoothly The final performance was satisfactory.
The sound effect has improved dramatically
Since the P55T is a product with a SoundBar external sound, I also need to test the effect of the external SoundBar. The first is the unboxing connection. In the connection mode, the external SoundBar needs independent power supply due to its large power, and the subwoofer and the bar audio need to be connected to the power supply respectively. In terms of signal connection, the audio and TV are connected by an 8Pin cable. It is worth noting that the 8Pin line has a positive and negative direction. You need to look at it anyway. Such a direction is wrong. To add that, I think that if you put the 8Pin mouth up, or let the wire go in the direction of the groove, it will be easier for users to install.
Although the sound side is designed with functions such as manual switch and volume adjustment, in fact, as long as the TV is connected, the TV can be fully controlled. Select the external speaker in the sound output menu, so that the signal is switched from the sound of the TV itself to the external SoundBar. In terms of sound effects, you can choose the method that is more suitable for wall hanging and more suitable for desktop placement.
From the actual sense of hearing, after using the SoundBar, the overall effect immediately improved. It was an immediate effect. The sound came alive, and the overall sense of depth was rich, the treble was clear, the bass became plump and full of elasticity. This is still the result of my use in an open environment. If the TV visit is in close proximity to the wall, the positive feedback from the voice will be more prominent. In summary, I think that the SoundBar has really improved the playback sound and the value of the SoundBar package is reflected.
System and content urgently needed optimization
The unique wedge design of the product is indeed one of the few in today's homogenized market, and for this reason you must be able to remember it immediately. However, the wedge design also creates inconvenience for users wishing to use the wall, and thicker borders may look slightly bloated. In terms of overall configuration, P55T is definitely a good product, especially the use of LG original 4K screen, which undoubtedly guarantees a good display effect. In addition, the design of the external interface of the fuselage is quite rich, although the DLNA function has limitations on the device, but it provides the conditions for wireless projection. Also very commendable is the SoundBar external sound effect, which is really great. If you want to have a good living room sound effect, but there is no budget to buy a similar thousand-class sound, then the P55T with SoundBar It is indeed worth considering.
On the system side, the P55T uses an exclusive Cross Interactive System (PPOS). The overall fluency is good and the interaction experience is relatively good. It may still be worth considering in the menu settings, after all, to fully understand the user's habits to get a better experience. The content resources seem to be the most obvious shortcoming of this product, although for most users, the system default content is basically enough, but it is still relatively poor, especially those who have only one option in a category The menu is in great need of abundance. Of course, because it is an Android system, you can install a richer third-party platform to solve the problem of not rich content resources.
Overall, the P55T is satisfactory in most aspects and is worthy of users who have a limited budget but want to have a nice living room sound effect. If you can continue with the stability and content richness of the system, then the user experience will be better. We must also have a tolerant heart. After all, PPTV has just entered the industry and the progress is still huge.
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