Mother's bedroom with TCL L48A71S smart TV experience

Foreword: In the past, the LG non-intelligent plasma TV was used in the living room of the home, which was probably purchased in 2005. It was almost impossible to use it in the second half of 14 years. At that time, Xiaomi TV was considered. In fact, when Xiaomi TV was out of stock, it had to be snapped up. Parents felt that buying on the Internet was not enough to insist on going to the store to buy TV. She took her parents to a relative who worked in Skyworth Mall to pick up the TV (the old Skyworth Building in Gaoxin Nandao had a store in which Skyworth and Cool TV set displayed sales). Cool open 42K1TY (in fact, electricity providers also sell, take Skyworth's internal group purchase price is even lower than the online); at that time think that the cool open TV 42 inch is not quite a big deal is quite right to place orders, the next day Home delivery.

Cool open 42K1TY system really is really bad (at that time Skyworth Tianci system 3.0, later upgraded to cool open system 4.0, has also brushed the latest Cool open 5.0 system, a card B), see friends The free online video of cinema and TV also needs to look at more than ten seconds of advertisements (less paid resources, and the quality is not high), and even I'm afraid to use it. This cool open 42K1TY TV only supports single-band 2.4G wireless WiFi, installation of high-quality picture of Taijie video often buffer for half a day (with a wired LAN there is no problem), there is the remote control work is really flattered. Huawei’s mango pie purchased before it was purchased for LG plasma TVs continued to serve on the Kukai 42K1TY until the beginning of the year. In desperation, it replaced the Voice of Honor.

At present, Huawei’s glory box Voice has actually increased its price on Jingdong. If this memory is correct, this guy starts at 228 yuan. My order is 196 yuan. Many value-friends participate in the event WeChat has received 200-50 volumes. It should be possible to use 178. Yuan won (there are white bars or Beijing beans, steel gongs should be able to offer more points)

After entering March of 2016, I had been thinking of giving my mother a surprise before March 8th Women's Day. I was thinking that the Kukai 42K1TY that I bought earlier was used for more than a year. (There are two disadvantages: 1. The system is too bad. Optimization can not be done 2. TV remote control workmanship and key feel not agree with each other), Skyworth's cool open has been speechless; think of the March 8th Women's Day work hard work under the aunt, engage in a TV set Look in the bedroom. (In this way, parents can avoid the turmoil of TV disputes when they watch TV.) I began to dig deep into the stores of Suning, Gome, and Shundian to select a camera. I saw a lot of evaluations that I didn't believe, or went directly to the scene. The trial experience is the most intuitive. Looked at a lot of brands, and finally fancy a long-listed model of TCL. When I returned home this year to visit my relatives, I learned that some relatives were working at TCL, so this time I purchased a television set to seek a relationship.

This time, I thought that I had a cousin who was working at TCL (I didn’t know that Coushao’s husband also worked in Huizhou, Guangdong Province). I said that it was a gift to prepare for the mother’s 50th birthday in advance. In March, there was an internal group purchase quota for employees (because the heartbeat was not as good as action, and the names of the L48A71S models were rated in advance); this model of the L48A71S was chosen for the cooperation of TCL and iQiyi (supporting the somatosensory remote control and no flash 3D glasses), this purchase belongs to TCL internal group purchase and digestion (I can say that the price is less than 18XX, the original price is 4999 when listed); it is said that in the second half of this year to start " TCL 35th Anniversary Thanksgiving return season ", there will be Even more generous promotions.

This remote control feels good, playing games is very awkward, voice function is very awkward to say

The TCL L48A71S TV is still quite beautiful. It was sent to home for installation on the first weekend of March this year (direct delivery from the TCL Huizhou factory) and it has been used for a few days (my mom said this is more than a cool one.) , remote control feel and system fluency is high)

This is the back of the iQIYI TV + TV. The green is still pretty and the base is very beautiful.

Side of the interface: USB 2.0 × 2, microphone × 2, AV1 input × 1, USB 3.0 × 1, PCMCIA × 1, SD card slot × 1, HDMI1 (MHL) × 1, HDMI2 × 1

The bottom interface: LAN network input × 1, digital audio output × 1, antenna input × 1, AV2 input × 1, color difference input × 1, audio and video output × 1, VGA (computer input) × 1

Model is L48A71S , supports Dolby and dual D symbols, movement is MS901 , support 3D no flash , is a little scary power consumption 100W

The back button of the TV shows: the channel switching button , the volume button , the home button , the confirmation button , and the standby button (the actual measurement can also be turned off), and the keys behind the keyboard feel good. Cool open 42K1TY only the remote control's standby button, the TV does not actually switch machine keys, yes you read it right

Really, this remote control feels very good. It can be said that I have seen the domestic TV brand (Skyworth, Changhong, TCL, Konka, Hisense) remote control to do the best, as the domestic TV brand's Internet E-commerce brand (KKTV, cool open) contact really thought a word - rotten

Say the most basic remote control, use the equipment that the television must often use, the good and bad influences the experience directly. Not to mention the international brand: Korean (Samsung, LG) and Japanese (SONY, Toshiba, Panasonic, Sharp, four, Hitachi, Sanyo basically disappeared from the Chinese mainland market) brand, remote control feel and quality must be Generally stronger than domestic brands (on the quality of workmanship and feel and materials are all true). The so-called domestic pure Internet brands: Xiaomi TV, LeTV, Storm TV, TV, PPTV, Little Whale TV, 17TV (Lenovo Internet brand), I can experience physical TV products in Suning, Gome, and Shundian stores. In terms of speaking, it is fair to say that the two brands Bluetooth audio remote control can still be fine (fine workmanship, key feel can also be), LeTV, storm, popular, PPTV, 17TV infrared remote control must be much worse; does not require The remote control is equipped with a Bluetooth remote control, at least the infrared remote control is responsive, smooth operation, whether the key feel and workmanship can be taken a little (maybe someone will spray, this should be related to the fluency of the TV brand system optimization; not believe Try to use mobile phone remote control and App remote control, WeChat remote control is generally better than TV brand's own remote control)

This is the idea of non-flash 3D glasses that are not used for the time being. Let's talk about it later.

Real machine experience

TCL cooperates with iQIYI to build iQiyi VIP (no need to watch VIP videos); the broadcast control platform license is GITV, and the resources are all provided by iQiyi. The boot home page is to enter the Gitv home page recommended module : play records and today's latest , play records can continue to watch the video, today's latest is equivalent to a collection of popular video

The following zones are built in the Movie Zone : HD Zone, TV, Movies, Anime, Children, Variety, 3D Zone, Talk Show, Documentary, Music, Entertainment, Funny

TV module: With a high-definition set-top box will be very convenient, but unfortunately the home has a high-definition cable set-top box has been shut down for many years, the family has also replaced the telecommunications 100M fiber, plug a power cat in the bedroom with a wired LAN perfect solution to video on-demand network problems

I use the TP-LINK TP-PA500 Kit and go directly to the home network to transmit network signals. The WIFI at home cannot fully cover the bedroom (120m2 indoor area, room behind the living room, bedroom behind the room, separated by 2 Load-bearing wall), in order to solve the problem of seeing video card and card to be buffered, it is the best choice to use electric cats to set up a broadband cable. This is also the most practical method (the bridge and AP extension mashup have been tried and the signal is not good)

Application Module: The TV has all built-in applications that cannot be uninstalled (up to 17 applications). In addition to USB multimedia and file browsing, you may occasionally play a torrent boat; taking into account the factors of system instability after ROOT, even parents The use of this smart TV retirement estimate is rarely used, it can be said that basically not how to use (except that I will occasionally use)

Look out for the signal source selection: analog receive, digital receive, AV1, AV2, color difference output, HDMI1, HDMI2, VGA computer output

Settings module: signal selection, network settings, brightness settings, sound settings, playback settings, set-top box settings, weather settings, wallpaper settings, use help, system information, system upgrades, advanced settings ; basically except network settings and sound settings and playback settings , weather settings will need to be set, other settings are not unnecessary (basically there is no need to debug)

Sound settings: sound settings (best for cinema), volume (sound size adjustment), balance (left and right channels), sound scene (desktop mode and wall-mounted mode)

System upgrades are the latest ones (I don't need to upgrade the system to listen to her brother-in-law. In case of late-stage upgrades, the worse the system is; the experience of Cool Open System is an example. After the upgrade, it becomes more and more cards). This is smart TV, not smart. Mobile phones, domestic TV brands do not need to toss TV's Android system, of course, if this is an Internet brand when I did not say

Search module: You can view the most popular search, and sure enough, the list is very popular ah (I can say the cool TV in the living room with Huawei glory after the parents are also looking at the list)

Play settings

(focus on the setting of code rate for online video playback)

Iqiyi HD , roughly equivalent to the 720×480 resolution effect viewed on the Internet, strongly discourages this video quality unless the home is 2M or less than 2M broadband.

iQIQI is ultra-clear , roughly equivalent to the 1024 x 768 resolution effect watched on the Internet. It is not recommended for this video quality unless the home is 4M or less than 4M broadband.

iQIYI HD 720p , roughly equivalent to 1280 x 720 resolution effect viewed on the Internet, is generally the default (recommended) video quality, unless the home is 8M or 8M broadband, basically can be understood as Huawei glory box Voice 1080P quality bit rate version

Iqiyi HD 1080p is roughly equivalent to the 1920×1080 resolution effect viewed on the Internet. You need to manually select (very recommended) the quality of this video and require that your home broadband is 8M or above. (20M, 50M fiber users can rest assured that they can choose ), It is even better than the 1080P quality of Huawei's Voice Glory Box.

iQIYI 5M stream , roughly equivalent to the 4K resolution effect viewed on the Internet (higher bit rate than 1080P, a large part of the picture quality), need to manually select (highly recommended) this video quality, theory Require home broadband is 8M or 8M or more, test 100M fiber without pressure (should 20M, 50M fiber users can also choose to rest assured) Ps. It seems that 5M video stream began to reduce a lot, do not know what the reason is (Is it iQI The server couldn't stand it, or because of the built-in iQIYI VIP authority and ultra-high image quality that will affect the interests of other partners in the iqiyi cooperation.)

My mother recently fell in love with the TV show "The Woman on the Bread Tree" starring Sister Tang, comparing the videos provided in the living room with the same Huawei glory box Voice under the GITV. There is a significant difference between the two 1080P pictures. Still the picture quality of this TV is clearer)

In the past few years, I have used the summary of smart TVs and network boxes (including smart TVs and network boxes that go to friends' homes and experience):

I no longer blindly pursue the high-fidelity smart TV and network box, because the most important function of the product is to watch the video; I will care more about a TV panel parameters (the UI UI interface fluency), appearance, Remote control feel and workmanship quality, product prices.

The most direct experience of watching videos on smart TVs is that there is no advertising on the boot (you can allow branded Logo animations. After all, TVs are personal belongings, and you shouldn't be an electronic billboard for the brand to make money). Watch the video start without ads. , Pause ad-free push (maybe someone will spray me, no TV brand advertisers make money, I personally can accept the minimum advertising is 5 seconds, really can not be more), I am willing to pay to see (of course, cheap Best of all, it's even better to have a cheaper package year.) But the requirement is absolutely guaranteed video quality (video resolution and quality rate, in the actual experience to see the 5M code flow really cool) and rich resources (The video resource update speed, the introduction of popular videos at home and abroad, and the unlimited number of videos played after the members pay

Frequent system upgrades and push of system messages, I personally feel that it is not really necessary. How often is the immaturity of the smart TV and system message pushes that are systematically updated every month? Too frequent will leave people with the impression of system instability and BUG, ​​such as the upgrading of the smart TV systems of the Korean and Japanese brands and news pushes.

The smart TV's remote control really affects the efficiency of TV use, but also affects the mood; please TV brands take a snack, a better remote control is more expensive than a garbage remote but will give a better experience. Poor remote control is better than not giving users a bad experience.

I am no longer blindly pursuing 4K TV (although the current technology can reach 8K), how many people in real life will need to watch 4K videos all day long? (Don’t you just watch the roast duck cake hunger all day long? The Japanese and Korean women's groups are obscene.) In life, it's more about relaxing and watching TV shows and movies and experiencing the fun of the plot process. As long as it can achieve 1080P resolution, the image quality rate (5M code stream) is increased a little more, it is enough to provide a very clear picture quality, but also can feel very shocking visual enjoyment.

The foundation of the smart TV hardware is enough to run the system UI smoothly. Basically, the system UI of the 4K TV is run in 1080P. After the individual experienced it, they understand that many TV brand system UIs are connected to the 1080P resolution card. Don't be smooth, so what's the need for 4K?

I believe that it is natural to get used to the fact that the current non-standard video sources and the proliferation of video advertisements have caused many people to abandon their own TV online video resources and instead seek third-party TV video clients (such as Taijie Video); Poor user experience can be how many people are willing to pay to watch videos, at least to a limited extent to guide users' spending habits (advertising time, video quality is low, video resolution is not high, has been a vicious cycle of the dead circle)

In this precarious atmosphere, a materialistic society; the number of brands with genuine intentions is decreasing. Driven by the pursuit of profit, many of the good memories have become past. Why are many people going to pursue non-intelligent flat-panel LCD TVs and prefer to pair with a network box? I believe that because many of the drawbacks of smart TVs will hurt the user's experience, it will bring terrible resistance. The same is true for smart TVs, mobile phones and certain products; why the Japanese home appliance brands that used to lead the market became global after the traditional and rigid system, unable to adapt to localization of the local market and no With a good experience, we will withdraw from the international market and slowly stick to Japan’s own market.



Finally, I would like to say a few personal views on smart TVs and network boxes (with the main viewing method):

Combining , I personally look forward to the smart TV or network box should be practical, such as Apple TV as a combination of hardware and software, and then is the convenience of the content carrier. I believe that as long as Apple TV can solve the problem of video resources and China's policies and go public in the domestic market, then it will have a good role in the demonstration of the Chinese market. Combining product hardware and software

Streams , TVs, and boxes, technically supporting 4K and even 8K, are no problem. More is a technical reserve and strength display; but more practical is the 1080P high-definition video network playback. Most people can't distinguish between 1080P and 4K video discrepancies. More is the video stream that determines the picture quality. The higher the video stream, the clearer the video resolution. (Of course, the bit rate of 4K or even 8K video is definitely higher than that of 1080P.) High quality video is not video resolution but video streaming.

Apps , smart TVs, and network boxes don't really have too many apps that aren’t being used. They aren’t necessary (whether it’s running memory and storage space or how many people are actually running). Weeding out unnecessary apps, we recommend apps, and The right to remove an uninstalled app should depend on the user


Advertising , the use of good is a pleasing story (Thai advertising is not really comparable to domestic advertising). Advertising should not be a kind of visual junk. Good advertisements can bring spiritual shock and cognition.

Paid , worth it should be the user's calculations; spent money to experience poor service no one would be willing. The VIP in the real sense should be a very important person, simply a very important person.


UI interface , a good UI interface should be concise and refreshing, intuitive and straightforward; no need to be fancy, nor complicated. A UI interface that guarantees smooth running and easy operation is good

Remote control , good remote control should be fine workmanship, attractive appearance, crisp keys, and practical convenience. A good remote control can make the elderly and children use comfortable

Video resources , providing genuine video sources and authorized videos as resource base (that video play mosaic logo is really weird), can achieve fast video updates, regional (domestic and foreign) video resources, classification (categories) The perfection of video resources is absolutely a solid foundation. Video resources allow alliances of several major video providers to authorize or share one video circle with each other

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