Shockingly beautiful! Skyworth OLED TV 55S9D review

IT168 evaluation for many high-end consumers, now a TV in the living room is not only the demand for entertainment, and more decorative role of the facade, the size should be large enough, high value, of course, the top priority of the quality of the picture should be good, so that you can enjoy the 4K blockbusters. Today we are going to introduce this TV, counted in recent years, a rare bright product, from the new flagship Skyworth S9D series. As a high-end OLED TV, when I first saw this TV, I was attracted by its unique design and real and detailed display effect, especially the panel thickness of 4.7mm can be said to be perverted ultra-thin! So how awesome is this OLED TV? Take a look.

Because OLED TV itself does not need the support of the backlight, pixel independent light-emitting makes the display color in the case of the guarantee of the body can be done more thin, the test Skyworth 55S9D TV thickness of only 4.7mm, easy to kill all the ultra-thin TV on sale. In addition, the response time of OLED is a few thousandths of that of LCD, so there is no problem of tail dragging and dynamic picture jitter. On top of that, OLED is more resistant to low temperatures (down to -40 degrees Celsius), has a high viewing angle, higher luminous efficiency, low energy consumption, and can even be bent.

This TV is also the world's first AR TV (Augmented Reality Technology), which simply means that a virtual world can be superimposed on the real world captured by the camera, allowing people to interact between reality and the virtual world. The performance parameters are also fully in line with the positioning of the flagship: 55-inch OLED panel, 4K ultra-high-definition resolution, support for the HDR10 standard

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JBL original custom audio,

super-thin luxury design, and so on, both the appearance and connotation of the industry's leading level, so that the user to get the most extreme viewing experience.

Skyworth 55S9D TV Parameter List

Release Date

August 29, 2016

Size

55 inches

Resolution

3840×2160

3D Type

Not Supported

Expanded Functions

JBL A-class speakers, AR apps, kids-only mode, smart apps, USB playback

Operating system

KooKai 5.5 system

Reference price

15,999 yuan Click to view details

As a flagship TV in the main, Skyworth 55S9D can be said to have done the best in every aspect. First of all, in the shape of fashionable atmosphere, the limit of ultra-thin body coupled with ultra-narrow metal frame, so that the entire body elegant simplicity, can be well integrated into the modern home environment; in terms of picture quality, thanks to the 55-inch 4K OLED panel coupled with the support of the 4-color HDR technology, the color reproduction as well as the accuracy of the performance of the excellent, the color gamut is to reach 100%, dynamic clarity is also very good; functionality, home-made Functionality, self-produced cool open 5.5 intelligent operating system aesthetics and ease of use have been strengthened, the children's special mode is also extremely practical. Online video programs are rich enough in both quantity and quality. In addition, features such as top-notch sound, buffer-free playback, multi-screen interaction and USB playback are all very practical and better than the vast majority of smart TVs on the market today.

"Beauty is not like strength Skyworth 55S9D appearance design analysis

Because of the Skyworth 55S9D bezel-less design, the first impression is full of screen, very strong visual impact, the TV screen is only 4.7mm thick, thinner than some cell phones. The overall appearance of the design is a minimalist style, with an integrated alloy shell, placed in the living room looks dazzling. Meanwhile, the corners as well as the details are perfectly crafted, with good articulation between the seams.

Gallery Face Value! Skyworth flagship OLED TV 55S9D picture appreciation

"OLED picture quality how? Skyworth 55S9D actual test analysis

As a 4K OLED TV, picture quality is necessarily the most central element, the actual performance of Skyworth 55S9D is also more concerned about the user. After the professional instrument BM-7 test, Skyworth 55S9D

The measured NTSC color gamut reached 100.59%! Already belongs to the level of wide color gamut, significantly better than the vast majority of TVs in the current market. The advantage of the wide color gamut is a wider range of colors, simply put, you can see other TVs can not see the color level, especially the green color is more vivid. In addition, due to the characteristics of OLED itself, in terms of black field can be completely black, brightness is 0, so the contrast ratio can also be said to be infinite.

▲Color gamut test results

Ultra-HD test image real-time

The Skyworth 55S9D adopts a true 4K panel (3840×2160), which is not bad in terms of picture details, plus the latest 4-color HDR technology that supports HDR 10 is added,

in the exclusive 4-color screen control chip and 4-color display

With the unique 4-color screen control chip and the 4-color display, it achieves a smart brightening effect on the screen, which greatly improves the dynamic range of the screen, and ultimately displays the HDR content losslessly. Even when a non-HDR signal is input, the 4-color HDR algorithm of the 4-color screen control chip can intelligently transform ordinary SDR signals to achieve the HDR effect, thus enabling the perfect fusion of OLED and HDR technologies.

While the screen shots are inevitably slightly distorted, you can still see the accuracy of the color performance and the naturalness of the transition through the comparison of different images. HDR technology complement each other, Skyworth S9D TV

exploit its maximum potential, you can see that when playing HDR movies, the contrast between light and dark of the screen is more obvious, and the picture is very visually impactful. At the same time 4K clarity, this TV is measured to reach a high level, as can be seen from the actual picture, the dark details are clearly enough visible. In addition, due to the built-in MEMC professional processing chip, dynamic picture clarity is also very good.

▲4K TV resolution test real shot

The Skyworth 55S9D also provides a variety of parameter details of the adjustment options, the user can according to their own situation to set the exact settings, for example, the bright mode, the brightness of the screen will be significantly darker, but the depth of field and character lines will be more prominent. The sound menu, on the other hand, includes different modes adjustable for standard, music, news, and 4K sound, ensuring that users with different uses can also get the best sound effects.

▲Picture Mode Adjustment Options

Picture Mode Adjustment

Sound Mode Adjustment Options

Summary: OLED panel + 4-color HDR technology, so that the overall picture quality performance is very good, color reproduction is true and natural, smooth transitions, and excellent dynamic picture effect.

"Support for personalized customization New UI system

The Skyworth 55S9D adopts the y customized Cool Open 5.5 system (based on Android 6.0), because of the deep optimization coupled with the top hardware configuration in the current smart TV, which ensures that it has a smooth operating experience, and every control command is issued without waiting, instant response.

From the menu interface, you can see the intuitive layout of the icons, and the previous generation of the system has changed a little, the main functions named cool open film and television, analog TV, my application, cool travel bar, cool open mall, cool open travel, etc., the new interface focuses on highlighting the powerful advantages of the cool open big content, while the beautifully designed icons are also soothing to the mood.

▲Main UI display

There are also shortcuts on the left side of the screen, which can be accessed by pressing the left button of the remote control, including local media, signal source, settings, TV Pie, and KUKE Kids (which will be highlighted later), making it more convenient for users to use. The actual experience of the interface sliding degree of smoothness is relatively good, different interface switching is not obvious delay, at the same time, the beauty of the icon and the ease of operation is really to achieve the current high level of smart TV.

▲UI main interface left slide interface

The Skyworth 55S9D TV integrated education, travel, shopping malls, health, games, etc., in which the cool open children's mode is a special feature worth introducing. Some of today's movies and TV shows may have an adverse effect on children's growth, and if there is any concern in this regard, the Skyworth 55S9D's Kids Mode is the way to go. First of all, there is a dedicated Cool Open Kids option on the side of the normal main menu, which is easy for parents to operate.

▲Cool open children's mode introduction

Then we enter the children's mode can see the interface, icons, resources have a targeted change, more inclined to the cartoon style, into the audio and video resources to see all of the cartoon resources, education mode is also for children's teaching videos, the entire system is like for the majority of the children's exclusive customized, very humane. The company's third-party educational resource providers have built in a large amount of high-quality content that can effectively cultivate a child's interest in learning and improve his or her motivation to learn, as well as a large number of systematic educational services based on family scenarios that are tailored to family members, covering the pregnancy and child care, kindergarten, elementary school, secondary school, vocational training, art life, parental school, etc. In addition, the company's third-party educational resource providers have built in a large number of high-quality content that can effectively cultivate a child's interest in learning and improve his or her motivation to learn. examination, art life, parent school, etc.

▲Children's Programs

Interestingly, in order to prevent "bear children" from seeing what they shouldn't, a math question must pop up if you want to exit the children's mode, and only if you get it right can you exit the children's mode!

▲Exit Kids Mode must answer the question

Unlike the traditional smart TV operation, from the time you install the TV Pie APP or pay attention to the WeChat public number, the phone is your remote control. You can see that now our cell phone control UI interface has been simplified and revamped, the main interface of the cell phone client is the live TV and often watch the channel, live TV is also classified according to the type of program, what you want to watch point into the corresponding category can be.

"Summary:

Cool open depth customization system, the interface is intuitive and exquisite, easier to get started, the icon and function location layout is also more beautiful and reasonable, the operation is fast and convenient, and at the same time in the speed has reached a very high level, the children's mode is also a major highlight.

"Movie new content full online video playback experience

For TV users, the most used is still the video playback function: can see the latest blockbuster, TV drama variety show, video content can be synchronized with the TV station is the most concerned. Skyworth 55S9D TV also supports network video on demand, this time with Tencent video cooperation, including a large number of genuine film and television resources as well as high-definition episodes. In addition, all 55S9D

purchase users directly gift two years of Tencent video membership, so you were born VIP!

▲Video interface

▲Movie classification selection interface

Simply click on the movie you want to watch with the remote control icon to enter the playback interface, which not only has the plot introduction, but also the clarity, related videos, downloads and other practical functions, adhering to the principle of simple and easy-to-use operation of Skyworth TV.

▲4K zone

▲Sports resources

The Skyworth 55S9D comes with a two-year Tencent video membership, which at least lets you enjoy a huge amount of paid resources without having to buy a video membership for two years. Of course, it's affordable compared to others, with three months free for the $199 annual price.

▲Video tariffs

The actual test playback of several 1080p movies in 6M bandwidth, the buffering time is less than 1 second, which means Skyworth has put a lot of effort into online video playback, and the performance is better than that of smart TVs on the market today.

▲Video playback of the actual shot

▲Definition selection

The Skyworth 55S9D is designed with JBL

Jointly designed audio, more than a class A certification, allegedly in the Harman JBL internal strict rating system. A class A is the highest certification of the TV audio, the proportion of no more than 1 percent. So the sound effect is also quite shocking, compared to the previous TV in the overall performance has been greatly improved.

"Summary:

The video resource library is relatively rich in content, the sound effect is excellent, and listening alone is very user-friendly, and the free two-year Tencent video membership is a great benefit.

"Through the reality and virtual TV AR function experience

The Skyworth 55S9D is also the world's first AR TV, so what are the special features? First of all, we need to know that AR (Augmented Reality), augmented reality technology, is a real-time calculation of the position and angle of the camera image and add the corresponding image, video, 3D model of the technology, the goal of this technology is to put the virtual world on the screen in the real world and interaction. In fact, while the Pokemon Go game has become popular, some leading industry cell phone vendors and network companies have also ventured into the AR field and launched their own AR products.

The project of Skyworth AR TV has been brewing for a long time. From the beginning of research and development to the official launch, after 471 days and 27 failures, researchers and developers finally broke through the bottleneck of AR technology for TVs, solving various problems such as AR recognition algorithms, AR motion tracking and 3D rendering technology.

Skyworth

55

S9D TV equipped with ASTRA 3D sensor and camera accessories

Before experiencing the charm of AR technology, we first installed the camera on the Skyworth 55

S9D TV with the AR software application. The Skyworth AR TV experience is now taking shape, with a wealth of applications for various aspects such as children's education, AR physical games, sports and fitness, as well as shopping and trying on clothes.

▲Disguised program experience

We actually installed a few applications to experience one by one, the first is the dress-up form of experience APP, can automatically identify the person in front of the camera, with a variety of amusing cartoon pictures, similar to the effect of the big head sticker, a sense of joy. Next is the cut fruit AR version, you can see the characters inside the camera is captured by the real world characters, but also superimposed on the virtual task, so as to produce a real person and virtual character interaction, is not very magical ah!

▲AR Cut Fruit Game Experience

Meanwhile, Skyworth TV 55S9D app store also has several AR battle games, such as the following game called "

AR Fighting", the content of the game is people and the game of the virtual character to fight, can be regarded as the AR version of Contra.

▲AR Fighting game interface

AR Fighting game experience real shot

Experience process, Skyworth OLED TV 55S9D can quickly recognize the game player, quickly and accurately respond to each of the player's action, basically to achieve the zero-latency, really let the virtual reality and reality have a wonderful chemical reaction, this experience is unprecedented. chemical reaction, this experience is unprecedented.

When interacting with the TV in this novel way through AR, the whole family can participate and share the joy together; the TV's large screen brings a completely different immersion with the cell phone, allowing you to be in the moment; the scene in the TV screen is attuned to reality, which brings a stronger sense of integration and interaction. AR technology equipped TV, to achieve beyond the reality of the sensory experience, enrich the family big screen entertainment interaction.

"Filtering

"Harmful blue light for healthier eyes

Another major advantage of the Skyworth TV 55S9D is the blue light filtering function for eye protection. So what exactly is blue light?

The real name of blue light is called High Energy Visible Lights. Light is a kind of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic radiation on the human body of the possibility of harm, is with the energy, or frequency rise and strengthened. For example, high energy, high frequency, short wavelength cosmic rays are the most damaging to the human body, and ultraviolet rays with a lower frequency will also cause damage to the human eye and may cause skin cancer. "Blue light" refers to the visible light closest to the ultraviolet part of these wavelengths in the range of 400-500 nanometers of light frequency than the ultraviolet is slightly lower than the highest energy in the visible part of the light, the color of blue and violet, and therefore it is commonly known as "blue light Blue light is commonly known as "blue light". Among them, 415-455 nanometers of blue light, short wavelength high energy, is the visible light in the eyes of the most harmful wavelengths, called harmful blue light.

It is important to know that the use of LED backlighting of electronic products will emit harmful blue light, and the vast majority of LCD TVs happen to use LED backlighting, research has shown that the short-wave blue light emitted by the LCD TV display for a long time irradiation of the eyes, will lead to retinal pigment epithelial cell death, and ultimately will result in an irreversible eye disease --- macular degeneration. -Macular degeneration. This disease affects central vision and causes blind spots in the eyes. Since there is no medical cure for this disease yet, it is important to be conscious of preventing blue light hazards in your life.

The anti-blue light technology on the market now is divided into two technical means. One is the use of wearing glasses or to the screen with the form of filter film, so that although you can filter out part of the blue light, but for the TV display effect is too great, seriously reducing the consumer's viewing experience. There is also a way to start from the root of the problem, through the technical innovation of the raw materials of the TV screen, realizing the real hardware "net blue", that is, our protagonist today, Skyworth 55S9D TV OLED screen net blue

In order to more intuitively show the ordinary LED LCD TVs and

Skyworth 55S9D

TV in the blue light effect of the difference, we specifically from the testing organization to get a professional blue light detection glasses, through the actual shooting comparison reaction of the two TVs are different.

▲Blue light detection glasses

Skyworth OLED

TV 55S9D

▲ordinary LED backlight LCD TV

Actual comparison, we can see that

Skyworth OLED

TV 55S9D, after filtering out the blue light through the blue light detection glasses. The color and details of the picture did not change much, and all the details of the picture were preserved; while the details of the picture presented by ordinary LED TVs after passing through the blue light detection glasses were seriously lost, showing a kind of overexposure, which precisely shows that the light source emitted by ordinary LED LCD TVs contains a large amount of harmful blue light.

So why can OLED effectively filter out blue light? This is to start from the light-emitting principle, OLED organic TV each pixel can be self-luminous, as long as the voltage input to the electrode, the excitation layer can produce the required color light, the blue light band is mainly concentrated in the 460nm, does not belong to the harmful blue light, the energy is small, the harm to the human eye is minimal, according to the national ophthalmology engineering center to monitor the OLED screen compared to the ordinary LCD screen to reduce 70% of blue light damage. So choosing Skyworth OLED TV 55S9D is the best choice.

"Smart apps and games in action

Games and apps are also a must-have for smart TVs, and the Skyworth 55S9D TV itself has a number of useful and fun apps built in, and users can go to the app store to download more programs.

▲All the apps that come with the device

▲App store interface

▲App download interface

There are several hundred apps in the app store, and most of them are customized for TVs, which is not comparable to the small-screen end of the device, but is still a relatively large number of apps for TVs at the moment.

▲Game menu

Games, Skyworth 55S9D TV also has several built-in game centers, similar to the interface of the app store, and at first count there are hundreds of games, many of which are more playable. In addition, by purchasing a separate game dedicated handle, you can also play a lot of popular hot large-scale 3D games, the game effect is more shocking.

In addition to games, the Skyworth 55S9D also has music, travel, shopping and other applications are also very practical.

▲KuKai Mall

▲Online Music

▲KuKai Travel

The external hard disk playback through the USB port of the TV is also a common feature for many users, and the support of more or less the format of the direct test is the TV's high-definition decoding ability. The test found that can recognize the mobile hard disk, and the current mainstream MKV, AVI, RMVB, MP4, MOV and other video formats can be played smoothly, 4K specification file decoding is also no lag phenomenon.

▲Local video playback interface

▲4K Ultra HD video decoding and playback without stress

"Review Summary:

As the main flagship TV, Skyworth 55S9D can be said to be the best in every aspect.

First of all, the shape is stylish and atmospheric, the extreme ultra-thin body coupled with ultra-narrow metal bezel, so that the entire body is elegant and simple, and can be well integrated into the modern home environment;

In terms of picture quality, thanks to the 55-inch 4K OLED panel coupled with the support of the 4-color HDR technology, the color reproduction as well as the accuracy of the performance of the excellent, the color gamut is even more than 100%, and the dynamic sharpness is also

Functionality, for the smart TV depth customization of the cool open 5.5 operating system beauty and ease of use have been strengthened, children's special mode is also extremely practical.

Content-wise, online video programs are rich enough in quantity and quality, and the free two-year Tencent video membership is a great way to achieve a smooth viewing experience with high definition and extreme speed;

The unique AR mode of Skyworth 55S9D TV is also worthy of recognition, as it perfectly combines the virtual with the real, bringing a better new interactive experience and more possibilities for family entertainment;

The most noteworthy thing is that the eye protection function of OLED TV is also a big secret, effectively avoiding the harm of harmful blue light to the eyes, especially suitable for long time watching TV and the elderly and children whose eyesight is easy to be harmed;

Additionally, the special features such as the top sound effect, buffer-less playback, multi-screen interaction and USB playback are all very practical and better than the majority of the current market's smart TVs.

As for the price, the current Skyworth 55S9D TV price is 15,999 yuan, considering the top color performance and design, for high-end users, you can't go wrong with it.