You may have played Kinect somatosensory games, and you may be used to using the voice search function of your mobile phone. You even happen to have a Samsung mobile phone that supports face recognition. ES8000 combines three technologies: voice control, somatosensory operation and face recognition, enabling people to put down the remote control at hand and interact with TV in a more intuitive way. Coupled with the exclusive entertainment application extended by the high degree of network integration, TV can be closer to people's entertainment needs.
Appearance of Samsung Smart TV ES8000
This year, the flagship models of Korean TV manufacturers have a common feature, that is, the ultra-thin bezel design, which is not wide enough for the fingernails. From a distance, it looks like a thin metal frame on the screen, and its shape is very concise and neat, so that the whole TV maintains a fairly complete sense of balance visually.
You can see the ultra-flat body of ES8000 from the side. The only support point is the metal frame below. Although it is beautiful, the screen itself will inevitably swing slightly if it encounters vibration (such as the common earthquake in Taiwan Province Province). Although it won't fall, considering it is an expensive household appliance, if you are worried about the situation at the joint of the base for a long time, you can consider using the wall hanging instead.
The back of the fuselage is also flat, except for the concave design with port connection function. ES8000 *** has three USB ports and three HDMI ports, of which it is worth noting that Samsung specially reserved a slot for the "Evolution Kit" intelligent evolution kit.
Usually, after the TV is bought, the hardware part is dead and can only be upgraded with firmware. Evolution Kit chip makes up for this, which enables TV to be expanded and upgraded through external cards, continuously providing better computing performance (dual-core becomes quad-core) and the latest database, and prolonging its use pleasure.
There is a small lens above the TV, and its most important function is as a medium of intelligent interaction. In addition to capturing portrait movements, there is a built-in radio microphone beside it, which can receive voice commands. In addition, this microphone also has an intimate special design, which is to turn off and stand by. It will stand by with very little power consumption. Once someone says the key word "Hey, TV, Start", it will automatically turn on the TV, changing the previous behavior that people had to sit in a chair and pick up the remote control to control the TV. It's really smart!
Samsung ES8000 comes with many accessories. Two remote controls, active 3D glasses and quick start guide are commonly used, and the wall-mounted accessory box in the upper right corner is optional.
The ES8000 has two remote controls, namely the main remote control and the smart touch remote control. Just like all traditional remote controls, there are still many buttons on the main remote control. If you haven't touched it before, it may take a little time to get familiar with it.
There is a lovely hexagonal button in the middle of the main remote control. Press to open the Smart HUB interface. Taking it as the axis is a function that is often used when watching TV, and it is a tool area for adjusting various settings when downloading to multicolored ABCD.
The bottom six buttons are often used when watching movies, and then there are some special function shortcuts, such as Samsung's unique "family story" online photo album, one-click video software or 3D.
There is a pink-orange reflective button on the top of the remote control, which can make the button glow, suitable for sneaking up in the middle of the night to watch TV or turn off the lights to watch movies.
The key configuration on the smart touch remote controller is much simplified, but all functions are available, even some functions are not available on the main remote controller. Once you get used to it, you can almost replace the main remote control. The top three LED lights represent the current signal source, and there is an independent hexagon Smart HUB start button in the middle. More interestingly, there is a "voice control" button in the middle, which will start the voice control mode when pressed.
Sometimes the TV is too loud, even if you yell at it, you can't let the microphone receive instructions smoothly. This is why Samsung specially added a button to start voice control on the smart remote control, and then spoke into the microphone attached to it, completing voice control gracefully!
The flat block in the middle of the remote control is the touch area, and sliding your finger on it can wake up the cursor operation. It has the function of direction keys/scrolling web pages, which can be used to set TV parameters or surf the Internet, except that if you want to confirm/click/mute, just press the touchpad directly, which is quite practical.
The 3D of Samsung ES8000 is active, and the advantage is that the 3D stereoscopic effect is better. However, the price of glasses is quite high, and it has to be powered by batteries. If you want to enjoy a 3D movie with the whole family, you may need to spend thousands of dollars to buy more glasses.
It has a potential crisis. Its battery cover is not a pure drawer, but it takes a little effort to "fold" the cover in half after it is pulled out. Because its clips and brackets are very thin, a rude person may accidentally damage the battery cover, so be careful!
Image quality and 3D
Although the image quality performance is not within the scope of Samsung's key promotion this time, the image quality performance is not bad! Similarly, in the case of watching the fourth local drama, ES8000 shows better color levels and clarity than ordinary traditional TV-the difference is obvious to the naked eye, and it will not even lose to other 3D TVs with the same positioning, which is quite impressive!
Since even the traditional analog signals have a good performance, let alone watching high-definition movies, let's take diablo 3, which is very popular recently. Hair, lines, surface materials and other details are very realistic, and the picture is sharp and immersive. It's really super fun to play!
Although ES8000 is active 3D, its operation performance from 2D to 3D is only moderate. If the source is a general 2D picture or movie, the converted effect may not be as good as looking at 2D directly. It is recommended that people who want to fully enjoy 3D buy special playback equipment!
Intelligent interaction
The expected three interactive treasures "voice control", "somatosensory operation" and "face recognition" are one of the keys to make TV play well, but besides fun, practicality is what consumers really care about!
"Voice control" is to control TV through several keywords. I believe that the most mature state of this technology in the future should be that all operations can be completed without moving a finger, but it will be a long time later. To what extent can it be done now? Watch it with a film!
When the TV receives voice and turns on voice control mode, a bubble dialog box will appear at the bottom of the screen. If you are not sure whether you are casting pearls before swine, you can confirm whether the dialog box is displayed. The feeling after using it is actually not bad! Although it doesn't receive enough instructions, its flexibility is not high and its response is not fast enough, people can't help but look forward to its future development. After all, "opening your mouth" is definitely more convenient than manual remote control, and it is a remote control method that can be easily learned from the age of eight to eighty!
Face recognition is a very convenient and accurate function. In particular, many services can only be used through login accounts. Instead of knocking there for a long time every time, it is the fastest to sweep your face directly! But of course, the system will still make special security reminders. If you are really afraid that your parents will steal your Facebook, you should use a password.
As for the sensory manipulation in the third part, if we want to describe the somatosensory operation of ES8000 in the fastest way, it is probably very similar to Kinect! However, compared with the first two items, it takes a long time to recognize and react, but it will be very sour if you hold it for too long. In practice, "somatosensory operation" should be the most inconvenient of the three functions. But it can greatly satisfy people's psychology of early adopters. Maybe it will provide a better experience after the introduction of Evolution Kit in the future!
Intelligent application
The service that is close to the needs of life is a good service. When Youtube, Facebook and various digital TV channels gradually become the basic entertainment of smart TV, how to launch exclusive good materials to attract consumers' attention often tests the degree of intention of manufacturers. This year, Samsung launched three exclusive applications in its Smart HUB, namely health management fitness, preschool children's kindergarten and family story.
"Fitness" is similar to Wii Fit, which allows people to exercise at home and do personal health management. As long as the personal data is input, the system will calculate the body mass index value and exercise goal suitable for them. This is probably the only application that will make us leave the sofa and move!
"Fitness" has five different types of fitness teaching, and each film will also indicate the number of calories burned. You can download the list to practice according to your personal needs.
Fitness movies can be watched in full screen or with video lens, so that you can observe whether your actions are true while following the movement. And this virtual mirror can also customize the scale. If you feel that you can't see the coach's movements clearly, you can adjust them at any time.
If you think the preset background of fitness is boring, you can change it from the settings, but unfortunately you can't import your own pictures. However, there are still quite a few candidates for virtual coaches, including men and women, black and white, and you can change it at any time through the settings!
"Kids Kindergarten" is the cooperation channel between Samsung and British preschool education projects. It is designed for preschool children. The picture is very cute, nothing to say. Most movies are pure images without dialogue, unlike the current animation programs, which can give children a simple vision.
The main axis of children's playground is movies, but it also has some simple parent-child interaction functions, such as sticker books that can be used as photo albums to reward children, and alarm clock settings that can manage the time when children watch TV.
Like the previous application, every movie and game in the children's playground must be downloaded from Samsung Apps. If you want to use it after downloading, you can only use it when the TV is connected to the Internet. The advantage is that it can reduce the use of TV storage space, but the disadvantage is that it needs a stable network environment.
Do you like to share your life with your family? Sometimes you travel abroad or study abroad for a long time, but you don't want to lose the interaction with your family. Family Story can fill this gap and make you feel that you have never left home wherever you go!
Family stories sound a lot like Facebook. The only difference is that its interface is simple, with pictures as the main part and text as the supplement. It integrates mobile devices such as TV, mobile phone and tablet computer. With the APP, you can transfer all your life photos to the cloud hard disk, share them on this interface, and turn the TV into a large online photo album! In addition to sharing photos, there are memos and itineraries beside them, which can be used as family messages and can also record the dates of family trips, which is very convenient!
The interface of the mobile phone board looks more exquisite and lovely, which is not only suitable for family life, but also very suitable for school clubs or private online forums of super friends. Unfortunately, Family Story is only available on Samsung devices at present, and I hope it can be extended to other platforms' operating systems! ?
What about the conclusion?
Although smart TV is not popular in the market, and everyone is somewhat unfamiliar with it, I believe it must be the development trend of home entertainment in the future, especially after the combination of peripheral mobile electronic products, the "smart entertainment alliance" composed of TV, mobile phone, camera, computer and other home audio and video playback programs has been vaguely formed. In addition to hardware specifications, the focus will be on software services and consumer friendliness. This year, Samsung's smart TV ES8000 has played a very beautiful chapter, and various manufacturers still have a lot of room for improvement in the field of smart TV. As consumers, we just need to be optimistic and wait for these convenient and interesting technologies to become more mature.