As a sub-top model, the new ES7000 in April has most of the housekeeping skills of 20 12 Samsung smart TV. Hardware, ES7000 is equipped with dual-core processor, camera and super local optical control technology (ES8000 is super local optical control technology II); In the aspect of intelligent application, interactive functions such as voice control, gesture control and facial recognition are added. In addition, its operating system Smart Hub has been further optimized to be more suitable for TV products. It is the most competitive smart TV product on the market at present.

Main parameters of Samsung UA55ES7000

Model UA55ES7000J

Screen size/inch 55

Resolution 1920× 1080

Backlight side LED

3D shutter type

Processor dual-core CPU

Intelligent operating system intelligent hub

Network TV Platform bestv

App store support

Technical support of USB 2.0 streaming media

Remote control operation mode Remote control, voice control operation and gesture operation

Digital output of audio system dts 2.0+

HDMI/ group 3

Power supply /W 120

Weight/kg16.4kg (excluding base)

Size/mm 1238.4 x 728 x 29.7 (excluding base)

Reference price/RMB10999 (2012-12-16, Taobao)

As can be seen from the above parameters, the basic hardware performance of ES7000 has been improved in local light control and CPU, while the more upgraded parts are innovative remote control methods such as voice control, gesture and facial recognition.

From the overall appearance, ES7000 still continues the basic shape of D7000 last year, which is also a round crystal frame with a very narrow frame. The base is still an X-shaped four-corner base, not an arc design of ES8000, which makes people feel a little sorry. However, the ES7000 still has its special features. The new camera and the downward protruding logo are a major feature of this year's new series of models. In addition to the base, the ES7000 vaguely has the shadow of the ES8000.

In the frame design, ES7000 adopts black inner frame and transparent plexiglass arc outer frame. The thickness of the crystal outer frame is slightly thinner than last year's model, and the overall frame has reached the level of14 mm. Because the thickness of the crystal outer frame has decreased, you will see the black inner frame of ES7000 on the side, and the overall style is more low-key than last year's model.

Above the frame is a brand-new camera component, which gives ES7000 the functions of facial recognition and gesture operation. There is a wheel behind the camera. The specific function is to adjust the shooting angle of the camera to adapt to different users and environments, which is quite humanized.

The downward protruding LOGO design is one of the characteristics of Samsung TV this year. The white backlight reflects the "Samsung" LOGO, and the workmanship in this detail is quite excellent.

The base of ES7000 is still designed with four legs, which is the same as last year's model, so I won't comment much here.

The thickness of the fuselage has been kept at 29.7mm, which is consistent with last year's model. LCD TV seems to have a bottleneck if it wants to lose weight without increasing the cost.

The back of the fuselage is made of black painted all-metal material, which has good heat dissipation. There are also some special upgrades, which will be mentioned below.

You can know from the label on the back that ES7000 is made in Tianjin, China.

● Don't worry about outdated hardware.

It is nothing new that smart TV provides software upgrades. However, Samsung put an expansion slot on the back of the fuselage this time, which is officially called "smart upgrade card". After tearing off the protective tape, we saw an interface and two fixing holes. In the coming year, Samsung will launch a smart card that can be upgraded continuously, so that the expensive TV will not be out of date in a few years.

In addition, the ES7000 also designs the traditional OSD key as a rocker, which can realize most TV functions.

On the remote control, the ES7000 is slightly different from last year's model. For example, the Smart hub button is placed in the center of the fuselage, which highlights the positioning of smart TV. If you want to achieve a higher level of function, users can only buy Samsung's smart remote control, which will have more comprehensive functions, but unfortunately it is not a standard accessory.

In terms of interface design, Samsung ES7000 has horizontal and external interface areas, including 3 sets of HDMI, 3 sets of USB, 1 set of color difference, 1 set of AV, 1 networking LAN, a set of RF TV input and 3.5mm audio interface.

ES7000 basic details

ES7000 basic details

Comments: The appearance upgrade of Samsung ES7000 has risen steadily. While maintaining the slim appearance before, many details have been added, and the overall trend is low-key. With the addition of smart upgrade card, we can see another way to upgrade smart TV.

In the new remote control mode, the interface has hardly changed.

Samsung ES7000 continues the "Smart Hub" intelligent application center of the previous generation. The interface of this platform developed by Samsung itself has not changed much, and the overall layout has not changed much. Samsung's smart interface should be full HD signal display, with clear font and perfect action, which is one of the most beautiful interfaces in the smart TV used by the author.

● The number of smart app store software has increased.

ES7000 has its own smart app store, which contains many applications developed by Samsung itself. Although the number of software is small, most mainstream applications such as public comment, Baidu map, and market fair are available.

Click download directly to get the application, and the operation is simple and easy to understand.

There is also the function of "using records". Directly click the corresponding button on the remote control, and the recently opened program will appear on the left side of the menu, similar to the previous Android operating system that long presses the Home button.

● Gesture control and voice control.

The most important upgrade of ES7000 is to support gesture control and voice control. Just shout "Hello, the TV is on" and the TV will turn on automatically. In practical use, the success rate is very high. When you turn on the TV, you need to say "Hello TV" and bring up the voice control menu, and then read it according to the options on the menu, so you can perform related functions, and the recognition rate is high in actual use.

Gesture operation is more about the control of details, and it is complementary to voice control, and there is little overlap between them. Voice is mainly about the opening of key functions, and gesture is a detailed operation. To turn on gesture control, you first need to wave in front of the camera, and then a gesture prompt area will appear.

The experience is similar to Microsoft's Kinect, and the recognition rate is satisfactory. You can operate the cursor by moving your arm, and holding the open hand tightly means "OK". It's quite interesting to actually operate. We will introduce more operations in detail in the article "Samsung ES7000 Feature and Function Evaluation" published later, so please stay tuned.

● bestv Internet TV

Samsung TV cooperates with bestv network platform, and Samsung has customized a special official client in Smart Hub.

Interface operation flow, beautiful typesetting, and many new resources.

Although high-definition online video can't reach the level of 1080p, it can surpass the quality of DVD, which is very practical as a supplement to TV resources.

Comments: The system interface of Samsung ES7000 has not been completely changed, which shows that Samsung is quite satisfied with its platform, but it has made changes in details. The remote control mode has been improved. At present, there is no similar TV on the market for voice and gesture operation. For more wonderful articles about the trial experience of operation and special functions, please continue to pay attention to the follow-up articles of home appliance channel.

4 the picture quality is measured back to the top first.

Samsung ES7000 image quality test for the first time

In the test, we used Konica Minolta CS-200 spectrocolorimeter purchased by PConline evaluation room for objective evaluation, and judged the quality of LCD screen through data indicators. CS-200 spectrocolorimeter can test a variety of photometric indicators, including brightness, chromaticity, color gamut and so on. Especially in the case of low brightness, it can still maintain very high accuracy and accurately reflect the performance index of LCD screen. In the test, we set the Samsung ES7000 to the standard image mode, and set the backlight to the brightest.

Tested by professional instruments, the picture quality of Samsung ES7000 is still excellent, and its color saturation is equivalent to 80.2 1% of NTSC color gamut, which is better than ordinary LCD TV, but it is not far from Samsung's own model last year.

Measurement data of Samsung ES7000 image quality

Model color saturation (equivalent to NTSC color gamut) brightness (cd/m2) contrast

Samsung ua55e7000j80.21%3686133:1

The highest brightness reached 368.0cd/㎡, surpassing the previous Samsung models, which can be said to be one of the highest brightness LCD TVs on the market. The contrast ratio also reached 6 133: 1, and the overall picture quality reached a high level.

All-black picture has low light leakage.

We let the test TV display a full black picture to test the backlight leakage of LCD TV.

It can be seen that the backlight of ES7000 is uneven, and the bright areas are mainly concentrated at the edges, indicating that ES7000 is still a side LED backlight model. Although the backlight is uneven, the current situation is that most side LED backlight TVs have this phenomenon.

● Close-up of panel pixels

Below is a close-up of the pixels of the ES7000 LCD panel. Through the macro lens, we can clearly see the arrangement of liquid crystal particles in the whole panel.

By observing the panel, we can find that the LCD panel produced by Samsung itself is the same as that used by almost all Samsung high-end models.

Measured TV power consumption

In the following, the author adopts the instantaneous power consumption test method, that is, the power consumption values of five pictures of red, green, blue, white and black are measured in the standard mode respectively.

From the actual test results, the overall power consumption of Samsung ES7000 is low in the standard image mode, especially in the all-black scene. For a 55-inch LCD TV, this power consumption level is excellent.

Measured power consumption of Samsung UA55ES7000J

Model/Screen Red, Green, Blue, Black and White

Samsung ua55e7000j128.92w126.00w128.85w63.41w121.14w.

Comments: Compared with the previous models, the image quality performance of Samsung ES7000 has not changed much in terms of color saturation, contrast and other test parameters, and high brightness can be regarded as inheriting Samsung's consistent style. The use of Samsung's self-produced panels also guarantees the image quality.

5 Gray/color/dynamic picture returns to the top

Gray, color, dynamic picture real shot

Because the screen capture has been processed by the necessary software and influenced by the actual effect of the user's monitor, the final picture displayed on the screen will be different from the actual effect of the TV, so the actual effect should be based on the author's text description. The author uses Sony PlayStation 3 as a Blu-ray player. The digital camera is Canon 60D, and the lens is Longteng 17-50/2.8 XR Di II VC.

● Gray test screen

The first test is a grayscale picture. Samsung ES7000 can clearly display most color blocks, but the darkest part is not clearly distinguished.

● Color reproduction test screen

In terms of color performance, we chose portraits and other bright colors in the Blu-ray test disc. The color reproduction of ES7000 is more vivid, but not that warm color.

In image processing, it is often over-sharpened, and it is easy to find noise, and it is easy to overflow in the red part.

● Dynamic test screen

The author used the same ISO and aperture in the shooting process, the parameters were ISO-400 and F4.0, and the exposure time was1100 seconds. The smear problem of ES7000 is tested by moving the dining table and food at a constant speed.

Although ES7000 has 800 times the speed of CMR, it will still be blurred when processing high-speed images.

63D function test returns to the top.

Samsung ES7000 3D function test

Samsung ES7000 adopts Active Shutter 3D technology, which is active shutter 3D in English, and is used with active shutter 3D glasses. Compared with polarized 3D, the resolution will not be lost, and full HD 3D images can be realized, and the image quality is better.

● Introduction of 3D glasses

Samsung's 3D glasses have changed a lot this year, which gives me the biggest impression that they are much lighter and smaller, which is no different from polarized 3D glasses. Even if they are given another pair of myopia glasses, there is no pressure.

Samsung ES7000 comes standard with 4 pairs of 3D glasses, which is rare on active shutter 3D models. Generally two pairs are standard.

●3D picture effect comparison

After understanding the 3D principle, let's experience the 3D picture effect of Samsung ES7000. Because the 3D picture is formed by the distance difference between the left and right eyes, you will only see fuzzy ghosting when you watch the 3D picture without glasses, and the 3D stereoscopic degree created by different scenes is different, so the ghosting may not be obvious.

Naked eye effect

The effect of wearing 3D glasses

Naked eye effect

The effect of wearing 3D glasses

Comments: Samsung ES7000 adopts shutter 3D technology, the depth of field effect is quite good, the flicker phenomenon is not serious, but there is still a big loss in brightness. This year's active shutter 3D technology is obviously more mature. However, due to the technical bottleneck of shutter 3D, we can see that when the vision is deflected, the picture will change color, and the closer it is to the vertical, the more serious the picture will change color. So the best 3D viewing mode for users is to save the horizontal viewing angle.

7 Full HD video picture back to the top

Samsung ES7000 full HD video screen

In the high-definition video testing part, the author tested the quality level by playing Blu-ray movies, and chose the action movie Ip Man 2 and the documentary Micro World. The first is the documentary "Micro-World", which focuses on natural bright colors and can better test the image quality and color performance of Samsung ES7000.

Comments: The high brightness and sharpness of ES7000 are particularly obvious in documentaries, and some scenes appear earlier. In addition, ES7000 continues the bright display color of Samsung, and you will feel tired after watching it for too long.

8 Streaming media testing returns to the peak

Samsung ES7000 streaming media test

With the help of Smart Hub Intelligent Application Center, Samsung ES7000 has excellent streaming performance and good compatibility with video, audio and image files in mainstream formats.

Samsung ES7000 streaming media software is smooth and user-friendly, and it is very easy to operate and select files.

In terms of film format support, Samsung ES7000 supports avi, mpg, ts, mkv, mov, dat, rm, rmvb, flv, mvc formats, which have basically covered most of the current mainstream formats, and the playback effect is smooth.

For high bit rate full HD video files, it can also be played beautifully, and almost all online videos don't have to worry about not being played.

Audio playback can realize playlist, which is very smooth to operate.

Comments: As a Korean manufacturer, Samsung TV's support for streaming media has been good. This ES7000 continues its compatible style, and the dual-core CPU also makes it play full HD video files more smoothly.

With the addition of gesture control, voice control and face recognition, Samsung ES7000 has greater competitiveness. At present, there is no smart TV on the market that can achieve similar functions. Compared with Samsung's fashionable products last year, this ES7000 makes me feel less grandiose and more calm. The ES7000 fuselage has solid workmanship and exquisite details, and it has also begun to consolidate Samsung's own design DNA in appearance, keeping a low profile without publicity. The upgraded dual-core CPU and the constantly upgraded "intelligent upgrade card" further improve the service life of the TV.

Samsung UA55ES7000J picture series evaluation forum quotation

Through the detailed evaluation of the above projects, the evaluation performance of Samsung UA55ES700LJ by PConline Evaluation Room is summarized as follows:

Summary of advantages and disadvantages of Samsung UA46D7000LJ evaluation

merits and demerits

1, low-key and meticulous narrow border design; 2. The gesture control and voice control functions are practical; 3. The intelligent application interface is clear and smooth; 4, the picture is clear and colorful; 5.Smart Hub provides rich intelligent functions; 6. 3D glasses are thin and light with slight crosstalk. 1, the image processing is too sharp and it is easy to produce noise;

As a sub-top model, Samsung ES7000 will definitely be compared with ES8000 series. At present, the price of 55-inch ES7000 is about 10000 yuan to 13000 yuan, while ES8000 is more than 14999 yuan. The price difference of more than 2000 yuan is just a gorgeous appearance and a slight hardware upgrade. In other words, if you want to experience high-end Samsung smart TV, ES7000 is enough, and almost all the new functions are already available.