AI artificial intelligence that understands users best Skyworth 50Q5A TV review

IT168 Review If the most popular technology in the television field is now, it has to be "artificial intelligence"! At the just-concluded AWE, we saw that many domestic and foreign color TV manufacturers are vigorously promoting the development of artificial intelligence TV, and many new products have been launched. Now, Skyworth, a leading domestic home appliance company, has given its own "answer": the new artificial intelligence TV Q5A. It uses the Hummingbird AI chip exclusively developed by Skyworth, which can independently perform deep learning based on a giant database. It is the first to realize AI picture quality, AI voice and AI ecosystem, bringing high-quality human-computer interaction services, realizing remote voice interaction and intelligent devices at home. control as you wish.

Today, the 50-inch TV in the Skyworth Q5A series for mainstream consumers: 50Q5A was the first to come to our IT168 evaluation room. It is more targeted at young people in terms of design, audio and video configuration, and content. It is built based on the usage habits and is more likely to inspire young people's enthusiasm. I believe that everyone, like the author, can’t wait to know its actual performance. The following is a detailed evaluation part for you.

Detailed explanation of appearance design and product technology

TV is the center of entertainment in the family living room. In this era of "appearance", good design is an extremely important consideration, and Skyworth 50Q5A It is a very representative product. It adopts the popular minimalist style, and its biggest feature is that it is equipped with a "full screen". From the front, the existence of the frame is almost imperceptible, which can greatly expand the viewer's field of vision and bring a more immersive experience.

▲Skyworth 50Q5A front design

▲Off state

The side of the fuselage also follows the current trend, adopting an ultra-thin design and mainly white color Elegant and elegant, but also full of modern artistic beauty.

▲Side design of the fuselage

The back of the fuselage adopts a pure white color scheme that is rare on TVs at present. The integrated simple design is very simple and clean. At the same time, the base and bracket adopt the same silver color to ensure the aesthetics of the whole design and can be well integrated with the modern home environment.

▲The design of the back of the fuselage

Let’s take a look at the details of the appearance. First of all, the frame part has been introduced before. The outer part is formed by bending the metal backplate at one time, and the inner part is The integrated screen has a slight bezel that can only be seen when it is turned on. At the same time, the seams of the whole machine are relatively tight, and the workmanship is worthy of recognition.

▲The fuselage frame part

The base part adopts a new design. The brackets are like two ice skates standing on the ice, making the whole machine powerful yet light, and also ensuring that the machine Body stability.

▲Base design

The interface part includes two HDMI2.0, two USB and one cable TV interface, which can basically meet the needs of most ordinary users.

▲Interface part

The remote control of Skyworth 50Q5A adopts a minimalist button design, supports basic adjustments, shortcut button operations, and a separate voice shortcut button, so you can get started quickly. It also feels more comfortable in the hand.

▲Remote control part

Summary: Borderless design, white elegant integrated body, exquisite and solid craftsmanship details, can be well integrated into the modern home environment, suitable for young people people use.

Powerful artificial intelligence system voice control experience

When it comes to intelligence before, many other brands of TVs have also launched it, but it is only limited to application installation and interconnection with mobile phones. Although they all support voice input, the user experience is very poor. The voice recognition rate is low, only fixed grammar can be input, there are few applicable scenarios, and remote control is required for close operation. I believe that most people have used it. Once you use it you won't use it again. The latest Skyworth 50Q5A is equipped with the newly developed Hummingbird AI chip, which can be said to have achieved breakthroughs in three aspects: image quality, voice and ecology.

First of all, let’s talk about the voice and ecological experience (image quality is introduced separately on the next page). The artificial intelligence voice system of Skyworth 50Q5A allows users to say goodbye to complicated operation steps. According to what you convey commands, accurately identify and respond quickly. As long as you say the name of the movie or TV series, you can watch it in one second, which is a super convenient experience. The 50Q5A can respond quickly and implement basic functions such as changing channels, finding movies, playing, fast forwarding, etc.

▲Skyworth 50Q5A’s artificial intelligence voice experience

In terms of intelligence level, Skyworth 50Q5A can handle long sentences and fuzzy words through artificial intelligence algorithms, powerful computing power and big data. Intelligent recognition of sentences, such as "I want to watch the TV series starring Yang Mi", "Hunan Satellite TV's programs", "Oscar-winning movies", "Today's stock market", etc., can be accurately recognized and displayed correctly.

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Search for "science fiction film"

Q5A also adds a step-by-step filtering function. In the interface displayed by the search, you can search again to narrow down the selection. range to find the videos you want to watch more accurately.

For example, search for "science fiction film" and continue to say "starring Jackie Chan" in the pop-up interface to display all science fiction films starring Jackie Chan; or search for "How is the weather in Harbin?" and when the weather forecast box pops up, If you search for "What clothes should I wear?", reasonable suggestions will be given, which can be said to be very practical.

▲You can filter again in the search results

▲Accurate identification and accurate reply

What’s even more awesome is that Skyworth Q5A also has built-in artificial intelligence voice recognition function. Currently, special functions such as video recognition and video encyclopedia are supported. For example, when watching any video content, when a person appears on the screen, the user can press and hold the voice control key to ask "Who is this?" and the screen will be given in the form of a card. Actor basic information, if multiple characters appear on the screen, switching display is also supported.

▲Voice button to ask "Who is this?"

Some brands have built this function before, but it only supports a few "developed" videos, which is particularly useless. However, Skyworth Q5A's artificial intelligence voice recognition is truly accurate and practical. In any video resource, it can automatically identify relevant celebrity actors based on their facial features, even those who are less popular, have less clear picture quality, or are foreign actors. They can also be accurately identified, which makes me impressed again by Skyworth TV’s AI.

▲Accurately identify foreign actors

▲The picture is not very clear, and it can be accurately identified even in relatively dark conditions

Through cooperation with Baidu, Skyworth 50Q5A also It can transform into an "encyclopedia" at home. Through the built-in semantic recognition function, it can give more intelligent search feedback. As long as it is a question you can think of, no matter how unpopular it is, there will be corresponding feedback. In addition, it is still being continuously learned and enriched, and its backend semantic library is also being continuously expanded and improved.

▲More intelligent search feedback

There is another function that needs recognition, that is, Skyworth 50Q5A also achieves cross-software and cross-platform intelligent voice search functions, such as "Hunan Satellite TV", it will intelligently jump to play directly. In the same way, the copyrights of many TV programs are scattered on different video platforms. Now, through smart voice, you can automatically install the relevant APP programs for you and automatically request the content you want to watch. It can be said that it is much more convenient than before! This is something that many other brands of TVs have not yet achieved.

▲Smart voice can also search across software and platforms

Smart interconnection is also the future development direction. Imagine returning home from a busy day and remotely controlling the appliances in your home through voice How comfortable it will be, this Skyworth 50Q5A achieves this. It has a built-in intelligent control center that can control washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, water purifiers and other home appliances. And according to reports, more smart home appliances will be added in the future to form a complete ecosystem and become the center of the entire smart home.

▲Skyworth smart home appliance control

▲Air conditioning control interface

In addition to the remote smart voice and smart home appliance control mentioned above, Skyworth 50Q5A also has " With the "Screen Casting" function, you can download the "TV Pie" APP software through your smartphone. As long as you log in to your account and connect to your smart TV (network set-top box), you can realize functions such as mobile phone remote control, installation of software on the TV, mobile phone projection of pictures, and video on demand. For This is great news for people with severe "mobile phone dependence".

▲Mobile phone screen projection function

Summary: Currently the most natural, accurate and efficient artificial intelligence system in the TV industry, it can also control other smart appliances in the home, bringing Better user experience. Therefore, we can draw this conclusion: "With an AI chip, it is a true AI TV!"

Skyworth 50Q5A TV Picture Quality Test

As a TV, it is quite Other functions are secondary to the screen display, so this is also a link we must test. In the picture test part, we mainly test the basic quality of the screen itself, including objective data test and actual photo test. The test data is tested using professional instruments (TOPCON's BM-7 luminance meter) to test TV picture brightness, NTSC color gamut range, light and dark contrast, dark field performance and other aspects. The photography part mainly involves using a TV connected to a USB flash drive in a dark room to play different types of videos of selected characters, scenery, night scenes, sports, etc. to test the dynamic clarity and detail restoration of the picture.

After testing with professional instrument BM-7, the specific picture quality performance parameters of Skyworth 50Q5A TV are: under default settings, the measured brightness reaches 352 nits, which is higher than the brightness of 300 nits of ordinary LCD TVs. The measured field brightness is 0.02 nits, with no obvious light leakage, and the performance is very good. The measured NTSC color gamut is 73.45%, which is slightly higher than the 72% color gamut of current mainstream TVs.

▲Color gamut test results

In the 4K HDR format video test session, Skyworth 50Q5A can automatically recognize HDR format videos and play them smoothly.

In HDR mode, the contrast between light and dark in the picture is obviously more intuitive, especially the brightness will be greatly improved. In the measured picture, the brightness of sunlight reflected from the water surface has reached 428 nits, which can present a brightness and detailed performance that is closer to the real environment. , the performance is relatively excellent.

▲Real shots of 4K HDR format video playback

Skyworth 50Q5A uses the self-developed Hummingbird AI smart TV chip and a new image engine, coupled with 4K ultra-high definition resolution, it can Brings real and detailed picture effects. As can be seen from the picture below, for example, the details of light and dark details and the richness of colors are better expressed.

▲Ultra high-definition real shooting

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Ultra high-definition real shooting

In order to more intuitively reflect the picture quality of Skyworth 50Q5A TV For performance, we took a series of pictures, which mainly reflect the color reproduction capabilities of red, green, and blue as well as the strong reproduction of light and dark details for viewing.

▲Skyworth 50Q5A ultra-high-definition picture real shot

▲Skyworth 50Q5A ultra-high-definition picture real shot

In addition to the effect of static ultra-high-definition picture display, in ultra-high definition Its excellence can also be seen in the actual shooting of the high-definition demo film. Through the USB port of the TV and the external hard disk playback test, it can perfectly play 4K-level videos of various bit rates.

▲Real shot of 4K demonstration film

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Real shot of 4K demonstration film

In terms of dynamic picture effects, the performance of Skyworth 50Q5A is also Remarkably, it can easily cope with rapidly changing images without any obvious smearing. Skyworth 50Q5A also provides a variety of detailed adjustment options for image quality parameters, so users can make precise settings according to their own circumstances.

▲Image mode adjustment options

Summary: The picture quality is rich in details, the color restoration is true and natural, the transition is smooth, and the dynamic picture effect is also excellent.

Intelligent system and application experience

In terms of system experience, Skyworth 50Q5A still continues the Coocaa system, with in-depth optimization and the top hardware configuration in current smart TVs, thus ensuring a smooth experience. Excellent operating experience, no need to wait for every control command issued, immediate response. After turning on the TV, the UI interface is directly presented in a very intuitive form. The content you want to watch is placed on one screen, and each content is processed in a large-size poster format, so that we do not need to dwell too much on text information. It improves the convenience and efficiency for users to obtain content.

▲System main UI interface

Various function menus are placed on the far left, mainly divided into discovery, selection, VIP, drama, movie, variety show, shopping, children, It has several major functions, which are currently used the most by users. In addition, each has a separate interface, which not only makes the control smooth and fast, but also makes people feel comfortable with beautifully designed icons.

▲VIP interface display

Swipe up through the remote control, and there are shortcut functions hidden in the top row of the screen, or you can call them up by just pressing the menu button on the remote control. Including local media, signal sources, settings, themes, my applications and children's mode, etc., to make it more user-friendly.

▲Sliding up the main UI interface

In the exclusive children's mode, we can see the most comprehensive children's exclusive content currently. Kukai cooperates with third-party educational resource providers and has built-in a large number of high-quality content from Zhike Education, Beva Children's Songs, Guoguo Paradise, Lexue Famous Teacher Classroom, and Smart World, which can effectively cultivate children's interest in learning and improve children's learning ability. Positivity.

▲Child Mode Interface

For TV users, the video playback function is the most used. Skyworth 50Q5A TV also supports online film and television on-demand. This time it cooperates with industry-leading video providers such as iQiyi, including a large number of genuine film and television resources and high-definition series. In addition, all users who purchase 50Q5A will receive a direct gift of video membership, allowing you to see richer high-definition content.

▲Movie Interface

▲Kiwi VIP

Just use the remote control to click on the icon of the movie you want to watch to enter the playback interface, which not only includes plot introduction , as well as practical functions such as definition, related videos, downloads, etc., adhering to the principle of simple operation and ease of use of Skyworth TV.

▲Movie playback interface

The latest popular movies, TV series, and variety shows can be found on Skyworth 50Q5A, such as many new movies released this year: "Game of the Brave 3", "Journey to the West: The Kingdom of Daughters", etc., can be seen here as soon as they are removed from theaters.

▲4K Zone

The quality of the movies is also very high. For example, in the 4K zone, there are all theater movies that have just been released this year.

▲Video playback real shot

▲Definition selection, some videos include 4K ultra-clear mode

Games and applications are also essential for smart TVs, Skyworth 50Q5A TV It has many practical and fun applications built-in, and users can also go to the app store to download more programs.

▲Application interface

▲Game interface in the application

In addition to games, Skyworth 50Q5A also has music, travel, shopping and other applications. practical.

▲Shopping interface

Evaluation summary: Skyworth 50Q5A’s performance in all aspects is worthy of recognition. First of all, in terms of image quality, it has the exclusively developed Hummingbird AI chip and image quality processing technology, coupled with perfect support for 4KHDR, which has improved the look and feel, bringing a more realistic picture; powerful hardware configuration, matching The Kukai system and artificial intelligence voice control, fuzzy search, and intelligent recognition make the user experience even better; coupled with rich video resources, mobile phone control, etc., overall, the Skyworth 50Q5A TV is worth buying for users with higher quality requirements. .