4 color OLED hardware and software development Skyworth 55S9-I TV evaluation

Every year in the first half of the year is the moment for major TV brands to update their product lines. This year we saw different technical directions from different camps such as Sony 4K HDR, Samsung SUHD, and LG Signature. They competed for the title of top quality in the LCD industry.

In recent years, it can be seen that the technology presented by the LCD industry has no national borders. Many TV brands in China are also able to adopt the latest display technology in the same way as joint venture companies. For example, Skyworth recently announced the joint development with LG Display. HDR TV with 4-color OLED panel, which is currently the only OLED HDR TV in China. Skyworth, an important member of the OLED camp, can use the most advanced technology for the first time.

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Following the two series of OLED TVs, the S9000 and S9300, the introduction of the Skyworth S9-I series will push the OLED picture quality revolution to a new level. After testing, it boasts wide-area color coverage that is comparable to quantum dot technology, as well as pure dark field control and dynamic fluency that are unmatched by all other LCD products. Without doubt, this is a top display technology and image quality capability. New products, but the surprise is far more than this.

Appearance thickness does not lose iPhone6s

Perhaps the design of Skyworth's 55S9-I does not have this meaning, but in my opinion, the appearance of this TV is a good illustration of many features of OLED. First of all, it goes without saying that the absolute advantage of OLED appearance lies in thinness, and this thinness does not need to be marked with data to modify it. Put your iPhone on its side and you can see that Apple has so much trouble for the slimming of mobile phones but still has room for improvement. Who would have thought that the waist of a 55-inch living room TV is already as sexy as a mobile phone.


Skyworth 55S9-I OLED TV


JBL audio and Dolby certification LOGO at the bottom


Thickness comparable to the thickness of the phone body

Another feature of OLED is that it can be made into a transparent display. Although Skyworth also has a corresponding product launch, in the consumer-grade 55S9-I TV, its transparency is reflected in the bottom of the acrylic decorative strip, which adds aesthetics to the whole machine. Fun. The appearance of the 55S9-I is different from our common TV. Most TV sets can only rely on the frame or the base to modify themselves. Looking from a distance can't express the exquisite craftsmanship. The Skyworth 55S9-I is looking at the distance. Both are fine enough.



Exquisite border and backboard without screws

In other designs, we can see the high quality of the OLED TV's high-end positioning. The Skyworth 55S9-I TV uses an all-metal frame and a backplane design. The polished metal frame shines like a mirror, but it is very smooth. The silver metal side extends down to the inverted V-shaped base. The base is made of the same metal material and processing technology. The two slim but solid bases look quite powerful.


Interface Configuration The Skyworth 55S9-I uses a single-sided interface layout, which makes it easier to view the interface position and connect the signal cable, whether it is wall-mounted or placed on a TV cabinet. This is especially important for ultra-thin flat-panel TVs. Specifications It provides two HDMI2.0, one HDMI1.4 and two USB (including a USB3.0), in addition there is also an SD card reader slot to support digital camera memory card, supporting more application scenarios.

7 Speakers Full Range JBL Audio

Voice-enabled remote control

Different from the S9300 series of OLEDs, the new Skyworth 55S9-I uses a simpler, newer version of the remote control. The sleek shape and keystroke style are very homely. This remote controller supports voice interaction. There is an independent shortcut key setting for the signal source switching, and the overall curve fits well with the held gesture.


Bass gold eye and single-sided three-unit audio

You have just seen that at the bottom of the Skyworth 55S9-I, the dazzling orange JBL logo is very prominent. This is one of the top professional audio brands in the world. Skyworth's high-end TV products have cooperated with JBL several times. . Sound Configuration Skyworth 55S9-I offers 4 full-range speakers and 2 tweeters, all embedded in water-quality textured plexiglass, which complements the bottom acrylic decorative panels. On the back of the TV, the Skyworth 55S9-I is also equipped with a 12-cm diameter subwoofer. Its high-bass and bass 7-unit design covers the entire range, enabling Dolby, DTS, and TruSurround surround effects.

OLED+HDR Skyworth 55S9-I Refresh Quality Limit

4-color self-luminous, HDR, Skyworth's top display technology

Skyworth 55S9-I is not just an ordinary self-luminous OLED TV. It is Skyworth's flagship TV model, and also the first to use 4 color 4K OLED panel and the first to support HDR display technology Skyworth OLED TV, wearing a variety of The most cutting-edge display technology.

Before introducing picture quality, let's first briefly popularize the principles of OLED TV technology. First of all, what you need to know is that OLED TVs are not the same as the traditional TVs that use LED backlights to shine through LCD panels and display images. OLEDs are more like outdoor LED display screens we have ever seen. Each pixel is capable of Self-illuminating lamp beads, so that 3840×2160 pixels have independent backlighting “backlight” driving imaging. Because there is no influence of LCD TV filters and three primary colors, OLED TVs have more pure colors and a more dynamic response, and black-field control is much better than LCD TVs. Its color, dynamic processing and backlight control are significantly higher than most of the LCD or even the flagship LCD TVs of joint venture brands. LCDs and OLEDs span two display technologies in different eras.

In the past, OLEDs have not been able to get into the mainstream due to the problem of yield and price. However, today's 55-inch mainstream consumer-grade OLEDs have already kept the price at the 10,000 yuan mark, which is 4-5 when OLED technology is just unveiled. Million yuan is already "cabbage." Today, such positioning is even cheaper than domestic and foreign brands' flagship LCD TVs. It is enough to see that OLED technology has entered a market period that can be widely used.


Skyworth 55S9-I uses 4 color 4K panel
After successfully launching several OLED product lines such as the S9000 and S9300, Skyworth and LG Display, a technology leader in OLED panel technology, jointly developed 4-color 4K OLED technology, adding white sub-pixels on the basis of traditional three-primary color panels. This technology is intended to solve The core issue is the OLED peak brightness. The 55S9-I has significantly exceeded the average 200 nit brightness OLED TV. This flagship new machine with a peak brightness of close to 500 nits was born for the extreme HDR. Having a much higher brightness than an ordinary SDR TV can also effectively reduce the dark field brightness, which in turn more closely matches the high dynamic range (HDR) requirements of the brighter, darker, darker areas.

The Skyworth 55S9-I supports both HDR10 and Dolby Vision dual HDR display standards. The former can be understood as a basic version of HDR. All HDR TVs conform to the HDR10 standard. Dolby Vision has the technical advantage of frame-by-frame rendering to adjust the dynamic range. It is more advanced than the HDR10 technology. The HDR10-compliant TV does not meet the Dolby Vision certification. However, the Dolby Vision-certified TV must have passed the HDR10 standard. At present, only a few brands such as LG, Skyworth and TCL have passed the Dolby Vision certification. Even the first-line joint venture brands such as Samsung and Sony still do not have HDR TVs corresponding to the Dolby Vision standard.


With the cooperation of 4-color 4K OLED panel technology, Skyworth is also the first to support HDR support to the 4-color level. 4-color HDR technology makes Skyworth 55S9-I change in high-definition image quality requirements such as high dynamic range, color saturation, and peak brightness. Amazing and dazzling.

Color gamut: 98.4% NTSC!

OLED brightness breaks 500 nits!

After the principle of technology was talked about, we still went into the actual measurement, and I am looking forward to what breakthroughs have been made in this new technology.


98.4% of the measured color gamut is significantly better than Skyworth S9300 OLED TV
The first is the color gamut test. One year ago, we tested Skyworth's OLED TV S9300. The TV gamut value was 86.2% NTSC, which was already significantly higher than the 74% entry indicator for flat-panel TVs. After a year of technological innovation, after the arrival of the new flagship TV 55S9-I, its measured color gamut has reached 98.4% NTSC. This number surprised me. The secondary verification test data found no errors. Nearly 100% of the NTSC color space 55S9-I can have a very wide color range, and it has already caught up with quantum dots technology TVs with high color gamut. Perhaps this is the strength given by 4-color 4K OLED display technology.

Light Control: Black is absolutely pure

The light control performance is the focus of the Skyworth 55S9-I picture quality evaluation link. In terms of brightness, the maximum brightness of the 55S9-I under the full white screen is 468 nits. This indicator has a certain gap from the flagship HDR LCD TV. However, In the OLED TV camp, the 55S9-I, which uses four-color 4K technology to optimize peak brightness, has surpassed most OLED TV products including Skyworth.


There is no brightness overflow around the white lines, the screen is completely leak-free
Dark field control has always been the weakness of LCD TVs, and the problem of leaks and blacks being not pure enough is almost a common problem for all LCD TVs. This is one of the core advantages of OLEDs over LCDs. In the all black background test chart containing certain brightness information, Skyworth 55S9-I's performance can be described as black and white, the boundary between the black background and the white line is the boundary between pure black and pure white, and there is no one place for the whole screen. You feel that the black is increased in brightness to graying because the OLED TV will “backlight” (the OLED has no backlight and turns off the OLED pixel unit) completely when it processes black information.


Pixel comparison diagram of OLED and LED (enlarged single cross section of light leakage diagram)


We look at an magnified image to see how terrible OLED technology is. Pictured above is a detailed enlarged view of a 1 pixel fine white line on a 3840×2160 pixel black background. It can be seen that the white line between the small pixel line and the pixel point is clear, and there is no interference with other colors and backlight overflow. , very pure, and very high pixel resolution.

The white of the OLED TV is expressed directly by the pure white light emitting pixel. The LCD TV needs to cooperate with the RGB three-color backlight and the color filter to display the white color. The principle of the color display of the three primary colors is not destined to directly emit pure white light. In addition, if you look closely at the pixel, you will find that OLED recognizes and restores a thin line of pixels much higher than traditional LCD LED TVs. The lines of the latter need to be fully illuminated by RGB three sub-pixels to display. The RGB sub-pixels of the pixels are fully connected, and the pixel control is far less fine than the OLED.

HDR climbs the limit of quality

White is brighter and black is darker. This is a high-contrast technical requirement and is an extremely desirable quality expression for HDR TVs. As Skyworth's first 4-color HDR OLED TV, the dynamic range experience naturally cannot fall. I watched several HDR demos in front of the 55S9-I. As shown in the screen shots, the Skyworth 55S9-I will identify the HDR source and hardware decoding of the video. There is no compatibility problem during the whole process. .


Play decode hint when playing HDR source


Under the dark field, it can control the peak brightness of black sink and highlight at the same time
At the picture quality level, I think that the scene of the light and shadow of the black body as shown above is very intuitive and expresses the display strength of the 55S9-I. The high brightness output of the headlights, the dazzling light, etc., give you a high-intensity hint that it will shine through the darkness. The shadows are not brightened by the bright lights. The black body parts above the headlights can be seen as extremely pure. The chrome reflections on the car body and the light reflected from the side of the hood are unreserved. For the user to restore, this scene in the 55S9-I on the quality of light and shadow expression is very sexy.


The dark field dominates the dark field details and light control is still in place
Another scene is more able to have more brightness information. In the rainy night illuminated by the car headlights, the lines of the pouring rain in front of the body are clearly structured, and the brightness of the lights reflected by the lights and the road surface is full. The rear of the headlights will be accurately separated from the rain and the LOGO of the car with the brightness information and the highlights and shadows at the mirrors. This screen shot is sufficient to illustrate the 55S9-I's powerful ability to restore the dynamic range.

Dynamic: LCD can never be exceeded

The characters in the body, windows, and windows can be clearly identified


Shooting longer, faster trains in focal lengths is still smoother and clearer
The last is dynamic performance, which is another technical advantage that OLED can't be overcame. In the familiar train scene, the Skyworth 55S9-I TV has been able to strip the body, windows and body, and the windows of people and windows in a clean and clear manner. This is impossible with any LCD TV. Experience the clearness and peace. If you have the opportunity to compare the 55S9-I with other LCD TVs to compare this scenario, you can understand the above expression of OLED dynamic performance. With no need to be affected by the liquid crystal deflection response and backlight refresh, OLED is extremely suitable for sports, games, movie lovers to watch high-paced motion pictures.

Diverse Geek application Skyworth 55S9-I system experience


System Experience: UI is simple and diverse

According to the official website, the Skyworth 55S9-I has as many as 12 SOC cores, including the CPU with a quad-core A53, GPU with a 6-core IMG6110 chip, and an independent dual-core V-Engine decoder chip. The running memory is 2.5GB. In terms of specifications, we cannot know the specific model or frequency of the CPU, but in terms of its ability to support 10-bit HDR and Dolby Vision decoding, this SOC architecture must be very frontier.


Skyworth 55S9-I system panorama
On the system side, although it still looks like the cool open system we are familiar with, it also witnessed the optimization of the control of the previous version in the familiar interface. The latest cool open system interface in Skyworth's 55S9-I is very refreshing. The main interface information is necessary for us to streamline, but there is plenty of room for customization. In terms of screen shots, Geek Max, Geek Edu, Geek mall, Geek Box, Geek Trip, and Geek Pod correspond to the entrances of film and television, education, shopping malls, games, travel, and music. The information is rich but the interface is extremely concise. There are also recommended locations for Skyworth Smart Home and advertising operations.


There are good hardware and display effects, of course, with a rich content resources, the combination of software and hardware can play the greatest value of a TV. In terms of content, it is recommended to install a sofa butler - the sofa butler is a third-party app store designed specifically for smart TVs, Android box users, carefully providing television, box users with high-quality television exclusive version of the application, including with live Or on-demand video and audio and video software, various types of recreational competitive video game software and daily office entertainment management system management tools. Skyworth S9-I TV users can refer to the tutorial: Skyworth S9-I installation method Install a sofa housekeeper to implement third-party application extensions.




Between Geek Max and Geek Edu is the history, application and other entrances, where you can arrange APPs for yourself. For example, put the cloud games we have downloaded at the top of the recommendation, so that you can skip the list of applications and go directly to the high frequency of use. The software is suitable for netizens who frequently visit third-party APPs.

Resources: Tencent HBO iCNTV strong alliance

Rich in the classification of movies and television


The latest cinema screen interface, hot pot heroes, waste firewood agents are all recently launched.


High quality HBO episode, right-looking games
In terms of film and television, Skyworth 55S9-I access licensee iCNTV, the main source of video content is Tencent's Cloud Audio/Visual Penguin, HBO genuine TV series and so on. Judging from the screen shots, the updated contents of the Skyworth 55S9-I include heroes of the hot pot, my great-grandfather, and wilderness hunters, etc. The maximum resolution of the built-in video is 4K, and an additional 4K content area is provided.



Online video screen capture
In terms of sharpness, experiencing 4K at a normal viewing distance of about 3 meters and blue light quality is enough to watch. Of course, if you get to the front half of the screen, you can naturally see the screen smearing effect of taking care of the speed. This is normal phenomenon.

According to our experience, SkyView 55S9-I's Cloud Audio-visual Penguin membership fee is 199 yuan per year. It can also be purchased through 60 yuan per quarter or 25 yuan per month. The price belongs to the medium and low consumption positioning of the Internet video platform. The 490 yuan a year members are often more than others.

Educational experience: benefits for all ages


Geek education platform that can cover different age groups



Talented Children's Songs Experience
Geek Edu contains the knowledge and life skills that can be acquired by various ages. There are literacy and children's songs in the enlightening stage of young children, online classes for teachers of junior high schools, and slim teaching, parent-child interaction, etc. for young people. content. For elderly parents, health and leisure can also fill time and enjoy fun.

The contents of Skyworth Geek Edu are supported by a large number of software suppliers. It is believed that with the market share of one of the three major domestic TV brands, such a giant user platform will also attract the entry of the highest quality APP partners in the industry. Software quality More secure.

Shopping: Handling is much simpler than expected


A large number of Skyworth TV Malls jointly injected by multiple e-commerce platforms


Easy to grasp product information through video
Under Geek Mall, can you imagine Skyworth 55S9-I moving TV shopping to an intelligent system? However, after my experience, the form of information presentation and the order purchase process did not feel obstructed on the TV. Under the shopping module, we can view product information through video or graphic, such as the Global Shopping section. Here are some video shopping introductions of imported goods. My personal interest in this page is broken dishes, and I was recently thinking about buying. After I clicked on the product, I saw something like TV shopping. Regardless of whether the product is worth buying, at least this section has recommended the function of the broken wall machine for me. Even if it is not purchased, it can be used as a channel for obtaining product information. It is always better than the derivative content of a few words plus a few pictures. Rich?



Clothing shopping experience from Tmall platform
Of course, Geek Mall also has some different types of products such as daily necessities, foods, clothing, shoes, and caps. The types are very complete, and the cooperation mall has a more reliable Tmall and a more reliable SF Express. From the experience point of view, the shopping page on the TV has been optimized to fit the high-resolution widescreen. When it is purchased, it only uses the QR code to scan and jump to the mobile phone operation. It is not what I imagine to buy through the remote control. See that Skyworth wants your consumption to accelerate faster.

Games: More than Android

For young people, a large number of game games under Geek Box will certainly be able to fill in the leisure time. For example, the FPS game will be fired at the front line under the page, and the anime style shooting competition form is very suitable for daily leisure. No need to take the story, enter the game or the battle hall will be able to fight with the national netizens together, but also has a rich system to upgrade the equipment, absolutely kill time weapon.



Experience the games in Geek Box
In addition, under the game board, we also introduced the Gelai cloud platform we introduced earlier. Here, you can experience PC masterpieces by paying fees. What we need to prepare is to pay for membership and sufficient speed. No need to install and save the cost of regularly upgrading computers, so experience online cloud games may become the mainstream of the future, and Skyworth has been at the forefront of the times.

Travel: As long as you have money, Skyworth takes you all over the world


Different themes of domestic and international tourism routes



Sun's descendants' themed tours and team trip arrangements screen shots
Finally, let's introduce the Geek Trip feature in Skyworth's 55S9-I TV. This is a tourism project. I can't imagine that I can use the living room TV to order a group tour. Seen from the interface, Skyworth CoolBreak has prepared a wealth of cities and theme tours for users. For example, it is possible to take a descendant of the fiery movie and TV drama Sun. From Guangzhou, it takes 10 days and 7 nights to provide detailed daily travel. Directions and travel tips are as professional as the PC or mobile group tour we see. If you want to place an order, you can fill in the information with the same code as your mobile phone. There is no difficulty in interaction.

Evaluation Summary: In my opinion, Skyworth 55S9-I OLED TV has reached the top level of domestic TV, skip domestic boundaries, even if it is placed in the same price joint venture products, it does not mean to put the array. The 55S9-I, which uses Skyworth's and LGD's 4-color OLED panel in depth cooperation, will raise color gamut and light control to a new level, surpassing ordinary non-HDR OLED TVs. Skyworth 55S9-I TV has nearly 100% NTSC's ultra-high color gamut coverage. The addition of 4-color panels and HDR has fully stretched its peak brightness. Darkfield is the highlight of OLED. From the aspect of picture quality, it is only higher-end positioning OLED TV that can surpass it, or some top HDR LCD TVs can take a small lead from the peak brightness level.

In terms of functions, the system fluent qualities that S9-I should possess. On this basis, Skyworth has substantially improved the content structure of its Geek services. Although shopping and tourism are still in the primary form of service construction, they are perfect information and associated mobile payment. Convenient operation makes the foundation very solid. In addition, this TV also has the resources of several large platforms, such as HBO and Tencent, to inject resources. In the near future, the first domestic HDR channel will be launched. As the title of the article says, the Skyworth 55S9-I is a 4-color HDR OLED TV with internal and external repairs, and it has no flagship positioning. â– 

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