Regardless of the future of TV, these are the five things that attract me to the Honor Smart Screen

As a "future" TV, Honor Smart Screen has attracted much attention since its release. In addition to the sound and picture quality, the main point of Honor Smart Screen this time is "screen-to-screen interaction", connecting users' smart IoT life through the smart screen.

Now, some time has passed since the release date. Judging from the online reviews, the reputation of Honor Smart Screen tends to be that of an ordinary TV product. Users who like it are amazed by the sophisticated interconnection mechanism and the overall audio-visual effect. Users who don't like it label it as "high-priced", believing that it has not broken away from the inherent rut and the experience is not amazing.

As a product that the public had previously given too many expectations, the Honor Smart Screen finally returned to an old question after its launch - is it worth buying?

So, what is the experience effect of Honor Smart Screen? Does it matter whether you use an Honor phone or a non-Honor phone? In today's experience of Honor Smart Screen Pro, we will look at it with a level eye and strive to restore the product strength of Honor Smart Screen itself.

1. No ads when starting up, Hongmeng debuts and launches ecosystem

It is very difficult to find a TV without commercials nowadays. Although commercials have the function of precise positioning, it is really embarrassing to prepare popcorn and watch a blockbuster with your goddess in the middle of the night, but have to look at each other in bewilderment after watching the commercials for more than ten seconds.

This time, the Honor Smart Screen not only has no ads when it is turned on and off, but also no patch ads in the system interface, making the overall experience refreshing. It is nice to have no ads on TV for a while, and it is always nice to have no ads, but we still have to question whether there will be ads on smart screens in the future.

After all, the current promotional language is only targeted at startup ads, but it is hard to say what the internal system will be like in the future. After all, once the sales volume increases, the advertising business will also be a huge profit.

OTT advertising has become the mainstream profit point in the current TV market due to its precision marketing effect. Facing such a big piece of cake, it is impossible for Huawei, an old gourmet, to say that it is not tempted. However, you don’t have to worry about this at the moment, after all, the main selling point of the smart screen is that it has no startup ads.

In addition, regarding the lack of ads during startup, the official said that it was because the 2-second startup was too fast to be played... In actual testing, the 2-second startup of the Honor Smart Screen is still questionable. If you turn off the remote control and light it up to wake up, the Honor Smart Screen does take less than 2 seconds; but if you cut off the power supply, the Honor Smart Screen boots up in about 21 seconds, which is not much better than the startup speed of other TVs.

Compared with the small dessert of no ads, Hongmeng system is the real dish of this smart screen. As far as Huawei's previous publicity is concerned, Hongmeng system is tantamount to Huawei's first shot in the Internet of Things system. You can see its strategic position from the placement of the first-level entrance of "My Home" on the smart screen.

From the actual experience, the Honor Smart Screen page switching is very smooth, and the dynamic effect display is brisk. The Hongmeng system will not only focus on TV, but will be used in the Internet of Things to provide a more stable and efficient interconnection effect.

As the name suggests, the naming of Hongmeng system also means the opening of Huawei's huge ecosystem. Its distributed microkernel structure, on the one hand, expands the application ecosystem of Huawei Hongmeng OS, just like Apple, to build its own closed-loop IoT platform; on the other hand, the microkernel is more secure than the macrokernel. Unlike Android's ROOT permission, the microkernel can achieve separate encryption of each module, making the application safer.

Not only that, Hongmeng system is also compatible with Android. With the support of Ark compiler, the phone will run more efficiently. It is worth noting that the Honor Smart Screen currently only supports the installation of third-party applications in Huawei App Market, which covers the Android version applications we are familiar with. If you insert a USB flash drive, the Smart Screen can only read out pictures, videos and audio formats, so it is not feasible to install applications through a USB flash drive for the time being.

But in the future, Huawei will definitely make the Hongmeng system bigger and bigger. Combined with many "family buckets", smart screens will play a greater role, and the barriers between platforms will be broken down one after another. Maybe the next Apple will start from this screen.

2. Flash throw, come as soon as you touch it

Is the Hongmeng experience too illusory? Then you must experience the flash projection and mutual transmission experience of the smart screen on multiple terminals.

In the TV market where per capita voice interaction is common, the smart screen strengthens the end-to-end interaction. Compared with the common local area network method of current TVs, the Honor Smart Screen is equipped with an NFC chip on the remote control, which can be easily connected and established with just a touch of the mobile phone. Note that the NFC patch here is given separately and needs to be attached to the remote control by yourself.

This screen projection method is basically a "fool-style operation" and is convenient enough. How does it perform in terms of screen projection stability? In the video playback test, the Honor Smart Screen has a smooth synchronous playback effect, which is given 10 points.

In the game screen casting test, the Honor Smart Screen has a certain delay when playing games, and due to the 4K panel stretching and delay, the game screen of the Honor Smart Screen looks rougher and has a heavier sense of rough edges. But even so, compared with my previous experience of screen casting, the quality of the smart screen can still be ranked in the forefront, giving it 8 points.

Watching videos and playing games are OK. The Honor Smart Screen can also transfer files through Huawei Share, sending pictures and videos to the TV, eliminating the process of USB storage. Not only that, the transmission rate of Huawei Share is also very good, and files of 100 megabytes are transferred almost in seconds, which also deserves a full score of 10 points.

In addition, you can also use a Huawei phone as a remote control, or quickly adjust the image mode, input source, etc. If you still find it inconvenient, you can use your phone to slide and click to directly control the smart screen, which is also in line with the usage habits of mobile phone APP.

In addition to the above interactive functions, the Honor Smart Screen also brings a complete set of cloud computer functions, allowing users to switch freely between mobile phone and computer modes. It is a piece of cake to use the mobile phone as a keyboard or touchpad.

From the perspective of interactivity, the smart screen is more like a mobile phone with an external large screen. After a hard day at work, it is tiring to stare at the phone to watch videos, and it is also difficult to copy them to the computer. It is better to directly project the phone to the TV and watch them on the 55-inch large screen.

3. Lifting AI camera

The most exciting thing about the Honor Smart Screen Pro is undoubtedly some of its innovations that are very different from the inherent form of TVs. For example, it is equipped with a lifting AI camera in the center of the screen.

In addition to supporting 1080P video calls, this camera can also pick up sound in the far field within a range of 5 meters, breaking the boundaries of the original viewing attributes of TV and naturally linking TV and mobile phones together. Judging from the call effect of the on-site test, the 1080P picture output effect is quite clear and has practical functions.

From the hardware perspective, Honor's feature is worthy of recognition, but from the software perspective, video calls are currently limited to Huawei phones and smart screens, so there is a large barrier to interoperability. If you are not a Huawei user, Honor Smart Screen Pro's feature will not make much sense to you.

When calling our family members, we often encounter the embarrassing situation that "the screen cannot accommodate the number of people". The AI ​​lifting camera of the smart screen just makes up for this shortcoming, and it is located in the center of the home scene, so it has greater potential in family communication and companionship.

4. Picture quality, high-definition analysis performance is eye-catching

As a "screen product", its function is naturally to be seen. Now we share the latest TV test picture drawn by Professor Qian Yuankai to the smart screen to see how it performs. Please note that the camera's color selection is slightly biased, so the actual effect is subject to the naked eye.

From the actual naked eye, the color block separation of Honor Smart Screen Pro is still very obvious, and there is no composite segment; the color transition triangle area is prominent, and the performance of Honor Smart Screen is still good in terms of display richness and layering. In the test of the viewing angle on the right, the overall transition effect is soft, but a certain ring mutation can still be seen on the green block color ball.

In the resolution test, the color bars of the Honor Smart Screen are clearly distinguished, and the color contrast is obvious. In the text recognition requirement, the Smart Screen has no pressure and can perform accurate recognition, which also proves that the Honor Smart Screen will be more refined in image quality analysis and present more details.

In terms of tone testing, the smart screen performed well in terms of level distribution and brightness contrast. The brightness level can reach the best state at the naked eye viewing angle, while in terms of dark levels, the smart screen performed slightly worse.

From the actual playback effect, the display effect of Honor Smart Screen is also remarkable. With emphasis on saturation, the color of the picture has a clear sense of layering. At the same time, under high resolution, the details of the picture are prominent, the dark area is obvious, and the overall sharpness is maintained, making it more vivid.

When connected to PS4 Pro for gaming, the 4K output of the game is quite impressive. As for the delay of the screen refresh, from a purely subjective perspective, the Honor Smart Screen is OK.

5. Ultra-thin body, outstanding surround sound

Honor Smart Screen follows the popular full-screen design, focusing on using narrow bezels to highlight the premium feel, which is also a common approach for domestic high-end TVs. But the surprising thing is that its thickness of 6.9mm (not the protruding area) is still quite slim compared to current mainstream TV products. Coupled with the full-screen design, the futuristic and light feeling is vividly displayed on the screen.

However, Honor only launched a 55-inch product this time. In today's TV market environment where 65-inch TVs are common, if you put it in the living room, the visual impact is still a little weak. If you mind this, you can wait a little longer. I believe that a larger version of the smart screen will appear soon. After all, the next door has begun to push the 70-inch giant screen.

The interfaces are located on the left side of the back, including 3 HDMI 2.0, 1 AV interface and 1 USB 3.0. The optical fiber port is a 100M optical fiber.

From the back, the Honor Smart Screen looks very beautiful. Why do I say it looks beautiful? This is because Honor has placed a decorative cover on the interface for symmetry. In simple terms, you have to remove the cover every time you plug in or unplug the interface. However, the cover is a snap-on design, so it requires a little force, so the body will shake if you don't support it. Friends who put it on the table should pay attention...

The good news is that the Honor Smart Screen Pro is equipped with 6 10W speakers at the bottom, of which the official claims to have 4 full-range sound units and a sound cavity volume of 1.6L... Judging from the parameters alone, the sound quality performance of the Honor Smart Screen Pro will be quite outstanding.

Compared with the current 55-inch TVs, judging from the number of speakers and the volume of the sound cavity, the smart screen has made a lot of premium processing in this regard.

After the editor actually listened to it, the audio performance of Honor Smart Screen Pro was unexpectedly good, the sound field was immersive, and the layering was also obvious. I think that after buying the Honor Smart Screen, the idea of ​​buying an additional speaker can be stopped, because the sound quality of the Honor Smart Screen itself is enough to meet the needs of home audio and video.

Summarize

For such a product, I think that non-Huawei mobile phone users should wait a little longer before purchasing the smart screen. The interactive function is good, but it is limited to the Huawei platform. In addition, the Hongmeng system it is equipped with is not fully compatible with Android, so many ways to play the smart TV will be discounted.

If you are a Huawei user, the interconnection advantage of Honor Smart Screen will make your daily experience more convenient. Coupled with its own good quality of sound and picture, it will be a supporting terminal product worthy of your upgrade. After all, they are all from the same company, and it will be much more convenient to start with the linkage function from the bottom up.

Overall, as a smart screen TV, it is worth the price of the ticket.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.