T3 India – August 2019

78 T3 Tomorrow ’s Technology TodayAUGUST 2019 WWW.T3INDIA.COM

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Thomson mostly gets it right

AN OATH TO TAKE

homsonre-enteredtheIndianmarketlastyear

witha focusonthetelevisionsegmentandOath

9000 is thefirstofficialAndroidcertifiedTVseries

in theirportfolio.Wegotthe43”variantfor

reviewthatlooksplainwithslimbezelssurroundingthe

displaybutthebottomis thickerduetohousingthe speakers.

Thebundlein theboxincludesa wall-mountforfixingit onthe

wallandstandsforplacingona desk.Poweringthetelevisionis

aQuadCoreA53CPUandMaliT-860GPUpairedwith2.5GB

RAMand16GBinternalstorage.It shouldbe notedthe storage

is doubletheamountthatis generallyfoundinthisrange.It has

aslowbootuptimeof 50 secondstoreachthemainmenubut

standbymodetakesjusta fewsecondsalthoughit isn’tonby

default.Navigationis quickandbuttonpressesfromtheremote

arealmostinstantlyacknowledged. Thestockinterfaceis

no-nonsenseminusanyvisualflourishesgearedmoretowards

functionalitywhichis a bigplusinourbook.Butcertain

settingswereburiedtoodeepandobscurelyplaced.

Chromecastalways workedasintendedtocastvideoswithout

delayfromsmartphonesortablets.Netflix,Youtube,Google

PlayMusic,GooglePlayMoviesandGoogleStorePlaycome

pre-loadedwiththelatterofferingaccesstomoreapps.

Installationofnewappsdidn’t take muchtimeandtheywould

openupquicklybutgameswereanothermatter.Running

someconfirmedOathtobeunsuitableforplayinggiventhe

choppyframerate.However,viewingcontentis thepriority

andweputit through thewringer.The8-bitIPSpanelgave

decentcolourreproductionwithgoodcontrastandbrightness.

4 K contentfromstreamingsitesranverysmoothlyprovided

yournetconnectioncankeepup.Even1080pcontentremained

sharpbutsub-HDsufferedasthe scalingwasweakandshowed

pixellation.Asit is nota 10-bitpanel, the HDR10effectwas

passableandnotreallyworthmentioning. Withhigh bitrate

videos,therewassignificantghostingandtrails whichwould

obscurefacesofcharactersonscreenwhentheymoved.

Sometimesactionsequenceshadslight tracesofmotion

blurringthatwasn’t asdistractingbuttherenonetheless.Audio

qualitywasclearhavingweight toit anddidn’tfeelemptyor

hollow.Weweresatisfiedwiththe 20Woutputafterplayinga

varietyofaudio.Thelargeremotecontrolisbuttonheavyand

didn’t causeissueswhenissuingvoicecommands viaGoogle

Assistantalthoughit wouldmishearusoccasionally.Po r t

placementcouldhavebeenbetterasthereis only a single

HDMI,USBandLANportonthe side panelwhile otherslieon

thebottom.Overhere,spacingisn’t enoughtoaccommodate

largerdevices asthey encroachthespaceofadjacentslots.

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PRICEFrom` 29 , 999 URLthomsontv.inDISPLAYYSize108cm(43”)

SCREENTypeLEDRESOLUTIONUHD4K(3840x2160)HDR1 0

OPERATINGSYSTEMAndroidOreo8. 1 PORTS3xHDMI,2xUSB,

1xEthernet(RJ45)Wi-Fi802.11b/g/nREFRESHRATE 60 Hz

BRIGHTNESS 450 NitsCONTRASTRATIO500000:1(Dynamic)

RESPONSETIME6.5msCPUCortexA53QuadCoreGPUMali-T 860

MEMORY 2 .5GBRAMFLASHSTORAGE16GBin-builtWEIGHT

9 .66kgSPEAKERS 1 0Wx 2

VERDICT

WE’REIMPRESSEDSmooth4KStreaming, Audio,Storage

WE’DIMPROVEStartuptime,Portplacement,AverageHDR

THELASTWORDNeedssomeadjustmentsbut till now the

besteffortfromThomson

WORDS ANKUSHMAHAJAN