Amazon Ember Artline Review: A Stylish Art Television
Amazon Ember Artline Review: A Stylish Art Television
Amazon Ember Artline 评测：一款时尚的艺术电视
WIRED 评分：8/10
优点： 设计精美，尤其是挂在墙上时。附赠一套免费边框。内置 Alexa+ 且功能实用。视频艺术作品效果惊艳。安装简便。价格亲民。 缺点： 对比度一般，导致照片类艺术作品缺乏质感。Alexa+ 的功能不如竞争对手三星机型上的 Google Gemini 强大。刷新率较低。
Bulky televisions that overwhelm your living room might soon be a thing of the past. The new Amazon Ember Artline is a svelte, stylish, well-designed art television that’s priced for adoption by the masses at $1,099 for the 65-inch model. TVs in the Ember line—Amazon’s new era of what were previously called Fire TVs—mount against a wall, blending into your decor in more ways than one. One feature lets you match the artwork color to the decor in your room. Another involves asking Alexa+ to generate and display AI art images. And, when you turn off the lights and head to bed, the Ember Artline can also put itself to sleep, waking up and showcasing artwork again when you walk into the room the next day.
笨重、占据客厅空间的电视机可能很快就会成为过去式。全新的 Amazon Ember Artline 是一款纤薄、时尚且设计精良的艺术电视，65 英寸机型售价 1,099 美元，定价非常亲民。Ember 系列电视（亚马逊此前称为 Fire TV 的新时代产品）可以紧贴墙壁安装，以多种方式融入你的家居装饰。其中一项功能允许你根据房间的装饰色调来匹配艺术作品的颜色。另一项功能则是通过 Alexa+ 生成并显示 AI 艺术图像。此外，当你关灯休息时，Ember Artline 会自动进入休眠状态，并在第二天你走进房间时自动唤醒并展示艺术作品。
These powerful features make the Ember Artline more versatile than the Samsung Frame Pro, even if the QLED display tech of Amazon’s new art television is a bit outdated. The Artline is also $800 cheaper than the Frame Pro. If you like the idea of displaying artwork all day (when you are not watching Netflix, of course), and you’re OK with said artwork not being ultra-realistic, this is a top pick.
尽管亚马逊这款新艺术电视的 QLED 显示技术略显过时，但这些强大的功能使 Ember Artline 比三星 Frame Pro 更加全能。此外，Artline 比 Frame Pro 便宜了 800 美元。如果你喜欢全天候展示艺术作品（当然是在不看 Netflix 的时候），并且不介意这些艺术作品并非极致逼真，那么这绝对是一个首选。
Ready, Set, Mount
准备、就位、安装
At 60.2 pounds for the 65-inch model, the Ember Artline is not exactly lightweight. The 55-inch model is 42.5 pounds and costs $899, but I’d say the bigger size is worth the extra $200. Those extra inches help make every photograph and artwork pop, even if you might need a buddy to help with the install due to the weight. For what it’s worth, I was able to handle the installation alone, with the help of a YouTube video. Once I had all of the tools needed for mounting—a stud finder, an electric drill, and some drill bits—the process took only about 20 minutes.
65 英寸的 Ember Artline 重达 60.2 磅（约 27.3 公斤），算不上轻便。55 英寸机型重 42.5 磅（约 19.3 公斤），售价 899 美元，但我认为大尺寸机型多出的 200 美元非常值得。更大的尺寸能让每一张照片和艺术作品都更加出彩，尽管由于重量原因，你可能需要找个帮手来安装。不过，在 YouTube 视频的帮助下，我还是独自完成了安装。只要准备好安装所需的所有工具——墙体探测器、电钻和钻头，整个过程仅需约 20 分钟。
This model sits mostly flush against the wall. There are two plates you drill into the wall that hold the edges in place using magnets on the TV. However, it still sticks out a bit, unlike the Samsung Frame Pro and other televisions I’ve previously mounted (including some Amazon Fire TV models), all of which lay flat.
该机型安装后基本与墙面齐平。你需要将两块底板钻入墙壁，通过电视上的磁铁将边缘固定到位。不过，它仍然会稍微凸出一点，这与三星 Frame Pro 以及我之前安装过的其他电视（包括一些 Amazon Fire TV 机型）不同，后者可以完全平贴在墙上。
It looks downright beautiful with the included bezel frame that snaps into place easily. You can pick from 10 bezel colors when you order the Ember Artline. Extra frames cost a reasonable $85 ($75 for the 55-inch model) compared to Samsung’s $199 extra frames.
附赠的边框可以轻松扣合，外观非常漂亮。订购 Ember Artline 时，你可以从 10 种边框颜色中进行选择。额外购买边框的价格为 85 美元（55 英寸机型为 75 美元），相比三星 199 美元的额外边框价格，显得非常合理。
The Amazon Fire OS is arguably easier to set up and use than Google TV–powered televisions like the TCL NXTVISION. Once I logged in using my Amazon account, the Artline got to work, adding my apps and my login information, automatically and unprompted. (You can use the Artline without Amazon Prime; the TV only requires a free Amazon account.)
相比搭载 Google TV 的电视（如 TCL NXTVISION），Amazon Fire OS 可以说更易于设置和使用。当我使用亚马逊账户登录后，Artline 便自动开始工作，无需提示就添加了我的应用程序和登录信息。（你无需 Amazon Prime 会员即可使用 Artline；电视仅需一个免费的亚马逊账户。）
The back of the unit hosts one HDMI 2.1 port for eARC and three HDMI 2.0 ports for connecting devices. There’s also an Ethernet port, an optical port, and a USB 2.0 port for charging gear (useful if you have a powered HDTV antenna connected to the coaxial port). The Artline also supports Wi-Fi 6 for wireless streaming. Even when the TV is mounted, you can gently pull it out from the wall and access the ports easily enough on the right-hand side. It took me literally five seconds to get the lightweight remote—complete with intuitive-to-use and easy-to-find buttons—paired and working.
机身背面设有一个用于 eARC 的 HDMI 2.1 接口和三个用于连接设备的 HDMI 2.0 接口。此外还有一个以太网接口、一个光纤接口和一个用于充电的 USB 2.0 接口（如果你在同轴接口连接了有源 HDTV 天线，这会很有用）。Artline 还支持 Wi-Fi 6 无线流媒体传输。即使电视已经挂在墙上，你也可以轻轻将其从墙上拉出，轻松触及右侧的接口。我只用了五秒钟就完成了轻便遥控器的配对，遥控器上的按钮直观且易于寻找。
Beautiful Art-ificial Intelligence Features
优美的“人工智能”艺术功能
The Ember Artline looks absolutely stunning on a wall. At 1.54 inches, it’s thicker than the Samsung and TCL art television models but still quite thin. It features more than 2,000 free art images, compared to 5,000 subscription-only images for the Frame Pro (and only 30 free images for that model).
Ember Artline 挂在墙上看起来非常惊艳。其厚度为 1.54 英寸，虽然比三星和 TCL 的艺术电视机型厚，但依然相当纤薄。它内置了超过 2,000 张免费艺术图像，相比之下，Frame Pro 提供 5,000 张仅限订阅的图像（且该机型仅提供 30 张免费图像）。
One unique feature is a free “moving artwork” functionality. Imagine a static painting where a portion of the art, such as a river or mist over a mountain, is moving slightly. It’s calming and beautiful. At least dozens are available, but I’m not able to add my own. The TCL NXTVISION also features paintings in a slowly moving video format, but the video art on the Ember Artline looks more realistic. In particular, I was blown away by some of the subtle clips, including one scene that shows the sun passing over a mountain range in extreme hi-def.
一个独特的功能是免费的“动态艺术”功能。想象一幅静态画作，其中一部分（如河流或山间的薄雾）在轻微移动。这既宁静又美观。目前至少有几十种可供选择，但我无法添加自己的素材。TCL NXTVISION 也具备缓慢移动的视频格式画作，但 Ember Artline 上的视频艺术看起来更逼真。特别是其中一些细腻的片段让我印象深刻，包括一个以超高清画质展示太阳掠过山脉的场景。
Another unique feature is Match the Room. It uses a photo where the TV is situated, then generates AI images that fit within the space’s color scheme. Having my TV display art that fits the aesthetic of my family room’s brown walls and dark blue couch made me feel like an interior designer.
另一个独特功能是“房间匹配”（Match the Room）。它利用电视所在位置的照片，生成符合该空间配色方案的 AI 图像。让电视显示与我家棕色墙壁和深蓝色沙发美学相符的艺术作品，让我感觉自己像个室内设计师。
Then there’s the Omnisense feature, which claims to know when you leave the room. At that point, it turns off the art display, then powering it back on when you return. (For the sake of comparison, the TCL doesn’t have a motion sensor; most Ember models and the Frame Pro do have motion sensing.) During my testing, the Omnisense worked about 90 percent of the time, sometimes failing to clock my presence in the room and not turning on the Artline as it should. Amazon reps told me they have not heard this feedback before. Even so, the feature was mostly functional and is a great power-saving capability.
此外还有 Omnisense 功能，它声称能感知你何时离开房间。当你离开时，它会关闭艺术显示，并在你返回时重新开启。（作为对比，TCL 没有运动传感器；大多数 Ember 机型和 Frame Pro 确实具备运动感应功能。）在我的测试中，Omnisense 大约 90% 的时间运行正常，有时会无法识别我在房间内，导致 Artline 未能按预期开启。亚马逊代表表示他们此前未收到过此类反馈。即便如此，该功能大部分时间还是有效的，是一个很棒的节能功能。
The Alexa+ voice search function proved limited on the Artline, though you can conveniently use it to raise the volume and start apps by voice. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to use it to search for classic masterpieces, like Van Goghs or Rembrandts. However, the virtual assistant could answer questions about the weather, play music, provide sports scores, and even chat with…
Alexa+ 语音搜索功能在 Artline 上的表现较为有限，尽管你可以方便地用它来调节音量和通过语音启动应用程序。遗憾的是，我无法用它搜索梵高或伦勃朗等经典名作。不过，这个虚拟助手可以回答天气问题、播放音乐、提供体育比分，甚至进行聊天……