Xiaomi India has just announced four new Mi TV models in India at the company’s Smarter Living 2020 event. Three of these represent Xiaomi’s new and premium line of smart TVs, and Xiaomi’s calling them the Mi TV 4X line. They feature the best specs on any Xiaomi Mi TV yet. The other fresh launch is the more budget oriented Mi TV 4A, which has a bigger focus on being affordable ala previous Xiaomi Mi TVs.
Mi TV 4X 65-inch, 50-inch and 43-inch
The Mi TV 4X series of TVs all come with ultra-slim 11mm bezels and an aluminium finish on their chassis. They’re equipped with the Vivid Picture Engine – a technology that Xiaomi has built to choose the “perfect” brightness, contrast, saturation, and other display parameters to provide what they deem as the “ultimate viewing experience”. The display can produce up to 88 per cent of NTSC colour gamut according to Xiaomi.
There’s also the brand new ‘Reality Flow Chip’, which upscales the standard 24fps content to 60fps with up to 8 million pixels. The 65-inch 4K display supports HDR, as do the smaller Mi TV 4Xs. Xiaomi’s flagship TV comes with two tweeters and two woofers, powered by DTS and Dolby Audio. Xiaomi says it supports Dolby audio content from major streaming partners.
Another highlight of the new Mi TVs is PatchWall, which integrates content from all major streaming apps, live TV feed, and other input sources, providing up to 700000 hours of content! “There is always something for everyone to watch” said Sudeep Sahu, product manager for Mi TV, while also announcing a new interface for PatchWall UI.
The new PatchWall 2.0 UI is based on Android 9 Pie, with support for Chromecast. Xiaomi is also introducing Data Saver feature with the Mi TV range, which will help users who connect their TVs to mobile data to stream content at the expense of quality. Perhaps the biggest news regarding Patchwall however is that Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are joining Xiaomi’s TV app catalogue among other apps.
When it comes to tech specs, the Mi 4X TVs are all powered by the same quad-core Cortex A55 processor and support Bluetooth v5.0 and Wi-Fi. The Mi TV 4X 65-inch costs Rs 54,999, which puts it at roughly $766. The middle of the road 50-inch variant comes in at Rs 29,999, about $418, and the 43-inch model goes for Rs 24,999, or $349.
Mi TV 4A
Alongside the Mi TV 4X series, Xiaomi also launched the cheaper Mi TV 4A 40-inch in India today. The Mi TV 4A 40-inch comes with Full HD display unlike the other three Mi TV launched in India today, though most of the other features on the device are in-line with the higher end Mi TV 4X series.
The Mi TV 4A still comes with support for Xiaomi’s PatchWall 2.0, allowing it access to the plethora of programs available. As expected, this also means that the Mi TV 4A comes with Android 9.0 out-of-the-box. The Mi TV 4A even gets the same 20W speakers Dolby+ DTS-HD audio deal out of this. Really, the only thing it seems to lack is the 4K resolution.
The Mi TV 4A launches in India with a price of Rs 17,999, or about $250. Alongside all the other Mi TVs launched today, the Mi TV 4A will go on sale in India on September 29 midnight across various retail platforms including Mi.com and MiHome stores. Xiaomi also announced a new Black coloured version of the Mi Soundbar and it can now be controlled via a dedicated remote for Rs. 4,999 ($70).
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