The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of disruption around the world and hardware-based technology companies are facing several issues related to production. It has also created a global shortage of chipsets.
Now, Xiaomi has announced that due to the global supply and demand issues, and the fluctuating exchange rates, the company is increasing the prices of TVs. This is mainly due to the varying prices of core components, including display panels and chips and the company believes that it will be a long time before the prices go down.
Currently, the pricing of the Redmi MAX 86-inch has risen to 9,999 yuan, which is approximately $1,532. This represents an increase of 2,000 yuan (~$306) as the earlier pricing was 7,999 yuan (~$1,226).
The Redmi MAX series flaunts an 86-inch LED-backlit LCD 4K panel with a screen resolution of 3840 × 2160 pixels and a 120Hz refresh rate and support for MEMC. The screen supports 10-bit color, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision, and covers 92% of the DCI-P3 color gamut with color accuracy of ΔE ≦2. It also has the usual 178° viewing angle.
It is powered by an unknown chipset with a quad-core CPU (ARM Cortex-A73), ARM Mali-G52 MC1 GPU, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage. It runs MIUI for TV 3.0, which includes content integration and smart features like Xiao Ai voice assistant and more.
As for connectivity and ports, the television sports dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, Infrared, 2 X USB Type-A, AV, ATV/DTMB, S/PDIF, Ethernet, and 3 x HDMI. One of the three HDMI ports is v2.1 with support for 120Hz VRR and ALLM. So, users can connect their Sony PS5 or Microsoft Xbox Series X to experience 4K 120Hz gaming. It comes with 2 x 12.5 speakers to deliver the sound output of 25W and also support Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD.
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