Earlier today (28th June 2021), Xiaomi held a launch conference in which it launched its latest smart TVs in China. This includes the Mi TV 6 Extreme Edition and the new Mi TV ES 2022, with the former being the company’s take on rivaling high end TVs with a price under 10,000 Yuan (roughly 1,550 US Dollars).
Mi TV 6 Extreme Edition
Pan Jun, the general manager of Xiaomi TV, stated in the conference that the company is confident in its hardware offering with the new TVs. He added that the Chinese tech giant has hardware level algorithm along with all round optimization to offer high picture quality. The brand first unveiled the Mi TV 6 Extreme Edition, which features a thin and light design. It sports a 3D LUT film industrial grade color correction technology and houses an enhanced version of the MediaTek MT9950 chipset.
The display has a 120Hz high refresh rate and even offers 120Hz MEMC as well. One of its highlighting features is its speakers, with the new smart TV being the company’s first to offer 100 watt audio system. Furthermore, the Mi TV 6 Extreme Edition also supports IMAX Enhanced and is also optimized to be used as a large gaming display as well. On the front, it also houses a 48 megapixel dual AI camera that enables the users to make video calls, while the display of the TV is surrounded by ultra thin bezels.
The Mi TV Extreme Edition sports over 100 backlight partitions on the 55 inch model, 224 partitions for the 65 inch, and 255 partitions for the 75 inch variant’s LCD panel, which enables it to offer improved brightness, contrast, and picture quality. Its display sports a 4K resolution with a 97 percent DCI-P3 color gamut and 178 degree wide viewing angle. Similarly, it also supports dual band WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 as well. Notably, the TV also arrives with Dolby Vision HDR certification. For memory, the TV houses 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
Mi TV ES 2022
Arriving at the Mi TV ES 2022, Xiaomi also launched another new TV, which features a multi zone backlight system (32, 45, and 60 partitions for the 55 inch, 65 inch, and 75 inch variants respectively) as well. This TV sports the MediaTek MT9638 chip under the hood and offers a maximum brightness of 700 nits. The Mi TV ES 2022 houses a two channel 12.5W four unit speaker system that supports stereo playback as well.
It has a 97 percent screen to body ratio and also arrives with built in XiaoAI voice assistant. Similar to the Mi TV 6 Extreme Edition, the ES 2022 also offers 4K resolution along with a 94 percent color DCI-P3 gamut. Under the hood, it houses 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. Its also supports WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0.
Pricing and Availability
The Mi TV 6 Extreme Edition starts from 5,999 Yuan (roughly 930 US Dollars) for its 55 inch display variant, on the other hand the 65 inch variant costs 7,999 Yuan (roughly 1,240 US Dollars), while the 75 inch version sports 9,999 Yuan. Meanwhile, the Mi TV ES 2022 will also be available in three different sizes, with the 55 inch being priced at 3,399 Yuan (roughly 526 US Dollars), while the 65 inch variant is priced at 4,399 Yuan (roughly 680 US Dollars), and 75 inch is priced at 5,999 Yuan (roughly 930 US Dollars). Both smart TVs will officially be released on 9th July 2021.
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