Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro (55-inch) Review
Will it be able to create an impact in this segment? Let’s dig in.
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Pros
Design
User Interface
Remote Control
Cons
Display is a bit reflective
Ports placements could have been better
Xiaomi has slowly and steadily increased its foothold in the Indian television market. The company which started its operation in the TV segment in 2018 is now slowing strengthening its position in the market by adding some more models at different price bands. The company started the new year by adding two new models to its Smart TV range with its flagship 55-inch Mi LED TV 4X Pro and a budget-centric model Mi LED TV 4A Pro.
The Mi LED TV 4X Pro comes with a price tag of Rs 39,990 and it is available for purchase from different online and offline stores. With this, Xiaomi is slowly moving towards the premium segment, which is dominated by the likes of Sony, Samsung and LG. However, will it be able to create an impact in this segment? Let’s dig in.
Slim design, Oddly placed ports
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The latest Smart TV from Xiaomi has a standard design language, which is almost similar across its range. The TV has a plastic housing with the borders surrounding the display painted to give a brushed metallic finish. It can be placed on a table or wall mountest. However, if you are planning to place it on a table stand it should approx 4ft in length.
Coming to the port placement, the Xiaomi Mi TV 4X Pro features an ample amount of connectivity options. You have three HDMI ports (one of them is ARC), two USB ports, an ethernet port and an S/PDIF port. The company has placed the HDMI, USB ports at the right side of the back panel, while AV input, S/PDIF and ethernet port is loacetd at the base of the rear panel.
If you place the TV on a table you will not face any difficulty in reaching out to all the ports. However, if you choose to wall mount it, then all hell will break loose. It becomes a tad difficult job to reach the ports from the side and the bottom ports are almost inaccessible. Most of the time, we felt that the Smart TV would fall from the mount if we tried to reach to the desired ports. Furthermore, Smart TV misses out 3.5mm headphone jack support, which just means that you need to attach your speaker via Bluetooth.
Display and Picture Quality
The Mi LED TV 4X Pro has a 55-inch 4K UHD display with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. The display supports HDR 10 content and it comes with a 10-bit colour depth panel. During our testing, we found out that the display quality of this TV is on par with the rest of the competition available at this price range. 1080p Full HD content looks sharp and colourful and you will enjoy the viewing experience. However, this is a 4K TV and to some extent, it delivers on this claim.
We played a bunch of 4K videos and the results were decent, although we felt that in some scenes contrast and colour reproduction was slightly oversaturated in nature. On the downside, the screen is reflective. So, if you are planning to place in your room, you should probably set it at an angle where the reflection of light is kept minimal.
Finding the settings to adjust the colours is another painstaking tasks as it is buried deep down the Settings menu. Every time you need to change some settings you need to go Android Settings > Pictures > Custom Settings and then adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness and hue according to your own need, meaning you need to apply hit and trial method to get the desired results.
User Interface, Remote Control and Audio
With Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro you get the best of both worlds. The Smart TV runs on PatchWall OS, and it also runs the Google Android TV operating system as well. Xiaomi’s PatchWall applies content-first experience and it neatly presents all the prominent shows, different Source, Apps, Popular TV Shows, Popular Movies, Popular Music, Popular Originals and more with the title-style format, which is quite easy to navigate. The user interface extracts all this from key video streaming platforms including Hungama, Voot, Vio, Sony LIV, Hotstar and more.
However, the user interface misses two crucial applications - Amazon Prime and Netflix. Many users may not like it because the two applications provide descent dose of HDR content and both of them have a vast library of original shows, movies and more. Although there is no news when Xiaomi will partner with the streaming joints to provide the apps, one always has an option to side-load them.
Coming to the remote control, it is one of the strong points of Xiaomi Mi LED TV lineup. The company has kept the remote control with minimum buttons and you only get power on/off, voice search, volume controls, back, Home and there is a button to switch between PatchWall and Android TV. Setting it up is simple and unlike traditional remotes, which rely on the infrared port, this one is connected via Bluetooth. This means you don't have to point out to TV to switch to your favourite channel. This is one of the best remote control we have seen in this price range.
On the audio front, the Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro features 2 x 10W speakers, which delivers good output in a medium-sized room. You will certainly enjoy the daily soaps and certain movies on this Smart TV. However, in some cases, you will find that the audio could have been better.
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Verdict
Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55 is certainly one of the best offerings from Xiaomi. The Smart TV features a slim design and display looks good. The user interface is quite simple to use and the remote control is probably one of the best things about it. On the downside, the ports placement could have been better and the screen is reflective in nature. If you are planning to buy a 4K Smart TV without spending a fortune then this TV can be considered as an option.
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Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55-inch, Mi LED TV 4A Pro 43-inch launched starting from Rs. 22,999
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Xiaomi has launched two new smart TVs priced at Rs. 22,999 and Rs. 39,999.
| Published: Thursday, January 10, 2019, 11:43 [IST]
Lately, Xiaomi teased the launch of a new smart TV in India to happen today. This comes as no surprise as the company recently slashed the pricing of the Mi TV 4A 32 and the Xiaomi Mi TV 4C 32 Pro in the country. Well, the latest offerings that were launched by the company are the Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55-inch and Mi LED TV 4A Pro 43-inch models.
After disrupting the smartphone market, the company is all set to bring about a revolution in the smart TV industry with the launch of these new TVs. They intend to make smart TVs accessible to everyone. The company follows three principles for its success in the smart TV industry - content first approach, consistent user interface and customization for India. The Mi TVs run the PatchWall OS is a one-of-its-kind smart TV OS that brings content from several content partners and set-top boxes and make it accessible on the home page of the TV.
Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55-inch
Talking about the Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55-inch, it flaunts a 55-inch 4K UHD HDR 10-bit display with a resolution of 4840x2160 pixels and a refresh rate of 60Hz. The TV uses a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor clocked at 1.5GHz and Mali-450 GPU clocked at 750MHz. This TV offers a big TV viewing experience with a beautiful design, great display and intuitive user experience. It comes with a metallic gray design for a premium look and the bezels measure just 11mm.
It supports lossless FLAC audio format by default. It is bundled with a 12-button Mi remote with Bluetooth and a dedicated voice button. It also helps in changing channels on the set-top box. It is based on the Android 8.1 Oreo TV OS topped with PatchWall OS. There are features sch as Dynamic Background and the Screen Off Feature. It has inbuilt Play Store, Chromecast and YouTube.
Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4A Pro 43-inch
This new 43-inch TV comes with flagship quad-core 64-bit Amologic chipset, 1GB of RAM and 8GB storage space. It has 3 HDMI ports, 3 USB ports, A/V, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and more. It has a powerful 20W speakers with DTS Codec support. It comes with the same user experience with PatchWall OS as the 55-inch model and features inbuilt Play Store, Chromecast and YouTube.
Price and availability
Xiaomi Mi LED TV 4X Pro 55-inch is priced at Rs. 39,999 and the Mi LED TV 4A Pro 43-inch is priced at Rs. 22,999. The two new Xiaomi smart TVs will be available from January 15 at 12 PM via Mi.com, Mi Home and Flipkart.
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Xiaomi Mi 4K LED TV 4X Pro 55-inch, Mi LED TV 4A Pro 43-inch, and Mi Soundbar launched in India
Xiaomi India launched three products in the Indian market – the Xiaomi Mi TV 4X Pro 55-inch, the Xiaomi Mi TV 4A Pro 43-inch, and the Mi Soundbar in the Indian market on Thursday. Earlier there were a lot of speculations that the Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi could be launching a 65-inch Mi TV 4 model in India. But instead, Xiaomi went ahead and launched three products for the Indian market. The products are the Mi TV 4X Pro 55-inch, Mi TV 4A Pro 43-inch, and the Mi Soundbar.
Mi’s Tweet:
The launch event was live streamed today at 11am in India. Flipkart, the exclusive online seller for the newly-announced Mi LED TVs, announced that the first sale of Mi LED Smart TV Pro series will begin on 15th January at 12pm.
MI’s Tweet:
Xiaomi Mi TV 4A Pro 43-inch
One of the models that Xiaomi has launched is the Mi TV 4A Pro 43-inch that is essentially an upgraded version of the Mi TV 4A 43-inch model. The Mi TV 4A is currently on sale in the Indian market and this launch is expected to be an incremental upgrade over the current model. The display of the Mi TV 4A Pro is a 43-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full-HD panel with a 60Hz refresh rate with wide-viewing angles. Mi TV 4A Pro model also has HDR support, which is present in the Mi TV 4A Pro 49-inch model launched last year.
MI’s Tweet:
Xiaomi Mi TV 4X Pro 55-inch
The Mi TV 4X Pro finally comes to India. The predecessor of this model, the Mi TV 4X 55-inch is currently on sale in the Chinese market. The Mi TV 4X 55-inch TV has a 60Hz refresh rate panel with (3840×2160 pixels) 4K HDR resolution. The Mi TV 4X Pro 55-inch is powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor which has been clocked at 1.5GHz. For graphics, the LED TV is powered by a Mali-450 GPU, which is clocked at 750MHz. The Mi TV 4X Pro also gets 2GB of RAM with 8GB of native storage. The Mi TV 4X Pro sports super narrow bezels that help in a more immersive viewing experience. Other major features of the TV include Dolby Audio support, AI-oriented Voice Recognition, and two 8W speakers.
Mi’s Tweet:
Mi Soundbar
MI’s Tweet:
Xiaomi also launched a third product apart from the two TV models called the Mi Soundbar. The Mi Soundbar is already sold in China and sports a total of 8 sound drivers. The Mi Soundbar gets dual 2.5-inch woofers, dual 0.75-inch dome speakers, and 4 passive radiators. The SoundBar also supports Bluetooth 4.2 and features a 3.5mm AUX, S/PDIF, optical, and Line-in. The models are available to buy on Xiaomi India’s official website and through the online shopping portal, Flipkart.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story misstated the refresh rate for Mi LED TV 4A Pro as 60MHz. It has been rectified and we apologise for the error.
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