Overview Xiaomi Mi TV 4S - most affordable 4K-TV c diagonal of 55 ", Android TV, and support for HDR
Devices / / December 19, 2019
June 17 Xiaomi introduced in Russia three TVs: a 32-inch 4A, 43-inch and 55-inch 4S. Prices in the first days of sales amounted to 9,990, 19,990, and 29,990 rubles, respectively.
We got a very large TV with a metal case - 55-inch Mi TV 4S.
Table of contents
- Specifications
- Equipment
- Appearance and materials
- Installation and Setup
- interfaces
- Software
- Remote controller
- The quality of sound and image
- results
Specifications
Screen diagonal | 138.8 cm |
Screen resolution | 4K (3840 × 2160 pixels) |
Refresh rate | 60 Hz |
Speakers | 2 × 10 W |
CPU | Amlogic (4 × Cortex-A53, 1500 MHz) |
graphics processor | Mali-470MP |
operating system | Android TV + PatchWall |
RAM | 2 GB |
Built-in memory | 8GB |
interfaces | HDMI × 3 (one - with the support of ARC), AV, an antenna, a 3.5 mm analog audio jack, an optical output, USB 2.0 × 3, Ethernet, CI |
Wireless interfaces | Wi-Fi (2,4 and 5 GHz; 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac), Bluetooth 4.2 |
Video Codecs | RM, FLV, MOV, AVI, MKV, TS, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, H.263, H.264, H.265 |
audio codecs | FLAC, OGG, AAC, Dolby Audio, DTS-HD |
Warranty | 12 months |
Dimensions | 710.8 × 83.4 231.6 × 1 mm |
Weight | 12.45 kg |
Equipment
That's what was in a huge box television with non-removable power cord, two stands (each on two legs), screws for mounting racks, remote, manual and warranty card. The manual states that included should go AAA batteries for the remote, but we got a test sample without them.
Appearance and materials
The outer edge models Mi TV 4S to 4A - the metal frame body. Live, they do not look particularly reliable or premium: the folds of thin aluminum sheets a little backlash when pressed, and the frames are not monolithic.
TV looks like a TV. Most of the interior it does not decorate, but do not spoil. Do not forget to take into account that for the location of Mi TV 4S on supports will need a table or a bedside table of a width not less than 30 cm and a length of at least 120 cm.
Installation and Setup
To begin, you need to attach the TV to the wall bracket (it is not supplied) or to put on the stand out of the box.
Our unit is not yet active: to turn on the TV for the first time, you need to press a single button on the body. It is hidden at the bottom of the center. After switching on the system prompts to set up the remote by simultaneously pressing two buttons. Then the user is waiting for a series of classic action when setting smart devicesFrom Wi-Fi connection and sign in to Google to explore the interface and rolling upgrades. Filling fields and staging ticks will take 5-10 minutes.
The hardest part of the process - input with the virtual keyboard. To do this, use the arrow keys and OK button. To save time, you can use an external keyboard to the USB-interface.
Our sample has someone involved, and the remote that comes with the other turned out to be synchronized with the TV. Because of this, customize Mi TV 4S came only with an external keyboard and application «Mi Remote" on Android-smartphone. If you buy a new TV in the store will be all right, but it is worth considering: if you lose remote, reset will be problematic, and will operate the TV only through attachment.
interfaces
All connectors are located on the rear side of the housing. They are located on two sites. Those inputs, which you will rarely use, for example, an antenna hidden in the central part of the body. Jacks for flash drives, headphones and other devices that require fast access, located on the side, so to them it was easier to reach.
Here is the full list of interfaces:
- Ethernet input for connecting a LAN-cable - for a wired connection to the Internet;
- optical output - for connecting Hi-Fi-speakers;
- RCA-inputs - the classic "tulips" for connecting external sources;
- RF-input - for analog terrestrial TV antenna;
- The USB-port - three slots for flash drives, external hard drives, mice and keyboards;
- CI-interface - for connecting smart card digital pay-TV;
- mini-jack-input - analog audio jack for connecting headphones or external speakers;
- HDMI-input - three sockets for connecting sources, one of which is to support ARC (useful to facilitate the switching of external audio devices).
Not without its oddities: Some connectors on the side of the site if located randomly. A pair of USB connectors from the same third separate all the other jacks and the headphone jack and CI-interface are arranged so that their accommodation in advance no one thought through. The quality of the switching is not affected, and in normal circumstances, this strangeness is hidden from view, so it's unlikely to pull on the flaw.
Software
Android TV
TV is under the control of Android TV. To the main screen of the operating system is easy to go back by pressing the button on the remote.
There is a customizable toolbar applications and channels. "Favorites" picks up the content that you are not inspected at the sites synchronized. For example, I have proposed in this paragraph to inspect "Dr. House"," Clinic "," DuckTales "and once bought at ivi.ru" Escape from Vegas. "
Android TV screen can be considered the main menu section. Even PatchWall, combining all of the content is represented as a subsidiary enclosure. For Android TV will have to return to select the desired strimingovy service, go to the TV's settings, or download the app from Google Play.
PatchWall
Home Softovaya feature televisions Xiaomi - infinite wall content. She really does not end.
Here are concentrated the film and serial news, popular recommendation. Over time they have become personal. You can also drill down to your TV via Wi-Fi.
All content are strimingovye services and online cinemas, such as Megogo, ivi.ru, Okko, Tvzavr and "Amediateka". It works like this: you click on the poster of the film or the series of interest, and already on the screen to select the annotation content provider. Often PatchWall offers up to four choices: You can opt for something cheaper or service for which you already have a subscription.
We have PatchWall your search. Search for movies and TV shows can not only by name but also, for example, by the name of the actor. For this search, there is one great big complaint: the set is only available with the navigation keys. «Google Assistant" then why is not working. And yet here progruzhat not all thumbs. This can be attributed to some problem with internet or imperfection temporal envelope.
Services and Application Support
Often the chip of new products on the market is becoming more cost - subscription, which you save. When buying Xiaomi TV you get a six-month subscription to Megogo, Tvzavr, ivi.ru and "24chasaTV". Also, the first film in the Okko will cost 1 ruble. Judging by the screen subscriptions PatchWall, a list of proposals will be replenished. It is understood that someday all the preferential subscription runs out and available content will have to pay before.
If a service is, in Google Play, but does not exist in the TV menu, you can download it. For example, Netflix. Also supported by APK-file downloads. With Chromecast, you can broadcast on television what is happening on the computer screen or a smartphone.
Google Now
Voice Assistant is working correctly: a few days he had not made any mistakes when reading words. But the algorithms do not always act the way you expect. For example, searching "plug TLC» Assistant does not include the eponymous TV channel, and is an acronym for video on YouTube.
Stable performance
Perhaps this is a special case, but there is something to complain about. TV several times if lost communication with the Internet, with Wi-Fi activity icon is not going away, and standing next to a laptop issued in test Ookla speed of receiving 50 Mbit / c. Helped to restart the TV.
Working with smartphone
It's best to use the remote control out of the box, but there are alternatives, such as «Mi Remote" for Android-devices with an infrared port, and Android TV app for Android and iOS.
Price: Free
Price: Free
Price: Free
Remote controller
Remote design inherited from previous consoles Xiaomi Mi Box (and its design seems to have been inspired by the Apple TV devaysa). It looks great: despite a lot of functions and settings of the TV Xiaomi managed to do a minimum of buttons, each of which comes in handy.
Here they are:
- Power button - turns on, turns off and restarts the TV;
- call button «Google Assistant";
- OK key and navigation buttons, performing the role of the shooter in the menu;
- PatchWall button - returns the user to the main screen shell;
- "Back" button;
- Android TV button - Return to the main screen of the operating system;
- the volume keys.
Set of buttons allows you to quickly navigate to all popular scenarios. Want to open for a specific application? Use the "Assistant". You need to go to the settings? Start with the main Android TV screen. Do you want to choose something new from the endless catalog? Go to PatchWall.
The remote works via Bluetooth, which means that it can be directed in any direction. The first compound, apparently uses the IR signal.
The quality of sound and image
Our model supports HDR and video in 4K resolution. We had a TV test it with the video - you can find the appropriate videos on YouTube.
It is difficult to compare Mi TV 4S with other TVs. It feels like, the picture quality is very dependent on the source video. Every time when the picture seemed to me juicy enough or detailed, I just switched to another video. And I liked everything again.
The maximum brightness is automatically set: according to the specifications of its figure of 220 nits. This may seem insufficient. The screen is glossy and very glare: When the angle you can use your TV as a mirror. And all this is provided that the device does not get sunlight.
Watch TV with the brightness, of course, possible, but when it is placed in the house you have to consider the location of windows. This is the only image quality of nuance, to which I have been able to find fault.
But to the sound, you can quibble indefinitely. Firstly, regular speakers lacks volume. Secondly, the sound itself is very average. Bass not as a class - disco with a TV not arrange. However, to watch movies, TV shows, news, and videos on YouTube staff acoustics may be enough. The speakers are located far from each other in the bottom of the device, because of what the scene becomes quite bulk.
results
The TV can be accused of sounding compromise, not the most top-end picture or, for example, found flaws in the software. But the criticism of beating two arguments. Firstly, these shortcomings do not pull on critical: the powerful speakers of the TV is not important, the quality of the image only priderotsya specialist, and software is still pretty easy. And secondly, the price of 55-inch Mi TV 4S - 29 990 rubles.
We went to the "I take!" And pointed to the search on TV jackdaws that meet the Mi TV 4S: this diagonal of 55 inches, the resolution of 4K screen refresh rate of 60 Hz, the HDR support, the presence of smart functions and Wi-Fi-module. It is the budget model with mixed reviews worth 4.5 thousand rubles more expensive.
Mi TV buy or not - this is the first question. Right behind him: where to buy? Indeed, some modifications in the sale is not found. For example, our Mi TV 4S with a diagonal of 55 inches can still be found in the DNS, but it will soon be over. The Xiaomi's online store and "I take!" These TVs are no longer available. Probably wishing will have to wait and buy the device for a few thousand more. The price of 55-inch Mi TV 4S will increase after August 5th and will be 33 990 rubles.
The author expresses his gratitude to the company Xiaomi for providing the test device.
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