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Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

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Post by q3k »

rsync wrote: post #77
polshaw wrote: post #45

NB the linked page is currently for the MiTV 1 (1080p, 47"), but the topic is about V2;[1] On the SOC side, it's 4x cortex A9 @ 1.45Ghz with Mali 450 MP4 GPU-- h265 decode at 4K/30fps, 2GB RAM supports miracast, airplay, dlna, widi, SMB, dual band ac wifi, USB3, micro SD, bluetooth 4 (BT LE remote with finder). 15.5mm thick and 6.2mm bezel. It has everything, except the HDMI version is conspicuous in its absence-- so…

"On the SOC side, it's 4x cortex A9 @ 1.45Ghz with Mali 450 MP4 GPU-- h265 decode at 4K/30fps, 2GB RAM" Is this because it is a "smart" TV, or should I expect all computer monitors to have this degree of complexity these days ? I'd like my monitor to be as dumb as possible, thanks.

Look into NEC “commercial-grade” displays [1]. They're basically brilliant LCD displays with nearly no bezel, simple software & OCD (usually not much more than picture adjustement), control via RS232... They're not cheap, though.

[1] - http://www.necdisplay.com/category/large-screen-displays

Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

#102

Post by blueskin_ »

zo1 wrote: post #47
blueskin_ wrote: post #32

Anyone put its traffic through Wireshark to see what it's up to yet?

Why? Are you implying that it's going to do something nefarious because it's made by an Asian/Chinese company? How would you feel if people said that about American products? Maybe I should be scared about getting irradiated from American products because Americans have killed a metric ton of people using nuclear weapons within the last century?

>Are you implying that it's going to do something nefarious because it's made by an Asian/Chinese company?

No. I'm implying it might because it's a 'smart' device. All sorts of American/British/Western European 'smart' devices are horrendously insecure too. Also, in the case of china, for example huawei, the government/manufacturer collusion goes far deeper than in the west; i.e. the surveillance portion is installed in the factory rather than later via exploits.

Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

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Post by blueskin_ »

pekk wrote: post #99
zo1 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Are you implying that it's going to do something nefarious because it's made by an Asian/Chinese company? How would you feel if people said that about American products? Maybe I should be scared about getting irradiated from American products because Americans have killed a metric ton of people using nuclear weapons within the last century?

Since the NSA scandals started, people on HN do imply exactly this about American hardware. And say that American service providers are guaranteed to spy on them and such.

Not just American. I'm suspicious of any random household device that has general purpose computing capabilities, especially when internet-connected and not local-user accessible and rootable.

Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

#105

Post by madaxe_again »

rsync wrote: post #77
polshaw wrote: post #45

NB the linked page is currently for the MiTV 1 (1080p, 47"), but the topic is about V2;[1] On the SOC side, it's 4x cortex A9 @ 1.45Ghz with Mali 450 MP4 GPU-- h265 decode at 4K/30fps, 2GB RAM supports miracast, airplay, dlna, widi, SMB, dual band ac wifi, USB3, micro SD, bluetooth 4 (BT LE remote with finder). 15.5mm thick and 6.2mm bezel. It has everything, except the HDMI version is conspicuous in its absence-- so…

"On the SOC side, it's 4x cortex A9 @ 1.45Ghz with Mali 450 MP4 GPU-- h265 decode at 4K/30fps, 2GB RAM" Is this because it is a "smart" TV, or should I expect all computer monitors to have this degree of complexity these days ? I'd like my monitor to be as dumb as possible, thanks.

The cynic in me believes that this allows them to OCR whatever you're showing on the screen so it can be beamed back to the mothership (MIIT).

Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

#106

Post by boobsbr »

bhauer wrote: post #31

Does this display offer a 60 Hz refresh rate at 4K via either modern DisplayPort or HDMI 2? As I mentioned in "4K is for Programmers" [1] and its follow-up [2], the 30 Hz refresh offered by the current generation of 4K televisions is the principle deficiency when using them as monitors. 30 Hz is of course workable, which is precisely why 4K is for programmers, after all. :) But all of us would take a 60 Hz option in…

"This site does not support Internet Explorer 8 or older."

Au contraire, IE does not support your site. Actually, I can't even test if at least it renders the page in text mode because you blocked it, end of conversation.

I'm at work and our desktops were migrated from XP this year and we're stuck with IE 8, beucase it's "compliant" (with what, I wonder). I can't even load the cached page from Google...

This is very annoying, the site is just a blog, not a complex webapp that must ensure correct rendering and JS execution.

Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

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Post by malandrew »

rsync wrote: post #77
polshaw wrote: post #45

NB the linked page is currently for the MiTV 1 (1080p, 47"), but the topic is about V2;[1] On the SOC side, it's 4x cortex A9 @ 1.45Ghz with Mali 450 MP4 GPU-- h265 decode at 4K/30fps, 2GB RAM supports miracast, airplay, dlna, widi, SMB, dual band ac wifi, USB3, micro SD, bluetooth 4 (BT LE remote with finder). 15.5mm thick and 6.2mm bezel. It has everything, except the HDMI version is conspicuous in its absence-- so…

"On the SOC side, it's 4x cortex A9 @ 1.45Ghz with Mali 450 MP4 GPU-- h265 decode at 4K/30fps, 2GB RAM" Is this because it is a "smart" TV, or should I expect all computer monitors to have this degree of complexity these days ? I'd like my monitor to be as dumb as possible, thanks.

Ditto. I really wish TVs made the smart part decoupled so you could opt for no smart part at all. On the other side of things, they could also use this as an opportunity to upsell the smart-tv part to consumers who might actually care about that feature.

Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

#108

Post by bhauer »

boobsbr wrote: post #106
bhauer wrote: post #31

Does this display offer a 60 Hz refresh rate at 4K via either modern DisplayPort or HDMI 2? As I mentioned in "4K is for Programmers" [1] and its follow-up [2], the 30 Hz refresh offered by the current generation of 4K televisions is the principle deficiency when using them as monitors. 30 Hz is of course workable, which is precisely why 4K is for programmers, after all. :) But all of us would take a 60 Hz option in…

"This site does not support Internet Explorer 8 or older." Au contraire, IE does not support your site. Actually, I can't even test if at least it renders the page in text mode because you blocked it, end of conversation. I'm at work and our desktops were migrated from XP this year and we're stuck with IE 8, beucase it's "compliant" (with what, I wonder). I can't even load the cached page from Google... This is very…

Sorry about that. I'll make it a point to remove that too-forceful block soon. In the meantime for what it's worth, you can read the ramblings via the RSS feed: http://tiamat.tsotech.com/tiamat.rss

Re: Xiaomi launches 49-inch 4K TV for $640

#109

Post by alex_lx »

TheCondor wrote: post #35
alex_lx wrote: post #12

Very chip, but you would need a little(I mean very much) luck to buy it.

Why is that?

In the early sale, there's not enough XiaoMi TV been produced, objectively or subjectively. if you want to buy one, you would have to rush to buy it. it needs some luck.
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