{"id":127429,"date":"2021-04-01T06:09:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=127429"},"modified":"2021-04-08T07:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T06:47:18","slug":"xiaomi-mi-4s-review-the-most-affordable-4k-tv-you-can-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/tv\/xiaomi-mi-4s-review-the-most-affordable-4k-tv-you-can-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi Mi 4S : The most affordable 4K TV you can buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xiaomi with its products has long been leading in the price-quality ratio: this applies to smartphones, wearable devices, robotic vacuum cleaners and much more.\u00a0Devices from a Chinese manufacturer are a good choice for budget-conscious buyers.\u00a0Unsurprisingly, Xiaomi also makes TVs.\u00a0As you would expect, the Xiaomi Mi 4S is a smart TV at a great price: for a 43-inch model with 4K resolution, they officially ask for only $250!<\/p>\n<h2>Picture and equipment<\/h2>\n<p>Given the low price tag, what picture quality can the new TV offer?\u00a0If you believe the model&#8217;s specifications, HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision can be used in the HDR range &#8211; but in practice, the picture quality cannot be compared with more expensive and advanced devices.\u00a0However, those who do not care about the HDR level will enjoy the image.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum brightness of 463 cd \/ m\u00a0<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0does not reach the level of the best equipment, but, in general, is a good indicator.\u00a0In addition, since Xiaomi has abandoned the Dimming technology, the black areas of the image are never completely black.<\/p>\n<p>The color reproduction of Xiaomi Mi 4S is not bad, but with its own shortcomings.\u00a0The standard RGB color space, which corresponds to Full HD Blu-ray, is almost completely covered by the TV, with our measurements showing 99%, which is a good level.\u00a0But users, of course, will not get full coverage of the DCI-P3 color space, because the result of the Mi 4S here is only 86%.\u00a0Because of this, the Xiaomi model cannot compete with more expensive HDR TVs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"widget-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"regressive_image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_6065554e6c27f.\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_6065554e6c27f.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may notice that the white point on the display has a noticeable blue tint.\u00a0And the viewing angle is typical for a VA-LC display, that is, it is seriously limited.\u00a0If you look at the display from the side, you will see a rather hazy picture.<\/p>\n<p>In our subjective tests, the TV also performed quite averagely.\u00a0For example, in Blu-ray benchmarks, details are poorly visible in dark scenes.\u00a0As a PC monitor, the TV is also not very suitable due to the fuzzy display of the font.\u00a0In addition, it has a very long response time of 73 milliseconds.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Xiaomi is quite a good TV, especially thanks to the Ultra HD resolution and a very competitive price, but it falls short of the quality of home theaters.<\/p>\n<h2>Equipment<\/h2>\n<p>For the sound in Xiaomi Mi 4S, there are two 8W speakers without a subwoofer.\u00a0At high volumes, minor background noises such as rattling and squeaking noise are noticeable.\u00a0But we had to test TVs with significantly worse speakers, so the Xiaomi sound can be considered average &#8211; sometimes better, but there is no need to complain.\u00a0If possible, we recommend using an external speaker such as a soundbar.<\/p>\n<p>The operating system of the smart TV is Android TV, which gives you access to a wide range of applications.\u00a0Popular streaming providers and media players are supported, as well as major video and audio formats. \u00a0An interesting feature of Smart TV from Xiaomi is the ability to search for movies and TV series at once among all platforms, and not separately.\u00a0The only downside to Android TV is there is no direct support for Apple Airplay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"widget-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"regressive_image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_6065554e9cce2.\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_6065554e9cce2.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with Xiaomi Mi 4S, it is not as rich as the best TVs in our rating, but we did not notice significant gaps.\u00a0He has TV tuners for receiving cable, satellite and terrestrial broadcasting, although in a single version, and not in a double one.\u00a0The user will have three USB outputs, in addition, recording via USB is possible.\u00a0With three HMDI ports, you can connect peripherals, and thanks to the ARC function, this works with your home theater speaker system.<\/p>\n<p>For audio, there is an optical digital output and a cable headphone jack.\u00a0Wireless models can be connected via Bluetooth 4.2.\u00a0Other connections are possible via Wi-Fi ac and LAN port for network cable.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The TV&#8217;s picture quality is not very good, but given the very low retail price it can be forgiven.\u00a0In the equipment of the model, we did not find any significant shortcomings at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xiaomi with its products has long been leading in the price-quality ratio: this applies to smartphones, wearable devices, robotic vacuum cleaners and much more.\u00a0Devices from a Chinese manufacturer are a good choice for budget-conscious buyers.\u00a0Unsurprisingly, Xiaomi also makes TVs.\u00a0As you would expect, the Xiaomi Mi 4S is a smart TV at a great price: for [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/tv\/xiaomi-mi-4s-review-the-most-affordable-4k-tv-you-can-buy\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10402,"featured_media":127433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[778],"class_list":["post-127429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}