According to Xiaomi, the new model will go on sale beginning March 31 at mi.com in China. It has been priced at 1,999 yuan ($322).
The TV sports a 40-inch full HD LED panel, 1.1GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 processor, 2GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. It runs on Android 4.4-based MIUI TV OS and will be getting the Android 5.0 update in the coming months.
The 40-inch Mi TV 2 can be used as a normal HDTV, a giant Android-powered screen or an Android gaming console. It also features a full format media player with H.265 10-bit hardware decoding support.
The company has stated that it will be investing $1 billion in content creation for the TV and is also partnering with several China-based content providers to build a massive entertainment library.
There is no word on the international availability at this point.
One reply on “Xiaomi announces 40-inch full HD Mi TV 2”
It again takes a Xiaomi to show us EXACTLY how much we’ve been overpaying for our electronics. We bought a 26″ WXGA Sony TV in 2009, so we’re not looking to get a new one any time soon, but it’s reassuring to know that cut-price big screen TVs don’t have to mean Akai or Sansui anymore LOL! 😛