Wednesday, August 12th 2020

Xiaomi Now an OLED Manufacturer, Announces the 55" Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition

Xiaomi today unveiled what it considers to be the third defining piece of technology for its 10th anniversary - the 55" Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition. As the name implies, and as Xiaomi will pridefully tell you, this is the world's first fully edge-to-edge transparent OLED display - the images are displayed on its transparent screen and thus appear to be "floating in the air" - taking a cue from most science fiction settings. Xiaomi has also taken this opportunity to announce that they've become the first China-based company in the world to produce transparent OLED TVs, as well as China's number one OLED Basic Module (OBM) manufacturer.
The 55" Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition features a 10-bit, 120 Hz OLED panel in 4K resolution, with a static contrast ratio of 150,000:1 (dynamically, Xiaomi says it's infinite, as do other OLED manufacturers regarding that particular technology. The panel supports 93% of the DCI-P3 color spectrum. The transparency has been achieved by moving all hardware to the base of the television, in a way never before seen in this consumer category. A MediaTek 9650 custom-made TV chip is in charge of image processing, and is paired with Dolby Atmos for an all-encompassing experience in the visual and audio fields. The TV features an always-on feature, allowing users to use the set as an art showcase. The TV will be available starting from 10 am August 16th for RMB 49,999 (over 6000 USD/EUR).
Sources: Hardware Info, via Guru3D
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30 Comments on Xiaomi Now an OLED Manufacturer, Announces the 55" Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition

#26
Toothless
Tech, Games, and TPU!
xman2007wouldnt that be a regular LCD TV then?
I might be able to afford that
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#27
Tardian
ToothlessI'd think it would be worse but (I'm assuming) the contrast would look really nice. I don't know maaan I'm too poor for OLED stuff.
We have the LG OLED and the blacks are AMAZING! Plasma TVs only ever had dark greys. Watching streamed 4K HDR Amazon Prime is like looking through a window. We also have a cheap TCL 2020 LCD TV and what it lacks in the black department it makes up with super bright whites and really accurate colours. I think LCD is catching up to OLED ... it will take a few years.
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#28
Hotobu
The more I think about this as a TV the weirder it gets. A night scene would have a transparent sky with stars speckled on it, so might look like bizarro-daytime. A skyline with black buildings would be floating windows. A black car would be close to clear, so there would be a translucent spot where it looks like someone erased a car.
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#29
Nephilim666
Maybe a secondary layer of monochrome LCD will deliver blacks. I don't know what would qualify as transparent though in that case. In the render of the woman in the white dress they clearly show black separately from transparent.
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#30
Wshlist
bugLooking good, but why would I want to give up OLED's blacks in exchange for looking at the wall behind my TV?
I'm sure the market for advertisements and showcasing by manufacturers on CES and such things as well as putting them up in the lobby of banks and trillion dollar companies, and as suggested art galleries maybe, is enough reason to make them.
Oh and casinos? Just that Chinese place with all the casinos must be a sizable market to sell to.

Can't imagine it's for the home to watch netflix.
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