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by polshaw 4424 days ago
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 I'm guessing it's not 2.0, which is required for 60fps at 4K. Also not completely clear if it could actually play back 4K 3D-- perhaps this would work with h264, but for h265 it states 30fps. Released on the 27th in China, no mention of elsewhere.

1. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&p...
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rsync 4424 days ago
"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.

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wmf 4424 days ago
It's definitely a TV not a monitor.
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pekk 4424 days ago
The difference is more marginal than ever.
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q3k 4423 days ago
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

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malandrew 4423 days ago
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.
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madaxe_again 4423 days ago
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).
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devy 4424 days ago
Yup. The English version of the MiTV link is an old content description for MiTV 1.

However, the Chinese version of the web page does mention about 4K display on MiTV2.

http://www.mi.com/mitv

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