Redmi Redmi TV review： Is a 70-inch large screen worth buying for less than 4,000 yuan？
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Yu Ze, Sina Digital
This year can be said to be a year when mobile phone brands focus on cross-border TVs. Brands rumored to be involved in the TV field in the first half of the year include Huawei Honor, OnePlus and Redmi. Last month, Honor launched its first 55-inch TV as the first step to complete the cross-border. Today, Redmi TV continues the cost-effective positioning of mobile phone brands and launched a 70-inch super-sized TV, but its price is only 3799 yuan (the first sales price is 3399 yuan), which is cheaper than many mainstream 55-inch TVs.
As the first crossover TV product of Redmi Redmi, the author’s greatest curiosity about this symbolic 70-inch Redmi TV is how it achieved such a low price of 70 inches? How does it feel to use it? With these two questions, Sina Digital started this review.
70 inches is indeed oversized, the workmanship has improved the space, and the plastic feel of the border is a bit strong.
"Always believe that something good is about to happen." This was originally a Redmi phone’s Slogan, but now it appears on the 70-inch Redmi TV.
After taking out the TV and installing the bracket, the first thing that comes into view is the logo of Redmi Redmi TV. After all, this is the first time I have seen this logo on a TV product. The Redmi logo does not have a backlight, but is printed in ordinary gray. After the remote control receiver below is turned on, a faint white indicator light will appear to indicate the power-on status of the whole machine.
Due to the cost factor, the entire Redmi TV R70A is made of engineering plastics except for the base that must be made of metal to stabilize. In order to reflect the differentiated viewing angle effect with the back plate of the fuselage, the front frame of the fuselage is designed with glossy black piano paint.
Although the width of the border is about 1cm, because the overall size of the TV is relatively large, the overall appearance of such a thick border is not so obvious. In terms of the overall viewing area, 70 inches is more than 60% larger than the current 55-inch TV area, which is also the core feature of this TV.
Although the TV is quite thin when viewed from a general angle, in fact, if you walk to the 90-degree front side of the TV, you will see that the design of the TV uses a wedge-shaped corner cut, and the outermost side is about 1cm thick. But if you count it all, the thickness is quite considerable. And you can see that there are some injection mold marks on the front and rear border seams, which are slightly protruding than the seams. It seems that the workmanship is not very particular. After all, it is a cost-effective model.
The details of the border seams are average, the interfaces are rich and the partitioning is reasonable
In order to make the front and rear borders stable, the connection between the back of the frame and the front is to add a circle of plastic fixing strips on the back, which are fixed with screws on the back. This design is generally used on TVs with plastic borders.
The back of the Redmi TV R70A doesn’t seem to have many design elements, but more of a functional design based on practicality. The left side is the power interface, and the right side is the summary of the data interface. The design of the power supply and connection partition can be said to be a design trend of TVs at present.
The Redmi logo on the back of the fuselage has no other decorations designed around it. The size of the logo looks a little small. Wouldn’t it be better to make it bigger and push the brand of Redmi Redmi TV by the way?
Because the bottom part of the TV will be more prominent than the top part, the side of this raised part uses striped elements to play a role in visual transition.
The signal connection area on the right side of the fuselage is further divided into two module areas, namely the audio connection area with the direction rushing down and the video connection area to the right.
The video connection area provides two USB ports and three HDMI ports, which can be said to be quite rich.
3 HDMI interfaces are very rare among cost-effective products. The average user may connect an Xbox or PS4 to the TV all year round, so there is only one HDMI idle interface left, which is obviously a bit stretched for users who can toss. But if you use the Redmi Redmi TV R70A, there will be no such problems at all. In order to assist in cable management, both the audio interface area and the video interface area have been designed with grooves.
The design of the base of the fuselage was relatively simple, and it was the most common design of TV legs. It was also one of the most metal-saving designs at present. But no matter what, the metal legs were quite stable.
The design of the Redmi TV R70A remote control follows the design genes of the Xiaomi family and is almost exactly the same as the latest Xiaomi TV box. First-time users also have no obstacles at all.
System interaction design is reasonable and rich in content resources
In the face of traditional TV manufacturers, the software and system aspects are actually a big advantage of Redmi Redmi TV. With the previous experience of Xiaomi system and PitchWall, the system experience of Redmi Redmi TV R70A is naturally not bad. After turning it on, I found that it is completely consistent with the current Xiaomi TV system on the market. As a long-term user of Xiaomi box, this interface is all too familiar.
We can see that the first-level menu of the system directly arranges the functions one by one. And in order to highlight the ecology of Xiaomi, many functions that are not actually the most commonly used by users are placed at the top, such as the mall function.
Although the author personally does not use shopping on TV very often, this time I really tried shopping on TV platforms, which is much more convenient than previous operations on other TVs.
It should be noted that the shopping experience here comes from Xiaomi Mall, and this convenience is currently limited to Xiaomi Mall. It is not the same as the "TV shopping" section at the end of the system. The mall is Xiaomi’s own shopping entrance, and "TV shopping" is an entrance open to third parties.
At present, Xiaomi’s ecology has reached content cooperation with mainstream video websites such as iQIYI, Youku, Tencent Video, Sohu Video, and PPTV. At the same time, it has formed content cooperation with iQIYI, Tencent, Youku, Mango, Future TV, Wasu, Baixintong, bilibili, Ju Sports, Ju Wonderful, Pumpkin Movie, and 4K Garden. Among them, Tencent’s Aurora TV has also been directly placed in the first-level menu of the system, and users can conveniently use Tencent’s resource content on Redmi TV.
Instead of buying VIP on TV, more users are now accustomed to buying members on video platforms, because of the cross-platform advantages of computer, mobile phone and TV playback, which is impossible for TV manufacturers to achieve in the short term. But in fact, Xiaomi has also experienced a relatively long content operation, and its VIP content is very much in TV manufacturers, especially some new movies.
Each user has their own habits when using a TV. In addition to playing games with the Xbox One S, the author usually accompanies his children to watch cartoons. This children’s area may not be so useful in the eyes of some young people, but it is actually a crucial function in TV for a father like me.
Fast screen projection is very easy to use, the TV that best meets the AIoT intelligent Internet ecosystem
Among the many functions, the most practical one is the fast screen projection, which is quite convenient for Xiaomi mobile phone and notebook users. Of course, you can say that the video platform can also cast the screen, but Xiaomi’s hardware ecosystem connects this stability and smoothness to the compatible platform.
Even if you connect for the first time, you can immediately cast a screen with a simple two-step scan. In addition to quick screen projection, it also supports the reading of .docx, .xlsx, pptx, pdf files. If you choose this TV for an office meeting room, it should help in displaying documents and reduce the frequency of bringing a computer to a meeting.
The display experience after the notebook screen projection is quite good, and the wireless connection completely saves the trouble of plugging and unplugging the HDMI connection back and forth.
Compared with notebook screen projection, mobile phone screen projection is a bit reluctant. The problem lies in the fact that mobile phones have vertical screens, and the black edges on both sides of the TV are still an interactive problem that cannot be solved. This is also a problem facing the entire TV industry. I hope that one day mobile phone screen projection can become a full-screen experience.
The settings menu of the Redmi Redmi TV R70A is relatively simple. The five main functions are weather, date, alarm reminder, Mijia intelligent interconnection, and function settings.
Nowadays, TVs are an important entrance to smart homes. The Redmi Redmi TV R70A has the same intelligent integration capability as Xiaomi TV. Users can connect all Xiaomi and Mijia smart devices on the TV and use the TV as an entrance to control them uniformly.
Compared with other brands doing AIoT on TV, Xiaomi’s own well-developed ecological chain has obvious advantages.
In the TV’s settings menu, there is also a screensaver theme function, allowing users to switch between the mode and type of screensaver.
Mainstream 4K image quality for daily use
Finally, look at the image quality, Redmi TV R70A gives the author the feeling that the current mainstream TV performance level, but that’s all. In terms of color, its overall performance is basically in line with expectations. But some dark details of the picture are missing.
The green has a good sense of restoration, and the hue is a little off. This is a problem caused by the program’s own filters. 4K resolution and such colors are enough to meet the daily use of most users. It is impossible for you to compare the image quality of the Redmi Redmi TV R70A with the international first-line brand priced at 7,000 yuan and only 55 inches. That is irrational.
In fact, the display effect of TV is generally not directly felt by users. Because ordinary users never use a U disk to import 4K film sources to enjoy like some media tests, it is too troublesome. And today’s mainstream online content actually does not have the ability to drive the TV at full load, and in some online programs we can easily capture the smear effect of the picture. Instead of emphasizing the display effect of TV, TV manufacturers may wish to pay more attention to the improvement of the playback quality of the content side in the future.
Summary: 70-inch large screen for civilians, workmanship materials have room for improvement
The popularity of the Redmi Redmi TV R70A may be inevitable. People seem to have no end to the large size of the TV, and 70 inches will definitely become the mainstream size of the battery in the next stage. The Redmi Redmi TV R70A can be said to be at the forefront of the size change in the TV market. Taking this opportunity as a selling point for brand crossover can also reflect the market strategy of Redmi Redmi TV.
From the experience of the whole product, the Redmi TV R70A actually gives the author a good impression. The core point is "big". Using the previous 55-inch money to solve the 70-inch viewing experience was unimaginable in the past.
If it comes to product details, fast screen projection connection, rich content, familiar system interface and convenient mall are all plus points. Thanks to the years of operation of Xiaomi ecology, the integration of Xiaomi and Mijia smart devices by Redmi TV R70A is currently among the top TVs. If there is any deficiency, it must be the materials and workmanship. From the details of the product, you can feel the savings everywhere. All the costs are placed on the 70-inch large screen, and the sacrifices in materials and workmanship are obvious.
Anyway, what more could you ask for for a 70-inch TV priced at 3,799 yuan?