640$ 4K Android TV Xiaomi's Mi TV 2. (6.2mm aluminum bezel, just 15.5mm thin)

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I wonder when we will see dashcams that can record at 4K resolution ? ;)

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Following Mi Pad tablet announcement, Chinese firm Xiaomi also took the wraps off its second smart TV, dubbed the Mi TV 2. It's a 49-inch Android-powered set with a 4K display resolution and a CN¥3,999 price tag — that's a little over $640. However don't get too excited just yet, as it's reportedly unlikely to venture outside of China anytime soon.

The 3D-capable panel is contained in a a 6.2mm aluminum bezel, and is just 15.5mm thin — so thin, in fact, that the sound system has been split out into a separate sound bar and subwoofer. On the inside, it's powered by a MediaTek MStar 6A918 — a 1.45GHz quad-core chip with 2GB of RAM, backed up by a Mali-450 MP4 GPU. There's 8GB of storage built in, expandable via microSD by up to 64GB. On the software side, it's running a customized version of Android with Xiaomi's MIUI TV interface.

And Engadget reports that Bluetooth LE-based remote controls the TV, and there's the capability to make the remote beep if you lose it, eliminating a common frustration with older IR-based units.

All that sounds like a great deal for the asking price, but there are apparently no plans for a wider international Mi TV 2 rollout anytime soon. Chinese buyers, however, will be able to place pre-orders from May 27.

Source:

http://www.androidcentral.com/xiaomis-mi-tv-2-4k-android-tv-640

http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/15/xiaomi-mi-tv-2-4k/

Pictures from presentation:

http://www.engadget.com/gallery/xiaomi-tv-2-launch-event/2619137/#!slide=2619136
 
Xiaomi is growing fast as a company, they need to lift their game though on quality and after sales service as they struggle a bit there
 
640usd on local market is bargain price, but unfort they do not sell outside, even re-branded ( at least at the moment ). And if purchase as a single buy and to post from China to worldwide ( example to EU ), with addition of freight, taxes, duties etc., price will rise 2-3 times :(
 
Price is cheap but I'd expect the product is not up to international standards

Interesting but I think that it's possibly only bragging rights as locally available content is only low quality anyway
 
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