This is the end of ordinary MiniLED. The new Xiaomi TV looks fantastic in person

It’s difficult to evaluate TVs at exhibition stands. The lighting is set to make the product shine, the content on the screen is chosen by the marketing department, and people stand a meter from the panel, which no one does at home. Nevertheless, sometimes something stops you in your tracks. The new Xiaomi TV S Pro RGB-Mini LED 2027, which we saw in Berlin, is exactly such a case.

Why colored diodes change the rules

The principle is simpler than it sounds. A classic MiniLED TV shines from behind with blue diodes, and a quantum film or phosphor layer extracts color from them. It works, but each such layer absorbs some light and slightly dulls the colors. RGB MiniLED bypasses this intermediate step — the diodes directly emit red, green, and blue light, and their ratio can be controlled separately in each zone.

The practical impact is twofold. The TV doesn’t lose as much brightness because the light doesn’t need to be filtered, and individual zones no longer just adjust the backlight intensity but also the color tuning. Xiaomi states up to 4,860 color zones for the top model, while last year’s non-RGB generation topped out at 3,864 zones of purely brightness dimming. Add to that the declared 5,000 nits of peak brightness and 100% BT.2020 color space coverage, a value that only TVs with a significantly higher price tag have been able to offer until now.

Impressions from Berlin: this is not a gradual improvement

You can read the numbers in the table. However, the difference compared to a regular MiniLED TV is one of the few things you have to see to understand. And we saw it next to conventional panels in the same hall, under the same lighting, with the same content.

The first thing one realizes is brightness. Not in the sense that the image glows, but that it maintains full intensity even when a white object is surrounded by darkness — precisely where conventional backlighting starts to falter. The second thing is the panel’s surface finish, which reflects practically nothing. In an exhibition hall with dozens of spotlights overhead, this is a significant difference, and in terms of reflectivity, MiniLED TVs have so far lagged behind OLEDs. Meanwhile, contrast doesn’t collapse anywhere: black remains black, and the halo effect around bright edges is minimal.

I don’t deny that the conditions at the stand played into the TV’s hands. But precisely because we could compare side-by-side, the result makes sense — and it’s a significantly bigger leap than what the last two generations of MiniLED combined offered.

Prices only from China for now

The series has four screen sizes and is already on sale in China. Prices are as follows — the conversion to CZK is approximate and does not account for VAT or European margins:

• 65″ — 5,999 yuan (approximately 17,500 CZK)
• 75″ — 6,999 yuan (approximately 20,400 CZK)
• 85″ — 8,799 yuan (approximately 25,700 CZK)
• 98″ — 12,999 yuan (approximately 37,900 CZK)

Inside, a quad-core processor with Cortex-A73 architecture runs, complemented by Xiaomi’s own XM900 image chip, with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage available. Gamers will appreciate the 360 Hz gaming mode (the TV runs at 180 Hz in 4K resolution), VRR, and FreeSync Premium Pro support. Connectivity includes four HDMI 2.1 ports, and sound is handled by a 2.1.2 system with 130 W output, supporting Dolby Vision and Atmos.

Before you start saving: beware of the European version

And now for the unpleasant part. Xiaomi has a habit of selling TVs in Europe with the same name but significantly different specifications. This is not speculation — with the previous generation, the TV S Pro Mini LED 2026, the Chinese version promised 5,200 nits and up to 3,864 zones, while the European model with the same name offered 1,700 nits and a maximum of 704 zones. A threefold difference in brightness, a fivefold difference in the number of zones.

Whether the same will happen with the RGB generation, we don’t know yet, and Xiaomi did not comment on European parameters or prices at the trade fair. The recommendation is therefore simple: when the TV appears in the Czech offer, compare the specifications line by line with what you read about the Chinese version. The technology itself is definitely worth attention — just make sure you get the full package.

Are you tempted by RGB MiniLED, or will you wait until the technology becomes cheaper?

Source: Xiaomi, own findings from IFA 2026 trade fair