- 98-inch 5,200-nit mini-LED with nearly 4,000 dimming zones
- 7-speaker audio system and games up to 330Hz
- About $2250 (but will cost much more elsewhere)
Xiaomi seems to have achieved something incredible: a 98-inch mini-LED TV with very high specifications and a very low price.
As discovered by Notebookcheck.net, the TV S Pro Mini LED 2026 series appears to offer a similar type of spec to the highly advanced TCL QM9K, and does so at an even lower price than the much more affordable mid-range TCL QM7K.
In the US, the TCL QM7K costs $4,999 for the 98-inch model (although that’s been reduced by about half in savings events), and the flagship QM9K model costs $5,999. But the new 98-inch Xiaomi mini-LED is on sale in China for just ¥15,999. That’s approximately $2,250.
I would take that price with a huge pinch of salt, not because it’s not real, but because the selling price of TVs in China is not the price they sell for when shipping, overhead, and of course tariffs are applied in markets like the United States. But it’s still an exceptionally low price for such a large TV, especially considering the reported specs.
Xiaomi 2026 TV S Pro Mini LED: key features
The new TV has a maximum brightness of up to 5,700 nits with 3,864 dimming zones and a 165Hz refresh rate for 4K content. But for gamers, it can display lower resolutions at a whopping 330Hz, making it an interesting competitor for the best gaming monitors – so fast that many gaming PCs would struggle to produce at that rate.
Other gamer-friendly features include VRR and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
The 2026 model has Dolby Vision and HDR10+, three HDMI 2.1 ports, and USB ports 2 and 3. And it comes with a remote control that looks a lot like the one you get with an Apple TV 4K. There is Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 for wireless connectivity.
There’s a seven-speaker audio system with Harman AudioEFX, version 3 of Xiaomi’s HyperOS and the same XM9000 chip we saw in the 2025 model range. And promotional images show a Samsung-style photo mode that turns your TV into an attractive photo frame.
You can see the (Chinese) product page here and it all looks very impressive. What we don’t know yet is whether this television will reach other markets to challenge the best televisions; However, Xiaomi has started launching TVs in the western counties, so it is possible. If so, the really interesting thing will be how much the price differs from that charged in China.
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