We're here at CES and I am super excited because I've been genuinely looking forward
to seeing just what HiSense has to offer us. I think for many years, HiSense has been one
of those companies that's been really under-appreciated for making some of the best TVs at their price points.
And I think their coming out party started when they really started showcasing
their big boy premium TVs like the 116UXS.
It's the successor to the TV that Linus tried out last year
and he loved the look of it for its insanely bright, vibrant colors and now it's even better
thanks to the RGB LED EVO.
I just love me some tech names, you know? The flagship improvement and thus the beautiful EVO
in the name is the addition of a Cyan
or as HiSense calls it, Sky Blue to the RGB mini LEDs.
HiSense claims that Cyan sits right in the color spectrum
where human vision is most sensitive to subtle changes
and its addition allows the 116UXS to render gradients, tones and transitions
with a level of nuance that feels more natural and lifelike.
That is a direct quote, I would never have written that.
It's really hard to know exactly how that will translate into the real world experience
with the kind of demo content that they're playing on the TV, but I can assure you,
this TV is a feast for the eyes and a feast for the mind
in the fact that it has 110% of the BT 2020
color space coverage, that's wild.
That's a 15% jump over the claim they made last year.
That's a big, big improvement and it's not hard to believe when you look at the display.
We don't have official pricing on this year's model, but last year's model was a penny short of 30 grand
and I imagine that we're looking at a very similar price for the one behind me.
The best news might be that one of HiSense's big focus
this year was getting all the tech they crammed into their Halo products last year
into their more excessively priced models like the UR8 and the UR9,
which will come in all the TV sizes you will likely actually consider for your home
and at a price that you won't need to sell your car to finance.
And if the quality of last year's tech is anything to go by,
I think that once again, the HiSense lineup will be a strong contender for best price to performance
in the display world when they come out later this year. But if all you care about is size,
may I introduce you to the 163MX?
You heard that number right. This 163 micro LED TV is vibrant as all heck.
And the big improvement here is the addition of yellow
to the micro LED tech, which should help with some highlights popping
the gold color and better skin tones and HiSense even claims that it should reduce eye strain.
We'll see about that, but it still has some of the big downsides
that make this feel more like a commercial display than something you'd actually want in your living room.
For one, the contrast is so pushed that the blacks look kind of off.
And there's not really detail in the darks in the way that I'd want to see on a high end display.
And the other one is when you're a little bit off axis,
you can start to see the panel scenes. And that's fine when you're straight on,
but I don't want any compromises when I'm spending $100,000.
And that was for the smaller model over there. Who knows what the fuck this one's gonna cost?
Am I right? Thankfully, there'll be an 85-inch model
that should be a little bit cheaper, but you're not gonna get it. I'm not gonna get it.
Linus isn't gonna get it. It's too much. And if you want that less than 10% price
and you still want giant HiSense has got you covered
with their comprehensive lineup of projectors, including the new XR10,
with what they claim is the industry widest optical zoom
up to 130 vertical and 46-degree horizontal lenshift,
which will be a hybrid of optical and digital.
So take that number as you will. And they claim it's the world's first 17-piece
all-glass lens on a projector. And it's 6,000 lumens.
That's really impressive for a package that small.
I could fit it into my stupid backpack. Not the commuter, the full-size one.
I really appreciate that this is the one spot that's showing real content,
so I can get an idea of what this projector will actually give me in the real world.
Unfortunately, that means that it doesn't pop as much as the other displays,
so hopefully we can get one of these bad boys back at the office, so we can get a closer look.
There's no official word on pricing, but when I talked to the rep at one of the booths,
he said that it's gonna cost more than the L9Q, which comes at around six grand.
So that should give you an idea of what it's gonna cost when this bad boy releases in either June or July,
so they say. HiSense makes so much more than I realized,
like an AI-powered, okay, everything is AI-powered now,
so okay. Let us know down in the comments what AI-powered device
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